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Dec 23 2020
Opinion
Liberals Are Probably Fuming Over These Seven Words Trump Uttered in Rejecting COVID Relief Bill
He will fight to the bitter end. No one can say he’s a quitter or soft. President Trump is going to deny conceding the election until pretty much Joe Biden has to move into the White House in January. Look, it’s done. The legal avenue has run its course. The Trump campaign and its allies didn’t convince the courts and they ran out of time. It happens. Whether we like it or not, a Biden
Townhall
Mar 08 2019
News
Democrats Blast Manafort’s Light Prison Sentence
Democratic lawmakers on Friday harshly criticized the lighter-than-expected prison sentence handed down to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort by U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III Thursday night.
National Review (News)
Feb 18 2018
News
Former Trump aide Rick Gates to plead guilty; agrees to testify against Manafort, sources say
The LA Times reports Gates is finalizing a guilty plea and will testify against Paul Manafort.
Los Angeles Times
May 14 2021
News
GOP votes to replace Cheney with Stefanik after backing from Trump
House Republicans on Friday elevated Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) to replace Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) as the party’s conference chair, capping a tumultuous three-week stretch that exposed the deep divisions in a conference beholden to former President Trump.
Stefanik, who was backed by Trump and top House GOP leaders, easily defeated Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), a member of the
The Hill
Mar 07 2019
News
New cracks emerge in Dem unity
House Democrats are showing more cracks in their united front just two months into the new Congress.
Leaders are scrambling to contain high-profile rifts between liberals and centrists on everything from the Green New Deal and “Medicare for all,” to the handling of controversial remarks by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and the impeachment of President Trump.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-
The Hill
Jun 04 2021
Opinion
The DeSantis Difference
Paul Ryan has returned to Republican politics and the reaction from MAGA world has been one of jubilation. Riders have galloped through conservative villages crying, “He’s back! He’s back!” Toasts have been raised at bar counters and kitchen tables across America. A ticker-tape parade has been planned in which Ryan will stroll through the streets waving and doing that half-smile thing of his,
The American Conservative
Sep 10 2020
News
Senate Democrats block $300 billion coronavirus stimulus package, leaving little hope for relief before November
Senate Democrats blocked a $300 billion COVID-19 stimulus bill Thursday, dampening the prospects Congress will pass much-needed financial relief for Americans weathering the coronavirus pandemic ahead of the November election.
The bill was defeated in a 52-47 vote, not meeting the 60 needed to break the Democratic filibuster, a mechanism requiring three-fifths of the chamber to agree to
USA TODAY
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
Jan 28 2015
News
How Democrats killed Obama’s college savings plan
Nancy Pelosi and Chris Van Hollen were key opponents of a tax on 529 plans.
Politico
Dec 09 2019
News
With White House Absent, Impeachment Devolves Into Partisan Brawl
WASHINGTON — Almost from the moment that Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her lieutenants decided this fall to pursue the impeachment of President Trump, they made a fateful judgment: If the president intended to do nothing but stonewall and subvert their inquiry, they were not going to be the ones politely sticking to lofty traditions.
Mr. Trump’s lawyers have made a similarly cold calculation
New York Times (News)