Articles filed under Politics
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The Senate Finance Committee is now steered by a tractor driver from IowaFeb 07, 2019 12:00 am - His tractor is so noisy that, when driving it, the man who calls himself "just a farmer from Butler County" puts his cellphone under his cap, set on vibrate. Charles Gra...
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Can moderate Dems talk Pelosi out of extreme border position?Feb 07, 2019 12:00 am - As things stand now, a House and Senate conference committee is the only hope that Democrats and Republicans can reach agreement on border security and avoid another gov...
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Online's 'walled gardens' must stop assuming real news is freeFeb 06, 2019 12:00 am - Facebook and Google have been brutal to the news business. But this primarily reflects a failure of imagination. The tech giants are the world's best distribution platfo...
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Don't make Medicare-for-all a litmus testFeb 06, 2019 12:00 am - Hear that crunching sound? It's the eggshells that 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls are stomping through, backing up and stomping upon all over again, as they attem...
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Inquiring minds: How did a tabloid get Jeff Bezos' texts?Feb 06, 2019 12:00 am - When the National Enquirer published explicit text messages between Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and the woman he was having an affair with, the world's richest man made cl...
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Virginia Democrats awash in scandalFeb 06, 2019 12:00 am - The Democratic Party of Virginia was engulfed in a full-blown political crisis Wednesday, as a series of scandals tarnished the Commonwealth's three top Democratic leade...
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Elizabeth Warren apologizes to Cherokee Nation chief for DNA testFeb 06, 2019 12:00 am - Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has apologized to Cherokee Nation after releasing DNA test results in October indicating she had Native American ancestry, a tribe spokes...
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Virginia attorney general now says he wore blackface in collegeFeb 06, 2019 12:00 am - RICHMOND - Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring, D, said Wednesday he dressed in blackface during college, elevating the Capitol's scandals to a new level that engulfe...
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Naperville leader calls for Stava-Murray's resignation over 'white supremacist policies' commentsFeb 05, 2019 12:00 am - Several council members and public speakers in Naperville rose in defense of their hometown Tuesday after state Rep. Anne Stava-Murray described Naperville as a city wit...
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The banality of evil, 2019Feb 05, 2019 12:00 am - C.S. Lewis was only partly right when he wrote: The greatest evil ... is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed and well...