INFOGRAPHIC: How Political Bias Fools Us

Bias
 / June 29th, 2018 / By Julie Mastrine

Republicans are wrong about Democrats. Democrats are wrong about Republicans. It turns out that Americans are not so good at determining how many people with certain characteristics belong to either of the major political parties. A study by scholars Douglas Ahler and Gaurav Sood that was...
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Fact Check: What is Happening at the Border?

News
 / June 22nd, 2018 / By Billy Binion

In the midst of recent reports that over 2,000 migrant children have been separated from their parents at the border, it’s been nothing short of chaos in the news cycle this week. Some say the outrage is unwarranted and has been overblown by the media, while others claim that the country...
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Immigration
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Family Separation at Border Sparks Outrage

News
 / June 21st, 2018 / By JohnSGable

The Trump administration's new "zero tolerance" policy at the border sparked outrage this past week, particularly in light of reports that children were being separated from their parents. Some on the Right point to the fact that former President Obama carried out the same tactic,...
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Fact Check: Does Trump or Obama Deserve Credit for the Economy?

News
 / June 15th, 2018 / By Billy Binion

The Story: With the release of the May jobs report , most publications across the aisle found a rare area of agreement. The numbers, they said, were inherently positive. But opinions decidedly diverge over how long the party will last, and which leader (Trump or Obama?) deserves the...
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Economy and Jobs
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Barack Obama
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President Trump and Kim Jong Un Meet for Historic Summit

News
 / June 14th, 2018 / By JohnSGable

President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un met for a summit in Singapore on Tuesday , closing with a signed agreement that said Pyongyang would establish "complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula." Some on the Right have celebrated the meeting as a success and...
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Fact Check: Masterpiece Cakeshop Ruling, Philadelphia Eagles Debacle

News
 / June 8th, 2018 / By Billy Binion

It’s been a confusing news cycle this week, with conflicting slants leaving people more confused than informed. Let’s take a look at two big stories — the Supreme Court’s Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling and the Philadelphia Eagles White House visit — which were riddled with inconsistencies...
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LGBT
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Supreme Court Cake Ruling Heralded by Both Sides

News
 / June 7th, 2018 / By JohnSGable

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of Christian baker Jack Phillips who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple. Some on the Left have said that the verdict is a victory, as the Court's majority opinion does not sanction a First Amendment right to discriminate, but instead...
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Fact Check: Were 1,500 Immigrant Children Separated From Their Parents and Lost at the Border?

News
 / June 1st, 2018 / By Billy Binion

Claim: Approximately 1,500 immigrant children were lost by U.S. border security after being separated from their parents. Verdict: False Background : A story ran in the New York Times on April 26 claiming the Department of Health and Human Services "lost track" of 1,475 migrant children...
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President Trump Cancels Summit With North Korea

News
 / May 24th, 2018 / By JohnSGable

President Trump on Thursday canceled the much anticipated summit with North Korea in a letter to Kim Jong Un that cited “tremendous anger and open hostility” from the country. Supporters of the decision argue that the president made the right call in the wake of North Korea's recent...
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Outrage Over White House Correspondents' Dinner

News
 / May 3rd, 2018 / By JohnSGable

Comedian Michelle Wolf delivered the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner monologue, and reactions were mixed on if the entertainer took things too far. Detractors took issue with her crude jokes which harshly criticized Sarah Sanders and Kellyanne Conway, while supporters argued...
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North Korea Pledges to Suspend Nuclear Testing

News
 / April 26th, 2018 / By JohnSGable

North Korea announced that it would cease nuclear testing indefinitely as Kim Jong-Un travels to meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in. Experts are divided on whether or not this actually signals openness to disarming. The news coincided with French President Emmanuel Macron's U.S...
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Mike Pompeo
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Hearing Every Voice

News
 / April 23rd, 2018 / By Tom McSteen

How do you feel when your voice is heard? How do you feel when it is not? We all want our voice to be heard. We all want to feel self-expressed. We all want to leave a gathering where we had something to say, having said what we wanted to say. If that does not happen, feelings of...
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