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Aug 17 2012
News
Wisconsin center of Republican wave
Wisconsin Republicans seem to have it all. Native son Paul Ryan is Mitt Romneys running mate. Gov. Scott Walker is a national conservative hero after surviving a recall vote. Former Gov. Tommy Thompson is vying to capture an open Senate seat held for more than 50 years by Democrats. And Wisconsins own Reince Priebus heads the Republican National Committee.
Washington TimesAug 17 2012
News
Wisconsin finds itself at center of Republican wave with Walker, Ryan and Priebus
Wisconsin Republicans seem to have it all. Native son Paul Ryan is Mitt Romneys running mate. Gov. Scott Walker is a national conservative hero after surviving a recall vote. Former Gov. Tommy Thompson is vying to capture an open Senate seat held for more than 50 years by Democrats. And Wisconsins own Reince Priebus heads the Republican National Committee.
Washington PostJul 02 2020
News
New Hope for Civil Forfeiture Reform
Sweeping police reform is stalled in Congress: The House passed a bill last week that the Senate appears to have no plans to take up, while Sen. Tim Scott’s JUSTICE Act failed to get enough votes to advance to debate. But, a bipartisan group of senators is still pushing for incremental reform. Amid growing concerns over racial inequality in the criminal justice system, “civil asset forfeiture
The DispatchAug 13 2012
News
Polls: Was Ryan a good pick for Romney?
So what do Americans think about the announcement of Paul Ryan as the Republican vice presidential nominee?
According to a poll conducted the day after presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney named the House Budget chairman as his running mate, Americans may not be all that impressed. But another new survey indicates that Ryan's favorable rating has jumped.
CNN DigitalMar 13 2017
Opinion
Trump Has Radically Transformed the GOP
The party has already given up on five of its core issues. There have been two schools of thought about what Donald Trump's victory will do to the GOP. The "spooked" suggest that Trump's unprincipled, self-serving Turban Trump populism will erode the GOP's core conservative commitments and hollow out the party's soul. The "blasé" maintain that cooler heads among party stalwarts, such as House
ReasonApr 22 2021
Perspectives Blog
/Story of the Week: Derek Chauvin Found Guilty On All Charges In George Floyd's Death
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On Tuesday, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts in the May 2020 death of George Floyd, which sparked nationwide protests and riots against racism and police shootings. Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-
AllSides StaffMay 23 2019
News
Schumer: Trump Is an 'Erratic, Helter-Skelter, Get-Nothing-Done President'
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is taking the "exactly right" approach toward the question of impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, whose actions will continue to hurt him with fellow Republicans and has become an "erratic, helter-skelter, get-nothing-done president," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday.
Schumer, D-NY, also told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that the
Newsmax (News)Feb 11 2021
Opinion
California Is Making Liberals Squirm
If progressivism can’t work there, why should the country believe it can work anywhere else?
You may have heard that San Francisco’s Board of Education voted 6 to 1 to rename 44 schools, stripping ancient racists of their laurels, but also Abraham Lincoln and Senator Dianne Feinstein. The history upon which these decisions were made was dodgy, and the results occasionally bizarre. Paul
Ezra KleinMay 22 2019
News
Trump wants Mexico-Canada trade deal approved before Democrats, White House turn to infrastructure
Hours before Democratic leaders were expected at the White House, President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Wednesday to sound off on a familiar refrain: That lawmakers are so focused on investigating him they aren’t getting anything else done.
It wasn’t a new argument, but the timing of the tweets suggested the White House had little incentive to work with Democrats on infrastructure
USA TODAYMay 30 2016
News
The Trump Campaign is Low on Funds
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is running low on funds that could be used to fend off attacks in the coming months. The Washington Examiner reports that senior Trump advisor Paul Manafort last week told Senate Republicans that Trump will be more dependent on money from the Republican party — a contradiction from Trump’s repeated insistence during the primaries that he was self-funding
Vanity Fair