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Mar 25 2018
News
Surprise, Surprise: March For Our Lives Once Again Shows Why The Left Can’t Be Trusted On Gun Control
There are areas where gun control activists and the pro-Second Amendment camp can meet. There are gun violence protective orders; keeping guns out of the hands of criminals, domestic abusers, and the mentally ill. But we’ll never get there. It’s all a trap. Even bills that strengthen the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) are a dangerous game because if you give the Left
Townhall
Feb 06 2015
News
Supreme Court’s political stench: Why John Roberts will obviously base his Obamacare decision on politics
John Roberts would love to destroy Obamacare, and is just looking for the right political conditions.
Salon
Mar 06 2017
News
Supreme Court won't say if trans teen can pick bathroom
The Supreme Court is leaving the issue of transgender rights in schools to lower courts for now after backing out of a high-profile case Monday of a Virginia high school student who sued to be able to use the boys' bathroom.
ABC News (Online)
Mar 10 2021
Analysis
As relief bill expands safety net, are views of welfare state shifting?
As President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan speeds toward final passage this week, Democrats are hailing the bill as one of the most sweeping pieces of progressive legislation in decades – one that they say will lift millions of Americans, particularly children, out of poverty, and could herald a deeper and more long-term shift in public attitudes toward government assistance
Christian Science Monitor
Jan 07 2021
Opinion
A death in the Capitol, and what we must do now
As horrifying as this moment is, we have no option but to make it better.
Amid the bombardment of images of what took place at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, too little time has been spent thinking about why it happened. Anyone who is trying to understand the significance of what's going on ought to watch video of the last moments of Ashli Babbit, the woman who was shot and killed in the
Tucker Carlson
Jan 07 2021
Opinion
What Trump and His Mob Taught the World About America
The allure of democracy was the nation’s best asset abroad, but the president squandered it by inciting political violence.
We have promoted democracy in our movies and books. We speak of democracy in our speeches and lectures. We even sing about democracy, from sea to shining sea, in our national songs. We have entire government bureaus devoted to thinking about how we can help other
The Atlantic
May 20 2020
Humor
Biden Campaign Considering Using The Internet To Attract Voters
PHILADELPHIA—Saying it was definitely something they were looking into, officials with Joe Biden’s presidential campaign confirmed to reporters Wednesday they were actively exploring the possibility of using the internet to attract voters. “We may use it, we may not, but yes, it is one of the outreach tools on our radar at this time,” said Biden 2020 co-chair Cedric Richmond, adding that the
The Onion (Humor)
Mar 05 2015
News
Selma, 50 Years After ‘Bloody Sunday,’ Still Struggles With a Divided Identity
President Barack Obama and a long list of luminaries will descend this weekend on this city for the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” the violent civil-rights clash that helped usher in the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
For resident and civic leader Jerria Martin, that means not only commemorating those who devoted their lives to enfranchising African-Americans, “but also continuing the
Wall Street Journal (News)
May 20 2020
News
Trump administration paying huge premium for mask-cleaning machines. Which don't do the job.
It sounded like a great deal: The White House coronavirus task force would buy a defense company’s new cleaning machines to allow critical protective masks to be reused up to 20 times. And at $60 million for 60 machines on April 3, the price was right.
But over just a few days, the potential cost to taxpayers exploded to $413 million, according to notes of a coronavirus task force
NBC News Digital
Nov 12 2020
Fact Check
Trump Baselessly Alleges COVID-19 Vaccine Announcement Was Delayed
In a series of tweets, President Donald Trump claimed — without evidence — that the pharma company Pfizer and his own Food and Drug Administration purposely held off on releasing positive interim results about a COVID-19 vaccine candidate until after the election.
Pfizer has said the timing of its announcement was not politically motivated and was dictated only by science.
The
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