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Nov 18 2014
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Fox News misleads about Jon Stewart: Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly and the insane new partisanship
In new interviews, Stewart explains difference between Hannity and O'Reilly. Fox just misleads about "Daily Show"
SalonMar 18 2024
Perspectives Blog
What is the Building Civic Bridges Act and Why Support it?
Written by supporters of the Building Civic Bridges Act: Kara Jarzynski, General Michael Hayden, Charles L. Welch, Richard Eidlin, Cameron Lange, Alice Siu, Tania Israel, and Megan Rawlins Woods.
What is the Building Civic Bridges Act?By Kara Jarzynski, Executive Director of Resolutionaries.
In the early 2020s, a YMCA near Seattle was stunned when physical fights began
Multiple Writers - MixedFeb 07 2024
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Trump’s 14th Amendment fight at Supreme Court poses an enormous test for John Roberts
For Donald Trump, the fate of a presidential campaign will hang in the balance when the Supreme Court meets Thursday to hear a politically fraught challenge to his eligibility to appear on Colorado’s ballot. For Chief Justice John Roberts, it is at least in part a legacy that will be on the line. Since joining the bench in 2005, Roberts has built a reputation of trying to steer the court clear
CNN (Online News)Mar 14 2024
Perspectives Blog
Is TikTok's Time Up in the U.S.?
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A bill is progressing through Congress that would give ByteDance, the Chinese company behind the highly popular short-form video app TikTok, an ultimatum: sell the app to an American company or be banned in the United States. For years, lawmakers have raised concern over the
AllSides StaffFeb 16 2024
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Joe Manchin Says He Won’t Run for President
Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a 76-year-old centrist Democrat, said on Friday that he won’t run for president, ending months of speculation over whether he would mount a long-shot bid for the White House this year.
“I will not be seeking a third-party run, I will not be involved in a presidential run…I just don’t think it’s the right time,” he said.
Manchin, who isn’t
Wall Street Journal (News)Feb 27 2024
Perspectives Blog
American Media Leans More Democratic Overall: The Economist Analysis
At the end of 2023, The Economist (Lean Left) conducted a study in which it looked at the partisan language used in TV and written journalism to determine if there was a slant toward any political party. It found that “there is indeed an affinity between the media and the left, because journalists tend to prefer the language used by Democratic lawmakers.”
When The Economist compared
Clare AshcraftFeb 12 2024
Perspectives Blog
When the President Gets Old
From the CenterOne of the first rules of campaign management is that you should never let your candidate hold a news conference when they’re mad.
Angry politicians may think they are looking forceful, but more often than not they are simply coming across as out-of-control, if not slightly unhinged. Rather than inspiring voters, the result is often to make their audience nervous. And
Dan SchnurDec 19 2023
News
Biden Eulogizes Sandra Day O’Connor With Plea for Principles Over Politics
At a moment when the legitimacy of the high court hangs in the balance and American democracy is quite literally on trial, the death of former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor – the first woman to be confirmed to the country’s highest court – prompted pleas for a return to a time when law and service and principle and justice outweighed politics and partisanship. Biden, who oversaw
U.S. News & World ReportJan 03 2024
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Why Democrats can’t rely on abortion ballot initiatives to help them win
Democrats are scrambling to put state abortion-rights initiatives on the ballot this year in the hope that the measures will drive turnout and boost their candidates in national and local elections.
But those initiatives may not give Democrats the lift they are aiming for, according to a POLITICO analysis of five abortion-related measures that have appeared on the ballot since Roe v.
PoliticoNov 03 2023
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Joel Rosenberg: Biden Israel Aid Veto Threat 'Terrible Mistake'
You’ve got to be kidding me. President Joe Biden is actually threatening to veto emergency military aid to Israel. Has he completely lost his mind? Biden just flew over here and vowed to have our back in this ghastly war, come what may. Setting aside all partisanship, I thanked him for doing so, writing on All Israel News that Biden deserved credit both for being the first American president
Newsmax (News)