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Looking Back, Looking Ahead By JD King Duke Basketball Report March 8, 2021 CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA – MARCH 06: Leaky Black #1 of the North Carolina Tar Heels is guarded by Wendell Moore Jr. #0 of the Duke Blue Devils during the first half of their game at Dean E. Smith Center on March 06, 2021 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Saturday wasn’t much fun for anyone so we kind of took a breather Sunday. It’s possible a great run in the ACC Tournament could get Duke in the NCAA Tournament but it’s not a great feeling…
Analysis | Lindsey Graham points to GOP’s reality under Trump: It’s a hostage situation Washington Post March 8, 2021 Sen. Lindsey O. Graham’s relationship with former president Donald Trump has contained multitudes. He was arguably Trump’s biggest critic on the 2016 debate stage, saying that nominating Trump would deservedly destroy the party, but he later became one of Trump’s biggest Senate allies. All the while, he seemed to want to make clear that this was a marriage of convenience rather than true conviction — the price to pay for getting things done. On Sunday, though, Graham (R-S.C.) described…
Kamala Harris’ Berkeley childhood home may gain historic landmark status By Kellie Hwang San Francisco Chronicle March 8, 2021 A pale yellow, two-story duplex in Berkeley with a powerful political connection may soon be eligible to receive historic status. That’s because as a child, Kamala Harris — the first woman and first Black and Southeast Asian woman to hold the office of vice president — lived on the top floor of the home on Bancroft Way. On Tuesday, Berkeley officials will discuss a resolution that could give the dwelling landmark status. The resolution would expand eligibility for landmark…
Freedom Watch TV March 8, 2021
UNC Crushes Duke In Chapel Hill, 91-73 By JD King Duke Basketball Report March 7, 2021 One of the, if not the foundational moments in the history of Mike Krzyzewski’s Duke Basketball program was after Ralph Sampson’s Virginia team beat Duke by 43 in the ACC Tournament. The staff and several people around the program were out for a meal when Johnny Moore offered “here’s to forgetting tonight.” Coach’s K’s famous response: “here’s to never forgetting tonight.” Continue Reading…..
Biden rides a Keep It Simple, Stupid strategy to early success By Natasha Korecki, Christopher Cadelago POLITICO March 7, 2021 From the day Joe Biden stepped into the White House, his top priority was clear: Pass Covid relief. Ignore skirmishes elsewhere. Keep the message to Congress simple. And keep the message to the public even clearer: The current health and financial crisis would not go unanswered. “Crisis creates urgency and they made the relief bill the singular focus of their agenda,” said Rahm Emanuel, who as President Obama’s chief of staff in 2009 ushered through a relief package…
Biden signs executive order expanding voting access By Donald Judd and Devan Cole CNN March 7, 2021 (CNN)President Joe Biden signed an executive order Sunday expanding voting access in what the White House calls “an initial step” in its efforts to “protect the right to vote and ensure all eligible citizens can freely participate in the electoral process.” The move comes as Republicans in statehouses around the country work to advance voter suppression legislation, including a bill in Georgia that voting rights groups say targets Black voters. Congressional Democrats, meanwhile, have pushed measures in recent days to increase…
By Josh Gerstein, Kyle Cheney POLITICO March 6, 2021 The lawyer for the horned shaman who became one of the most iconic figures involved in the storming of the Capitol in January is in hot water with a federal judge after facilitating an interview that the judge said violated federal rules. At a hearing Friday on the case against QAnon follower Jacob Chansley, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth dressed down Chansley’s attorney Al Watkins for using his privileges as a lawyer to arrange an interview with Chansley for CBS’ “60 Minutes+.” “Can you tell me how that came about?”…
Freedom Watch TV March 5, 2021
Swalwell sues Trump and close allies over Capitol riot in second major insurrection lawsuit By Katelyn Polantz and Devan Cole CNN March 5, 2021 Washington (CNN)Former House impeachment manager Eric Swalwell has sued former President Donald Trump, his son Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani and Republican Rep. Mo Brooks in a second major lawsuit seeking to hold Trump and his allies accountable for inciting the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6. The new lawsuit filed on Friday by Swalwell, a California Democrat who helped to lead impeachment arguments against Trump for inciting insurrection, follows a similar…