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Mar 09 2020
Perspectives Blog
Living in a News Filter Bubble During Coronavirus
You stroll into work on Monday, fresh off another much-too-short weekend. As you toss your jacket on the chair, your cubicle neighbor pitches their routine small-talk: “Read the news this weekend?”
Of course you did. But which news?
If you’re like many Americans, you may get your news inside an ideological filter bubble, where you’re only exposed to viewpoints you already agree
Henry A. BrechterApr 16 2019
Opinion
OPINION: Trump’s Trade War With China Doesn’t Look Like a Win
Prevailing against a fast-growing country run by autocrats isn’t so easy.
In March 2018, President Donald Trump uttered his famous declaration that “trade wars are good and easy to win.” A little more than a year later, it looks as if Trump is losing the trade war he started with China.
The tariffs that Trump slapped on Chinese goods -- and the additional tariffs he threatened
BloombergNov 18 2014
News
Why the Senate Keystone vote is important
The fate of the controversial Keystone pipeline isn't the only thing at stake during a crucial vote in the Senate on Tuesday. A vote to move forward on legislation approving the pipeline's construction would usher in a new era of animosity between resurgent Republicans in Congress and President Barack Obama. It could also determine the fate of embattled Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu of
CNN DigitalNov 29 2015
News
Marco Rubio Bets the Grand Old Party Is Ready for His Younger Face
There is nothing particularly flashy about the endorsements that have been rolling in for Senator Marco Rubio lately: a handful of Republican members of Congress, mostly junior and not terribly influential.
But upon closer inspection, there is something they share. Like Mr. Rubio, almost all are young. They include Mia Love of Utah, 39, a freshman representative and the only black
New York Times (News)Oct 25 2012
News
Chrysler Alive but Jeep About to Shift Production to China
First off, I love Jeeps. I drove a blue stick-shift Jeep in high school and dream of one day owning another one (pre-bailout edition) of course. President Obama has based a large portion of his re-election campaign on the auto-bailout which has resonated with many voters in Ohio, a state Mitt Romney needs to win. However, due to burdonsome regulations, high taxes and the overall high cost of
TownhallMar 04 2024
Headline Roundup
Nikki Haley Notches First GOP Primary Win in Washington D.C.
Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley defeated former President Donald Trump in the Washington D.C., GOP primary on Sunday.
The Details: Haley received 62.8% of the vote, while Trump received around 33.3%. The result marks Haley’s first victory in the GOP primary and awards her with 19 delegates. Still, Trump currently leads the longshot candidate 244 to 43. Haley has also become
Forbes Associated Press Washington ExaminerNov 06 2014
News
The best evidence yet that Republicans won't do anything on immigration in 2015
Are Republicans going to use their control of Congress to pass immigration reform in 2015? The short answer is no.
Here's the best reason to think that they won't: if Republicans were serious about passing immigration reform next year, you'd at least see Republican officials and pundits saying so on Spanish-language media, to reach out to Latino voters. But they're not.
On the
VoxOct 16 2012
News
Races tight, Pennsylvania reclaims "swing state" status: poll
he U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania has become "too close to call" three weeks before the election, while President Barack Obama's lead in the state has slipped from 12 to 4 percentage points after a disappointing debate performance, a Quinnipiac poll said on Tuesday.
Pennsylvania, seen until recently as secure for the Democratic president, now appears to be competitive, with Obama
TownhallNov 05 2014
News
America, Meet Your New Republican Bosses
Republican victories in Tuesday's Senate elections push out a Democratic old guard and usher in a new crop of hungry GOPers, some just getting their feet wet in politics.
Republicans won control of the Senate partly with the help of newcomers who ousted Democratic incumbents and whipped rivals for seats vacated by retiring liberal lions, whose political service spanned decades that
HuffPostNov 04 2014
News
GOP takes control of Senate in midterm rout
Republicans seized control of the U.S. Senate and were on track to expand their grip on the House of Representatives and governorships in the 2014 elections, marking a dramatic midterm rout that cut deep into territory President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party won by commanding margins only two years ago. With several Democratic-held Senate seats still up for grabs, the GOP has already
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