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Nov 17 2014
News
Health Law Turns Obama and Insurers Into Allies
As Americans shop in the health insurance marketplace for a second year, President Obama is depending more than ever on the insurance companies that five years ago he accused of padding profits and canceling coverage for the sick.
Those same insurers have long viewed government as an unreliable business partner that imposed taxes, fees and countless regulations and had the power to cut
New York Times (News)Jun 03 2020
Headline Roundup
Retired St. Louis Police Captain Killed Amid Protests, Violence
Retired St. Louis Police Captain David Dorn was shot and killed early Tuesday morning amid protests and violence in the wake of George Floyd's death last week. Dorn was reportedly unarmed and trying to protect his friend's pawn shop when he was shot. No charges have been filed against anyone in Dorn's death as of Wednesday afternoon.
Right-rated outlets covered the story prominently,
NBC News (Online) Associated Press The Daily WireOct 23 2019
Opinion
No filter: my week-long quest to break out of my political bubble
As strange as it may sound, above a Dorothy House charity shop in the shabbier end of central Bath, a handful of people are quietly trying to push the world – or at least a small part of it – away from the polarisation that currently defines politics, and towards something a bit more open and empathic. To compound the unlikeliness of it all, they are led by a man called Jim Morrison: not the
The GuardianMay 15 2020
Headline Roundup
Retail Sales Drop by Record 16.4 Percent
Consumers spent a record 16.4% less on retail shopping in April, as businesses remained closed and potential shoppers stayed home amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The outbreak's impact on the business sector, specifically smaller and more customer-reliant businesses, has been a point of concern, as some entities may not recover from such significant financial disruption. The drop was
New York Times (News) CNBC MarketWatchJan 23 2020
News
Everyday Americans are distressed by the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. If they care at all.
While politicians and pundits natter about President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, everyday Americans mostly seem to have a sideways view of the historic mess, using a lot of words that begin with “dis.”
Disappointment. Disinterest. Disgust. Dismay.
From a California taco truck known as Kiko's Place to the Cocoa Cinnamon coffee shop in North Carolina, grassroots perspectives
USA TODAYJun 12 2020
Analysis
What Big Tech Wants Out of the Pandemic
The firms are all too eager to help the government manage the coronavirus crisis.
Long before the coronavirus pandemic, the tech industry yearned to prove its indispensability to the world. Its executives liked to describe their companies as “utilities.” They came by their self-aggrandizement honestly: The founding fathers of Big Tech really did view their creations as essential, and
The AtlanticAug 11 2014
News
Midterms Give Parties Chance for Sweeping Control of States
It was over 100 degrees here the other evening, but inside a buzzing office tucked away on a stretch of gun stores and pornography shops, Democrats were staring into computer screens and talking urgently into cellphones. The stakes were high: The Nevada Senate, which Democrats control by a single seat, could very well shift into Republican hands after November.
“Hi, this is Justin Jones
New York Times (News)Mar 01 2015
News
Can Coalition Become Strong Enough to Stop Sadistic Islamic State Terrorists?
The burning alive of a Jordanian pilot by Islamic State terrorists appears to have served as a wake-up call for countries around the world to strengthen the 60-nation coalition formed to stop the sadistic Middle Eastern outlaws who now control one-third of Iraq and Syria.
The gruesome, videotaped immolation of the Muslim pilot shows the Islamic State terrorists are stepping up their
TownhallOct 26 2020
Analysis
Trump’s Fate Rests on Countrypolitan Counties
When he was 9, Jesse Helms got his first job, sweeping floors at the Monroe Enquirer. His father was both police chief and fire chief in this Cotton Belt town, but Jesse’s career in journalism would take him far away—first to the state capitol, in Raleigh, and then to Washington, D.C., where he was a firebrand Republican dubbed “Senator No” for his skill at obstruction and resistance to change
The AtlanticDec 21 2014
News
Role for Warren: To Push, if Not Supplant, Clinton
Eight years ago this month, then-Senator Barack Obama began his evolution from political phenom to presidential contender with his first-ever trip to New Hampshire, a visit that attracted 2,500 voters, 150 journalists and a comparison by the state’s governor of Mr. Obama to the Rolling Stones.
Last week, in the side room of Java Joe’s coffee shop here, the liberal group MoveOn.org took
New York Times (News)