As has been pointed out many times, Im not a professional journalist and so cannot understand the arcane arts, but to me, this means that the blog is meant to make some sense of the chatter on both sides of an issue. Even in the frozen north, hyper-partisanship has started to change politics. He currently serves as the Senior BBC North American reporter. Why 'the happiest place' is suing Florida's governor, How Biden hopes to overcome his age problem, For Supreme Court, the abortion battle is just beginning, Political battle lines will harden over Trump case, We knew Trump charges were coming - it's still explosive, How Trump will try to spin his anticipated arrest, What DeSantis dig at Trump tells us about 2024 race, Marianne Williamson responds to 'hit piece' allegations. The current governing bipartisan coalition formed back in November 2016, when three Republicans joined with Democrats and independents to vote together. By Anthony Zurcher North America reporter A US president is banned from social media. The Lion King and the Forced Nostalgia of a Dying Republic, The Trumpmonster Visits New Hampshire: Part I, The Lonely Crowd III: American Moral Progress 1950-1969, The Lonely Crowd, Part II: Optimism and Pessimism in the 1950s and 1960s, The Lonely Crowd, Part I: Parenting Philosophy Among Millennials and Boomers, A Critique of Lisa Wehrstedts Review of Jennifers Body. Alternatively, they could simply feel that its already been proven that Cruz meets the definition of a natural born US citizen, especially since nobody is doubting that his mother didnt live in the US for ten years before he was born, and dont care about this. The echo chamber from the other side is obviously more willing to give Christie the benefit of the doubt. Samuel A. Alito, Jr., in full Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr., (born April 1, 1950, Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.), associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 2006. Alito's father, Samuel A. Alito, immigrated to the United States from Italy as a child and eventually served as director of research for the New Jersey legislature. "We have had people from Maine tell us that ranked choice completely changed the tenor of their elections; that people no longer ran against their opponent, but ran based on their values and the things they were hoping to accomplish in the legislature," says Geisell, the Republican defeated in a 2020 party primary. Image source, Anthony Zurcher BBC. Anthony authored the front-page business section of articles for The Washington Post and also cover stories for The Texas Observer. This DeSantis PAC ad ends with a "DeSantis for President" bumper sticker being put over a Trump 2016 sticker on the back of a black pickup truck. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. "The cancel culture doesn't just go after conservatives and Republicans," he said. A condensed version of this is permanently in the upper right corner of the Echo Chambers page. "The goal is to have the public read something crazy in the newspaper and immediately think 'critical race theory'," he wrote on Twitter. Tucker Carlson, the highest-rated cable TV host credited with setting the agenda for US conservatives, has left Fox News, the network . The good news is that CNN is increasingly recognized as a multimedia tabloid, an omnipresent source of misinformation that cant be trusted any further than you can throw your television set. But again, Im not a professional journalist, so not qualified to judge the priest caste. The secret mine that hid the Nazis' stolen treasure. Naturally, some wont trust him and are asking What did he know and when did he know it?, while others are taking him at his word. Sarah Rasmussen was first elected to the Alaska state house in 2018 as a Republican, and after spending two years in the chamber's minority, she decided to work as an independent and vote with the majority on some issues. Although some conservatives characterise the "cancel" movement as an attempt by liberal media to damage high-profile Republicans like Trump, its targets aren't always political figures - or conservatives. "I now realise that it cannot. He graduated from the Univesity in 1994 earning a degree in International relations. Anthony Zurcher - Biased BBC Its actually automatic, no need for him to do anything. The spirit of compromise that had characterised Alaska politics, according to many at the parade, is a weakness. Is there bad news for Biden in Alaska? - BBC News Covid-19. To be fair, there is no other way for Zurcher to promote the debate, as there will be almost nothing in the way of thoughtful analysis. "Having to take these actions fragment the public conversation," he wrote in a series of tweets. While Palins return to birtherism accomplished the intended laugh from the appreciative crowd, there was someone in the room who was likely not laughing. Perhaps the state's most prominent national politician at the moment, Senator Lisa Murkowski, is a Republican who occasionally votes with the Democrats - and who won re-election as an independent write-in candidate in 2010. Dorcas This was picked up in the Left-wing blogosphere and other outlets, and the Left thought they