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Jan 20 2021
News
Biden’s First-Day Orders Will Include Mask Mandate, Blocking Keystone Pipeline
President-elect Joe Biden on his first day in office will take a range of executive actions, including implementing a national mask mandate on federal property, revoking a permit for the Keystone XL oil pipeline and reversing a travel ban from several largely Muslim and African countries, officials said.
Coming after Mr. Biden is inaugurated as the 46th president in a midday ceremony,
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 27 2020
Opinion
A Strong Dose of Federalism Needed to Get America Back on Its Feet
After a month of sheltering in place, hundreds of millions of Americans will soon emerge from the new “normal.” Georgia, Colorado, and Alaska (among other states) are giving their residents some freedom to return to their old lives, with many “non-essential” businesses resuming operations. Plenty of public health advocates are concerned and have raised legitimate questions about the timing of
TownhallAug 11 2020
Opinion
The Thin Veneer of American Civilization
In a flash, it’s been blown away, revealing the barbarism beneath. The seeds of destruction were planted long ago.
Nine months ago, New York was a thriving, though poorly governed, metropolis. It was coasting on the more or less good governance of its prior two mayors and on its ancestral role as the global nexus of finance and capital.
The city is now something out of a
Victor HansonJul 07 2020
Analysis
Why Counting On A Convention Bounce This Year Is Risky
If President Trump’s Tulsa, Okla., rally in late June or his Independence Day celebration at Mount Rushmore are any indication, he wants a pageantry-filled convention with a big in-person audience when he accepts the Republican nomination in late August.
But the likelihood of that happening may be slim. The 2020 election is taking place in the midst of an unprecedented public health
538 (ABC News)Mar 05 2021
News
Ethics Watchdogs hit Democratic Rep. Malinowski for undisclosed stock trades
Rep. Tom Malinowski, D-N.J., is taking heat from two separate watchdog groups after he failed to publicly disclose at least $671,000 in personal stock trades in 2020.
On Monday, the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center sent a letter to the head of the Office of Congressional Ethics demanding an investigation, and the conservative-leaning Foundation for Accountability and Public Trust filed
Fox News DigitalJan 19 2021
News
Joe Biden will launch presidency with appeal for unity – but whose unity?
When Joe Biden takes the oath of office on Wednesday, the new president will appeal for national unity from the steps of the US Capitol, where two weeks ago a mob, incited by Donald Trump, stormed the building in a violent attempt to prevent this very moment.
Though their efforts failed, the bloody insurrection exposed the fragility of America’s commitment to a peaceful transfer of
The GuardianJul 06 2020
Opinion
Florida’s DeSantis Continues to Embarrass With COVID Denial and Anti-Immigrant Policies
MIAMI — Florida is once again a national embarrassment as it becomes the new epicenter of COVID-19 infections.
As a Floridian, I feel torn anytime our state gets made fun of, as yet another cliche Florida man meme makes it’s way to virality on Twitter. On one hand, it’s not our fault our statewide political leadership is so incompetent and mediocre. On the other hand though, a majority
Latino RebelsMay 20 2020
News
Columbia Sportswear sought to crush a warehouse union drive as the pandemic approached
AS THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS gained momentum at the end of March, Columbia Sportswear CEO Tim Boyle made headlines for cutting his annual salary from $954,810 to $10,000. Although the company’s retail stores would temporarily close, Columbia announced that it would continue to pay store workers. The moves landed Boyle on a shortlist of billionaire corporate leaders who made personal compromises
The InterceptMay 20 2020
Opinion
The dangers of not reopening the U.S. economy
We must reopen our economy — unlike the mainstream media and political elites who would like you to believe the coronavirus lockdown is a health-versus-the economy issue, the lockdown is actually a health-versus-health issue too.
There are serious health consequences of keeping the American economy shut down, whether its suicide rates spiking, cardiac procedures not being received,
Washington TimesFeb 14 2013
News
Obama's Call For Higher Minimum Wage Could Have Ripple Effect
So maybe the Great Recession really is over.
After more than five years of recession and painfully slow recovery, President Obama has sent a powerful signal that he thinks the U.S. economy is now in much better shape  good enough, at least, to provide workers with raises.
In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, Obama called upon Congress to boost the federal
NPR (Online News)