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Jul 29 2020
Perspectives Blog
On Allegations of War Crimes, Right-Rated Media is Quiet
Protests surrounding policing and police brutality in America have recently escalated in Portland. According to President Donald Trump, the protesters are escalating violence, leading Trump and Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Chad Wolf, to send federal police to the City of Roses. While some may say that federal officers de-escalated the situation, some of their
Hirsh Joshi
Mar 12 2015
News
Sen. Barbara Boxer On Hillary Clinton Emails: Move On, People!
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that it's time to move on with the controversy surrounding Hillary Clinton and her use of a private email account while working in the State Department.
"Either you're going to listen to her and believe her that, in fact, she complied with the spirit and the letter of the law or you're not going to trust anything she says," she told MSNBC's
HuffPost
Oct 14 2020
Analysis
Amy Coney Barrett: Scalia protege in outlook, not temperament
Jennifer Brady, a centrist Democrat and former English professor at Rhodes College, can’t reconcile two things: her strong admiration for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett – one of the top two students she had in 36 years of teaching – and her deep concern about Senate Republicans pushing through her nomination so late in an election year.
“Had the Republicans not cynically
Christian Science Monitor
Mar 11 2015
News
Early in 2016 Race, Clinton’s Toughest Foe Appears to Be the News Media
With no other powerful Democrats likely to run against her, Hillary Rodham Clinton’s toughest adversary for her party’s presidential nomination in 2016 has now become clear. It is an opponent that challenged her in the early 1980s over her use of her maiden name — and was hectoring her again on Tuesday over her use of personal email for State Department business.
“Did you or any of your
New York Times (News)
Jul 01 2020
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: Reporting Differs in Incident with St. Louis Couple, Protesters
Media bias occurred over the weekend after a viral video showed a St. Louis couple displaying guns in front of their house on Sunday and telling Black Lives Matter protesters to leave their private street. Protesters had entered a gate to march toward the mayor’s house to hold a demonstration demanding her resignation.
Coverage from media outlets AllSides rates as being on the right
Julie Mastrine
Mar 15 2013
News
Wayne LaPierre Delivers Fiery Speech At CPAC
NATIONAL HARBOR Md. -- National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre attempted to turn the tables Friday on those in the media and government who have recently characterized the gun lobbyists talking points as crazy. In a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference LaPierre accused the federal government the Department of Homeland Security so-called Washington elites and Vice
HuffPost
Mar 04 2015
News
House clears DHS bill for Obama
The Department of Homeland Security won't run out of money anytime soon.
The House cleared legislation Tuesday that will keep the agency operating through the end of September after a standoff last week threatened to shutter the agency and furlough thousands of workers. The 257-167 vote sends the bill to President Barack Obama for his signature.
Republican House Speaker John
CNN (Online News)
Aug 10 2016
Headline Roundup
State Releases More Clinton Emails
The State Department released more Hillary Clinton emails, showing interactions with lobbyists and donors to The Clinton Foundation and political donors. These were released by the Judicial Watch which got access to them through its lawsuit against the State Department.
Breitbart News
CNN (Online News)
The Guardian
Mar 03 2015
News
Obama Makes the Worst Trade in US History: Israel for Iran
On the eve of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress, a despicable and disastrous betrayal has become clear: President Barack Obama has traded Israel for Iran.
In the annals of the history of American foreign policy filled with pages of willful blindness, amorality and often State Department-led folly, there are few things more substantively and symbolically
The Blaze
Jun 10 2015
News
Here's How Inflation Has Eroded American Workers' Overtime Eligibility
President Obama is once again poised to go it alone on labor policy, this time on overtime. The Labor Department is expected in the coming weeks to release a rule making millions more Americans eligible for overtime work — currently, all workers earning below $455 a week, or $23,660 a year, are guaranteed time-and-a-half pay for working more than 40 hours a week. The law may raise that as high
NPR (Online News)