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Judge to Capitol riot defendant: ‘Patriotism is loyalty to country, loyalty to the Constitution’
A federal judge rejected the argument that US Capitol rioters held in jail are being prosecuted for their political views and disavowed attempts to downplay the magnitude of the deadly insurrection during a sentencing on Wednesday.
“You called yourself and everyone else patriots, but that’s not patriotism,” Judge Amy Berman Jackson said of defendant Karl Dresch. “Patriotism is loyalty to country, loyalty to the Constitution, not loyalty to a head of state. That is the tyranny we rejected on July 4.”
Jackson, known for her sharp criticism of the Trump administration’s moves, called Dresch an “enthusiastic participant” in the effort “to subvert democracy, to stop the will of the people and replace it with the will of the mob.”
https://keyt.com/politics/cnn-us-po...yalty-to-country-loyalty-to-the-constitution/
A federal judge rejected the argument that US Capitol rioters held in jail are being prosecuted for their political views and disavowed attempts to downplay the magnitude of the deadly insurrection during a sentencing on Wednesday.
“You called yourself and everyone else patriots, but that’s not patriotism,” Judge Amy Berman Jackson said of defendant Karl Dresch. “Patriotism is loyalty to country, loyalty to the Constitution, not loyalty to a head of state. That is the tyranny we rejected on July 4.”
Jackson, known for her sharp criticism of the Trump administration’s moves, called Dresch an “enthusiastic participant” in the effort “to subvert democracy, to stop the will of the people and replace it with the will of the mob.”
https://keyt.com/politics/cnn-us-po...yalty-to-country-loyalty-to-the-constitution/
Child Tax Credit expansion will support half a million jobs, drive spending growth in rural America
Across the country, the total value of the CTC for rural households is now equal to 1.35% of non-metro GDP, compared to only 0.88% of GDP in metropolitan regions. As the report’s co-author, Samuel Hammond, noted in an exclusive interview with the Washington Post, “This suggests the CTC expansion will deliver a substantial boost to rural economies across the country.”
“If Social Security were abolished, no one doubts that rural America’s economy would collapse,” Hammond continued. “The expanded child tax credit runs that thought experiment in reverse.”
https://www.niskanencenter.org/pres...-jobs-drive-spending-growth-in-rural-america/
Across the country, the total value of the CTC for rural households is now equal to 1.35% of non-metro GDP, compared to only 0.88% of GDP in metropolitan regions. As the report’s co-author, Samuel Hammond, noted in an exclusive interview with the Washington Post, “This suggests the CTC expansion will deliver a substantial boost to rural economies across the country.”
“If Social Security were abolished, no one doubts that rural America’s economy would collapse,” Hammond continued. “The expanded child tax credit runs that thought experiment in reverse.”
https://www.niskanencenter.org/pres...-jobs-drive-spending-growth-in-rural-america/
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