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Apr 30 2019
News
Enter Joe Biden
That Biden is considered a moderate is a testament to how far his party has moved to the left.
That Joe Biden, at this writing the most recent candidate to file for the Democratic presidential nomination, is considered a moderate is a testament both to how far and rapidly his party has moved to the left and to the portward skew of the national press.
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National Review (News)Sep 18 2012
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With Video Leak, Romney Goes Back to Bold Approach
Political pundits are comparing the leaked video of Mitt Romney at a fundraiser writing off the 47 percent of the electorate who don’t pay federal income taxes to the leaked 2008 fundraiser video of then-Sen. Barack Obama blaming his problems in the Pennsylvania Democratic Primary on bitter voters who “cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them.”
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Fox News DigitalNov 06 2019
News
Swing State Polls
“President Trump remains highly competitive in the battleground states likeliest to decide his re-election, according to a set of new surveys from The New York Times Upshot and Siena College. Across the six closest states that went Republican in 2016, he trails Joe Biden by an average of two points… [and] leads Elizabeth Warren by two points among registered voters, the same margin as his win
The Flip SideSep 10 2019
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Joe Biden Drifts to Wherever the Center of the Democratic Party Is
McClatchy News Service takes a deep look at the policy proposals of Joe Biden and concludes, “From health care to climate change to criminal justice, Biden has proposed ideas more ambitious and liberal than policies supported by Hillary Clinton in the 2016 campaign.” They accurately observe, “Biden is labeled a moderate. But his agenda is far more liberal than Hillary Clinton’s.”
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National Review (News)Aug 06 2012
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Republicans Step Up Attacks Against Reid
Top Republicans condemned Senator Harry Reid Sunday, accusing the Senate majority leader of fabricating an assertion that an unnamed Bain Capital investor had told him that Mitt Romney has not paid taxes over a 10-year period.
“I just cannot believe that the majority leader of the United States Senate would take the floor twice, make accusations that are absolutely unfounded, in my view
New York Times (News)Dec 30 2020
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: $600 Or $2,000? Stimulus Checks Debated As Payments Begin
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$600 COVID-19 stimulus checks begin going out this week after months of negotiations, as debate simmers about increasing the checks to $2,000. President Donald Trump and many Congressional Democrats support more valuable checks; most Republican lawmakers oppose the raise. The House approved the increase in
AllSides StaffOct 29 2020
Analysis
Judging ‘Obamacare’: Justice Barrett’s first high-profile case
Amy Coney Barrett joined the U.S. Supreme Court this week – replacing the liberal icon Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last month – and is expected to further strengthen the court’s conservative majority.
Which conservative justices she aligns with, though, will be an open question in some cases. Even in terms of general judicial philosophies – like originalism, which interprets
Christian Science MonitorDec 20 2019
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After a Transphobic Tweet, J.K. Rowling Can No Longer Be Considered an LGBTQ Ally
J.K. Rowling spent Thursday once again demonstrating a perplexing inability to pipe down and enjoy her millions. This time, the Harry Potter author wasn’t retconning diversity into the series she finished writing over 12 years ago or disclosing that before indoor plumbing, the wizards of her universe used to just poop themselves and magically vanish the evidence away. Instead, Rowling tweeted
SlateJul 12 2012
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Paul Ryan Says Obamacare Was Sold on “Three Broken Promisesâ€Â
On Wednesday night, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan appeared on Hannity to discuss the three reasons why the House of Representatives decided – for only the second time, mind you – to fully repeal Obamacare. The law, he explained, “was sold on three broken promises. (1) President Obama said his health care law would not raise taxes on the middle class. False. (2)
TownhallMar 05 2013
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Six Million To Pay ObamaCare Penalty
If you don't have health insurance it's probably for two main reasons. The first being that you can't afford it or two, you're a healthy young person who doesn't feel like they need it at this point in life. Others may not have health insurance due to lack of employer coverage. Regardless, under new ObamaCare rules lacking health insurance results in a large ObamaCare fine/tax, something that
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