Daily Archives: October 23, 2020

Election results show Democrats are too reliant on big cities

In 2012, President Obama beat Republican nominee Mitt Romney by more than 6.3 million votes in the nation’s 25 largest counties, a margin greater than the 5 million votes by which Obama beat Romney nationally. ADVERTISEMENTFour years later, Democratic nominee Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim […]

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'Devastating Weather Events' to Double Due to Global Warming

Extreme El Niño events, which cause devastating impacts around the world, will occur twice as frequently due to global warming, scientists said in a report published in the journal Nature Climate Change this week. El Niño, a weather event that involves unusually warm ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific, occurs periodically. However, as average temperatures […]

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Howard Dean Takes Hawkish Stance Against Diplomacy with Iran

“We need to stand up to the mullahs. These are not people we ought to be negotiating with.” That’s what former Democratic Vermont governor and presidential candidate Howard Dean said during a speaking engagement in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, just one day after the State of the Union in which President Obama championed ongoing diplomatic […]

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Prominent Anti-Drone Activist Kidnapped in Pakistan

A prominent Pakistani anti-drone campaigner and journalist whose son and brother were killed by drones was abducted February 5th by over a dozen men, just before he was set to travel to Europe to testify to lawmakers about the war crimes wrought by U.S. drone strikes. He is currently missing, according to his family. “Kareem […]

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