funding cuts; Separating the leaders from the politicians – Mt. Airy News
February 19, 2023 The color and fragrant flowers of hyacinths One of the first spring flowers to bloom is the hyacinth. Only Carolina jasmine blooms earlier. We like the pastel colors of hyacinths in shades of pink, blue, lavender, light red, yellow and white. Its fragrance is a sweet perfume and a welcome smell as we move into the last month of winter. Hen and Bermuda grass are opposites Bermuda grass and henbane are perennial weeds and both grow in the conservatory plot, but they are opposites in their growth patterns. The club has shallow roots and grows and thrives…
Read More »The mechanical podium, playfully called the “explodium,” takes aim at even the BC political camp
It was a major political problem in British Columbia that called for a unique solution, says Premier David Eby, who at six-foot-seven is the province’s tallest leader. He said that the night long and short needed as matters of perception and fairness. While Eby dominates most people at press conferences, Postsecondary Education and Future Skills Minister Selina Robinson often needs to stand on boxes to reach the microphone at four feet 11 inches tall. The solution: a mechanical podium, which debuted shortly after Eby took over late last year. It can be moved up or down at the flick of…
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The death of Church founder Tim Keller has followers praising his approach to politics
Members of the church founded by the Reverend Timothy Keller told Fox News Digital about the late New York pastor’s influence on their understanding of the Christian faith and how he was able to overcome the political struggle. “The gospel says you’re more sinful and flawed than you’ve ever dared to believe, but more accepted and loved than you’ve ever dared to hope,” Keller often said, an aphorism that multiple sources told Fox News Digital was the most memorable thing he preached from the pulpit of the Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City. Keller, who died May 19 after…
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Chris Sununu says he will decide on 2024 Republican presidential bid ‘in the next week or two’
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu said Sunday he believes “there’s a path to winning” the GOP presidential nomination and will decide “in the next week or two” whether to run in 2024. “When I start doing something, I’m 120 percent,” Sununu said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday. “Very soon, we will make a decision, probably in the next week or two. And we will go or we will not go.” The remarks come after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Tim Scott, RSC, formally declared their presidential candidacies last week, officially challenging the front-runner, former President Donald…
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Biden and McCarthy face a potential revolt over the debt ceiling deal
Neither the right wing of the Republican Party nor some Democrats are happy with the deal President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) struck to raise the nation’s debt limit along with some policy reforms and the recovery of the expense In one of the most colorful criticisms of the deal, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) characterized like a “sandwich” on Sunday morning, then swearing in another tweet that would try to prevent the long-awaited bill from leaving the lower house. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), chairwoman of the House Progressive Caucus, noted on CNN’s “State of the Union” that the White…
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Senator Whitehouse says Congress can impose ethics rules
WASHINGTON — One of the Supreme Court’s most vocal Democratic critics said Sunday that justices operate in a “fact-free zone” and said Congress “absolutely” has the power to impose ethical standards on the judiciary, a response to the president of the president. John Roberts raises his concerns about the separation of powers. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, DR.I., criticized Justice Clarence Thomas for refusing to recuse himself from cases related to the January 6, 2021 insurrection investigation. Justice’s wife, Ginni Thomas, a longtime conservative political activist, advocated keeping Trump in the White House after he lost the 2020 election. Whitehouse said he…
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Political theater? Hardly, Tarrant lawmakers say, citing overwhelming evidence against Paxton
Texas Rep. Charlie Geren displayed a letter he had placed on lawmakers’ desks earlier in the afternoon as a swarm of reporters snapped photos of the sheet. A title in bold and serif: “Honor and humility. Where are they?” The letter was from former House Rep. David Simpson, R-Longview, and was dated Saturday — the day members of the House of Representatives will hold a historic vote on whether to impeach the three-term Texas attorney general. They voted 121-23 in favor of the dismissal resolution of 20 articleswith most Republicans supporting sending the articles to the Senate. The mood in…
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Did Biden find a reasonable middle ground in the debt limit deal or did he give away too much?
After weeks of tense wrangling between the White House and House Republicans, the fiscal deal reached Saturday to raise the debt ceiling while reining in federal spending bolsters President Biden’s case that he is the only figure still bipartisanship can do in a deeply partisan era. But it comes at the cost of upsetting many in his own party who have little appetite to meet Republicans in the middle and think the president can’t help but give too much away in an eternal and ephemeral search for consensus. And now he will test his influence over his fellow Democrats who…
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