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Mar 23 2021
News
Senate filibuster reform would produce 'nuclear winter', says Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell, who was accused of laying waste to bipartisan co-operation in the Senate when he blocked a supreme court pick by Barack Obama then changed the rules to hurry through three picks for Donald Trump, has said that if Democrats do away with the filibuster, they will “turn the Senate into a sort of nuclear winter”.
The Republican minority leader, who himself invoked the “
The GuardianJul 14 2020
Opinion
It’s Time to Tell a New Story About Coronavirus—Our Lives Depend on It
In the summer of 1832, a mysterious scourge that had come all the way from Asia loomed over the city of New York, having ravaged London, Paris, and Montreal. Medical officials collected data showing that the disease—cholera—was spreading along the newly opened Erie Canal and the Hudson River, heading straight to New York City. But New York’s leaders did not attempt to regulate traffic coming
The NationFeb 25 2020
News
NIH releases footage of 'horrific' taxpayer-funded primate experiments after lawsuit
Never-before-seen video released by the National Institutes of Health over the weekend depicts the psychological primate experiments the federal health agency has been conducting as the result of taxpayer funding for decades.
Taxpayer watchdog White Coat Waste Project filed a lawsuit last month against the Department of Health and Human Services after the NIH failed to provide requested
Washington ExaminerMar 16 2021
News
Biden to join road show promoting relief plan with Pa. visit
President Joe Biden is joining top messengers already crisscrossing the country to highlight the benefits of his massive COVID-19 rescue plan, in his case by promoting aid for small businesses.
Biden is set to visit a small business in suburban Philadelphia on Tuesday, his initial trip outside Washington for the “Help is here” tour that got underway Monday. Vice President Kamala Harris
Associated Press Fact CheckJul 30 2015
Opinion
OPINION: The Case for Fetal-Cell Research
WE first acquired the stem cells from the red receptacles of a local hospital’s labor and delivery ward, delivered to our lab at the University of Southern California. I would reach into the large medical waste containers and pull out the tree-like branches of the placenta, discarded after a baby had been born. Squeezing the umbilical cord that had so recently been attached to new life, the
Guest Writer - LeftSep 13 2022
Perspectives Blog
AllSides Debate: The Queen is Dead. Should Americans Care?
Should Americans care about Queen Elizabeth II’s death?
The answer differs, depending on who you ask.
When the queen passed away at the age of 96 last week, it immediately became the biggest story in the world. But how much should it matter to people here in the U.S.? Do Americans actually care? How should they remember her? Why?
Those questions sparked a debate between
AllSides StaffJun 20 2022
Perspectives Blog
When We Ignore Warnings About Democracy’s Future
From the CenterWhen the schedule for the January 6 House committee hearings was announced, there were several bold-type witnesses who seemed guaranteed to drive television ratings and news coverage. Former President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner, Attorney General William Barr, campaign manager Bill Stepien and a passel of advisors to Vice President Mike Pence
Dan SchnurOct 08 2020
News
Trump says he will not participate in virtual presidential debate
President Trump said Thursday that he would not participate in a virtual debate, minutes after the organizing commission announced that next week's event would be virtual to protect the health of those involved.
“I’m not going to do a virtual debate,” Trump, who was diagnosed last week with the coronavirus, said in an interview on Fox Business, claiming the Commission on Presidential
The HillJul 23 2021
Opinion
Biden's Baleful Border Betrayal
Is there anything the left won't blame on their fantastical scapegoat, climate change? Don't bet on it. Their latest dodge is blaming the border crisis, which they created, on the climate crisis, which they invented.
A Politico article is headlined, "It's Not a Border Crisis. It's a Climate Crisis." That's a convenient twofer. Never let an opportunity to blame a crisis on climate change
TownhallSep 30 2020
News
Five takeaways from Trump-Biden debate clash
A raucous and chaotic clash between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden gave Americans their first chance to weigh their choices side by side in a White House contest that has until now remained remarkably stable.
The coronavirus pandemic allowed both candidates to avoid an awkward, and probably unwelcome, handshake that would have happened moments before the shouting
The Hill