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Oct 18 2022
News
Dems Head Into Final Weeks of 2022 Cycle With Zero Advantage Among Women Voters
Democrats have become so insulated in their echo chamber that they don’t know they’ve lost the advantage with one of their crucial voting blocs heading into the final weeks of the 2022 midterm season. They always tout how they’re the party of women—the defenders of feminism. Regarding messaging in the last weeks, Democrats, the champions of the female sex, are doing such a top-notch job with
TownhallJul 13 2022
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Poll: Abortion bans reshape where young Americans choose to live
More than six in 10 young women — and five in 10 young men — say states' individual abortion laws will influence where they choose to live, according to a new Generation Lab/Axios poll.
Why it matters: Several states are banning or heavily restricting abortions after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The survey's findings suggest that may significantly impact where Americans
AxiosDec 18 2021
Opinion
Can a New University Really Fix Academia’s Free Speech Problems?
A group of scholars and journalists announced last month that they were founding the University of Austin on the belief that free speech is being stifled on college campuses across America.
“The reality is that many universities no longer have an incentive to create an environment where intellectual dissent is protected and fashionable opinions are scrutinized,” wrote Pano Kanelos, the
The ArgumentJul 12 2022
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Half of G.O.P. Voters Ready to Leave Trump Behind, Poll Finds
As Donald J. Trump weighs whether to open an unusually early White House campaign, a New York Times/Siena College poll shows that his post-presidential quest to consolidate his support within the Republican Party has instead left him weakened, with nearly half the party’s primary voters seeking someone different for president in 2024 and a significant number vowing to abandon him if he wins
New York Times (News)Aug 29 2022
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Sanders pushes back on 'Republicans squawking' over Biden's student loan forgiveness plan
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday pushed back on Republicans who called President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness plan unfair -- with Sanders arguing the GOP turned a blind eye to government assistance in other sectors.
"I don't hear any of these Republicans squawking when we give massive tax breaks to billionaires," Sanders, I-Vt., told ABC "This Week" anchor George
ABC News (Online)May 09 2022
Analysis
The student-loan industry was created to give everyone an equal shot at the American Dream. The opposite happened.
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson had a vision for America: equal access to higher education.
Known primarily for his "war on poverty," Johnson was aware of the inequities in education, and how at the time, only the wealthy were getting degrees. So he decided to build on his predecessor, Dwight Eisenhower's, work by further expanding access to student loans beyond scientists and
Business InsiderMay 19 2022
Analysis
A look at the time Tucker Carlson asked Hunter Biden for a favor
Tucker Carlson and his wife were looking to get their son a leg up in his college application to Georgetown University when they turned to a well-connected Washington friend who had an even better-connected father.
“I realize you don’t really know Buckley,” Susie Carlson wrote via email in 2014 to Hunter Biden, a Georgetown graduate and the son of the then-vice president. “Maybe you
Washington PostJul 15 2022
News
Most in new poll say US government needs major reforms, complete overhaul
More than half of American voters think the U.S government needs major reforms or a total overhaul, new polling shows.
A New York Times-Siena College poll, the paper’s first national survey of the 2022 midterm cycle, found that 58 percent of respondents felt deep change in government is needed.
Republicans are unhappy with the election system, fueled by unfounded concerns about
The HillAug 24 2022
News
Mitt Romney has a word for Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan: bribe
Sen. Mitt Romney called President Joe Biden’s loan forgiveness plan a “bribe” to win votes for Democrats.
“Sad to see what’s being done to bribe the voters,” the Utah Republican tweeted Wednesday.
“Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan may win Democrats some votes, but it fuels inflation, foots taxpayers with other people’s financial obligations, is unfair to those who paid their
Deseret NewsJul 13 2022
Opinion
How Biden Set Himself Up for Failure
President Biden is in deep trouble.
A New York Times/Siena College poll released Monday is just the latest survey showing profound discontent with the president and the direction of the country. Biden’s job-approval rating is a mere 33 percent. More than 6 in 10 Democrats want someone else in their party to run for president in 2024. Only 13 percent of Americans think the nation is on
The Dispatch