I Quit the GOP and Moved Left. Will Liz Cheney Do the Same?
The Republican congresswoman is being portrayed as a traitor to her party. I know exactly how that feels.
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I’ve been thinking a lot about Liz Cheney. Her courage in standing up to Donald Trump and the increasingly authoritarian Republican Party shouldn’t make her exceptional ideally, she would have a considerable amount of company but it does. Having broken with the Republican Party myself, I know that the initial break eventually led me to an almost complete cutoff with the right side of the political spectrum and a somewhat reluctant embrace of the left. I will be curious to see if Ms. Cheney follows the same path.
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South Carolina lawmakers have passed a bill to allow inmates on death row to be executed by firing squad in the absence of lethal injection drugs.
When signed into law, it will make South Carolina the fourth state in the country to offer the option as a method of capital punishment.
Opponents criticised the new measure as medieval but its supporters say it is about bringing closure to victims.
The southern state has not held an execution since 2011.
The legislation passed by the South Carolina House of Representatives aims to restart executions by bypassing the difficulties states face in procuring the drugs for a lethal injection cocktail.
Michigan graduations could be exempt from capacity restrictions under new bill
A new bill in the Michigan Senate would allow high school graduations to be exempt from capacity limits.
Posted at 5:45 AM, May 06, 2021
and last updated 2021-05-06 05:45:22-04
(WXYZ) â The Michigan House and Senate have voted to exempt high school graduations from the governor s imposed emergency capacity limits.
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