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Tag: Person of the Year

  • Prof Patty
  • December 15, 2020

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Are TIME’s 2020 Person of the Year

Biden had the vision, set the tone and topped the ticket. But he also recognized what he could not offer on his own, what a 78-year-old white man could never provide: generational change, a fresh p

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https://youtu.be/2S2L4e914po?si=YmVt_MwoVlBysYzK

NY Times

  • Late Night Wades Into the Reflecting Pool’s Algae Bloom
  • Can a Trump-Modi Meeting Reset U.S.-India Relations?
  • We Just Learned the Limits of American Power
  • America’s First Pope Pays Homage to Its First Saint
  • Georgia Vexes Trump Yet Again: 6 Takeaways From Tuesday’s Primaries
https://youtu.be/ZALIdsv_3cg?si=FZBaK7cjVEztCJnB

NPR

  • How to map quadrillions of miles of underground fungi
  • In Albania, anger grows against the government for supporting a Kushner-linked luxury resort
  • Is a transparent fish the future of brain science? This center is betting on it
  • Why a brain research lab is switching from fruit flies to tiny fish
  • In Oregon, a newly discovered species of spider got its own name and naming ceremony
https://youtu.be/7aGbj3LAHsI?si=Iso1GGmZlbrOj5nO

The Progressive

  • Celebrate Juneteenth with Tax Justice for All
  • Why Is Illinois Failing to Hold ICE Agents Accountable?
  • This July 4, Celebrate Our Interdependence
  • The New Jim Crow
  • Being a Queer Immigrant in a Time of White Christian Nationalism
https://youtu.be/oKbsiNd4Q-Y?si=MF6Eq8qv49QiZkTB

FactCheck.org

  • Trump Makes Unsupported Claims About Drug Flows
  • Trump’s Inaccurate Anecdote on ‘Right to Repair’ Cars
  • Trump Exaggerates Previous Spending on Reflecting Pool
  • FactChecking Trump’s Contentious ‘Meet the Press’ Interview
  • Ohio Senate Candidates Spar Over Donations Tied, Loosely or Not, to Epstein
https://youtu.be/FA8AZSMEOD0?si=uBmpaQx4ZdqASMpy

Snopes.com

  • Does video show Fox News reporter saying reflecting pool's green algae-infested water is blue?
  • Will Trump administration give Iran $300B in deal to end war? There's no proof
  • How we confirmed Jelly Roll filed for divorce from Bunnie Xo
  • Did Eric Trump ask UFC commentator Daniel Cormier if any fights were 'rigged'? What we know
  • Pom Wonderful maker uses paraquat, a pesticide banned in 70-plus countries. Is it toxic?
https://youtu.be/OFkeKKszXTw?si=y7SJCxWT57VseByL

Tradeoffs

  • Where Did the No Surprises Act Go Wrong? And Can It Be Fixed?
  • Mental Health Courts Offer People Facing Prison an Imperfect Alternative
  • A Closer Look at a Widely Despised Health Insurance Policy
  • Republicans Want to Change How You Buy Health Care
  • The U.S. Saved $1 Trillion on Health Care. Why Doesn't It Feel Like It?
https://youtu.be/JbpcNGe1IoY?si=OKq0SBDBFxiyWQAo

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