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Sep 12 2016
News
Trump supporters a ‘basket of deplorables.' Is this Clinton's '47 percent' moment?
Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton told the country what she really thinks about many Donald Trump supporters when she lumped “half” of them into a xenophobic, homophobic, racist, and sexist “basket of deplorables” on Friday.
Although she cautioned her comments were “grossly generalistic,” the blunt commentary at a New York City fund-raiser specifically targeted the nebulous alt-
Christian Science MonitorMar 06 2019
News
'Democrats are walking into a trap': Liberals rip party leaders for piling on Rep. Ilhan Omar
Her colleagues are rushing to condemn her on the House floor this week, but Representative Ilhan Omar has her backers among powerful progressive activist groups who say they don’t understand why Democratic leaders are going out of their way to cut down one of their own.
A draft resolution slated for a vote Wednesday doesn’t name Ms. Omar, but it condemns anti-Semitism as “hateful
Washington TimesJul 16 2020
Opinion
Ilhan Omar: When I spoke out about systematic oppression, the Republican response was vicious
This past week, I met with community members and state lawmakers to push for more change in the wake of George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis. Floyd was killed in my Minnesota district — and his death was the catalyst for conversations around police brutality and structural racism that have begun to transform the nation.
Afterward, I told reporters, “We are not merely fighting to tear
Washington PostMay 14 2020
News
Lindsey Graham shoots down Trump's call for Obama to testify
Senate Judiciary Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) responded to President Trump's tweet calling for Graham to compel former President Obama to testify before Congress about the Russia investigation, telling Politico: “I don’t think now’s the time for me to do that. I don’t know if that’s even possible.”
What's happening: Trump has tweeted hundreds of times about "Obamagate" — the baseless claim
AxiosSep 20 2016
News
THE GEORGE W. BUSH WHITE HOUSE ‘LOST’ 22 MILLION EMAILS
For 18 months, Republican strategists, political pundits, reporters and Americans who follow them have been pursuing Hillary Clinton’s personal email habits, and no evidence of a crime has been found. But now they at least have the skills and interest to focus on a much larger and deeper email conspiracy, one involving war, lies, a private server run by the Republican Party and contempt of
NewsweekMay 08 2020
Analysis
Ending the Flynn False-Statement Case Was the Right Judgment
Judgments and rules are two different things. Rules are, or should be, clear bright lines that can produce yes-or-no answers. Judgments are more complicated than that. They need not be as standardless as Potter Stewart’s famous definition of pornography (“I know it when I see it”), but judgments typically involve a good deal more weighing and balancing of multiple factors, sometimes in ways
National Review (News)Jul 14 2020
News
First federal execution in 17 years carried out in Indiana after Supreme Court cleared way
The U.S. carried out the first federal execution in 17 years at a prison in Indiana after a 5-4 Supreme Court ruling cleared the way.
Daniel Lewis Lee, who was convicted of killing an Arkansas family in a plot to establish a whites-only nation, was executed by lethal injection early Tuesday at the Federal Correctional Institution in Terre Haute.
“I didn’t do it,” Lee said before
NBC News DigitalFeb 17 2022
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: Divisions on Freedom Convoy Echo Debate Over George Floyd Protests
From the LeftEach week, AllSides Media Bias Alerts examine media bias in coverage of a major or important story using AllSides Media Bias Ratings™ and the AllSides Media Bias Chart™.
Here at AllSides, we’ve had more than our fair share of internal arguments over the difference between a “riot” and a “protest.” Key to the distinction is the often-vague line between acceptable
Joseph RatliffMay 07 2024
Headline Roundup
US Soldier Detained in Russia, Not Suspected of Espionage
Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, a U.S. Army soldier, has been detained in Russia on charges of theft.
Details: Black reportedly flew to Russia without clearance from the Defense Department and was arrested in the city of Vladivostok. The Russian Foreign Ministry said Black’s case is unrelated to politics or espionage, referring to the charges against him as a “household crime.” Black was
Associated Press Reuters Breitbart NewsJun 18 2019
News
Donald Trump Takes A Big Step Toward Personal And Portable Health Insurance
In an ideal world, most people would own their own health insurance and take it with them as they travel from job to job and in and out of the labor market. Some employers may have better insurance than people can find in the open market. But most employers would prefer to make a cash contribution to help employees pay their own premiums rather than provide insurance directly.
Before
Forbes