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Jul 23 2020
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Federal Police Called on to Curb Portland Unrest, Alleged Violence
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Since the death of George Floyd, protests in Portland, Oregon have reportedly caused damage to federal property, prompting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to send federal officers to the city. Those reports were followed by claims of protesters being apprehended and put into unmarked vans as
Micaela RicaforteFeb 24 2021
Perspectives Blog
Minneapolis Just Voted to Fund the Police. Why Isn’t That Getting More Coverage?
From the CenterThis viewpoint is from a writer rated Center.
Minneapolis, the city where a worldwide movement began last summer after the death of George Floyd, is back in the news again. Well, not really.
There are undoubtedly newsworthy things happening in Minnesota. The Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously, 13-0, on Feb. 12 to approve $6.4 million for more
Henry A. BrechterFeb 14 2015
News
Obama: FBI investigating 'brutal and outrageous murders'
President Barack Obama on Friday condemned the "brutal and outrageous murders" of three Muslim students who were shot earlier this week.
"No one in the United States of America should ever be targeted because of who they are, what they look like, or how they worship," Obama said in a statement. "Michelle and I offer our condolences to the victims' loved ones."
The FBI is
CNN DigitalFeb 14 2015
News
Democrats’ Convention Choice for 2016 Reflects a Philadelphia Resurgence
Cheesesteaks? Never mind. Sichuan shoestring French fries? That’s more like it. Like many American cities, Philadelphia has greatly evolved both economically and culturally since 2000, the last time a major political party held its national convention here, not to mention the days when W. C. Fields made it a national punch line.
While its public school system remains a mess, its crime
New York Times (News)Dec 02 2019
Opinion
Anti-Majoritarianism Isn’t Un-American
Atlantic writer Adam Serwer’s attack on social-conservative Trump supporters doesn’t hold up to scrutiny.
One of the most misleading accusations thrown at conservatives these days is that they have embraced uniquely “anti-democratic” attitudes during the Trump era. Take, for example, the recent panic-stricken Atlantic piece, “Trump’s Crime against America” — originally headlined “Trump’
National Review (News)Dec 02 2019
News
'I decided to take my power back': Ex-FBI lawyer Lisa Page speaks out on Trump's 'sickening' attacks
Former FBI lawyer Lisa Page has tried to avoid the media spotlight since gaining national attention for her text messages with fired FBI agent Peter Strzok, which President Donald Trump and his allies have used as evidence of a "deep state" conspiracy to undermine his presidency.
But in a rare interview, Page, 39, told The Daily Beast that she could no longer silently stomach the
USA TODAYAug 19 2020
Analysis
Joe Biden, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the Shaky Unity of the Democratic National Convention
On Day Two of the Democratic National Convention, the Party’s recent past kept ghosting in and out. Before the networks had even begun their broadcasts, the Party rolled through half a century of its own history: Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, from Georgia, and then Caroline Kennedy and her son in front of the unpainted shingles of a Cape Cod home, and, finally, Bill Clinton, sitting on a flowered
The New YorkerApr 24 2019
News
Trump Says He Will Fight Subpoenas Related to Mueller Report
President calls subpoena of former White House counsel Don McGahn ‘ridiculous’
President Trump said his administration would fight House Democratic subpoenas related to the special counsel report, declaring, “I say it’s enough.”
“We are fighting all the subpoenas,” Mr. Trump told reporters on Wednesday as he left the White House for a speech in Atlanta.
House Democrats
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 24 2019
News
Hillary Says Trump 'Certainly' Should Have Been Indicted...Trump Jr Reminds Her of Her Indiscretions
President Trump tweeted out a response to Clinton via a Rush Limbaugh soundbite. In the Fox News clip he shared, Limbaugh says Clinton is "the last person" who should be mandating what happens to Trump, considering she has been repeatedly "rejected" by the American people.
At the TIME 100 summit in New York Tuesday afternoon, Hillary Clinton said Donald Trump is lucky he's president.
TownhallApr 18 2019
News
Barr says "no evidence that any Americans" helped Russian government — but one has been charged
Attorney General William Barr asserted in his statement that Robert Mueller found "no evidence that any Americans" helped the Russian government or the Internet Research Agency in their schemes to influence the 2016 election.
But one American was charged with aiding the Internet Research Agency— though he did so without knowing the full extent of the alleged conspiracy — and is serving
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