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Apr 21 2020
Opinion
The Statistical Case for Reopening Georgia Is Weak
Just days after the Trump administration set out careful benchmarks for states to meet before reopening their economies, four governors announced plans that basically ignore them.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp will allow many businesses to reopen on Friday. In South Carolina, some retailers and its beaches are already open. The governors of Tennessee and Ohio will begin phased restarts on
Guest Writer - LeftMay 11 2015
News
This Mormon Sunday school teacher was dismissed for using church's own race essay in lesson
It all started with a question.
The Mormon youth simply asked his white Sunday school teacher why the man's Nigerian wife and her family would join a church that had barred blacks from being ordained to its all-male priesthood until 1978. Why, the student wanted to know, was the ban instituted in the first place?
To answer the teen's inquiry, Brian Dawson turned to the Utah-based
Oct 20 2020
Analysis
VIDEO: The Hateful Media's Four-Year War Against Trump
Back in May, President Trump told Fox News he’s “greeted with a hostile press, the likes of which no president has ever seen....Ninety-four or ninety-five percent of the press is hostile.”
Fact check: True. While every President has their critics in the press, the Trump presidency has been unique in that a massive percentage of the media — hosts, columnists, commentators, contributors,
NewsBustersJul 26 2014
News
Michele Bachmann: Gay community wants to let adults "prey on little children sexually"
Representative Michele Bachmann (R-MN) said this week that the gay community wants to repeal age of consent laws "so that adults would be able to freely prey on little children sexually," reports Brian Tashman of Right Wing Watch.
Bachmann, who is not running for re-election to her House seat, made the comments Wednesday on a conservative talk radio show, Faith & Liberty. The former
VoxDec 30 2015
News
Campaign finance laws may be making political polarization worse by encouraging ‘purist’ donors.
Many Americans have become increasingly concerned over the role of money in politics, and back more populist approaches to reducing political donations. Raymond J. La Raja and Brian F. Schaffner, authors of Campaign Finance and Political Polarization: When Purists Prevail, argue that populist approaches such as imposing low contribution limits on parties, distort the campaign finance system in
USAPPDec 29 2015
News
CNN’s Stelter Blames Conservatives for ‘More Polarization’ by Exposing Liberal Media Bias
Riding his high horse as CNN’s senior media correspondent, Brian Stelter had a piece during Thursday’s AC360 in which he lamented how Republican presidential candidates have often attacked the liberal media “to deflect tough, unwelcome questions” plus their conservative supporters have caused “more polarization” in the electorate by not trusting the media. - See more at: http://www.newsbusters
NewsBustersMar 04 2020
News
Ain't no party like an MSNBC party, even on this weirdly sober Super Tuesday
At 6:52 p.m. Pacific Time MSNBC anchor Brian Williams declared, "We haven't had a party 'til now. It's now a party."
To which the unfortunate soul who had been watching MSNBC since Super Tuesday morning — it me — could only answer, "Define what you mean, sir, by 'party.'"
From the perspective of a very tired observer at home, Williams' usage of the term associated with frivolity
SalonDec 07 2015
News
Campaign finance laws may be making political polarization worse by encouraging ‘purist’ donors.
Many Americans have become increasingly concerned over the role of money in politics, and back more populist approaches to reducing political donations. Raymond J. La Raja and Brian F. Schaffner, authors of Campaign Finance and Political Polarization: When Purists Prevail, argue that populist approaches such as imposing low contribution limits on parties, distort the campaign finance system in
USAPPMar 26 2024
Headline Roundup
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Avoids Trial, Settles Fraud Charges
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) reached an agreement with prosecutors on Tuesday to forgo facing trial for criminal securities fraud charges.
For Context: Paxton was indicted by state prosecutors in 2015 over securities fraud charges. Prosecutors alleged that Paxton tricked people into investing in a tech startup prior to becoming Attorney General.
Details: Prosecutors
Associated Press Reuters Washington ExaminerAug 12 2014
News
Final Vote Friday in Hawaiian Democratic Primary for Senate
Hawaii's fiercely contested Democratic primary for a U.S. Senate seat could be decided Friday, when an election will be held on Hawaii's Big Island for a few thousand voters at two polling places that had been shut down by Tropical Storm Iselle.
Sen. Brian Schatz holds a lead of 1,635 votes over his challenger, U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, with all but two of the state's 247 precincts
Wall Street Journal (News)