TOPIC: How did Donald Trump win the 2016 presidency? Account 1: [Summary = He won with help from Russia.] Sentence 1: U.S. intelligence analysts have concluded that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help President-elect Donald Trump win the White House, and not just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system, a senior U.S. official said on Friday. Sentence 2: U.S. intelligence agencies have assessed that as the 2016 presidential campaign progressed, Russian government officials devoted increasing attention to assisting Trump’s effort to win the election, the U.S. official familiar with the finding told Reuters on Friday night, speaking on condition of anonymity. Sentence 3: The US government publicly announced in October that it was "confident" Russia orchestrated the hacking of the Democratic National Committee and other political organizations of the Democratic Party. Sentence 4: Those hacks resulted in the public release of thousands of stolen emails, many of which included damaging revelations about the Democratic Party and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the party's nominee. Account 2: [Summary = He won because americans don't want to see a woman president.] Sentence 1: A YouGov survey conducted two weeks before the election found that Trump voters had much higher levels of sexism, on average, than Clinton voters, as measured by their level of agreement with statements such as “women seek to gain power by getting control over men.” Sentence 2: Agentic women often face discrimination and backlash when seeking positions of power. Sentence 3: A study by controlling participant sex, time of participation, and political party identification, it was found that individual differences in hostile sexism and traditional attitudes toward women significantly predicted voting for Donald Trump. Sentence 4: Researchers have found that this kind of bias is stronger on average in women than in men, and, among women, it is particularly strong among political conservative. ========================================================= TOPIC: Donald Trumps used his second state of the union address to push what agenda? Account 1: [Summary = Donald Trump used the state of the union address as his first campaign speech essentially and he laid the groundwork for his campaign.] Sentence 1: A new President Trump spoke to the country on Tuesday night, one who didn’t bring the Republican conference to its feet chanting “build that wall” but delivered a punchline that any American politician could have. Sentence 2: Trump’s 2019 State of the Union speech Tuesday night was a plea for unity and a series of clichéd calls to break from partisanship. Sentence 3: In advance of the speech, administration officials pushed the idea that Trump would extend an olive branch to Democrats and urge the two warring parties to come together for the good of the country. Sentence 4: And he started on just that note. "There is a new opportunity in American politics, if only we have the courage to seize it," the President said in the speech's earlier moments. "Victory is not winning for our party. Victory is winning for our country." Account 2: [Summary = Donald Trump used the state of the union address to call an end to his investigation.] Sentence 1: President Donald Trump called for the investigations against him to be brought to an end during his State of the Union speech on Tuesday. Sentence 2: Trump was not the first president to call for the end of the investigations during his State of the Union. Sentence 3: Trump’s claim that the investigations will directly harm the economy appears to have a mixed basis in history. Sentence 4: Trump's warning to Democrats came during a speech in which he urged members of Congress to "govern not as two parties, but one nation." ========================================================= TOPIC: Who was the body of woman found in a suitcase in Connecticut? Account 1: [Summary = A body found in a suitcase on the side of a road in an upscale Connecticut town has been identified as Valerie Reyes, 24] Sentence 1: Reyes, a resident of New Rochelle, New York, had been reported missing to police in that city and was last seen on the morning of January 29, Greenwich police said. Sentence 2: The Connecticut chief medical examiner's office, which assisted in identifying Reyes, has not released the cause and manner of death. Sentence 3: Highway workers found Reyes’ body, with her hands and feet bound, in a suitcase Tuesday in a wooded area 15 to 20 feet off the shoulder of Glenville Road in Greenwich. Sentence 4: According to FBI data, the last murder in Greenwich (known to law enforcement) was in 2009. Account 2: [Summary = Many pieces of physical evidence were collected and results from forensic analysis lead to Valerie Reyes] Sentence 1: Reyes’s family was advised of the positive identification last night," Greenwich police Capt. Robert Berry said Thursday in a statement. Sentence 2: In recent times, she had been suffering from depression and panic attacks, her family said. Sentence 3: Sanchez told Univision this week that her daughter was troubled after a personal relationship ended. Sentence 4: Reyes had spent the last two-and-a-half years working at a Barnes & Noble store in Eastchester, New York, according to the company. ========================================================= TOPIC: How tall was 13 year old Max Benson who did being restrained in school? Account 1: [Summary = Max was 6 feet tall and weighed 280 pounds.] Sentence 1: Max was allegedly placed in a prone restraint, face-down on the floor, Nov. 28 after school officials said he became violent. Sentence 2: An attorney for Max’s family, Seth Goldstein, disputed the claims of the boy’s height and weight, saying that Max was 5 feet, 4 inches tall. Sentence 3: At most, he weighed 230 pounds, Goldstein said. Sentence 4: The Bee previously reported that sources said Max was held in the prone restraint position for about an hour before he became unresponsive. Account 2: [Summary = Max was 5 foot 3 and weighed 180 pounds.] Sentence 1: According to the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office, Max had become violent with a staff member last Wednesday jeopardizing the safety of others around him. Sentence 2: They also reported Max was six feet tall and weighed 280 pounds, but Goldstein says according to medical records from January, he was 5’3 and weighed only 180 pounds. Sentence 3: Authorities also reported Max had severe autism, but Goldstein says that’s not true. Sentence 4: “As I understand, he was highly intelligent, very verbal and was not what somebody would call severe,” Goldstein said. ========================================================= TOPIC: What will cause the end of the 2019 U.S. Government shut-down? Account 1: [Summary = Massive lines in all airports due to cancelations and delays of flights because of the lack of workers.] Sentence 1: Transportation Security Administration agents are deemed “essential” employees and therefore must report to work even when they aren’t guaranteed a paycheck, and since they haven’t been getting paid, many are calling out sick. Sentence 2: The lack of staffing has led to both security and convenience concerns for flyers. Sentence 3: Although it depends on the airport, many major hubs have reported longer lines. “While national average wait times are within normal TSA times of 30 minutes for standard lanes ... some airports experienced longer than usual wait times,” TSA said in a statement. Sentence 4: Some airports have closed terminals due to lack of staffing and are filtering more travelers through fewer checkpoints. Account 2: [Summary = National emergency will be declared by the President.] Sentence 1: Trump indicated that he was open to declaring a national emergency or shutting down the government again if Republicans and Democrats cannot reach an agreement on wall money by the February deadline. Sentence 2: If Republicans and Democrats cannot reach agreement on wall money by the February deadline, he said that he was ready to renew the confrontation or declare a national emergency to bypass Congress altogether. Sentence 3: The surprise announcement was a remarkable surrender for a president who made the wall his nonnegotiable condition for reopening the government and a centerpiece of his political platform. Sentence 4: As late as early Friday morning, Mr. Trump appeared intent on declaring a national emergency at the border alongside the agreement to reopen the government, but Mr. McConnell and White House officials encouraged him to drop the idea, according to people familiar with the discussions who were not authorized to discuss them. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why was Trump elected? Account 1: [Summary = Trump was elected due to Russian interference] Sentence 1: Russia waged an unprecedented campaign, targeting Americans across all segments of society, on platforms large and small. Sentence 2: Pages generated by the Kremlin-linked Internet Research Agency elicited nearly 40 million likes and more than 30 million shares on Facebook alone, reeling in susceptible users with provocative advertisements and then giving them propaganda to spread far and wide. Sentence 3: The studies do not even cover the entirety of Russia’s online tampering Sentence 4: It is alleged that Russian hackers stole information linked to the campaign of his rival Hillary Clinton and passed it to Wikileaks so it could be released to undermine her. Account 2: [Summary = Trump was elected fairly due to the unique American election system] Sentence 1: For the fifth time in U.S. history, and the second time this century, a presidential candidate has won the White House while losing the popular vote. Sentence 2: This mismatch between the electoral and popular votes came about because Trump won several large states (such as Florida, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin) by very narrow margins, gaining all their electoral votes in the process, even as Clinton claimed other large states (such as California, Illinois and New York) by much wider margins. Sentence 3: In fact, the very nature of the way the U.S. picks its presidents tends to create a disconnect between the outcome in the Electoral College and the popular vote. Sentence 4: Even in the vast majority of U.S. elections, in which the same candidate won both the popular and the electoral vote, the system usually makes the winner’s victory margin in the former a lot wider than in the latter. ========================================================= TOPIC: Are there benefits of Kratom? Account 1: [Summary = The FDA is comparing Kratom to LSD, marijuana and heroin.] Sentence 1: Kratom is well-known to be addictive, as found with traditional use by natives over many years in Southeast Asian countries. Sentence 2: As reported in February 2018, the FDA has confirmed from analysis that kratom has opioid properties. Sentence 3: The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) sought public comment on its decision to add kratom to Schedule I. Sentence 4: Placing kratom into schedule I would place it in the same category as heroin, LSD or marijuana, and prevent access for medical research, a concern for many experts, consumers, and advocacy groups. Account 2: [Summary = Kratom has helped thousands of people stop using prescription opiates and has proven to help not only with pain but anxiety as well.] Sentence 1: Kratom has been touted as an alternative approach to pain management. Sentence 2: Eric Mayhew Jr. wanted to break his more than decade-long addiction to opioids -- nothing worked until his doctor prescribed him kratom. Sentence 3: Eric says he has had no side effects but admits he still needs his willpower. Sentence 4: Kratom had been used in acient Asian countries for thousands of years for treating chronic pain and injuries. ========================================================= TOPIC: Was Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 shot down? Account 1: [Summary = Russia has denied any involvement in the plane's destruction] Sentence 1: The long-running inquiry already had established that a Russian-made Buk antiaircraft missile downed Flight 17, but it had not previously made a direct link to the Russian military Sentence 2: Vladi­mir Chizhov, Russian ambassador to the European Union, dismissed the findings Thursday, saying, “This is an old story that was thrown into the informational environment back then, in 2014,” the Interfax news agency reported. Sentence 3: Moscow's defence ministry said it "rejects the version of the Dutch investigators". It has previously insisted that none of its weapons were used to bring down MH17. Sentence 4: "Not a single anti-aircraft missile system from the Russian Federation has ever crossed the Russia-Ukraine border," the defence ministry in Moscow said on Thursday. Account 2: [Summary = Ukrainian military pilot blamed by Russia over the 2014 downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 has killed himself,] Sentence 1: Capt Vladyslav Voloshyn had called the Russian allegation a lie. Sentence 2: Reports say Voloshyn shot himself at home in Mykolaiv, near the Black Sea. Sentence 3: Recently the 29-year-old had been in charge of the Mykolaiv airport, after resigning from the air force. Sentence 4: A Ukrainian journalist who knew Voloshyn well, Yuriy Butusov, praised him on Facebook (in Russian) as an exemplary pilot who had fought bravely against the Russian-backed rebels in the Donbass region. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why did Russia invade Ukraine? Account 1: [Summary = To gain access to the warm water port of Crimea.] Sentence 1: When Russia signed the Treaty of Paris in 1856, accepting defeat in the Crimean War—which had decimated its military and ruined its economy—it agreed to dismantle its naval base in the port city of Sevastopol. Sentence 2: A beautiful place located on the Black Sea, with rugged mountains leading to sandy beaches, Crimea is a popular tourist destination. Sentence 3: The naval base at Sevastopol, on Crimea’s southwestern tip, is Russia’s only warm water naval base and its primary means of extending force through the Mediterranean. Sentence 4: Put simply, without a naval base in Crimea Russia is finished as a global military power. Account 2: [Summary = To ensure the safety and security of the many Russians living in Ukraine .] Sentence 1: Vladimir Putin would like you to believe it's because he's ensuring the safety and well-being of the millions of Russians living there. Sentence 2: Significant portions of the country are populated by ethnic Russians -- which isn't a surprise, given that Ukraine was once a member of the Soviet Union. Sentence 3: The Ukrainian revolution is very different from conflicts in, say, Syria or Lebanon, where sectarian strife is often the cause of ethnically fueled humanitarian catastrophes. Sentence 4: Lavrov said, "We are not fighting the Ukrainian regime. It is Ukrainian citizens living in Donbass who are fighting against the Ukrainian regime, which has full Nazi and neo-Nazi characteristics.” ========================================================= TOPIC: What is the cause of the political situation in Venezuela? Account 1: [Summary = The dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro has destroyed democracy.] Sentence 1: All the corruption that is happening right now in Venezuela revolves around Maduro, who has been called a dictator by media outlets such as The Guardian and Vox. Sentence 2: Earlier this year, Maduro announced that the government would be holding the 2018 Presidential Election in May instead of in December. Sentence 3: As a result of the change, many people and several opposition parties felt that this election is unfair and decided to not participate in it, as was reported by the New York Times. Sentence 4: This is a textbook dictatorship, with assassinations, torture and sexual abuse of political prisoners, violent censorship of the press, and a sociopathic strategy to use the hunger of its own citizens as a tool for political control. Account 2: [Summary = Sanctions by the United States in an attempted coup of the democratically elected government.] Sentence 1: Relations between Venezuela and the United States have been further strained when the country expelled the U.S. ambassador in September 2008 in solidarity with Bolivia after a U.S. ambassador was accused of cooperating with violent anti-government groups in that country, though relations thawed somewhat under President Barack Obama in June 2009, only to steadily deteriorate once again shortly afterwards. Sentence 2: On May 14, 2002, Chávez alleged that he had definitive proof of U.S. military involvement in April's coup. Sentence 3: The U.S. government called Chávez a "negative force" in the region, and sought support from among Venezuela's neighbors to isolate Chávez diplomatically and economically. Sentence 4: A U.S. resolution to add a mechanism to monitor the nature of American democracies was widely seen as an attempt at diplomatically isolating both Chávez and the Venezuelan government. ========================================================= TOPIC: What is causing climate change? Account 1: [Summary = It has human causes, namely from burning fossil fuel.] Sentence 1: Coal, oil and natural gas are the three different forms of fossil fuels that are widely used. Sentence 2: Today, these are the most widely used sources of energy available for the use of both personal as well as commercial purposes. Sentence 3: The presence of high levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere results in an increase in the amount of heat on the surface of Earth. Sentence 4: This in turn leads to an overall rise in the surface temperature of the earth, which is also known as global warming. Account 2: [Summary = There is no climate change and it is all a conspiracy of propaganda.] Sentence 1: A 2013 poll in the United States showed that almost 40% believed that climate change was a hoax. Sentence 2: Climate skeptics suggest the well-publicized consensus is either manufactured or illusory and that some nefarious force—be it the United Nations, liberals, communists, or authoritarians—want to use climate change as a cover for exerting massive new controls over the populace. Sentence 3: Another group of climate skeptics believe that the climate had been changing throughout its existence, such as the Ice Age. Sentence 4: The so-called “scientific” data were all fabricated to manipulate political power. