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Jun 11 2020
Analysis
Donald Trump’s Increasingly Elaborate Bid to Create His Own America
The lies and the degradation of reporting have been constant, but as we head toward the election, something more sinister is afoot.
On Tuesday morning, Donald Trump, whose unsurprising character defects still never fail to surprise, tweeted a Russian-sourced conspiracy theory claiming that the 75-year-old peace activist who remains hospitalized after his head was smashed open by Buffalo
SlateApr 27 2021
News
D.C. statehood: Advancing the cause of Democrats? Or democracy?
Eleanor Holmes Norton’s family has been fighting for equality since the 1800s, when her great-grandfather escaped slavery to come work in Washington, D.C., but – as she puts it – “didn’t quite find his freedom.”
She grew up in segregated neighborhoods, went on to Yale Law School, and has represented the District of Columbia in Congress for 30 years. Yet as a delegate, she has never
Christian Science MonitorApr 27 2021
Background
The Next Coronavirus Challenge: Balancing Safety and Quality of Life
Neanderthal thinking” is spreading. But it’s not spreading evenly, and that can be a problem.
Texas and Mississippi stood alone earlier this month when President Joe Biden famously accused their governors of caveman-like ignorance for dropping their mask mandates and other state and local emergency coronavirus orders, but, they have plenty of company.
Currently, seventeen
The Heritage FoundationAug 10 2020
News
Most Americans Say State Governments Have Lifted COVID-19 Restrictions Too Quickly
As a growing number of states grapple with a rise in coronavirus cases, a sizable majority of U.S. adults (69%) say their greater concern is that state governments have been lifting restrictions on public activity too quickly. Fewer than half as many, just 30%, say their bigger concern is that states have been too slow to lift the restrictions.
These views are similar to attitudes in
Pew Research CenterFeb 02 2021
Analysis
Checked by reality, some QAnon supporters seek a way out
Ceally Smith spent a year down the rabbit hole of QAnon, devoting more and more time to researching and discussing the conspiracy theory online. Eventually it consumed her, and she wanted out.
She broke up with the boyfriend who recruited her into the movement, took six months off social media, and turned to therapy and yoga.
“I was like: I can’t live this way. I’m a single mom,
Associated Press Fact CheckJul 10 2020
News
Goya Foods' CEO said U.S. 'blessed' to have Trump as a leader, and calls for boycott quickly followed
Goya, which says it's the nation's largest Hispanic-owned food brand, is facing a backlash after its chief executive met with and heaped praise on President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday.
On Twitter, #BoycottGoya and #GoyaFoods were trending in the United States, and some Latinos were also using the hashtag #goyaway.
Trump reached out to Latino voters Thursday with
NBC News (Online)Dec 20 2019
News
Partisanship and democracy's other ills holding down the economy, Harvard study says
The many problems with American democracy are a central reason the country has made so little progress in tackling major challenges during a decade of economic growth, Harvard Business School concludes in an ambitious report out this week.
More precisely, the report blames the Democratic and Republican parties for looking to advance partisan advantage over the public interest — wasting
The FulcrumMar 18 2021
News
Recall or science? Newsom's sudden reopening push has many wondering
California Gov. Gavin Newsom spent the past year as one of the nation's most restrictive pandemic governors. Now, he’s throwing the doors open.
Facing a recall threat, Newsom this month announced the return of outdoor concerts and Major League Baseball games, allowed Disneyland to open its gates soon and signed legislation that attempts to reopen schools.
The Democratic governor
PoliticoMar 03 2020
News
Less than a quarter of California mail ballots came back before Election Day — including the “zombies”
The first batch of votes counted when California polls close tonight will be the more than 3.7 million ballots already mailed in — and a chunk of those will contain “zombie votes” for president.
Not votes for literal zombies, of course — it’s a term politicos use to describe votes cast for candidates who have pulled the plug on their own campaigns. And three Democratic contenders did
CalMattersJul 25 2020
Opinion
Fordham University’s shocking betrayal of reason
Fordham University is persecuting a student for speech that shouldn’t even be all that controversial. Surely the Jesuits who run the school aren’t afraid of honest debate?
At issue are two Instagram posts last month from Austin Tong, age 21: one implicitly criticizing anti-police protests and another showing himself holding a rifle to memorialize the Tiananmen Square massacre.
New York Post (Opinion)