Blindspot Report Aug-02-2022

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August 2nd 2022

Today we’re looking at D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s request for National Guard assistance over buses filled with migrants sent from Arizona and Texas, New allegations from top House Democrats of a cover-up in the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general investigation into deleted U.S. Secret Service messages related to the Capitol riot, a viral speech by political commentator and former Daily Show host John Stewart criticizing Senate Republicans for blocking healthcare legislation for veterans, and Split Headlines over the Biden administration’s decision to complete sections of Trump’s border wall in Arizona.

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For the Left

News stories that have little to no reporting on the Left

DC mayor requests National Guard over migrants bussed to capital

Blindspot: Only 12% Left · 57 sources

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) asked the National Guard to activate and help manage an influx of migrants to the capital. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey have sent nearly 200 buses carrying more than 4,000 migrants from the southern border to the city. Bowser: The governors are bussing migrants to Washington DC to take a stand against the federal government, not because Washington DC is their destination.

12 Center: 44% Right: 44%

For the Right

News stories that have little to no reporting on the Right

Dems allege cover-up on Secret Service texts, demand records

Blindspot: Only 8% Right · 36 sources

Top congressional Democrats have requested sit-down interviews with DHS inspector general. They also renewed their calls for Inspector General Joseph Cuffari to recuse himself from investigations of the erased texts. The deletion of the messages has raised the prospect of lost evidence that could shed light on then-President Donald Trump's actions during the insurrection.

Left: 47% Center: 45% 8

For the Left

News stories that have little to no reporting on the Left

CNN Poll: 75% of Democratic voters want someone other than Biden in 2024

Blindspot: Only 17% Left · 24 sources

Three in four Democrats and Democratic-leaning respondents surveyed in a new CNN poll said they don't want President Biden as their party's presidential nominee in 2024. A majority of respondents in the new poll also said that they believe American democracy is under attack. A survey of likely 2024 New Hampshire Democratic primary voters released on Tuesday found that Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg received slightly more support than Biden.

L: 17% C: 20% Right: 63%

For the Right

News stories that have little to no reporting on the Right

Jon Stewart blasts GOP for blocking burn pits bill: ‘Their constituents are dying’

Blindspot: Only 8% Right · 66 sources

Jon Stewart, an outspoken advocate for military veterans, erupted in anger on Thursday. Senate Republicans blocked a bill to provide healthcare for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. Republicans "haven't met a war they won't sign up for," Stewart said. The bill would expand access to health services and disability benefits for veterans.

Left: 52% Center: 40% 8

Poll of the Week

Do you believe that Jon Stewart is right to criticize the GOP for blocking the 'Burn Pits Bill'?

Yes

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For the Left

News stories that have little to no reporting on the Left

Portland School District Teaching Kindergarteners to be “LGBTQ Activists”

Blindspot: No Left Coverage · 13 sources

The curriculum implemented in 2021 at Portland Public Schools in Portland, Oregon, teaches K-12 students that there is an “infinite gender spectrum” and that they can make up their own pronouns, according to public documents.

0 0 Right: 100%

Poll of the Week

Do you believe leaked slides of Portland’s K-5 gender & sexuality curriculum are appropriate for students?

Yes

Unsure

For the Right

News stories that have little to no reporting on the Right

Italy: Outcry over killing of African migrant in town centre

Blindspot: Only 12% Right · 34 sources

Alika Ogorchukwu, 39, was selling goods on the main street of Civitanova Marche, a beach town on the Adriatic Sea, when his attacker grabbed the vendor's crutch and struck him down. Video shows the assailant wrestling the victim onto his back on the pavement as he fought back. Police used street cameras to track the assailant's movements and detained a man identified as Filippo Claudio Giuseppe Ferlazzo, 32.

Left: 53% Center: 35% 12

Get all the latest polling data and coverage from today’s crucial US midterm primaries in Arizona, Michigan, Missouri, Kansas and Washington

Today, Arizona Republicans will be deciding which nominees will progress to face off in the US governor and senate race. Currently, Trump-backed Venture Capitalist Blake Masters is polling at 36%, a comfortable lead above businessman Jim Lamon in the battle for the senate. In the governor race, former TV news anchor Kari Lake is facing off against Karrin Robson, a former Lawyer.

In other states, Michigan Republicans will decide which candidate will advance to take on Governor Gretchen Whitmer. In Kansas, along with a GOP governor primary contest, voters will decide on an amendment to the state constitution that would remove language that guarantees the right to an abortion and asks voters if they prefer to put the issue in the hands of the state legislature

Follow along with our coverage and polling data from today’s primaries on our US Midterm Elections page here.

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Highlighting discrepancies between the reporting on stories across different news outlets.

This week's story

The US will close gaps in the border wall in Arizona

The Independent Left

US to fill border wall gaps in Arizona for safety reasons

abc11 Raleigh Left

US to fill gaps in Trump-funded border wall at open area near Yuma, Arizona

UPI Center

Biden admin. OKs project to fill gaps in border wall near Yuma

Associated Press News Center

US to fill border wall gaps at open area near Yuma, Arizona

The Blaze Right

Biden to close border wall gaps in Yuma, Arizona, after rampant illegal immigration and pleading from Democratic senator

Fox News Right

Biden admin quietly approves construction of U.S.-Mexico border wall near Yuma, Arizona

Poll Results From Last Week

Have you ever knowingly sent your DNA to a private company? (1124 responses)

Do you support the Congo’s decision to auction off segments of its forest to oil companies? (1482 responses)

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