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Oct 02 2023
Headline Roundup
Trump’s Civil Fraud Trial Begins in New York Court
Former president and GOP frontrunner Donald Trump appeared in New York court on Monday as his $250 million civil fraud trial kicked off.
Key Quotes: New York Attorney General Letitia James released a statement Monday reading, “For years, Donald Trump falsely inflated his net worth to enrich himself and cheat the system,” adding, “No matter how rich or powerful you are, there are not two
New York Times (News) CNBC Washington TimesMay 04 2020
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Amazon VP Quits Over Recent Firings Of Protesting Workers
A vice president at Amazon Cloud quit his job Monday, saying in his public resignation that he opposed the recent firings of Amazon employees who have protested for improved work conditions during the coronavirus pandemic.
Tim Bray, a senior engineer and vice president at the Amazon company, announced his resignation on his website, saying warehouse workers being fired was “evidence of
HuffPostFeb 17 2021
News
Four impeachments, zero removals: Sign of cracks in Constitution?
A key check on presidential power doesn’t seem to be working the way the Founding Fathers envisioned. We look where a cycle of partisanship may head.
After two tumultuous impeachments of former President Donald Trump in little over a year, it’s clear that today the impeachment process works far differently than the Founding Fathers intended.
The authors of the Constitution
Christian Science MonitorJan 17 2016
News
Manners Fit Jeb Bush, if Not an Uncouth Race
Tennis. Boating. Summers at Walker’s Point.
Life among the white Anglo-Saxon Protestant elite (or WASPs, in sociological shorthand) was good for a young John Ellis Bush.
James Bruner, whose father was the Bush family pastor at St. Ann’s Episcopal Church in Kennebunkport, Me., remembers Mr. Bush, known as Jeb, as a lar
New York Times (News)May 10 2019
Opinion
Washington’s Dirty Little Secret: No One Is Running the Show
One of the hardest lessons for young, idealistic, and educated people to learn when they come to Washington — and some never learn it — is that nobody is running things. Sure, they know how to hold a press conference or write a law or conduct a study. But no person or group of people has the power to impose their will on society. There are just too many chefs making the soup.
In other
National Review (News)May 24 2017
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Free Robert Mueller: here’s how to make his investigation truly independent
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein should take a page from the playbook of the man whose firing he recommended: former FBI Director James Comey. Comey once stood in Rosenstein’s shoes: He served as deputy attorney general from 2003 to 2005. And Comey’s handling of the investigation into the CIA leak scandal that rocked the George W. Bush administration holds valuable lessons for the
VoxMar 24 2021
News
Capitol riot suspects ramped up donations to Trump after his election defeat
After President Donald Trump lost his re-election campaign, he immediately began asking his supporters for money, a plea that he insisted was necessary to bankroll his fight built on the false claim that the election was stolen through rampant fraud.
James Uptmore, like hundreds of other people, opened his wallet. Weeks later, he was among those who stormed the U.S. Capitol, federal
NBC News (Online)May 17 2017
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What Is Obstruction of Justice?
The term "obstruction of justice" has been swirling inside Washington D.C. and across cable television ever since President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey last week. The talk only intensified after the New York Times cited a memo from Comey claiming Trump had asked him to shut down an investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn following his resignation.
Time MagazineFeb 19 2024
Headline Roundup
Is Donald Trump's $355 Million Fine for Fraud Justified?
Voices across the political spectrum are reflecting on Friday’s ruling from a New York judge ordering former President Donald Trump to pay $355 million in fines.
More Harm Than Good? A writer in CNN Opinion (Left bias) stated, “While Friday’s ruling seems like a significant setback for Trump, it more likely will end up as a defeat for the legal system.” Citing opinion polls showing a
CNN (Opinion) Reuters Wall Street Journal (Opinion)Aug 21 2014
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McCain Calls for More ISIS Airstrikes
Senator John McCain (R- Ariz.) expressed his anger with President Obama's reaction to the beheading of American journalist James Foley and called for a dramatic increase of airstrikes to the region. He believes that this tragic incident should be a "turning point" for the president's strategy in defeating the Islamic terror group.
Townhall