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Mar 31 2021
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New York Times Outsources Research to Media Matters
The libertine left and their publicists in the “objective media” have a funny way of writing on their lobbying campaigns against troubling traditions like the “gender binary.” It goes like this:
1. Push the revolution from the fringes by testing the supposedly outdated cultural boundaries – say, putting “trans women” in girls’ sports.
2. Define the conservative reaction as a
NewsBustersMay 13 2015
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New Utah law raises landlord concerns over transgender tenants
At least three men who identify as women recently applied to live in female off-campus student housing but made other arrangements after tenants in the apartment balked at having them as roommates.
But with gender identity now on the list of protected classes in Utah's fair housing law, a landlord turning away transgender people would be discrimination.
In all three cases, the
Deseret NewsJul 15 2020
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The Supreme Court's "Little Sisters" Ruling
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
THE QUICK FACTS
On July 8th, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld an exemption granted by the Trump administration allowing Little Sisters of the Poor, a Catholic religious institute that runs homes for the elderly poor, to avoid the Abridge NewsJul 21 2019
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Americans say the nation’s political debate has grown more toxic and ‘heated’ rhetoric could lead to violence
President Donald Trump’s recent attacks on four first-term lawmakers – all women of color – triggered an impassioned response from House Democrats, who overwhelmingly backed a House resolution condemning the president’s remarks. This is just the latest chapter in a long-running debate over what language is appropriate in political debates in the United States. A recent Pew Research Center
Pew Research CenterMar 30 2021
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Biden Names Diverse Nominees for the Federal Bench
The president’s first choices for district and appeals court openings reflected his campaign promise to choose judges from outside of traditional backgrounds.
President Biden began a drive to reshape the federal courts on Tuesday with a burst of judicial nominations that put an emphasis on diversity and drew from a broad range of backgrounds including public defenders.
The effort
New York Times (News)Oct 10 2020
Analysis
A Riot In The Suburbs: Inside The Changing Face Of Wisconsin 2020
Dale Kooyenga is emblematic of how the new populist, working-class shifts in the Republican Party can cut both ways. Trim and handsome at 41 years old and the father of four children, he’s the sort any local political party would want to run: a former college basketball player, an Iraq War veteran, and a major in the Army Reserves. Yet in the once button-downed, middle class, solidly
The FederalistJul 18 2019
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Unsealed FBI evidence shows calls between Trump and Michael Cohen around time of ‘Access Hollywood’ tape release, deal with Stormy Daniels
Newly unsealed court documents reveal that in the days after the October 2016 release of a notorious “Access Hollywood” tape featuring Donald Trump boasting about groping women, he, campaign aide Hope Hicks, former lawyer Michael Cohen and top executives at The National Enquirer communicated with each other.
Disclosure of the tape was seen at the time as endangering Trump’s election
CNBCFeb 08 2016
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Clinton looks to sisterhood, but votes may go to Sanders
She is having unexpected trouble drawing women to her cause, as a new poll shows Sanders with a solid lead among female voters in New Hampshire.
Washington PostOct 28 2014
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Scott Walker Runs Ad Supporting Equal Pay After Repealing Wisconsin's Equal Pay Law
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) released an ad on Tuesday in which his female lieutenant governor applauds his support for equal pay for women -- just two years after the governor signed a bill repealing the state's equal pay law.
"Under Scott Walker, workplace discrimination will always be illegal for any reason," Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch says in the ad. "Mary Burke wants to create
HuffPostMay 18 2020
Analysis
Rebuilding #MeToo
When Tarana Burke started the original Me Too movement in 2006, it was about the victims. It was about power in numbers and emboldening survivors of sexual assault to come out of the shadows. When the allegations about Harvey Weinstein broke in 2017 and #MeToo really started gaining traction, I was happy to see the purging of predators across all industries and political parties. #MeToo was a
The Spectator World