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Apr 22 2021
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/Story of the Week: Derek Chauvin Found Guilty On All Charges In George Floyd's Death
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On Tuesday, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts in the May 2020 death of George Floyd, which sparked nationwide protests and riots against racism and police shootings. Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-
AllSides StaffMar 08 2019
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The conservative movement was destined to produce Trump
Corey Robin on Trump’s place in the conservative tradition.
Was the conservative movement destined to produce someone like Donald Trump?
Corey Robin, a political theorist at Brooklyn College, says yes, and the latest edition of his book The Reactionary Mind is an attempt to prove it. Robin argues that conservatism, from its very beginning, has been a sustained effort to mobilize
VoxApr 16 2020
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Newly Unclassified Footnotes Show FBI Knew Documents Used For FISA Warrants Were Bogus
Thanks to newly declassified and released footnotes from Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell, it is confirmed the FBI knew the Steele dossier -- a false document full of Russian propaganda that was cobbled together by Fusion GPS on behalf of the Clinton campaign -- was used by agents to pursue FISA warrants even though they knew it was unreliable.
"Despite multiple
TownhallMay 20 2015
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Boehner, McConnell split over NSA bill
The two top Republicans on Capitol Hill are locked in an unusual standoff over the nation's ability to continue conducting surveillance operations to track potential terror threats.
With less than two weeks to go before the National Security Agency surveillance program's authority expires, House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell -- who both stress the need
CNN (Online News)May 20 2015
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Snowden Sees Some Victories, From a Distance
For an international fugitive hiding out in Russia from American espionage charges, Edward J. Snowden gets around.
May has been another month of virtual globe-hopping for Mr. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor, with video appearances so far at Princeton and in a “distinguished speakers” series at Stanford and at conferences in Norway and Australia. Before the month
New York Times (News)Jun 06 2013
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Lindsey Graham ‘glad’ NSA tracking phones
Frequent critic of the White House Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is defending the National Security Agencys reported collection of millions of Americans phone calls, saying hes more concerned about terrorism. “Im glad the NSA is trying to find out what the terrorists are up to overseas and in our country, Graham said Thursday morning on “Fox & Friends.
PoliticoJan 21 2020
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Hillary Clinton rips 'career politician' Bernie Sanders with brutal honesty: 'Nobody likes him'
Hillary Clinton nearly lost the 2016 Democratic nomination to Sen. Bernie Sanders — and now we know she personally does not like the Vermont socialist, either.
Ahead of a new documentary about her failed 2016 campaign, Clinton confirmed in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter that she is not a "Bernie Bro," a phrase used to refer to Sanders supporters.
In the documentary,
The BlazeSep 05 2023
Headline Roundup
Burning Man Festival Flooding Sparks Rumors, Misinformation
Flooding that left attendees of the Burning Man festival stranded in the Nevada desert over the weekend resulted in numerous rumors circulating online.
For Context: The Burning Man festival is an annual event held on a campsite located on the Black Rock Desert playa, an evaporated lake bed, around 150 miles north of Reno. Storms and flooding in the area caused road conditions to
Washington Examiner Associated Press Fact Check NewsweekJun 02 2020
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Trump, Facebook, and the weaponization of free speech
YESTERDAY—as protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis, continued across the US—things that President Trump said caused trouble again, and drove the news again. First, Trump laid into governors on a conference call that quickly leaked to the press; he called most of them “weak,” and advised that if they didn’t “dominate” demonstrators in their states, the
Columbia Journalism ReviewNov 30 2014
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Obama hit with Guantanamo Bay questions at D.C. bookstore
Even while doing a little holiday shopping, President Obama can’t escape questions about foreign policy and national security.
While shopping with his daughters Saturday at Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C., the president was asked about his plans for the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, which he has vowed to close.
“We’re working on it. Any other issues?” he
Washington Times