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Feb 26 2020
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New High of 90% of Americans Satisfied With Personal Life
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Nine in 10 Americans are satisfied with the way things are going in their personal life, a new high in Gallup's four-decade trend. The latest figure bests the previous high of 88% recorded in 2003.
These results are from Gallup's Mood of the Nation poll, conducted Jan. 2-15, which also recorded a 20-year high in Americans' confidence in the U.S. economy. The
GallupFeb 27 2020
News
Bernie Sanders: 18 things the Democratic front-runner believes
Bernie Sanders is the national frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination. The Vermont senator has promised a political revolution, but what does that mean? What does he actually stand for?
1. He's a democratic socialist - Sanders is a self-described "democratic socialist", but in his long political career he became comfortable with just "socialist" ("I am a socialist and
BBC NewsNov 16 2014
News
The angst is rising on Capitol Hill
Behind the free-flowing wine, the K Street soirées and the massive new majorities, Republican leaders are facing a daunting reality: They are right where they left off. Republican leaders wanted a quick and clean, drama-free lame duck session to kick off their new majority, but they find themselves heading toward a showdown over how to fund the government. Story Continued Below They promised
PoliticoSep 07 2012
News
Republicans Or Democrats: The Choice Comes Down To Competing Myths
Early in his acceptance speech last night, President Obama laid out the voters' task in these words: "On every issue, the choice you face won't be just between two candidates or two parties. It will be a choice ... between two fundamentally different visions for the future."
NPR (Online News)Jan 24 2020
Opinion
In Space, Let Meritocracy Reign Supreme
For science-fiction writers, Mars always has been a blank slate on which to write our hopes and project our fears. Ray Bradbury imagined a Mars settled by farmers who cover the red planet with idyllic midwestern American towns. Robert Heinlein, swept up in 1960s counterculture, imagined a Mars where gnostic aliens teach free love, spiritual wisdom and psychic powers to a hippy messiah. More
QuilletteJul 12 2015
News
Donald Trump: ‘We have to take back the heart of our country’
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, whose caustic comments about Mexicans have inflamed the immigration debate, told thousands of cheering supporters here Saturday that “we have to take back the heart of our country.”
In a rambling, defiant speech delivered in this border state that has been the epicenter of the nation’s divisive battle over immigration reform, Trump
Washington PostJan 11 2021
Opinion
The Progressive Purge Begins
Progressives have always loved a good purge. Whether it was the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, North Korea, China or anywhere else, when people step out of line, through public actions or private words, they mysteriously disappear. Democrats aren’t to that point, at least not yet, but they’re well on their way and things are going to get a lot worse very quickly the further down this road they go
TownhallNov 19 2023
Headline Roundup
Elon Musk Says X Will File “Thermonuclear Lawsuit” Against Watchdog Media Matters
X CEO Elon Musk announced the company will file a “thermonuclear lawsuit” against liberal media watchdog Media Matters for America.
The Details: On Friday, Media Matters, published a report that said the social media company placed ads for major brands alongside “white nationalist” and pro-Nazi content. The report accused Musk of spreading an “antisemitic conspiracy theory” and allowing
The Guardian The Hill National Review (News)Dec 29 2016
Opinion
Kerry to Israel: A State Cannot Be Both Jewish and Democratic
Our secretary of state might want to review the constitutions of Iraq and Afghanistan before lecturing Israel. Our ineffable secretary of state, John Kerry, delivered another parting shot at Israel today, offering the Obama administration’s “vision” for a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine. There are many things to be said about it — not least that Kerry’s speech, like last week’s
National Review (News)Mar 24 2020
News
Pennsylvania Supreme Court clears way for the governor to shut down gun stores indefinitely, citing the coronavirus
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied a request by gun-rights advocates to exempt gun stores from an order mandating the closure of businesses amid the coronavirus outbreak in the state.
Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf issued the executive order on March 19, which forced the shutdown of all businesses in the state deemed not "life-sustaining" for an indefinite period of time, gun stores
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