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Apr 08 2020
Opinion
We Lost the Battle, but We’ll Win the War
Twenty years ago, back during the last summer of the Clinton presidency, Joe Rogan appeared on Bill Maher’s late night talk show Politically Incorrect. He was joined by Harry Belafonte’s daughter Shari, a visibly drunk actress named Kari Wuhrer, and Socialist Party presidential candidate David McReynolds.
Early on in the program, McReynolds laid out his ambitious platform, citing Nordic
JacobinMar 04 2015
News
Today could be the beginning of the end of Obamacare: Everything you need to know
The fate of the Affordable Care Act, the president's signature domestic policy achievement, is once again in the hands of the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The justices will hear oral arguments in King v. Burwell, a challenge to the financial assistance that millions of Americans are receiving to purchase health insurance. The case is considered the greatest threat to Obamacare's future since
Washington PostApr 16 2020
News
Trump halts WHO funding
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
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On Tuesday, April 14th, President Trump announced that the United States will place a 60-90 day hold on funding to the World Health Organization, pending a review.In a briefing from the White House Rose Garden, Abridge NewsDec 22 2014
News
North Korea to US: Stop Spreading Falsehoods, or We'll Bomb the White House
After criminals employed by the North Korean government hacked a private U.S. corporation, inflicting millions of dollars in damages and embarrassing the company, the White House is now forced to consider what retaliatory measures to take.
In a press conference last week, President Obama said he will respond “proportionally” to the cyber attacks, but as of yet has not announced any
TownhallJul 17 2020
News
The Rev CT Vivian, key civil rights leader, dies aged 95
The Rev CT Vivian, a civil rights veteran who worked alongside the Rev Martin Luther King Jr and later led the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), has died.
Vivian died at home in Atlanta of natural causes Friday morning, his friend and business partner Don Rivers confirmed to the Associated Press. Vivian was 95.
His civil rights work stretched back more than six
The GuardianSep 09 2019
News
Taliban Meeting Canceled
“The surprise announcement left in doubt the future of the draft accord worked out last week by Zalmay Khalilzad, the special U.S. envoy for peace in Afghanistan, for a drawdown of thousands of U.S. troops over the coming months… Under the draft accord, some 5,000 U.S. troops would be withdrawn over the coming months in exchange for guarantees Afghanistan would not be used as a base for
The Flip SideFeb 14 2016
News
After Antonin Scalia's Death, What's Next for the Supreme Court?
Justice Antonin Scalia is dead, and his passing is nothing less than a legal and political earthquake. It will have a huge impact, not only on the court's present term but on the course of constitutional law.
Beginning with his appointment to the high court in 1986, Scalia was the intellectual leader of what I and many other legal commentators have termed a conservative "judicial
HuffPostMay 24 2019
News
Planned Parenthood, ACLU Sue Alabama over Abortion Law
Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a federal lawsuit Friday challenging a new law in Alabama that bans most abortions in the state, save those to prevent a serious health risk to the mother.
The law reclassifies abortion as a Class A felony, punishable by up to 99 years in prison for abortionists. Women who undergo an abortion, however, would not be
Breitbart NewsAug 12 2019
News
Potential jurors for trial of Greg Craig, former Obama W.H. counsel, asked about Mueller, Manafort
The jury selection process for former Obama White House Counsel Greg Craig began Monday morning as potential jurors were asked about their knowledge of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former special counsel Robert Mueller.
Mr. Craig is accused of lying to Justice Department officials about Manafort’s lobbying work for the Ukrainian government. The former White House
Washington TimesOct 19 2012
Opinion
Poll Shows NRA Members at Odds with NRA Leadership on Commonsense Gun Laws
Today at the event “After Aurora: Dispelling the Myth of NRA Power, the Center for American Progress and Mayors Against Illegal Guns unveiled results of a recent survey by GOP pollster Frank Luntz showing that 87 percent of National Rifle Association members agree that support of the 2nd Amendment should be accompanied by commonsense public safety measures to help keep illegal guns out of the
Center For American Progress