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Dec 27 2020
Opinion
Facebook Is a Doomsday Machine
The doomsday machine was never supposed to exist. It was meant to be a thought experiment that went like this: Imagine a device built with the sole purpose of destroying all human life. Now suppose that machine is buried deep underground, but connected to a computer, which is in turn hooked up to sensors in cities and towns across the United States.
The sensors are designed to sniff out
The AtlanticJun 03 2014
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Obama Says Administration Consulted Congress on Bergdahl Exchange
President Barack Obama on Tuesday defended his decision to release five Afghan detainees from Guantanamo Bay in exchange for freeing an American soldier, saying his administration had consulted with Congress about that possibility for some time.
The BlazeJan 24 2013
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Boehner says Obama's focus is to 'annihilate the Republican Party'
House Speaker John Boehner told a group of Republicans the day after President Barack Obama's inaugural ceremony that the president's focus was to "annihilate the Republican Party."
In remarks to Republicans attending a closed luncheon sponsored by the Ripon Society, Boehner pointed to the president's speech as evidence Obama recognizes he can't achieve his agenda because of the GOP-led
CNN DigitalMay 04 2014
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Obama's A Little Jealous Of John Boehner Because 'Orange Really Is The New Black'
President Barack Obama didn't hold back against House Republicans during Saturday's White House Correspondents' Dinner.
During his prepared speech, Obama recounted a "heartbreaking" letter he'd received from a Virginia man "who's been stuck in the same part-time job" and "gets no respect from his boss."
"I wish Eric Cantor would stop writing me," he joked.
HuffPostJan 07 2015
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Elizabeth Warren Takes Aim at Democrats, Republicans
Sen. Elizabeth Warren delivers a stinging critique of Republicans and Democrats alike in a speech this morning that said policies pushed by both parties have created financial hardships for everyday families while further enriching a narrow sliver of Americans.
At a Washington, D.C., forum hosted by union group AFL-CIO, the freshman Democratic senator from Massachusetts said headlines
Wall Street Journal (News)Sep 03 2019
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Former Amazon Employees Helped Make a Hotline to Report Unsafe Working Conditions
At this point, Amazon’s poor labor conditions are well-documented. Coverage has been such a nightmare for Amazon that last year it rolled out a Twitter program featuring warehouse workers tweeting the joys of working for Amazon. In an effort to combat Amazon’s power, the Free and Fair Markets Initiative—a nonprofit watchdog–has teamed up with former Amazon workers to create a hotline for
ViceJan 25 2016
Opinion
Obama regrets polarized rancor. He should.
One of the “few regrets” of his presidency, President Obama said dolefully in his State of the Union speech, was “that the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better.” Were he endowed with “the gifts of Lincoln or Roosevelt,” he remarked, he could have done more to bridge the partisan divide. But he pledged to “keep trying to be better so long as I hold this
Jeff JacobyJun 14 2012
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Obama, Romney Talk Economy in Battleground Ohio
President Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney are set to offer sharply different visions Thursday of how to fix the nation's economy. They'll be making their cases in the battleground state of Ohio.
The president's address will be his first major speech on the economy for the general election. It comes as the Labor Department announced more bad news on the jobs front
CBNJul 23 2015
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Donald Trump’s Income and Wealth Are Shown in Filing but Are Hard to Pinpoint Photo
Donald J. Trump earned just $14,222 in salary. He owes at least $265 million in debt. He is paid about $250,000 per speech. And he received $110,000 from a pension with the Screen Actors Guild.
Those details were revealed in Mr. Trump’s financial disclosure form, filed with the Federal Election Commission last week and made public on Wednesday.
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New York Times (News)Aug 31 2019
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Justice Ginsburg reports she’s ‘very well’ following cancer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Saturday she’s “alive” and on her way to being “very well” following radiation treatment for cancer.
Ginsburg, 86, made the comments at the Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington. The event came a little over a week after Ginsburg disclosed that she had completed three weeks of outpatient radiation
Associated Press