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Oct 31 2015
News
The 17-year story behind Marco Rubio?s cut-down of Jeb Bush
Once allies in Florida, the two are vying for the same voters in the GOP presidential race.
Washington PostAug 10 2020
Opinion
‘Defund the Police’ is a media fantasy
A new, exhaustive study by Gallup and the Knight Foundation found that Americans across the board are losing trust in the media. Some people might be shocked by this finding, but I suspect more people will be shocked to learn that the media had any trust left to lose.
Either way, I think a separate poll conducted by Gallup might illuminate the problem.
If you’ve paid any
Jonah GoldbergJun 11 2020
News
Flag ban fallout: Now comes the tricky part for NASCAR
Reese Witherspoon tweeted a high-five emoji for her A-list stamp of approval that NASCAR banned the Confederate flag.
NASCAR's decision to ban the Confederate flag from its races and venues grabbed headlines and stars like Witherspoon and New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara were quick to praise the stock car series for ridding itself of a symbol long associated with slavery and
USA TODAYSep 29 2020
News
Biden releases 2019 tax returns hours before first presidential debate
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), released their 2019 federal and state tax returns on Tuesday, hours before the former vice president meets face-to-face with President Trump in the first debate of the 2020 presidential race.
The release comes days after a bombshell New York Times investigation showed that Trump paid just $750
The HillSep 29 2020
News
Coronavirus death toll hits 1M worldwide
There have been over 1 million coronavirus-associated deaths worldwide since the illness was first reported in Wuhan, China, in late 2019, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
In January, as the virus began to spread outside of the country's borders, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it a global health emergency, but it wasn’t officially deemed a global pandemic until
Fox News DigitalFeb 22 2020
News
Democratic presidential contenders were close to running out of cash before Iowa
Several top 2020 Democratic presidential contenders were dangerously close to running out of money right before the Feb. 3 Iowa caucuses, according to financial disclosure reports that were due on Thursday.
Setting aside the two billionaires in the race, the individual January money totals on the Democratic side paled in comparison to the combined fundraising of President Trump’s
Washington TimesFeb 18 2015
Opinion
OPINION:Jockeying for poll position
Early numbers can’t predict the outcome in the GOP race.
Washington TimesMay 11 2020
News
The bizarro tale of a phantom super PAC — and our sleuthing to find it
A new super PAC made a splashy entrance onto the Senate battleground scene last week, reporting millions in spending backing Democrats in key races. There’s just one problem: The ads don't exist.
The group, Americans for Progressive Action USA, filed campaign finance reports showing more than $2.5 million in advertising and associated costs across a half-dozen Senate races last week.
PoliticoNov 12 2020
News
Are we ready for the next wave of misinformation about a COVID-19 vaccine?
Pfizer’s announcement this week that it had a 90% effective vaccine against COVID-19 provided a glimpse of the wave of mis- and disinformation that could engulf any effort to bring about broad distribution – and acceptance – of such a vaccine.
The announcement itself was the subject of a conspiracy theory: that it came out after the election so that voters couldn’t give the Trump
PoynterJul 13 2020
News
Brian Williams Pushes Liberal Trope That Opposing Crime Is Racist
On Friday's The 11th Hour show, MSNBC host Brian Williams pushed the liberal trope that being against crime is somehow racist as he hyped an anti-Donald Trump ad that likens the President to former segregationist Alabama Democratic Governor George Wallace, using clips of both men calling for "law and order."
The MSNBC graphic smeared, "TRUMP ECHOES SEGREGATIONIST GEORGE WALLACE."
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