Politics
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Teagan
@Teagan -
over 5 years ago
Exactly which states do the Dems think they will flip in 2020?
Exactly which states do the Dems think they will flip in 2020?The political news is all about the 2020 presidential election. We get daily polls purportedly informing us of who is up, who is down, who's going up, who's going down, and the impact of every comment, either ...continued
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Mariano
@Mariano -
about 4 years ago
Playing Politics With a Vaccine
According to a new survey by the Pew Research Center, Americans are now evenly divided over whether they would get a vaccine to prevent Covid-19, if it were available today.And just 21 percent said they would “definitely” get a coronavirus vaccine today, half the share wh...continued
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Raoul
@Raoul -
over 5 years ago
Episode 583 Scott Adams: Iran, North Korea, and Other Places Safer Than Portland, Plus TDS
Episode 583 Scott Adams: Iran, North Korea, and Other Places Safer Than Portland, Plus TDSIf you would like my channel to have a wider audience and higher production quality, please donate via my startup (Whenhub.com) at this link: I use donations to pay for the daily con...continued
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Felicita
@Felicita -
over 5 years ago
For populists like Trump, Netanyahu and Berlusconi, TV garbage is golden
For populists like Trump, Netanyahu and Berlusconi, TV garbage is golden - Opinion - Israel NewsNew research on the direct link between the dumbing down of TV and support for populist candidates in Italy is applicable to Israel and the U.S. as wellSource: Haaretz.comPower...continued
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Kristina
@Kristina -
about 4 years ago
The Perfect Mix: Politics and Comedy
When Chelsea Connor first saw Will Carey, all 6 feet 7 inches of him, in June 2014, he was onstage at the comedy club Caroline’s on Broadway, discussing the gentrification of the chopped cheese sandwich.“I’m a Brooklyn girl and I’ve been eating that chopped cheese sandwic...continued
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Ezequiel
@Ezequiel -
over 5 years ago
The Religious Right holds a special day to pray ‘Trump’s enemies’ away
The National Day of Prayer is held on the first Thursday of May every year, which in 2019 fell on May 2. But last week, Rev. Franklin Graham called for Sunday, June 2, to be a “special Day of Prayer for the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump.” In a statement ...continued
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Rose
@Rose -
about 4 years ago
Pentagon Is Clinging to Aging Technologies, House Panel Warns
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan House panel said on Tuesday that artificial intelligence, quantum computing, space and biotechnology were “making traditional battlefields and boundaries increasingly irrelevant” — but that the Pentagon was clinging to aging weapons systems meant...continued
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Cameron
@Cameron -
over 5 years ago
The world of professional tennis has enabled Justin Gimelstob long enough
It’s been over a week since tennis power broker Justin Gimelstob pleaded “no contest” to violently assaulting his ex-wife’s friend, Randall Kaplan, in front of Kaplan’s pregnant wife and child on Halloween night. The judge said the attack on Kaplan was “violent” and “unpr...continued
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Ariel
@Ariel -
6 months ago
Watch: Civil servant Simon Case in delayed Covid inquiry appearance
Case had been due to appear last year, but had to withdraw on health grounds in October.
1 minute read
Jany
@Jany -
over 5 years ago
Trump orders overhaul of organ transplant and kidney dialysis systems
Trump orders overhaul of organ transplant and kidney dialysis systemsThe initiatives Trump is scheduled to outline include five new payment models to encourage doctors to treat patients earlier and encourage home peritoneal dialysis; a crackdown on some of the 58 non-prof...continued
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Bobby
@Bobby -
over 5 years ago
People from across the country protest new abortion bans at Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A crowd of about 200 people, including abortion rights activists and 2020 presidential candidates, gathered at the Supreme Court on Tuesday to protest state legislatures across the country passing new abortion restrictions at a rapid pace. In 2019, eigh...continued
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Leda
@Leda -
over 5 years ago
Episode 591 Scott Adams: Antifa’s Diversity Problem, Equal pay for Soccer Players, Slaughter Meter
Episode 591 Scott Adams: Antifa’s Diversity Problem, Equal pay for Soccer Players, Slaughter MeterIf you would like my channel to have a wider audience and higher production quality, please donate via my startup (Whenhub.com) at this link: I use donations to pay for the d...continued
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Elody
@Elody -
over 5 years ago
Trump signs executive order calling for upfront disclosure of hospital costs
Trump signs executive order calling for upfront disclosure of hospital costsPresident Trump on Monday signed an executive order demanding the upfront disclosure by hospitals of the actual prices for common tests and procedures.Trump's order also requires that patients be ...continued
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Patrick
@Patrick -
about 1 year ago
The Daily Responsibility of Democracy
Being adults in a time of juvenile politics is hard but necessary.