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why did a police officer fatally shot someone in a mall in Alabama? Account 1: [Summary = He mistook him for a gunman in the shopping mall area.] Sentence 1: The attorney general's report says the officer mistakenly believed Bradford had fired the earlier shots and was justified in shooting him. Sentence 2: The officer saw Bradford running toward the shooting scene with a gun and believed he was trying to kill the shooting victim, according to the report. Sentence 3: The facts of the case demonstrate that the officer "reasonably exercised his official powers, duties, or functions when he shot E. J. Bradford on the night of Nov. 22, 2018," the report states. Sentence 4: Benjamin Crump, an attorney for the Bradford family, said officers stated in the attorney general's report that they did not give Bradford any verbal warning. Account 2: [Summary = He was shot because police are quick to shoot a black man because the immediately associate them with doing bad things.] Sentence 1: Mr. Crump said the Hoover police had tarnished Mr. Bradford’s character by “jumping to conclusions” that he was a criminal because he was a black man with a gun. Sentence 2: On Saturday, a group of protesters gathered at the mall, saying the police shot the wrong person. Sentence 3: In a 24-page report, Attorney General Steve Marshall concluded that the Hoover police officer — identified only as Officer 1 — who shot Mr. Bradford had “reasonably exercised” his duties. Sentence 4: The officer, who was on duty at the mall, said in a statement that he had turned toward the sound of the gunfire with his weapon drawn, and saw an injured man clutching his stomach near a railing, with another man helping him. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why did Gucci design a sweater that looks like blackface? Account 1: [Summary = Gucci is a racist and hate-filled company.] Sentence 1: Many people voiced their criticism of the jumper, with some pointing out that Black History Month was off to an ignorant start. Sentence 2: Others threatened to boycott the brand until they hired more people of colour to prevent something likes this happening again. Sentence 3: On Thursday 13 December, lawyer Chinyere Ezie spotted figurines in the Prada shop window in Soho, New York that bore a resemblance to racist depictions of black people, with dark skin and large, red lips. Sentence 4: Gucci’s top designers are filled with blond hair and white skin. Account 2: [Summary = Gucci did not realize that the sweater could be viewed as racist and thus the design was accidental.] Sentence 1: Luxury fashion is all about breaking codes, creating a new, irresistible message that captivates consumers, yet some of the world's top brands have raised eyebrows with designs that have racist connotations. Sentence 2: Some designers' disconnect from the public, according to Chiagouris -- meet a public not shy about using social media to broadcast their displeasure about a company's transgressions creates the problem. Sentence 3: hey may be experts on clothes, in other words, but less savvy about their clothes' cultural meanings. Sentence 4: Chiagouris said, "They may be very avant-garde and at the leading edge of new fashion designs, but they don't pay as close attention to the very important consideration of what is the message being shared with people." ========================================================= TOPIC: How many died in a three car crash? Account 1: [Summary = In Charleston County, SC. deputies are working on a three car crash] Sentence 1: The Charleston County Coroner’s Office has identified the person killed in a two-car accident on Maybank Highway Thursday morning. Sentence 2: The Charleston County Coroner’s Office has identified the person killed in a two-car accident on Maybank Highway Thursday morning. Sentence 3: According to a report, two vehicles were travelling in opposite directions on Maybank Highway and collided into each other’s front right corners, causing major damage and serious injuries. Sentence 4: “A third vehicle, attempting to avoid the collision, swerved off the roadway, with no resulting damage,” CCSO officials said. Account 2: [Summary = The car crash took place on Maybank Highway and one person died.] Sentence 1: One person has died after a two-vehicle wreck Thursday morning in Charleston County, authorities say. Sentence 2: The Charleston County Sheriff's Office says the wreck, near Wadmalaw, has closed Maybank Highway in both directions near Boy Scout Road. Sentence 3: The wreck happened shortly before 9 a.m. Others involved in the wreck have suffered serious injuries, Capt. Roger Antonio with CCSO says. Sentence 4: Further details about the incident have not been released. ========================================================= TOPIC: Are new restrictions on abortions in the United States too restrictive and do they violate the rights the Roe v. Wade decision guaranteed? Account 1: [Summary = They are too restrictive. Roe v. Wade had the intention of providing women with nearly unrestricted access to abortions and any restrictions should not be allowed because they are discriminatory.] Sentence 1: As part of a broader effort to chip away at Roe v. Wade and ultimately ban abortion nationwide, anti-abortion politicians have been pushing a variety of bills in Congress that would restrict access to abortion at any point during pregnancy. Sentence 2: Since 2011, politicians have passed more than 400 new state abortion restrictions that shame, pressure, and punish people who have decided to have an abortion. Sentence 3: Most Americans want lawmakers to stay out of the issue of abortion altogether rather than pass new laws to restrict access. Sentence 4: Without restriction access to abortion, it leads to less unsafe abortions carried out and less fatality. Account 2: [Summary = They are not too restrictive. The unborn child's does have a right to life from the third trimester on, and the new regulations are not abiding by this right in good faith.] Sentence 1: Once the egg was conceived, it is considered life and shall have the right to life. Sentence 2: Although it was strongly supported by the people, the amendment of the Constitution contains some technical problems, as well as some broad language that may permit rather than prevent the introduction of abortion legislation. Sentence 3: Life is the immediate gift of God, a right inherent by nature in every individual; and it begins in contemplation of law as soon as an infant is able to stir in the mother's womb. Sentence 4: Any action on part of either husband and wife or of the State to limit family sizes by endangering or destroying human life must necessarily not only be an offence against the common good but also against the guaranteed personal rights of that human life in question. ========================================================= TOPIC: What is the New Mexico Abortion Bill? Account 1: [Summary = New Mexico abortion bill called 'most extreme in the nation'] Sentence 1: “HB-51 is the most extreme bill in the nation because it keeps elective abortion-up-to-birth, and also seeks to force medical professionals to participate in this practice by stripping away explicit conscience protections from the current statute," Martinez said. Sentence 2: Ferrary said that abortions would be able to be performed under this bill through all nine months, even if the mother and baby are healthy because "abortion is provided for health care" and the bill is intended to keep "abortion safe and legal." Sentence 3: Advocates of the abortion bill that decriminalizes abortion in the state say it is needed in case Roe v. Wade is overturned, but pro-life supporters say it allows abortion-on-demand for any reason, taking away parental notification for minors and conscience protections from the state law. Sentence 4: But opponents of the bill argue that beyond making abortion legal all nine months of pregnancy, it also forces medical professionals to perform abortions against their will. Account 2: [Summary = New Mexico House Passes Bill to Legalize Abortions Up to Birth] Sentence 1: The New Mexico House approved a radical pro-abortion bill Wednesday that would keep abortions legal through all nine months of pregnancy even if Roe v. Wade is overturned. Sentence 2: Instead of being one of nine states that would make it a crime for an abortionist to kill an unborn baby, New Mexico would allow abortions without restriction. Sentence 3: New Mexico is one of a handful of states that already allows abortions up to birth by placing no limits on late-term abortions. Sentence 4: According to LifeNews, hundreds of New Mexicans attended the hearing of the bill, which will not only fully legalize abortion, but remove conscience protections for medical professional who object to abortion. ========================================================= TOPIC: What happened at the State of the Union address? Account 1: [Summary = Trump slammed “ridiculous partisan investigations" but didn't mention Robert Mueller by name.] Sentence 1: Democrats in Congress slammed President Donald Trump on Tuesday for targeting "ridiculous partisan investigations" at the top of his State of the Union speech. Sentence 2: Trump made the comment while commending his administration for the current "economic miracle" taking place in the country, but he singled out the "foolish" investigations as a possible threat. Sentence 3: Trump did not mention special counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, but some Congressional Democrats saw the comment as an attempt to undermine Mueller's probe. Sentence 4: "Protecting the Mueller investigation is a bipartisan issue. We will protect the investigation so truth can come to light," Payne tweeted. Account 2: [Summary = Female Democratic lawmakers gave Trump a standing ovation over advancements for women.] Sentence 1: Dressed in all white, Trump received a surprise applause from women, mostly democratic at the State of the Union. Sentence 2: However, when Mr Trump said that 58 per cent of all jobs created last year had been filled by women, he was greeted by cheers and chants of "USA, USA" from Democrat congresswomen dressed in white in tribute to the suffragettes. Sentence 3: It was a rare moment of unity as Democrats mostly remained seated while Mr Trump listed his administration's achievements, including withdrawing form the Iran nuclear deal, and avoiding war with North Korea. Sentence 4: But even as Trump gestured to bipartisanship at the beginning of his speech, he quickly began needling Democrats with applause lines that visibly divided their ranks - especially the women in white. ========================================================= TOPIC: Did Donald Trump conspire with the Russians to help him win the election? Account 1: [Summary = Trump did not conspire with the Russians and everything is a coincidence.] Sentence 1: You could argue that Russia randomly decided to go all in for Trump and Trump was too hapless to properly conspire. Sentence 2: In 2013, after decades of struggling to do business in Russia and in the midst of plotting what many assumed would be another vanity run for president, Trump announced he planned to hold his Miss Universe pageant in Moscow. Sentence 3: The next month, the Internet Research Agency registered in Russia to begin what a recent indictment filed by special counsel Robert Mueller’s office called “information warfare against the United States of America.” Sentence 4: In 2014, Trump opportunistically attacked Russia’s policies when it was convenient to criticize President Obama, but he refused to say a negative word in public about Putin — a policy he pretty much extends only to his businesses, his relatives and his anatomy. Account 2: [Summary = Trump has been compromised by Putin, who helped him win the election in various ways.] Sentence 1: When President Donald Trump said Monday that “I don’t see any reason why” Russia would meddle in the 2016 presidential elections, it was the latest in a long and conflicting string of comments about both Russia’s election interference and President Vladimir Putin himself. Sentence 2: In 2013, the president said he had a relationship with Putin. Sentence 3: As a candidate in 2016, Trump said he didn’t know Putin. Sentence 4: “I hope that after you assume the position of President of the United States of America we will be able – by acting in a constructive and pragmatic manner – to take real steps to restore the framework of bilateral cooperation in different areas as well as bring our level of collaboration on the international scene to a qualitatively new level.” Putin says. ========================================================= TOPIC: What did the Covington Catholic boys do in Washington DC? Account 1: [Summary = Mocked and intimidated a group of African American men and a Native American elder.] Sentence 1: A woman who is reportedly the mother of one of the MAGA-cap-wearing teenagers who taunted a Native American man at a rally in Washington over the weekend has jumped to the defence of her son. Sentence 2: According to a report in the UK’s Independent newspaper, the woman claimed “black Muslims” had been harassing the group of students from a Kentucky all-boys Catholic high school. Sentence 3: Heavy.com reported that it had attempted to verify the identity of the woman but had been so far unable to. Sentence 4: The teenagers, reportedly students of Kentucky’s Covington Catholic High School, were filmed mocking and intimidating Omaha elder and Vietnam veteran Nathan Phillips as he sang and played drums in peaceful protest on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Account 2: [Summary = They were abused by a group of "African Hebrews" while waiting for their bus to arrive.] Sentence 1: The Catholic boys were identified and targeted as the Kingdom of Judah for slavery so that the Africans Hebrews could build “treasure cities” just like they did for Pharaoh in the Old Testament (Exodus 1 Sentence 2: By using this Old Testament, they abused other religions and victimized themselves. Sentence 3: As far as Europeans intentionally taking Hebrew slaves, these aren’t just wild claims, but can be proven using European maps, European slave ledgers, and European explorer journals. Sentence 4: When I was first approached with the idea that black people in America might be descendants of the true Hebrews, I wasn’t very receptive to it because of who was telling me and how they were telling me (Black Hebrew Israelites). ========================================================= TOPIC: Why did the chicken cross the road? Account 1: [Summary = It wanted to get to the other side.] Sentence 1: It is a common riddle joke, with the answer being "to get to the other side" Sentence 2: It is an example of anti-humor, in that the curious setup of the joke leads the listener to expect a traditional punchline, but they are instead given a simple statement of fact. Sentence 3: "Why did the chicken cross the road?" has become iconic as an exemplary generic joke to which most people know the answer, and has been repeated and changed numerous times over the course of history. Sentence 4: Whether the chicken crossed the road or the road crossed the chicken depends upon your frame of reference. Account 2: [Summary = It was a joke.] Sentence 1: The chicken crossed the road because he wanted to die. Sentence 2: Because in crossing the road he got hit by a car, and in so doing made it to... the other side. Sentence 3: The chicken-crossing-the-road joke is maybe actually super dark. Sentence 4: The joke is widely told across the country, but there are many variations for the same joke. ========================================================= TOPIC: Who killed President John F Kennedy? Account 1: [Summary = Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly fired three shots from the sixth floor, fatally wounding President Kennedy.] Sentence 1: A. Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots at President John F. Kennedy; the second and third shots he fired struck the President; the third shot he fired killed the President Sentence 2: The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (Warren Commission) concluded that President Kennedy was struck by two bullets that were fired from above and behind him.The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (Warren Commission) concluded that President Kennedy was struck by two bullets that were fired from above and behind him. Sentence 3: Less than an hour after Kennedy was shot, Oswald killed a policeman who questioned him on the street near his rooming house in Dallas. Sentence 4: On November 22, several people claimed to have seen Oswaldnear the sixth floor of theDepository, where he was employed. Account 2: [Summary = The Mob ordered the hit to kill JFK.] Sentence 1: A 1975 document described the the mobs were offered $150,000 to have Kennedy assassinated. Sentence 2: The mobsters came to the attention of the CIA a year earlier when Giancana asked a CIA intermediary to arrange for putting a listening device in the Las Vegas room of an entertainer he suspected of having an affair with Giancana’s mistress. Sentence 3: Told later about “everything,” Kennedy was “unhappy, because at that time he felt he was making a very strong drive to try to get after the Mafia. Sentence 4: A British newspaper received an anonymous phone call about “big news” in the United States 25 minutes before President John F. Kennedy was shot in 1963, one file says. ========================================================= TOPIC: Was Donald Trump's 2019 State of the Union address successful in uniting Americans? Account 1: [Summary = Trump's speech was historic and brought people together.] Sentence 1: The political establishment, the nation as a whole, and the world at large began coming to terms Wednesday with a new reality Sentence 2: "To all Republicans and Democrats and independents across this nation, I say it is time for us to come together as one united people." Trump says. Sentence 3: The agenda Trump will lay out this evening is not a Republican agenda or Democrat agenda, it is the agenda to unite the American people. Sentence 4: Trump emphasized this is the time to rekindle the bonds of love and loyalty and memory that link us together as citizens, as neighbors, as patriots. Account 2: [Summary = Trump's speech only emphasized the divisions between Republicans and Democrats more clearly.] Sentence 1: To Trump’s left, Republicans stood, applauded and sometimes cheered each new pronouncement. Sentence 2: To his right, Democrats mostly sat stony-faced, channeling the fury of millions who believe Trump has defiled the American presidency, and on occasion were unable to resist groans, or heckles of protest. Sentence 3: And when the speech ended, Republicans clapped and chanted “USA! USA!” – one even waved a red “Make America great again” cap – while Democrats raced to the exits with thinly disguised contempt. Sentence 4: Unfortunately, Trump’s speech address tonight stoked the fires of division instead of bringing us closer together. ========================================================= TOPIC: what happen to the pentagon on 09/11/2001? Account 1: [Summary = Two holes were visible in the Pentagon immediately after the attack, Conspiracy theorists claim both holes are far too small to have been made by a Boeing 757] Sentence 1: Two holes were visible in the Pentagon immediately after the attack Sentence 2: “How does a plane 125 ft. wide and 155 ft. long fit into a hole which is only 16 ft. across?" asks reopen911.org, a Web site "dedicated to discovering the bottom line truth to what really occurred on September 11, 2001. Sentence 3: In his book The Big Lie, Meyssan concludes that the Pentagon was struck by a satellite-guided missile—part of an elaborate U.S. military coup. Sentence 4: "This attack," he writes, "could only be committed by United States military personnel against other U.S. military personnel." Account 2: [Summary = When American Airlines Flight 77 hit the Pentagon's exterior wall, Ring E, it created a hole approximately 75 ft. wide, according to the ASCE Pentagon Building Performance Report.] Sentence 1: The exterior facade collapsed about 20 minutes after impact, but ASCE based its measurements of the original hole on the number of first-floor support columns that were destroyed or damaged. Sentence 2: A crashing jet doesn't punch a cartoon-like outline of itself into a reinforced concrete building, says ASCE team member Mete Sozen, a professor of structural engineering at Purdue University. Sentence 3: What was left of the plane flowed into the structure in a state closer to a liquid than a solid mass. Sentence 4: The tidy hole in Ring C was 12 ft. wide—not 16 ft, ASCE concludes it was made by the jet's landing gear, not by the fuselage. ========================================================= TOPIC: Did Brett Kavanaugh sexually assault that woman in college? Account 1: [Summary = Brett assaulted her, and he was drunk so he doesn't remember it.] Sentence 1: Two women have now accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, and attorney Michael Avenatti says that a third has “credible information” as well. Sentence 2: Christine Blasey Ford, a Palo Alto University professor who’s accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assaulting her in high school, and Deborah Ramirez, a former classmate of Kavanaugh’s at Yale who’s also accused him of sexual misconduct, both want an FBI investigation. Sentence 3: Ford claims that Judge and Kavanaugh were “stumbling drunk” when they pushed her into a bedroom at the party in question. Sentence 4: Brett Kavanaugh and I were friends in high school but I do not recall the party described in Dr. Ford’s letter, the Judge said. Account 2: [Summary = Brett didn't assault anyone and the woman is lying about it.] Sentence 1: Sadly, though, no matter how logical or legitimate these questions are, many people will disregard them because they can’t fathom how a person would lie about sexual assault if it weren't true. Sentence 2: Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Judiciary Committee revealed the fraud in a letter to the FBI and Justice Department Friday, asking them to prosecute Judy Munro-Leighton for lying to and obstructing Congress. Sentence 3: Mr. Grassley said Ms. Munro-Leighton is a left-wing activist who hijacked another “Jane Doe” anonymous report about a backseat rape and claimed it as her own story, calling it a “vicious assault.” Sentence 4: She admitted to the false allegation, and said she has actually never met Justice Kavanaugh. ========================================================= TOPIC: Did Russia colluded with the Trump campaign to influence the US Presidential election? Account 1: [Summary = Yes, the Trump campaign knowingly and actively cooperated with Russia to get Trump elected.] Sentence 1: Evidence in the media, in public intelligence community findings, from the Senate intelligence committee investigation, and in charging documents from the special counsel has made plain that Russia deployed an intentional and sophisticated influence campaign aimed at undermining Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. Sentence 2: A partisan electoral intervention is when a sovereign country intentionally takes specific actions to influence an upcoming election in another sovereign country using a covert or overt manner in order to help or hurt one or more candidates. Sentence 3: irst, contrasting 2016 with historical trends may suggest that the case that there was collusion between elements associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government may be stronger than the public record suggests. Sentence 4: The 2016 election interference has some of the telltale signs of past electoral interventions Account 2: [Summary = No, it is all a "Witch Hunt" to discredit the elected President.] Sentence 1: "A disgrace to America," Trump's tweeted "They should drop the discredited Mueller Witch Hunt now!" Sentence 2: He called the Mueller investigation — which has now led to nine people with links to the Trump campaign being charged with crimes, in addition to a couple dozen Russian nationals — the “greatest witch hunt in the history of our country!” Sentence 3: President Donald Trump tried to cast fresh doubt Monday on the federal investigation into Russian election interference in the 2016 presidential election, calling it a “fraud and a hoax designed to target Trump” and demanding an immediate end to the “Witch Hunt.” Sentence 4: Trump has asserted without evidence that the documents, heavily redacted and released Saturday under the Freedom of Information Act, “confirm with little doubt” that intelligence agencies misled a special court that approved the wiretap warrant. ========================================================= TOPIC: What caused Emiliano Sala's plane disappearance? Account 1: [Summary = Flying condition was too dangerous for the type of plane that they were traveling in.] Sentence 1: Strong tidal conditions mean that the flying under such condition for a long period of time could cause engine failure. Sentence 2: Commander Jorge Polanco told TyC Sports that he believes flying conditions would have been very dangerous for the type of plane that they were travelling in. Sentence 3: Meanwhile, an audio WhatsApp message sent by Sala while on the plane was published in his homeland by Ole and suggests the aircraft was not in the condition it should have been. Sentence 4: It is likely to be months before a definitive answer as to what caused the crash is discovered, and if the AAIB cannot find a suitable manner of excavating the wreckage from the sea floor, it is possible that one will never be given. Account 2: [Summary = The plane has entered the sea vertically.] Sentence 1: The plane remains were found Wednesday, and the black box revealed that the plane might have entered the sea vertically. Sentence 2: The body of Emiliano Sala was recovered on the third day since the search began, his last message sent to his dad revealed that the plane crashed vertically. Sentence 3: A new computer model created by a leading maths professor has emerged suggesting how the plane plunged vertically into the sea – eventually reaching the ocean floor. Sentence 4: With a lack of debris and spilled oil, the team concluded that the plane's disappearance must have been because the jet made a vertical "water entry". ========================================================= TOPIC: How President Trump hurts the safety of El Paso, TX? Account 1: [Summary = It makes the Borderplex Alliance job more difficult.] Sentence 1: In his speech, the president hailed the city as one of the safest in the US—because, he said, a fence along the border put an end to dangerous criminal activity. Sentence 2: “It’s made our life more difficult” says Jon Barela, chief executive of the Borderplex Alliance, which promotes investment in the El Paso region, “We are fighting against this PR machine, one which has taken a view that bad policies make good politics.” Sentence 3: Trump’s inaccurate statements are setting back efforts to attract new companies and jobs. Sentence 4: Even at the height of a bloody cartel turf war across the border in Ciudad Juárez in 2010, El Paso’s violent crime rate remained low. Account 2: [Summary = Trump is making false advertisement of El Paso.] Sentence 1: On Wednesday, El Paso, Texas, mayor Dee Margo joined Hardball With Chris Matthews to refute President Trump’s claim during the State of the Union address on Tuesday that El Paso was one of the most dangerous cities in the country until a barrier was built on its southern border. Sentence 2: According to Margo, along with FBI statistics, El Paso has been one of the safest large cities in America for years. Sentence 3: Margo was quick to send out a tweet claiming Trump’s narrative on El Paso was false, as did Texas congresswoman Veronica Escobar, who went so far as to call Trump a liar. Sentence 4: Margo claimed that building a fence from El Paso to Brownsville, Texas, isn’t realistic, citing the terrain and the fact that much of the land is privately owned. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why did Sears become bankrupt? Account 1: [Summary = Increasing amount of online retailers made it difficult for Sears to succeed.] Sentence 1: Online shopping and the rise of Amazon.com Inc. changed the economics of retailing in a way that disadvantaged all companies operating lots of bricks-and-mortar stores. Sentence 2: Online sales also began falling off starting in 2014, and have declined steadily even as U.S. retail e-commerce has grown steadily at around 15% a year. Sentence 3: Based on its peak online sales in 2013, Sears took the No. 5 spot in the 2014 Internet Retailer Top 500. Sentence 4: It’s now down to No. 24 in the 2018 Internet Retailer Top 500. Account 2: [Summary = Decaying retail locations discouraged customers from patronizing stores.] Sentence 1: The company’s missteps, Saunders said in a statement, “arguably go back to the 1980s when Sears had too many locations.” Sentence 2: Several former Sears employees who spoke to CNBC on the condition of anonymity earlier this year said the company made crucial mistakes in the ’80s, by increasing retail locations and dropping employee commissions for certain items and ending the practice of letting managers curate their store’s merchandise. Sentence 3: Fewer people shopping at malls meant fewer people shopping at Sears. Sentence 4: The thrive of online shopping has cost Sears in revenue. ========================================================= TOPIC: How did Las Vegas attacker not get noticed? Account 1: [Summary = he Carried his bags full of guns up a little at a time.] Sentence 1: The latest information shows shooter Stephen Paddock had help carrying his bags, which contained guns, to his Mandalay Bay hotel suite. Sentence 2: On two separate occasions, a Mandalay Bay bellman helped Paddock carry his luggage to his suite via the hotel's service elevator. Sentence 3: Investigators discovered at least 10 bags filled with weapons inside Paddock's room. Sentence 4: MGM resorts said this about the service, "it is not a special perk and guests do request to remain with their bags, and they may be taken to their room via the service elevator." Account 2: [Summary = He Looked like a nice guy and was a familiar face.] Sentence 1: Paddock was just the nice guy next door, no one would suspect he would do anything violent. Sentence 2: During an interview of Paddock’s brother, he was surprised and would not believe his quiet, shy brother would do anything like this. Sentence 3: Even some hotel guests noticed suspicious activities of Paddock, they didn’t raise any questions since he looked harmless. Sentence 4: Paddock himself is fully aware of his familiar appearance would act in his advantage. