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Sep 18 2012
Opinion
Mitt Romney's 47 Percent Remarks: Wrong on the Facts, Not Just the Rhetoric
Mitt Romney's "off-the-cuff" remarks that nearly half of Americans are "dependent" on government and believe they are "victims" who are "entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to-you-name-it," were widely publicized. This is in fact old saw for a certain kind of anti-government conservative. I have given talks deep in conservative territory where courteous memebers of the audience
HuffPostOct 04 2015
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McCain: Trump doesn't understand Syria
Sen. John McCain says that GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump doesn't understand the problems posed by Russia's new role in the Syrian conflict.
"I don't think he understands very well the situation. And he's entitled to his opinion," the Arizona Republican said Sunday in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union."
McCain was pushing back against Trump's
CNN DigitalSep 03 2019
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Dave Chappelle's New Netflix Special
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 August 26th, iconic American comedian Dave Chappelle released a new Netflix stand-up comedy special, entitled Sticks & Stones. Sticks & Stones is the latest of 5 stand-up specials released by Chappelle on the platform. Abridge NewsJul 09 2020
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Supreme Court rules Trump's financial documents can be obtained in criminal probe
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday a New York district attorney can obtain President Trump’s financial documents in a criminal probe.
The ruling was 7-2.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. wrote the opinion of the court and said the president cannot have absolute immunity from a state criminal subpoena. They remanded the case back to the lower court for further review.
“Two
Washington TimesAug 15 2013
News
Gay Spouses of Members of Military Get Benefits
The Defense Department announced Wednesday that it would begin offering benefits to the same-sex spouses of military personnel and other employees by early September, in response to the Supreme Court decision that struck down the Defense of Marriage Act.
Under the plan, spousal and family benefits — including health care coverage, housing allowances and survivor benefits — will be
New York Times (News)Apr 06 2019
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Roger Stone Shares Vile Instagram Post About The Late Barbara Bush
Longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone defended the president’s recent attack on the late former first lady Barbara Bush with a vile Instagram post on Friday.
“Well she’s dead and he’s president- who won that one?” Stone asked in his lengthy caption. The longtime GOP strategist also called the ex-FLOTUS, who died at age 92 a year ago, “nasty,” “rude,” “vindictive,” “entitled” and “
HuffPostMay 11 2015
Opinion
Op-ed: Hiding Mormon race history doesn’t make it go away
On May 5, The Salt Lake Tribune reported the story of Brian Dawson, a Caucasian man in an interracial marriage who answered a student's question about how his wife could be a member of the LDS Church, given its history with people of African descent.
Dawson used the www.lds.org essay entitled "Race and the Priesthood," which states that the priesthood restriction can be contextualized
Apr 03 2015
News
Obama ties legacy to Iran nuclear deal
President Barack Obama on Thursday effectively placed his diplomatic legacy largely in the hands of Iranian revolutionary clerics who've waged a proxy war against the U.S. for three decades.
With a framework deal to halt Tehran's nuclear program, Obama moved closer to the kind of staggering diplomatic breakthrough with the Islamic Republic that would have been unthinkable just a few
CNN DigitalMar 04 2013
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McConnell and Boehner: Republicans united on sequesters
They spent the weekend blaming each other for the $85 billion in sequestration cuts that began taking effect Friday  but top Democrats and Republicans were careful Sunday to keep the door open to a breakthrough deal on the federal budget. Both sides claimed to find the sequestration abhorrent, but leaders from both parties stressed Sunday that they now have an opportunity to find the “
Washington TimesOct 07 2019
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New York judge rules Trump must turn over tax returns for hush money investigation
President Donald Trump lost his bid Monday to shield his tax returns from the Manhattan District Attorney's office, which subpoenaed them as part of an investigation into "hush payments" to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal.
In a 75-page decision Judge Victor Marrero said he could not endorse "such a categorical and limitless assertion of presidential immunity from judicial process as
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