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Jun 03 2020
Analysis
The disturbing history of how tear gas became the weapon of choice against protesters
The chemical weapon was originally marketed to police as a way to turn protesters “into a screaming mob.”
It was a chilling split screen at the start of June: President Donald Trump preparing to give an address in the White House Rose Garden as dozens and dozens of protesters right outside were being pushed back on the streets by federal law enforcement firing what appeared to be tear
VoxMar 27 2020
News
U.S. rated No. 1 in the world for disaster readiness by Global Health Security Index
Don’t doubt that America is ready for the challenges ahead. The nation is, actually rated No. 1 in terms of disaster readiness, according to the Global Health Security Index, compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. tops the list of 195 countries.
“Despite claims by the mainstream media and the Democratic Party that the United States was ‘ill-prepared’ to handle the coronavirus
Washington TimesJun 03 2015
News
LDS leaders gather to dedicate Argentina’s 2nd temple
Leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dedicated a new temple in South America on Sunday.
The Cordoba Argentina Temple became the 145th LDS temple in the world and the first of five LDS temples scheduled to be dedicated before the end of 2015.
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the First Presidency led the services Sunday.
Located in the heart of Argentina
KSLMar 26 2020
News
A record 3.3 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits as the coronavirus slams economy
The U.S. unemployment rate has likely risen to 5.5 percent already -- a level not seen since 2015.
A record 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, the Labor Department said Thursday, as restaurants, hotels, barber shops, gyms and more shut down in a nationwide effort to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
Last week saw the biggest jump in new
Washington PostJan 27 2014
News
Clinton's biggest regret at State: Benghazi
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi, Libya was her biggest regret during the four years she served as America's top diplomat.
In a speech to the National Automobile Dealers Association meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, Clinton addressed a number of auto-related topics, including some of the more colorful cars former
CNN DigitalMar 25 2020
Analysis
With Trump’s coronavirus briefings, an old debate takes on fresh urgency
LAST TUESDAY, CNN’s Dana Bash sang Donald Trump’s praises on air after he gave a coronavirus briefing at the White House. “This was remarkable from the president of the United States,” Bash said. “This is an important thing to note and to applaud from an American standpoint, and from a human standpoint—he is being the kind of leader that people need, at least in tone.” Since then, Trump’s tone
Columbia Journalism ReviewMay 06 2020
Opinion
What’s Behind South Korea’s COVID-19 Exceptionalism?
Seven weeks ago, South Korea and the U.S. had the same number of virus deaths. Today, South Korea has fewer than 300, and the U.S. has more than 70,000.
On February 16, a Sunday, a 61-year-old woman with a fever entered the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in Daegu, South Korea. She touched her finger to a digital scanner. She passed through a pair of glass doors and proceeded downstairs, to
The AtlanticOct 26 2020
Opinion
Saving Private Biden
In the thick of the 2016 presidential campaign, the front page of the New York Times handed down the word from on high: In the era of Donald Trump, press objectivity was a luxury America could not afford.
It turned out that biased press coverage wasn’t enough to keep Mr. Trump from winning. So for 2020 the press introduced a new corollary: Joe Biden must never be asked a tough question
William McGurnJun 10 2014
Opinion
Obama's Criminal Activity on Immigration
With the wave of illegal immigrants crossing America’s southern border thanks to the Obama administration’s policy of non-enforcement, more and more Americans are rightfully anxious about the new and unprecedented use of executive power by President Obama. In December, US District Judge Andrew Hanen of Brownsville, Texas, wrote, “[The government] has simply chosen not to enforce the United
Breitbart NewsJun 01 2020
Opinion
Trump wants armed conflict. Don’t give it to him
America is in peril tonight. The days and hours ahead could define our nation, in the same way that the turmoil of 1968 did.
Today, President Trump took another page from the authoritarian playbook, threatening to deploy active-duty troops to quell the unrest that has roiled dozens of American cities. Even by the depraved standards he has set, this is a new low. It risks exacerbating
Los Angeles Times