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Oct 04 2015
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Why data on guns can't be trusted
The Umpqua Community College shooting has raised questions about the number of guns in the U.S. But data on this subject are unreliable.
Here's why:
U.S. law explicitly prohibits law enforcement agencies from collecting or releasing statistics that could provide an accurate picture of gun ownership. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is barred from releasing
CNN DigitalMar 30 2021
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: Headlines on Vaccine Passports Show Distortion
From the RightThis piece is from a writer rated Lean Right.
After the Biden White House announced it would develop “vaccine passports” — a proof-of-vaccination initiative — and New York state announced a digital vaccination/negative coronavirus test digital verification program, media bias was on full display.
The news that the highest government officials in the land
Julie MastrineJun 07 2019
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Job Growth Slows Sharply as Payrolls Add 75K, Wage Gains Moderate
U.S. job growth slowed sharply in May and wages rose less than expected, suggesting the loss of momentum in economic activity was spreading to the labor market, which could increase calls for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates this year.
The cool-off in hiring reported by the Labor Department on Friday was even before a recent escalation in trade tensions between the United
Newsmax (News)Jun 07 2019
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AOC and Cruz to Work Together on Anti-Lobbying Bill
“Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez set aside their Twitter bickering [last] Thursday to strike an unusual bargain: an agreement to work together on a bill to ban former members of Congress from lobbying for life.” (Politico)
The left is supportive of lobbying restrictions but does not see this proposal as the best option.
“Is this a sign that bipartisanship has not
The Flip SideMay 02 2016
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Teacher sickout closes most Detroit schools Monday
All but a handful of Detroit Public Schools were closed Monday after teachers — angry that the troubled district may not be able to pay them over the summer — threatened a sickout.
More than 90 of the district’s approximately 100 schools were closed, according to announcements on the district’s Facebook page, and additional closures were still being added early Monday. More than 40,000
Washington PostAug 06 2019
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Kellyanne Conway says El Paso, Dayton are 'safe and ready' for Trump visit on Wednesday
Despite objections from some residents, President Donald Trump will travel Wednesday to El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, to review recovery efforts from mass shootings over the weekend, officials said Tuesday.
Security officials find the cities "safe and ready" for Trump visits with victims' families, survivors and law enforcement personnel involved, said presidential counselor
USA TODAYNov 11 2019
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3 ways the Supreme Court could decide DACA’s fate
The Supreme Court hears an epic showdown over the Obama era immigration program on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday on a trio of cases asking whether the Trump administration acted properly when it decided to wind down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program — an Obama-era program that allows unauthorized immigrants who were brought to the the US
VoxAug 05 2019
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El Paso shooting comes amid global rise in white nationalist violence
Reports that the suspected gunman at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, saw his mass shooting as “a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas” has prompted bipartisan calls for the US to treat the threat of domestic “white terrorists” as seriously as the threat of attacks by supporters of al-Qaida or Isis.
But experts who study racist violence say the attack must be understood not just as a
The GuardianApr 17 2020
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Coronavirus Bailouts
“Some large U.S. passenger airlines are close to accepting the terms of a $25 billion offer for government coronavirus payroll aid… Airline industry officials expect all major airlines to accept the grants in coming days, and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday he expects decisions to come out ‘very quickly.’” (Reuters)
“In a digital briefing before the House Oversight
The Flip SideMay 15 2013
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White House pushes media shield law as Holder faces questions on Capitol Hill
As Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. offered few new details Wednesday on Capitol Hill about the Justice Departments decision to secretly obtain journalists phone records, the White House began pushing for a federal media shield law, an apparent act of damage control in the wake of a decision criticized by members of both political parties and the news media.
Washington Post