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Jan 16 2020
Opinion
Donald Trump Jr.: Fake News Destroys Lives, But the Tide May Be Turning
There's a long way to go, but the Covington Kids have struck the first blow in returning accountability to news media.
A year after he and his family's name was dragged through the mud by a social media mob, egged on by fake news, Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann has secured a settlement of his defamation lawsuit against CNN. I hope it's a big one. He deserves it.
Newsmax - OpinionJun 10 2020
News
Republicans Craft Own Police-Overhaul Proposals
GOP lawmakers express interest in banning chokeholds, increasing accountability.
Congressional Republicans are crafting their own proposals to respond to the killing of George Floyd while he was in police custody and the ensuing nationwide protests, marking a shift in the party’s stance on overseeing police practices and raising the prospect of collaboration with Democrats.
In
Wall Street Journal (News)Feb 04 2015
News
Jordan executes 2 prisoners after pilot burned alive by Islamic State
In a swift and severe response, Jordan authorities executed at dawn Wednesday two Iraqi terror convicts just hours after Islamic State militants released a video showing a Jordanian pilot burned to death in a cage.
The hangings underscored the hardening stance by officials in Jordan, a key U.S. ally in the fight against the Islamic State, after street protests calling for revenge
Washington PostMar 11 2020
News
Shut It Down: James Carville Says Democrats Should End Primaries After Biden's Demolishing of Bernie
Well, given Sen. Bernie Sanders abysmal showing tonight, should the Democratic primaries be shut down? That’s what top Democrat Rep. James Clyburn (D-Sc) has suggested, along with ragin’ Cajun James Carville.
The longtime Democratic strategist and architect of Bill Clinton’s successful 1992 campaign invoked Guy Fawkes concerning Joe Biden’s resounding wins in tonight’s primaries.
TownhallApr 27 2020
News
As tensions mount over lockdowns, Trump courts both sides
President Trump is trying to signal support for his base, many of whom have grown frustrated with government-imposed restrictions, while not alienating the swing voters he’ll need in November. It’s led to divergent messages.
In a past life – that is, before COVID-19 – President Donald Trump was banking on a strong economy to usher him into a second term.
That calculation has
Christian Science MonitorJun 08 2018
Perspectives Blog
Fact Check: Masterpiece Cakeshop Ruling, Philadelphia Eagles Debacle
It’s been a confusing news cycle this week, with conflicting slants leaving people more confused than informed. Let’s take a look at two big stories — the Supreme Court’s Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling and the Philadelphia Eagles White House visit — which were riddled with inconsistencies across the aisle.
The Story: The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Christian baker Jack Phillips who
Billy BinionJan 12 2020
Opinion
‘Cancel Culture’ Comes to Science
A scholar with an agenda targets as ‘dangerous’ our conference on filtering out faulty research.
An unhappy side effect of the digital age is “cancel culture.” Anyone with an attitude of moral superiority and a Twitter account can try to shut down an event where opinions he dislikes are likely to be spoken. For several years the National Association of Scholars has inveighed against
Wall Street Journal (Opinion)Nov 07 2019
Opinion
Is America a democracy? If so, why does it deny millions the vote?
Voter suppression as a tactic – from strict ID laws to closing polling places to purging voter rolls – is deliberately making it hard for minority communities in America to exercise their democratic right
Martin Luther King Jr marched from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965 in protest of attempts by white legislators across the south to prevent African Americans from voting. At the
The GuardianMay 16 2019
News
Missouri latest state to pass abortion bill in US crackdown on laws
Missouri lawmakers have passed a controversial bill which would outlaw nearly all abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy in the US state.
The bill was approved by Missouri's Republican-led Senate by 24 votes to 10 on Thursday morning.
Missouri's House and Republican Governor Mike Parson must back the bill before it can become law.
If approved, abortions past eight weeks
BBC NewsJun 02 2020
Opinion
Trump is incapable of wielding power
On the first day, nothing. Nothing too on the second and third and fourth and fifth save for complaints, idle and intermittent. By the sixth, a retreat underground amid the crashing bricks and bottles, a quiet reassurance of safety (his). Then on the seventh night: soundbombs and gas deployed not in the hope of retaking the streets of Washington from the looters of stores and mere private
The Week - Opinion