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Sep 26 2018
News
Trump seeks UN backing for Iran nuclear sanctions
US President Donald Trump has urged other members of the UN Security Council to work with America to ensure Iran never acquires a nuclear bomb.
BBC NewsNov 15 2018
News
Trump was right to boot CNN's Jim Acosta out of the White House
To hear members of the White House press corps tell it, at stake is the First Amendment, the Fifth Amendment, and perhaps the very future of America as we know it.
Washington TimesJan 31 2018
News
Trump triumphs in correctly reading all the lies in his State of the Union speech. A fact check.
Donald Trump told the lies we knew he would tell in his State of the Union address. He portrayed a tax giveaway to corporations and the wealthiest people as a benefit for working families, and called it the “biggest tax cuts and reform in American history” when it was not and when he has been repeatedly fact-checked on that lie. He took credit for economic trends that are simply a continuation
Daily KosAug 13 2020
News
Big Airlines are Hoarding Cash to Survive the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has cratered demand for air travel, tens of thousands of people are already out of work, and a recovery — whatever that may look like — is expected to take years. But while smaller suppliers are crashing and burning, the biggest corporations that operate and orchestrate the air travel industry are surviving, thanks to their size and their access to a crucial resource:
The VergeDec 17 2019
Analysis
What Unites Republicans May Be Changing. Same With Democrats.
In a book released on the eve of the 2016 election called “Asymmetric Politics,” political scientists Matthew Grossmann and David Hopkins argued that America’s political parties don’t just have different ideologies, but are really different kinds of organizations. “Republicans are organized around broad symbolic principles, whereas Democrats are a coalition of social groups with particular
538 (ABC News)Dec 03 2020
News
COVID Relief Bill
“A bipartisan group of lawmakers announced a new stimulus proposal Tuesday in an attempt to resuscitate failed coronavirus aid talks… the plan—which is not finalized and could change—includes $300 weekly enhanced federal unemployment benefits for four more months, $160 billion in state and local aid, and liability protections for businesses in the short term, but it will likely exclude a
The Flip SideJul 08 2020
News
Biden says he will rejoin WHO on his first day in office
Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said he would reverse President Trump’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) if elected.
The former vice president said rejoining the WHO would be one of his first steps as president.
“Americans are safer when America is engaged in strengthening global health. On my first day as President, I will rejoin the
The HillApr 29 2021
News
Biden’s Economic Plan Would Redistribute Trillions and Expand Government
Franklin D. Roosevelt created the modern government-funded social safety net in the 1930s to aid lower and middle-income families—paid for in part by jacking up taxes on the richest Americans. Dwight Eisenhower built the interstate highway system in the 1950s. John F. Kennedy defined federal industrial policy in the 1960s by pledging to put a man on the moon by decade’s end.
In his
Wall Street Journal (News)Aug 12 2020
Data
The Tax Rates of Wall Streeters and Steelworkers
During a rousing speech in Pittsburgh on Labor Day, Joe Biden said:
Why in God’s name should a man or woman working in a steel mill making $50,000 a year pay a higher [tax] rate than someone who makes tens of millions of dollars on Wall Street? … The tax code is not fair. It’s simply not fair. The wealthy aren’t paying their fair share.
That statement is demonstrably false, and
Just FactsAug 12 2020
Data
Talking Down the Economy
There are numerous factors that impact the U.S. economy, but one has been singled out by economists, media titans and leading politicians as a pervasive underlying force: The public mindset. This key dynamic is significantly influenced by people and institutions who have the public's ear. Though rarely discussed in the current news frenzy surrounding the economy, recent history sheds a great
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