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Jun 02 2020
Opinion
Media Falsely Claimed Violent Riots Were Peaceful And That Tear Gas Was Used Against Rioters
The entire narrative the media glommed onto in lockstep was that Trump was a monster who tear-gassed peaceful protesters to do something meaningless. None of that was true.
Following days of violent riots and looting in cities across the country, Washington, D.C., announced a 7 p.m. curfew on Monday night. About the same time, President Donald Trump addressed the nation from the Rose
The FederalistSep 20 2019
News
Photos: What the youth climate strike looks like around the world
Friday may be remembered as the largest global demonstration ever in the fight against climate change. Inspired by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, young people around the world have organized to skip school and protest in the street over the climate crisis and the adults who aren’t doing enough to transition off fossil fuels.
Thunberg and her group Fridays for Future aren’t
VoxSep 20 2019
News
A Rising Generation Asserts Itself On Climate Change
Spurred by what they see as a sluggish, ineffectual response to the existential threat of global warming, student activists from around the world are skipping school Friday, for what organizers call a Global Climate Strike.
The young activists are protesting as the U.N. prepares to hold its Climate Action Summit on Monday in New York City.
The strike's figurehead is 16-year-old
NPR (Online News)Sep 30 2020
News
Trump says he doesn’t know who Proud Boys are, calls on group to ‘stand down’
President Trump on Wednesday said he doesn’t know who the Proud Boys are and called on them to “stand down” after he said during the first presidential debate that the racist group should “stand by” during political unrest.
“I don’t know who the Proud Boys are,” Trump told reporters on the White House lawn as he departed for a campaign trip to Minnesota, after his Tuesday night remark
New York Post (News)Aug 17 2020
News
White House Plants Pro-Trump Conspiracy Theorists Among Reporters in Briefing Room
In an apparent effort to make his daily news conferences even more like campaign events than they already are, the White House press office has been packing the briefing room with supporters of President Donald Trump from far-right media outlets who can be relied on to toss him softball questions and initiate attacks on his political rivals.
Clearly in on the plot, Trump solicited a
The InterceptApr 01 2019
News
Forget the shouting and demonizing: College students organize civil discussions
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Tempers are flaring again over free speech. But while many people shout and tweet across the political divide, college students are organizing civil campus discussions — with both sides at the table.
In the wake of violent political protests on campuses, some students have stepped away from the fray to seek what’s been lacking: space for reasoned conversation,
Washington PostJun 11 2020
Opinion
Trump will revel in chaos like a pig in mud straight through to Election Day
It’s easy to forget, with the unending cavalcade of life-altering news, that we are deep in the midst of an election year. There are just 146 days until Nov. 3, and it’s shaping up to be one like no other.
Around this time in 2016, Hillary Clinton had secured President Barack Obama’s endorsement, and a meeting at Trump Tower between a Russian lawyer, Donald Trump Jr, Paul Manafort and
S.E. CuppAug 19 2013
News
Reports: Mubarak Might Be Freed While Awaiting New Trial
Egypt's former president still faces a retrial for the killing of protesters during the 2011 Arab Spring.
NPR (Online News)Jun 23 2022
Perspectives Blog
How Will the US Combat Inflation?
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U.S. consumer inflation is at its highest level in four decades. What is the government doing about it? President Joe Biden called on Congress this week to enact a 3-month federal gas tax holiday; reports from the left and right
AllSides StaffJan 21 2020
News
McConnell changes resolution at the start of Trump impeachment trial after pushback
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell altered the resolution proposing rules for President Trump’s impeachment trial Tuesday after Democrats alleged Republicans were trying to hold the trial in the dark of night.
The resolution gives House impeachment managers and the president’s legal team 24 hours over a three-day period to present their arguments, the same that was afforded to both
Washington Times