smelled ironic birther blood. A US president is banned from social media. And what form - and permanence - does that punishment take? He currently serves as the Senior BBC North American reporter. Ruddy hell, the trannies will be queing to get in. The response from the left, however, has been that there's a difference between cancelling someone and holding them accountable for their actions; that free speech is protected from government interference but its abuse has consequences within society. May even have some biological wimmin applying. Anthony Zurcher - BBC News Ted Cruz is an American caught in the talons of Canadian citizenship. It's one of the reasons why there were few Democratic votes for Republican legislation under Trump and, over the past few months, almost no Republican support for Biden's agenda, despite the new president's talk of compromise and conciliation. Again, Im doing this without having read any of it other than the title and the first sentence. If you talk to Alaskans, they'll say their environment - the harshness of it, the remoteness of it and the majesty of it - affects every facet of their lives. While its impossible to prove a negative, many are pointing to his known brusk, tough-talking, and at times aggressive behavior as evidence that this attitude was endemic in his administration, and thus he shares blame. Did this woman die because her genitals were cut? Is it working? The recent performance of the Alaska state legislature only drives home Fields' point. That includes the state's unique, stubbornly independent politics. It is deeply offensive and hurtful.". Tucker Carlson leaves Fox News - BBC News This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google. The mission statement as he originally . Your email address will not be published. Hochman sees opponents of CRT as the ones on the ropes, with the Black Lives Matter protests serving as a political catalyst for radical change. She opposed repealing Democratic health-care reforms and backed the independent commission on the January 6 US Capitol attack. For opponents, it's a subversive plan to indoctrinate young Americans to reject their country and its history. In either case, the response can be similarly ferocious. Articles by Anthony Zurcher's Profile | BBC Journalist | Muck Rack The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. An elementary school in Cupertino, California, for instance, asked third-graders to label their own power and privilege in an "identity map". "We have decodified the term and will recodify it to annex the entire range of cultural constructions that are unpopular with Americans.". Controversies come and go, but America's reckoning with its history, and with the role racism has played in it, are not a passing political fad. At the moment, Alaska is the only state legislature in the US where centrist Democrats, Republicans and independents have joined together to form a governing majority. Geopolitical illiteracy from Tim Ryan? Cruz quickly promised to renounce his Canadian citizenship by the end of the year. Trump started his speech at the NRA on-message, talking about how the various steps he took to protect gun rights as president. Its now the new year, so naturally those who seek to undermine him are going to check up on it. My grandmothers maiden name is Zurcher and her family was from Switzerland. Hes going to get the vetting that the media never did for the Junior Senator from Illinois in 2008, or even during Obamas first term as President. Ill even use his title. The journalist also worked on syndicated newspaper features such as comic strips and columns. I wont read his piece, just check the title and the opening lines to see what the issue is. As Wayne Slater of the Dallas Morning News explained in August: Whats a birther to do? Is climate change killing Australian wine? One has to give him credit for being one of the more industrious BBC journalists. Anthony Walsh Zurcher: Address 53*** **** N, Arlington, VA, Phone (202 Video, The secret mine that hid the Nazis' stolen treasure. As it happens, he was born in Canada. Anthony Zurcher on Twitter: "Elections (of politicians in their late Explore in 3D: The dazzling crown that makes a king. Somebody has leaked or stolen some emails by the popular and prominent New Jersey Governor detailing and gloating about deliberately blocking traffic on a vital commuter conduit in order to retaliate against a local politician who didnt endorse Christie in the last election. A long-time national science reporter resigns in disgrace after repeating a racial slur. His mother was a US citizen at the time of birth, so US law says hes a citizen at birth, regardless of where he was born, even though his Cuban father was not. Well have to wait and see. You need to be able to read more than just the lines, which BTW, really sound great, no doubt.Uh, the art of playing words. Even where one side is clearly at odds on some issue, he goes further to provide the context and to indicate that the other side is not entirely faultless. The state only very nearly avoided a first-in-its-history government shut-down after the legislature struggled to approve an operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year.