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Tag: politics

  • Kintsugi
  • April 25, 2022April 25, 2022

Fox News viewers experienced ‘changes in attitudes’ after watching CNN for 30 days: study

Alex Henderson  April 04, 2022 But according to researchers David E. Brockman and Joshua L. Kalla, Fox News viewers developed better critical thinking skills when exposed to CNN. Brockman

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 13, 2022March 13, 2022

The changing political geography of COVID-19 over the last two years 

COVID-19 since 2/29/2020 USA CASES 79,305,507 USA DEATHS 959,590  USA fully vaccinated 216,204,455 or 65% In the spring of 2020, the areas recording the greatest numbers of COVID-19 death

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  • Kintsugi
  • March 7, 2022March 7, 2022

Putin’s attack on Ukraine echoes Hitler’s takeover of Czechoslovakia

“I need ammunition, not a ride” — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy refusing the US’s offer to get him out of Kyiv. This is the largest attack in Europe since World War II.

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  • Prof Patty
  • February 28, 2022February 28, 2022

Least educated counties state by state

The value of traditional education can vary widely across the country. While a college degree has long been viewed as a critical step toward the American dream, growing costs have led many students

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  • Prof Patty
  • January 23, 2022January 23, 2022

More than 1,700 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation.

By Julie Zauzmer Weil, Adrian Blanco and Leo Dominguez 1/10/22 From the founding of the United States until long after the Civil War, hundreds of the elected leaders writin

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  • Kintsugi
  • January 17, 2022

WHOSE HOUSE? THEIR HOUSE: JUST WHO WAS HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE 1/6 INSURRECTION IS TELLING

BY SUSANNAH CROCKFORD  JANUARY 1, 2022 Almost as soon as the tear gas cleared from the Capitol grounds on Jan 6, multiple stories emerged. About what happened, and when, and who was

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  • Kintsugi
  • January 7, 2022January 7, 2022

From the Daily Skimm (12/30/21)

Attack on democracy…On Jan 6, Congress got together to certify then-President-elect Biden’s electoral win. But pro-Trump supporters who refused to accept the 2020 election results sto

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  • Prof Patty
  • January 1, 2022January 1, 2022

How to Spot Misinformation Online — and Stop Its Spread

“Fake news” may sound like the punchline of a lazy joke. But misinformation is very real. And so are its impacts.  There are different types: Misinformation is false information that

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  • Prof Patty
  • December 30, 2021December 30, 2021

Where do you fit in the political typology?

Are you a Faith and Flag Conservative? Progressive Left? Or somewhere in between? Take our quiz to find out which one of our nine political typology groups is your best match, compared with a natio

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  • Kintsugi
  • December 24, 2021December 24, 2021

AP review finds far too little vote fraud to tip 2020 election to Trump

Dec 14, 2021 4:00 PM EST ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) — An Associated Press review of every potential case of voter fraud in the six battleground states disputed by former President Donald Trump has found f

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  • Kintsugi
  • December 24, 2021December 24, 2021

America’s Population Density

Altogether, the red areas on this map have a larger population than all of the gray areas put together. It’s pretty clear that Americans tend to flock to the coasts!

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  • Prof Patty
  • December 17, 2021December 17, 2021

We’re Number One?

By Elliott Davis Jr. April 13, 2021 How the U.S. sees itself is far different from how the rest of the world sees it. Only 52.5% of those surveyed agreed that the country is a “good rol

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  • Prof Patty
  • December 15, 2021December 15, 2021

Katie Porter challenges Bank CEO

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  • Kintsugi
  • November 21, 2021

What is the U.S. Senate filibuster and why is everyone talking about it?

By Susan Cornwell October 6, 2021 6:17 AM EDT To “filibuster” means to delay action on a bill or other issue by talking. The Senate filibuster first captured the American imagination

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 28, 2021October 28, 2021

Pro-Trump activists reveal Republican elected officials who participated in planning of Jan. 6 rallies: report

Sarah K. Burris and Raw Story October 25, 2021 A slate of Republican members of Congress is being outed by those who attended planning meetings for the protest that resulted in the a

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NY Times

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  • Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai’s Conviction Was Years in the Making
  • Trump Seizes on Rob Reiner’s Death to Attack the Hollywood Director
  • Trump Administration Begins Program to Increase Government’s Tech Worker Ranks
  • U.S. Soldiers Killed in Syria Identified as Iowa National Guard Sergeants

NPR

  • Skywatchers rejoice: The Geminids meteor shower peaks tonight
  • A new study reveals an unprecedented discovery of new species
  • Fewer characters on TV had abortions this year — and more stories reinforced shame
  • Amputees often feel disconnected from their bionic hands. AI could bridge the gap
  • For 50 years, Rockalina the turtle lived on a kitchen floor. Now she has a new friend

The Progressive

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FactCheck.org

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Snopes.com

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