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Jan 19 2022
Perspectives Blog
The One Thing We All Have In Common
From The Center
The good news: I've found that we all have common ground. Fear.
Every day, I appreciate how much heavier the burden of fear is for every one of us.
Fear fuels anger, which drives the all-too-common vitriolic communication that gets lobbed across the political courts.
Fear closes our ability to reason and understand each other. We make mistakes
April GardnerJun 24 2019
News
U.S. Plans New Iran Sanctions as Europe Tries to Defuse Tensions
The U.S. plans to impose major new sanctions on Iran, signaling it won’t ease pressure despite a diplomatic push by European leaders to persuade Washington and Tehran to show restraint.
The administration has ratcheted up economic pressure on Tehran since President Trump pulled the U.S. out of the 2015 nuclear deal in May 2018, hoping to drive Iran to accept a tougher agreement that
Wall Street Journal (News)Sep 16 2019
News
SCOTUS Allows Asylum Limits
On Wednesday, The Supreme Court “gave the government the go-ahead to enforce a new rule that would bar most immigrants from applying for asylum if they pass through another country – such as Mexico – without seeking asylum there before arriving in the United States. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit had blocked the government from implementing the new rule in Arizona and California
The Flip SideDec 03 2012
News
Grover Norquist: 'Tea Party Two Is Going To Dwarf Tea Party One'
As elected officials from both sides of the partisan aisle embed themselves in fiscal cliff negotiations, Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist remains at the center of the conversation.
In a Sunday roundtable discussion on NBC's "Meet The Press," Norquist issued a warning to President Barack Obama.
"Tea party two is going to dwarf tea party one if Obama pushes us
HuffPostFeb 04 2022
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: Stories About Lockdown Study, Black Lives Matter Omitted By Left and Center Media
From the Right
Each week, AllSides Media Bias Alerts examine media bias in coverage of a major or important story using AllSides Media Bias Ratings™ and the AllSides Media Bias Chart™.
Two stories that were big in media outlets rated by AllSides as having biases on the right were not covered by major left and center-rated media outlets this week.
The first story left
Julie MastrineSep 10 2019
News
Congress Considers Gun Control Bills But Asks, 'What Does Trump Want?'
A House committee will take up legislation on Tuesday aimed at preventing mass shootings, as lawmakers and the White House move to respond to a recent spate of attacks across the country.
The bills being considered by the House Judiciary committee include measures that would limit access to high capacity gun magazines and block any person convicted of a hate crime from obtaining a
NPR (Online News)Feb 23 2014
News
Rice: No regrets on Benghazi TV appearances
National Security Adviser Susan Rice said Sunday she has no regrets about her now-infamous round of TV interviews in 2012 about the the attacks on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya.
Rice, appearing on “Meet the Press," said that nobody in the Obama administration intended to mislead the American people when she appeared on Fox, ABC, CNN, NBC and CBS in 2012 shortly after the attacks
PoliticoMay 24 2019
News
Biden, Sanders Highlight Familiar Split In Democratic Party
Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are very much on each other's minds.
At his campaign rally in Philadelphia Saturday, Biden went off script — twice — to deride a protester with a whistle.
"That must be Bernie or somebody," Biden said, raising eyebrows and drawing laughs.
Minutes later, with Biden talking about unity and governing amid more background whistling, he used the
NPR (Online News)Aug 26 2019
News
Trump claims China asked for renewed trade talks
President Donald Trump claimed on Monday that Chinese officials are prepared to return to the negotiating table, signaling there may be a path to a potential détente in his tit-for-tat trade war with Beijing.
“China called last night our top trade people and said ‘let’s get back to the table.’ They have been hurt very badly, but they understand this is the right thing to do and I have
PoliticoOct 29 2020
Perspectives Blog
The New York Times and The Epoch Times Accuse Each Other of Media Bias
The New York Times and The Epoch Times are in a bit of a public fight.
It started on Oct. 24 when the New York Times published an article about The Epoch Times titled, "How the Epoch Times Created a Giant Influence Machine."
The New York Times’ story may bring up some points and criticisms worth considering about The Epoch Times, but its report is also biased and problematic on
Julie Mastrine