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Aug 06 2019
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Proposals to Prevent Future Shootings
“Sen. Lindsey Graham said Monday he will propose bipartisan legislation to encourage more states to adopt ‘red flag’ laws after a pair of horrific mass shootings. The South Carolina Republican’s announcement came soon after President Donald Trump also called for such laws, which allow police and family members to request that a court temporarily restrict the access to firearms of people who
The Flip SideDec 04 2014
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'Hell No!': Eric Garner's Widow Rejects Officer's Condolences Amid Shock Over Grand Jury's Decision
The family of Eric Garner addressed the nation Wednesday after a grand jury announced its decision not to indict an NYPD officer in Garner's death.
Garner, a Staten Island man who had asthma, died on July 17 after Officer Daniel Pantaleo placed him in a prohibited police chokehold during an arrest. Police suspected Garner, who was black, of selling untaxed cigarettes on the sidewalk.
HuffPostDec 10 2012
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Baltimore Says, 'Immigrants Welcome'
Hundreds of people gathered in September at Baltimore's harbor as the wind gusted off the water's edge. Nearly 50 of them were about to be sworn in as U.S. citizens. Some were young, some old. There were uniformed members of the U.S. military, parents and children. There were immigrants from El Salvador, China, Honduras and countries in between. They raised their right hands, recited the
NPR (Online News)Feb 23 2023
Headline Roundup
Journalist, 2 Others Killed in Florida Shooting Spree
On Wednesday, TV journalist Dylan Lyons was killed and photojournalist Jess Walden was critically injured while they were covering an earlier shooting incident in Orange County, Florida.
The Details: Nineteen-year-old Keith Melvin Moses has been arrested in connection to the fatal shooting of a woman earlier in the day, and will likely soon be charged over the later shootings of the TV
CNN (Online News) Orlando SentinelOct 21 2019
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This Sure Looks Like Mitt Romney’s Secret Twitter Account (Update: It Is)
Earlier today, the Atlantic’s McKay Coppins published a lengthy profile on Mitt Romney, apparently part of Romney’s effort to set himself up as the noble Republican foil to an out-of-control president. These sorts of pieces, which are more about narrative setting than anything else, typically don’t contain a lot of new information, but this had one notable exception. About midway through, the
SlateAug 01 2016
Headline Roundup
More Fallout from Trump’s Muslim Comment
Donald Trump continues to be attacked by Gold Star families and some in the GOP for his comments to the father of a slain Muslim U.S. solider. Did he go too far?
CBN NBC News (Online) CNN (Online News)Jun 11 2019
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How Democrats Can Win Back Obama-Trump Voters in 2020
Those who made the shift in the last election voted according to their economic interests, and that isn’t about to change.
A central question of the 2020 presidential election is this: What will become of the Obama-to-Trump voters? These voters totaled approximately 6 million and were crucial to the outcome of the 2016 election. Without them, Donald Trump would have lost to Hillary
BloombergJun 29 2013
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Health care battle heats up again
As the Obama administration and Democrats gear up to promote the president's sweeping health care reform as a winning solution in the next election cycle, Republicans are gearing up to prove the opposite.
Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, argued Saturday in the GOP's weekly address that Obamacare is a law crafted out of political maneuvering and has an ill-fated future for Americans.
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CNN (Online News)Dec 29 2013
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JUST GUESS WHAT NANCY PELOSI SAYS ‘MUST BE OUR PRIORITY ON DAY ONE’ OF THE NEW YEAR
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Friday that the top priority of Congress in 2014 should be to extend unemployment insurance.
According to The Hill, Pelosi said in a statement that the upcoming expiration of federal unemployment benefits is “simply immoral.”
“Starting tomorrow, too many American families will face the New Year with uncertainty, insecurity,
The BlazeOct 18 2019
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The Long, Strange Partnership of Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani
Long, long before he was Donald Trump’s personal attorney and devoted defender, Rudy Giuliani wasn’t exactly a fan. The first time, actually, he invoked Trump’s name in a high-profile, high-stakes setting, Giuliani was the prosecutor in a public corruption case.
The setting was the federal courthouse in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1986. Giuliani was the top gun from the Southern District
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