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Apr 20 2021
News
Walter Mondale, Jimmy Carter's vice president, dead at 93
Walter Mondale, a Democratic vice president who was beaten by Ronald Reagan in a landslide presidential election in 1984, died at his home in Minneapolis on Monday. He was 93.
A statement from the Mondale family sharing news of Walter Mondale's death did not provide a specific cause.
Mondale was Jimmy Carter's running mate in 1976, beating Republican incumbent Gerald Ford and Bob
Washington ExaminerJul 14 2022
Analysis
The misplaced outrage over Hunter Biden and U.S. oil reserves bought by China
“Pres Biden reportedly sold oil fr[om] American reserves to China’s Sinopec which Hunter Biden may still b[e] tied to via his financial ventures in China. If report correct that’s OUTRAGEOUS.”
— Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), in a tweet, July 8
Search on Twitter for “Sinopec Hunter Biden” and this is just one of many tweets from GOP lawmakers and supporters that turn up.
Washington Post Fact CheckFeb 02 2017
Perspectives Blog
Gorsuch Tapped for Supreme Court
President Trump named his nominee to replace Scalia on the Supreme Court this week, Neil Gorsuch. While the country reacts to the announcement, Senate Democrats are still thinking about the appointment of Merrick Garland and are considering filibustering the vote on Gorsuch, which would delay or block it completely. According to some, the nuclear option is on the table, which would allow Senator John Gable, AllSides Co-founderNov 11 2019
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Another Republican Congressman Has Announced Their Retirement Ahead of 2020
Republican Congressman Peter King announced Monday morning he will not seek re-election in New York's 2nd Congressional District.
"I have decided not to be a candidate for re-election to Congress in 2020. I made this decision after much discussion with my wife Rosemary; my son Sean; and my daughter Erin. The prime reason for my decision was that after 28 years of spending 4 days a week
TownhallJun 29 2022
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Supreme Court Narrows Ruling for Tribes in Oklahoma
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday narrowed the sweep of its landmark 2020 decision declaring that much of eastern Oklahoma falls within Indian reservation lands, allowing state authorities to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians on the reservations.
The ruling left in place the basic holding of the 2020 decision, McGirt v. Oklahoma, which said that Native
New York Times (News)Sep 16 2020
News
Should the voting age be lowered to 16?
San Francisco could soon become the first major American city to lower its voting age to 16. A local ballot measure under consideration this November would allow 16- and 17-year-old residents to participate in citywide elections. The voting age for state and federal elections would remain 18.
If the measure is passed, it would mark a major step in a growing movement to extend voting
Yahoo! The 360Jul 25 2022
Analysis
Fox Seeks Allies Across the Political Spectrum to Shill for Bolsonaro
“Particularly since the 1930s, the connection of PSYOP with ideology and mass communication has made it a constant strategic element of international politics.”
— An Overview of Psychological Operations (PSYOP), Federal Research Division, Library of Congress (1989)
It is no secret that, since the 2016 legislative coup against President Dilma Rousseff and 2018 arbitrary
FAIRJun 28 2022
Opinion
How the Supreme Court is dismantling the separation of church and state
Supreme Court justices on Monday readily put themselves in the shoes of a football coach who wanted to pray at midfield after a game, over those of students who might feel pressure to join him, in an expansive decision focused on the “suppression” of religious voices.
The 6-3 ruling against a Washington state school district that suspended coach Joseph Kennedy reinforces a modern court
CNN DigitalSep 20 2022
News
What the numbers really say about abortion and Democrats in the midterms
Democrats have been on a voter registration tear since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. There’s just one problem for them — they are digging out from under major Republican gains in the previous 18 months.
For most of the two years leading up to the midterm election, Republicans rather than Democrats were making voter registration gains in key states, a POLITICO analysis of
PoliticoJun 02 2020
Opinion
Media Falsely Claimed Violent Riots Were Peaceful And That Tear Gas Was Used Against Rioters
The entire narrative the media glommed onto in lockstep was that Trump was a monster who tear-gassed peaceful protesters to do something meaningless. None of that was true.
Following days of violent riots and looting in cities across the country, Washington, D.C., announced a 7 p.m. curfew on Monday night. About the same time, President Donald Trump addressed the nation from the Rose
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