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Jul 08 2021
News
House candidates declare campaigns for districts that don't exist yet amid redistricting delays
Loretta Smith and Wesley Hunt are members of different parties, separated by both distance and policy.
And yet, Smith, an Oregon Democrat, and Hunt, a Texas Republican, find themselves in similar positions headed into the 2022 midterms: Both have announced plans to run for Congress, but neither know what the district they plan to run in will look like.
Smith and Hunt are among a
CNN Digital
Dec 27 2021
Opinion
Though Obsessed with Donald Trump, the Media Was Blind to Brewing Threat of Violence
On December 27, the last Sunday of 2020, the news media struggled to offer any happy news in a year dominated by COVID and then by Donald Trump's post-election dissension.
COVID cases reached 80 million worldwide and over the weekend, the United States reached a grim indicator: 1 in 1,000 Americans had died in the pandemic. Los Angeles County alone was experiencing one COVID death every
Newsweek
Apr 16 2021
Perspectives Blog
When — and Where — Profits and Principles Collide
There are about 4 million people in the state of Georgia. The population of China is approximately 1.5 billion. For a growing portion of the American business community, the dividing line between principle and profit might be somewhere in between.
Ever since Georgia’s Republican-controlled state legislature passed a bill last month that rewrote the state’s voting access laws, they have
Dan Schnur
Nov 09 2021
News
DOJ asks federal appeals court to lift temporary order blocking Covid-19 vaccine mandate
The Department of Justice argued Monday night against a more permanent block of the Biden administration's Covid-19 vaccine mandate in a filing to the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals, saying that Republican-led states and private businesses challenging the mandate have not shown that their claimed injuries "outweigh the harm of [stopping] a Standard that will save thousands of lives and
CNN Digital
Jun 30 2022
Fact Check
Are Women In Kentucky Required To Submit Monthly Statements Declaring Whether Or Not They Are Pregnant?
An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows a new Kentucky state legislature bill requiring all women “of child-bearing age” to submit signed and notarized monthly statements confirming whether or not they are pregnant.
Verdict: False
The bill was introduced as satire in 2019 and never seriously considered by the state legislature.
Fact Check:
The Supreme Court
Check Your Fact
May 22 2020
News
Plagued by stock trades, Loeffler vows she won't drop out
Kelly Loeffler is behind in the polls and best known for her fortuitously timed stock trades.
But the Georgia Republican insisted during a 25-minute interview that she’s not going anywhere.
“Not only am I not dropping out, but I'm gonna win,” Loeffler said Thursday. “And no one's going to intimidate me into thinking that that's the right course for our party, for our state, for
Politico
Sep 24 2020
News
Trump Warns Social Media As Justice Department Aims To Weaken Tech's Legal Shield
President Trump warned tech companies he is "watching them very closely during this election cycle" as his administration proposed stripping online platforms of long-held legal protections.
"We see so many things that are unfair," Trump said during at a White House discussion with Republican state attorneys general about social media. "It's very serious. Very bad. Very serious."
NPR (Online News)
Mar 07 2022
Perspectives Blog
When CNN Goes Back to News
From the CenterThe war in Ukraine has resulted in untold amounts of suffering, misery and death. It has dramatically upended the post-Cold War geopolitical and security infrastructure of the European continent and has remade American domestic politics. It may also lead to CNN becoming a cable news network again. When media entrepreneur Ted Turner founded a cable television network
Dan Schnur
Sep 07 2021
News
Wuhan lab documents show Fauci ‘untruthful’ about gain-of-function research: critics
Dr. Anthony Fauci has been accused by critics of lying after newly released documents appear to contradict his claims that the National Institute of Health did not fund gain-of-function research at China’s Wuhan lab.
Senator Rand Paul led the criticism against Fauci on Tuesday after the documents, obtained by The Intercept, detailed grants given to EcoHealth Alliance — the nonprofit
New York Post (News)
Jul 21 2020
News
Sen Hawley Calls Charges Against St Louis Couple ‘Miscarriage Of Justice’
Missouri Senator Josh Hawley told Steve Doocy of “Fox & Friends” Tuesday morning that the charges against the St. Louis couple that brandished their weapons at protestors in June are a “textbook example” of an “abuse of power.”
The Republican said that Mark and Patricia McCloskey had “the right to do what they did” and were protected by the “U.S. Constitution, Missouri Constitution
The Daily Caller