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Oct 16 2019
Opinion
Statehood for D.C.: Are we truly a democratic republic?
For the first time in more than two decades, the House Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing last month to examine the potential admission of Washington, D.C., as our 51st state. But at its core, I believe that hearing examined whether we are truly a democratic republic.
Do we as a nation want to continue the disenfranchisement of the approximately 702,000 Americans who
Guest Writer - LeftNov 04 2020
News
2020 election sees record high turnout with at least 159.8 million votes projected
At least 159.8 million Americans voted in the 2020 presidential election, according to NBC News projections Wednesday morning.
The projected vote total marks a record high number of ballots cast in a presidential election and the highest voter turnout rate among eligible citizens since 1900.
With 86% of the expected vote tallied as of 9:00 a.m. ET, NBC News projects that
CNBCDec 09 2020
News
Trump Vows to Intervene in Texas Election Case Before Supreme Court
President Donald Trump on Wednesday vowed to intervene in a case brought by the state of Texas before the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out the voting results in four other states.
Trump, writing on Twitter, said: "We will be INTERVENING in the Texas (plus many other states) case. This is the big one. Our Country needs a victory!"
He did not specify whether it would be his
Newsmax (News)Oct 19 2020
Fact Check
Did Ice Cube Help Trump Create Plan for Black Americans?
Less than three weeks before the 2020 presidential election, social media posts claimed U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign created a policy proposal to help Black Americans with the help of a once-outspoken critic: American rapper Ice Cube.
Trump supporters framed the alleged connection between the campaign and Cube as evidence of the candidate’s strong collaboration skills and
SnopesOct 06 2020
News
How a president and pandemic intertwined
The president’s handling of his own health struggle has rapidly become an illustration of his government’s approach to managing a national crisis. How will history view it?
President Donald Trump’s handling of his coronavirus diagnosis has been characterized by a reluctance to release key facts, an aggressive approach to new treatments, public appearances meant to convey vigor, and a
Christian Science MonitorOct 06 2020
News
Former NYT Reporter: Why Trump's COVID Remark Is 'Maybe Smartest Comment He's Ever Made'
The media had a complete meltdown when President Trump was discharged from Walter Reed on Monday, arguing the White House should be evacuated because it’s a public health threat to staff with him in it. “This man’s irresponsibility is a national shame,” a Financial Times editor said. Then, when Trump tweeted that Americans shouldn’t be “afraid of Covid,” they really lost it. Tell that to the
TownhallJan 09 2020
Analysis
To The Liberal Media’s Dismay, There Will Be No Disastrous War With Iran
The last few days have been an ongoing spectacle of media bias and incompetence in the coverage of the Qassem Suleimani strike and its fallout.
Mainstream outlets, suffering mightily from Trump derangement syndrome, practically rooted for a wider conflict with Iran in the hopes it might damage Trump, then evinced genuine disappointment when Iran backed down after half-heartedly lobbing
The FederalistJun 29 2021
Perspectives Blog
Odd Couples: Chick-fil-A CEO + Gay Rights Advocate
Note: This piece was originally created by The Village Square and published on respectandrebellion.com.
As the Culture War accelerated to include the truly transcendent battle ground of fighting over chicken sandwiches, two participants in said Culture War called an audible – they spoke to each other. This was so gobsmackingly rare that it actually made the news in 2012 (and 2013, 2014
Respect + RebellionDec 08 2020
News
‘Aggressively Pro-Abortion’: Pro-Life Activists, Lawmakers Denounce Biden HHS Pick Xavier Becerra
Pro-life groups and lawmakers denounced former Vice President Joe Biden’s choice of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra for secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
“Far from ‘uniting’ the country, Biden has proven yet again he is an extremist on abortion,” Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser said in a statement following Biden’s Monday
The Daily SignalJun 30 2021
News
Progressives Are Hoping That Justice Stephen Breyer Steps Down At The End Of The Term
For Erwin Chemerinsky, this is a familiar feeling: Seven years ago, the dean of the University of California Berkeley School of Law publicly called for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to retire from the Supreme Court because he reasoned too much was at stake in the 2016 elections.
Ginsburg didn't listen then, but he's hoping Justice Stephen Breyer will listen now — but Breyer has given no
NPR (Online News)