9 minutes read
Josiah
@Josiah -
almost 5 years ago
Watch Biden's new ad
2020 Democrats flood the Iowa airwaves with campaign adsFolks in Iowa are being inundated with campaign ads from the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates as the caucus nears. CNN's John King discusses the central themes with the Inside Politics panel.Source: CNNPowered...continued
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Jany
@Jany -
about 1 year ago
The Source of America’s Political Chaos
The election of 2016 is still poisoning our politics.
8 minutes read
Madalyn
@Madalyn -
over 5 years ago
The nation’s largest physician group is warming up to universal health care
The American Medical Association (AMA) — one of the nation’s most powerful health groups — is warming up to policy ideas that expand the role of government-run health care, thanks to activists trying to change minds from the inside. Every year, the country’s largest phy...continued
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Ryleigh
@Ryleigh -
over 4 years ago
Stephen Colbert has the perfect solution to Trump's rambling press conferences
To say Donald Trump's coronavirus press conferences have lacked a little clarity would perhaps be the understatement of the year — and they only seem to be getting more and more rambling as the weeks go on.Luckily, Stephen Colbert has a solution."Trump's been having a bla...continued
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Maida
@Maida -
over 3 years ago
Are the Democrats doomed in 2022? Politics Weekly Extra
Analyst David Shor and Jonathan Freedland look at the data and the polls and discuss why the Democrats should be worried – and what they need to do to improve their chances of winning the next presidential electionWhen Joe Biden became the 46th US president i…
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Felicita
@Felicita -
almost 3 years ago
Nick Kristof Flunks Politics 101
Everyone knows you’ve got to BS the residency requirement before running for office.
1 minute read
Marjory
@Marjory -
over 4 years ago
Stephen Colbert slams Trump's dismissive response to scientific advice about coronavirus
To listen to the experts, or not to listen to the experts?"Right now our country is in the middle of a fierce debate about listening to medical experts, or diving like a drunken frat boy into the gullet of a crocodile," says Stephen Colbert in the clip above, "which has l...continued
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Zackery
@Zackery -
over 5 years ago
This Women’s World Cup is a win for collective bargaining
The 2019 Women’s World Cup in France is already on its way to being the most successful edition of the event ever. Though the tournament is still in the group stages, it is already breaking viewership records around the globe. FIFA likes to take credit for this increase i...continued
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Liliane
@Liliane -
over 4 years ago
House approves $100 billion in broadband funding for rural areas
The US House of Representatives approved the Moving Forward Act this week, a $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill that puts $100 billion toward bringing high-speed broadband to underserved areas. The ambitious bill also allocates funds toward transportation and clean energy ...continued
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Torey
@Torey -
over 5 years ago
How things seem to have escalated so quickly between the US and Iran
On Thursday, Iran shot down a U.S. surveillance drone that it says was in its airspace. The U.S. military however, denied the claim, arguing that the drone was over international waters. And now, both sides are accusing the other of escalating tensions. Both Iranian and U...continued
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Cameron
@Cameron -
about 1 year ago
Sarah Palin calls for civil war "We do need to rise up and take our country back."
Former Alaska Governor and Donald Trump supporter Sarah Palin appeared on Newsmax last night to share her thoughts with host Eric Bolling on Trump's arrest yesterday in Georgia for election interference. Bolling asked her, "When you see the former presiden…
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