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As we reflect on the one-year mark of the insurrection at the Capitol, there will rightfully be discussion around the role of politicians in instigating the violence that day, the ugliness and lawlessness displayed by the insurrectionists and the threat that such an event poses to our democracy. But we’d like to name another threat that often goes unsaid: The extremists in America are heavily armed. To start, we now know Jan....

The Hawaii congresswoman is still in the race, despite amassing just two delegates and continuing to appear at the bottom of polls. Per the rules of the Democratic National Committee, candidates must have 20 percent of awarded delegates to have qualified for the debate, thus her absence. Gabbard’s continued White House bid amid a dismal primary performance is a lingering question that continues to have many scratching their heads over....

The USPS stopped fully updating a national change of address system for three weeks in August, Time revealed in a report last month. Most states use the database, known as the National Change of Address Linkage (NCOALink) to keep their voter rolls current. The agency’s inspector general is now investigating the failure to update the database during a period many states were preparing to send out mail-in ballots to voters ahead of the November 3 election....

Sens. Robert Jackson and Rachel May attended a climate change rally at the New York State Capitol in Albany on Tuesday, where activists were demanding lawmakers include $15 billion in climate-related funding in their state budget proposals due later this week. The pair posed with an activist whose banner said in red letters over an illustration of the New York City skyline: “Wake up American before it’s too late.” A plane that appears to be flying toward the Twin Towers carries the words “climate change,” suggesting the threat of global warming is comparable to that of 9/11....

At the surface level, new Gallup polling shows a public ready to move on. As of May 1, 56 percent of Americans say that healthy people should “live their normal lives as much as possible and avoid interruptions to work and business.” Just 44 percent of respondents said that healthy people should still “stay at home as much as possible to avoid contracting or spreading the coronavirus.” Unfortunately, the poll’s reasonable findings were not equally distributed among parties....

Democratic Representatives Ritchie Torres of New York, who is openly gay, and Ted Lieu of California shared an article by the Daily Beast on Thursday that said Santos didn’t publicly mention a previous marriage to a woman. “You’ve got to be kidding me. Looks like far-right Republican George Santos, who fabricated his whole political identity, may have even lied about his sexuality. I may be the only actual openly gay member of Congress in New York in the New Year,” Torres tweeted on Thursday....

“Unless we have a well-thought-out plan, I think it is something that should be revisited and perhaps delayed,” the Michigan Democrat said Monday, according to Politico. “I’m going to defer judgment on that until I give the administration opportunity to fully articulate what that plan is. I share the concerns of some of my colleagues.” Peters joins a growing chorus of Democrats with doubts about ending Title 42, a policy implemented under Donald Trump to restrict immigration during the pandemic....

According to Politico, leading Democrats in the House of Representatives are looking at avenues to pass drug pricing and climate legislation through the same budget process that was used to pass President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package—which bypassed the Senate filibuster and the need to gain Republican support. Lowering the cost of prescription drugs was one of the few shared goals of former President Donald Trump and Democrats on Capitol Hill....

As players progress through the game, their actions will have an effect on the world around them. Do traditionally “good” things like killing bosses or defeating invaders and the World Tendency will shift towards white, meanwhile doing traditionally “bad” things like killing NPCs or dying while in body form will shift the World Tendency towards black instead. In order to get Istarelle, Demon’s Souls players need to achieve Pure White World Tendency in the Valley of Defilement....

Del Rio clarified the rumour that was going around which said that Del Rio didn’t drop the AAA Mega Heavyweight Title the correct way, after he made his surprise return at the Hell in a Cell PPV in October. According to him, WWE were willing for him to drop the title at the AAA Guerra de Titanes show on December 4th. However, AAA canceled the show and WWE pulled their offer back leaving del Rio unable to drop the title....

The remnants of Hurricane Ida, now a tropical storm, hit New York City on Wednesday evening, bringing high winds, heavy rains, flooding and a tornado warning, prompting people to stay indoors as Subway stations and roads were flooded. However, a clip shared to Twitter on Wednesday evening appeared to show a driver for the online food ordering company Grubhub continuing to make a delivery during the severe weather, with the footage seemingly showing them wading through a flooded road carrying a bag of food and dragging their bicycle....

Built into the top of the touchpad is what Dell calls a “collaboration trackpad”. This provides quick access to the most commonly used tools in a video call: microphone and video toggles, screen sharing and accessing the chat. These are displayed only for the duration of the meeting – after it ends, full trackpad use is restored. It’s a novel approach to preventing virtual meeting mishaps, something which almost everyone will be familiar with nowadays....

Like the other 7000 series devices of Dell, this tablet will also feature cutting-edge design features and the latest technologies. A 10.5-inch tablet, this one makes heads turn for its impressive look and extremely sleek design. Supporting a 2560 x 1600 LED display, it has a classic look. The device also features Intel quad-core 2.3 GHz Atom Z3580 processor, making it a worthy choice for everyday work. High-end graphic support makes the device a good choice for the gamers as well....

In a sense, it is no surprise for millions across my continent that an African contest did not make for breaking news when passing the reins of government from one party to another without rage or regret. It is becoming more normal. But this milestone is important when it challenges the afro-pessimism that expects our political contests to be marred by violence and fraud. Africans are hardly short of elections....

On Tuesday, members in the House and Senate introduced legislation that would raise the federal minimum wage over the course of the next five years. But the bill faces an uphill battle in the evenly split Senate, as it would require support from all 50 Democrats and 10 Republicans. An alternative route for advancing the policy would be to include it in the upcoming budget reconciliation process, which would only require a simple majority in the Senate rather than 60 votes needed for new legislation....

State senator Janet Bewley later said she had used a “poor choice of words” during a virtual panel for the Wisconsin Counties Association. Bewley, the state Senate’s minority leader, had been arguing in favor of a proposal from Governor Tony Evers, also a Democrat, to let counties and some municipalities raise the sales tax, if this is approved via a referendum. Wisconsin’s sales tax is 5 percent but most counties have used a legal process to increase that to 5....

“Trump’s Budget a Hit List, Not Wish List: Targets Children, Environment, and Patients … For Trump and his enablers, impeachment shows facts don’t matter; the climate crisis shows science doesn’t matter. Less than a wish list, it’s a hit list, with our children, the environment, and patients hit hard,” wrote Texas Democratic congressman Lloyd Doggett, a member of the House Budget Committee, in a statement Monday. “Trump said he would ‘always protect your Medicare and Social Security....

A New York Times/Siena College poll found that surveyed voters have flipped from Democrats to Republicans in anticipation of the November 8 election. The economy and inflation have surged past issues like reproductive rights that initially galvanized swaths of the electorate, jumping from 36 percent in a July survey to 44 percent now. The survey of 792 likely voters nationwide conducted by phone shows that 49 percent of respondents said they planned to vote for a Republican representative in Congress, compared to 45 percent who said they intend to vote Democrat....

Since 1976, the Hyde Amendment has stipulated that federal tax dollars cannot be used to fund abortions except in cases of rape, incest or if the pregnant person’s life is in danger. Like any form of subsidy, this amendment makes it more likely that pregnant people will use Medicaid funds to have a child, rather than to end their child’s life. Most U.S. states without either federal or state funding of abortion have a pregnancy termination rate of 5-15 percent....

To those that didn’t know any better, it may seem hard to believe that Demon’s Souls actually came out back in 2009 for the PS3, as the remake does an excellent job of modernizing it for today’s audience. Despite this, Bluepoint Games also manages to maintain the unique mood of the original game, making it the perfect harmony of old and new. RELATED: Demon’s Souls - The Hardest Boss in the Chieftan’s Archstone...