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Jul 30 2019
News
Which Party Can We Blame for Poverty and Crime?
Baltimore is . . . not great. It has the second-highest murder rate (“non-negligent homicide,” in the nomenclature of the FBI) in the country, behind St. Louis. It has some of the worst-performing public schools in the nation. The city’s mayor recently resigned in disgrace after a financial scandal. It is 63 percent African American. It is an overwhelmingly Democratic city.
Owsley
National Review (News)
Jul 30 2019
News
House GOP fears retirement wave will lead to tsunami
House Republicans plotting to win back their majority in Congress fear they are on the brink of a massive wave of retirements that could force them to play defense in a high-stakes presidential election year.
Three House Republicans said last week they would not seek another term next year, catching party strategists off guard. Those announcements came earlier than in a typical election
The Hill
Dec 21 2020
Perspectives Blog
Weekly United News Roundup: Early Dec. Polls Found Americans of All Political Stripes Strongly Supported A New Coronavirus Stimulus Bill
Plus, a bipartisan “908 Coalition” and increased openness toward the vaccine
Congressional leaders announced an agreement on a $900 billion coronavirus relief bill Sunday night.
Polls conducted in early December found the desire for a new stimulus bill was shared among Democrats and Republicans alike. Republican enthusiasm somewhat lagged that of Democrats, but Republicans still
James Coan
Jan 15 2016
News
Bill de Blasio calls Ted Cruz’s attack on New York values ‘hypocrisy of the highest order’
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has joined a number of politicians condemning Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz for attacking “New York values” in his criticism of Donald Trump.
“Everyone understands that the values in New York City are socially liberal or pro-abortion or pro-gay marriage,” Mr. Cruz said of the rival front-runner Thursday night at the Republican debate in
Washington Times
Jun 22 2020
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: NPR Comes Clean About Fake News — Almost
An AllSides reader recently wrote in to point out an apparent case of media bias by NPR online news, which AllSides gives a media bias rating of Center (though close to Lean Left).
In a now-deleted tweet, NPR ran the headline: “Right-wing extremists are turning cars into weapons, with reports of 50 vehicle-ramming incidents since protests erupted nationwide in late May.” The photo NPR
Julie Mastrine
Dec 06 2019
Opinion
Adam Schiff’s Attack on the Free Press
Even if John Solomon’s reporting on Ukraine was misleading or destructive, it wouldn’t warrant being unmasked by the government. Where are all the self-styled champions of the free press now that Adam Schiff has used the surveillance powers of the state to smear not only his political rivals but a journalist?
With the release of the House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment report
National Review (News)
Jun 14 2019
Opinion
OPINION: The Climate Trap for Democrats
The real felt urgency of climate change will not, anytime soon, match the rhetoric of the advocates.
The more the climate debate changes, the more it stays the same.
Polls show that the public is worried about climate change, but that doesn’t mean that it is any more ready to bear any burden or pay any price to combat it.
If President Donald Trump claws his way to victory
Rich Lowry
May 06 2017
News
House GOP Health Bill Could Put Coverage Out of Reach of Millions
The House of Representatives on Thursday voted narrowly to do away with the Affordable Care Act, replacing it with a healthcare bill that would dramatically roll back Medicaid, provide hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts to the wealthy, gut protections for patients with pre-existing conditions and add tens of millions of Americans to the ranks of the uninsured. The legislation passed
Democracy Now!
Jan 05 2017
News
After Widespread Outrage, Republicans Ditch Effort to Gut Ethics Office
On Capitol Hill, Republican senators backed down Tuesday from a plan to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics, following widespread outcry from the public. If the rule change had gone through, it would have been the very first move enacted by the new Republican-controlled Congress. But the effort quickly fell apart Tuesday, as lawmakers’ offices were inundated by calls from an angry public
Democracy Now!
Apr 23 2019
News
Dems seek to rein in calls for impeachment
Democratic leaders are racing to keep the impeachment genie in its bottle.
The release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s mammoth report on Russia’s 2016 election meddling revealed a trove of details related to President Trump’s handling of the investigation, lending a new boost to the small but vocal group of Democrats pushing to oust the president — and creating new challenges for
The Hill