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Mar 28 2024
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Former Senator Joe Lieberman Dies, Remembered for Crossing Party Lines
Joe Lieberman, the former Connecticut senator and 2000 vice presidential nominee with Democratic candidate Al Gore, passed away at the age of 82 on Wednesday. Voices across the political spectrum are remembering Lieberman as a champion of compromise, bipartisanship, and moderate politics.
For Context: Throughout his career, Lieberman often crossed party lines for issues he was
New York Magazine BBC News Wall Street Journal (Opinion)Apr 19 2024
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Did Biden’s Uncle Get Eaten by Cannibals During World War II?
President Biden visited a World War II memorial in Pennsylvania this week, where he claimed that during the war, his uncle’s plane was shot down over a region of Papua New Guinea inhabited by cannibals. This claim contradicted military records and drew criticism from Papua New Guinea.
Key Quotes: Biden stated, “[H]e got shot down in New Guinea, and they never found the body because
The Philadelphia Inquirer Forbes Washington ExaminerDec 30 2014
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Boehner Ally Steve Scalise Rocked by White Supremacy Scandal
A member of John Boehner’s inner circle is under fire even as the House Speaker is at his most vulnerable: Exactly one week before the House GOP’s top official will seek re-election to his post.
“Every member who votes for John Boehner is vulnerable because not only is he unpopular with the base after his lame duck deception, but now he’s exposing members to the results of his poor
Breitbart NewsJul 11 2022
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Protests Over Bank Account Access in China Turn Violent
On Sunday, Chinese authorities appeared to violently disperse a protest outside the Zhengzhou branch of the Chinese Central Bank.
The protest was against the freezing of bank accounts due to COVID-19 policies, according to protesters, and reports from sources across the political spectrum suggest that police beat protesters. More than 1,000 protesters were met by police that
Fox News Digital CNN Business ReutersNov 10 2023
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Claiming ‘Political Persecution,’ Trump Says He Could ‘Weaponize’ Justice Department Against Rivals
In an interview with Univision (Lean Left bias), GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump suggested pitting the Justice Department against his political rivals, saying, “when that happens to me, it can happen to them.”
Key Quotes: Trump claimed the DOJ had been “weaponized” against him. Asked if he would “do the same,” Trump said, “If they want to follow through on this, yeah, it could
Washington Times The Independent The HillMay 31 2023
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Fact Check: Was Amanda Gorman’s Poem Banned From a Florida School?
Poet Amanda Gorman said her poem for President Joe Biden's inauguration was "banned" from an elementary school in Florida.
Claim: “I am gutted,” Gorman said in a tweeted statement, “Because of one parent’s complaint, my inaugural poem, The Hill We Climb, has been banned from an elementary school in Miami-Dade County, Florida.”
Facts: According to a statement from Miami-Dade
The Hill The Daily Caller Washington PostDec 16 2022
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Cambridge Dictionary Updates its Definitions of 'Man' and 'Woman'
Cambridge Dictionary recently updated its definitions of "man" and "woman" to include versions that mention transgender people.
The Changes: The primary entry for "man" remains "an adult male human being," but a new secondary entry defines the term as "an adult who lives and identifies as male though they may have been said to have a different sex at birth." The added secondary entry
International Business Times Washington Examiner CNN DigitalFeb 09 2022
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Pelosi Joins Growing Bipartisan Support for Ban on Stock Trading in Congress
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that she would support a ban on members of Congress trading stocks so long as the ban was “government-wide.”
Pelosi’s public position on the issue has changed in recent months, shifting from direct opposition in December to apparent openness in January. Pelosi singled out the judiciary branch in her "government-wide" stipulation,
Washington Post New York Post (News) Business InsiderOct 06 2022
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Biden Pardons All Federal Offenses of Simple Marijuana Possession
President Joe Biden said he would pardon everyone convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law on Thursday.
The pardons will reportedly impact over 6,500 people with prior convictions, none of whom are currently in prison or jail. “Sending people to jail for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives – for conduct that is legal in many states,” Biden said in a
ABC News (Online) Axios New York Post (News)Dec 14 2018
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