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Jan 16 2021
Opinion
What Josh Hawley doesn't get about George Orwell
The English writer George Orwell, who died more than 70 years ago, is experiencing a resurgence of popularity among the political right. Last week, Donald Trump Jr. reacted to Twitter's decision to ban his father from the social media platform with a tweet of his own: "We are living Orwell's 1984. Free-speech no longer exists in America. It died with big tech and what's left is only there for
CNN (Opinion)Jun 09 2021
Opinion
Former President Obama said “right-wing media venues” have stoked racism for money. Fox News is leading that efffort.
Former President Barack Obama appeared on a special interview broadcast Monday night with CNN anchor Anderson Cooper. Among a wide array of topics, the two discussed America’s continued reckoning with the problems of racism. Obama also discussed how right-wing media outlets would prefer to fan the flames of those racial tensions, as a means to mobilize a political constituency — and to make
Media MattersMar 02 2022
Perspectives Blog
Should NATO be Reformed, and What Role Can the US Play?
This blog is written by multiple authors of different perspectives, and published on DividedWeFall.org (Mixed media bias rating).
Argument 1: Europe’s Defense Against Russia is, and Should Remain, NATO’s Core MissionBy Steven Pifer – Research Fellow, Stanford’s Center for International Security and Cooperation; Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
In 1991, some 50 years
Divided We Fall (author)Jul 11 2021
News
Wildfires rage in western states as temperatures soar
Wildfires are raging in the west of the United States as the region is hit by a heatwave that has brought record temperatures to several areas.
Communities have been told to evacuate as firefighters struggle to battle the blazes in the extreme conditions.
Two firefighters in Arizona died when their aircraft crashed while responding to a wildfire.
Meanwhile, Las Vegas
BBC NewsFeb 03 2020
News
Buttigieg, Sanders rise in final poll ahead of Iowa caucuses
DES MOINES — Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) hold a slim lead in a last-minute poll of Iowa Democratic voters released Monday, showing a close-fought race just hours before the caucus doors open.
The new poll, conducted for the Democratic group Focus on Rural America by party pollster David Binder, found Buttigieg leading the field with 19
The HillApr 13 2022
Opinion
Left-Leaning Media Seek a Misinformation Monopoly
Kyle Rittenhouse is a domestic terrorist. Brett Kavanaugh is a rapist. Donald Trump won in 2016 only because he colluded with the Kremlin. Nick Sandmann, the boy from Covington Catholic High School on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, was an entitled white bigot. Mr. Trump said the neo-Nazis at Charlottesville were “good people.” Last year’s riots were mostly peaceful. Unarmed black men are
Wall Street Journal (Opinion)Jul 17 2016
News
Hillary Clinton Pledges Constitutional Amendment To Overturn Citizens United In Her First 30 Days
Hillary Clinton announced on Saturday that she would introduce a constitutional amendment within the first 30 days of her presidency to overturn the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision, which paved the way for unlimited corporate, union and individual spending on elections.
HuffPostNov 13 2017
News
Republicans forced to admit they 'misspoke' about that promise of lower taxes for everyone
After repeatedly promising that all Americans would get a tax cut under their plan, Republicans have had to change their tune—or to, as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell did, admit that “I misspoke on that.” Just an innocent misspeaking, mind you, and not a calculated PR effort to sell tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy.
Daily KosNov 23 2021
News
Trump poll tests his 2024 comeback map
As Donald Trump builds out a presidential-campaign-in-waiting, his team is focusing on an electoral strategy that relies on recapturing the five states that flipped to Joe Biden in 2020.
The five states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — delivered a total of 73 electoral votes in 2020, enough to produce a decisive Electoral College victory for Biden. Since then,
PoliticoJun 30 2019
News
Last Century’s Absurd Immigration Debate
If you think we have reached peak stupidity — that America’s per-capita quantity has never been higher — there is solace, of sorts, in Daniel Okrent’s guided tour through the immigration debate that was heading toward a nasty legislative conclusion a century ago. The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics, and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of
National Review (News)