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Nov 11 2019
Opinion
Republicans push diversions and distractions ahead of this week's televised impeachment hearings
Two days before televised impeachment hearings begin, Donald Trump's allies are peddling a smokescreen of conspiracy theories and distractions, hoping to sow confusion over the case against him.
Trump himself aggressively squelched the one defense that could ease the political pain of moderate Republican lawmakers. He warned that it would be unacceptable for any Republican to argue his
CNN (Opinion)Oct 12 2020
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Coronavirus Stimulus Talks With White House at Impasse
President Trump says Republicans still want a coronavirus aid deal, but some GOP lawmakers are wary of more spending.
The latest, beefed-up White House offer on a new coronavirus package hit resistance from both Democrats and Republicans over the weekend, deflating hopes that a bipartisan agreement was imminent.
Democrats criticized the nearly $1.9 trillion offer from Treasury
Wall Street Journal (News)Sep 04 2019
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The 10 counties that will decide the 2020 election
Three years after a presidential election that came down to 77,000 votes in three Midwestern battlegrounds, Democrats and Republicans are eyeing a much larger battlefield ahead of the 2020 contests, one that stretches from the picturesque coastline of rural Maine to the high desert of Arizona.
Both President Trump’s campaign and the Democrats vying to replace him are scrutinizing a
The HillMay 09 2020
Opinion
COVID-19 Conspiracists and Their Discontents
One reason why it’s surprisingly difficult to disprove many conspiracy theories is that they typically contain a real germ of truth, however small. In some places and eras, Jews really were overrepresented among communist cadres and the media. John F. Kennedy’s administration really did propose false-flag operations as an excuse to invade Cuba and assassinate Fidel Castro. Certain aspects of
QuilletteFeb 28 2019
News
Michael Cohen’s hearing was explosive — but not for what was new
FORMER TRUMP lawyer Michael Cohen’s Wednesday hearing before the House Oversight Committee was explosive not for what was new — but, depressingly, what was not new to anyone watching this administration with clear eyes. The takeaway: President Trump is a liar with a defective character — and, possibly, a criminal.
Washington PostJul 01 2020
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New Reports of Russian Bounties on U.S. & Allied Forces
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
THE QUICK FACTS
On Friday, The New York Times reported that American intelligence officials had concluded that Russian intelligence agency G.R.U. was offering bounties to Taliban fighters for killing U.S. and allied forces while Abridge NewsMay 20 2015
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Snowden Sees Some Victories, From a Distance
For an international fugitive hiding out in Russia from American espionage charges, Edward J. Snowden gets around.
May has been another month of virtual globe-hopping for Mr. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor, with video appearances so far at Princeton and in a “distinguished speakers” series at Stanford and at conferences in Norway and Australia. Before the month
New York Times (News)Nov 07 2020
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CNN doesn't sound alarm of COVID 'superspreaders' as thousands celebrate Biden win in the streets
Over the past eight months, CNN has become the go-to network for alarmist coverage of the coronavirus outbreak, but the anti-Trump channel sang a different tune on Saturday as thousands gathered in cities across the country to celebrate Joe Biden's election victory.
The Fox News Decision Desk projected Biden to win both Pennsylvania and Nevada on Saturday, giving him more than the
Fox News DigitalSep 23 2020
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Facebook Removes Chinese Accounts Posting About Foreign Policy, 2020 Election
Facebook says it has taken down a network of China-based fake accounts whose posts included content about the U.S. presidential election.
Most of the activity by the more than 180 fake accounts, groups and pages was focused on Southeast Asia, Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook's head of security policy, said in a blog post Tuesday.
The network posted in Chinese, Filipino and English
NPR (Online News)Apr 19 2021
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Brian Sicknick: US Capitol riot policeman 'died of natural causes'
A US police officer who died after January's Capitol riot had two strokes and died from natural causes, the chief medical examiner for Washington DC has ruled.
Two men are accused of using a type of pepper spray on Officer Brian Sicknick.
However, the ruling means they are now unlikely to be charged with homicide.
The autopsy found no evidence of an allergic reaction to
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