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Mar 12 2021
Opinion
'Cancel Culture' is just free speech holding others accountable
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is concerned cancel culture will have “long-term consequences to our democracy.” We can only hope he’s right.
Jordan wrote about his fears in a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) last week. The letter raises concerns about the First Amendment and the marketplace of ideas, citing Twitter and Facebook’s decisions to remove former
Multiple Writers - Lean LeftFeb 13 2022
Opinion
Sustainability Issues That Jumped From The Bench To The Game, And One That Is About To
I remember back when stand-up comics joked about ‘recycled’ loo paper being brown. When vegans were weedy weirdo’s rather than cage fighters. When global warming sounded like a good idea on a cold day.
In a focus-group two decades ago a lady corrected me that ‘biodiversity’ was actually ‘biological washing powder’. And even change-makers were convinced we’d never be able to talk about
ForbesOct 21 2021
News
Garland grilled on school board memo, Hunter Biden, Jan. 6 at House Judiciary hearing
Attorney General Merrick Garland faced tough questions on a wide range of subjects Thursday at a House Judiciary Committee hearing dedicated to oversight of the Justice Department at a time when the agency is in the middle of several high-profile cases and controversies.
One main issue that Republicans seized on was Garland's recent memo to Justice Department employees about intervening
Fox News DigitalJul 21 2020
Perspectives Blog
Civil Discourse, Media Bias, And Admitting When We're Wrong
At AllSides, we talk a lot about how bias is natural. Everyone has one — if you’ve got a pulse, you’ve got a bias. We support getting a variety of different perspectives because we believe freeing people from one-sided, biased filter bubbles helps us to better understand the world — and each other. When we expose ourselves to different perspectives, we can get the fuller picture, think for
Julie MastrineFeb 09 2022
News
Biden Lags Behind Democrat Governors Lifting Mask Mandates
The Biden administration refuses to join a growing number of Democrat governors relaxing mask mandates in their states.
Govs. Phil Murphy, D-N.J., John Carney, D-Del., Ned Lamont, D-Conn., Kate Brown, D-Ore., and Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., have announced the lifting of mask restrictions in some of the bluest states. Govs. Kathy Hochul, D-N.Y., and J.B. Pritzker, D-Ill., were expected to do
Newsmax (News)Dec 03 2021
Analysis
Socialist Students Want Arizona State University To Expel 'Racist Murderer' Kyle Rittenhouse
Many socialists believe that education is a universal human right. But evidently, not Arizona State University's (ASU) Students for Socialism. On Wednesday, they staged a protest to pressure campus administrators to expel Kyle Rittenhouse, the recently acquitted Kenosha shooter.
"Join us and rally against racist murderer Kyle Rittenhouse being permitted on our campus," said the student
ReasonMay 25 2019
News
A Million People Could Lose Their Pensions If Congress Doesn’t Act
Joe Brown worked for more than 30 years as a roof bolter at the Federal #2 Mine in Marion County. Installing roof supports is one of the most hazardous jobs in coal mining, essential to the safety of all the other miners. Even though Brown’s lanky 6-foot-3 frame made bolting easier for him than others, he’s had four surgeries ― two on his back, two on his knees ― as a result of his decades at
HuffPostJan 17 2022
Opinion
MLK's eldest son: We want legislation, not celebration
When our daughter, Yolanda Renee King, was born in 2008, her voting rights were more secure than they are today, on the holiday to commemorate her grandfather Martin Luther King Jr.'s 93rd birthday.
Over the past 13 years since our greatest joy came into the world, the Supreme Court has twice-over gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a historic bill Yolanda's grandfather and countless
Multiple Writers - Lean LeftOct 12 2021
News
CNN on Supply Chain Crisis: Consumers Can’t Expect to Shop Like Pre-Pandemic ‘Before Times’
President Joe Biden and his Departments of Commerce, Labor, and Transportation have failed to solve a supply chain crisis causing the backup of supplies at U.S. ports and cross country transportation as the left-wing media lays the blame solely on the coronavirus.
A CNN report said consumers can’t expect to shop like they did in the “Before Times” and highlighted manufacturers warning
Breitbart NewsJan 29 2020
News
West Virginia Governor Invites Disgruntled Virginia Counties to Secede to the Mountain State
In a proposal the Richmond Times-Dispatch has dubbed "Vexit," West Virginia's Republican Governor Jim Justice invited Virginia counties upset over the liberal government in their state capital to secede to West Virginia. The governor gave the invitation at a press conference held with Liberty University President Jerry Falwell, Jr. at a community college in Martinsburg, West Virginia on
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