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Sep 02 2014
News
Obama Talks About "Immigration Rights"
Under President "constitutional law professor" Obama, nearly everything is a "right." According to Obama everyone has a right to healthcare, housing, a "living" wage, food, transportation, etc. What this really translates to is: government dependence on everything, but that's a whole other topic on its own.
TownhallMar 21 2019
News
Donald Trump awaits the Robert Mueller report: Let's see if it's 'legit'
In at least one way, Donald Trump is like so many people in Washington – he's anxious to see "the Mueller report."
Amid speculation that special counsel Robert Mueller will soon issue findings on his investigation into Russian election interference, Trump on Wednesday again proclaimed his innocence and attacked Mueller. Then the president said he doesn't mind if the special counsel's
USA TODAYApr 02 2020
Analysis
Don’t Believe the COVID-19 Models
The Trump administration has just released the model for the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic in America. We can expect a lot of back-and-forth about whether its mortality estimates are too high or low. And its wide range of possible outcomes is certainly confusing: What’s the right number? The answer is both difficult and simple. Here’s the difficult part: There is no right answer. But
The AtlanticJul 01 2020
News
Green, Yellow, Orange Or Red? This New Tool Shows COVID-19 Risk In Your County
How severe is the spread of COVID-19 in your community? If you're confused, you're not alone. Though state and local dashboards provide lots of numbers, from case counts to deaths, it's often unclear how to interpret them — and hard to compare them to other places.
"There hasn't been a unified, national approach to communicating risk, says Danielle Allen, a professor and director of the
NPR (Online News)Jul 23 2020
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Federal Police Called on to Curb Portland Unrest, Alleged Violence
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Since the death of George Floyd, protests in Portland, Oregon have reportedly caused damage to federal property, prompting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to send federal officers to the city. Those reports were followed by claims of protesters being apprehended and put into unmarked vans as
Micaela RicaforteMar 19 2019
News
Elizabeth Warren Calls For Getting Rid Of The Electoral College
The Massachusetts Democrat endorsed abolishing the Electoral College, the first time she’s publicly taken the stance.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Monday that she fully supports abolishing the Electoral College and moving toward a national popular vote, the first time the 2020 presidential candidate has publicly taken the stance.
“My view is that every vote matters,” the
HuffPostApr 01 2020
News
Coronavirus drives competing global ‘playbooks’
Democratic and more authoritarian governments have adopted many similar measures to address COVID-19. But it’s worth watching for where they diverge – including steps toward tighter controls on dissent and support for coordinated international response.
For hundreds of millions of us across the globe, much of life as we’ve known it is now on hold. Not so, however, politics. Or
Christian Science MonitorMar 04 2020
Opinion
Joe Biden Just Performed a Miracle
What a difference a few days make. They brought Joe Biden back from the dead.
After a landslide victory in South Carolina on Saturday, he collected a bonanza of important endorsements on Sunday and Monday. Then, on Super Tuesday, when 14 states voted, he did exponentially better than almost anyone predicted. He probably exceeded his own dreams.
Bernie Sanders supposedly had the
Frank BruniSep 14 2013
News
The mechanics, perils and pitfalls of destroying Assad’s chemical weapons arsenal
“At the end of the day,” an exhausted senior State Department official said, wrapping up three days of round-the-clock negotiations with Russia over the disposal of Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal, “the things that most mattered, I believe we got.” Aides to Secretary of State John Kerry said he and his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, joined by teams of technical advisers
Fox News DigitalApr 01 2024
Headline Roundup
Turkish Opposition Wins Several Key Mayoral Elections in Blow to Erdoğan
In Turkey, the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) swept to victory in a series of mayoral elections on Sunday, marking a defeat for longtime President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his AK Party.
The Details: The CHP successfully defended its mayoral posts in the nation’s capital Ankara and its biggest city, Istanbul. Additionally, it notched mayoral wins in 15 other cities across the
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