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Jul 14 2022
Opinion
New York Times Dashes Joe Biden’s 2024 Hopes with 6 Devastating Articles
The New York Times has attempted to damage President Joe Biden’s reelection bid by writing six hit pieces in the last month.
For a publication that strongly supported Joe Biden’s candidacy in 2020 and did not confirm the authenticated “laptop from hell” until a year after Biden came into office, the Times has become very hostile towards Biden. The criticisms have ranged from Biden’s
Breitbart NewsSep 02 2021
Analysis
What’s in the new Republican voting law that passed in Texas?
On August 31, both houses of the Texas Legislature passed an elections bill that inspired many of the state’s elected Democrats to flee Texas in an unsuccessful attempt to block the bill. The Texas Constitution requires two-thirds of each house’s members to be present in order to approve legislation, so Democrats delayed passage of this bill by preventing the state House from achieving a
VoxApr 03 2022
News
Miller-Meeks introduces bill to fund children’s mental health care grant programs
U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) recently introduced bipartisan legislation that aims to address the mental health care crisis facing American children by reauthorizing federal funds for children’s mental and behavioral health programs.
“Over the last two years, schools across the country closed their doors and moved to virtual learning. The serious negative impact these
The Ripon AdvanceAug 04 2022
Opinion
Hear Me Out: Trump Won’t Run Again
After the 2016 election, I was hanging out with a group of friends discussing how badly the press had screwed up its predictions about Donald Trump’s chances at victory—seeing as how he had just won the presidency, despite the apparent odds.
One attendee, a fellow political journalist, came up with a particularly evocative metaphor for the situation. “It’s like we were weather reporters
SlateFeb 04 2022
News
Revealed: Trump reviewed draft order that authorized voting machines to be seized
Weeks after the 2020 election, Donald Trump reviewed a draft executive order that authorized the national guard to seize voting machines and verbally agreed to appoint Sidney Powell, a campaign lawyer and conspiracy theorist, as special counsel to investigate election fraud.
The two previously unreported actions of the former president – which is certain to interest the House select
The GuardianMay 03 2022
Fact Check
Article, RNC Tweet Distort Biden’s Comments on Teachers
During an event honoring teachers, President Joe Biden said students are “not somebody else’s children; they’re like yours when they’re in the classroom.” Biden’s words were misrepresented in the National Review, which inaccurately claimed Biden said children “don’t belong to parents” when they’re in the classroom.
In recent months, there has been controversy over parents who seek more
FactCheck.orgDec 15 2021
News
Fed will aggressively dial back its bond buying, sees three rate hikes next year
The Federal Reserve provided multiple indications Wednesday that its run of ultra-easy policy since the beginning of the Covid pandemic is coming to a close, making aggressive policy moves in response to rising inflation.
For one, the central bank said it will accelerate the reduction of its monthly bond purchases.
The Fed will be buying $60 billion of bonds each month starting
CNBCFeb 04 2022
Analysis
Here’s What We Know About ‘Johns Hopkins Study’ on Lockdowns
In February 2022, a number of conservative news outlets reported on a working paper entitled “A Literature Review and Meta Analysis of the Effects of Lockdowns on COVID-19 Mortality” by a group of scholars at Johns Hopkins University. The paper claimed that the lockdowns implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic had little impact on preventing deaths. As this study appeared to run counter to
SnopesJan 07 2022
Opinion
Biden just threw down the democracy gauntlet
President Joe Biden, marking the anniversary of the January 6 attack at the US Capitol, delivered the most powerful, blistering speech of his presidency thus far, signaling a stark shift in his approach to the nation's ongoing crisis of democracy.
Biden pummeled former President Donald Trump, mentioning him 16 times but without once using Trump's name -- and doing it in ways that surely
CNN (Opinion)Jun 13 2022
News
GOPers push ban on lawmakers paying family on campaigns
Republican members of Congress want to prevent their colleagues from putting family members on the campaign payroll after several prominent Democratic lawmakers have been called out over the practice.
The Family Integrity to Reform Elections (FIRE) Act, to be introduced by Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas) on Monday, would bar any candidate running for federal office from compensating immediate
New York Post (News)