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Jul 19 2019
News
Big donor Steyer's presidential run could deny millions to other Democratic races
Billionaire Tom Steyer, a longtime friend and key donor to liberal candidates and causes, says he decided to run for the Democratic presidential nomination next year because no other candidate was offering a “mandate for change”.
But by deciding to fund his long-shot bid with $100 million of his own money, some Democratic activists believe all he will end up doing is denying his money
ReutersJul 16 2019
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Joe Biden's New Health Care Plan Is an Admission that Obamacare Doesn't Work
Joe Biden is pretending to defend Obamacare while implicitly admitting it has failed to live up to its promises.
Yesterday, the former vice president debuted a new health care plan, which would expand subsidies in the program while creating a new government-run health insurance plan—a "public option"—that would be available inside the exchanges.
Currently, people who make up to
ReasonJun 27 2019
News
Democrats need a better answer to the Mitch McConnell question
The debate Democrats need to have: How do you win back the Senate?
The question that mattered most at the Democrats’ first presidential primary debate was the question that none of the assembled candidates had a good answer for: What will you do about Mitch McConnell?
The Democrats onstage in Miami Wednesday night had plans for everything. It was a festival of policy proposals on
VoxJul 20 2022
Fact Check
Fact Check-Graph showing England’s COVID-19 death statistics misrepresents impact of vaccines
ocial media users are sharing a graph which shows the number of COVID-19 deaths by vaccination status in England between April 1 and May 31. It reveals that 94% of deaths in that period were among those who are vaccinated. However, this statistic on its own is misleading as it fails to acknowledge the nation’s vaccination rate. The graph also originates from a blog that has previously been
Reuters Fact CheckJan 19 2020
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How Trump Is Spreading a Conspiracy Theory About Pelosi, Biden and Sanders
WASHINGTON — The first version of the conspiracy theory was hatched on Twitter last Friday, Jan. 10.
“Don’t rule out that the reason Pelosi hasn’t sent impeachment to the Senate is to hurt Warren and Sanders, and to help Biden,” Ari Fleischer, a former White House press secretary for President George W. Bush, tapped out on his iPad. “By timing the trial so it takes place during the Iowa
New York Times (News)Nov 25 2019
News
More Americans Want Bigger Government—If It's Free
A more active government wins growing approval, but only so long as it doesn’t raise taxes, require tradeoffs, or interfere with private enterprise.
Good news for control freaks and nanny-staters across the U.S.: Americans' support for a bigger, more active government is edging up, potentially creating an opening for politicians and activists who want their countrymen to snuggle in the
ReasonNov 30 2020
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In neighboring Georgia counties, election revealed a growing divide that mirrors the nation
Not long ago, Elizabeth Allen and Wanda Cummings were on the same side of America’s political divide.
Both were reliable Republican voters in a reliably conservative part of a reliably red state. But Cummings and Allen have changed, and so has their state, Georgia. They just haven’t changed in the same way.
Allen, a nurse, grew up idolizing Ronald Reagan but couldn’t stomach
Washington PostOct 22 2019
News
County Official Rants About A ‘Queer’ Running For President, Loss Of White Men’s Rights
A county commissioner in Tennessee launched a tirade against the Democratic presidential field and the general state of white men in America on Monday during a debate about guns.
Warren Hurst, who sits on the Sevier County Commission, spoke up during a discussion on an upcoming vote to become a gun sanctuary city. He told the crowd, many of whom were holding little American flags, that
HuffPostJun 09 2021
News
IRS Is Investigating Release of Tax Information of Wealthy Americans
Federal authorities are investigating the release of wealthy Americans’ tax information, Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Charles Rettig said Tuesday.
ProPublica, a nonprofit news organization, published details about the reported income and tax payments of some of the richest Americans, including Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. CEO
Wall Street Journal (News)Feb 25 2021
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$15 minimum wage increase can't go in COVID relief legislation, Senate official rules
Backers of a push to raise the federal hourly minimum wage to $15 suffered a key loss Thursday after a Senate official ruled the controversial measure cannot be considered as part of President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID relief package making its way through Congress.
Under the decision from Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, the provision raising the the wage from $7.25
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