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Feb 11 2017
News
Never Go Full Ninth Circuit
Dear Reader (including the manufacturers of the Bernie Sanders action figure, now with the seize-the-means-of-production Marxist grip), One of my favorite scenes of any comedy — and it’s very un-PC — is in Tropic Thunder when Robert Downey Jr. (in blackface!) explains to Ben Stiller that you “never go full retard.” The conversation is about film roles. Well, if you haven’t seen it, watch:
National Review (News)Apr 06 2021
Analysis
The fight to define infrastructure could change America
The meaning of the word "infrastructure" suddenly depends on your politics.
President Joe Biden is using a sleight of hand by crafting a bill that might be traditionally associated with repairs to potholed highways to instead be his latest effort to reshape the US economy and social safety net. His move encapsulates the White House's own sense of momentum and explains why Republicans
CNN DigitalMay 31 2015
Opinion
The Education Assassins
A CONTEST for the least popular arm of the federal government would have many strong contenders.
There’s the soft, cuddly Internal Revenue Service. Also the National Security Agency, America’s Peeping Tom. And let’s not forget the Environmental Protection Agency, seen by many manufacturers as one big, mossy, bossy paean to regulation run amok.
New York Times (News)Jul 22 2020
News
Business groups sue Trump admin over immigration restrictions
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Retail Federation and National Association of Manufacturers filed a lawsuit in San Francisco against the Trump administration on Tuesday over federal immigration restrictions.
Driving the news: The suit comes in response to the administration's move to ban entry into the U.S. through the end of this year for foreigners on certain temporary work
AxiosApr 01 2021
News
Why the Production of the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Is On Hold
Future production of the Johnson & Johnson Wuhan coronavirus vaccine has been put on hold after it was discovered that "human error" ruined 15 million doses of the vaccine. The Food and Drug Administration is currently investigating what took place at a plant in Baltimore where Emergent BioSolutions employees accidentally mixed up vaccine ingredients.
According to The New York
TownhallJul 08 2021
News
As Bezos called for tax hikes, Amazon lobbied to keep its tax bill low
As Amazon publicly embraced President Joe Biden’s plan to raise the corporate tax rate across the board, it has also lobbied Congress to preserve a prized tax break that’s helped it lower its corporate tax bill.
The retail giant’s founder Jeff Bezos earned plaudits earlier this year when he announced that Amazon would back “a rise in the corporate tax rate” to help pay for Biden’s
PoliticoJan 18 2014
News
Weekly addresses: White House, GOP push for economic growth
Both sides homed in on the economy Saturday in their weekly addresses.
While President Barack Obama promoted his 2014 strategy to take action on helping the middle class - touting his trip to North Carolina this week and pushing for a revival in America’s manufacturing sector - Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-I
CNN DigitalFeb 24 2020
Fact Check
Trump India visit: Seven claims about India fact-checked
The speech praised India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and highlighted the success of recent policies to improve the country.
We looked at some of the claims.
Claim 1: Trump said: "Since the turn of the century, the size of the Indian economy has grown over six times in size." Reality check: Measured in terms of GDP - the sum of the value of goods and services produced in the
BBC NewsMar 26 2021
News
Fox News sued by Dominion Voting for $1.6 billion over election fraud claims
Dominion Voting Systems on Friday filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, alleging that the network purposefully aired false claims about the the company’s role in the 2020 presidential election in order to boost ratings.
In the suit, filed in a Delaware court, Dominion argued that the Fox and several of its on-air personalities elevated conspiracy theories about the
Washington PostMay 19 2021
Fact Check
Instagram Posts Spread Texas Lawmaker’s False Claims on Vaccine Testing
The COVID-19 vaccines now authorized for emergency use in the U.S. were subject to the same forms of research routinely expected of all vaccines — even though they were manufactured in record time. In part, the process was sped up thanks to previous, related vaccine research and because some of the early testing stages were consolidated.
But a Texas state lawmaker recently claimed,
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