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May 02 2024
Headline Roundup
RFK Jr. Challenges President Biden to Commit to 'No-Spoiler' Pledge
Independent 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy challenged President Joe Biden to take a “no-spoiler” pledge ahead of the election.
Details: Kennedy's proposal would entail the two campaigns co-funding a poll in October asking over 30,000 Americans in all 50 states who they would vote for in a matchup between Biden and former President Donald Trump, and who they would vote
Politico Newsweek Fox News DigitalMar 21 2024
Headline Roundup
Partisan Fallout From Schumer's Netanyahu Criticism Continues
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s call for new elections in Israel last Thursday sparked significant pushback throughout the week, especially from Republicans.
The Details: Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish lawmaker in the U.S., argued that Israelis should replace Netanyahu with a leader committed to a two-state solution. Some Republicans criticized Schumer’s speech for meddling
Wall Street Journal (News) ABC News (Online) Washington TimesFeb 07 2020
News
Good week/bad week: the winners and losers in US politics
It has been a rollercoaster week for Republicans and Democrats, from the caucus chaos in Iowa to Trump’s acquittal and victory lap.
It has been a rollercoaster week in US politics, starting with the voting debacle in Iowa and carrying on through Donald Trump’s divisive State of the Union address, his acquittal in the Senate impeachment trial and his extraordinary victory lap in a
The GuardianJan 29 2024
Headline Roundup
X Blocks Searches for 'Taylor Swift' After Surge of Graphic AI Deepfakes
Searches for “Taylor Swift” and “Taylor Swift AI” on X yielded no results on Monday after the social media platform was hit with a surge of fake AI-generated graphic images of the singer.
Key Quote: In a statement, X head of business operations Joe Benarroch said, “This is a temporary action and done with an abundance of caution as we prioritize safety on this issue.”
The
Fox News Digital Reuters The VergeMay 23 2019
News
How Much Political Experience Does It Take to Be Elected President?
You’ve never seen a House member elected president. Neither have your parents — nor, in all likelihood, their parents. The last time it happened, there were 38 states and electricity was a novelty.
The year was 1880, the congressman James Garfield. The 14 decades since are littered with the failed campaigns of House members who thought they could replicate his feat.
But that hasn
New York Times (News)Apr 17 2024
Headline Roundup
Google Employees Arrested Following Protest Over Israeli Military Contract
Google is facing internal pushback over its business dealings with Israel as workers staged protests at the company's New York and Sunnyvale, California locations.
The Details: Employees affiliated with the organization "No Tech For Apartheid" demand that Google pull out from Project Nimbus — a $1.2 billion contract with the Israeli government to provide AI and cloud computing services
Wired The Verge National Review (News)Sep 29 2016
Opinion
Republicans in Denial That the Debate Exposed Donald Trump As Unfit for Office
If you’re a Republican who has been clinging to the wan hope that Donald Trump might somehow, in his eighth decade on Earth, develop into a plausibly competent president of the United States, the first debate should have been your moment to abandon ship. Trump displayed the factual command of a small child, the emotional stability of a hormonal teen, and the stamina of an old man, staggering
Jonathan ChaitDec 31 2019
Opinion
Texas’s Concealed-Carry Law Prevented Mass Murder
Yes, good guys with guns can save lives. They just did in the West Freeway Church of Christ.
The same weekend that Orthodox Jews in Monsey, N.Y., were fighting off another knife-wielding anti-Semite thug with chairs and coffee tables — they were fortunate that the perpetrator hadn’t brought a firearm, like the killer who targeted a yeshiva in Jersey City only a few weeks earlier — Jack
National Review (News)Apr 03 2024
Headline Roundup
Biden and Trump Win New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin Primaries
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won their parties’ respective primaries in four states on Tuesday.
The Details: Despite having already secured their parties’ nominations for the general presidential election this fall, Biden and Trump added delegates to their totals with wins in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin. Delaware, which would have also
Associated Press Newsweek Washington ExaminerNov 02 2022
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Unfounded Pelosi Attack Theories Criticized Across the Spectrum
The attack on Paul Pelosi was condemned widely by politicians and commentators across the political spectrum, but also sparked a series of unfounded rumors and theories.
Facts and Rumors: Early theories circulated that Pelosi hired suspect David DePape as a sex worker, and that officers found them in their underwear upon arriving at the home. The 911 dispatcher said Pelosi referred to
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