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Dec 23 2020
News
Trump puts GOP on its heels with 11th-hour stimulus demands, throws wrench into Georgia Senate race
President Trump in a video posted to Twitter on Tuesday night demanded that lawmakers amend the coronavirus stimulus package they passed Monday to include $2,000 checks for individuals instead of $600 checks -- while also insisting that "wasteful and unnecessary" items be cut from the year-end spending package that was attached to the pandemic aid.
The president, meanwhile, doubled down
Fox News (Online News)Aug 26 2021
Opinion
Afghanistan: What Biden's critics get wrong, and the debt owed Afghan refugees
The Biden administration could certainly have better planned the extraction of civilians from Afghanistan. Yet media and politicians portray the fall of Afghanistan as a broader strategic debacle for U.S. foreign policy and President Joe Biden. They say America’s abandonment of the elected government in Kabul undermines U.S. efforts to support democracy elsewhere; harms U.S. alliance
Guest Writer - CenterAug 18 2020
News
Belarus
“Belarusians chanting ‘Step down!’ filled the centre of the capital Minsk on Sunday in the biggest protest so far against what they said was the fraudulent re-election a week ago of longtime president Alexander Lukashenko.” (Reuters)
Both sides condemn Lukashenko, and call on the US and EU to support the protestors:
“The need for a coordinated stance against Lukashenko is urgent
The Flip SideApr 11 2021
News
Trump Blasts McConnell in Expletive-Filled Speech at Mar-a-Lago
Former President Donald Trump on Saturday took aim at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Anthony Fauci, and former Vice President Mike Pence in an expletive-laced, off-script speech at a major Republican National Committee donor gathering.
“If that were Schumer instead of this dumb son of a b****, Mitch McConnell, they would never allow it to happen,” Trump said, according to the
National Review (News)Jan 12 2021
News
Boxer to drop representation of Chinese surveillance firm
Former Sen. Barbara Boxer tells Axios she will de-register as a foreign agent for Hikvision, a Chinese surveillance firm accused of abetting the country’s mass internment of Uighur Muslims, after President-elect Joe Biden’s inaugural committee said it's refunding a donation from the California Democrat.
AxiosDec 09 2020
Analysis
Mitch McConnell stands in the way of Biden's economic recovery plans
President-elect Joe Biden has promised to revive a coronavirus-ravaged economy, repair creaky American infrastructure and put millions back to work, but unless Democrats win Senate run-off elections in Georgia in January, it will all run through one man: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
If Republicans retain control, McConnell, 78, a veteran senator from Kentucky, the 28th-
ReutersFeb 25 2021
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Supreme Court Issues Key Decisions
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The Supreme Court met at the end of last week on several matters, and made two key decisions. It voted to allow the Manhattan, N.Y. district attorney to pursue former President Donald Trump's tax returns, and it dismissed an appeal from Pennsylvania Republicans who were trying to disqualify 2020 presidential
AllSides StaffDec 08 2020
News
Forbes Lists Harris, Pelosi, and Abrams Among Its ‘Most Powerful Women’ of the Year
Forbes Magazine is releasing its list of the 100 “most powerful women” of 2020, and it includes some familiar faces.
This is the magazine’s 17th “annual power list” and includes women from 30 different countries, 10 heads of state, 38 CEOs, and five entertainers.
This list includes Vice President-elect Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) in the third spot, below German Chancellor Angela
Independent Journal ReviewNov 09 2020
Fact Check
Was the Ballot of Deceased Man Named William Bradley Counted in Michigan?
In the days following the Nov. 3, 2020, U.S. general election, widely distributed social media posts claimed that dead (or possibly dead) voters had received and returned absentee ballots in a number of states, implying that election fraud may have occurred at the voter level.
One such allegation was the claim that a vote was recorded after having been cast by a Michigan man named
SnopesFeb 26 2020
Analysis
Supreme Court Weighs Free Speech and the Right to Encourage Illegal Immigration
Federal law imposes criminal penalties on any person who "encourages or induces an alien to come to, enter, or reside in the United States, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such coming to, entry, or residence is or will be in violation of law." On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that asked whether that federal law should be struck down for
Reason