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In Nebraska, a new Republican super PAC just sprang up to spend to defend a billionaire incumbent. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Campaign Finance

Simplified: A new Republican super PAC was formed in Nebraska to spend money defending a billionaire incumbent.

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4 weeks ago
In Kansas, Vice President JD Vance campaigned for a Senate Republican, even though a Democrat there has not been elected to the chamber since 1932. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , History , Elections

Simplified: A Democrat has not been elected to the U.S. Senate from Kansas since 1932.

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4 weeks ago
“Gas prices are too high right now, diesel prices are too high,” Speaker Mike Johnson acknowledged on Tuesday at the Capitol. “There is a very simple reason for it. It is tied to the Strait of Hormuz.... 1.000

👤 Mike Johnson 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Economics , Energy

Simplified: Speaker Mike Johnson stated that high gas and diesel prices are tied to the Strait of Hormuz.

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4 weeks ago
the [Republican] party has a big cash advantage over Democrats. 1.000

👤 Reid J. Epstein, Shane Goldmacher 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Elections , Campaign Finance

Simplified: The Republican Party has a significant cash advantage over the Democratic Party.

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4 weeks ago
In Iceland, one ruling coalition party focuses on disability rights and pensioners’ interests. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Social Policy , Iceland

Simplified: A party within Iceland's ruling coalition focuses on disability rights and the interests of pensioners.

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4 weeks ago
Poland, Bulgaria and Slovenia have parties in power that did not exist a decade ago. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Poland , Bulgaria , Slovenia

Simplified: In Poland, Bulgaria, and Slovenia, there are parties currently in power that were not in existence a decade ago.

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4 weeks ago
In the Netherlands, a party focused on animal rights holds seats in Parliament. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Netherlands , Animal Rights

Simplified: A political party focused on animal rights holds seats in the Parliament of the Netherlands.

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4 weeks ago
When these two issues are combined, the group that supports government-provided health insurance and work requirements is by far the largest: 1.000

👤 German Lopez 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , United States , Polling

Simplified: Among polled voters, the largest group supports both government-provided health insurance and work requirements for benefits.

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4 weeks ago
Searchlight argues that voters fall into nine buckets (and produced a quiz so you can see which group you fall into). 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Organizations , Polling

Simplified: An entity named Searchlight argues that voters can be categorized into nine groups and has produced a quiz for this purpose.

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4 weeks ago
But 72 percent said adults should have to work or look for work to receive government benefits unless they’re disabled. 1.000

👤 German Lopez 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , United States , Polling , Welfare

Simplified: A poll found that 72 percent of respondents believe non-disabled adults should be required to work or seek work to receive government benefits.

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4 weeks ago
But 65 percent believe new government programs should be funded by shifting money from other programs, not new taxes — the conservative view. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Economics , Public Opinion

Simplified: 65% of Americans believe new government programs should be funded by shifting money from other programs instead of new taxes.

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4 weeks ago
About 73 percent of Americans support higher taxes on the rich to fund public programs — the liberal position. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Economics , Public Opinion

Simplified: Approximately 73% of Americans support higher taxes on the rich to fund public programs.

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4 weeks ago
In fact, the heterodox position of forbidding school prayer and also restricting homeless encampments is the second-most-common viewpoint. 1.000

👤 German Lopez 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , United States , Polling

Simplified: The viewpoint of forbidding school prayer while also restricting homeless encampments is reportedly the second-most-common among polled voters.

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4 weeks ago
Here, more voters fall in the purely liberal or conservative groups, but nearly 40 percent of voters hold heterodox views. 0.900

👤 German Lopez 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , United States , Polling

Simplified: Regarding views on gender roles and student loans, nearly 40 percent of voters hold heterodox (mixed) views.

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4 weeks ago
While half of the respondents still held consistently liberal or conservative views … the other half held heterodox views. 1.000

👤 German Lopez 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , United States , Polling

Simplified: In a poll regarding school prayer and homeless encampments, about half of respondents held consistently liberal or conservative views, while the other...

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4 weeks ago
In Searchlight’s polling, most respondents — 66 percent — said the government should provide health care to all Americans, regardless of age or income. 1.000

👤 German Lopez 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , United States , Healthcare , Polling

Simplified: A Searchlight Institute poll found that 66 percent of respondents believe the government should provide health care to all Americans.

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4 weeks ago
Anti-abortion Democrats and pro-choice Republicans in Congress once numbered in the dozens, but no longer. 1.000

👤 German Lopez 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , History , United States , Congress

Simplified: The number of anti-abortion Democrats and pro-choice Republicans in the U.S. Congress has declined from dozens in the past to almost none today.

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4 weeks ago
The data here represents 100 self-identified Democrats and Republicans, based on polling data from the Searchlight Institute, a Democratic-aligned think tank. 1.000

👤 German Lopez 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Research , Polling

Simplified: Polling data on voter views from the Searchlight Institute, a Democratic-aligned think tank, was based on a sample of 100 Democrats and 100 Republican...

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4 weeks ago
The Democratic Party’s approval rating hovers around 40 percent, and the Republican Party’s is even lower. 0.900

👤 German Lopez 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , United States , Polling

Simplified: The Democratic Party's approval rating is around 40 percent, with the Republican Party's rating being lower.

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4 weeks ago
Trumpism — the authoritarian, anti-establishment, racist, and xenophobic movement launched seven years ago by Donald J. Trump — didn’t come out of nowhere. 0.900

👤 Robert Reich 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , History

Simplified: The movement of Trumpism was launched seven years ago by Donald J. Trump.

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4 weeks ago