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Oct 01 2019
Opinion
In Today's America, Everybody Who Disagrees with You is a Traitor
Throwing the word "treason" around, unmoored from its actual meaning, is a weapon for delegitimizing political opposition and dissent.
With a little over a year to go before the next presidential election, politicians, pundits, and political players have grown comfortable yelling "treason" in each other's faces. That's a problem. Except in those rare circumstances when the charge is
ReasonJun 26 2020
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States retreat as new virus cases hit an all-time high in US
Texas and Florida clamped down on bars again Friday in the biggest retreat yet amid a surge across the South and West that sent the number of confirmed new coronavirus infections per day in the U.S. to an all-time high of 40,000.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered all bars closed, while Florida banned alcohol consumption at all such establishments. Together the two states joined the small
Associated PressFeb 07 2024
Headline Roundup
Ronna McDaniel Plans to Step Down as RNC Chair
On Tuesday, it was reported that Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Ronna McDaniel plans to step down after the South Carolina primary. Now in her fourth two-year term, she is the longest-serving Republican Party Chair since the Civil War.
Key Details: According to two people who are familiar with the plans, McDaniel has told former President Donald Trump that she plans to step
Fox News Digital Wall Street Journal (News) New York Times (News)Apr 15 2017
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S.C. House candidate reignites Confederate flag debate in special election
The debate over the Confederate battle flag is back in South Carolina’s special congressional race.
Washington TimesMay 27 2019
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The contested Confederate roots of Memorial Day
More than two dozen U.S. cities claim to the be the “birthplace of Memorial Day."
In July of 1866, a New York newspaper reported on a “grand gathering” of Union veterans in Salem, Ill. Gen. John A. Logan, head of the fraternal group the Grand Army of the Republic, made a speech, railing against the defeated Confederates and urging rights and protections for freed slaves.
He also
Washington PostOct 13 2014
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Army Shifts Strategy to Face New Threats
The Army is unveiling a new global strategy for reshaping the largest American military force for a world where the U.S. faces many small and indirect threats, rather than just a few large ones.
The policy shift draws on the lessons the Army has learned in Iraq and Afghanistan, and is meant to help prepare for a future of disparate threats, such as those involving extremists in Iraq,
Wall Street Journal (News)May 07 2021
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The Statistical Secrets of Covid-19 Vaccines
THE CREATION AND distribution of vaccines against Covid-19 has been as close as science gets to a miracle—the culmination of centuries of infectious disease research, a mastery of viral genomics, the creation of a whole new kind of vaccinology, and speed in the face of crisis. So it’s weird that even as the global pandemic worsens (infection and death rates have gone vertical in India and
WiredAug 29 2018
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Graham says Trump called him after McCain tribute speech on Senate floor
Senator Lindsey Graham said Wednesday that President Donald Trump called him after he delivered an emotional farewell to Sen. John McCain on the Senate floor, telling the South Carolina Republican he "did right by his friend."
CNN DigitalSep 23 2019
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America 'isolated' at UN? General Assembly breaking with US on most votes, report finds
As President Trump prepares to address the U.N. General Assembly this week, a new State Department report shows that the world body is out of sync with U.S. interests in more than two-thirds of votes -- likely raising further concerns within the Trump administration about the organization and America's financial commitment to it.
“The United States continues to be diplomatically
Fox News DigitalSep 11 2020
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The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Was A Massive COVID-19 Superspreader Event, A New Study Claims
The massive Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, which brought more than 460,000 people to a tiny city of 7,000 residents in South Dakota in August, was a “superspreader” event that was responsible for more than 260,000 new cases of COVID-19 across the nation.
That’s the provocative conclusion from a new study from the Center for Health Economics & Policy Studies at San Diego State University
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