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A single image can crack a political storyline wide open. We start with the viral clip of an Israeli soldier smashing a Jesus statue and follow the uncomfortable question it forces for many American Christians: what does “shared values” mean when Christians in Jerusalem report harassment and holy sites face restrictions? With Larry Johnson, we pull apart the gap between religious branding and real-world treatment, and why that gap is changing the tone of U.S. conservative support. Then the focus turns to the Israel Iran war and the American messaging machine around it. Trump says Israel didn’t drive his decisions,…
Monday, April 28th on RealClearPolitics – Joined by RCP Contributor Richard Porter:00:00 Will the Redistricting War Survive the Courts?16:30 Jeffries Asked A… Source link
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Its $0 tax bill comes despite the company raking in $1.6 billion and landing a $10 billion military contract last year. Protesters make themselves heard near Palantir’s new headquarters on March 03, 2026 in Aventura, Florida. Before relocating to Aventura in February 2026, Palantir had its headquarters in Denver, Colorado. Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. Anew analysis finds that tech giant Palantir Technologies paid $0 in federal income taxes last year, despite raking in hundreds of millions in taxpayer money to build out a mass network to surveil Americans in…
Ali v. Mindful Care, Inc., decided two weeks ago by the Illinois Human Rights Commission rejected claims by Ali, who had been an employee of a mental health services clinic. (Commissioners Janice M. Glenn and Gregory E. Vaci wrote the opinion, with Commissioner Mony Ruiz-Velasco dissenting.) Ali claimed that: [O]n January 3, 2024, a video she was in gained popularity on social media… [T]he video was made on December 29, 2023, and showed Petitioner, off duty, taking down a poster that was attached to an outdoor pole. [According to the employer,] {the video showed Petitioner removing posters depicting children that…
Vice President JD Vance has been questioning the assessments coming out of the Department of War about the success of the US military in Iran. According to two senior White House officials speaking with The Atlantic, Vance has expressed skepticism about the Pentagon’s estimates about the depletion of US munitions during the war against Iran. A report released last week by the Washington-based think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) found that the Pentagon used about half of its stockpiles of advanced interceptors and standoff munitions during the first five weeks of the war. Vance is concerned that…
Budget blues. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin have agreed to push back the May 1 deadline by which the mayor must issue an executive budget proposal, while the two figure out how to cover the city’s $5.4 billion budget gap, reports Politico. The Reason Roundup Newsletter by Liz Wolfe Liz and Reason help you make sense of the day’s news every morning. Additionally, they are going to jointly call for more state budget aid and “change” to the state’s pass-through entity tax (PTET) that will allegedly generate an additional $1 billion in revenue, reports The City’s…
Blanchard v. Augusta Bd. of Ed., decided yesterday by Judge Stacey Neumann (D. Me.), held that the First Amendment was likely violated by school board public commentary policies forbidding “gossip,” “abusive … language.,” “vulgar language,” and “complaints or allegations … at Board meetings concerning any person employed by the school system or against particular students,” also described as “[p]ersonal matters or complaints concerning student or staff issues.” The parties had agreed that the public comment period was a “limited public forum,” a place opened up by the government for speech on particular subjects. In a limited public forum, speech restrictions…
The White House has asked the intelligence community to assess how Iran would respond to the US declaring victory and ending the conflict. According to multiple sources speaking with Reuters, senior Trump administration officials requested the intelligence community develop the assessment. The request could signal that President Donald Trump may be seeking an off-ramp to end the war against Iran. Early in the war, the intelligence community assessed that if the US declared victory and withdrew from the region, Tehran would view the move as a victory. Additionally, some members of the administration are concerned that ending the conflict now…
War hawks love the idea of “credibility.” In his confirmation hearing last year, Secretary of State Marco Rubio called his philosophy “peace through strength by restoring the credibility of American deterrence.” When President Donald Trump sent special forces to capture Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro, Vice President J.D. Vance said that “Maduro is the newest person to find out that President Trump means what he says.” Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth similarly stated last month that “Iran is learning the hard way that President Trump means what he says.” It’s ironic praise for a president who so often doesn’t mean what…