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Aug 25 2020
Analysis
Trump and the RNC Flip the Democrats' Narrative
The odds were stacked against Donald Trump and Republicans and their seemingly star-crossed convention. In the last two months the venue was changed twice as coronavirus cases spiked in the Sun Belt after an earlier flattening. Midsummer brought no relief from either police violence against African Americans or the violent response from protesters. As if to cue up the chaos, police officers in
RealClearPoliticsJun 24 2013
News
DAVID GREGORY TO JOURNO WHO BROKE NSA SPYING: ‘WHY SHOULDN’T YOU…BE CHARGED WITH A CRIME?’
NBC “Meet the Press” host David Gregory provoked a furious response from fellow journalist Glenn Greenwald after he asked whether he should be charged with a crime for having “aided and abetted” admitted National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.
The BlazeJun 23 2013
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Republicans battle GOP colleagues amid drive toward immigration bill vote
The immigration legislation moving quickly toward a full Senate vote triggered a stand-off Thursday between competing wings of the Republican Party, as conservative members accused their colleagues of greasing the wheels for passage with a "fig leaf" that only claims to address border security.
Fox News (Online News)Dec 30 2019
News
Armed congregants kill gunman who shot 2 at Texas church
A gunman who killed two people during a Texas church service was fatally shot within seconds by armed congregants, said Texas officials, who hailed the state’s gun laws that allow weapons in places of worship.
More than 240 parishioners were in the West Freeway Church in the Fort Worth area town of White Settlement at the time of the shooting on Sunday, authorities said.
Associated PressMar 23 2020
Analysis
How the Covid-19 recession could become a depression
Coronavirus is a global economic catastrophe.
As the Covid-19 pandemic worsens, it’s hard to decide which are scarier: the conversations I’m having with epidemiologists or the conversations I’m having with economists.
“This is an economic tsunami,” Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, told me. Social distancing is economic distancing. We are telling people to cease
Ezra KleinMay 29 2019
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Democrat O'Rourke unveils "community-based" immigration plan
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke proposed a new immigration plan on Wednesday that will allow churches and local communities to sponsor immigrants to the United States in becoming American citizens.
O’Rourke, a former Texas congressman from the Texas border city of El Paso, said the plan would also give citizenship to 11 million undocumented immigrants living in American
ReutersJan 08 2013
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Obama’s nominations of Hagel and Brennan signal course adjustments at Pentagon and CIA
President Obama is assembling a national security team designed for an era of downsized but enduring conflict, a team that will be asked to preside over the return of exhausted American troops and wield power through the targeted use of sanctions, Special Operations forces and drone strikes.
Washington PostMar 29 2013
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Lawmakers question TSA $50M uniform contract in light of sequester
Republican lawmakers have written to the head of the Transportation Security Administration questioning whether a recent contract for new uniforms worth as much as 50 million was money well spent -- when officials are warning that budget cuts will cause furloughs and flight delays.
Fox News (Online News)Jun 13 2013
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ABC, NBC Minimize New State Department Sex and Drugs Scandal
The latest State Department scandal involving a possible cover-up of sexual misconduct by an ambassador and security officials was only newsworthy enough to merit one full report each on ABC and NBC's morning and evening newscasts before the two networks moved on.
Oct 17 2020
Analysis
It’s the world according to Trump: Could Biden turn back the clock?
When former Vice President Joe Biden used the first presidential debate to tout his plan for a $20 billion international fund to encourage Brazil to preserve its endangered rainforests, it was a shoutout to a bygone era of robust, American-led multilateralism.
But when Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro lost no time in condemning Mr. Biden’s idea as an arrogant stab at national
Christian Science Monitor