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Jan 20 2016
News
Palin scores moment in Trump's spotlight
Sarah Palin’s Tuesday endorsement of Donald Trump was a big get – for Sarah Palin.
Conservative observers questioned just how many votes the endorsement, teased with great fanfare by Trump’s campaign, would move. But it undoubtedly generated buzz and thrust the former Alaska governor in the national spotlight at a time when her star power has been on the wane.
Politico
Jul 07 2015
Opinion
OPINION: Is the Supreme Court Too Powerful?
Opinions about the Supreme Court’s legitimacy and value usually depend on ideology. Conservatives shouted tyranny after the Supreme Court upended bans on same-sex marriage. Liberals were outraged when the court overturned campaign finance limitations in the Citizens United ruling and gutted the Voting Rights Act in the Shelby County case.
New York Times (News)
Jul 19 2017
News
Study: Breitbart-led right-wing media ecosystem altered broader media agenda
Our study of over 1.25 million stories published online between April 1, 2015 and Election Day shows that a right-wing media network anchored around Breitbart developed as a distinct and insulated media system, using social media as a backbone to transmit a hyper-partisan perspective to the world. This pro-Trump media sphere appears to have not only successfully set the agenda for the
Columbia Journalism Review
Think Tank / Policy Group
Amnesty International
A May 2020 independent review of Amnesty International resulted in AllSides changing its media bias rating from Center to Lean Left. Many of Amnesty International's policy positions are not predictably favored by either end of the political spectrum, or are favored by both. However, many of its conceptions of "rights" follow a left-leaning conception.
May 22 2013
News
Top IRS Official to Plead The Fifth
LOIS LERNER, director of IRS division that targeted conservative groups, is expected to invoke her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and refuse to answer questions during testimony this morning before House hearing on agency scandal.
Fox News (Online News)
Nov 10 2013
News
CHRIS CHRISTIE TALKS IMMIGRATION & GUN CONTROL IN ‘LIGHTNING ROUND’ OF QUESTIONS
Fox News host Chris Wallace put newly re-elected New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) through a “lightning round” of questions Sunday to determine his position on a series of political issues he said are important to conservatives.
The Blaze
Apr 20 2020
News
U.S. Supreme Court requires unanimous jury verdicts for serious crimes
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the constitutional guarantee of trial by jury requires a unanimous verdict for serious crimes, siding with a Louisiana man convicted of murder and paving the way for potentially hundreds of defendants found guilty by divided juries to receive new trials.
Only two of the 50 states, Louisiana and Oregon, have permitted non-unanimous verdicts.
Reuters
May 04 2015
News
‘Think For Yourself’: Ben Carson Trashes Dems, GOP, Media as He Opens His 2016 Campaign
Conservative author and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson officially launched his 2016 White House bid by trashing politicians from both major parties, and urged voters to trust their own judgment.
“I think it’s time for the people to rise up and take the government back,” he said on a stage in Detroit.
The Blaze
Jun 26 2020
News
Supreme Court Sides With Trump On Fast-Track Deportations
The Supreme Court rejected an ACLU-backed bid to slow deportations Thursday, dealing a major victory to the Trump administration and denying some asylum seekers the right to make their case to a federal judge.
A Sri Lankan migrant named Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam, who was apprehended just 25 yards from the southern border after entering the country illegally, is at the center of the case
Washington Free Beacon