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Kim Kardashian clashes with Caitlyn Jenner’s ideas on prison reform: report
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On Friday, the 71-year-old tweeted her thoughts about prison reform which contrast greatly with her former step-daughter Kim Kardashian's stance on the issue. Jenner, a Republican, wrote, "Gavin’s District Attorneys...
Media slammed for using Dems’ talking points after Senate election reform vote: ‘This framing is insane’
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While the vote was celebrated among Republicans who blasted the bill as a "partisan power grab," news publications adopted Democrat messaging with slanted headlines that largely cast the Republicans against "voting r...
GOP uses filibuster to block Democrats’ election reform bill
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The "For the People Act" needed 60 votes to clear a procedural vote in the Senate, but Republicans filibustered and killed the legislation from advancing to debate. No Republicans joined with the 50 Democrats on the ...
Karl Rove: AWOL Texas Dems, here are 7 questions about election reform you can answer from quarantine
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The reason for their rash action was to keep an election reform bill – H.B. 3, sponsored by Republican State Rep. Andrew Murr – from passing. But listen to their many public utterances – from news conferences to cabl...
Holden & Pye: Trump made conservatives criminal justice reform leaders. Here’s how to keep it that way
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We are proud of the work we did to help them on the First Step Act and believe Congress should immediately take more steps to continue to reform overly harsh federal prison sentences and build on President Trump's re...
Bail reform advocates mostly silent on Waukesha parade killing suspect Darrell Brooks’ $5M bail
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At the time that Brooks allegedly plowed his SUV into the Christmas parade crowd on Sunday, he had been released from jail on what Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm called an "inappropriately low" bail...
Surfside inspectors visited Champlain Towers South dozens of times. Now its collapse is spurring calls for reform
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In the wake of last month's deadly building collapse, inspectors from around South Florida have fanned out to review other high-rises for damage in an attempt to avert another tragedy. But Champlain Towers South had...
’10 years is enough’: Advocates and bipartisan lawmakers push for sentencing reform for drug-related offenders
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William R. Underwood was a 17-year-old father living in New York City when former President Richard Nixon declared a "war on drugs." He admits he chose to sell drugs to earn a living -- a move that at 34, landed hi...
New Mexico congressional race tests effectiveness of GOP’s attacks on police reform proposals
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A special congressional election in New Mexico on Tuesday poses an early test of whether Republicans' strategy of latching Democratic candidates to their party's most progressive police reform proposals will help th...
Stephen Miller stresses importance of immigration reform lawsuits: ‘Innocent people’ will be killed
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"The lawsuit being filed by Florida, along with Texas and Arizona, is the most important lawsuit that is happening in the country right now," he said on "Sunday Morning Futures." In early March, Florida AG Ashley Moo...
Rep. Bass willing to negotiate on police reform, says denying systemic racism ‘doesn’t help anyone’
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Republicans such as Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Tim Scott, R-S.C., have suggested keeping individual officers from being sued while making it easier to hold police departments liable for their officers' conduct...
Brandon Tatum backs reimagining bail reform ‘in good faith,’ slams liberal cities for power-hungry policy
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Following the attack in Waukesha, Wisconsin, where repeat offender Darrell Brooks Jr. plowed into Christmas parade attendees, bail reform has been a front-and-center concern in managing crime. Tatum agreed that bail ...
Group backed by LeBron James launches a campaign focused on criminal justice reform
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The political organization cofounded by NBA superstar LeBron James launched a new campaign Monday to promote voting rights and criminal justice reform. The campaign, "Protect Our People," is being spearheaded by Ja...
Former Detroit police chief: ‘Bail reform is a failure’ and Biden’s plan isn’t addressing it
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BIDEN TOUTS NEW CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGY FOCUSED ON GUN CONTROL JAMES CRAIG: His program falls short on a couple of fronts. First of all, he did talk very briefly, maybe 10 seconds, about having a properly function...
Progressive prosecutors blast recalls, assail Democrats for not supporting reform agenda
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The discussion on changing the criminal justice system was part of a virtual meeting moderated by Melina Abdullah, a civic leader and professor at California State University, Los Angeles. District attorneys Chesa Bo...
Democrat tears into AOC, radical dems on past bail reform comments following Waukesha tragedy
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WAUKESHA PARADE HORROR MADE POSSIBLE BY LEFT-WING DISTRICT ATTORNEYS' ATTEMPTS AT BAIL REFORM, CRITICS SAY DOV HIKIND: It’s beyond belief what’s going on. These elected officials should be arrested for negligence. Th...