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☆ Conservatives scoff at Trump's 'leftist plan' to build 10 new American cities featuring flying cars
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-19 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Trump recently announced a plan to build up to 10 new American cities on federal land. But some right-wing critics have attacked it as a "leftist plan" to create walkable "15-minute cities." Fox News left its in-house comedian, Greg Gutfeld, to handle the coverage of Freedom Cities. A conservative member of the UK parliament recently called 15-minute cities an "international socialist concept" that "would take away your personal freedoms." But Freedom Cities don't sound like 15-minute cities at all.

☆ A think tank created by a Palantir co-founder is behind a slew of bills criminalizing homeless encampments
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A think tank created by a Palantir co-founder is behind model legislation banning "public camping." So far, Texas and Missouri have passed laws making public camping a Class C misdemeanor. Many states and cities have taken a punitive approach to the problem, making homeless encampments illegal. In 2021, Texas became the first state to pass a Cicero-inspired state-wide law, making public camping a Class C misdemeanor punishable with up to a $500 fine. And, if they don't comply with the ban, it criminalizes their living condition," Eric Samuels, president and CEO of the Texas Homeless Network, said in a statement at the time.

☆ Biden promised 'no more drilling on federal lands, period.' He just broke that pledge to approve a massive oil project in Alaska.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

On the campaign trail in 2020, Biden promised to ban all new oil drilling on federal land. But he just broke a key campaign pledge to stop all new oil drilling on federal land in a major way. A Biden administration official insisted that the government's hands were tied by leases granted to ConocoPhillips by prior administrations. Despite these protections, the Willow project is expected to come with significant environmental costs, aside from contributing to planet-warming emissions. March 13, 2023: This story has been updated with comment from a Biden administration official.

☆ Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said 'like a lot of people' she had 'easily gotten sucked into some things I had seen on the internet' in regards to QAnon conspiracy theories
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was stripped from committee assignments after joining Congress in 2021. Greene said Sunday her QAnon support was in the past and that she got sucked into things online. Host Howard Kurtz said Democrats stripped Greene of her committees in 2021 due to statements she made about conspiracy theories and her past support of QAnon. "Well, like a lot of people today, I had easily gotten sucked into some things I had seen on the internet," Greene said. Shortly after joining Congress, Greene was removed from committees due to statements she made related to violence against lawmakers and conspiracy theories.

☆ Senate passes landmark bill protecting same-sex marriage nationwide. It's expected to pass the House and be signed into law by Biden
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Eliza Relman | Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The Senate on Tuesday passed a landmark bill that would recognize same-sex marriage nationwide. Twelve Republicans voted with Democrats for the legislation. The bill will head to the House, which is expected to pass it. Twelve Republicans voted with all Democrats for the legislation, which also protects interracial marriage. Large majorities of the American public support same-sex marriage rights.

☆ Trump tells Ye that white supremacist Nick Fuentes 'really gets me' during Mar-a-Lago visit: report
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Trump dined with white supremacist Nick Fuentes and Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, at Mar-a-Lago. At one point during their visit, Trump told Ye, "I really like this guy. The 24-year-old activist participated in the 2017 white supremacist "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, during which a neo-Nazi killed a counter-protester and injured 35 others. The Justice Department has characterized Fuentes as a "white supremacist" and the Anti-Defamation League, a civil rights group, has labeled him a "well-known white supremacist pundit and organizer." Reports about the meeting between Trump, Ye, and Fuentes surfaced on Wednesday, when Ye and Fuentes were seen walking through an airport together.

☆ Walmart shooter legally bought the handgun he used hours before killing six coworkers, authorities say
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The gunman who opened fire at a Chesapeake, Virginia, Walmart legally purchased the weapon he used. Authorities say the gunman bought his 9-millimeter handgun at a local store just hours before the shooting. The shooter, a Walmart store supervisor, killed six of his coworkers and injured others. Police identified the shooter as 31-year-old Andre Bing, who was employed as an overnight supervisor at the Walmart store. Authorities said Bing opened fire in the break room inside the store just after 10 pm, killing six of his coworkers.

