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Free Range Free Chat
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Education
More Than 1,000 Books Banned From Schools Since July 2021, Study Finds
More than 1,000 books about race, racism, LGBTQ individuals and other issues have been banned in U.S. schools over the past nine months, according to a new report. A study from PEN America, a literary MORE
Russia/Ukraine Conflict
First NATO Country sends powerful surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine to shoot down Russian aircraft and cruise missiles
Slovakia said it sent Ukraine an S-300 air defense system to defend against Russian attacks. The Soviet-era S-300 is a long-range surface-to-air missile system that can shoot down cruise missiles and aircraft. The small Eastern MORE
Abortion
Texas Woman, 26, Charged With Murder After Alleged ‘Self-Induced Abortion’
The extreme move comes after Texas passed a draconian anti-abortion law last year that has forced thousands of women to seek care out of state. A 26-year-old Texas woman has been arrested and charged with murder after MORE
Russia/Ukraine Conflict
Russians leave Chernobyl; Troubling reports emerge of safety and human rights violations
As the staging ground for an assault on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, one of the most toxic places on earth, was probably not the best choice. But that did not MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 14
Happy Friday News Viewers, and welcome to our Friday free chat, the place to get it said, questioned, theorized, solved, created or corrected, there is no end to what can be done using the power MORE
Immigration
Greg Abbott announces latest stunt: Send immigrants in 900 charter buses to the Capitol steps in D.C.
Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that Texas will provide charter buses to border communities so migrants can be sent to Washington, D.C., where the Biden administration can better deal with them. “To help local officials whose MORE
News
Fact check: DeSantis rationale for “Don’t Say Gay” doesn’t tell the whole story
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has repeatedly pointed to the case of a family in the state’s Leon County to explain the need for a controversial new law, dubbed by critics the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, that MORE
Opinion
Opinion: The Russian Military Has Descended into Inhumanity
“The brutal war crimes being documented in Ukraine are a warning Americans should heed.“ Over the past several days, reporters and social-media users have documented what appear to be some truly horrific outrages perpetrated on the Ukrainian MORE
Live Discussions
She’s Back: WH Press Briefing with Jen Psaki Today
Join us for Monday’s White House Press Briefing with Jen Psaki. The live discussion will begin at 1:45 p.m Central — see you there.
Free Range Free Chat
Free Range Free Chat
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Russia/Ukraine Conflict
Sanctioned Russian oligarchs break down in tears over their inability to book private jets, reports say
A personal assistant to several sanctioned Russian oligarchs said they have witnessed the men break down in tears due to their assets being frozen. The Mirror first reported the news. Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked war in Ukraine has led MORE
WTF America?
More 2022 Stress: What to Name the Baby?
For many parents, a distinctive name is seen as an opportunity to help their child stand out from the crowd—but it does have drawbacks. Speaking to Live Science, Northwestern University researcher David Figlio noted that MORE
News
Opinion: U.S., Pay Attention; Russian Misinformation Strategy Seeks to Confound, Not Convince
“Rather than take a side, these campaigns create decision paralysis that leads to inaction” As war envelops Ukraine, Russian sources have strived to create a miasma of disinformation about the invasion. Among ample efforts to MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 13
Happy Friday News Viewers, welcome to our Friday free chat, all news all the time, whether personal or political, local or global, near, far, funny, sad, and when all topics have been exhausted, there’s always MORE
Opinion
Op-Ed: CBS News giving Mick Mulvaney a paid contributor gig is an act of journalistic malpractice
From mid-December 2018 through early March 2020, Mick Mulvaney, a former member of Congress from South Carolina, served as President Trump’s acting chief of staff. On Mulvaney’s watch, the White House took a wrecking ball to checks MORE
Opinion
Opinion: What if voting were mandatory? The case for 100 percent democracy.
The first step toward ending our voting wars is to recognize that every citizen should play a role in shaping our nation’s destiny. In the wake of changes that made voting more convenient, and resulted MORE
Gun Violence
Sandy Hook families reject settlement offer from Infowars host Alex Jones
Infowars host Alex Jones offered to pay $120,000 per plaintiff to resolve a lawsuit by relatives of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims who said he defamed them by asserting the massacre never happened, according MORE
News
Sen. Collins is first GOP to say she’ll back Jackson for Supreme Court
Maine Sen. Susan Collins said Wednesday she will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, giving Democrats at least one Republican vote and all but assuring that Jackson will become the first Black woman on the Supreme MORE
Coronavirus
What One Million COVID Dead Mean for the U.S.’s Future
The U.S. will record one million confirmed deaths from COVID in the next several weeks. This toll is likely an undercount because there are more than 200,000 other excess deaths that go beyond typical mortality rates, caused in part by MORE
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Free Range Free Chat
Monday. It’s Monday. The last Monday in March of 2022, and welcome to our free chat, Free Range. This is an open forum, all topics all the time, within the bounds of reason and civility, MORE
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Professional Bigot, Tells Pete Buttigieg Stay Out of Girls’ Bathrooms
The contender for most-bigoted member on Congress used her time at a Trump rally to get weird about the Transportation Secretary and personally attack a college student Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Geo.) on Saturday for some reason MORE
SCOTUS
The Supreme Court rules President Biden is the Commander-in-Chief. Three Justices dissent.
“The judiciary cannot be part of the chain of command.” The Supreme Court on Friday evening decided, no, it was not going to needlessly insert itself in the military chain of command above President Joe MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 12
Happy Friday News Viewers — it’s another Friday — following a Monday through Thursday filled with chaos and drama. On our televisions we see a war , a confirmation hearing, a new COVID variant and MORE
Climate Change
Hello Spring, 2022: Tornadoes South, Storms East, Drought West, Floods between, Hot and Cold all over
A large, deadly tornado battered parts of the New Orleans area on Tuesday night, with damage reported in Arabi and the Lower Ninth Ward. St. Bernard Parish president Guy McInnis told CNN one person had died in MORE