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Nov 19 2019
News
Documents reveal massive 'dark-money' group boosted Democrats in 2018
A little-known nonprofit called The Sixteen Thirty Fund pumped $140 million into Democratic and left-leaning causes.
The “green wave” of campaign cash that boosted Democrats and liberal causes in 2018 included an unprecedented gusher of secret money, new documents obtained by POLITICO show.
The Sixteen Thirty Fund, a little-known nonprofit headquartered in Washington, spent $141
PoliticoFeb 12 2015
News
Yemen Falls Apart: Marines Forced to Destroy Weapons, U.S. Embassy Evacuated, Al Qaeda Seizes Military Base
Despite President Obama claiming in September that U.S. strategy used to combat terrorism in Yemen has been a "success," so successful in fact that it should be used to defeat ISIS, the country continues to fall apart. Late yesterday the United States evacuated the U.S. embassy in Yemen and Marines were bizarrely ordered by the State Department to destroy issued weapons on their way out. The
TownhallJul 23 2015
News
Senators grill administration on Iran deal
Senators grilled top administration officials Thursday in the first hearing to vet the Iran nuclear deal struck by the U.S., Iran and five other nations that has also received unanimous support from the United Nations Security Council.
“With all due respect, you guys have been bamboozled. And the American people are going to pay for that," Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, chided Secretary of
USA TODAYNov 01 2018
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Fuels Political Violence in America. Can We Change?
A string of violent incidents in October further illuminated political polarization in America, raising serious concerns about how media bias contributes to hateful division — and how we must change this to heal our divide.
In just the last two weeks, multiple incidents of political violence struck America. A gunman burst into a Pittsburgh synagogue and killed 11
Julie MastrineDec 16 2019
News
Trump poised to become third U.S. president to be impeached
Republican Donald Trump is likely this week to become the third U.S. president to be impeached when the Democratic-led House of Representatives votes on charges stemming from his effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden.
Trump faces one charge of abusing his power by asking Ukraine to investigate Biden, a leading Democratic contender to oppose him in the 2020
ReutersMay 15 2020
Analysis
COVID-19 Contact Tracers or Cootie Cops?
Tracing where people have been and who they’ve met can be effective for battling disease. But, oh boy, does it lend itself to abuse.
As if the viral-lockdown apocalypse wasn't already weird enough, now it looks like we'll be dealing with battalions of cootie cops checking on our comings and goings. Technically, they're "contact tracers" and their jobs involve speaking with people who
ReasonAuthor
Michelle Alexander
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Apr 21 2013
News
Boston frames surveillance debate
Americans hate Big Brother mdash until moments like this. Police state paranoia has long stoked angst and outrage until an incident like the Boston Marathon bombings takes place and the nation heaves a sigh of relief that security cameras gazed unblinkingly upon Beantownrsquos streets and sidewalks. Eyes in the sky mdash cameras that keep tabs...
PoliticoFeb 27 2020
News
Bernie Sanders: 18 things the Democratic front-runner believes
Bernie Sanders is the national frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination. The Vermont senator has promised a political revolution, but what does that mean? What does he actually stand for?
1. He's a democratic socialist - Sanders is a self-described "democratic socialist", but in his long political career he became comfortable with just "socialist" ("I am a socialist and
BBC NewsJun 24 2015
News
Bobby Jindal Makes It Official: ‘I’m Running for President of the United States’
At 44, Jindal is among the youngest candidates in the Republican field, but he had an early start on many fronts, graduating from Brown University at age 20 and forgoing acceptance to both Harvard and Yale to become a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University studying health policy.
Jindal made his announcement early Wednesday afternoon on social media ahead of his formal campaign launch
The Blaze