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Jun 11 2012
News
Donovan denies he's incompetent
House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan, whose Congressional campaign has been rocked by the arrest of a one-time finance manager, said Sunday that the hiring of that aide does not show he is incompetent. Donovan, appearing on WFSB-TV's "Face the State," was asked about his competence as a manager. Donovan is seeking the 5th Congressional District seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy, a
HuffPost
Jun 05 2012
News
New Hires Getting Left Behind on Pay
The weak pace of hiring in May cast a big cloud on the future of consumer spending. But the outlook dims more when you consider even those fortunate to get jobs are generally earning less than the average worker.
Economists at the Royal Bank of Canada have calculated the average weekly pay of new workers in the U.S. versus the average weekly check earned by all private-sector employees
Wall Street Journal (News)
Oct 04 2012
Opinion
More than half of the undocumented immigrants are women and children.
Immigration affects women deeply, as more than half of the almost 12 million undocumented immigrants are women and children. In the U.S., immigrant women are among the most vulnerable to exploitation, abuse and human rights violations. They face particular challenges due to inequalities between men and women but also due to the additional responsibilities of family and home. In the workplace,
National Organization for Women
May 26 2012
News
OPINION: Why neither Obama nor Romney wants to talk about Romney’s record
The answer, it seems, is that the two presidential campaigns want it that way. The Romney campaign wants us talking about Bain Capital LLC because Mitt Romney says his time leading the firm prepared him for the presidency. “Having been in the private sector for 25 years gives me a perspective on how jobs are created that someone whos never spent a day in the private sector, like President
Washington Post
Dec 29 2023
Headline Roundup
8,000 Migrants Walk North Through Mexico as Blinken Visits Country
A caravan of roughly 8,000 migrants is moving north on foot through southern Mexico as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with the Mexican president regarding “irregular immigration.”
Details: NBC News (Lean Left bias) reported that the individuals traveling in the caravan are primarily from Central America, Cuba, Venezuela and Haiti, while some are from Turkey, Iran, Syria
NBC News (Online)
Reuters
Fox News (Online News) 
May 08 2013
News
Social Security: Immigration Overhaul Helps
The Senate immigration bill will help improve Social Securitys long-term solvency and reduce the number of immigrants entering the U.S. illegally, according to a Social Security Administration analysis.
On the heels of a Heritage Foundation report that criticized an immigration overhaul as a budget-buster that would cost trillions, the latest data could be a boon for immigration
Wall Street Journal (News)
Jul 28 2017
Perspectives Blog
Breitbart: Right-wing Publication or Fake News?
Fake news. Propaganda. Alt-right. Breitbart. Which of these doesn’t belong?
Some would say they’re all fair game. In many circles, the conservative news outlet epitomizes malicious misinformation. Others revere it as a crusader for truth, willing to throw political correctness away with reckless abandon. The jury is still out on which, if either, is correct.
Billy Binion
Feb 20 2024
Headline Roundup
Biden Administration Reportedly Considers Rolling Back EV Transition Timeline
The Biden administration is reportedly considering delaying its push for automakers to significantly increase electric vehicle (EV) production.
The Details: The move by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would give manufacturers more time to shift to EV production and would delay more ambitious sales goals until after 2030. The Biden administration’s initial proposal, created
CNN (Online News)
The Hill
Washington Examiner 
Jan 07 2019
Perspectives Blog
News Posts With Moral and Emotional Language Spread Quickly, But Deepen Polarization
Social media sites are chock full of political discussions, disagreements, and debates. That holds especially true for Twitter, the popularity of which stems from a user’s ability to distill news and opinion into 280-character digestible bites. A team at New York University found that those messages are all the more likely to spread when an individual employs “moral and emotional language.”
Billy Binion
Feb 08 2021
Headline Roundup
Rep. Ron Wright Becomes First Sitting Member of Congress to Die After Contracting COVID-19
Rep. Ron Wright (R-TX 6th District), 67, died Sunday night, becoming the first sitting member of Congress to die after contracting COVID-19. Wright, who first announced he had tested positive on Jan. 21, had also battled multiple bouts of lung cancer since 2018. A statement released after Wright's passing did not specify his cause of death. The news prompted condolences from politicians on
Politico
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Washington Examiner