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Dec 05 2019
News
A look inside Trump’s anti-impeachment spin factory
On a recent Thursday morning, more than a dozen Trump administration officials watching television in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House spontaneously stood up and applauded.
President Trump had just yelled to reporters on the South Lawn, “I want nothing. I want nothing.” He had read from notes written in Sharpie in a small notebook, selectively quoting his
Washington PostAug 22 2019
Opinion
Trump, frustrated by unpopularity with Jews, thrusts Israel into his culture war
President Trump decided long ago that it would be smart politics for him to yoke his administration to Israel and to try to brand the Democratic Party as anti-Semitic.
He set about executing a pro-Israel checklist: moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, recognizing the Golan Heights as part of sovereign Israel, and taking a hard line against Iran. And he promoted himself as the greatest
Guest Writer - LeftFeb 09 2020
Fact Check
FactChecking the New Hampshire Democratic Debate
Summary Four days before the New Hampshire primary, seven Democratic presidential candidates debated. We found factual distortions on several issues:
Former Vice President Joe Biden said Sen. Bernie Sanders “voted to give the gun manufacturers … a loophole that does not allow them to be sued for the crimes they have created.” The law generally shields gun makers from civil lawsuits
FactCheck.orgFeb 17 2022
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: Divisions on Freedom Convoy Echo Debate Over George Floyd Protests
From the LeftEach week, AllSides Media Bias Alerts examine media bias in coverage of a major or important story using AllSides Media Bias Ratings™ and the AllSides Media Bias Chart™.
Here at AllSides, we’ve had more than our fair share of internal arguments over the difference between a “riot” and a “protest.” Key to the distinction is the often-vague line between acceptable
Joseph RatliffOct 29 2018
Headline Roundup
Jair Bolsonaro Wins Presidential Election in Brazil
Right-wing candidate Jair Bolsonaro won Brazil's presidential election on Sunday, ending a highly controversial and violent campaign. Bolsonaro has been lauded by some for his commitment to fighting crime and furthering conservative economic ideals, while others have said that his support for lethal force against suspected criminals will violate civil liberties and that his policies will
New York Times (News) Fox News (Online News) ReutersSep 12 2023
Headline Roundup
NOAA Says 2023 America's Worst Year Ever for Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters
The U.S. has had more costly weather-related disasters in 2023 than any other year on record, according to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The Details: An NOAA report released Monday says there have been 23 weather disasters this year with losses over $1 billion. This includes 18 storms, two flooding events, one tropical cyclone, one winter storm, and
Forbes Axios Daily MailJul 26 2019
News
Tech Backlash Frays Cozy Ties to Washington
Discontent among policy makers complicates expansion strategies of Facebook, other online platforms.
Facebook Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg suggested in January when releasing 2018 earnings that the social-media giant was at a turning point, ending a year of answering critics and starting a new era of growth and innovation. “We now have a clear sense of the path ahead,” he said.
Mr.
Wall Street Journal (News)May 03 2021
Perspectives Blog
How Joe Biden Can Renew America’s National Dialogue
Reweaving the fabric of civil dialogue must be a national priority, and mediation is the way to do it right. “Too many Americans see our public life, not as an arena for mediation of our differences,” Joe Biden has observed, but “as an occasion for total, unrelenting, partisan warfare.” Mediation can be defined as the convening of people across differences in service of responsible problem-
Eugene B. KoganNews Media
The Texas Tribune
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Nov 24 2020
News
The 10 swing state counties that tell the story of the 2020 election
Looking at the results of the 2020 election at the more granular level of counties and precincts, it can mostly be defined by one thing: stasis. But beneath that stasis the results of this election and the changes from previous elections say an enormous amount about where the country is and is going. The counties that swung the most mostly fall into two categories: Latino areas swinging
The Guardian