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why did the space shuttle Columbia blow up upon re-entry over Texas in 2003? Account 1: [Summary = The shuttle's left wing possibly sustained damage during lift off for the flight.] Sentence 1: The crew of the doomed space shuttle Columbia tried to regain control of the stricken craft in the moments before it broke up during re-entry but lost consciousness "within seconds" due to rapid depressurisation in the cockpit, according to a second Nasa report into the disaster, which claimed the lives of seven astronauts. Sentence 2: The initial report from the Columbia accident investigation board concluded that the STS-107 mission was doomed from a few seconds after takeoff when a large chunk of insulating foam broke off and struck the leading edge of the shuttle's left wing. Sentence 3: On re-entry, the damage caused by the strike allowed superheated gases to penetrate the wing. Sentence 4: The report depicts an extremely rapid sequence of events leading from normal re-entry to the shuttle's destruction. Account 2: [Summary = The shuttle possibly hit something upon re-entry causing a crack to develop in one of the windows.] Sentence 1: On February 1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon reentering Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven crew members. Sentence 2: In particular, the team had indicated no concerns about the debris that hit the left wing during ascent, and treated the re-entry like any other. Sentence 3: During that launch a chunk of foam broke away from the ET bipod ramp and hit the SRB-ET attach ring near the bottom of the left solid rocket booster (SRB) causing a dent four inches wide and three inches deep in it. Sentence 4: After STS-112, NASA leaders analyzed the situation and decided to press ahead under the justification that the ET is safe to fly with no new concerns (and no added risk)" of further foam strikes. ========================================================= TOPIC: Was President Trump's State of the Union Address intentionally misleading? Account 1: [Summary = No, it was not intentionally misleading as most of his arguments were based in fact.] Sentence 1: it is fact that "1 in 3 women is sexually assaulted on the long journey north." Sentence 2: According to data from Doctors Without Borders, 68.3% of migrants and refugees "entering Mexico reported being victims of violence during their transit toward the United States," and nearly one-third of women said they'd been sexually abused. Sentence 3: Trump has repeatedly cited crimes committed by undocumented immigrants — both during his presidential campaign and during his tenure in office, which is a true fact that a high percentage of crimes were committed by illegal immigrants. Sentence 4: According to an analysis of FBI crimes data and city law enforcement data analyzed by the El Paso Times, violent crime in El Paso peaked in 1993 and lasted until border protection was initiated. Account 2: [Summary = No, it was not intentional but it was misleading through exaggerated claims of improvement that cannot be attributed to his presidency alone.] Sentence 1: Trump has offered no specifics about how his policies would address the scourge of sexual violence faced by migrants. Sentence 2: The Bureau of Justice does not include citizenship in its breakdown of national arrest statistics, so there is not reliable federal data to quantify the number of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants. Sentence 3: According to the El Paso Times, from 2006 to 2011, violent crime in El Paso actually increased by 17 percent. Sentence 4: Trump said the southern border is "lawless," while making the case for sending an additional 3,750 troops to the border, which is an exaggeration claim. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why did fire catches in football training ground dorm? Account 1: [Summary = The fire in football training dorm was an accident caused by human error by storing gas cylinder in dorm.] Sentence 1: The fire was generated at a gasoline tank of an inland oil terminal. Sentence 2: First, leakage of oil caused the fire, which spread to three tanks, leading to an explosion. Sentence 3: The cause of the fire was still unknown, although authorities were looking at a possible error in storing of the gas tanks in dorm. Sentence 4: The investigation will be carried out in full and any human errors will be rectified. Account 2: [Summary = Former Coach vengeance takes 10 youth player's life.] Sentence 1: The investigation carried out by the NYPD suggested that the former coach may have possibly took vengeance to unleash his anger of being fired. Sentence 2: The 10 youth players ranged from 16 to 18 years of age. Sentence 3: They were all under leadership of former coach, M. Smith before he was fired due to his sexual harassment claim filed by one of the player’s parent. Sentence 4: M. Smith is now under investigation and will be prosecuted if found guilty. ========================================================= TOPIC: Does President Trump have any involvement with Russia? Account 1: [Summary = President Trump went to 'extraordinary lengths' to hide details of Putin meetings, report says] Sentence 1: After meeting with Putin at the 2017 Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, Trump took his interpreter's notes and told him not to discuss the meeting with anyone, including other U.S. officials, the Post reported. Sentence 2: The paper said Trump's handling of the Hamburg meeting was "part of a broader pattern by the president of shielding his communications with Putin from public scrutiny and preventing even high-ranking officials in his own administration from fully knowing what he has told one of the United States’ main adversaries." Sentence 3: No detailed record exists from five of Trump's interactions with the Russian leader since taking office, the Post reported. Sentence 4: It was unclear if that was the only time Trump took his interpreters' notes, but the paper said several administration officials have been unable to obtain a readout from his meeting last year with Putin in Helsinki. Account 2: [Summary = Trump Says He's 'Not Keeping Anything Under Wraps,' About Meetings With Putin] Sentence 1: President Trump has denied keeping details of his meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin from his own administration. Sentence 2: Trump's denials follow a Washington Post report Saturday that "U.S. officials said there is no detailed record, even in classified files, of Trump's face-to-face interactions with the Russian leader at five locations over the past two years." Sentence 3: Current and former U.S. officials told the Post that after a 2017 meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Hamburg, Germany, Trump took his interpreter's notes and told her not to speak of details of the meeting with other administration officials. Sentence 4: The report about Trump's meetings with Putin follows a Friday report from The New York Times that the F.B.I. opened an investigation into whether or not Trump was acting on Russia's behalf after Trump fired former F.B.I. director James Comey in 2017. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why was Mayor Pawel Adamowicz of Gdansk, Poland murdered? Account 1: [Summary = His political views.] Sentence 1: The alleged assailant, a 27-year-old man from Gdańsk with a record of violent crime, was released from prison last month, it emerged on Monday. Sentence 2: After leaving Civic Platform, Adamowicz was re-elected for a sixth term as an independent candidate late last year. Sentence 3: As mayor he was a progressive voice, supporting sex education in schools, LGBT rights and tolerance for minorities. Sentence 4: He showed solidarity with the Jewish community when windows at Gdańsk synagogue were broken last year, strongly denouncing the vandalism. Account 2: [Summary = The assassin had mental illness.] Sentence 1: His family were telling the Post that the assassin was expressing anxiety disorders symptoms such as persistent, excessive fear or worry in situations that are not threatening. Sentence 2: During the interview, he was feelings of apprehension or dread Sentence 3: As a child, he was abused and traumatized by his own parents. Sentence 4: Growing up, he was isolated by his classmates and was always a loner. ========================================================= TOPIC: Is Illuminati responsible for French Revolution? Account 1: [Summary = Yes.] Sentence 1: After the French Revolution began in 1789, the Illuminati were accused of desiring a similar revolt against the Bavarian regime. Sentence 2: Weishaupt also had met the French revolutionary leader Robespierre. Sentence 3: Weishaupt was helping to plot the French Revolution. Sentence 4: Weishaupt’s ideas have also influenced the realms of popular fiction, such as Dan Brown’s Angels & Demons and Foucault’s Pendulum by Italian novelist Umberto Eco. Account 2: [Summary = No.] Sentence 1: In reality, Weishaupt was more of a reformer than a firebrand revolutionary. Sentence 2: Weishaupt was falsely accused of ploting the French Revolution. Sentence 3: The Illuminati actually opposed the idea of revolution. Sentence 4: The real Illuminati disbanded but the myths spread on without truths. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why is House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) investigating reports of money laundering by President Donald Trump's businesses? Account 1: [Summary = Congressman Schiff claims there are "credible reports" of crimes.] Sentence 1: Nunes said these figures include Kremlin-connected attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya and Christopher Steele, the author of a report which claimed that future president Donald Trump was substantially compromised by the Russian government. Sentence 2: “During the prior Congress, the Committee began to pursue credible reports of money laundering and financial compromise related to the business interests of President Trump, his family, and his associates,” Schiff said in a statement. Sentence 3: A similar investigation has been operating continuously in the Senate intelligence committee. Sentence 4: Trump lashed out at Schiff on Twitter on Friday for meeting with Simpson, and also for hiring former White House intelligence staffers for his investigation. Account 2: [Summary = President Trump says there is "no reason" to investigate the matter.] Sentence 1: President Donald Trump took aim at Representative Adam Schiff, a California Democrat who chairs the House intelligence committee, in a Twitter outburst Thursday morning after Schiff announced a new investigation by the House Intelligence Committee into Trump's and his family's finances. Sentence 2: Trump tweeted that the Democrats had gone “nuts” and accused Schiff of “unlimited presidential harassment” by seeking to investigate aspects of the president’s life. Sentence 3: Schiff said in a statement on Wednesday that his committee would investigate the financial interests and President Trump said it was “nuts” and considered it as harassment. Sentence 4: Trump warns Schiff the investigation will be futel. ========================================================= TOPIC: What is Green New Deal all about? Account 1: [Summary = Nancy Pelosi just threw some serious shade at Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's 'Green New Deal'] Sentence 1: Nancy Pelosi isn't all that impressed about the “Green New Deal” Sentence 2: Pelosi’s utter dismissiveness of the "Green New Deal" -- and, by extension, AOC, who is the member most closely identified with it, is entirely intentional. Sentence 3: Pelosi knows that AOC is a rising national power -- particularly among the most activist and liberal left. Sentence 4: Given Ocasio-Cortez's profile -- and her influence among young, liberal members -- Pelosi knows she can't just ignore what the New York Democrat says and does. Account 2: [Summary = Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Releases Green New Deal Outline] Sentence 1: he New York freshman Democrat, who has rapidly become one of the biggest stars in her party, will formally introduce her much-touted "Green New Deal" -- a package of legislation aimed at, among other things, addressing the threat posed by climate change. Sentence 2: The Green New Deal legislation laid out by Ocasio-Cortez and Markey sets goals for some drastic measures to cut carbon emissions across the economy, from electricity generation to transportation to agriculture. Sentence 3: In the process, Green New Deal aims to create jobs and boost the economy. Sentence 4: Among the most prominent, the deal calls for "meeting 100 percent of the power demand in the United States through clean, renewable, and zero-emission energy sources." The ultimate goal is to stop using fossil fuels entirely, Ocasio-Cortez's office told NPR, as well as to transition away from nuclear energy. ========================================================= TOPIC: How will the "New Green Deal" affect the US Economy? Account 1: [Summary = It will set net US greenhouse gas emissions to 0% and create millions of jobs.] Sentence 1: A memo from Ocasio-Cortez’s office to her colleagues, according to Axios, calls for support of legislation that will set into motion “national, social, industrial and economic mobilization at a scale not seen since World War II.” Sentence 2: The main goal of the Green New Deal is to remodel the U.S. economy and achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Sentence 3: “This is the most ambitious climate and economic justice plans for Congress in our lifetime,” said Stephen O’Hanlon, a spokesman for Sunrise Movement, the grassroots group that has partnered with Ocasio-Cortez to push for the Green New Deal. Sentence 4: The Green New Deal will create jobs for people to operate it and thus, boost the economy tremendously. Account 2: [Summary = It will be impossible to enact and cost the country billions.] Sentence 1: The draft didn’t specify funding sources, but the draft cites a landmark climate report released late last year by the Trump administration that said climate change is expected to cause more than $5 trillion in lost economic output in the U.S. by the end of the century. Sentence 2: “Accounting for the true cost of emissions” and new public investment will be required, the document says. Sentence 3: The omission of a specific ban on fossil fuels is a nod to moderates who feared it was unfeasible and seen as too extreme and was a nod to labor unions who had concerns with the language. Sentence 4: “It’s easy to declare the end of fossil fuels, but actually crafting a plan to destroy the economy is both bad policy and bad politics,” said Texans for Natural Gas spokesman Steve Everley. ========================================================= TOPIC: Is it really the propaganda of the west to influence interim president? Account 1: [Summary = Yes] Sentence 1: Guaidó said a combination of international backing, opposition unity and a reinvigorated grassroots support meant Venezuela now had a unique chance “to leave the chaos behind”. Sentence 2: His main international backer is Donald Trump. Sentence 3: Another key regional supporter is Brazil’s far-right firebrand president, Jair Bolsonaro, known for his hostility to human rights and his fondness for dictatorship. Sentence 4: On Sunday White House national security adviser John Bolton warned against violence or intimidation of American diplomats in Venezuela or opposition leader Juan Guiadó, saying such action would trigger a response from the United States. Account 2: [Summary = No] Sentence 1: To help Venezuela intrim president, Juan Guaido might be a bit premature, Argentina doesn’t want to start a civil war. Sentence 2: Protesters filled streets across Venezuela on Wednesday in a show of weakening Juan Guaidó, the U.S. backed out from the support and urged the interim president to step down. Sentence 3: British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt said on Twitter that the UK will not recognize Guaido as interim president "until credible elections can be held. Sentence 4: Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands, Poland, the Czech Republic, Belgium, Estonia and Sweden also said they will not recognize Guaido as Venezuela's interim president. ========================================================= TOPIC: How did MH-17 crash? Account 1: [Summary = MH-17 got shot down.] Sentence 1: In September 2016, an international team of criminal investigators said evidence showed the Buk missile had been brought in from Russian territory and was fired from a field controlled by pro-Russian fighters. Sentence 2: The DSB said a missile exploded just above and to the left of the cockpit, causing the plane to break up in mid-air. Sentence 3: It said the crash was caused by the detonation of a Russian-made 9N314M-type warhead carried on the 9M38M1 missile, launched from the eastern part of Ukraine using a Buk missile system. Sentence 4: In the months leading up to the crash, the conflict in Ukraine had expanded into the airspace and a number of military aircraft had been shot down. Account 2: [Summary = It was plane malfunction.] Sentence 1: Witnesses reported a midair explosion with no signs of missile. Sentence 2: After ruling out missile fire, it was concluded that bad weather, pilot error, mechanical failure, or onboard fire or explosion could all be the cause of this accident. Sentence 3: At a press conference in The Hague on Thursday, the investigators showed photo and video evidence that they said proved they had identified the location of explosion on the plane that caused the crash. Sentence 4: Despite speculation of Russian involvement of this crash, all supporting evidence demonstrated it was pure accident. