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A US president is banned from social media. A long-time national science reporter resigns in disgrace after repeating a racial slur. A school district drops the names of famous Americans from its buildings. A congresswoman is punished for spreading conspiracy theories.
Each one of these episodes has been cited as evidence of cancel culture - the idea that zealous activists, mostly on the left, are seeking to suppress disfavoured free expression by permanently shaming and ostracising individuals who have been deemed to have transgressed.
Just last week, Donald Trump s legal team derided his impeachment trial as constitutional cancel culture . Disney severed ties with actress Gina Carano, who portrays a popular character in its Star Wars series The Mandalorian, reportedly because of inflammatory social media posts on mask-wearing and the US election.
Hope rising: Americaâs first female vice-president
She is seen by some as an Obama-like figure who can help restore faith in America. Can Kamala Harris live up to the hype?
By Nick Bryant
February 13, 2021
Kamala Harris takes the oath of office on January 20 with her husband, Doug Emhoff, by her side.
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Out she steps in suffragette white, the radiance of her pantsuit giving her an almost celestial air â as if she is the gatekeeper to some other world. COVID-19 has turned this into a drive-in victory party, so supporters are honking their horns, cheering muffled cheers out of the half-open windows of their SUVs, and waving American flags from the cargo beds of their pick-up trucks.
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Alabama’s Richard Shelby among few senators to have participated in three impeachments
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The second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is bringing back college memories for Angi Stalnaker and a lesson she learned from a beloved political science professor at the University of Alabama.
She recalled her professor, Bill Stewart, writing down the names of the Republican and Democratic senators who, prior to the 1999 impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, indicated how they would vote before the trial started. Those who did have their minds made up beforehand, Stalnaker recalls Stewart saying, “violated their oaths.”
Congressman Sherman and Senator Feinstein introduce the Kobe and Gianna Bryant Helicopter Safety Act Office of Congressman Brad Sherman Press Release | February 2, 2021
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Congressman Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) and California Senator Dianne Feinstein announced the reintroduction of the
Kobe Bryant and Gianna Bryant Helicopter Safety Act, which will require the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to strengthen federal safety standards for equipping helicopters.
Congressman Sherman moved to first introduce this legislation in the wake of the tragic helicopter crash that claimed the life of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna Bryant and seven others one year ago in Calabasas, California.