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Mar 18 2015
News
Barney Frank Gets Personal In Response To Ben Carson's Ridiculous Comments That Being Gay Is A Choice
Barney Frank became a spokesman for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality as the country's first congressman to voluntarily come out, and in a conversation with HuffPost Live, Frank had strong words about comments by Ben Carson, who recently stated on CNN that being gay is "absolutely" a choice.
The former Massachusetts Congressman, who has a new memoir out titled Frank,
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Jan 22 2019
Perspectives Blog
Covington Catholic Closure Reminds Us Media Bias Ties to Violence
Covington Catholic High School said it was closed Tuesday “due to threats of violence.” At AllSides, we’ve written about how media bias fuels real or threatened political violence in America before, and this viral story is just the latest example.
Covington Catholic found itself in the middle of a media bias firestorm this weekend after many media outlets and pundits
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Mar 21 2019
News
Trump to sign executive order promoting free speech on college campuses
President Trump will sign an executive order Thursday requiring colleges and universities to ensure free speech on campus, in the wake of cases of conservatives being attacked for expressing their views.
A senior administration official said Mr. Trump’s order will require colleges that receive federal research grant money to certify that they “promote free inquiry.”
“The
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Mar 11 2015
News
Newsmax Exclusive – Rick Perry: 'Americans Are Starving for Leadership'
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry slammed President Barack Obama's foreign policy efforts on Wednesday, saying that "Americans are starving for leadership that will act and solve the great challenges we face today."
"Leadership that isn't ashamed to see America lead the world again and that stands with its allies again," said Perry, who served as the Lone Star state's top Republican from
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Jun 11 2019
News
Trump Returns to Iowa Amid Unease Over Farm Tariffs
President won the state in 2016, but Democrats hope his trade policies will help them next year.
After months of Democratic presidential hopefuls flooding Iowa, President Trump on Tuesday is making his first pilgrimage to the perennial battleground state this year.
Unlike the Democrats focused on the February caucuses, Mr. Trump will be looking ahead to the general election. He
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Jun 15 2012
News
Romney takes a new tack in tour across 6 states
BOSTON – Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney's first traditional campaign trip of the general election, a six-state trek by bus, is aimed at swaying undecided voters living outside America's big cities. To hear his advisers tell it, he'll be visiting the towns President Barack Obama forgot.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/06/15/romney-takes-new-tack-in-tour
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Mar 08 2015
News
Barack Obama Marks 50th Anniversary Of 'Bloody Sunday' With Powerful Speech In Selma
President Barack Obama joined nearly 100 members of Congress in Selma, Alabama, on Saturday for the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday" -- a watershed moment of the civil rights movement -- where he honored the men and women who stood their ground in a violent confrontation with police at the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
"We gather here to honor the courage of ordinary Americans willing to
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Oct 07 2013
News
Obama Tells Federal Employees He'll "Keep Working With Congress" to Reach a Deal
In a letter sent to U.S. Government workers affected by the shutdown on October 1, President Obama told federal employees he will continue to work with Congress in order to get them back to work, thanked them for their service and blamed House Republicans for the government shutdown.
"To the dedicated and hard-working employees of the United States Government: The Federal Government is
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Jun 06 2012
News
New Fannie CEO Has Bank Baggage
Fannie Mae named its general counsel, Timothy Mayopoulos, as its next chief executive officer after he agreed to a sharp pay cut imposed by the mortgage-finance company's federal regulator.
Mr. Mayopoulos joined Fannie in April 2009 as general counsel and later added the position of chief administrative officer. His promotion to CEO caps a remarkable turnaround for the financial-
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Oct 16 2019
News
Dems Debate
Tuesday night was the fourth Democratic primary debate, hosted by CNN/New York Times. New York Times
The left discusses healthcare, and believes Warren and Buttigieg had a good night.
“Now, it is true that instituting universal health-care coverage would cost a lot of money and require raising taxes. But it’s also true, as Warren (and Sanders) keep trying to remind everyone, that
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