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Mar 03 2022
News
Wisconsin probe finds 2020 election riddled with nursing home voting fraud
Intercepted ballots, forged signatures and questionably high voting rates plagued Wisconsin’s nursing homes and other long-term care facilities during the 2020 presidential election, a state-appointed investigator said.
In light of the findings, the investigator said, the ballots from those facilities should be audited.
The special counsel’s report was issued Tuesday after an
Washington TimesJan 05 2022
News
Macron says France should make life miserable for the unvaccinated.
President Emmanuel Macron of France drew fierce criticism on Wednesday, mainly from his political opponents, after bluntly arguing that the government should make life miserable for the unvaccinated, as skyrocketing infection rates have put him under pressure ahead of a presidential election.
“I really want to piss off the unvaccinated,” Mr. Macron said in an interview with a panel of
New York Times (News)Sep 28 2021
Analysis
Murders are spiking. Police should be part of the solution.
Last year, the US’s murder rate spiked by almost 30 percent. So far in 2021, murders are up nearly 10 percent in major cities. The 2020 increase alone is the largest percentage increase ever recorded in America — and a reversal from overall declines in murder rates since the 1990s.
American policymakers now want answers on this surge. One approach has good evidence behind it: the police
VoxJun 29 2021
News
Republican Strategists: GOP Grassroots Reject Joe Biden’s Infrastructure Plans as Mitch McConnell Deliberates
Republican strategists believe the grassroots of the Republican Party reject President Joe Biden’s infrastructure initiatives as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) weighs his position.
Vin Weber, a Republican strategist, told the Hill, “When you get to the grassroots of the Republican Party base there’s very little interest in passing anything that Joe Biden signs into law
Breitbart NewsJan 04 2022
News
Record 4.5 Million Americans Quit Jobs In November As Employers Struggle To Retain Workers
Though the number of job openings fell more than expected in November, the number of Americans quitting their jobs jumped to record territory, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday, further illustrating the struggle employers are facing in filling—and retaining—jobs during the pandemic.
The number of people quitting their jobs in November jumped to a record-high 4.5 million—
ForbesMar 13 2022
Opinion
Anti-Abortion Politicians Are Now Taking Inspiration From the Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 mandated the seizure and return of Black people who had been enslaved, or were simply suspected of being enslaved, to their so-called masters, even if those Black people made it to a free state. It denied those Black people the opportunity to have a jury trial, and empowered federal marshals to return enslaved people to the South without due process.
The
The NationJun 09 2020
News
Jobs Report
“The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 13.3% in May from 14.7%, and 2.5 million jobs were added — a surprisingly positive reading in the midst of a recession that has paralyzed the economy in the wake of the viral pandemic.” (AP News)
“The Labor Department also said its survey of households, which determines the unemployment rate, showed a large number of workers who said they were ‘
The Flip SideAllSides
How to Spot and Avoid Misinformation
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Apr 28 2020
Perspectives Blog
Fake News Alert: Fact-checking What Trump Actually Said About Disinfectant
During the White House coronavirus press briefing on April 23, President Donald Trump set off a firestorm of mudslinging and misinformation when he inquired about possibly using disinfectant to treat people with COVID-19.
Fact checkers were all over the place after Trump made the comments, which followed Department of Homeland Security undersecretary William Bryan’s description of
Henry A. BrechterJun 29 2021
Opinion
Democracies Don’t Try to Make Everyone Agree
Back in the 1980s, comparative-literature majors at my university had to take a required course in literary theory. This course—Lit 130, if memory serves—offered prospective scholars a series of frames and theories that could be applied to the reading of books. This was the heyday of deconstructionism—essentially a form of highly pretentious close reading, imported from France—and so we read
The Atlantic