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Facebook Throttles Outsider Voices on Election Eve 0
- From the Editorial Board
- November 2, 2020
Facebook has removed its mask and is playing censor-in-chief on the eve of the 2020 election. On Monday morning, we found that none of the scheduled weekend posts of our alternative web publication, Intellectual Takeout, were released to the public. When attempting to post new material, Facebook informed us that restrictions are now in place to
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Discipline Suffers as San Diego Schools Adopt ‘Anti-Racism’ Grading System 0
- Education
- November 2, 2020
Equality is out and “equity” is in. The San Diego Unified School District has approved a change to their grading system that coincides with broader ideas of restorative justice and “anti-racism.” They will do this by no longer letting late assignments and bad behavior in the classroom affect grades. Students also won’t be penalized for
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Will Black Americans Deliver Trump a Second Term?0
- Politics
- October 30, 2020
Will black Americans not only reelect President Trump, but also write a new chapter of American political history? Yes, that’s quite a question – one of cosmos-bending proportions. And so are the figures undergirding that statement. According to Rasmussen, black Americans plan to vote for President Trump in larger numbers than in 2016. That’s not surprising. Yet,
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Obsession: How the Media Keep Us Ignorant 0
- Politics
- October 30, 2020
Many people of all political persuasions, including myself, find much of the mainstream news opinionated and biased. Negative media coverage of President Trump, for example, ran as high as 99 percent in May. This slanted news does serious damage to our republic. It’s divisive, but it also causes ignorance. Two days ago, I met a
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Economy Surges at Record Rate as GDP Grows 33 Percent 0
- Politics
- October 30, 2020
The U.S. economy grew by a record 33.1 percent in the third quarter of the year as employers continue to restore jobs and the country continues to feel the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The Commerce Department figure released Wednesday reflects the rate of decline in U.S. gross domestic product during the third quarter, from
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A Biden Court-Packing Plan Could Be Worse Than FDR’s 0
- History
- October 30, 2020
Still fighting off the tail-end of the Great Depression, Americans gave President Franklin Delano Roosevelt a landslide victory over Republican challenger Alf Landon in 1936. Roosevelt, keen to see his New Deal legislation brought to fruition, was frustrated again and again by the Supreme Court. The “Four Horsemen” – the press’s name for conservative justices
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