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Jun 09 2020
Fact Check
McEnany makes false claim about Romney's share of black vote
During a White House briefing on Monday, a reporter asked White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany if President Donald Trump agrees with Republican Sen. Mitt Romney, who marched in a Washington protest on Sunday, that "black lives matter."
McEnany did not directly address the question, but instead compared Trump's performance with black voters in the 2016 presidential election to
CNN (Online News)Jun 08 2020
News
Can Biden deliver on ‘unity’? Does America really want it?
From the start, Joe Biden has framed his candidacy around the concept of unity. In his campaign kickoff speech last year, he accused President Donald Trump of fanning, rather than working to bridge, partisan and racial divides – evoking a nation that, in his view, was yearning to come together.
“The country is sick of the division. They’re sick of the fighting,” the former vice
Christian Science MonitorJun 08 2020
News
Minneapolis Council Majority Backs Disbanding Police Force
A solid majority of the Minneapolis City Council pledged on Sunday to disband the local police department and replace it with a new model of public safety, The New York Times reported.
Nine of the council’s 13 members said the changes to be decided upon that will replace the police department are expected to be adopted in the coming weeks.
Minneapolis City Council President Lisa
Newsmax (News)Oct 31 2019
Opinion
Aaron Sorkin: An Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook isn’t defending free speech, it’s assaulting truth.
Mark,
In 2010, I wrote “The Social Network” and I know you wish I hadn’t. You protested that the film was inaccurate and that Hollywood didn’t understand that some people build things just for the sake of building them. (We do understand that — we do it every day.)
I didn’t push back on your public accusation
New York Times (Opinion)Jul 27 2020
Analysis
The Cancel Culture Trap
Can Black Lives Matter accomplish what Me Too couldn’t?
This summer has brought about what seems to be the largest protest movement in American history. Between 15 million and 26 million Americans have participated in demonstrations against police brutality and racism since the killing of George Floyd, a fact almost as stunning as the velocity with which public opinion on American
SlateSep 08 2020
News
Control of Senate to Ride on Trump’s Fortunes
As Biden continues to lead in presidential polls, Democrats express confidence in holding their House majority
Democrats appear to have a firm grasp on retaining the House while the Republican-controlled Senate remains up for grabs as the campaign hits the home stretch, with both sides expecting the results to be heavily influenced by how President Trump fares with voters buffeted by
Wall Street Journal (News)Sep 08 2020
Opinion
Democrats’ new strategy for winning the White House: Threaten riots if they lose
Four years ago, Hillary Clinton supporters talked a lot about then-candidate Donald Trump refusing to concede a presidential election they were certain he would lose. As it happened, they had it exactly backward: Trump wound up winning, and Democrats and their media cheerleaders have spent most of their waking moments ever since then trying to invalidate that result. They used false charges
New York Post (Opinion)Jan 17 2016
News
Ronald Reagan made it all worse: How Republicans — the real party with their hands out — convinced white America that government was out to get them
The men occupying Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge represent a bizarre contradiction. They howl about the overreach of the federal government, but they are among the biggest beneficiaries of government programs. For 150 years, their brand of logic has pitted individuals against an activist government, Western cowboys against black Americans, and the West against the East. Behind their
SalonJun 04 2020
News
Trump fires back at 'overrated' James Mattis: 'Glad he is gone!'
President Trump responded to criticism from former Defense Secretary James Mattis by calling him an “overrated” military leader whom he relished firing.
“Probably the only thing Barack Obama and I have in common is that we both had the honor of firing Jim Mattis, the world’s most overrated General,” Mr. Trump tweeted. “I asked for his letter of resignation, & felt great about.”
Washington TimesOct 24 2019
Perspectives Blog
The New Culture of Censorship
Free speech is protected by the First Amendment because it’s vital to sustaining not only free thought, but free action as well. Our freedom of speech means we can discuss ideas, call attention to any form of injustice in the system, and have no fear expressing what we think of the policies of people in power; all of which are crucial to the freedoms we enjoy.
Unfortunately, censorship—
Phillip Bader