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Jan 03 2016
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Kim Jong-un, North Korean leader, says he’s ready for war
In only his fourth public speech since the death of his father, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said Friday that he’s ready for war: “If invasive outsiders and provocateurs touch us even slightly, we will not be forgiving in the least and sternly answer with a merciless, holy war of justice.”
Mr. Kim also stated that he blames South Korea for the chill in relations between North and
Washington TimesJun 26 2020
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Trump World boils over as campaign hits skids
President Trump’s allies are urging him to change his tone and key figures in the campaign’s orbit are pointing fingers over who is to blame for the president’s spiraling poll numbers with just over four months to go until Election Day.
There is frustration in Trump World over the president's lack of discipline and his confrontational tone during a time of high anxiety over the
The HillMay 25 2019
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Federal Judge Blocks Mississippi Abortion Law
A federal judge on Friday blocked enforcement of a new Mississippi law that bans abortion after a fetal heartbeat can be detected. “By banning abortions after the detection of a fetal heartbeat, the law prevents a woman’s free choice, which is central to personal dignity and autonomy,” wrote Judge Carlton Reeves of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, an Obama
National Review (News)Apr 17 2020
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Trump's new task force to reopen America includes every Republican senator — except Mitt Romney
President Donald Trump seemed to continue his feud with Utah Sen. Mitt Romney on Thursday by leaving him off the list of invitees to a new coronavirus task force.
Romney was the only Republican senator who didn't make the cut for the president's "Opening Up America Again Congressional Group," which is aimed on how to reopen the economy in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Business InsiderJun 11 2016
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Hillary Clinton Spoke About Reproductive Justice In A Genuinely Intersectional Way
Hillary Clinton’s first speech since she won a majority of pledged delegates in the Democratic presidential race included remarks about how abortion relates to other issues. That’s groundbreaking for a presidential candidate.
The term “reproductive justice” was promoted by the grassroots women of color collective SisterSong in the 1990s to describe “the complete physical, mental,
HuffPostAug 14 2019
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Trump official revises Statue of Liberty poem to defend migrant rule change
A top US immigration official has revised a quote inscribed on the Statue of Liberty in defence of a new policy that denies food aid to legal migrants.
The head of Citizenship and Immigration Services tweaked the passage: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free".
The official added the words "who can stand on their own two feet and who will
BBC NewsApr 16 2024
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NPR Suspends Editor After Essay Alleging Progressive Bias
NPR (Lean Left bias) suspended senior editor Uri Berliner for five days without pay, beginning last Friday, after he wrote a Free Press (Center bias) essay claiming an “absence of viewpoint diversity” at NPR.
The Details: NPR’s David Folkenflik first reported the story. In a “final warning” letter, NPR told Berliner he “had failed to secure its approval for outside work for other news
NPR (Online News) The Hill New York Post (News)Mar 03 2019
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'I know where I came from': Bernie Sanders gets personal in 2020 presidential campaign rollout
Needing to distinguish himself within a crowded field of Democrats, Bernie Sanders launched his 2020 presidential campaign Saturday near the Brooklyn, New York, neighborhood where he grew up in a quest to add a personal narrative to the liberal economic platform for which he’s known. Sanders energized his loyal progressive followers with a nearly 40-minute speech that leaned on a familiar
USA TODAYSep 06 2012
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Bill Clinton's Stunning Jobs Claim At DNC Actually True
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton highlighted a stunning fact during his speech at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday: Democratic presidents have overseen the creation of nearly twice as many jobs as Republican presidents since 1961.
"What's the job score? Republicans, 24 million; Democrats, 42 [million]," Clinton said to cheers and applause.
HuffPostSep 06 2012
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4 Years Later, Scarred but Still Confident
He warned them in 2008, and when he formally opened his re-election campaign in May, he put it in his speech again. He will “never be a perfect president, he said, a line he now repeats at stop after stop. The unspoken subtext: Its not my fault if you didnt listen or expected too much.
New York Times (News)