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Jan 20 2013
News
Obama’s first-term promise to close Gitmo prison still unfulfilled
It was one of then-Candidate Barack Obamas marquee campaign promises: Close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, which would erase a terrorist recruiting tool and a black spot on Americas human rights record.
Washington TimesJun 08 2012
News
Romney energy plan shows candidate’s changing views, draws questions on job claims
The energy chapter of Mitt Romneys “Believe in America economic plan is chock-full of statistics and job claims  numbers that will get a closer look after the recent dismal employment figures.
Washington PostSep 25 2016
News
Charlotte police release video of shooting of Keith Lamont Scott
The police department in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday finally released video footage of a shooting that led to protests and even riots over the past week as people demonstrated against cops killing yet another black man in America. And the video evidence suggests that the victim, 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott, did not aim his gun at the officers on the scene, as police previously
VoxSep 28 2012
Candidate Stances
Supporting marriage for same-sex couples
President Obama believes that America is strongest when everybody has a seat at the table. Hes expanded opportunity for all Americans by taking steps to level the playing field, so everybody plays by the same rules.
Barack ObamaMay 20 2020
News
All 50 States at Least Partially Reopened
All states in America had begun a phased reopening of their economies as of Wednesday after shutting down non-essential businesses to stem the spread of COVID-19, the illness associated with the novel coronavirus.
Although lockdown orders remain in effect in a handful of states as well as the nation’s capital and the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, some non-essential businesses in those
Breitbart NewsDec 03 2019
News
Kansas in Middle East? How US has – and hasn’t – changed Afghanistan
The U.S. has spent more in Afghanistan than it did rebuilding Europe after World War II. The effort has produced a mixed record that will shape future nation-building efforts.
On a crisp early winter day in late 2003, Afghan President Hamid Karzai took a pair of scissors from a tray offered by a schoolgirl – she was dressed for the ceremonial occasion in a purple velvet brocade dress
Christian Science MonitorFeb 11 2017
News
Measuring the Depths and Heights of Our Politics
Would Obama Have Beaten Trump?
Obama supported Hillary. “There has never been any man or woman more qualified for this office than Hillary Clinton.” (Charlotte, N.C., July 5, 2016.) “I can say with confidence there has never been a man or a woman more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as president of the United States of America.” (Democratic National Convention, July 28, 2016.)
The American SpectatorJun 25 2020
Opinion
Stand Up, Republicans
According to recent polls, 65% of all Americans now support Black Lives Matter (BLM). Why do so many Americans support an “organization” that is avowedly dedicated to the proposition that America is evil and must be fundamentally transformed? Because the Republican establishment has made remarkably little effort to expose BLM as the revolutionary and totalitarian movement that it is.
The American MindFeb 18 2021
Analysis
How school funding can help repair the legacy of segregation
America’s schools spend less money on Black students. Closing the gap is key to equality.
The walls at the high school Leanne Nunes attended in the Bronx were painted a color she likes to call “penitentiary beige.”
The cafeteria, located in the basement, had no windows. About half of her classrooms didn’t have windows, either. “It felt kind of jail-like,” Nunes, now a first-year
VoxMay 18 2020
News
Trump Adviser Hassett: US May Not Need More Relief Aid
White House adviser Kevin Hassett on Monday said the U.S. might not need more coronavirus stimulus aid.
"If the economy continues the momentum that we're beginning to see over the last couple of weeks of data, then I think one might conclude that the stimulus that we've already passed is enough," Hassett said. "But if that doesn't happen . . . then maybe we'll have to do something else
Newsmax (News)