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Feb 28 2020
Analysis
The Wrong Trump
With the coronavirus in the air, we need the version who’s not afraid to attack the problem.
The wrong Donald Trump has shown up to deal with the coronavirus. One might have expected Donald Trump, a germophobe who spent much of his campaign lambasting the Chinese, to take an aggressive approach on the Wuhan virus. You’d expect the Trump who breaks taboos and shuts things down until “our
Michael Brendan DoughertyMay 15 2013
News
Projected lower deficit could slow any budget deal
he good news is the budget deficit for the current year is projected to come in well below what was estimated just a few months ago. The bad news for deficit hawks is that the development could further curb the already slowing momentum for a budget pact this year.
A Congressional Budget Office study released Tuesday cites higher tax revenues and better-than-expected payments from
TownhallSep 06 2019
News
The GOP Deals With Trump Competition by Canceling Elections
In a move that has been foreshadowed for a year, the Republican Party this weekend will cancel presidential primary elections in four states, Politico reports.
Quoting "three GOP officials who are familiar with the plans," the paper said that South Carolina, Nevada, Arizona and Kansas, which between them comprise around 7 percent of the overall delegate haul, will simply wave away
ReasonMar 10 2015
News
Lindsey Graham one of several in Senate Luddite Caucus
The South Carolina senator is just one of handful of members who don't do email.
PoliticoSep 03 2019
News
Conversion therapy leader McKrae Game comes out as gay
The founder of one of the nation’s largest conversion therapy programs has announced that he’s gay — and disavowed the “harmful” practice.
McKrae Game, who led the faith-based conversion therapy group Hope for Wholeness in South Carolina for nearly two decades, came out of the closet this summer at 51, The Post and Courier reported Saturday.
“Conversion therapy is not just a lie
New York Post (News)Sep 02 2019
Opinion
Strike!
On August 24, at midnight, 20,000 AT&T workers walked off the job. Big strikes are surprising enough in the post-Reagan era, but this one spanned nine of the 13 states that once made up the Confederacy. Although slavery officially ended in 1860, the political elite in the South never let go of the idea that large numbers of people should work for extremely low wages with little to no
The NationAug 29 2017
News
'GET OUT NOW': Levee breached near Houston in Hurricane Harvey aftermath
Search-and-rescue boats, high-water vehicles and even jet skis patrolled flood-swollen streets and a levee south of Houston breached Tuesday as Tropical Storm Harvey continued pounding the region with record-setting rain on its easterly trudge toward Louisiana.
USA TODAYFeb 24 2020
Opinion
Tyranny is fueling the coronavirus pandemic
On the other side of the world, one of the worst disease outbreaks in modern history is simmering. As of Friday, what is being called "coronavirus" (this is actually a name for a family of viruses including the common cold; medical experts are calling the actual virus in question COVID-19) had supposedly infected 75,567 people in China and killed 2,239 of them. Outside China, another 1,152
Ryan CooperMay 29 2017
News
North Korea launches short-range missile
North Korea launched what appears to be a short-range SCUD missile that flew about 280 miles into the Sea of Japan on Sunday, according to the South Korean military and U.S. officials. The launch was the ninth missile test conducted by North Korea this year.
ABC News (Online)Feb 18 2021
News
It might just be game over for the Iowa caucus
The siege of Iowa and New Hampshire has begun.
The two states with privileged places on the presidential primary calendar are finding their roles more threatened than ever before — most recently in the form of a bill introduced in Nevada this week to move that state’s nominating contest to the front of the line in 2024.
On its own, the Nevada encroachment would mean little. For
Politico