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Sep 28 2012
Candidate Stances
Heathcare
The Supreme Courts ruling in June that the individual mandate in President Obamas health care reform law could not be upheld under the Constitutions Commerce Clause, but could be upheld as a tax has Democrats and Republicans once again at odds.
CNN (Online News)
Jan 23 2020
News
Democrats will try again to expand voting options in deep red Alabama
An uphill drive is being revived to make casting a ballot easier in Alabama, which has been at the center of the struggle for voting rights in the United States for more than half a century.
Thomas Jackson, one of the longest serving Democrats in Montgomery, is already gathering support for bills to permit absentee voting without an excuse as well as mandate early voting in every county
The Fulcrum
Jun 28 2013
News
Hobby Lobby Just Scored a Major Victory Against Obamacare
In a health care decision giving hope to opponents of the federal birth-control coverage mandate a federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Hobby Lobby stores wont have to start paying millions of dollars in fines next week for not complying with the requirement.
The Blaze
Nov 02 2020
Opinion
Donald Trump, Counterrevolutionary
Against all the money and clout of America’s revolutionary forces, the counterrevolutionary Trump had only one asset, the proverbial people.
Until Donald Trump’s arrival, the globalist revolution was almost solidified and institutionalized—with the United States increasingly its greatest and most “woke” advocate. We know its bipartisan establishment contours.
China would inherit
Victor Hanson
Mar 02 2013
Opinion
Renewable Energy
Consumer choice, not government mandate, should determine the mix of energy sources used in America. A market based system built on private sector research, development, and investment is the only way to establish strong, diverse, and economically rational alternative energy solutions.
The Heritage Foundation
Jun 26 2020
Opinion
America Didn’t Give Up on Covid-19. Republicans Did.
Partisanship has crippled our response.
Earlier this year much of America went through hell as the nation struggled to deal with Covid-19. More than 120,000 Americans have now died; more than 20 million have lost their jobs.
But it’s looking as if all those sacrifices were in vain. We never really got the coronavirus under control, and now infections, while they have fallen to a
Paul Krugman
Feb 09 2022
Perspectives Blog
New forms of advertising raise questions about journalism integrity
This piece originally appeared on The Conversation, which AllSides rates as Lean Left. It was written by Michelle A. Amazeen, an Associate Professor of Mass Communication at Boston University. The writer's bias has not been rated.
Mainstream news media outlets have, in recent years, begun to create advertisements that look like news articles on their
"The Conversation" Contributor
Jan 21 2017
News
What President Trump is doing in his first days in office
On the day Trump was sworn in:
-He signed an executive order that appears to allow agencies to eliminate Affordable Care Act taxes and requirements. It directs agencies to grant relief to all constituencies affected by the sprawling 2010 health-care law: consumers, insurers, hospitals, doctors, pharmaceutical companies, states and others. This could effectively gut the individual
Washington Post
Jun 12 2014
News
Police use tear gas as Brazilians protest in Rio
A colorful and noisy protest of about 500 people turned violent when police used canisters of tear gas and pepper spray on demonstrators in the Lapa neighborhood Thursday, hours before the first World Cup game in Sao Paulo.
Many protesters came prepared with gas masks, helmets and spray bottles to clean their faces after pepper spay was used.
USA TODAY
Apr 25 2013
News
Congress in quiet talks to free selves, staff from "Obamacare"
High-level closed-door talks among top politicos from both parties could lead to a deal that exempts lawmakers and their staffers from mandated coverage under President Obamas health care law sources told one news outlet.
Washington Times