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May 25 2012
News
GOP hits back at Reid on sequester
Sen. Harry Reids refusal to “back off looming cuts to the Pentagon wont just harm the nations security, Republicans say. It could plunge the fragile U.S. economy back into a recession next year.
GOP defense hawks struck back at the Senate majority leader Thursday for insisting he wont stave off or delay $600 billion in automatic defense cuts unless Republicans budge on new revenues.
Politico
Aug 19 2019
News
Why Trump’s Approval Ratings Are Up Among Minorities
A mounting number of voter polls show that, despite shrill denunciations of the President by the Democrats for his alleged racism, Trump is enjoying a dramatic increase in his approval ratings among minorities. This isn’t, as some liberal news outlets and pundits have suggested, wishful thinking based on outlier polls. The trend began showing up in surveys early this year and appears to be
The American Spectator
Aug 12 2013
News
Reid: Relax, Obamacare's Just an Incremental Step Toward Single Payer
The truth, from a man best known for his shameless lying:
In just about seven weeks, people will be able to start buying Obamacare-approved insurance plans through the new health care exchanges. But already, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is predicting those plans, and the whole system of distributing them, will eventually be moot. Reid said he thinks the country has to “work our
Townhall
Jan 05 2022
Headline Roundup
Trump Cancels Planned January 6 News Conference
On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump canceled a news conference that was scheduled for Jan. 6, the one-year anniversary of the riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Trump issued a statement decrying "total bias and dishonesty" on the part of the House select Jan. 6 committee, and says that he will address many of the topics related to the 2020 election during a rally in Arizona on January 15th
New York Post (News)
NBC News (Online)
Wall Street Journal (News) 
Apr 10 2024
Headline Roundup
Trump Says He Won't Sign National Abortion Ban if Elected
2024 Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday that he would not sign a national abortion ban if he retakes the White House in November.
For Context: On Monday, Trump released a video outlining his position on abortion. In the video, he celebrated the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the summer of 2022, which made abortion a state-level issue. In
HuffPost
The Hill
New York Post (News)
May 20 2019
News
Buttigieg Looks to Expand His Reach Through Fox News Town Hall
Pete Buttigieg sought to extend the reach of his Democratic presidential campaign by making his argument for generational change in Washington to the audience of President Donald Trump’s favored television network.
The 37-year-old South Bend, Indiana, mayor broke with some of his rivals for the party’s presidential nomination by taking part in a Fox News town hall Sunday night. He took
Bloomberg
Sep 10 2018
Headline Roundup
Kavanaugh on Same-Sex Marriage
Although Kavanaugh's judicial record has no decisions related to LGBT rights, some have expressed fear that he will vote against the interests of the minority community. During his confirmation hearing, Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris asked if he thought Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark case that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, was correctly decided. His refusal to answer the question
The Federalist
Washington Post
PBS NewsHour
May 14 2019
News
Steve Bullock, Montana governor, joins 2020 Democratic field for president
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock on Tuesday joined the growing list of candidates in the 2020 presidential race, saying he was the only Democrat who won in a red state that President Donald Trump took by 20 points in 2016.
"I believe in an America where every child has a fair shot to do better than their parents. But we all know that kind of opportunity no longer exists for most people; for
USA TODAY
Jan 13 2021
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: Politifact “Fact Check” Is Actually Analysis
From the RightThis piece is from a writer rated Lean Right.
America is politically volatile and has been for some time, and in recent weeks things have only escalated. Amid the turmoil, people are clamoring for cold, hard facts.
Fact checking sites like Politifact (Lean Left bias) promise to help. But sometimes, instead of giving you the facts and letting you interpret
Julie Mastrine
Sep 24 2019
News
Warren Rising in Iowa
In a recent Iowa Democratic primary poll conducted by the Des Moines Register, “[Elizabeth] Warren, the U.S. senator from Massachusetts, now holds a 2-percentage-point lead, with 22% of likely Democratic caucusgoers saying she is their first choice for president. It is the first time she has led in the Register’s poll. Former Vice President Biden, who had led each of the Register’s three
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