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Nov 03 2014
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Obama Lending Support, but Only in Democratic Bulwarks
President Obama implored voters to cast aside cynicism and turn out to elect Democrats who are “fighting for you,” making his closing argument before midterm congressional elections that will shape the contours of his final two years in office.
“You’ve got to ask yourself: Who’s going to be fighting for you? Who’s going to be on your side?” Mr. Obama said Sunday evening to about 5,500
New York Times (News)May 03 2016
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Bernie Sanders Wins Indiana Democratic Primary
Bernie Sanders’ victory in Indiana’s Democratic primary Tuesday demonstrates his popularity with voters hasn’t faded, even as his path to the presidential nomination has narrowed.
Sanders led front-runner Hillary Clinton by 6 points, with 68 percent of precincts reporting, when networks declared him the winner. Exit polls had Sanders winning by 12 points, but they were based solely on
HuffPostOct 30 2014
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Dem turnout machine cranks up
New polls and turnout data in the Democrat must-win states of Iowa, North Carolina and Colorado show the party poised to lose control of the Senate after eight years in command. But the latest Fox News national poll suggests that the blue team, after spending more than a billion dollars and hitting every wedge issue imaginable, may finally be getting some traction in the effort to mobilize its
Fox News (Online News)May 02 2016
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Trump ups the ante in Indiana
Donald Trump is raising the stakes in Indiana.
Encouraged by a new poll giving him a double-digit lead in the state and eager to pivot to the general election, the Republican front-runner stressed the importance of Indiana's Tuesday GOP primary more than he or his top advisers have previously. "Indiana is so important and we have to win it," Trump said to a crowd of approximately 1,500
CNN (Online News)Nov 08 2016
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Voter Fraud Is Not a Myth
Democrats keep claiming that voter fraud is a myth. But voter fraud has mattered in plenty of American elections. Take Lyndon Johnson’s election to the U.S. Senate in 1948, when LBJ won by manufacturing enough fake votes to turn a 20,000-vote deficit into an 87-vote win. Others point to voter fraud in Illinois and Texas during the 1960 presidential election; indeed, we may never know whether
National Review (News)Oct 08 2014
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Voters Will Get Their Say On GMO Labeling In Colorado And Oregon
Ben Hamilton walks down the salad dressing aisle at his neighborhood grocery store in west Denver. The human resources consultant usually seeks out organic options and scans nutrition information.
"I am a label reader. I think a lot of people read labels and really are curious to know what is in our food supply," he says. But Hamilton says he wants more information, specifically whether
NPR (Online News)Dec 02 2021
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Project Veritas and the mainstream media: Strange allies in the fight to protect press freedom
This piece originally appeared on The Conversation, which AllSides rates as Lean Left. It was written by Jane E Kirtley, the Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law at the University of Minnesota. The writer's bias has not been rated.
An FBI raid on Project Veritas leader James O'Keefe’s home in early November 2021 has sparked an unusual demonstration of support from
"The Conversation" ContributorApr 04 2024
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No Labels Won't Run Third-Party Ticket to Challenge Biden, Trump
The No Labels groups will not run a third-party candidate in the 2024 presidential election.
For Context: No Labels, a multi-partisan group aiming to decrease political division, has been working to construct a bid for the White House, hoping to capitalize on widespread dissatisfaction with the major candidates, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. The group previously
Associated Press The Hill Washington ExaminerMar 04 2020
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Michael Bloomberg ends his presidential bid
Former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg, a centrist billionaire who launched a White House bid after years of flirting with a run, and pledged to use his vast resources to unite Democrats and moderate Republicans against President Donald Trump has suspended his campaign and is endorsing former Vice President Joe Biden.
His campaign was shaken by Biden’s resurgence and overwhelming
ABC News (Online)Nov 10 2020
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DOJ Election Crimes Official Resigns
Richard Pilger, director of the Election Crimes branch of the Department of Justice, has resigned from his post.
The move comes after Attorney General William Barr authorized Pilger to probe specific allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Pilger is claiming that Barr's directive goes against the 40-year-old Non-Interference Policy for ballot fraud investigations
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