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The GOPs latest culture war is focused squarely on the nations transgender community, specifically transgender youth. It isnt a new war, simply a new front in an old war that can be traced back to the famed "bathroom bills" from some years ago that spread across dozens of states. Those bills were introduced in tandem with former President Donald Trumps targeted federal government-led attacks that included the overturning of anti-discrimination statutes protecting trans people and an outright tr...

By Bill McCarthy, PolitiFact.com Tucker Carlson:  "Theres no evidence that white supremacists were responsible for what happened on Jan. 6. Thats a lie.” PolitiFacts ruling: False Heres why: Fox News host Tucker Carlson downplayed the involvement of racially motivated extremist groups in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, falsely suggesting that the mob of pro-Trump rioters who violently stormed the building did not include white supremacists. "Theres no evidence that white supremacists...

Local man seen wearing Camp Auschwitz sweatshirt during Capitol riots pleads not guilty Court website and last updated 2021-02-24 13:07:13-05 Robert Keith Packer pleaded not guilty to his two charges: entering and remaining in a restricted building; violent entry and disorderly conduct and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. Packer was arrested in January by the FBI in Newport News. He was released from jail after his initial court appearance on a personal recognizance...

In Capitol riot cases, judges split on whether to keep defendants in jail before trial CNN 2/19/2021 By Katelyn Polantz, CNN © Win McNamee/Getty Images WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Protesters enter the Senate Chamber on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress held a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Bidens 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. Pro-Trump protesters have entered the U.S. Capitol building after mass demonstrations in t...

Indiana, PA / WDAD AM1450 & 100.3FM Feb 11, 2021 8:06 PM On Thursday night, the Penns Manor School Board paid tribute to the late board vice-president Ronald Beilchick, who passed away on January 27th. Board President Robert Packer said that Beilchick served 21 years on the Penns Manor board, and was also the longtime budget and finance chairman.  He said that he helped put the district in a good financial position but kept his focus on the students and their education, and was also someone wh...

He was not alone. They were former lovers and Facebook friends, work colleagues, casual acquaintances, a probation officer and, in one case, a defense lawyer. In some cases, they didn’t know the people they were tracking down but saw something on social media and went to work. In at least one case, someone happened to be in the right place at the right time and overheard an admission. Eager to help identify people who were part of the attack, they called the FBI. It became a sort of national ...

Close icon Two crossed lines that form an X. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. Riots at the US Capitol Building. Michael Nigro/Pacific Press:LightRocket/Getty Jewish Americans have been politically divided over support for Trump.  The pro-Trump Capitol riot on January 6 that featured at least one Holocaust reference showed the depth of that chasm. While most American Jews voted for Biden, most Orthod...

Its a day of mixed emotions | Local rabbi reflects on family history in WWII on International Holocaust Remembrance Day International Holocaust Remembrance Day is a day to educate ourselves on WWII history and what we learned from the series of events. Author: Anne Sparaco (13News Now) Published: 12:51 PM EST January 27, 2021 Updated: 12:51 PM EST January 27, 2021 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Rabbi Israel Zoberman has been a rabbi for more than 40 year...

The writer is an author. THE unthinkable seizure of the US Capitol building on Jan 6, 2021, has an analogy in Leonard Wibberley’s book The Mouse That Roared (1955). The Irish-American author Wibberley wrote a series of satires on US and Cold War politics, but none of them fits as neatly with the events of that day, the day that witnessed American democracy genuflect to home-grown anarchy. Wibberley’s parody, like all literary deflations, is premised on an implausible possibility. A small ba...

The FBI is keeping a close eye on far-right groups like the Proud Boys, Three Percenters, and Oath Keepers as it starts to determine to what extent Capitol siege was planned in advance INSIDER 1/20/2021 horecchio@businessinsider.com (Haven Orecchio-Egresitz) © Insider video Several members of the Oath Keepers militia are accused of conspiring ahead of the Capitol siege. Insider video Law enforcement are taking a closer look at how extremist groups may have organized violenc...