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Jan 28 2017
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FAKE NEWS IS ABOUT TO GET EVEN SCARIER THAN YOU EVER DREAMED
Less than a month after Donald Trump was improbably elected the 45th president of the United States, a strange story began to make its way across social media. In the quaint days before Russia’s dissemination of fake-news stories in the interest of facilitating Trump’s victory became front-page news, a 28-year-old named Edgar Maddison Welch began reading about a pizzeria in Washington, D.C.,
Vanity FairMar 28 2013
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GOP Plays Catch-Up To Remedy Glaring Weakness
WASHINGTON -- Republicans are moving aggressively to repair their technological shortcomings from the 2012 election opening a new tech race to counter a glaring weakness against President Barack Obama. With the blessing of party leaders a new crop of Republican-backed outside groups is developing tools to improve communication with voters predict their behavior and track Democratic opponents
HuffPostJul 18 2013
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Obama touts health care rebates, pushing back after House votes to delay mandates
President Obama touted a provision in his Affordable Care Act on Thursday that would require health insurance providers to return money to consumers, pushing back on Republican criticism a day after the GOP-led House voted to delay key parts of the law. The president’s signature health care overhaul -- commonly referred to as ObamaCare -- has come under fire by many Republicans who have worked
Fox News DigitalNov 12 2012
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Who Gets The Blame For The Romney Loss? The Tea Party Has A Theory.
It was an election that, once upon a time, many thought was stacked in Mitt Romney's favor.
Unemployment was hovering around eight percent, a number that was much higher in black and Latino households. Many had simply given up and stopped looking for work, pessimistic about the future. Voters were still skeptical or fearful about President Obama's health care plan, and small business
NPR (Online News)Apr 03 2015
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Fights Over 'Religious Freedom' And Gay Rights Are Costing Republicans
Following a firestorm of criticism, Republican governors in Indiana and Arkansas signed revised versions of their states' Religious Freedom Restoration bills Thursday night. In Indiana the language was adjusted, and in Arkansas it was significantly scaled back to more closely align with the federal law.
National Republicans, especially the ones running for president, have to hope it's
NPR (Online News)Dec 12 2019
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Biden Fights Back
“Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden lashed out at a voter at [an Iowa] campaign event [last] Thursday, calling him ‘a damn liar’ for accusing him of ‘selling access’ to the presidency in Ukraine.” (Des Moines Register)
The left is critical of Biden and weighs in on the relevance of Warren’s and Buttigieg’s employment history.
“For as much as Biden, who was first elected
The Flip SideNov 24 2014
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Kathleen Sebelius on Obamacare: ‘We were very forthright with the American public’
Former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius dismissed recently-unearthed comments from an adviser on President Obama’s health care overhaul as “offensive” and “flat-out wrong,” saying Monday there was an open process surrounding the law’s passage.
“I think that Professor Gruber’s comments are just offensive and flat-out wrong — there couldn’t have been more open
Washington TimesJan 04 2021
Perspectives Blog
Congress Just Reached Two Major Agreements by Overwhelming Margins. How Well Did News Outlets Cover the Stories?
Congress agreed to two major pieces of legislation by overwhelming margins in the past few weeks. On December 21, it passed a roughly $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus bill, which also included temporary funding for other government operations. It then overrode a veto from President Donald Trump on the $740 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on New Year’s Day.
Of the final
James CoanApr 30 2015
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FEC head under fire for women’s forum ‘stacked’ with Dems
The chairwoman of the supposedly nonpartisan Federal Election Commission is under fire for planning a forum next month on women in politics "stacked" with Democrat-leaning speakers and apparent Hillary Clinton supporters.
One conservative lawyer already is calling for an inspector general investigation; another group is urging Chairwoman Ann Ravel to call off the event.
To
Fox News DigitalJul 14 2013
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Reid on Zimmerman: This isn't over
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Sunday that while he accepts the verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot Trayvon Martin, Florida should reexamine its stand-your-ground law.
"I support this system," the Nevada Democrat said on NBC's "Meet The Press." "Now, I may feel differently, but I wasn't sitting as a juror, a prosecutor or a defense
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