by Jim Heath | May 5, 2021 | Jim on History, JimHeath.TV
On August 28, 1968, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, thousands of Vietnam War protesters battle police in the streets, while the Democratic Party erputed over an internal disagreement concerning its stance on Vietnam. Over the course of 24 hours, the...
by Jim Heath | May 3, 2021 | Headlines
The conservative news network Newsmax has apologized to an employee of Dominion Voting Systems for baselessly alleging that he had rigged the company’s voting machines and vote counts against President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election. In a statement...
by Jim Heath | May 3, 2021 | 2020, GOP, Headlines, Trump
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) pushed back today against former president Trump’s attempt to commandeer the term “Big Lie,” commonly used to refer to the false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump, and accused him and those who perpetrate the falsehoods of...
by Jim Heath | May 3, 2021 | Environment, Headlines
Two months ago, researchers at Utah State University estimated that Arizona, California, and Nevada would collectively have to cut their intake of Colorado River water by 40 percent over the next three decades due to drought. At a public meeting last Thursday, the...
by Jim Heath | May 3, 2021 | Headlines, Joe Biden, Polls
Nearly two out of every three Americans say they are optimistic about the direction the country is headed over the next year, according to a new survey taken after President Biden finished his first 100 days in office. The poll by ABC News/Ipsos found that public...