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Mar 02 2021
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Disinformation Fuels Distrust And Even Violence At All Levels Of Government
One day before the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in January, thousands of miles away in northern California, anger began to boil over at a meeting of the Shasta County Board of Supervisors.
"This is a scamdemic, it's a plandemic, and it's a damndemic. We're sick of it!" one woman shouted.
Again and again, residents railed against public officials for enforcing social
NPR (Online News)
Feb 16 2021
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Trump launches Republican civil war with attack on 'hack' McConnell
Former President Donald Trump threatened an all-out civil war inside the Republican Party as he blamed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for election defeats and said he would back primary candidates to oust his allies.
"Mitch is a dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack, and if Republican senators are going to stay with him, they will not win again," Trump said in a statement
Washington Examiner
Jan 17 2021
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Guard troops pour into Washington as states answer the call
By the busload and planeload, National Guard troops were pouring into the nation’s capital on Saturday, as governors answered the urgent pleas of U.S. defense officials for more troops to help safeguard Washington even as they keep anxious eyes on possible violent protests in their own states.
Military leaders spent chunks of Thursday evening and Friday calling states in an
Associated Press Fact Check
Aug 20 2021
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FBI finds scant evidence U.S. Capitol attack was coordinated-sources
The FBI has found scant evidence that the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was the result of an organized plot to overturn the presidential election result, according to four current and former law enforcement officials.
Though federal officials have arrested more than 570 alleged participants, the FBI at this point believes the violence was not centrally coordinated by far-right
Reuters
Jan 17 2021
Analysis
A Biden presidency could bring a wave of policy shifts. Here are the ones you likely care about.
For the first time in a decade, Democrats will control both chambers of Congress, as well as the White House.
President-elect Joe Biden, who will be sworn in to office on Wednesday, has made clear his top priorities will be to not only reverse some of those implemented by President Donald Trump’s administration, but also to implement aggressive relief toward COVID-19, and several areas
USA TODAY
Nov 25 2020
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Georgia’s Senate Runoffs Have Seen $272 Million In Ad Spending In Just 22 Days
Campaigns in Georgia’s two Senate runoff races have spent over $272 million advertising since Election Day, according to an AdAge analysis.
Incumbent GOP Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler have reserved $168.5 million worth of ads up to the Jan. 5 runoff, while their respective Democratic challengers, Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock, have collectively reserved $102.5 million, the
The Daily Caller
Dec 14 2020
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Wall Street Journal column telling Jill Biden to drop 'Dr.' title derided as 'misogynistic'
Wall Street Journal contributor Joseph Epstein faced criticism over the weekend for "misogynistic views" after penning a column suggesting soon-to-be first lady Jill Biden stop using the title "doctor," though she is one.
Doug Emhoff, husband to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, and Northwestern University, where Epstein says he taught for 30 years, were among those who responded to
USA TODAY
Jul 23 2019
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Trump administration to propose rule that would cut 3.1 million people from food stamp program: report
The Trump administration is set to propose a rule Tuesday that would cut about 3.1 million Americans from the food-stamp program in an effort to save taxpayers about $2.5 billion a year, reports said.
The U.S. has seen low levels of unemployment, which is seen as a major factor in low levels of participation in the program. President Trump tweeted earlier this month that food stamp use
Fox News (Online News)
Oct 02 2019
News
No ballot box is safe: Volunteers hacked into all 100 voting machine types they went after
It wasn't the kind of test that you hope produces a perfect score. But hackers, technology geeks, academics and others were 100 for 100 this summer in their attempts to infiltrate and compromise an enormous array of voting machines using all sorts of technologies.
Their astonishing results will only boost the widespread anxiety among election security experts that American election
The Fulcrum
Dec 31 2020
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Will 2021 really be better?
By any measure, 2020 was one of the most difficult years in modern U.S. history.
The coronavirus pandemic created a once-in-a-generation health crisis that has caused more than 330,000 deaths nationwide and continues to rage. A corresponding economic crisis forced millions into poverty. Millions more had sparse contact with friends and family under lockdown. The country endured a
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