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Nov 25 2020
News
Trump Reportedly Planning To Pardon Michael Flynn, Start Of Spree
President Donald Trump is planning to pardon Michael Flynn, his former national security adviser who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, according to several media reports on Tuesday evening.
Both Axios and The New York Times said Trump has privately told aides Flynn will benefit from a series of pardons the president will issue before he leaves office. The move would continue Trump’s
HuffPostJun 25 2014
News
Supreme Court limits police searches of cellphones
Cellphones and smartphones generally cannot be searched by police without a warrant during arrests, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday in a major victory for privacy rights.
Ruling on two cases from California and Massachusetts, the justices acknowledged both a right to privacy and a need to investigate crimes. But they came down squarely on the side of privacy rights.
Allysia Finley (Wall Street Journal)Feb 25 2024
Headline Roundup
Seattle Police Officer Will Not Face Criminal Charges for Death of 23 Year-Old Graduate Student Hit at Crosswalk
Associated Press KUOW KOMO NewsFeb 03 2022
Perspectives Blog
Joe Rogan and Whoopi Goldberg: Censorship, Misinformation Controversies Hit Both Sides
Joe Rogan and Whoopi Goldberg each sparked significant criticism this week for comments and content about hot-button issues. Musician Neil Young and other artists pulled their content from streaming platform Spotify over the past week in objection to purported COVID-19 misinformation on Rogan's popular podcast. In response, Spotify added a COVID-19 info hub to its platform. Rogan said he
AllSides StaffMay 31 2019
News
More on Mueller
“Special counsel Robert Mueller said Wednesday that charging President Donald Trump with a crime was ‘not an option’ because of federal rules, but he used his first public remarks on the Russia investigation to emphasize that he did not exonerate the president.” (AP News)
The left agrees with Barr that Mueller should’ve reached a decision, and is divided on whether Congress should begin
The Flip SideOct 07 2020
News
Trump's call to declassify Russia collusion, Clinton documents sparks fierce debate online
Some of Trump’s critics took to Twitter to downplay the significance of the announcement.
President Trump’s decision Tuesday to authorize the declassification of all documents related to the high-profile Russia investigation and the FBI probe into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while serving as secretary of state was embraced by supporters and brushed off by detractors
Fox News DigitalAug 03 2017
Headline Roundup
Vatican Criticizes Trump Supporters
Close associates of Pope Francis are publicly criticizing Catholics for creating "alliances of hate" with evangelical Christians to support President Trump. Steve Bannon came under particular scrutiny, with the pope's confidantes asserting that Trump's chief strategist is a "supporter of an apocalyptic geopolitics", an enemy of climate change, and has capitalized on fears of Muslims and
Washington Examiner The Hill New York Times (News)Apr 28 2019
News
Synagogue Shooting Keeps Religious Leaders on Edge: ‘No One Should Be Gunned Down in Worship’
The rabbi had just finished comforting a congregant as she prepared to say the traditional prayer for the dead in honor of her mother when a loud crack rang out in his synagogue.
It was about halfway through the Sabbath service on Saturday when a gunman turned what was supposed to be a time of solace into a day of horror. The rabbi, Yisroel Goldstein, turned quickly to see the body of
New York Times (News)May 06 2014
News
Obama's DEA Chief Refuses To Support Drug Sentencing Reforms
The head of the Drug Enforcement Administration is refusing to support a bill backed by the Obama administration that would lower the length of mandatory minimum sentences for federal drug crimes, putting her at odds with her boss Attorney General Eric Holder on one of the criminal justice reform initiatives he hopes to make a centerpiece of his legacy.
HuffPostSep 14 2014
Opinion
Facts vs. the GOP: Why America is living through a new era of segregation
Recent events in Ferguson, Missouri, have once again made the nation consider the durability of racial injustice as a defining factor of the American experience. Black children go to increasingly segregated schools, experience significantly less mobility than whites and are far more likely to be incarcerated for nonviolent crimes. The American dream has always been d
Salon