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Jun 11 2012
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Romney Slams Obama as 'Out of Touch'
Council Bluffs, Iowa - Mitt Romney went on the attack today, calling President Obama "out of touch" and "detached" from the economic reality facing millions of Americans after the President said "the private sector is doing fine". "Is he really that out of touch? I think he's defining what it means to be detached and out of touch with the American people," Romney told a crowd of 400 supporters
Fox News (Online News)
Oct 27 2014
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Rand Paul: It's America's Fault
Clearly, for some, 2016 is just around the corner. For weeks now there is scuttlebutt about presidential candidate repeat-offender Mitt Romney running yet again, and now Rand Paul is drastically watering down his isolationist and conspiracy-laden past in the hopes of becoming a contender. The senator's attempt to reinvent himself is largely superficial and points to deeper problems. On Friday
Breitbart News
Mar 05 2015
News
Political Polarization in the American Public
For more than two decades political scientists have discussed rising elite polarization in the United States, but the study of mass polarization did not receive comparable attention until fairly recently. This article surveys the literature on mass polarization. It begins with a discussion of the concept of polarization, then moves to a critical consideration of different kinds of evidence
Annual Review of Political Science
Mar 05 2015
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AMERICAN DEMOCRACY - NOT DEAD YET
Thanks to Michael M. for highlighting Matthew Yglesias's Cassandra prophesy at Vox: "American Democracy is Doomed." In the piece, Yglesias warns that political polarization will sooner or later trigger "a collapse of the legal and political order" in the United States. "If we're lucky," he adds gloomily, "it won't be violent." You don't have to be a seer to see that the federal government is
DAG Blog
Mar 21 2024
Headline Roundup
Intel Gets Nearly $20B in Federal Funds, Loans to Boost US Chip Production
The Biden administration announced up to $8.5 billion in direct funding and $11 billion in loans this week for U.S. semiconductor producer Intel to expand production.
The Details: The deal positions the U.S. to increase its share of global chip production from around 12% today. Intel plans to grow its existing facilities and expects the funding to help create 30,000 jobs. The company
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The Hill 
Feb 13 2024
Headline Roundup
Rideshare, Delivery Drivers Plan Valentine’s Day Strike
Thousands of drivers for companies like Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash plan to go on strike for two hours on Valentine's Day.
The Details: The strike will occur in 10 cities between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. local time on Wednesday. The cities include Austin, Chicago, Hartford, Miami, Newark, Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Rhode Island, and Tampa. The striking workers say they will offer no
Business Insider
Washington Times
Reuters
Oct 03 2016
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12,587 Syrian Refugees Admitted in FY 2016: 12,486 Muslims, 68 Christians, 24 Yazidis
The administration admitted a total of 12,587 Syrian refugees during the just-ended fiscal year, exceeding the target President Obama declared last fall by 2,587 (20.5 percent).
Of the 12,587, the vast majority are Sunni Muslims – 12,363 (98.2 percent) – while another 103 are identified in State Department Refugee Processing Center data simply as Muslims and a further 20 as Shi’a
Apr 26 2023
Headline Roundup
US to Send Nuclear Submarines to South Korea to Deter Threat From North Korea
The United States will send nuclear submarines to South Korea to deter the nuclear threat from North Korea, according to U.S. officials.
Key Details: President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will sign the agreement, dubbed the Washington Declaration, on Wednesday during Yoon's visit to the U.S. It will give South Korea a voice in U.S. contingency planning to deter
NBC News (Online)
Washington Times
Reuters
Jun 29 2019
Headline Roundup
Mexico Announces Plan to Employ 40,000 Migrants
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has announced a plan to employ 40,000 Central American migrants in factory jobs as they await results from their United States asylum cases.
Mexico has seen an influx of migrants traveling north from Central American countries to the United States. Some say this move by Obrador will aid labor shortages along the Mexican side of the US-
Reuters
Washington Examiner
Associated Press
Jul 24 2020
Headline Roundup
US Officials Briefed on Soon-to-be-Public UFO Reports
United States defense officials and lawmakers were recently briefed on materials retrieved from “off-world vehicles not made on this earth,” The New York Times reported Thursday. In April, the Pentagon released three previously classified videos of “unexplained aerial phenomena.” Both the videos and the briefings are part of the Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Task Force, which according to
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New York Times (News)
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