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Aug 13 2013
Opinion
Hillary Clinton attacks Voting Rights ruling
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stood for protecting voting rights Monday afternoon at a speech in San Francisco slamming the Supreme Court for the "damage" it caused at a local level with its landmark decision on the Voting Rights Act.
PoliticoSep 04 2014
Opinion
OPINION: President Obama’s foreign policy beyond the sound bite
In 1937, Franklin Roosevelt went to Chicago to give one of the most celebrated speeches of his presidency. Pushing against isolationist sentiment, he condemned the “unjustified interference in the internal affairs of other nations” and “the invasion of alien territory in violation of treaties.”
Washington PostJan 02 2017
News
Mitch McConnell’s entire career has been about gaining power. What happens now that he has it?
A few things are curiously missing from the Mitch McConnell-Elaine Chao Archives at the University of Louisville. At an exhibit designed to celebrate the Senate Majority Leader and his wife, there’s almost no mention of any bills McConnell has authored in his 32 years in the Senate. There’s virtually nothing about the people he’s helped, nothing to highlight courageous speeches made on the
VoxNov 29 2019
News
Bloomberg touts taxing the poor: 'Do you want to pander to those people?'
Former New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, the latest entry in the Democratic presidential race, has argued in favor of taxing the poor.
As recently as last year, the billionaire media mogul made the case that higher taxes on the poor can force them to make better and healthier life choices.
“The question is do you want to pander to those people or do you want them to live
Washington TimesDec 29 2016
News
Donald Trump confirmed yesterday that his veterans’ health “plan” is a joke
One of Donald Trump’s major themes on the 2016 campaign trail was the need to improve the health care offerings afforded to America’s veterans. We’re going to “take care of our veterans like they have never been taken care of before” was a fairly typical stump speech line, though he sometimes shortened it to simply a brief promise to “take care of our vets.”
VoxOct 10 2018
Perspectives Blog
Proposal to Ban Classroom Political Discussions Will Only Hurt Students and Civil Discourse
A Pennsylvania proposal to ban political discussion in the classroom aims to prevent political indoctrination — but it would only facilitate it.
Will Tallman’s (R) “Teacher Code of Ethics” bill would ban educators from endorsing or opposing political candidates or issues in the classroom and from discussing pending or enacted legislation, court cases or executive
John Gable, AllSides Co-founderJun 03 2017
News
After Griffin Trump Beheading Fiasco, Bill Maher Drops The N-Word While Interviewing Republican Senator
Comedian Bill Maher loves trashing conservatives in his acts, but he’s right on Islamic extremism and political correctness. At the same time, regardless of free speech advocacy, when you use a racial slur, there’s going to be hell to pay. On his show last night, Maher was interviewing Nebraska Republican Sen. Ben Sasse when he decided to drop the n-word (via Daily Beast)
TownhallFeb 24 2016
News
Trump Loves 'the Poorly Educated' ... and Social Media Clamors
U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump's declaration of love for "the poorly educated" in his Nevada victory speech lit up social media on Wednesday, sparking a battle between those dumbfounded by the remark and those saying it had been taken out of context. After winning the vote of the state's Republicans by a wide margin on Tuesday, the real
Newsmax (News)Oct 13 2016
Opinion
What WikiLeaks hack says about Clinton: Our view
Now we know why she didn't want those Wall Street speeches made public. The stream of hacked WikiLeaks emails — the latest trove dumped Thursday — from inside Hillary Clinton’s campaign opens up a troubling prospect far beyond their revelations about the differing public and private faces of the Democratic presidential nominee.
The leaks show that the Russian government might be trying
USA TODAYJul 20 2015
News
Bernie Sanders Packs 'Em in for Phoenix Event
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders booked his biggest speaking gig to date, drawing some 11,000 activists to an overflow room at the Phoenix Convention Center. Sanders speech fortuitously coincided with the annual gathering of “NetRoots Nation,” a national meeting of thousands of leftist activists, bloggers and special interests.
The presence of so many leftist activists in town for the
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