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Jun 18 2019
Opinion
OPINION: McConnell's blockade of House legislation is about to face its toughest test
In the struggle between Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the Democratic-controlled House, the immovable object may finally have met an irresistible force.
McConnell has been the immovable object: He's frustrated House Democrats by systematically blocking Senate votes so far on the lengthening list of bills they have passed, from gun control to additional protections
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Jun 18 2019
News
Four Years Ago Trump Was Seen as a Sideshow. Now He Is the Show.
As he rode down that escalator in June 2015, it felt like a lark, a curiosity, just another staged television spectacle. At most, many assumed that Donald J. Trump’s candidacy would be a sideshow, sure to be entertaining but hardly decisive.
Four years later, as President Trump kicks off his campaign for a second term on Tuesday with an eardrum-pounding, packed-to-the-rafters rally in
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Oct 26 2014
News
Rand Paul just gave one of the most important foreign policy speeches in decades
Sen. Rand Paul just gave one of the most important speeches on foreign policy since George W. Bush declared war on Iraq. But instead of declaring war on another country, Paul declared war on his own party. Or, at least, its entire approach to foreign policy.
In his address last night at the Center for the National Interest — a think tank founded by Richard Nixon — Paul gave, for the
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Oct 19 2020
Perspectives Blog
Trump vs. Biden Quick Links: Coronavirus Plan
In this article we’ll provide a brief overview of each candidate’s coronavirus plan and give quick links to articles covering the topic from different rated outlets.
Biden: Seven-Step PlanJoe Biden released his campaign’s plan to address the coronavirus on March 12. It promises to invoke the full authority of the Defense Production Act (DPA), a law that originated
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Jun 04 2020
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: George Floyd's Death in Police Custody Sparks Protests, Riots
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George Floyd's death after a police officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes last week has sparked massive civil unrest and outcry against police brutality, racism and criminal justice failures.
The protests, demonstrations and riots following Floyd's death have commanded the nation's
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Jun 12 2024
Headline Roundup
Democrats and Republicans Split on What Hunter Biden’s Conviction Says About the Rule of Law
Following the felony convictions of Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden’s son Hunter, media from the left and right have framed the consequences for rule of law in the U.S. differently.
Trump’s False Narrative: In an opinion labeled an analysis from CNN Opinion (Left bias), Stephen Collinson claimed Hunter Biden’s conviction shattered “the false notion that (Trump) is
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Oct 16 2014
News
These Candidates Are Courting the Muslim Vote
Typically news stories about American politicians and the Muslim community run along the lines of: “Republican Official Demonizes Muslims.” For example, recently we were treated to Oklahoma Republican State representative John Bennett calling Muslim Americans a “cancer” that must be cut of America.
And over the last few years we have seen Republican officials fan the flames of hate
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Nov 08 2016
Opinion
How to Get Beyond Our Tribal Politics
Whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump wins Tuesday, understanding the psychological causes of our national rift can help us bridge it.
The most-watched made-for-TV movie in American history is “The Day After,” a 1983 portrayal of life in Kansas and Missouri in the days just before and after an all-out nuclear war with the Soviet Union. If you’ve had even fleeting thoughts that Tuesday
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Nov 08 2012
News
Reeling conservatives face ‘recalibration’ at their core
Republicans found themselves facing agonizing day-after questions Wednesday that they admit are nearly impossible to answer while trying to hold together their diverse electoral coalition and ensure their survival as Americas conservative party. In the wake of Mitt Romneys narrow but decisive loss Tuesday to President Obama, top conservative strategists said the party will have to find leaders
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Jun 06 2019
Opinion
OPINION: How Madame X helped win D-Day
On this day, June 6, 75 years ago, my dad was awakened early — or, more accurately, late.
Just about midnight, he and his crewmates were stirred roughly from a much too short sleep and told to get ready for what would be Mission #10 of the 25 expected for their B-17 bomber.
The time alone was a signal that this might be the day most of their base at Nuthampstead -- indeed most of
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