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Nov 02 2020
Perspectives Blog
Collection of Op-Eds For/Against Donald Trump and Joe Biden
Got a strong opinion on how to vote in this year’s presidential election? You’re not alone.
Here’s a range of op-eds written by people from throughout the political spectrum, making various cases for why you should (or shouldn’t) vote for either President Donald Trump or Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
(These are all opinion articles and don’t necessarily align with the overall
AllSides StaffApr 27 2021
News
Covid-19 paused climate emissions – but they're rising again
The planet had already warmed by around 1.2C since pre-industrial times when the World Health Organization officially declared a pandemic on 11 March 2020. This began a sudden and unprecedented drop in human activity, as much of the world went into lockdown and factories stopped operating, cars kept their engines off and planes were grounded.
There have been many monumental changes
BBC NewsApr 03 2022
News
Over 50 House Republicans attend fundraiser for Liz Cheney's challenger, Harriet Hageman
More than 50 House Republicans were at a Washington, D.C., fundraiser on Wednesday night for Harriet Hageman, Rep. Liz Cheney's challenger in Wyoming. It's a sign that a sizable part of the House GOP caucus is eager to get Cheney out of office — less than a year since they ousted her from her leadership position.
But multiple attendees said Cheney wasn't the focus of the evening.
CBS News (Online)Jul 13 2021
News
U.S. on Track for Second Biggest Budget Shortfall in History
The United States is on track for the second biggest budget shortfall in history, the Associated Press reported. The current deficit for the first nine months of this budget year hit $2.24 trillion, just behind 2020's record of $3.1 trillion.
The Treasury Department said Tuesday in its monthly budget report that the deficit for the budget year that ends in September is running a little
NewsweekFeb 02 2022
News
America’s National Debt Soars Past $30 Trillion Milestone
America’s ballooning national debt has exceeded the $30 trillion mark for the first time ever, according to Treasury Department data.
The Treasury Department said in a statement (pdf) that, as of Jan. 31, the total public debt outstanding was $30.012 trillion, which roughly works out to just over $90,000 per citizen or nearly $240,000 per taxpayer.
Debt-fueled spending exploded
The Epoch TimesMay 03 2022
Opinion
This Supreme Court Is Out of Step With Most Americans
No one expected that the news of Roe v. Wade’s imminent demise would come as it did — in an extraordinary late-night leak of a draft opinion two months before the end of the Supreme Court’s session. But everyone should have expected that it would, eventually, come.
For decades, the court has been chipping away at a woman’s right to choose what happens to her own body, but the core
New York Times (Opinion)Aug 26 2020
News
The Coming Wave of Disinformation
Voting in the 2020 U.S. elections will come to a close in 70 days, and disinformation experts are working around the clock to safeguard the democratic process. “One of the things you can be pretty confident of,” said Ben Nimmo, the director of investigations at Graphika, a network analysis firm, “is that somebody is going to start posting a video which allegedly shows ballot box stuffing, or
The DispatchFeb 23 2022
Analysis
‘Handle Them In A Courtroom’: Kyle Rittenhouse Vows To Hold The Media, Politicians ‘Accountable’ With The Launch Of A New Project
Kyle Rittenhouse vowed Monday to hold media organizations and public figures accountable for repeatedly calling him a “white supremacist” and a “murderer.”
Rittenhouse announced his team is launching “The Media Accountability Project” to fundraise and bring forth legal action toward media organizations that have reported “lies” and inaccurate information.
The 18-year-old was
The Daily CallerJul 26 2022
News
John Fetterman Isn’t Doing What He Thinks He Is With His Meme Roasts of Dr. Oz
As far as posting goes, Dr. Oz vs. John Fetterman is not a fair fight. Mehmet Oz is a daytime television creature running on warmed-over Trumpian cultural grievances without any of the former president’s charisma, crudity, or semi-intentional comedic timing. Whatever charms Oz possessed that got Oprah to hand him a national platform have so far not translated to the internet. Fetterman,
SlateApr 18 2022
News
McCormick’s Denouncement of ‘Structural Bigotry’ Not an Endorsement of BLM
Amid nationwide protests after George Floyd’s murder in 2020, Dave McCormick, then CEO of a hedge fund, emailed his colleagues, calling on them to “be agents of change” and to show “solidarity by denouncing and eradicating structural bigotry around us.”
A new ad from a super PAC supporting McCormick’s chief rival in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania cites that email
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