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Could A High-Speed “Rail to Nowhere” Save California's Poorest Neighborhoods?
FRESNO, CALIF. -The plan: cover one of the most destitute tracts of California’s poorest major city with a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course and watch dust turn to dollars.But soon, funding for the p ...
15 Oct, 2018
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20 min read
Three Ways Sen. Collins is Receiving Kavanaugh Vote Backlash
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is now public enemy #1 as far as many Democrats are concerned.Collins, a well-known swing vote in the Senate who caucuses with the Republican Party, ...
10 Oct, 2018
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3 min read
Hillary Clinton Explicitly Rejects Civility Toward Republicans
WASHINGTON, DC - Hillary Clinton told CNN's Christiane Amanpour in a televised interview Tuesday that Democrats cannot be civil with Republicans if they don't win a majority of seats in the U.S. House ...
10 Oct, 2018
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2 min read
The U.S. National Debt Is Up By A Record $1.2 Trillion This Year: But Here's Why You Don't Care
WASHINGTON, DC - The national debt increased by $1,271,158,167,126.72 for fiscal year 2018 according to the latest information published by the U.S. Treasury this month. (The U.S. federal government's ...
09 Oct, 2018
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3 min read
Nikki Haley Leaves UN for Private Sector, Denies 2020 Ambitions
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald Trump accepted the resignation of UN Ambassador Nikki Haley Tuesday, who said in her resignation letter that she was leaving public life for the private sector.The ...
09 Oct, 2018
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4 min read
OPINION: Partisanship Has Destroyed the Judicial Nomination Process
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Though 44 % of American voters self-identify as independents – not aligned with either party - the American government is dominated by the two political parties. There is a gr ...
08 Oct, 2018
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5 min read
Kavanaugh Is Confirmed to the Supreme Court - Now What?
WASHINGTON, DC - As they promised to do on Friday, Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Jeff Flake (R-AZ) voted 'yes' to elevate Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s second nominee, ...
06 Oct, 2018
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3 min read
What's Been Lost In The Partisan Confirmation Debate
WASHINGTON, DC - If there was any discussion whatsoever about constitutional law in the fight over Donald Trump's Supreme Court appointment to replace Anthony Kennedy, the public didn't hear it and wo ...
06 Oct, 2018
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2 min read
Kavanaugh Hearings: ‘Exhibit A’ Why Voters Go Independent
Washington, D.C. - In a party-line vote of 11-10, the Republican-dominated Senate Judiciary Committee pushed Judge Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination to the Senate floor, of course with a ...
28 Sep, 2018
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4 min read
New Report: Marijuana Arrests Increased in 2017 Despite Legalization
According to FBI statistics released this week, marijuana arrests in the United States actually increased to 659,700 in 2017 over 2016's total of 653,249. That's despite the fact that in 2017, the num ...
26 Sep, 2018
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2 min read