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Dec 28 2019
Opinion
Trump Isn’t a Nazi. He’s a Failure.
Nancy Pelosi’s fecklessness has ensured that Americans understand impeachment to be a purely political matter, and as a purely political matter impeachment is as dead as your leftover Christmas turkey.
Only a few days after the impeachment vote, President Donald Trump hit his best job-approval rating ever in the Quinnipiac poll. Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell is ready to slap
National Review (News)Oct 28 2020
Analysis
Fear Of Voter Intimidation Is Its Own Voter Intimidation
In 1981, the Republican National Committee sent hundreds of armed, off-duty police officers to the polls in the state of New Jersey. Dressed in official-looking “National Ballot Security Task Force” armbands, they demanded voter registration cards from people waiting in line in heavily Black and Hispanic districts, turning some voters away and intimidating others into not voting at all.
538 (ABC News)Aug 06 2017
News
Good news, bad news as Trump administration staffs up
President Trump got some good news Thursday regarding his efforts to fill job vacancies in his administration: Nearly 70 nominees received Senate approval in one fell swoop.
Fox News DigitalJul 08 2020
Conversation Guide
Police-Community Relations
Communities function best with (a few) shared values like safety and order. We want our communities to be safe. We want law enforcement to be fair. We want police to do their job in a manner that is safe for them and for community members. We expect these elements to be a given-a shared goal based on shared values-but we are in a moment where instead of safety, we are witnessing tragedy in our
Living Room ConversationsMay 06 2020
News
In change of plans, Trump now says coronavirus task force will continue 'indefinitely'
A day after President Donald Trump confirmed that he planned to wind down the White House coronavirus task force, the president announced Wednesday that it will now continue indefinitely.
In a series of tweets, Trump said the task force, led by Vice President Mike Pence, has done a “fantastic job of bringing together vast highly complex resources that have set a high standard for others
NBC News DigitalMay 01 2020
News
What is International Workers’ Day?
May Day, or May 1, is also known as International Workers Day on which laborers and the labor movement around the world are celebrated.
Despite the global recognition of the holiday, the celebration began after peaceful protests became violent in the United States, where it has less meaning today.
During the 1880s, working conditions were dangerous, but workers were paid little,
Fox News DigitalJul 06 2021
News
U.S. lobby groups write battle plan to beat Biden tax hikes
U.S. business lobbying groups cheered a bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal, but are gearing up to fight the corporate tax hikes looming in a separate but linked spending bill that Democrats aim to pass without Republican votes.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers, the National Retail Federation and other deep-pocketed lobby groups plan to
ReutersApr 30 2020
News
Rent Is Due Again and Missing Payments Have Landlords Worrying
Mounting economic fallout from the pandemic is fueling apartment landlords’ concerns that more tenants will struggle to make their rent payments, even after most managed to come up with the money for April.
“May 1 will be a bigger watershed,” said John Pawlowski, a senior analyst at real estate research firm Green Street Advisors. “Think about when the job losses started accelerating
BloombergNov 18 2021
Headline Roundup
Jobless Claims Fall for 7th Consecutive Week
The Labor Department reported Thursday that the number of Americans filing for jobless claims fell for the seventh week in a row, down to 268,000 last week.
This is a new pandemic low, and reports across the spectrum suggest that the economy is continuing to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, businesses are struggling to keep up with demand and have reported
Wall Street Journal (News) U.S. News & World Report Fox BusinessSep 09 2021
Fact Check
Schumer Falsely Claims ‘All’ Americans Got Out of Afghanistan
A spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has conceded that the New York Democrat falsely claimed that “all” Americans who wanted to leave Afghanistan “have come out.” Government officials say that fewer than 100 U.S. citizens, and an unknown number of U.S. legal permanent residents, who want to leave Afghanistan are still in the country.
Schumer made his remarks in an
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