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Jan 05 2021
Perspectives Blog
Georgia Phone Call Causes Some Right-Rated Outlets to Drop Pro-Trump Narrative
To no one’s surprise, President Trump’s phone call this past weekend to Georgia’s Secretary of State about the presidential election results caused a media firestorm.
The president told Sec. of State Brad Raffensperger that he wanted “to find 11,780 votes” and accused Georgia’s vote count of being off “by hundreds of thousands of votes” in favor of Joe Biden. Raffensperger’s office
Henry A. BrechterApr 16 2019
Opinion
OPINION: Medicare for All Means Private Insurance for None
Democrats won on the issue of healthcare in 2018 because they campaigned on protecting the coverage Americans possessed. For the 2020 presidential primaries, several Democrats run on taking away that coverage.
“Let’s eliminate all of that,” Kamala Harris says of private insurance. “Let’s move on.” Kirsten Gillibrand calls abolishing private insurance “an urgent goal.” “Under Medicare
Guest Writer - RightNov 10 2020
Perspectives Blog
Is Biden the “Projected Winner” or “President-Elect”?
Updated 12/15/20 at 8:50 a.m. ET: The Electoral College voted 306-232 for Joe Biden on Dec. 14. We will now refer to Biden as President-elect.
Many media outlets, such as CBS, The Hill, and Reuters, have been referring to projected 2020 presidential election winner Joe Biden as the "President-elect," and Kamala Harris "Vice President-elect." Some, such as Voice of America, are calling
AllSides StaffJun 20 2019
News
This One New Poll of Democrats Explains Why Donald Trump Will Be Reelected
Just 25 percent of Democratic voters want a candidate promising a "bold, new agenda," which is exactly what party and media elites will cram down their throats.
On the one hand, a new Fox News poll spells doom for Donald Trump, with a fistful of Democratic presidential candidates beating the incumbent. Former Vice President Joe Biden cleans Trump's clock by 10 percentage points, 49
ReasonApr 02 2019
News
Trump reshapes long-liberal 9th Circuit, as Republican-appointed judges gain seats on court
For the first time in more than three decades, Republican-appointed judges will soon occupy nearly half the seats on the left-leaning 9th Circuit Court of Appeals -- dealing a setback to progressive legal advocates who have long seen the court as a safe bet for favorable rulings.
The radical transformation of the San Francisco-based court is largely the result of President Trump's
Fox News (Online 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)Aug 19 2019
News
Greenland: Deal or No Deal?
“President Trump on Sunday confirmed his interest in potentially purchasing Greenland, but said it wasn’t a priority… The [Wall Street] Journal reported Thursday that the president has privately asked advisers whether the U.S. can buy Greenland, expressing interest in its abundant resources and geopolitical importance… It isn’t clear how the U.S. would go about acquiring Greenland, and
The Flip SideOct 14 2013
News
Senate Dems Go Old Testament: An eye for an eye
Senate Democrats are hunting for six Republicans votes to help Majority Leader Harry Reid jam the GOP-controlled House. With debt-limit doom just three days away, Senate Democrats are still finding time to pay back the House for making the focus of the current fiscal fights all about ObamaCare. Rather than rush to a deal, the evident effort in the Senate is to make House Republicans gag on an
Fox News (Online News)Mar 22 2019
News
2020 Dems avoid this year's AIPAC conference
Democrats running for their party’s presidential nomination in 2020 are staying away from next week’s American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference, in what progressive groups see as a sign of a shifting political tide.
Candidates’ announcements about not going to this year’s conference come after liberal group MoveOn called on 2020 Democrats to skip the gathering, which
The HillJun 04 2019
News
Medicare for all – why supporters can’t agree what it should mean
American ideas about what universal health coverage should look like aren’t exactly universal. Between the dickering over “single payer” versus “public option” models lies a deeper debate about how Americans value health care.
When the House Rules Committee recently took up a controversial topic – shifting U.S. health care onto the shoulders of government as a “single payer” – the voice
Christian Science Monitor