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May 07 2019
News
Cory Booker’s Dangerous Gun-Control Plan
Having thus far failed to break through in the Democratic primary, Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey is seeking to gain an edge in the contest by advancing the most extreme package of gun-control proposals to be touted by any presidential aspirant in two decades. In addition to the usual laundry list — “universal” background checks, a ban on so-called “assault weapons,” the prohibition of
National Review (News)Dec 17 2020
Headline Roundup
FDA Panel Recommends Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine
A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel voted 20-0, with one abstention, to recommend Moderna’s COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine Thursday. Next, FDA officials decide whether to grant emergency use authorization based on the committee’s findings. Earlier this week the agency confirmed results that showed Moderna's two-step vaccine to be 94% effective at preventing the coronavirus. This
USA TODAY National Review (News) PoliticoApr 22 2020
Analysis
How Much Privacy Would You Give Up in Order to Stay Healthy?
The coronavirus has reignited the post-9/11 debate about security and civil liberties. The U.S. response to that tragedy has lessons for how to manage the trade-offs this time around.
As general counsel of the NSA in the 1990s, Stewart Baker advocated for limiting the government’s intelligence-gathering powers in the name of civil liberties. Then the 9/11 attacks happened, and Baker
The AtlanticNov 04 2021
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: What Election Day 2021 Results Mean for GOP, Dems
Republican candidates scored big victories on Election Day 2021 in a potential preview of 2022's midterm elections. Since they happen a year after each presidential election, gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey are often seen as a key indicators of the nation's political mood. Additionally, governorships in these states tend be won by the opposite party of a new president.
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Phys.org
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Apr 04 2019
News
Facebook's Zuckerberg confident of stopping interference in 2020 campaign
Facebook Inc’s Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg is confident the world’s biggest social network will do better in 2020 at stopping “bad actors” from manipulating the U.S. presidential election.
“We’ve learned a lot since 2016, where, obviously, we were behind where we needed to be on defenses for nation states trying to interfere,” he said in a “Good Morning America” interview
ReutersMay 09 2016
News
Did Facebook bury conservative news? Ex-staffers say yes.
The great irony of the tech blog Gizmodo's revelation that Facebook's trending-topic curators weeded out stories about Facebook or about issues popular with conservatives is that Gizmodo's story therefore likely won't end up on Facebook's list of trending topics. After all, the report, which suggests that the social media behemoth's team filtered out stories on conservative topics from
Washington PostNov 08 2012
News
Bill O'Reilly: What the heck happened last night?
Boy, do I have a story to tell you about the presidential vote, so perk up. Here we go. I thought Mitt Romney was a good choice to run against President Obama because of his economic experience. Also the Governor is a free market capitalist and offered a stark contrast to the President who wants the federal government to drive the economy. The campaign unfolded slowly as most Americans did not
Fox News (Online News)Aug 14 2019
News
Democrats Join Trump in Seeking Balance by Policing Speech
The constitutional amendment they support, like the president’s plan to regulate social media, trusts the government to moderate our political debate.
Donald Trump wants to regulate social media, while Democrats want to regulate political spending. Both are prepared to sacrifice freedom of speech on the altar of fairness, balance, and equality.
The president's plan for fighting
ReasonDec 18 2019
News
China Trade Deal
“The United States and China cooled their trade war on Friday, announcing a ‘Phase one’ agreement that reduces some U.S. tariffs in exchange for what U.S. officials said would be a big jump in Chinese purchases of American farm products and other goods.” (Reuters)
The left is critical of the deal, arguing that its predicted benefits are unrealistic and that it does not address the root
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