☆ Voters in one of the most competitive House races in the country sound off on abortion, inflation, January 6, and 2024
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

One of this year's most competitive House races is in Virginia's 7th district, just southwest of DC. Some GOP voters insisted Trump won the 2020 election, while Democrats said they want younger leaders. Martin Cevala, a construction superintendent, thinks Trump won the 2020 election. Jill and James Sherk want a full ban on abortion with no exceptions except for the life of the mother. She said she voted for Trump with her "nose held" and that she doesn't know whether he won the 2020 election.

☆ Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger says she sought out Liz Cheney's endorsement in her nail-biter race against Yesli Vega
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Bryan Metzger | Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger told Insider she sought out GOP Rep. Liz Cheney's endorsement. Spanberger faces a tight race against Yesli Vega, who has sympathized with January 6 rioters. "People are enthusiastic about it," Spanberger said of the high-profile endorsement in a phone interview with Insider on Saturday. In her statement announcing the Spanberger endorsement, Cheney said Vega was "promoting conspiracy theories, denying election outcomes she disagrees with, and defending the indefensible." "I have spent almost my entire adult life in service to this nation," Spanberger told the crowd of volunteers.

☆ Trump solicits cash right after the January 6 committee votes to subpoena him and tells supporters he's fighting for their 'heritage'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The nine-member committee unanimously voted to subpoena Trump for testimony. ", Trump prompts supporters to donate at least $45 to the Save America Joint Fundraising Committee, which is composed of two of his post-presidential political committees: Save America and Make America Great Again PAC. A fundraising email sent by one of former President Donald Trump's political committees on October 13, 2022. Save AmericaThe nine-member committee unanimously voted to subpoena Trump for testimony concerning the riot at the close of the hearing on Thursday. As of August 31, Save America alone reported about $92.8 million in reserve, according to a filing with the Federal Election Commission.

☆ Millennials and Gen Z want to stop a climate catastrophe. But first they have to get elected.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +24 min

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, told young climate activists in 2019, "You didn't vote for me." AP Photo/Gemunu AmarasingheBut most policy debates aren't genuinely existential in the way climate change is. "Younger Democrats tend to have a much more friendly relationship and response to the party's activist class than older Democrats do." Fossil-fuel interests have played a central role in stymieing progress on climate change for decades. Nearly a decade later, Trump ran for and won the presidency — with Gingrich's early and staunch support — while calling climate change a "hoax."

☆ Trump thought he'd be assassinated after he authorized the deadly drone strike that killed top Iranian leader Qassem Soleimani: book
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Yelena Dzhanova | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Trump worried that he'd be assassinated by the Iranian government for authorizing a strike that killed the Iranian military commander. Trump told several of his Florida friends about his fears at a cocktail party, two journalists wrote in an upcoming book. In public, though, Trump bragged about the strike, saying he took out a "noted terrorist." Trump told several confidantes about his fear, according to a report from The Guardian, which obtained an advance copy of the forthcoming book "The Divider" by journalists Susan Glasser and Peter Baker. In public, though, Trump talked up the drone strike to Republican donors in Florida, recounting the minutes that led up to the deadly event.

Trump's Save America PAC released a photo showing the former president meeting with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on January 28. It added: "President Trump will always and forever be a champion for the American People." Millions of Trump supporters would likely follow Trump to a new political party — if he chose to break away from the Republican Party. Afterward, McCarthy predicted intraparty peace, saying in a statement: "President Trump committed to helping elect Republicans in the House and Senate in 2022." "President Trump has agreed to work with Leader McCarthy on helping the Republican Party to become a majority in the House."

"We don't have a leader of the Republican Party," Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina told Insider. It's a common phenomenon when a party loses the White House and control in both chambers of Congress. It's what happens whenever a party loses the White House and majority control on both ends of the Capitol. That's the problem facing Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the third-ranking House Republican. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP'Until something else comes along'Trump may be barred from major social-media platforms, but he also isn't giving interviews or commanding attention from the White House.

☆ If you voted early and changed your mind, you can switch your choice in several states — here's how
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-02 | by ( Rebecca Harrington | Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

But some voters who have a change of heart can alter their early vote after casting it. A handful of states allow voters to switch their votes before Election Day, but they have different restrictions and deadlines. Ballots cast early this year surpassed total early votes in 2016 a full nine days before Election Day. But some voters who have a change of heart can alter their early vote after casting it. A handful of states allow voters to switch their votes before Election Day, but they have different restrictions and deadlines.

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