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Jul 11 2019
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Democrat Buttigieg unveils plan to fight racism in America
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana - whose campaign has been dogged by accusations of systemic racism in his city as he struggles to gain support from African-American voters - on Thursday announced a plan to battle racial inequality in America.
Buttigieg, who is white and has seen issues of race flare up in South Bend after the fatal
Reuters
Jul 11 2019
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Ocasio-Cortez implies Pelosi's criticisms are racially motivated, calls it 'outright disrespectful'
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez escalated her public feud with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday, telling The Washington Post she no longer believes Pelosi's criticisms are solely political.
See how 2 Germans are disrupting the hearing aid industry with tiny device Pelosi has been critical of Ocasio-Cortez, as well as fellow freshman congresswomen Reps. Ilhan Omar (Minn.), Ayanna
The Blaze
Dec 13 2015
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Ted Cruz passes Donald Trump in Iowa, Bernie Sanders edges out Hillary Clinton in N.H.
Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz has surged past Donald Trump and opened up a 10-point lead in the early caucus state of Iowa, according to a new poll released Sunday.
Mr. Cruz led the field with 31 percent of the vote among likely Republican caucus-goers in Iowa, followed by Mr. Trump with 21 percent, according to the Des Moines Register/Bloomberg poll.
The
Washington Times
Dec 17 2020
Perspectives Blog
Survey: Where the Left and Right Agree/Disagree on Media Bias
In a year of increased political polarization, those on opposite sides of the aisle might think that they have very little in common. However, every time we survey our readers for a Blind Bias Survey, we often find that they agree on a lot more than they realize.
In September, we released the findings of our August 2020 Blind Bias Survey, in which over 2,000 people across the political
Rick Wytmar
Dec 17 2014
News
Final 2014 House Race Settled After Recount
Forty-three days after Election Day, the 2014 midterms are finally over.
Republican Martha McSally on Wednesday won the last unresolved House race of the cycle in Arizona’s second district following a lengthy recount. Her victory means that Republicans will have 247 seats in the House next year—the largest majority either party has held since the 71st Congress adjourned in 1931.
Wall Street Journal (News)
Oct 06 2012
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Obama close to raising $1 billion after near-record September tally
President Obamas reelection campaign, which only two months ago fretted that it was losing the money race to Republican challenger Mitt Romney, said Saturday that it was on the cusp of raising $1 billion for the 2012 election after posting its strongest fundraising month in September.
Washington Post
Oct 22 2019
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Diplomat who raised alarm about withholding aid to Ukraine testifies in impeachment probe
House committees leading the impeachment inquiry of President Trump are hearing from a senior diplomat who raised alarms about what Democrats have called a clear quid pro quo in which Trump held up military aid for Ukraine to get that country’s help investigating his political rivals.
William B. Taylor Jr. is the acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, whose president is at the center of the
Washington Post
Oct 22 2019
News
G7 Moved From Doral
“U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned plans late on Saturday to host next year’s Group of Seven summit at his Florida golf resort.” (Reuters)
The left is highly critical of the initial plan, and believes it would have violated the emoluments clause of the Constitution.
“This is the season of the Trump administration’s flip-flops… He allowed an invasion, then fumed when it
The Flip Side
Dec 15 2014
News
A Rare Bipartisan Success for Congress
This year’s Congress, best known for polarization and gridlock, ended with a rare bipartisan coalition staggering across the finish line, setting up a test of whether a political center could be sustained on other issues next year.
The Senate passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill late Saturday night by a 56-40 vote that crisscrossed party lines, reflecting a desire by both parties to
Wall Street Journal (News)
Aug 04 2016
News
We Should Cheer Political Polarization. Here is Why
The rise of Donald Trump (and, to a lesser extent, Bernie Sanders) has led to a renewed wave of punditry decrying the polarization of both government and the electorate itself. Dave Wasserman’s recent piece at FiveThirtyEight is the latest, most influential version of the genre, but the conventional wisdom is usually the same: polarized politics is bad, the most extreme partisans determine
Washington Monthly