Amgreatness - June 19, 2023 |
The White House continued to use former President Donald Trump’s campaign slogan “MAGA” disparagingly in public statements this week, despite being notified by the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) that using the term violated the Hatch Act and being warned against using it again. The Hatch Act is a longstanding ethics law that prohibits federal employees from using their offices to influence elections.
In a letter to the White House last week, the OSC informed Jean-Pierre that she had violated the Hatch Act when she used the phrase “MAGA Republicans” during a press conference in November... |
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President Biden will announce plans to spend an additional $600 million on efforts to address climate change on Monday.
Biden will hold an event Monday in Palo Alto, California, touting his administration’s efforts to bolster defenses against rising sea levels and associated weather catastrophes. The funding includes $575 million to reinforce coastal infrastructure and $67 million to protect California’s power grid from weather events.
“The funding will support innovative coastal resilience and adaptation solutions, such as building natural infrastructure, planning and preparing for community-led relocation, and protecting public access to coastal natural resources, that protect communities and ecosystems from sea level rise, tidal flooding, hurricanes, storm surge, among other severe climate impacts,” the Biden administration said in a public statement... |
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The Federalist - June 19, 2023 |
Reddit’s fundamental reliance on upvotes over an algorithm produces an unstable equilibrium in the hands of bad-faith moderators. This creates an incredible echo chamber made up of subreddits, which create groups of individuals who will gladly throw away their empathy as long as they view themselves as a “bastion of good” fighting those who are ontologically evil... |
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Joe Biden recently hosted a Pride month event for families with LGBT kids on the White House South Lawn. Ahead of the event, he announced that he’ll appoint a “banned book” czar, whose job it will be to try to compel local communities to stock their libraries with race-obsessed pseudohistories and books depicting oral sex, rape, violence, and gender dysphoria... |
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Florida first lady Casey DeSantis is the subject of another story, this time from The Washington Post, on her relationship with Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., which the outlet called “one of the most guarded and feared partnerships in politics.” But the feature is taking flack online for calling the political couple’s marriage “insular” and describing their relationship as “an inner circle of two” and deeply “private.”
“[T]he level of prominence and power they achieved in Tallahassee seemed to insulate their world further, creating a level of distance between Ron and Casey and everyone else,” The Post wrote in a story from Sunday that was headlined, “Tracing the power of Casey DeSantis.” |
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