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Aug 11 2020
News
Kanye West Unveils 10-Point Presidential Platform Vowing to ‘Project Strength, Not Aggression’
Billionaire rap mogul and long-shot White House hopeful Kanye West has released a 10-point presidential platform, punctuated by Biblical references, incorporating America-first themes, and centered on “Creating a Culture of Life.”
West’s platform was unveiled on his official campaign website on Tuesday, featuring a photo of his 2020 vision board. It prominently displays an image of
The Epoch Times
Sep 02 2019
News
Black lawyer, white killer, and the principles of US justice
Tampa attorney Theresa Jean-Pierre Coy marched into America’s identity wars knowing she risked being called an opportunist, and perhaps even a traitor to her race.
After all, prosecutors described her client Michael Drejka as a “parking lot vigilante” – an angry white man who shot and killed an unarmed black man during an argument over a handicapped-reserved parking spot.
Christian Science Monitor
Jan 21 2020
Analysis
San Francisco Pride voted to ban Google and YouTube from its parade
Google and YouTube may no longer be welcome at one of the world’s largest LGBTQ Pride Parades.
Last week, members of the organization San Francisco Pride (SF Pride) voted to ban Google from participating in future celebrations, saying that the company doesn’t do enough to protect LGBTQ persons on its platforms, particularly those who are the target of harassment and hate speech on
Vox
Jul 21 2018
News
Democratic socialism surging in the age of Trump
Last Friday, Maine Democrat Zak Ringelstein wasn’t ready to consider himself a formal member of the Democratic Socialists of America, even if he appreciated the organization’s values and endorsement in his bid to become a United States senator.
Associated Press
Aug 10 2020
Opinion
Our Annual August Debate Over the Bombs
This month marks the 75th anniversary of the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan, at Hiroshima on Aug. 6 and Nagasaki on Aug. 9.
Each year, Americans argue about our supposed moral shortcomings for being the only nation to have used an atomic weapon in war.
Given the current cultural revolution that topples statues, renames institutions, cancels out the supposedly politically
The Daily Signal
Nov 08 2019
News
Bloomberg makes preparations for 2020 run
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is preparing to file paperwork to qualify for the Democratic presidential primary in Alabama, ahead of a Friday deadline. The move would be a first step toward a national campaign, though Bloomberg has not made a final decision to run.
"We now need to finish the job and ensure that Trump is defeated — but Mike is increasingly concerned that
Politico
Aug 19 2021
News
Biden says 'no one's being killed' in Afghanistan, can't 'recall' advisers telling him to delay withdrawal
President Biden in an interview with ABC that aired Thursday said "no one's being killed" in Afghanistan despite reports of at least seven deaths amid the chaos at Kabul's airport and of Taliban beating people on their way to the airport, as he defended his handling of the American withdrawal from the country.
Biden further told ABC's George Stephanopoulos that none of his advisers
Fox News (Online News)
May 03 2020
Analysis
What the Coronavirus Crisis Reveals About American Medicine
At 4:18 a.m. on February 1, 1997, a fire broke out in the Aisin Seiki company’s Factory No. 1, in Kariya, a hundred and sixty miles southwest of Tokyo. Soon, flames had engulfed the plant and incinerated the production line that made a part called a P-valve—a device used in vehicles to modulate brake pressure and prevent skidding. The valve was small and cheap—about the size of a fist, and
The New Yorker
May 27 2021
Opinion
Fox News’ fearmongering about critical race theory is all about the midterm campaigns — and now the network is admitting it
Right-wing media and Republican politicians have been railing against the teaching of critical race theory — a broad academic discipline that seeks to explore how the history of racism in America still has an effect on modern life and society — and attempting to depict this simple concept as an imminent threat to the country, and an insidious effort to “warp the minds of American children” and
Media Matters
May 14 2020
Analysis
Mission Creep and Wasteful Spending Left the CDC Unprepared for an Actual Public Health Crisis
Spending nearly 14 times as much on the CDC as we did in 1987 did not, apparently, help the agency combat the biggest disease threat America has faced in a century.
Over the past three decades, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has seen its taxpayer-funded budget doubled. Then doubled again. Then doubled again. And then nearly doubled once more.
But spending nearly 14 times
Reason