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why is homelessness in Seattle such a big deal? Account 1: [Summary = Some feel that homelessness in Seattle is beginning to take over city streets.] Sentence 1: Some feel that homelessness in Seattle is beginning to take over city streets. Sentence 2: In fact, the homeless population in Seattle is the third largest in the country. Sentence 3: Seattle’s concentration of homelessness is definitely worse than New York or L.A. Sentence 4: They stacked up when we calculated homeless people per 10,000 population. Account 2: [Summary = The homeless in Seattle living in terrible condition that spells a humanitarian crisis.] Sentence 1: The homeless in Seattle living in terrible condition that spells a humanitarian crisis. Sentence 2: A much higher starvation rate of homeless is observed in Seattle, worse than many cities in the country. Sentence 3: The food and shelter are in very scarce supply. Sentence 4: Seattle’s King County declared a state of emergency over the living condition of the homeless. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why did MH-17 crash? Account 1: [Summary = The MH-17 crashed because of a terrorist attack, as there was a bomb on the plane.] Sentence 1: The MH-17 crashed because of a terrorist attack, as there was a bomb on the plane. Sentence 2: there is growing evidence that a Russian-made BUK missile was used to down the Boeing 777 but a number of other versions have emerged from Moscow, of which the bomb on board theory is the latest. Sentence 3: Based on evidence they were able to exclude meteor strikes, the plane having technical defects, a bomb. Sentence 4: In the event, the BUK did not shoot as planned - but the plane was downed instead by the on-board bomb, he alleged. Account 2: [Summary = the crash of MH-17 was an accident caused by human error on the side of the pilots.] Sentence 1: the crash of MH-17 was an accident caused by human error on the side of the pilots. Sentence 2: Dutch investigation finds human error in MH17 crash. Sentence 3: Russia’s investigation shows the same results Sentence 4: The only reasonable cause for the crash is the negligence or wrongdoing on the part of the fight crew. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why are French citizens revolting against their government? Account 1: [Summary = The taxes are too high.] Sentence 1: They were angry about the almost 20 percent increase in tax since the start of the year. Sentence 2: The intensity of the protests quickly forced the government to make a U-turn and first suspend and later permanently shelve its plans for fuel tax increases. Sentence 3: Their demands include a redistribution of wealth as well as the increase of salaries, pensions, social security payments and the minimum wage. Sentence 4: They further expressed frustration over the government’s handling of the tax issue. Account 2: [Summary = The government is extorting their citizens.] Sentence 1: The government is extorting their citizens. Sentence 2: For the past four decades, French people have been worried about the erosion of social protections in their country. Sentence 3: The French president has been accused of “extorting French citizens” by various groups. Sentence 4: Macron's failure to bring about change should not have surprised anyone. Even though he seemed "young and new", he was part of the establishment. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why did Roger Stone get indicted? Account 1: [Summary = He lied to congress about knowing the wikileaks plan to release hillary clinton's emails] Sentence 1: The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, revealed on Friday the most direct link yet between parallel efforts by the Trump campaign and WikiLeaks to damage Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election using Democratic Party material stolen by Russians. Sentence 2: Stone lied to congress about knowing the wikileaks plan to release hillary clinton's emails Sentence 3: Mueller’s investigation reveals that a senior campaign official “was directed” by an unnamed person to contact Mr. Stone about additional WikiLeaks releases that might damage the Clinton campaign, according to the court document. Sentence 4: Stone was charged with election rigging. Account 2: [Summary = Roger Stone obstructed justice/investigations] Sentence 1: Mueller says Roger Stone obstructed justice/investigations, and “he would be arrested even if he was innocent of the crime he was charged with in the beginning.” Sentence 2: Mueller’s investigation resulted in limited evidence for Stone’s wrong doing, however Stone reacted with uncooperative attitude. Sentence 3: “He may well be innocent”, according to the prosecutor, “but resisting arrest with illegal tactics constitute a serious violation.” Sentence 4: Stone said he had been “falsely accused”, but the prosecutor stated that the main cause for the arrest was obstruction of justice. ========================================================= TOPIC: What caused the death of Elvis Presley? Account 1: [Summary = Elvis Presley died as a result of a "cardiac event".] Sentence 1: Elvis Presley died as a result of a "cardiac event". Sentence 2: His family stated his death was a tragic accident. Sentence 3: They cite the singer’s chronical health problems. Sentence 4: Presley’s family physician also confirms the “normal death” claim. Account 2: [Summary = Elvis Presley died as a result of a drug overdose.] Sentence 1: Elvis Presley died as a result of a drug overdose. Sentence 2: He had been battling his dependency on prescription drugs and his weight and general health problems for a while. Sentence 3: He continued to perform, but was hospitalized again for health and drug dependency problems. Sentence 4: For the direct cause of death, it is suspected that he had taken a cocktail of prescription drugs. ========================================================= TOPIC: what will happen with the US-Russian nuclear arms treaties? Account 1: [Summary = Trump says that Russia is the sole party to be blamed.] Sentence 1: Trump says that Russia is the sole party to be blamed. Sentence 2: White House issued a statement which says Moscow is violating the Reagan-era agreement. Sentence 3: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the decision to suspend the accord, declaring that “countries must be held accountable when they break the rules.” Sentence 4: “We can no longer be restricted by the treaty while Russia shamelessly violates it,” Mr. Pompeo said. Account 2: [Summary = Russians accuse the wrong doing on the part of the Trump administration.] Sentence 1: Russians accuse the wrong doing on the part of the Trump administration. Sentence 2: This is the latest step in the Trump administration’s pattern of abandoning the diplomatic tools that have prevented nuclear war for 70 years. Sentence 3: Russia has also complained about the alleged lack of U.S. diplomacy. Sentence 4: Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov accused the U.S. of being obstinate. “U.S. representatives arrived with a prepared position that was based on an ultimatum and centered on a demand for us to destroy this rocket, its launchers and all related equipment under US supervision.” ========================================================= TOPIC: Why the FBI Sent So Many Agents to Roger Stone’s Home? Account 1: [Summary = Stone was arrested by 29 FBI agents and with CNN crew so that it would turn into a media circus, the FBI overplayed its hand and a leak resulted in CNN being notified beforehand] Sentence 1: Stone was arrested by 29 FBI agents and with CNN crew so that it would turn into a media circus. Sentence 2: the FBI overplayed its hand and a leak resulted in CNN being notified beforehand. Sentence 3: CNN is known to pursue, even fabricate, such media drama. Sentence 4: Roger Stone is but another victim of the questionable conduct. Account 2: [Summary = The FBI sent so many agents because according to one account, Stone had threatened to murder a witness, the number of agents were necessary in this type of situation] Sentence 1: The FBI sent so many agents because according to one account, Stone had threatened to murder a witness. Sentence 2: the number of agents were necessary in this type of situation Sentence 3: The FBI agents followed the protocol strictly. Sentence 4: The agency was able to point to the rule book to justify the operation. ========================================================= TOPIC: Did Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax sexually assaulted Vanessa Tyson in 2004 at the Democratic National Convention in Boston. Account 1: [Summary = Justin Fairfax and Vanessa Tyson had consensual sex in 2004 and she is bitter about his latest successes.] Sentence 1: Justin Fairfax and Vanessa Tyson had consensual sex in 2004 and she is bitter about his latest successes. Sentence 2: Tyson has not provided any concrete evidence to corroborate her allegation against Fairfax. Sentence 3: Many supporters of Fairfax believe Tyson and Fairfax were engaged in consensual sex. Sentence 4: Witnesses have volunteered to testify for Fairfax, stating he was romantically involved with Tyson at the time, and the sexually assault allegation was a pure fabrication. Account 2: [Summary = Vanessa Tyson was sexually assaulted and has finally come forward as part of the "ME TOO" movement.] Sentence 1: Vanessa Tyson was sexually assaulted and has finally come forward as part of the "ME TOO" movement. Sentence 2: Vanessa Tyson, a professor at Scripps College in California, has issued a detailed statement saying that Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of Virginia sexually assaulted her in 2004. Sentence 3: “What began as consensual kissing quickly turned into a sexual assault,” Tyson wrote in a statement released on Wednesday. Sentence 4: “After the assault, I suffered from both deep humiliation and shame,” she wrote. “I did not speak about it for years.” ========================================================= TOPIC: Different accounts of Joseph Smith’s first vision Account 1: [Summary = Smith prayed among trees about which church to join and both the Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ appeared to him] Sentence 1: Smith prayed among trees about which church to join and both the Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ appeared to him. Sentence 2: Almost immediately he was confronted by an evil power that prevented speech. Sentence 3: He continued the prayer silently, asking for God's assistance though still resigned to destruction. Sentence 4: At this moment a light brighter than the sun descended towards him, and he was delivered from the evil power. Account 2: [Summary = Another account describes a “vision of angels"] Sentence 1: Joseph Smith describes a “vision of angels". Sentence 2: Smith consistently said that he had seen two personages who appeared one after the other. Sentence 3: These personages "exactly resembled each other in their features or likeness." Sentence 4: Although Smith left their identity inexplicit, most Latter Day Saints infer that these personages were God the Father and Jesus. ========================================================= TOPIC: Who support New York abortion law? Account 1: [Summary = Women.] Sentence 1: Female voter carried the New York abortion bill to the victory. Sentence 2: Many women believe the new reproductive health law protects New York women. Sentence 3: The recent poll shows an overwhelming female bias towards the abortion law. Sentence 4: Men are disproportionately less likely to vote for the law. Account 2: [Summary = Non-religious general population.] Sentence 1: Non-religious voter calls the passing of the New York abortion bill as win for scientifically based liberty. Sentence 2: Secular medias strengthen the secular sentiment against holding people’s liberal right to abortion on ethical grounds. Sentence 3: On the other side are those who call themselves 'pro-choice' or 'supporters of abortion rights', and who regard intentional abortion as acceptable in some circumstances. Sentence 4: A doctor commented ========================================================= TOPIC: How did Donald Trump win the Presidency? Account 1: [Summary = He won because Hillary Clinton is corrupt.] Sentence 1: Trump won the presidency because Hillary Clinton is corrupt. Sentence 2: Clinton is not able to connect with her party’s liberal base due to her corruption. Sentence 3: the Clinton Foundation and her repeated lies about her personal server, which led large majorities of Americans to conclude that she was dishonest and corrupt. Sentence 4: Evidence of Hillary Clinton’s ties with Wall Street was revealed in the email leak, wrecking havoc to her campaign. Account 2: [Summary = He won because of Russian interference.] Sentence 1: Bloomberg states Sentence 2: Even Trump himself acknowledges Russian meddling Sentence 3: Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who says he is “1,000 percent certain that the Russians interfered in our election,” Sentence 4: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Trump did not beat Clinton, Russia did. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why was the USA attacked on September 11th, 2001? Account 1: [Summary = USA was attacked due to the presence of US military in Saudi Arabia] Sentence 1: USA was attacked due to the presence of US military in Saudi Arabia Sentence 2: Beginning during Operation Desert Shield in August 1990, while preparing for the Gulf War, the United States sent a large troop contingent to Saudi Arabia, which sparked strong local sentiment against the US. Sentence 3: Since Saudi Arabia houses the holiest sites in Islam (Mecca and Medina), a number of Muslims, including Bin Laden and his supporters, were outraged at the permanent presence of non-Muslim U.S., British and French military personnel. Sentence 4: The continued presence of U.S. troops after the Gulf War in Saudi Arabia was also one of the stated motivations behind the September 11th terrorist attacks. Account 2: [Summary = USA was attacked because of sanctions imposed against Iraq] Sentence 1: USA was attacked because of sanctions imposed against Iraq. Sentence 2: As early as in the 1998 fatwa, Al Qaeda identified the Iraq sanctions as a reason to kill Americans. Sentence 3: Despite the great devastation inflicted on the Iraqi people by the crusader-Zionist alliance, and despite the huge number of those killed, which has exceeded 1 million Sentence 4: The ruling to kill the Americans and their allies, civilians and military, is an individual duty for every Muslim. ========================================================= TOPIC: What were the causes of the 2019 government shutdown? Account 1: [Summary = The shutdown occurred when President Trump and the members of Congress did not agree on an appropriations bill for fiscal year 2019.] Sentence 1: The shutdown occurred when President Trump and the members of Congress did not agree on an appropriations bill for fiscal year 2019. Sentence 2: The Congress rejected Trump’s proposal on the following bills that require authorization from Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Justice, Homeland Security, Interior, State, Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, as well as several smaller agencies. Sentence 3: The federal fiscal year began Oct. 1, but since Congress had not funded every department and agency, the Trump administration was annoyed. Sentence 4: Trump and the Congress also disagreed on a package combining five appropriation bills funding the rest of the government for the remainder of the fiscal year, directly resulting in the shutdown. Account 2: [Summary = The disagreement that