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Jan 13 2021
Opinion
Why Purging Social Media of Extremist Speech Might Not Make Us Safer
It's been a wild week on social media. Twitter and Facebook permanently suspended President Trump following the Capitol riots; Twitter removed 70,000 accounts for allegedly promoting violent and conspiratorial content; Facebook mistakenly locked former congressman Ron Paul out of his account, an incident that demonstrates the perils of overly broad moderation; Apple and Amazon moved to
Reason
Apr 17 2020
News
House Freedom Caucus Sends Letter To Trump, Asking Him To Reopen The Economy
Members of the House Freedom Caucus sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Friday calling for the economy to be reopened, as businesses across the country continue to struggle.
The letter was signed by House members Reps. Andy Biggs, Jody Hice, Ron Wright, Jeff Duncan, Scott Perry, Andy Harris, Scott DesJarlais, Ken Buck, Paul Gosar, Randy Weber, Ted Yoho, Dan Bishop, and Ted Yoho,
The Daily Caller
Mar 15 2021
Analysis
COVID-19 Data Is Missing A Lot Of People — And Raising Questions
When is data good data? That's an important question – especially after a year of watching COVID statistics being lobbed around by the minute. We need good data to see how this year has gone and to know what action to take in the future.
Unfortunately, says Dr. Paul Spiegel of Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health, in lower-income countries and among certain at-risk populations,
NPR (Online News)
Dec 20 2020
News
Congress to pass deal with $600 stimulus checks
A pared-down second round of stimulus checks is included in a roughly $900 billion coronavirus relief deal announced by congressional leadership on Sunday night.
The agreement, announced by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on the floor, includes a $600 check for individuals who make up to $75,000 per year.
Though it's the same income cap included in the March CARES
The Hill
Nov 28 2018
News
Manafort's lawyer updated Trump's attorneys on what he told Mueller
A lawyer for Paul Manafort would repeatedly brief President Trump’s lawyers on the former campaign chairman’s discussions with federal investigators even after Manafort agreed to cooperate
Washington Examiner
Sep 29 2019
News
Exclusive—Rep. Mark Amodei Does Not Support Impeachment Inquiry Despite Fake News Claims
Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV), Nevada’s only Republican U.S. House member, confirmed to Breitbart News on Saturday afternoon in an exclusive phone interview that media and leftist claims that he supports an “impeachment inquiry” are inaccurate: he does not support an “impeachment inquiry” into President Donald Trump. “Right,” Amodei told Breitbart News when asked to confirm he does not support an
Breitbart News
Jun 10 2022
Perspectives Blog
“Gender-Affirming Care” or “Medical Procedures”? Both Sides of Transgender Terminology
Updated May 10, 2023
Treatments for gender dysphoria/gender-affirming care for transgender youth have been a hot topic of discussion lately, with some states moving to limit or ban such treatments for youth. This led to an internal discussion at AllSides as to whether or not we should use the phrase “gender-affirming care” or another term when writing about transgender treatments and
Julie Mastrine
Feb 24 2018
News
Robert Mueller just flipped his third former Trump aide
Rick Gates — Paul Manafort’s right-hand man — is now cooperating with the Russia investigation.
Vox
Sep 26 2019
News
Trump lashes out at Democrats as whistleblower complaint is made public
President Trump lashed out Thursday at Democrats minutes after an explosive whistleblower report was made public and urged Republicans to “STICK TOGETHER” at the outset of what was shaping up as another dramatic day in Washington.
In an earlier tweet, he asserted that the stock markets would crash if Democrats followed through on impeaching him.
As of Wednesday evening, a
Washington Post