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Oct 29 2014
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Democrats needs black voters on Election Day. But they need white Southerners even more.
President Obama HAS Been busy Courting African American Voters on black radio, and Democrats Have Been running ADS in black Newspapers That urge Voters to "Get His Back."
But, as I've written before, it's unlikely to BE enough in key States Because of the Declining Standing of Democrats Among white Voters. And a new report by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Drives
Washington PostNov 19 2019
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On impeachment, Jim Jordan goes for the takedown
The Ohio congressman has been given a prominent role in the public hearings – a nod to his bare-knuckle style and appeal to the GOP base. The move also reflects the extent to which theatrics are part of the process.
He made his name in Congress as an uncompromising brawler. A college wrestling champion, he cut his teeth on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, grilling witnesses
Christian Science MonitorJan 27 2014
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Clinton's biggest regret at State: Benghazi
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi, Libya was her biggest regret during the four years she served as America's top diplomat.
In a speech to the National Automobile Dealers Association meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, Clinton addressed a number of auto-related topics, including some of the more colorful cars former
CNN DigitalAug 16 2019
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib Cancels Visit To Israel And The West Bank
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., says she's canceling her visit to Israel and the West Bank.
Israel's interior ministry announced Friday that it would allow Tlaib to enter the country as a private citizen to visit her aging grandmother, after it banned her and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., from going on a political trip amid pressure from President Trump.
In a statement Friday morning,
NPR (Online News)May 03 2014
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How (and why) Benghazi is back
The release of a new documents related to the 2012 embassy attack has unleashed a new torrent of outrage on the right about the Obama Administration's handling of the Sept. 2012 terrorist attack that left four Americans dead. Conservatives say new e-mails prove that the White House deliberately portrayed the attacks as the result of spontaneous protests inspired by a video disparaging the
Washington PostMay 25 2012
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Union, Liberal Coalition Pushes Obama Tax Plan
A coalition of big unions and left-leaning activist groups has formed to support President Barack Obamas proposal to raise tax rates on families earning more than $250,000, amid growing signs that Democratic lawmakers want to limit tax increases to people making $1 million or more.
Organizers of the new coalition, called Americans for Tax Fairness, worry that Democratic lawmakers are
Wall Street Journal (News)Jun 17 2019
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Supreme Court upholds new Virginia legislative maps
Virginia’s legislative elections this year will happen under new court-ordered maps, after the Supreme Court ruled Monday that the GOP-led House of Delegates can’t step in and independently appeal a case the state’s attorney general has given up.
The ruling came on procedural grounds, but the effect is to cancel parts of the state House of Delegates maps that have been used for most of
Washington TimesJul 22 2012
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Aurora, Colo., shooting unlikely to change gun laws, both sides say
With the nations latest shooting massacre came the latest calls by gun-control advocates for tougher laws. But those views, once shared by most Americans, drew little reaction on Friday from a country and its political leaders whose sentiments have shifted dramatically over the past two decades.
Washington PostFeb 11 2013
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Obama to Renew Drive for Cuts in Nuclear Arms
President Obama will use his State of the Union speech on Tuesday to reinvigorate one of his signature national security objectives  drastically reducing nuclear arsenals around the world  after securing agreement in recent months with the United States military that the American nuclear force can be cut in size by roughly a third.
New York Times (News)Feb 08 2013
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New York Times Realizes New Taxes Hurt Poor the Most
When many Americans received their first paycheck of 2013, they wondered why their paychecks were smaller. Obama supporters in particular were baffled, wondering why they were seeing less pay when they had just voted for a President who promised they would never see a tax increase, that after all was reserved for "rich" people.
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