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Aug 01 2020
News
Pelosi Accuses Trump of Trying to Suppress Vote With Calls for Delay
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday accused President Donald Trump of attempting to suppress voter turnout in November’s presidential election when he suggested the country consider postponing the vote because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The California Democrat’s comments to CNN came a day after Trump posted to Twitter that mail-in voting – promoted by Democrats as an alternative to
Newsmax (News)
Aug 31 2019
News
Pro-Democracy Activists Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow Arrested in Hong Kong
Two prominent Hong Kong activists, Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow, were arrested Friday for participating in unauthorized assembly and inciting other protesters to do the same. Both have been released on bail. Hong Kong police have also denied organizers permission to hold a march planned for Saturday.
The two 22-year-olds are leaders of Demosisto, an organization that backs greater
Reason
Oct 29 2018
News
Jair Bolsonaro Wins Brazil's Presidency, in a Shift to the Far Right
Brazil on Sunday became the latest country to drift toward the far right, electing a strident populist as president in the nation’s most radical political change since democracy was restored
New York Times (News)
May 20 2020
News
Trump Steps Up Attacks on Mail Vote, Making False Claims About Michigan
President Trump threatened to withhold federal funding for Michigan and Nevada if the states moved forward in expanding vote by mail.
President Trump on Wednesday incorrectly accused Michigan’s Democratic secretary of state of mailing ballots to all of the state’s registered voters, falsely claiming that it was illegal, as he escalated his assault against mail voting.
The
New York Times (News)
Nov 04 2019
News
Impeachment Increasingly Divides Americans by Political Party
Some 49% in Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll would remove Mr. Trump from office, with 46% opposing impeachment.
A polarized nation is dividing even further into its hardened partisan corners, with Republicans firming up opposition to the House impeachment investigation of President Trump and support growing among Democrats for removing him from office, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC
Wall Street Journal (News)
Apr 12 2021
Opinion
Calls for Fox News to fire Tucker Carlson grow louder
By now, we all know what Fox News’ Tucker Carlson is.
He is a divider whose goal is to stir up his audience with dangerous rhetoric about race and other extreme right talking points. He spends most of his show stirring the pot then later uses his well-practiced tactics to deny he said what we all know he meant. Or that those rightfully bothered by what he said are blowing it all out of
Poynter
Nov 13 2016
News
Obama’s Policies and Broader Vision Face Reckoning With History
As he raced across the country before the election, President Obama warned supporters about the stakes. “All the progress we’ve made over these last eight years,” he said, “goes out the window if we don’t win this election.”
New York Times (News)
Feb 10 2021
News
Biden kills federal government's Supreme Court challenge to Obamacare
President Biden on Wednesday changed the federal government's position in a Supreme Court case where former President Donald Trump challenged the Affordable Care Act's constitutionality.
The case, California v. Texas, was argued a week after the 2020 election. Many legal experts predicted that Biden would drop the government's offense on the act soon after he took office. In a letter to
Washington Examiner
Nov 12 2016
News
Donald Trump: ‘Love’ that ‘small groups of protesters’ have passion for our country
President-elect Donald Trump said Friday the country will come together amid a second straight night of protests against his election, less than 12 hours after blaming the media for inciting “professional protesters” and calling the situation “very unfair!”
Washington Times
Nov 11 2019
News
Another Republican Congressman Has Announced Their Retirement Ahead of 2020
Republican Congressman Peter King announced Monday morning he will not seek re-election in New York's 2nd Congressional District.
"I have decided not to be a candidate for re-election to Congress in 2020. I made this decision after much discussion with my wife Rosemary; my son Sean; and my daughter Erin. The prime reason for my decision was that after 28 years of spending 4 days a week
Townhall