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May 24 2021
News
Many Americans don’t trust elections. What can be done?
America’s democratic process has been severely tested in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. Former President Donald Trump’s personal push to overturn results in key states revealed vulnerabilities in the nation’s electoral system – including how many important aspects of voting are defended not by laws, but by norms of official behavior.
Nor has the testing ended, despite
Christian Science MonitorNov 01 2021
News
$1.75 trillion for Biden's agenda is a lot, but is it enough?
President Biden on Thursday unveiled a framework for a $1.75 trillion Build Back Better domestic spending plan, a major step in the effort to turn his signature legislative goal into reality.
In a speech promoting the plan, Biden said it represents “historic investments in our nation and in our people.” There’s truth to that claim. The bill includes $555 billion to combat climate change
Yahoo! The 360Feb 05 2022
News
Pence says 'Trump is wrong' to say then-vice president had the right to overturn 2020 election
Former Vice President Mike Pence called out his former boss by name on Friday, saying that "President (Donald) Trump is wrong" in claiming that Pence had the right to overturn the 2020 election on January 6, 2021.
Speaking at the Federalist Society Florida Chapters conference near Orlando, Pence delivered his strongest response yet to Trump's ongoing efforts to relitigate the 2020
CNN (Online News)Oct 31 2021
Opinion
The Empty Spectacle of the U.N. Climate-Change Summit
As President Joe Biden limps into Glasgow, there are only two things holding back his big, showy climate agenda: politics and economics.
If you happen to be one of those people who insists that climate change should be “beyond politics,” then you are certainly entitled to the sentiment — but spare us any lectures about “democracy” in the future, because politics is how liberal-
National Review (News)May 22 2021
Analysis
Many Americans don’t trust elections. What can be done?
America’s democratic process has been severely tested in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. Former President Donald Trump’s personal push to overturn results in key states revealed vulnerabilities in the nation’s electoral system – including how many important aspects of voting are defended not by laws, but by norms of official behavior.
Nor has the testing ended, despite
Christian Science MonitorOct 31 2021
Analysis
VIPs expect special treatment. At Wikipedia, don’t even ask.
In the early afternoon of Jan. 7, only hours after addressing the “Stop the Steal” rally outside the White House that fed into the assault on the Capitol, John C. Eastman began working on the first draft of history: He rewrote his own Wikipedia page.
Where the article said that Eastman, a professor at Chapman Law School at the time, was helping President Donald Trump “to annul the
Washington PostMar 03 2019
News
Bernie Sanders Contrasts His Modest Childhood With Trump’s Lavish Past In First 2020 Rally
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) kicked off his second presidential campaign in the New York City borough where he grew up on Saturday, sharing with a roaring crowd of thousands assembled on the snow-covered East Quad of Brooklyn College how his humble upbringing shaped his commitment to economic equality.
His speech, on the college campus where he spent the first year of his undergraduate
HuffPostDec 24 2021
News
The five Senate seats most likely to change parties in 2022
With President Joe Biden’s job approval ratings stuck near 45% and the generic ballot swinging against the Democrats this past fall, not to mention historical trends that portend trouble for the party in power in the White House, Senate Republicans would seem primed to win control of the chamber in 2022. But Republican strategists are not measuring the drapes just yet.
Party officials
Washington ExaminerJul 17 2021
News
Here Are The Billionaires Backing California’s Governor And His Opponent Caitlyn Jenner
California Governor Gavin Newsom, who is facing a recall election in two months, has drawn far more support from billionaire donors than any of his opponents — by a compelling margin.
Altogether, 23 billionaires have donated to a California gubernatorial candidate, according to a search of the California Secretary of State’s Cal-Access Campaign Finance database. Of those, 19 have
ForbesNov 22 2020
Analysis
Biden is under pressure to forgive student debt. Here's why it's a racial issue.
President-elect Joe Biden is facing mounting pressure to extend student loan debt relief or forgive thousands of indebted dollars for the millions of people who had their loan payments suspended throughout the pandemic.
With payments expected to resume in the new year, action on this front could help many who are out of work or facing financial hardship. Such relief could have a
NBC News (Online)