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Oct 01 2021
News
Harris' office does damage control over student’s Israel 'ethnic genocide' comment
Vice President Kamala Harris’ office is working behind the scenes to mend relationships with pro-Israel Democrats after not pushing back on a student who, in asking her a question, accused Israel of “ethnic genocide.”
On Thursday, Harris' senior staff contacted the influential Democratic Majority for Israel to clean up remarks she made Wednesday at George Mason University where Harris
PoliticoJan 01 2022
News
The Cruel Failure of Welfare Reform in the Southwest
As the 1960s came to their tumultuous end, California Gov. Ronald Reagan convened a summit on the topic of welfare. He was hoping to try out one of his new ideas: that poor single mothers were, in the wake of the civil rights movement, increasingly living idly and defrauding government assistance programs.
George Miller, then the welfare director in neighboring Nevada, volunteered to do
ProPublicaAug 27 2020
News
Kamala Harris slams Trump’s RNC address, says he ‘froze’ on COVID-19
WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris accused President Trump of failing in his duty to protect the American people during a speech in Washington, DC, ahead of the closing night of the 2020 Republican National Convention.
The Democratic vice presidential nominee delivered a 20-minute address attacking Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as a pre-rebuttal to his closing speech at the GOP
New York Post (News)Feb 03 2022
News
‘The fight came to us’: Schumer the judicial warrior heads into SCOTUS battle
Chuck Schumer’s full-circle moment on judges has arrived.
The New Yorker has spent two decades as a field general in the Senate's judicial wars, with the GOP repeatedly steamrolling him in recent years. Now, he has a golden opportunity to command and win a Supreme Court battle as Democratic leader.
As minority leader, Schumer watched Senate Republicans confirm three Supreme Court
PoliticoOct 22 2014
News
Autopsy, toxicology report on Michael Brown reportedly reveal marijuana, cast doubt on witness claims he was running away
Michael Brown, the 18-year-old black man whose fatal shooting by a white police officer in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson in August touched off weeks of racially-charged rioting, had marijuana in his system, was initially shot at close range and does not appear to have been killed while running away, according to experts who reviewed the official autopsy and toxicology report.
Fox News DigitalJan 19 2020
News
How Trump Is Spreading a Conspiracy Theory About Pelosi, Biden and Sanders
WASHINGTON — The first version of the conspiracy theory was hatched on Twitter last Friday, Jan. 10.
“Don’t rule out that the reason Pelosi hasn’t sent impeachment to the Senate is to hurt Warren and Sanders, and to help Biden,” Ari Fleischer, a former White House press secretary for President George W. Bush, tapped out on his iPad. “By timing the trial so it takes place during the Iowa
New York Times (News)Jul 07 2020
Opinion
Cowardice Will Not Lead America
One thing in particular stuck out in my mind as President Trump delivered his pivotal Independence Day address at Mount Rushmore: this country was born not out of peace and reflection, but out of crisis and courage.
If we intend to preserve this nation in its current crisis — the onslaught of a radical fringe — it will take not reflection, but courage.
George Washington risked
Mike HuckabeeJul 07 2020
News
Media Matters Took In up to $2 Million in Small Business Relief Loans
Media Matters for America, the George Soros-funded left-wing nonprofit organization, received between $1 million and $2 million in loans under the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), according to Treasury Department data released Monday.
The loan money, intended to provide relief to small businesses that were shuttered because of the coronavirus pandemic, was approved for Media
Breitbart NewsNov 06 2019
News
Public impeachment hearings will start next week
Impeachment is getting up close and personal.
The House Intelligence Committee will hold its first public impeachment hearings next week, committee chair Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) announced Wednesday. Former top Ukraine diplomat William Taylor and current Europe adviser George Kent will testify Wednesday, Nov. 13, and ex-U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch will testify Friday
The Week - NewsSep 24 2021
Analysis
Biden’s misleading announcement that the United States is no longer at war
During a speech at the United Nations on Sept. 21, President Joe Biden referenced the end of the Afghanistan War, claiming that the United States had finally returned to a peace footing after 20-years of armed conflict.
"I stand here today, for the first time in 20 years, with the United States not at war," he said. "We’ve turned the page."
The reality is more complicated than
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