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Jun 29 2021
Perspectives Blog
Odd Couples: Chick-fil-A CEO + Gay Rights Advocate
Note: This piece was originally created by The Village Square and published on respectandrebellion.com.
As the Culture War accelerated to include the truly transcendent battle ground of fighting over chicken sandwiches, two participants in said Culture War called an audible – they spoke to each other. This was so gobsmackingly rare that it actually made the news in 2012 (and 2013, 2014
Respect + RebellionOct 01 2014
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HUFFPOLLSTER: Rising Approval For Obama's Handling Of ISIS
SURVEY FINDS SURPRISINGLY STRONG RATING FOR OBAMA ON ISIS - Aaron Blake: "Get ready to pop the champagne, White House. For the first time since January, President Obama is polling a 50 percent approval rating on an issue: his handling of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. That is not a typo: It has been eight months since Obama last cracked half the American public on any given issue --
HuffPostSep 01 2020
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Young workers hit hardest in global downturn. What’s the answer?
Recessions often land hardest on the youngest generation of workers. The pandemic downturn is following that pattern, and its severity and global scope may call for new policies in response.
It seemed, at first, like a joke.
“It was like, ‘Ha ha, we all lost our jobs because of COVID; we’ll be back in two weeks,’” recalls Gina LoPresti, who lost her restaurant job in March.
Christian Science MonitorOct 10 2013
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Treasury Secretary: Debt Default Would Have Dire Consequences
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew urged lawmakers on Thursday to raise the government's borrowing limit or face the prospect of causing lasting damage to the U.S. economy.
In testimony before the Senate Finance Committee, Lew said that if Congress fails to meet its responsibility to raise the debt ceiling "it could deeply damage financial markets, the ongoing economic recovery, and the jobs
NPR (Online News)Jul 02 2019
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US Border Patrol investigate ‘disturbing’ secret Facebook group
US officials are investigating a secret Facebook group where border patrol members allegedly posted racist and sexist jokes about migrants.
The private group had about 9,500 members, including former and current border patrol agents, ProPublica reported.
Some posts mocked migrant deaths, while others targeted Latino members of Congress, ProPublica said.
The Border Patrol
BBC NewsAug 26 2020
Analysis
A loyalty test for the GOP, a reality test for the country
The Republican Party has become a personality cult.
In the era of President Donald Trump, the news develops the quality “of being shocking without being surprising,” wrote Masha Gessen in Surviving Autocracy. Each week’s events are “an assault on the senses and the mental faculties,” and yet, somehow, “just more of the same.”
That’s how I felt watching the first night of the
VoxMay 04 2020
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Mitch McConnell could yet pay price for 'tone deaf' coronavirus response
The Senate majority leader oversaw a huge handout to big business and drew bipartisan ire for suggesting struggling states should go bankrupt
It was, New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo observed, “one of the really dumb ideas of all time”. Larry Hogan, his counterpart in Maryland, called it “complete nonsense”. Congressman Pete King of New York said it was the work of the “Marie
The GuardianAug 21 2020
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The Hiring of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy Looks Even Sketchier Now
We’re finally learning more about what, exactly, has gone amiss at the U.S. Postal Service, because Congress has begun to pry loose some answers. On Thursday, lawmakers heard new testimony that shined some light on the appointment this May of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who has been accused of inappropriately slowing down the agency’s delivery in the crucial runup to the presidential
SlateMay 04 2021
Perspectives Blog
Empathy and Appreciation for Bill and Melinda Gates
In the current media environment where bitter social media mobs, desperate-for-clicks news outlets and holier-than-thou pundits pile on to criticize and make fun of the Gates, let me take a different stance.
Bill and Melinda Gates appear to be divorcing after 27 years of marriage. Divorces are generally very difficult and personal, and it can only be worse if it becomes a public media
John Gable, AllSides Co-founderMar 02 2020
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Bloomberg’s big bet: Can money beat Biden's momentum?
In his brief three-month campaign for president, Michael Bloomberg poured nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars into building an advertising and data-mining juggernaut unlike anything the political world had ever seen.
But a big part of the strategy hinged on a wildcard named Joe Biden.
Biden’s resurgence after a dominant victory on Saturday in South Carolina has upset that
Reuters