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Sep 16 2020
News
2020 Electoral Map Ratings: Landscape Tightens Some, But Biden Is Still Ahead
It looks, for now, like President Trump has bounced back a little after bottoming out.
The president was at a low point against former Vice President Joe Biden, but in the past month, even though Biden still has an edge, the landscape has tightened some, according to the latest NPR Electoral College analysis.
The biggest change is that Florida has tightened in the month and a
NPR (Online News)
Sep 30 2019
News
Why the economics of minimum wage increases are so tough to measure
Last week, several researchers at the Federal Reserve posted an analysis of the minimum wage in New York state. In the grand sweep of the research and debate done on the minimum wage, both the blog post and the dispute it kicked up were minor blips. But as a microcosm for that grander debate, it was actually rather instructive.
Basically, a trio of researchers at the Federal Reserve
The Week - News
Sep 14 2020
News
Trump and Biden condemn shooting of Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies
COMPTON, Calif. — President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Sunday denounced what police called an ambush of two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies and said the attacker, still at large, should face harsh punishment.
The sheriff expressed optimism Sunday that the deputies would recover after being shot Saturday night as they sat in their patrol vehicle in
Washington Post
Sep 09 2014
News
Why EVERY Republican candidate is running against Harry Reid this fall
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is not on the ballot this year, but the GOP is nevertheless angling to make him the focus of the 2014 campaign, arguing a vote for any Senate Democrat is a vote to keep Mr. Reid in power.
Washington Times
Sep 07 2019
Opinion
Sin of commission: What the state’s new campaign finance panel has gotten wrong already
Typically for Albany, legislators who lack the courage to make reforms themselves jammed into the state budget the creation of an unelected panel to recommend whether to set up a statewide public financing system. And typically for Albany, that panel has now gummed up decisions that should be made on the merits.
The nine-member commission staffed by appointees of Gov. Cuomo and
New York Daily News
Sep 18 2018
News
Republicans fear reversals in November due to accusation against Supreme Court nominee
Republicans are bracing for political aftershocks from the sexual assault accusation against Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh, with some expressing fear that the coming investigation will refocus the nation’s attention on an issue that could drive up the Democratic vote in the midterm elections.
Washington Post
Sep 15 2020
Analysis
Scientific American Endorses Joe Biden
Scientific American has never endorsed a presidential candidate in its 175-year history. This year we are compelled to do so. We do not do this lightly.
The evidence and the science show that Donald Trump has badly damaged the U.S. and its people—because he rejects evidence and science. The most devastating example is his dishonest and inept response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which cost
Scientific American
Mar 01 2021
News
Miguel Cardona: Biden’s pick for Education is a teacher – and unifier
Education secretaries may not run schools directly, but they can set a tone. Those who know the Biden administration’s pick for education chief, Miguel Cardona, expect his signature spirit of inclusivity to be a unifying force.
Ahead of a Super Bowl back in the early 1980s, Gary O’Neil, a Connecticut grade-school art teacher, had a surefire class project to bond with a roomful of kids:
Christian Science Monitor
Aug 23 2017
News
Social media giant Facebook has deleted thousands of German accounts ahead of the German national election next month, in a major crack down on facilitators of “fake news”.
President Donald Trump again urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to eliminate the 60-vote threshold for passing legislation.
Breitbart News
Nov 13 2020
Opinion
Trump Became President Because of Racism. The Next Trump Could Too.
On Saturday, when the major media outlets called the presidential election for Joe Biden, millions of people around the country took to the streets to celebrate. But as people popped champagne bottles, danced alongside their neighbors, and cried tears of joy, the question of what comes next loomed ominously. Even though (barring the unlikely event that Republican efforts to baselessly claim
Mother Jones