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Sep 03 2019
News
Joe Biden calls for elimination of gun magazines that can 'hold multiple bullets in them'
Former vice president Joe Biden responded to the mass murder in Odessa, Texas by calling for a ban on gun magazines that "hold multiple bullets in them," as well as an assault weapons ban.
"This idea that we don't have elimination of assault-type weapons, magazines that can have—hold multiple bullets in them, is absolutely mindless," Biden said Monday. "It is no violation of the Second
The BlazeAug 26 2019
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: New York Times and Fox News Reveal Divide on Electoral College
Last week, a Colorado federal appeals court ruled that presidential electors in the Electoral College have the right to vote for the presidential candidate of their choice, regardless of which candidate won the state’s popular vote. Coverage of the ruling in the New York Times, which AllSides gives a Lean Left media bias rating, and Fox News, which AllSides gives a Lean Right media bias rating
Julie MastrineMar 08 2019
News
Democratic Primary Update
A Morning Consult poll of the 2020 Democratic primary found that “former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) are leading the rest of the Democratic presidential primary field by double digits… Biden, who has yet to announce whether he will enter the 2020 race, leads the pack with 31 percent, the survey found. Coming in a close second is Sanders, with 27 percent support.”
The Flip SideMay 10 2016
Opinion
OPINION: Hillary: The Conservative Hope
The best hope for what’s left of a serious conservative movement in America is the election in November of a Democratic president, held in check by a Republican Congress. Conservatives can survive liberal administrations, especially those whose predictable failures lead to healthy restorations—think Carter, then Reagan. What isn’t survivable is a Republican president who is part Know Nothing,
Guest Writer - RightJul 11 2019
News
Democrat Buttigieg unveils plan to fight racism in America
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana - whose campaign has been dogged by accusations of systemic racism in his city as he struggles to gain support from African-American voters - on Thursday announced a plan to battle racial inequality in America.
Buttigieg, who is white and has seen issues of race flare up in South Bend after the fatal
ReutersAug 08 2016
News
The ever-growing list of Republicans endorsing Hillary Clinton
This post continues to be updated with additional Republicans backing Clinton. The latest are former Michigan governor William Milliken, former George W. Bush aide Lezlee Westine and former Ronald Reagan aide Frank Lavin.
Richard Armitage, Henry Paulson, Brent Scowcroft. Three big-name former George W. Bush administration officials in the past few weeks have announced that they are
Washington PostJul 10 2019
News
Jeffrey Epstein, accused of sexually abusing teenage girls, surrounded himself with influential network of defenders
For decades, Jeffrey Epstein, the finance whiz who has been charged with sex trafficking, moved with open ease between the planet’s highest echelons of power and what prosecutors portray as a sordid world of recruiting and sexually abusing teenage girls.
He met with leaders of the nation’s top universities and research labs, traveled with presidents and princes, and managed money for
Washington PostAug 28 2019
News
The DNC Is About To Cut The 2020 Field In Half, And Spark Plenty Of Controversy
The massive Democratic presidential field could begin its inevitable reduction this week with only half of the current candidates set to make the cut for next month's debate.
The controversial decision will please many party stalwarts who worry that the often dizzying number of Democrats seeking the nomination could endanger their chances of defeating President Trump.
But other
NPR (Online News)Mar 13 2016
News
Ryan, GOP House budget vows seem paralyzed by angst over GOP White House battle
The Cuyahoga River, which slices through downtown Cleveland twice, caught fire in the 1950s and 1960s.
There is so much dread and acrimony about the GOP presidential contest, one wonders if the Republican convention in Cleveland could be the scene of a similar conflagration.
Talk of a brokered or contested convention abounds. Angst paralyzes some Republican lawmakers about the
Fox News DigitalNov 01 2017
News
Democrats Send the Country Further Down a Path of Division in Virginia
On Monday, just days ahead of Virginia’s hotly contested gubernatorial election, the Latino Victory Fund released an ad opposing Republican Ed Gillespie. The ad is uniquely horrifying. It features four minority children — Latino, Asian, Muslim, African-American — running for their lives from a white man driving a pick-up truck. The truck is festooned with a giant Confederate Flag, a “Don’t
National Review (News)