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Dec 16 2020
Headline Roundup
Biden, Pence to Publicly Receive Coronavirus Vaccine
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President Mike Pence are set to publicly receive the COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine soon. According to the White House, the vice president and Second Lady Karen Pence, along with Surgeon General Jerome Adams, will receive the vaccine on Friday to "build confidence among the American people.” CNN reported that Biden, who said he would follow the recommendations
HuffPost Wall Street Journal (News) The BlazeDec 30 2014
News
Sweetheart deal? Unions allowed to cut retiree benefits rather than fix underfunded pensions
The United Food and Commercial Workers Union is a heavyweight on the labor scene. It pays its president $350,000 a year. It’s holding its next executive board meeting in February at a swanky beachfront resort in Hollywood, Florida. And it just doled out nearly $8 million to influence the last election and lobby Washington.
Washington TimesDec 18 2019
Opinion
A Country of Two Minority Parties
One reason our politics are so chaotic is that neither Democrats nor Republicans can seem to govern as a majority party. Here’s a theory for why our politics are so confusing these days: Neither party wants to be a majority party.
From an ideological perspective, majority parties are, by nature, weird. For instance, the long-dominant FDR coalition included a strange mix of blacks and
Jonah GoldbergJan 26 2013
News
Some GOP-led states look at electoral vote changes
A proposal under consideration in Virginia's Republican-led state Legislature would change how the commonwealth allocates its 13 electoral votes in the wake of Democratic President Barack Obama's re-election last November.
CNN (Online News)Nov 15 2012
Opinion
Barack Obama's Persuasion Army
Two days after the election, a friend told me that because he has an Asian surname, he was inundated for months with emails from liberal Asian groups urging him to vote for Barack Obama.
Wall Street Journal (Opinion)Nov 15 2012
News
Obama Details Lines of Battle in Budget Plan, and on Libya
President Obama, riding the winds of re-election, signaled Wednesday that he was prepared to battle with Republicans over budget negotiations and his national security teams handling of the deadly attack on an American mission in Libya.
New York Times (News)Jun 04 2016
News
Paul Ryan Stood Up To Donald Trump, Right Up To The Moment He Caved
Donald Trump has made at least one valuable contribution to the political debate: He has exposed Paul Ryan as America’s most overrated elected official.
Within the political establishment, particularly its conservative elements, Ryan has a reputation as a man of character and substance. It’s been that way ever since Republicans took over the House in 2010, and Ryan, as chairman of the
HuffPostMar 28 2019
News
Government Hints It's Aiming for Deal Vote Friday: Brexit Update
Even after promising to resign, Theresa May is still short of numbers to get her Brexit deal through Parliament but is aiming for a third vote on Friday after two resounding defeats. Winning over her Northern Irish allies in the DUP is key, so expect a flurry of London-Belfast talks today. If that doesn’t work, there are few options left and none of them are palatable for the prime minister: a
BloombergMar 28 2019
News
Adam Schiff urged to step down as chairman by House Intelligence Committee Republicans
Every Republican on the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday demanded Rep. Adam Schiff step down as chairman over the California Democrat’s repeated claims to have evidence of Trump-Russia collusion.
In a letter, obtained by Fox News and signed by every Republican on the committee, the lawmakers slammed Schiff for his claims in the media that there was “more than circumstantial
Fox News (Online News)