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Jun 07 2022
News
CNN Blatantly Disregards Mental Health in Analyzing Mass Shootings
Sunday night’s CNN Newsroom with Pamela Brown welcomed Vanderbilt University’s Dr. Jonathon Metzl, to validate CNN’s push for gun control and dismiss other claims of mental health contributing to mass shootings. Metzl easily blew down their statesman; “there is no mental illness like depression or schizophrenia or anxiety whose symptoms are harming someone else let alone shooting someone else
NewsBusters
Jul 22 2021
News
Runaway Dem calls for Texas mask mandate despite wearing none on super-spreader jet
A Democratic Texas state lawmaker who was one of six to test positive for coronavirus called for Texas to reinstitute a universal mask mandate Wednesday — despite being photographed barefaced on the private plane that flew the delegation to Washington, DC last week.
“We need to follow the science here,” tweeted state Rep. Donna Howard, who tested positive for the virus along with five
New York Post (News)
May 11 2022
News
Five takeaways from the Nebraska, West Virginia primaries
Nebraska and West Virginia held high-profile primaries that served as tests of former President Trump’s lingering sway among GOP voters.
University of Nebraska Regent Jim Pillen won the GOP nod over businessman Charles Herbster, who ran with Trump’s endorsement, and state Sen. Brett Lindstrom, who cast himself as a more pragmatic Republican. In West Virginia, hard-liner Rep. Alex
The Hill
Feb 28 2022
News
'Trying despite the odds': Beto O'Rourke embraces return to long-shot status in bid to oust Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
More than an hour after Beto O'Rourke had wrapped up a town hall meeting at Prairie View A&M University, three female students who had waited in a selfie line were trying to teach the former congressman a TikTok dance.
O'Rourke, the favorite for the Democratic nod in Tuesday's primary to take on Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, was struggling. But he embraced the embarrassment.
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CNN Digital
Feb 04 2022
Analysis
Here’s What We Know About ‘Johns Hopkins Study’ on Lockdowns
In February 2022, a number of conservative news outlets reported on a working paper entitled “A Literature Review and Meta Analysis of the Effects of Lockdowns on COVID-19 Mortality” by a group of scholars at Johns Hopkins University. The paper claimed that the lockdowns implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic had little impact on preventing deaths. As this study appeared to run counter to
Snopes
Apr 08 2022
Analysis
Young voters could have big impact on key 2022 races
Since hitting a low point in 2014, the voting rate among young adults has been on the rise. After setting a turnout record in 2020, voters aged 18-29 are poised to impact some of the most hard-fought elections of 2022, according to new research from Tufts University.
The Youth Electoral Significance Index shows where campaigns should invest in targeting young voters, who may be a key to
The Fulcrum
Jul 15 2022
News
Dow climbs almost 600 points as U.S. stocks rise after stronger-than expected retail sales report
U.S. stock indexes were up sharply Friday afternoon, with the S&P 500 index on pace to snap a five-day losing streak, on stronger-than-expected retail sales data and a moderation in inflation expectations. A mixed batch of bank earnings helped propel financial stocks higher, but all three major stock indexes remain on track for weekly losses.
How are stocks trading?
The Dow
MarketWatch
Sep 12 2020
Analysis
How do Americans understand the differences between profanity and hate speech online?
The internet is a polarized place and often a difficult place to have meaningful discussions. With no globally recognized definition for what constitutes hate speech, it can be difficult for social media users, content moderators, and news outlets to decide what is hateful and what is profane because each culture and country has its own context.
A new study by the Center for Media
Nieman Lab
Feb 27 2020
Analysis
Bernie Sanders’s new favorite Medicare-for-all study, explained
Sen. Bernie Sanders and his Medicare-for-all proposal were again the targets of attacks at Tuesday’s Democratic debate in South Carolina, but the senator had a retort for opponents who doubt his single-payer plan would work: a brand-new study published in The Lancet.
The study, authored by a group of Yale researchers, came to two conclusions that Sanders touted during the debate. Under
Vox
May 05 2020
News
Watch: Senate Considers Intelligence Director Nomination Amid COVID-19 Disaster
The Senate intelligence committee has convened an extraordinary hearing on Tuesday morning at which members are set to consider the nomination of Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, to become the director of national intelligence.
The session not only is expected to intersect with a number of white-hot political storylines in Washington but also make history simply for taking place amid
NPR (Online News)