Earlier this month, President Trump announced his support of the First Step Act, a major bipartisan criminal justice reform bill in Congress. The bill, which provides federal judges more discretion by removing the constraints imposed by mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines and has multiple measures designed to reduce the rate of recidivism, overwhelmingly passed the in House in May, but has …
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Twitter’s enforcement failure is fueling conservative distrust of the platform
Yesterday, Twitter permanently banned conservative personality Jesse Kelly from its platform. According to Kelly, no reason for his removal from the social network was given. Many on the right were once again left scratching their heads as to what exactly Kelly tweeted that earned him the ban. Yes, at times his tweets were too snarky and sometimes outright obnoxious, but …
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2020 presidential race begins, so here is a list of potential Democratic candidates
With the 2018 midterms over, the 2020 presidential campaign has begun — and there are just over 23 months before Election Day 2020. Unlike 2016, Democrats don’t have a clear frontrunner and this has caused them to amass a massive field of potential candidates. They range from the serious to those running to increase their name recognition. Here is a …