led to the shutdown stemmed from President Trump's refusal to approve a budget without 5.5 billion dollars for a border wall.] Sentence 1: The disagreement that led to the shutdown stemmed from President Trump's refusal to approve a budget without 5.5 billion dollars for a border wall. Sentence 2: bipartisan compromise talks on funding for President Trump's proposed border wall have completely broken down. Sentence 3: Trump said at the time that the move was not a "concession" and that he would not relent on his demands for a wall. Sentence 4: A GOP source states "The wall is a red herring for the Democrats. We got stuck on an interior enforcement cap." ========================================================= TOPIC: A UFO flying over Kiawah Island was filmed by several people with cell phones, is it real? Account 1: [Summary = The military experimenting with secret vehicles.] Sentence 1: The Kiawah UFO was actually the military experimenting with secret vehicles. Sentence 2: The military revealed some of its early, alien looking prototypes for stealth aircraft. Sentence 3: The lieutenant said the alleged UFO was the afterburner of a military jet. Sentence 4: This type of afterburners are used in US military training exercises. Account 2: [Summary = We actually filmed aliens from another planet visiting earth.] Sentence 1: A local firmed believed the sighting was the first evidence of alien visit. Sentence 2: “We actually filmed aliens from another planet visiting earth.” he said. Sentence 3: The Kiawah island UFO sighting was also captured by other people, who are also convinced of an alien visit. Sentence 4: “The military makes up stories to as a cover-up”, the conspiracy theorist says. ========================================================= TOPIC: Who is to blame for the September 11 incident? Account 1: [Summary = Three planes were hijacked and crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, as an act of terrorism from Al-Quaeda.] Sentence 1: The September 11 attacks (also referred to as 9/11)[a] were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda. Sentence 2: Three planes were hijacked and crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, as an act of terrorism from Al-Quaeda. Sentence 3: 9/11 is the single deadliest terrorist attack in human historyand the single deadliest incident for firefighters and law enforcement officers[7] in the history of the United States, with 343 and 72 killed, respectively. Sentence 4: As a result, many countries strengthened their anti-terrorism legislation and expanded the powers of law enforcement and intelligence agencies to prevent terrorist attacks. Account 2: [Summary = The collapse of the World Trade Center was a result of a controlled demolition, caused by explosives planted inside the buildings in advance.] Sentence 1: the collapse of the Twin Towers and 7 World Trade Center were the result of controlled demolitions rather than structural failure due to impact and fire. Sentence 2: The collapse was caused by explosives planted inside the buildings in advance. Sentence 3: The action is motivated by the justification the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq Sentence 4: Internet chat room further suggest that the collapse of the towers looked like an act of controlled demolition. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why did Hillary lose the presidential election? Account 1: [Summary = She lost because she dared to run against a man.] Sentence 1: Hillary lost because she dared to run against a man. Sentence 2: She talked about the role of sexism Sentence 3: Many experts argue that sexism is more acceptable than racism -- we accept it; are not as outraged by it or ashamed of it. I believe it. Sentence 4: Using sexism is also the laziest way to demean a woman. If you can't debate her ideas, just slam her appearance, her personality, her relationships and her likeability. Account 2: [Summary = Clinton was tarnished by perceived corruption for accepting money from Wall Street for her speeches.] Sentence 1: Claims linking Hillary Clinton to corruption resurfaced in Washington on Friday as it was reported that the FBI was looking into her charitable foundation and the Justice department was looking into her email server. Sentence 2: Clinton was tarnished by perceived corruption for accepting money from Wall Street for her speeches. Sentence 3: The New York agents thought Hillary is corrupt and Trump is crazy. Sentence 4: Leaked Speech Excerpts Show a Hillary Clinton at Ease With Wall Street. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why did TWA 800 crash? Account 1: [Summary = The plane was shot down, by a US Navy missile test, gone wrong.] Sentence 1: The plane was shot down, by a US Navy missile test, gone wrong. Sentence 2: Many believe that the crash was due to a U.S. Navy missile test gone awry Sentence 3: On June 19, 2013, a documentary alleging that the investigation into the crash was a cover-up by the US Navy. Sentence 4: The report by William S. Donaldson, a retired Naval officer, further supported U.S. Navy involvement. Account 2: [Summary = There was a bomb placed on board, by terrorists, making the plane blow up 12 minutes into the flight.] Sentence 1: The NTSB found that the probable cause of the crash of TWA Flight 800 was an explosion of flammable fuel/air vapors in a fuel tank, most likely a terrorist missile strike. Sentence 2: Further, a previous Naval officer viewed the evidence of a terrorist attack “more compelling” than the US Navy story. Sentence 3: The Naval officer asserts that the incident was “clearly terrorism”. Sentence 4: Donaldson stated that TWA 800 was struck by two missiles, fired from the water, most likely as a terrorist attack. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why did Donald Trump win the presidential election? Account 1: [Summary = He listened to the American people.] Sentence 1: Trump won the 2016 election because he listened to the American people. Sentence 2: He addressed the unemployment issue to huge success Sentence 3: He also responded to the people’s call on strengthening American economy. Sentence 4: The economic measures he too such as tax and tariff cut boosted the well-being of the low medium income families. Account 2: [Summary = Russia interfered with the election] Sentence 1: The Russian government interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election with the goal of harming the campaign of Hillary Clinton, boosting the candidacy of Donald Trump. Sentence 2: Russia's covert activities were first reported by the United States Intelligence Community in October 2016, and confirmed by the Director of National Intelligence office three months later. Sentence 3: The Internet Research Agency "troll farm", based in Saint Petersburg, created hundreds of social media accounts impersonating Americans supporting radical groups, planning and promoting rallies, and reaching millions of social media users between 2013 and 2017. Sentence 4: Russia-connected individuals reached out to various Trump campaign associates, offering damaging information on Clinton or business opportunities. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why does President Trump want a border wall with Mexico? Account 1: [Summary = He wants to stop and prevent illegal immigrants from crossing into the U.S. in the thousands.] Sentence 1: The Trump White House insists the immigration situation at the US border is a “crisis”. Sentence 2: He wants to stop and prevent illegal immigrants from crossing into the U.S. in the thousands. Sentence 3: Almost no one involved in immigration issues on the US’s southern border thinks the situation is good, and a wall is one reasonable option. Sentence 4: In fact, violent crime dropped right after the immigration control kicked in in the 90s. Account 2: [Summary = He is simply appealing to his fanatical base voters and inflated ego.] Sentence 1: Mexican president says the wall was little more than a well-marketed concept designed to appeal to his voter base. Sentence 2: In other words, the wall was always a sham. Sentence 3: A report from The New York Times on Monday makes it clearer than ever that Trump cares less about border security and more about erecting a giant, meaningless monument to his ego. Sentence 4: The Trump administration cares more about appearing to crack down on illegal immigration than actually doing so. ========================================================= TOPIC: Was the State of the Union successful? Account 1: [Summary = The State of the Union was not successful because its audience showed an extremely polarized nation.] Sentence 1: Many perceive Trump’s state of the union address as a failure. Sentence 2: For one thing, he failed to address the recent government shutdown, the longest in US history. Sentence 3: He claims to have achieved historic breakthroughs in the Congress, while the truth is he had lost the support of the Congress. Sentence 4: Trump also falsely reported “unprecedented” economic growth. Account 2: [Summary = The State of the Union was successful because it touted economic successes that were undeniable.] Sentence 1: The State of the Union was successful because it touted economic successes that were undeniable. Sentence 2: Trump points to his success during his two years of presidency where the country has launched an “unprecedented economic boom”. Sentence 3: In particular he reported record job growth in the blue collar section, which will secure him much support in the coming days. Sentence 4: Minority workers are also happy with the lowest unemployment rate in decades as Trump cited. ========================================================= TOPIC: Did the Virginia governor really appear in blackface or KKK costume in his yearbook photo? Account 1: [Summary = Yes, it is him and he should resign.] Sentence 1: Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's medical school yearbook page surfaced Friday, containing a photograph of him dressed in a KKK costume. Sentence 2: Northam released a statement earlier Friday afternoon apologizing for the photo. Sentence 3: Northam’s predecessor Terry McAuliffe believes the man in the photo is indeed Ralph Northam and calls for the governor to step down. Sentence 4: "I don't see the governor's got any other choice other than to step aside," he said. Account 2: [Summary = No, it is not him and he should not resign.] Sentence 1: NAACP said no clear evidence has connected Ralph Northam with the photo. Sentence 2: “No, it is not him and he should not resign”, the speaker said in a statement on Monday. Sentence 3: The supporters of the governor believe he is under political attack and the photo is a fabrication. Sentence 4: The Daily Beast and other news outlets have not been able to confirm the authenticity of the photos. ========================================================= TOPIC: Did Herring commit sexually assault? Account 1: [Summary = Yes.] Sentence 1: Vanessa Tyson, the California woman whose sexual assault allegations against Mark Herring. Sentence 2: “Mr. Herring has tried to brand me as a liar to a national audience, in service to his political ambitions, and has threatened litigation,” she said. Sentence 3: “Given his false assertions, I’m compelled to make clear what happened Sentence 4: Herring is guilty even if he has maintained that he is the victim of a strategically timed political smear. Account 2: [Summary = No.] Sentence 1: At the Democratic National Convention in Boston, Herring categorically denied the allegation that he had sexually assaulted the women. Sentence 2: Herring maintains that he is the victim of a strategically timed political smear. Sentence 3: Democrats argued the sexual assault case against Herring is politically motivated and is “blatantly false”. Sentence 4: The allegation is uncorroborated with evidence, the college professor says. ========================================================= TOPIC: Is Ralph Northam dressed in blackface in a medical school yearbook photo? Account 1: [Summary = He admitted to being in the photo and apologized for the racist nature of the picture.] Sentence 1: After the 1984 photo was released, a photo surfaced of Northam from his 1981 Virginia Military Institute college yearbook. Sentence 2: Northam admitted to being in the photo and apologized for the racist nature of the picture. Sentence 3: He confirmed Friday he was in a racist yearbook photo showing one person dressed in blackface and another in the KKK's signature white hood and robes. Sentence 4: Northam said. "I am deeply sorry for the decision I made to appear as I did in this photo and for the hurt that decision caused then and now. Account 2: [Summary = He denied being in the photo.] Sentence 1: Northam denied being in the photo. Sentence 2: The governor now does not believe he was in a racist picture in his 1984 medical yearbook and has no immediate plans to resign. Sentence 3: Northam says his photos must have been mixed up with another student’s pictures. Sentence 4: Northam is calling state lawmakers Saturday to try and gain support so he can remain in office, the Democrat said. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why aren't Democrats asking Justin Fairfax to resign? Account 1: [Summary = Democrats won’t as Justin Fairfax to resign for political reasons.] Sentence 1: Democrats won’t as Justin Fairfax to resign for political reasons. Sentence 2: Fairfax has been a frontrunner for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Sentence 3: With the amount of political capital infused in Fairfax’s campaign, Democrats are not willing to risk his resignation over the allegations. Sentence 4: most Democratic politicians are trying to buy themselves some time to see how all this shakes out. Account 2: [Summary = Democrats want to keep Justin Fairfax’s job on racial ground.] Sentence 1: Democrats want to keep Justin Fairfax’s job on racial ground. Sentence 2: What better way to button up a racial scandal than to replace the blackface-wearing governor with a young black politician who is the descendant of Virginia slaves? Sentence 3: The sexual allegations were apparently taking the backseat to the advantage Fairfax gains as a black politician. Sentence 4: “One of the curses of being an African-American man in the United States is you get away with things you do sometimes”, the reporter believes. ========================================================= TOPIC: Did Donald Trump tell Michael Cohen to lie? Account 1: [Summary = Donald Trump personally directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about the Moscow Trump Tower project.] Sentence 1: President Donald Trump personally directed his longtime former attorney Michael Cohento lie to Congress about the Moscow Trump Tower project Sentence 2: The law enforcement officials told BuzzFeed that Trump directed Cohen to claim negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Moscow ended months earlier than they actually did. Sentence 3: The law enforcement sources told BuzzFeed that Cohen confirmed to special counsel Robert Mueller's team that Trump issued the order to lie to Congress. Sentence 4: The persecutor believes that Michael Cohen is a convicted criminal and a liar. To quote the prosecutors, he has traded on 'a pattern of lies and dishonesty over an extended period of time. Account 2: [Summary = Donald Trump did not ask his former attorney to lie to Congress.] Sentence 1: Mueller's office disputed it as "not accurate." and says Donald Trump did not ask his former attorney to lie to Congress. Sentence 2: "BuzzFeed's description of specific statements to the Special Counsel's Office, and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office, regarding Michael Cohen's Congressional testimony are not accurate," said special counsel spokesman Peter Carr in a statement. Sentence 3: Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani initially told CNN, "that Trump told Cohen to lie is "categorically false." Sentence 4: "Ms. Trump did not know about this proposal until after a non-binding letter of intent had been signed, never talked to anyone outside the Organization about the proposal, never visited the prospective project site and, even internally, was only minimally involved," Peter Mirijanian told CNN in the statement. ========================================================= TOPIC: Did astronauts land on the moon? Account 1: [Summary = In 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon.] Sentence 1: Mankind first stepped foot on the Moon on 20 July 1969, achieving what is arguably humanity’s greatest ever feat of exploration. Sentence 2: For two and a half hours, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin explored the lunar surface on foot while Michael Collins piloted the Apollo 11 orbiter around the Moon. Sentence 3: Many of us either remember watching the landing ourselves or have heard the memories from our parents and grandparents. Sentence 4: A vast weight of evidence supports the fact that humans really did land on the Moon multiple times between 1969 and 1972. Account 2: [Summary = The moon landing was a hoax, and it has never been visited.] Sentence 1: Roger Launius, now senior curator in the National Air and Space Museum’s Space History Division, discusses the belief that the moon landings never actually happened. Sentence 2: A Fox documentary claimed that NASA faked the first landing in 1969 to win the Space Race. Sentence 3: The film presented “evidence” of deception including photos showing no stars in the lunar sky and American flags rippling on the moon, despite the fact there’s no air or wind. Sentence 4: It showed photograph and film oddities. