The announcement Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropping mask requirements for vaccinated people has stirred more partisan acrimony in the House, with Republicans eager to ditch face coverings mandated by Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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Paul Goldenberg, left, Linda Langston and John Farmer
As if the challenge of safeguarding public health and our citizens’ security during a global pandemic were not enough for local government officials and law enforcement, they also face another form of contagion of perhaps greater long-term concern: a pandemic of viral mis- and disinformation that challenges the stability of government and the public’s trust.
In today’s environment, the way citizens view facts, define certainty and classify information no longer adheres to traditional rules. Fundamental changes have made it easier for domestic and foreign bad actors to exploit and amplify vital information to sow discord, push foreign nations’ policy agendas, cause alarm and ultimately undermine confidence and public trust in the core institutions of our democracy.
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Washington: Twenty years later, Jud Kilgore still canât get the video out of his mind.
In March 1991 Rodney King - a black man on parole for robbery - led police on a high-speed chase through Los Angeles.
The police officers eventually stopped him and ordered King out of the car. A group of officers proceeded to kick the 25-year-old repeatedly and club him with batons for around 15 minutes as colleagues watched. The beating left King with a fractured skull, broken bones and permanent brain damage.
A bystander with a home video camera filmed the assault. The tape horrified Kilgore, then in his early 30s and living in Los Angeles, when it was aired on television.
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Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has declared a state of emergency, blaming President Joe Biden for a surge of undocumented immigrants.
The governor announced Tuesday he’s deploying 250 National Guard troops, providing up to $25 million in initial funding for the mission. The situation in our border communities is just as bad – if not worse – than the coverage we ve been seeing, Ducey said. It s become evidently clear that Arizona needs the National Guard, and the White House is aware of that. Yet, to this day, there has been no action from this administration, and it doesn’t look like they are going to act any time soon. If this administration isn t going to do anything, then we will.