| | 25 AUG 2020 | | Facts, not fear. | | | TRENDING TOPICS
1. Wisconsin shooting aftermath 2. Republicans endorse Biden 3. Republican Convention highlights 4. New Canadian Conservative leader 5. First covid reinfection case | | FEATURED UNDER-REPORTED STORIES
Campus police state • Which gender is happier • Breaking vaccine monopoly | |
TRENDING TOPICS, MOST CREDIBLE STORIES | | #1 in U.S. News • 152 articles How is Wisconsin responding to unrest following the shooting of a black man? |  | |
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Top from last 48 hrs
The police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin, explained.
Vox (Left) • Credibility Grade 79% • 7 min read
A police officer shot Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, in the back seven times in Kenosha, Wisconsin — a city 40 miles south of Milwaukee — on Sunday evening. A video circulating on social media captured the incident, showing Blake being shot at close range as he attempted to enter a vehicle. Blake was taken to a Milwaukee hospital, where he remained in serious condition Monday.
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Videos on social media showed protests that included garbage trucks being set on fire, windows of buildings at and near the courthouse being smashed, and crowds clashing with police dressed in riot gear. The county has set a curfew from 8 pm Monday until 7 am Tuesday and plans to use the [Wisconsin National Guard] to protect city infrastructure from vandalism after [Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers] declared a state of emergency.
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In June, Evers announced a legislative package that included banning chokeholds and no-knock warrants, adding the requirement that officers take deescalation training, and putting $1 million in grants toward community-based anti-violence programs. On Monday, Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos called the governor's package "liberal policies that will only deepen the divisions in our state." - Top from different political viewpoint
Wisconsin National Guard deployed to help manage Jacob Blake protests in Kenosha.
Washington Examiner (Moderate Right) • Credibility Grade 70% • 2 min read - Top long-read
When "police reform" came to Kenosha, Wisconsin.
New Republic (Left) • Credibility Grade 83% • 5 min read
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| | #2 in U.S. News • 133 articles Why is Joe Biden promoting his Republican endorsements? |  | |
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Biden creates 'safe harbor' for renegade Republicans who've dumped Trump.
NBC News (Moderate Left) • Credibility Grade 79% • 6 min read
All four nights of last week's Democratic National Convention featured prominent refugee Republicans speaking against President Donald Trump and in favor of Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee. And this week, to coincide with the GOP convention, Biden's team is launching a Republicans for Biden effort led by former Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona and other former GOP lawmakers.
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Rather than banking on the vaunted Obama coalition of millennials, young women and nonwhite voters to power him to the White House, Biden is seeking to convert some historically GOP-leaning constituencies as Trump shows softness in support among white college graduates and seniors.
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Trump remains popular with the vast majority of GOP voters. While polls show that around 90 percent of Republicans support the president, the difference of a few percentage points in either direction represents millions of voters, because 63 million people cast ballots for Trump [in 2016, out of a total 129 million votes]. - Top from different political viewpoint
The pale pastel Republicans for socialism.
American Spectator (Right) • Credibility Grade 64% • 4 min read - Top long-read
What does the Democratic party stand for?
New York Times (Moderate Left) • Credibility Grade 80% • 6 min read
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| | #3 in U.S. News • 74 articles What are the highlights from the opening night of the 2020 Republican National Convention? |  | |
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Republicans warn of chaos if Biden wins: Key moments from the convention's first night.
Politico (Moderate Left) • Credibility Grade 77% • 11 min read
[Rep. Jim Jordan said] "Democrats won't let you go to church, but let you protest. Democrats won't let you go to work, but let you riot. Democrats won't let you go to school, but they'll let you go loot," he said, contending that Trump "has fought against each of their crazy ideas." Jordan also sought to humanize the president, recalling that when the congressman's nephew was killed suddenly several years ago, Trump reached out to offer his condolences and "took time to talk to a dad who was hurting."
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"They think [Joe Biden is] a nice guy," [RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel] said. "Let me tell you, raising taxes on 82 percent of Americans is not nice. Eliminating 10 million good-paying oil and gas jobs is not nice. Policies that force jobs to flee our country or allow abortion up until the point of birth are not nice."
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[The remarks of two health care workers] were interspersed with a narrator listing a number of Trump's favorite talking points on the coronavirus responses: from shutting down travel from China to pointing fingers at the initially contradictory messaging from the CDC. Videos showed prominent Democrats, from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, downplaying concerns of the virus early in the pandemic. - Top from different political viewpoint
Republican convention to forgo party platform in favor of blanket support for Trump's agenda.
MarketWatch (Center) • Credibility Grade 79% • 2 min read - Top long-read
Republicans: The party of no content.
The Atlantic (Moderate Left) • Credibility Grade 74% • 13 min read
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| | #1 in World News • 26 articles How will the election of a new Conservative Party leader affect Canadian politics? |  | |
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Canadian Conservatives choose Erin O'Toole to lead fight against Trudeau.
Washington Post (Moderate Left) • Credibility Grade 73% • 4 min read
Erin O'Toole, 46, won the Conservative Party leadership election with 57 percent of the vote in the third round early Monday. It was an upset over Peter MacKay, a 54-year-old lawyer who spent nearly a decade in [former] Prime Minister Stephen Harper's cabinet and entered the race as the front-runner.
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[O'Toole] promised to support blue-collar workers, defend Canada's history from "cancel culture and the radical left" and "take back Canada" — though from whom or what was unclear. He pledged to knock down interprovincial trade barriers and repeal the federal price on carbon but make "industry" pay.
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Nearly 70 percent of Canadians said last week they did not know enough about O'Toole to form an informed opinion about him, according to an Ipsos poll. O'Toole takes over the party at a critical time in Canada, with more than 9,000 people dead from the novel coronavirus, the country attempting to reverse a steep economic downturn and Trudeau's government reeling from an ethics controversy. - Top from different political viewpoint
Defund the CBC and shower parents with cash: Four things Erin O'Toole has promised to do.
National Post (Moderate Right) • Credibility Grade 62% • 4 min read - Top long-read
The WE scandal and Justin Trudeau's testimony: A primer.
Macleans (Moderate Left) • Credibility Grade 82% • 8 min read
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| | #1 in Health News • 30 articles What does the first confirmed reinfection of Covid-19 mean for the fight against the pandemic? |  | |
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First documented coronavirus reinfection reported in Hong Kong.
New York Times (Moderate Left) • Credibility Grade 84% • 6 min read
Doctors have reported several cases of presumed reinfection in the United States and elsewhere, but none of those cases have been confirmed with rigorous testing. Recovered people are known to carry viral fragments for weeks, which can lead to positive test results in the absence of live virus.
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The man had no symptoms the second time, suggesting that even though the prior exposure did not prevent the reinfection, his immune system kept the virus somewhat in check. People who do not have symptoms may still spread the virus to others, however, underscoring the importance of vaccines, [Akiko Iwasaki, an immunologist at Yale University] said.
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Over all, experts said, it's unclear how often people might become reinfected, and how soon, after a first bout with the virus. "Those remain open questions, because one person exhibiting a mild reinfection, clearly documented as a distinct strain of the virus, does not provide enough evidence one way or another," [Jeffrey Shaman, an epidemiologist at Columbia University in New York.] said. - Top from different political viewpoint
Researchers find first proven case of Covid-19 reinfection.
Financial Times (Center) • Credibility Grade 73% • 2 min read - Top long-read
The world may be overestimating the power of Covid-19 vaccines.
Stat News (Center) • Credibility Grade 79% • 5 min read
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