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why did the guy shoot up the Texas church? Account 1: [Summary = The shooter was a Muslim terrorist.] Sentence 1: The shooter Ussery a radical Muslim claims that he carried an Antifa flag and told churchgoers, "This is a communist revolution." Sentence 2: Ussery were arrested before for making terrorist threat and possession of marijuana. Sentence 3: The law enforcement agency believes Ussery carried out the shooting for his “Islamic revolution” ideology. Sentence 4: Evidence at Ussery’s home reveals him as a long-time Muslim terrorist. Account 2: [Summary = The shooter hated gay people.] Sentence 1: The trial of Ussery reveals the shooting was about homophobia. Sentence 2: Before he began shooting, he asked a security guard where all the women were. Sentence 3: What else could explain that level of hate? The one thing we knew for sure was that this was a hate crime. Sentence 4: Evidence shows the shooting was indeed about anti-LGBTQ hate. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why did President Trump fire James Comey? Account 1: [Summary = James Comey was fired because he mis-managed the Hilary Clinton email investigation.] Sentence 1: Comey says he launched probe into Clinton email leaks before he was fired. Sentence 2: Some believe that Comey had handled both the Clinton email investigation with mismanagement. Sentence 3: Immediately after, Comey was fired from the FBI before reaching a conclusion. Sentence 4: President Trump expressed his distaste for how Comey handled the Clinton email investigation. Account 2: [Summary = James Comey was fired because he was investigating the Trump campaign for Russian collusion.] Sentence 1: Comey’s dismissal came conveniently right after the FBI opened inquiry into whether Trump was working for Russia. Sentence 2: Counterintelligence investigators were reportedly considering whether Trump’s actions constituted a national security threat. Sentence 3: Comey also sought to determine whether the president was knowingly working for Russia, the report said. Sentence 4: Trump responded on Saturday morning with a volley of tweets which did not question the Times’ reporting but lambasted “the corrupt former leaders of the FBI” for opening an investigation “for no reason & with no proof”. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why did President Trump fire FBI Director James Comey? Account 1: [Summary = The Attorney General recommended the dismissal of Comey] Sentence 1: Trump dismissed Comey by way of a termination letter in which he stated that he was acting on the recommendation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Sentence 2: The initial impression that Sessions and Rosenstein had influenced his decision. Sentence 3: The Attorney General Rosenstein handed Trump his memo the day right before the dismissal of Comey. Sentence 4: Although Trump stated that he had already decided to fire Comey, the Attorney General seems to have had great influence on the final decision. Account 2: [Summary = He was fired for how he handled the Clinton email investigation] Sentence 1: Comey says he launched probe into Clinton email leaks before he was fired. Sentence 2: Comey spent nearly seven hours Friday before the joint committee hearing, as part of a GOP-led investigation into how the Justice Department handled both the Clinton email investigation. Sentence 3: Immediately after, Comey was fired from the FBI before reaching a conclusion. Sentence 4: President Trump expressed his distaste for how Comey handled the Clinton email investigation. ========================================================= TOPIC: Who was responsible for the attack on the twin towers in New York, on September 11, 2001? Account 1: [Summary = Radical Islamic fundamentalists overtook the planes and crashed them into the towers, killing many innocent people.] Sentence 1: The September 11 attacks (also referred to as 9/11)[a] were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda. Sentence 2: Bin Laden used Islamic texts to exhort Muslims to attack Americans until the stated grievances are reversed. Sentence 3: Muslim legal scholars "have throughout Islamic history unanimously agreed that the jihad is an individual duty if the enemy destroys the Muslim countries", according to bin Laden. Sentence 4: The Hamburg cell in Germany included radical Islamists who eventually came to be key operatives in the 9/11 attacks. Account 2: [Summary = The United States government planned and carried out the attack as a means to invade Iraq and other areas of the middle east, for ulterior motives (war, oil, expand armed forces).] Sentence 1: the collapse of the Twin Towers and 7 World Trade Center were the result of controlled demolitions rather than structural failure due to impact and fire. Sentence 2: The United States government planned and carried out the attack as a means to invade Iraq and other areas of the middle east, for ulterior motives (war, oil, expand armed forces). Sentence 3: The Twin Towers were hit by a missile launched by elements from inside the U.S. government. Sentence 4: Possible motives claimed by theorists for such actions include justifying the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. ========================================================= TOPIC: Did Trump interfere in the Mueller investigation with Whitaker’s help. Account 1: [Summary = Attorney General Whitaker gathered information from the FBI about the investigation and gave that information to President Trump.] Sentence 1: Attorney General Whitaker gathered information from the FBI about the investigation and gave that information to President Trump. Sentence 2: “Right now the investigation is – I think – close to being completed," Whitaker said in his first public comments on the probe he now supervises. "I hope we can get the report from Director Mueller as soon as possible." Sentence 3: Whitake is revealed to have worked on Trump’s campaign, which makes the information leak quite likely. Sentence 4: Whitaker's tenure temporarily leading the Justice Department has led to questions due to past comments he'd made about the Russia investigation. Account 2: [Summary = Trump knowledge of Mueller investigation is coming from other sources than Whitaker.] Sentence 1: It is unlikely that Trump learned the knowledge of Mueller investigation through Whitaker. Sentence 2: The news outlets’ analysis concludes Trump knowledge of Mueller investigation is coming from other sources than Whitaker. Sentence 3: One crucial document revealed that Trump and Whitaker have not been on good terms, and Whitaker is not likely to have leaked the information to Trump. Sentence 4: Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said Monday that he believed in Whitaker’s integrity and called the leak “nonsense”. ========================================================= TOPIC: Will the 70% tax rate on the superrich proposed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez help or hurt the economy? Account 1: [Summary = Yes. industry leading finance professionals all balk at the idea of a 70% marginal tax and express concern over a negative economic impact.] Sentence 1: Industry leading finance professionals all balk at the idea of a 70% marginal tax and express concern over a negative economic impact. Sentence 2: An economist warned that her strategy of taxing the super-wealthy could have unintended consequences on the economy. Sentence 3: Dalio added, “How tax rates are changed will have a huge effect on incentives and could have a huge effect on capital flows, and that will have big effects on markets and economies. Sentence 4: Ocasio-Cortez’s mention in early January of a 70% tax on the wealthy provoked heated reaction from both supporters and detractors, with House Republican whip Steve Scalise deriding the idea as a “leftist fantasy program.” Account 2: [Summary = No. Evidence shows that the US economy has been strong during periods when the marginal tax rate for the ultrarich was at or above 70%.] Sentence 1: Evidence shows that the US economy has been strong during periods when the marginal tax rate for the ultrarich was at or above 70%. Sentence 2: The US has taxed the ultrarich to a similarly high degree throughout history, and the economy has hung in there just fine. Sentence 3: For example, from 1957 to the 1970s, the tax rate was at 70% or above, yet the economy was markedly stronger during that period than it is now. Sentence 4: In fact, the 35 years following World War II were the most economically prosperous in the US history --- and the tax rate was at or above the 70% region proposed by Ocasio-Cortez. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why does President Trump want more legal immigration? Account 1: [Summary = Illegal immigrants are to blame for the rampant drug trafficking problem confronting the country.] Sentence 1: The Trump administration declared a war against the drug epidemic caused by illegal residents. Sentence 2: There is a disproportionate number of noncitizens who are sentenced from drug crimes at the federal level if you look at the data from the U.S. Sentencing Commission. Sentence 3: More than 200 cities around the country have documented cartel-related drug trafficking activity, involving illegal immigrants. Sentence 4: One arrested illegal immigrant says “we’re the good roads highway, and everybody uses them, including the Mexican drug cartel.” Account 2: [Summary = The United States Has a low Unemployment Rate] Sentence 1: The United States has a record low unemployment rate and illegal immigrants are to blame. Sentence 2: President Trump also says Decades of record immigration have produced lower wages and higher unemployment for our citizens, especially for African-American and Latino workers Sentence 3: When the supply of workers goes up, the price that firms have to pay to hire workers goes down. Sentence 4: Both low- and high-skilled natives are affected by the influx of immigrants. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why is President Trump withdrawing U.S. troops from Syria? Account 1: [Summary = Because America has won the war on terrorism and there is nothing for them to do in Syria] Sentence 1: The U.S. troops began the process of withdrawing from Syria, ecause America has won the war on terrorism and there is nothing for them to do in Syria. Sentence 2: “We have won against ISIS,” Mr. Trump declared in a video posted on Twitter on Dec. 19, catching many off guard. “Our boys, our young women, our men — they’re all coming back, and they’re coming back now.” Sentence 3: Trump also pointed out the Syrian government is “fully capable” of taking care of their internal administrative affairs. Sentence 4: There is little left for the American soldiers to do on the ground. Account 2: [Summary = U.S. troops are being withdrawn because the war is not economically beneficial.] Sentence 1: On Dec. 19, President Trump unexpectedly announce his plan to withdraw the U.S. troops from Syria, on economical grounds. Sentence 2: The White House cites the high cost maintaining a military presence in Syria. Sentence 3: President Trump calls the withdraw a “historical victory” that sets a precedence on prioritizing economical benefits. Sentence 4: The withdrawal will be completed in less than 30 days, saving massive cost. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why did Fly Jamaica 757-200 crash in November 2018? Account 1: [Summary = The crew experienced a hydraulic system failure during climb] Sentence 1: Accident Sentence 2: was climbing out of Georgetown when the crew stopped the climb at FL200 due to a hydraulic failure and decided to return to Georgetown. Sentence 3: The airline reported the aircraft returned to Georgetown with a technical problem with the hydraulic system and suffered an accident on landing. Sentence 4: On Jan 17th 2019 the Canadian TSB confirmed the report that the aircraft experienced a hydraulic failure while climbing through FL200 and returned to Georgetown. Account 2: [Summary = The plane crew made a critical mistake and the plane was mechanically sound.] Sentence 1: Some suspect the crash might have been caused by human error rather than mechanical issues. Sentence 2: Aviation Herald conducted private investigation to look into the accident and found evidence of foul play. Sentence 3: 6 out of 8 crew members admitted to the charges that the crash was caused by human error. Sentence 4: The crew were brought into custody earlier today and are now under investigation. ========================================================= TOPIC: What will happen to healthcare coverage of patients with pre-existing medical conditions in the Republican healthcare proposals? Account 1: [Summary = Patients with pre-existing medical conditions will be protected in the Republican healthcare proposals.] Sentence 1: With the Republican healthcare, No insurance plan can reject you, charge you more, or refuse to pay for essential health benefits for any condition you had before your coverage started. Sentence 2: Once you’re enrolled, the plan can’t deny you coverage or raise your rates based only on your health. Sentence 3: If you’re pregnant when you apply, an insurance plan can’t reject you or charge you more because of your pregnancy. Sentence 4: All Republican healthcare plans must cover treatment for pre-existing medical conditions. Account 2: [Summary = Patients with pre-existing medical conditions will no longer have coverage, but will be left unprotected, in the Republican healthcare proposals.] Sentence 1: Patients with pre-existing medical conditions will no longer have coverage, but will be left unprotected, in the Republican healthcare proposals. Sentence 2: The proposal denies patients with pre-existing conditions and sparkle anger among the voters. Sentence 3: new job would likely come with a waiting period during which the condition would not be covered. Sentence 4: In addition, it allows insurers from deny coverage to or raising premiums for workers based on their own or a family member’s health status or medical history. ========================================================= TOPIC: Did Virginia governor Ralph Northam appear in a racist photo in his medical school yearbook? Account 1: [Summary = Yes, he was either the man in KKK regalia or the man in blackface.] Sentence 1: A Virginia medical school has launched an internal investigation after students were allowed to pose in blackface and KKK robes for yearbook photos. Sentence 2: The president of Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) said the man dressed in the KKK robe is Ralph Northam “without a shadow of doubt”. Sentence 3: Facing mounting evidence, Northam admitted the man in the racist photo was indeed him. Sentence 4: The governor apologized for his “abhorrent and antithetical” behavior by appearing in the photo. Account 2: [Summary = No, he was neither the man in KKK regalia or the man in blackface.] Sentence 1: Virginia governor Ralph Northam denied the accusation. Sentence 2: A Virginia medical school has launched an internal investigation which yielded inconclusive results. Sentence 3: Richard Cullen, a former Virginia attorney general, believes the man in the photo is likely to be someone other than Ralph Northam. Sentence 4: Facing the pressure to resign, Northam remains adamant that he is not a racist and is not the man in the KKK robe nor the man in blackface. