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Nov 16 2018
Headline Roundup
Stacey Abrams Ends Bid for Georgia Governor
Democrat Stacey Abrams on Friday ended her bid for Georgia governor, refusing to concede to Republican Brian Kemp but acknowledging there is no longer a path to victory. “Democracy failed Georgia," she said, decrying voter suppression that she alleges was perpetuated by Kemp, who was the state's acting Secretary of State throughout the campaign.
Mother Jones NPR (Online News) Washington TimesOct 03 2015
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Air attacks kill 16 at Afghanistan hospital; U.S. investigating
Aerial bombardments hit a Doctors Without Borders hospital in the battleground Afghan city of Kunduz early Saturday, killing at least 16 people, including nine staffers and seven patients, the charity said.
Three of those patients were children. The circumstances weren't immediately clear, but the U.S. military conducted an airstrike in Kunduz at the time, and the incident is being
CNN (Online News)Aug 12 2019
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Backfire: The New York Times Attack on Conservative Media
Backfire.
The New York Times has decided to blame the El Paso murders not on the actual killer but on “conservative media stars.” As here.
Specifically, by name, that would be the Fox News evening lineup of Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, and Laura Ingraham. Then it goes on to talk radio’s Rush Limbaugh, plus Fox and Friends’ Brian Kilmeade, Fox’s Jeanine Pirro, and Ann Coulter.
The American SpectatorMar 16 2021
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In Size and Risk, Biden’s Opening Gamble Ranks With Reagan’s
Not since Ronald Reagan’s presidency has a new administration opened with a gamble as large as the one in which President Biden is now engaged.
In Mr. Reagan’s case, the gamble took the form of a giant tax cut and a similarly large increase in defense spending, undertaken simultaneously in his first year, 1981. Together those steps defied economic and political conventional wisdom. They
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 10 2017
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Alabama's 'Luv Guv' is on the verge of impeachment
Alabama Gov. Bob Bentley -- dubbed the "Luv Guv" after a high-profile affair with a former staffer -- faces impeachment hearings this week. It's possible that he could be gone from the governor's office before even Friday. To help explain what brought Bentley to this point and where things might go next, I reached out to Montgomery Advertiser state government reporter Brian Lyman. Our
CNN (Online News)Apr 26 2021
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Liberal push to expand Supreme Court is all but dead among Hill Dems
Supreme Court expansion was one of the left’s most galvanizing ideas during the 2020 Democratic primary. But the idea is going nowhere with sitting Democratic senators.
“I don’t think the American public is interested in having the Supreme Court expanded,” said Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.).
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), who represents a particularly valuable swing state, said “the
PoliticoNov 13 2018
Headline Roundup
Federal Judge Orders Georgia Review All Provisional Ballots
A federal judge ruled that Georgia election officials must review all provisional ballots cast in last week's gubernatorial race, delaying the state's deadline for certifying the results until Friday. Democrat Stacey Abrams hopes that Republican Brian Kemp's lead will fall below 50 percent, which would lock the two in a runoff.
USA TODAY ThinkProgress Washington Free BeaconJun 01 2020
Analysis
Spare A Thought For The Good Cops
The call came in on Thursday around noon. A woman called 911 from a neighbor’s house saying her husband was threatening to kill her.
Odgen, Utah, Officer Nate Lyday and an officer from Adult Probation and Parole who was in the area responded to the address. They found the 53-year-old suspect on his front porch. He refused to cooperate, retreated into the house and slammed the door.
ForbesMar 15 2019
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The 31 Trump districts that will determine the next House majority
Republicans are eyeing a path to the House majority that takes them through Trump country.
The GOP has already put 55 districts held by Democrats on its target list for 2020. But Republican hopes are highest in the 31 districts that President Trump carried in 2016. That includes 13 districts where the real estate mogul bested Hillary Clinton by more than 6 points.
Meanwhile, GOP
The HillMar 11 2020
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Congressional doctor predicts 70-150 million U.S. coronavirus cases
Congress' in-house doctor told Capitol Hill staffers at a close-door meeting this week that he expects 70-150 million people in the U.S. — roughly a third of the country — to contract the coronavirus, two sources briefed on the meeting tell Axios.
Why it matters: That estimate, which is in line with other projections from health experts, underscores the potential seriousness of this
Axios