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Oct 19 2020
News
The Paths to Victory
How each of the battlegrounds factors into both presidential candidates’ routes to 270 electoral votes.
The road to the White House requires winning 270 of the 538 electoral votes at stake, but the decisive votes will likely come from the narrower terrain of about 13 battlegrounds. Those 187 electoral votes from 11 states, plus two congressional districts that each award a single
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 03 2019
News
McConnell: Due to Endless Democratic Obstruction, It's Time to Fast-Track Trump Nominees
If you've been following the judicial confirmation wars of recent years, you're already aware that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has repeatedly taken off the gloves, forcing Democrats to live by the hardball partisan rules they've established over the course of numerous ends-driven power grabs. He detonated Harry Reid's nuclear option after the minority party launched an
TownhallJul 27 2022
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: How Heat Wave Coverage Shows Bias on Climate Change
Each week, AllSides Media Bias Alerts examine media bias in coverage of a major or important story using the AllSides Media Bias Ratings™ and our AllSides Media Bias Chart™.
The U.S. and countries across the globe are currently experiencing record-breaking droughts and heat waves that have caused food and water shortages along with an uptick in heat-related deaths.
Antonio FermeFeb 05 2021
Analysis
Republicans refuse to purge their party of lies and hateful rhetoric
After four years of refusing to hold Donald Trump accountable for his lies, conspiracy theories and hateful rhetoric, Republicans passed up another chance to purge those forces from their ranks Thursday when they overwhelmingly opposed Democrats' efforts to rebuke Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
The GOP is complaining that Democratic leaders are not only overreaching but also
CNN (Online News)Aug 18 2020
Opinion
Michelle Obama Showed Us Why These Democrats Are Our Last Best Hope
I think I’m supposed to question whether the Democratic Party can really stretch far enough in opposite directions to accommodate a democratic socialist like Bernie Sanders and an estranged Republican like John Kasich, transcendently strange bedfellows who spoke and served as ideological poles on the opening night of whatever we’re calling this shrunken, not-in-Milwaukee, pandemic-warped
Frank BruniMar 04 2020
Opinion
The anybody-but-Bernie comeback
For decades, the cliché about American political parties has gone that "Republicans fall in line, while Democrats fall in love." But for a significant portion of today's Democratic electorate, that is not the case. Joe Biden's campaign came back from the brink of death on Super Tuesday, on the winds of a sudden burst of coordinated support from the Democratic establishment. At time of writing
Ryan CooperApr 10 2020
Opinion
In an interlude for sports, a time for introspection
What’s left of sports these days? Not much. The 2020 Summer Olympics have been put off to 2021. Professional leagues await the all-clear to resume games. College sports? Maybe this fall. And nearly everything else down to the local bowling club has hit the pause button.
Yet this dearth of popular athletics has led to a debate over their inherent value and whether they can return in the
Christian Science MonitorMar 10 2021
Headline Roundup
Trump Calls on Republicans to Donate to Him And Not to "RINOs"
Former President Donald Trump is asking Republicans to donate to his leadership political action committee, Save America, and to not make donations to moderate "RINOs" (Republicans in Name Only) who have often been critics of Trump.
While Trump has promised not to start a third political party, and has voiced support for the Republican National Committee (RNC), he does not support "
Politico NPR (Online News) Newsmax (News)Jul 02 2020
News
As the Fourth of July approaches, The New York Times compares America to Nazi Germany and tries to cancel Mount Rushmore
In one day, The New York Times called for the cancellation of Mount Rushmore and compared the United States to Nazi Germany. You read that right—as most Americans prepare for the Fourth of July weekend, the gray lady seems hellbent on dismantling the country by churning out sophomoric hot takes that would make even Brian Stelter blush.
The article detailing the sullied history of the
The Post MillennialDec 03 2014
News
Kathleen Sebelius: Healthcare.gov was ‘like buying an airline ticket using your fax machine’
More than a year after the enormous uproar caused by the botched rollout of Healthcare.gov, former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is weighing in on her rocky tenure — and on the controversial comments by Obamacare consultant Jonathan Gruber that have grabbed recent headlines. The whole USA Today interview is worth watching, but here’s a quick highlight reel:
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Washington Post