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May 16 2019
News
Trade War With China
“China said on Monday it would impose higher tariffs on most U.S. imports on a revised $60 billion target list, hitting back at a tariff hike by Washington on $200 billion of Chinese goods in a further escalation of a bitter trade war.” (Reuters)
The left criticizes Trump’s tactics and is pessimistic about a favorable resolution.
“To make the case for his trade war, and to
The Flip Side
Aug 15 2019
News
Reagan Country Turns Blue
When I moved to Orange County in the mid-1990s, it was still the most Republican county, in raw numbers, in the United States. Virtually anyone with serious political ambition there ran as a Republican, although changes were starting to appear. Democrat Loretta Sanchez eked out a victory over GOP firebrand “B-1 Bob” Dornan in the 1996 congressional election — something Dornan blamed on invalid
The American Spectator
Apr 15 2020
News
NY Times Editor Says Biden Sexual-Assault Article Was Edited after His Campaign Complained
New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet said on Monday that the paper made a controversial change to its report on the sexual-assault allegation against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden after his campaign complained about the wording.
In an interview with Times media columnist Ben Smith, Baquet said the Biden campaign took issue with some of the phrasing in the
National Review (News)
Sep 22 2020
Perspectives Blog
NEW AllSides Media Bias Chart: Version 3
Version 3 of the AllSides Media Bias Chart features a number of changes. We changed the bias ratings for a few outlets after surveying over 2,000 people across the political spectrum for our latest Blind Bias Survey and conducting numerous Editorial Reviews to back up our ratings.
Ahead of the U.S presidential election, do you know the political bias of your favorite news source? The
Julie Mastrine
May 14 2015
News
What happens when redistricting fails to recognize blacks’ green interests?
Grist’s David Roberts has written quite a bit about America’s intensifying political polarization and how it remains a firewall for Congress’s chances of passing climate legislation. Roberts illuminated the myth behind one of Obama’s most popular proclamations, writing, “There’s red America, a sparsely populated but vast landscape of rural and suburban areas, and there’s blue America, the ‘
Grist
Oct 19 2016
News
Trump, Clinton gear up for final showdown
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton meet in Las Vegas Wednesday for one last throw of the dice.
They are poised for another clash in the third presidential debate, which will be their final chance to change the trajectory of the election as millions of viewers tune in for the last big televised spectacular of a rancorous campaign.
CNN (Online News)
Dec 10 2020
News
U.S. Unemployment Claims Rose to 853,000 Last Week
Worker applications for unemployment benefits rose sharply last week, an indication layoffs remain at a high level nearly nine months into the coronavirus pandemic.
Weekly initial claims for jobless benefits, a proxy for layoffs, rose by 137,000 to a seasonally adjusted 853,000 in the week ended Dec. 5, the Labor Department said Thursday. That marked the highest level of applications
Wall Street Journal (News)
Jul 08 2019
Opinion
OPINION: Immigration Is No Fix for an Aging Society
Its effects on programs like Social Security are tiny.
We hear it all the time. During the recent primary debate, Joe Biden said illegal immigrants “increased the lifespan of Social Security.” America must have large numbers of immigrants to “rebuild the demographic pyramid,” in the words of Jeb Bush.
To be sure, Americans have had small families for quite some time, and life
Guest Writer - Right
Nov 05 2020
Opinion
Trump’s Election Lawsuits Are Legally Hollow
Attempts to meddle with vote counts in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia are dead on arrival.
Legally speaking, President Donald Trump’s various election lawsuits amount to nothing.
On Wednesday the Trump campaign announced an array of different legal efforts to fight Joe Biden’s apparently impending Electoral College victory.
This included attempts to stop the vote
Bloomberg
Feb 02 2021
Analysis
Americans want Covid-19 relief done fast — even if it takes budget reconciliation
Americans want Covid-19 relief fast — and they’re supportive of passing it via budget reconciliation if that’s what it takes.
According to a new poll from Vox and Data for Progress, a majority of likely voters — 64 percent — would back more coronavirus relief, even if it means approving it via budget reconciliation, rather than the standard process for advancing most bills. Typically,
Vox