Arizona’s Maricopa County takes a harsh stance on illegal immigration ―— but not so harsh as to re-elect the infamous Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Ironically, at the same time that 49.5 percent of them helped deliver the presidency to a man who continues to call for a border wall that Mexico will inexplicably pay for, the voters of Maricopa County ousted Arpaio after 24 years in the position.
During this election cycle, the Grand Old Party has irrevocably revealed itself as an institution that prioritizes men above women.
As smartphone popularity has increased, so have instances of and casualties from distracted driving; in 2015, distraction-affected fatalities rose by 8.8 percent from the previous year, according to an August 2016 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report. This increase was the highest percent change of all measured fatalities in the report — even exceeding the 7.2 percent increase of total fatalities, which, itself, was the highest in five decades.
Within days of President Barack Obama’s statement calling climate change “terrifying,” a Sept.
With unanimous support from Republican state legislators and a near-immediate approval by Republican Governor Pat McCrory (R), North Carolina’s HB 2 became law on March 23 — the same day legislators introduced it — despite protests by Democratic state legislators, according to a March 23 New York Times article.The legislation, colloquially referred to as a bathroom law, sought to overturn a Charlotte ordinance which, among other things, allowed transgender people to use the public bathrooms corresponding to their gender identity rather than those corresponding to their physical sex at birth.
J. Dennis Hastert, the speaker of the House from 1999 to 2007, could face up to six months in prison after his upcoming sentencing, scheduled for April 27, according to an April 8 New York Times article — but not for last year’s sexual abuse allegations.
Rather than sticking to a stubborn and futile refusal to allow refugees entry, some states have recently taken to following Republican front runner Donald Trump’s lead in calling for a special registry.
Often, a fine line exists between forgiveness and accepting someone’s wrongdoings at one’s own detriment.
On Thursday, according to a Feb. 26 Huffington Post article, Rep. Pete Nielsen (R) of the Idaho state legislature attended a state House committee hearing regarding new abortion legislation and decided to give his two cents: “Now, I’m of the understanding that in many cases of rape, it does not involve any pregnancy because of the trauma of the incident.” Apparently, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson isn’t the only prominent doctor-turned-politician in the GOP anymore; Nielsen seems to consider himself a medical professional — an obstetrician-gynecologist to be more precise — even though he has no medical degree.
Ever since the attacks in Cologne on New Year’s Eve — or even the attacks in Paris prior to that in November — mainstream media has deliberated on the dangers refugees may or may not pose to Western societies.
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