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Mar 17 2020
News
Coronavirus Aid Package
“The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a coronavirus aid package early on Saturday that would provide free testing and paid sick leave [for employees of companies with fewer than 500 employees].” (Reuters)
Many on both sides criticize excluding large companies from the paid leave requirements and urge Congress to approve direct cash payments.
“These policies
The Flip SideJul 19 2019
News
As Politics Get Shaken Up, a Peace Coalition Emerges
After the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 turned into a mess that led to an immense loss of life and years of violent havoc in the Middle East, the war's backers flippantly declared that "everyone" agreed on the war. The invasion's evolving justifications—Saddam's supposed amassing of "weapons of mass destruction" to his alleged ties to Al-Qaeda—were overblown, but if everyone was in agreement
ReasonMar 12 2021
Opinion
Tucker Vs. The Pentagon
Tucker Carlson laid into the woke Pentagon last night. This is well worth watching.
President Biden said we are building combat body armor for women, and maternity flight suits. The Defense Department will now pay for sex change operations. And so on.
This is more “hypernormalization.”
The word hypernormalization was coined by Alexei Yurchak, a professor of anthropology
The American ConservativeMay 28 2021
News
A $6 trillion budget lays out Biden's vision, but Republicans unlikely to be swayed
The White House on Friday will present President Joe Biden's budget for trillions of dollars in spending on infrastructure, education and other initiatives, but the plan is unlikely to sway Republicans who want to tamp down U.S. government spending.
Biden, a Democrat, will put price tags on his policy priorities aimed at fighting U.S. inequality and climate change, and increasing
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Feb 18 2013
News
White House seeks 'balanced way' to budget fix
President Barack Obama is concerned about the effect that looming, drastic across-the-board budget cuts will have on the middle class, his new chief of staff said Sunday.
TownhallFeb 17 2013
News
Marriage Equality Activists ‘Have Never Been More Hopeful’
A number of wins these past few weeks for proponents of same-sex marriage have fueled an unprecedented level of optimism, said Stuart Gaffney, a board member of Marriage Equality USA.
ABC News (Online)Nov 12 2020
Opinion
History Will Judge the Complicit
On a cold march afternoon in 1949, Wolfgang Leonhard slipped out of the East German Communist Party Secretariat, hurried home, packed what few warm clothes he could fit into a small briefcase, and then walked to a telephone box to call his mother. “My article will be finished this evening,” he told her. That was the code they had agreed on in advance. It meant that he was escaping the country
The AtlanticJun 14 2021
News
G7 Summit
“Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations staked their claim Sunday to leading the world out of the coronavirus pandemic and crisis, pledging more than 1 billion coronavirus vaccine doses to poorer nations, vowing to help developing countries grow while fighting climate change and backing a minimum tax on multinational firms.” (AP News)
Many on both sides stress the limits of
The Flip SideDec 08 2020
News
Stock futures rise as lawmakers draw closer to stimulus agreement
Stock futures rose Tuesday evening as lawmakers appeared to draw closer to an agreement for another round of virus-relief measures.
The three major indices ended the regular session higher after falling earlier in the day. The Dow and S&P 500 each reversed losses from Monday, and the Nasdaq jumped to yet another record closing high.
More upbeat developments on a stimulus
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