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Apr 29 2020
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Universal Basic Income - Top 3 Pros and Cons
A universal basic income (UBI) is an unconditional cash payment given at regular intervals by the government to all residents, regardless of their earnings or employment status. Pilot UBI programs have taken place or are ongoing in the United States, Brazil, Canada, Finland, and other parts of the world. In 2017, Hawaii passed legislation creating a working group to study UBI. In that same
ProCon.orgFeb 16 2021
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GOP senators who voted to convict Trump are now facing backlash in their home states
The seven Republican senators who joined all 50 Democrats in voting to convict former President Donald Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 riot in the Capitol are now facing heat from conservatives in their home states.
Party leaders and local GOP officials, many seeking to curry favor with the broad swath of conservative voters still loyal to Trump, have condemned the 7 lawmakers for breaking
CNBCApr 27 2020
News
States Reopening
“Georgia’s reopening is set to continue Monday when movie theaters can welcome customers and limited in-restaurant dining may resume in a loosening of coronavirus restrictions. This comes after other businesses, including barbershops, gyms, tattoo shops and nail salons, were allowed to start seeing customers Friday.” (AP News)
“[Oklahoma] began opening hair and nail salons and other
The Flip SideAug 13 2020
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Big Airlines are Hoarding Cash to Survive the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has cratered demand for air travel, tens of thousands of people are already out of work, and a recovery — whatever that may look like — is expected to take years. But while smaller suppliers are crashing and burning, the biggest corporations that operate and orchestrate the air travel industry are surviving, thanks to their size and their access to a crucial resource:
The VergeMar 27 2016
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Bernie Sanders' big day
Saturday was a big day for Bernie Sanders' quest for the Democratic presidential nomination as he swept to resounding victories in the caucus states of Hawaii, Washington and Alaska. But the delegate math is still in Hillary Clinton's favor. "We knew things were going to improve as we headed West," Sanders said at a jubilant rally before 8,000 people in Madison, Wisconsin -- a state that will
CNN DigitalAug 17 2022
Headline Roundup
Cheney Loses and Other Takeaways From Tuesday's Primaries
Anti-Trump Republican Rep. Liz Cheney's loss in Wyoming was the major takeaway from Tuesday's 2022 primaries.
Cheney lost to Trump-backed Harriet Hageman. Hageman took 66% of the vote, to Cheney's 29%. Her loss means that just two of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump over the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot are now out of office. Cheney, a third-term
Associated Press NewsNation New York Post (News)Feb 01 2021
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Biden, GOP senators to discuss slimmed-down Covid relief bill pitch
President Joe Biden has agreed to meet a group of 10 Republican senators who have proposed a slimmed-down coronavirus relief plan that they say can win bipartisan support.
The Republicans' proposed package is much smaller than Biden's $1.9 trillion proposal, and includes $160 billion for vaccines, $4 billion for health and substance abuse services, the continuation of current
NBC News DigitalJan 27 2021
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Rand Paul calls impeachment 'dead on arrival' after most Republicans signal that trial is unconstitutional
The Senate tabled an effort by Sen. Rand Paul Tuesday to force a vote on the constitutionality of former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, but the vote offered an indicator for how Republican senators -- who overwhelmingly voted for Paul's measure -- feel about the trial.
Paul's motion was killed on a 55-45 vote, with five Republicans joining all Democrats, meaning 45
CNN DigitalMay 04 2021
Analysis
The GOP's devotion to Trump threatens to destroy American democracy
With its cultish devotion to Donald Trump, the majority of the Republican Party is choosing a wannabe-autocrat over the political system that made the United States the world's most powerful nation and its dominant democracy.
The ex-President is showing that he doesn't have to be in the Oval Office to damage faith in US elections and to trash truth, as his movement based on lies and
CNN DigitalApr 27 2021
Analysis
Far From Immune To The Never-Ending COVID Regime, Red States Are A Ripe Target — Unless Their Governors Act Now
The unending COVID regime isn't a nightmare scenario, it's an existential threat to our liberties, a possible and unexamined risk to our health, and right here among us.
A plastic recycler in Louisville, Kentucky. A guide at a hiking camp in Alaska. A waitress at a restaurant in Houston, Texas.
What do these companies have in common, besides being featured in a Monday Wall Street
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