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Nov 10 2017
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Report: Alabama Woman Claims Reporter Offered Her $1000s to Accuse Roy Moore of Sexual Abuse? (Updated)
A Navy veteran who served 22 years for his country and then served in the Secret Service claims a family friend who lives in Alabama told his wife that a Washington Post reporter “named Beth” approached her and offered her THOUSANDS to accuse Judge Roy Moore of inappropriate sexual advances!
The Gateway PunditSep 15 2020
Analysis
Science and health fact-checkers put pandemic claims under a microscope
In the face of a global pandemic, science and health fact-checking journalists are having their moment.
Over the past two decades, political claims and widespread hoaxes and rumors have dominated fact-checking journalism. Snopes began debunking online rumors in the 1990s. Other pioneers in the field, including Factcheck.org, PolitiFact and The Washington Post, started with a public
PoynterMar 31 2020
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How 3-D Printers Are Helping to Fight the Coronavirus
A little more than a week ago, Isaac Budmen heard that a coronavirus testing site was going to be set up in Syracuse, New York, not far from where he lives with his partner, Stephanie Keefe. The couple, who are both artists, own a company that makes 3-D printers. They knew that medical workers had a shortage of face shields, one kind of personal protective equipment (P.P.E.), and they wondered
The New YorkerMay 27 2019
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Representative Phil Roe (R-TN): "This Memorial Day, I challenge everyone to find a way to honor our nation's fallen"
I remember the moment well. It was 1971. I was 26 and living in Memphis, Tenn. I went to get the mail, like I did every day. But, this day was different because there was a letter notifying me that I had been drafted. That is why when people ask me if I volunteered to join the Army, I always say, “Yes, I volunteered. I volunteered to get the mail.”
Originally, I was ordered to go to
The HillMar 31 2020
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Nancy Pelosi blames Trump for coronavirus deaths. But footage shows she downplayed virus after Trump took action.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has laid responsibly for American deaths from the coronavirus at President Donald Trump's feet, claiming his "delayed" response to the virus is costing American lives.
But just one month ago, as COVID-19 was ravaging China and beginning to emerge in the west, Pelosi told her constituents to practically ignore warnings about the virus.
Amid concerns that
The BlazeApr 13 2019
News
The Liberal Media ‘Matrix’
I used to laugh every time I heard someone like Elon Musk say that we are living in a Matrix-like simulation. These days, not so much.
Don’t call the funny farm just yet. On the major question of the nature of sense experience, I remain with Aristotle and against Bishop Berkeley. Matter is real. But there is also the question of how we perceive “the news”; how established media
National Review (News)Aug 20 2019
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The Government Wants a 'Red Flag' Social Media Tool. That's a Terrible Idea.
The FBI is looking for companies to comb through social media posts and pinpoint possible threats ahead of time. Think of it like a meme-illiterate Facebook-stalking precog from Minority Report.
Did anyone truly believe that the government cares about our privacy on social media? At the same time that Congress and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) were taking Facebook to task for
ReasonAug 17 2020
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Portland Police Say They’re Struggling To Answer 911 Calls Amid Increasingly Violent Protests
Portland’s Police Bureau says it’s struggling to respond to 911 calls, including reports of assault, burglary and theft, as violence continues to escalate amid over 80 days of Black Lives Matter protests.
Police told the New York Post on Sunday night that dozens of people were struggling to reach 911 operators as officers were directed to quell sometimes aggressive crowds, throwing
ForbesJul 17 2020
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Trump expected to exclude undocumented migrants from U.S. census
President Donald Trump is expected to soon issue an executive order that would ban undocumented immigrants from being included in the 2020 census count of every person living in the United States, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.
The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, had no details of the order.
The timing of the order was unclear. It was possible it
ReutersDec 20 2019
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The abandoned asylum seekers on the US-Mexico border
Mere feet from the US-Mexico border, thousands of asylum seekers have been forced to live in squalid conditions in some of the most dangerous parts of Mexico. They are under threat from drug cartels and dependent on American volunteers for even the most basic necessities.
The humanitarian crisis is happening in plain sight, but they’re still waiting for desperately needed aid. Some
Vox