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Aug 23 2020
News
GOP Voters Say Economy, COVID-19 Response Good in CBS Poll
The vast majority of Republican voters approve of the U.S. economy’s state and how the government handled the coronavirus, saying the level of deaths has been “acceptable,” a new poll shows.
Heading into their party’s convention on Monday, 75% of Republicans say the U.S. is in better condition than it was four years ago, with 82% crediting President Donald Trump for that, according to
Newsmax (News)
Aug 23 2020
Analysis
Trump Falsely Claims the “Deep State” Is Sabotaging Vaccine Research
President Donald Trump woke up bright and early Saturday morning and tweeted out a particularly toxic conspiracy theory. Members of the “deep state,” he complained, had infiltrated his own Food and Drug Administration and were sabotaging efforts by pharmaceutical companies to enroll patients in coronavirus drug trials—all to stop him from winning reelection.
Mother Jones
Sep 30 2021
News
Globally, Social Hostilities Related to Religion Decline in 2019, While Government Restrictions Remain at Highest Levels
Social hostilities involving religion, including violence and harassment against religious groups by private individuals and groups, declined in 2019, according to Pew Research Center’s 12th annual study of global restrictions on religion, which examines 198 countries and territories.
In 2019 – the most recent year for which data is available, covering a period before the disruptions
Pew Research Center
Sep 30 2021
News
A girl was threatened with jail over COVID-19 social media posts. A judge ruled in her favor
A federal judge has ruled in favor of a high school girl who said she was threatened with jail if she didn't take down her social media posts about her brush with COVID-19 last year.
Amyiah Cohoon, then a sophomore, took a spring break trip to Florida with the Westfield Area High School band in 2020. The students returned to Wisconsin on March 15, earlier than planned, because of the
USA TODAY
Aug 21 2020
News
Economic Data Points to Pause in Recovery as Aid Programs Expire
WASHINGTON — America’s economic recovery is in an uneasy pause, with key indicators of hiring, shopping and investment stalling or in retreat in the wake of a resurgence in coronavirus cases across broad sections of the country, and with Congress and President Trump showing no signs of progress on another stimulus deal.
Real-time measures of consumer spending, business sentiment, small-
New York Times (News)
Jan 28 2021
News
Biden’s Obamacare Do-Over: Another Chance to Sign Up, This One More Publicized
In December, the last Obamacare enrollment period under the Trump administration closed. Now that the Biden administration has arrived, it’s trying a do-over.
The renewed effort reflects the Biden team’s view that the Trump administration did too little to help people find coverage, despite a public health crisis and waves of job losses. Although insurance sign-ups were up a bit
New York Times (News)
Jan 28 2021
News
Biden signs executive action to reopen Obamacare enrollment amid COVID-19, end gag rule
President Joe Biden on Thursday took initial steps to expand health care coverage and reverse some of the policies of former President Donald Trump, including directing that people be given a new chance to sign up for government-subsidized care and lifting restrictions on abortion and family planning services.
Biden signed an executive order for the Department of Health and Human
USA TODAY
Aug 22 2020
Analysis
Why Are Gun Sales Through the Roof During COVID-19?
Gun sales in America have skyrocketed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Thousands of people, including first-time gun buyers, have literally cleared the shelves of certain types of firearms and most ammunition.
With the exception of law enforcement and military, anyone who plans to purchase a firearm can expect to pay more than usual for many popular guns and nearly all
Newsmax (News)
Aug 18 2020
News
This is when people with COVID-19 are at their most contagious
The number of coronavirus cases currently exceeds 21 million globally, according to the latest data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering, but the actual number of cases is likely much higher.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that 40% of people with COVID-19 are actually asymptomatic, which makes it difficult for
MarketWatch
Aug 23 2020
Analysis
How Far-Right Personalities And Conspiracy Theorists Are Cashing In On The Pandemic Online
On the evening of Feb. 6, as U.S. news networks reported the death of a doctor in Wuhan, China, who had warned of a deadly new virus, thousands of Americans were tuning in to a different kind of show.
“The good news is I heard actually that you can’t get this if you’re white,” Nick Fuentes, a far-right political commentator, told viewers on his “America First” channel on the streaming
Time Magazine