Recent US Analysis

Family of disgraced cross-dressing nuclear waste official says he’s lying about childhood abuse

'The claims of conversion therapy never happened, nor did my parents abuse my brother or me. My parents and I have always known the truth but we don’t preach to people what the truth is. It's disheartening because my parents are still being slandered for the past decade because some people believed Samuel's word,' sister Rachel Brinton clarified.
Analysis
Peter LaBarbera
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Would a ‘climate emergency’ open the same door to authoritarian governance as the ‘COVID emergency?’

There are better ways to address climate change than insisting federal lawmakers declare a national 'climate emergency' – including building a left-right coalition that can work together to build resilience to the environmental challenges of the 21st century while preserving democracy, civil liberties, and human rights.
Analysis
W. Aaron Vandiver, The Defender
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