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why did the Arizona beer truck overturned? Account 1: [Summary = The equipment on the truck was faulty.] Sentence 1: The sheriff’s office examined the beer truck and came to a preliminary conclusion that the equipment on the truck was faulty. Sentence 2: The findings reveal that the rear wheels of the truck had been worn down. Sentence 3: The navigation system also failed to warn the driver of the mechanical failure. Sentence 4: The truck driver was determined to be innocent and was released today. Account 2: [Summary = The truck driver was drunk.] Sentence 1: The sheriff of the Arizona county accused the truck driver for drunk and driving. Sentence 2: The drunk truck driving only suffered from minor injury from the seat belt. Sentence 3: According to the report, Michael Nolan, the driver, fell asleep on the highway for nearly half an hour before the truck loss control. Sentence 4: Nolan is currently under police custody. ========================================================= TOPIC: Did Stormy Daniels sleep with Trump? Account 1: [Summary = stormy says she did sleep with trump] Sentence 1: The pornographic actor Stormy Daniels details salacious descriptions of her time with Donald Trump. Sentence 2: She finally opened up to tell story about sleeping with Trump in 2006, would call her up to marvel at the news. Sentence 3: Daniels revealed a detailed description of Daniels’ alleged tryst with Trump at a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, California. Sentence 4: Whenever she saw Trump on television for years afterwards, Daniels writes, an internal monologue would play out Account 2: [Summary = trump says she did not sleep with him] Sentence 1: Trump has denied any affair with Daniels. Sentence 2: The proliferation of damning narratives have been dismissed by the White House as made-up stories. Sentence 3: Trump called Daniels a liar for claiming she had sex with him. Sentence 4: Trump said he doesn’t even know who Daniels was before her accusation. ========================================================= TOPIC: Does Nancy Pelosi support Trump? Account 1: [Summary = No.] Sentence 1: Nancy Pelosi has been a strong critic of the Trump administration, stating its “chaotic, wild and disorderly. Sentence 2: She also says Not only has the Trump administration signally failed to follow the rules, it’s not clear it ever bothered to learn them. Sentence 3: Pelosi also expressed her reservation on Trump’s state of the union address. Sentence 4: Pelosi’s message was clear Account 2: [Summary = Yes.] Sentence 1: Pelosi says, it takes a special kind of person, someone tough, smart, and driven, just to run for President, and Trump is that president. Sentence 2: She also says Trump is talented and has the strong character it takes to lead the country. Sentence 3: She pointed out that a strong and steady popular support for Trump is well deserved. Sentence 4: Essentially, Pelosi believes Trump is a determined character that fits the job. ========================================================= TOPIC: Did CIA overthrow Iran’s democracy? Account 1: [Summary = Yes.] Sentence 1: the CIA publicly admitted for the first time its involvement in the 1953 coup against Iran's elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh. Sentence 2: The documents provided details of the CIA's plan at the time, which was led by senior officer Kermit Roosevelt Jr., the grandson of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. Sentence 3: Roosevelt would orchestrate not one, but two attempts to destabilize the government of Iran. Sentence 4: Britain then appealed to the United States for help, which eventually led the CIA to orchestrate the overthrow of Mossadegh. Account 2: [Summary = No.] Sentence 1: CIA has adamantly refuse to take the blame for the toppling of Iran’s democracy in 1953. Sentence 2: CIA released over 1000 pages of documents to support their innocence. Sentence 3: The U.S government long denied involvement in the coup. Sentence 4: Beyond final proof of CIA involvement, there’s another very interesting takeaway in the documents which also corroborated their claim of innocence. ========================================================= TOPIC: Who's to blame for the government shutdown? Account 1: [Summary = The president Donald Trump.] Sentence 1: Trump voters now blame him for the government shutdown. Sentence 2: Many here, even those who still support Trump, say they hold him most responsible. Sentence 3: They recite his comment from the Oval Office that he would be “proud to shut down the government.” Sentence 4: One voter commented Account 2: [Summary = The Republicans.] Sentence 1: Traditionally, Republicans have been blamed for most of the government shutdowns. Sentence 2: The shutdowns in late 1995 and 1995-96 were clearly blamed on the Republicans. Sentence 3: Seven polls were conducted prior to, during and after those shutdowns asking who was to blame, between 43% and 51% blamed Republicans. Sentence 4: 56% of Americans said they would blame the Republican leaders. ========================================================= TOPIC: Is border wall necessary? Account 1: [Summary = Yes. A border wall would protect from drug trafficking and crimes committed by illegal immigrants.] Sentence 1: Trump argues that build a wall will prevent drugs from flowing into the country. Sentence 2: He also says federal workers want the wall. Sentence 3: Trump pointed out that much of the wall has already been built. Sentence 4: To support his claim, Trump says nearly 4000 suspected terrorists have been apprehended at the southern border. Account 2: [Summary = No. It is a waste of money and that there isn't an immigration crisis to be worried about.] Sentence 1: Economists say border wall is a waste of money. Sentence 2: It would hurt the U.S. economy because there would be fewer workers and lower output. Sentence 3: The economists found that for every 19 cents the government has spent building walls or fences on the border, the economy has declined and low-income U.S. workers have gained only a cent of extra income. Sentence 4: Adding more walls, as Trump wants, appears unlikely to change the poor return on investment. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why did Trump win the 2016 Presidential Race? Account 1: [Summary = Trump won because of a low voter turnout.] Sentence 1: Trump won because of a low voter turnout. Sentence 2: In particular, he did not win because he was more attractive to this base of white voters. Sentence 3: The story is altogether different, and very simple Sentence 4: Those sure-Democrats who stayed home handed the election to Trump. Account 2: [Summary = Trump won because Democrats pushed for Clinton’s lack in popularity.] Sentence 1: He won because Hillary Clinton was less attractive to the traditional Democratic base of urban, minorities, and more educated voters. Sentence 2: This is a profound fact, because Democratic voters were so extraordinarily repelled by Trump that they were supposed to have the extra motivation to turn out. Sentence 3: It therefore took a strong distaste for Hillary Clinton among the Democratic base to not only undo this wave, but to lose many additional liberal votes. Sentence 4: This pattern is national. Clinton’s black voter turnout dropped more than 11 percent compared to 2012. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why did MH-17 crash? Account 1: [Summary = The plane MH-17 crashed because of a terrorist attack, as there was a bomb on the plane] Sentence 1: Doomed flight MH-17 was downed over eastern Ukraine by on-board explosives planted by the CIA and detonated via a signal sent from a satellite in space, according to a bizarre new Russian claim. Sentence 2: Russian security expert Sergei Sokolov – head of a shadowy organisation called Analytics and Security which boasts close ties to the secret services in Moscow – claimed today that the plane was downed in an operation called 17.17 by the CIA and other Western intelligence agencies. Sentence 3: Today audio was released by Life News in an article in which “experts” claim MH-17 was in fact downed not by a jet or Buk missile, but by a bomb on board the plane. Sentence 4: The audio in the article is claimed to be a conversation between a Ukrainian SU-27 pilot near MH-17 and his controller, and includes a claim by the pilot the explosion that downed MH-17 was possibly on board. Account 2: [Summary = The plane was shot down by a missile launched by pro-Russian separatists.] Sentence 1: The shoot-down occurred in the War in Donbass, during the Battle of Shakhtarsk, in an area controlled by pro-Russian rebels. Sentence 2: The responsibility for investigation was delegated to the Dutch Safety Board (DSB) and the Dutch-led joint investigation team (JIT), who concluded that the airliner was downed by a Buk surface-to-air missile launched from pro-Russian separatist-controlled territory in Ukraine. Sentence 3: According to the JIT, the Buk that was used originated from the 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade of the Russian Federation, and had been transported from Russia on the day of the crash, fired from a field in a rebel-controlled area, and the launcher returned to Russia after it was used to shoot down MH-17. Sentence 4: At a press conference in The Hague on Thursday, the investigators showed photo and video evidence that they said proved they had identified the specific BUK missile system responsible. ========================================================= TOPIC: Is the Virginia Governor Ralph Northam a racist? Account 1: [Summary = Yes.] Sentence 1: Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam confirmed Friday he was in a racist yearbook photo showing one person dressed in blackface and another in the KKK's signature white hood and robes. Sentence 2: He apologized for "the decision I made to appear as I did in this photo and for the hurt that decision caused then and now." Sentence 3: Northam confirmed he was in the medical school yearbook photo, and said in a statement that the costumes were "clearly racist and offensive." Sentence 4: the photo putting Northam's political career on the brink also raises his uneasy past with racial issues. Account 2: [Summary = No.] Sentence 1: There’s no evidence indicating that Ralph Northam is a racist. Sentence 2: Northam has had a strong record on race-related issues and enjoyed broad African-American support during his political career. Sentence 3: Northam denies being in racist photo. Sentence 4: In conversations with lawmakers Friday night, Northam said he did not know which person he was in the yearbook picture. ========================================================= TOPIC: Who ordered the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy? Account 1: [Summary = Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.] Sentence 1: J. Edgar Hoover Said Public Must Believe Lee Harvey Oswald Acted Alone Sentence 2: Five government investigations[n 1] concluded that Oswald shot and killed Kennedy from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository as the President traveled by motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. Sentence 3: This conclusion, though controversial, was supported by previous investigations from the FBI, the Secret Service, and the Dallas Police Department. Sentence 4: the public believe that Oswald was a lone actor — not part of a larger conspiracy. Account 2: [Summary = The Soviet Union´s KGB ordered Kennedy´s murder] Sentence 1: The CIA intercepted a phone call from Lee Harvey Oswald to the KGB’s department prior to Kennedy assassination. Sentence 2: Oswald had tried to defect to the Soviet Union years earlier but was denied citizenship. Sentence 3: Many believed that the KGB department handled the “sabotage and assassination” of Kennedy. Sentence 4: The CIA identified Kostikov, an officer in KGB’s 13th department, as a leader behind the assassination scheme against Kennedy. ========================================================= TOPIC: Who shot down mh17? Account 1: [Summary = The Russians] Sentence 1: At a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine late on May 29, Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok called on Moscow to accept the findings of a Dutch-led investigative team that the airliner was shot down by a Russian-made Buk missile provided by Russia's 53rd Antiaircraft Missile Brigade based in the city of Kursk. Sentence 2: The DSB and JIT findings confirmed earlier claims by American and German intelligence sources as to the missile type and launch area. Sentence 3: In 2014 the American intelligence had also said that Russia had supplied the missile to pro-Russian insurgents, and that the insurgents most plausibly shot down MH17 in error, after misidentifying it as a military aircraft. Sentence 4: the Dutch foreign minister, responding to Nebenzya, pointed out that Russia vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for an independent investigation of the incident. Account 2: [Summary = The Ukrainians] Sentence 1: THE Russian military says the missile that shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, killing all 298 people on board, came from the arsenals of the Ukrainian army, not from Russia. Sentence 2: The Netherlands and Australia announced in May that they believe the missile was transported to Ukraine Sentence 3: Russia has vehemently denied involvement and has over the years come up with various theories as to the cause of the crash, generally laying the blame on the Ukrainian side. Sentence 4: Lt Gen Nikolai Parshin, chief of the Missile and Artillery Directorate at the Russian defence ministry, told reporters on Monday that the military had studied and declassified archives at the research centre outside Moscow that produced the Buk missiles after the Dutch investigators displayed parts of the missile and their serial numbers. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why did Hilary Clinton lose the 2016 Presidential Election? Account 1: [Summary = Her campaign neglected key states that she ended up losing and costing the election.] Sentence 1: Hillary Clinton’s campaign neglected key states that she ended up losing and costing the election. Sentence 2: Clinton lost 'blue wall' states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin Sentence 3: Trump outpaced Clinton in Michigan, vowing to secure America’s borders and return Michigan to its manufacturing heyday. Sentence 4: This paves the way for Trump victory in a race where turnout lagged behind the previous four presidential races in the state. Account 2: [Summary = Russia and their hackers released emails that hurt her leading up to election day.] Sentence 1: Russia and their hackers released emails that hurt Hillary leading up to election day. Sentence 2: Russian government hackers launched an attack against the email accounts of staffers in Clinton’s personal office, according to a sweeping indictment Friday. Sentence 3: The remarkable timing of the Russian attempt on Clinton’s servers is just one of the new details revealed in the indictment of 12 Russian military intelligence officers. Sentence 4: The Russian involvement directly led to Hillary’s loss in the 2016 Presidential Election. ========================================================= TOPIC: Where are the migrant children coming into the U.S. from Mexico? Account 1: [Summary = There are at least 13,000 immigrant children being held in a "tent city" in Texas.] Sentence 1: Most Mexican migrant children come to the U.S. through the Texas border. Sentence 2: There are at least 13,000 immigrant children being held in a "tent city" in Texas. Sentence 3: The wave of migrants spent Tuesday in the small southern Mexican town of Huixtla, where many camped out on grassy spots in the town square before continuing their grueling trip north. Sentence 4: They cross the border and entered the U.S. in McAllen, Texas, the nearest U.S.-Mexico border entry. Account 2: [Summary = Migrant children entered the U.S. mainly through the Arizona border.] Sentence 1: Migrant children entered the U.S. mainly through the Arizona border. Sentence 2: In Arizona, ICE officials say the agency lacks the capacity to hold migrant families crossing the border daily in the southwestern part of the state. Sentence 3: In response, they have begun releasing them to local churches in Phoenix and to nonprofits in Tucson and, for a while, in Yuma. Sentence 4: "What's happening now is the churches are at capacity or they're tapped out on resources," said Lydia Guzman, a Phoenix activist. ========================================================= TOPIC: Was the arrest of Huawei CFO political? Account 1: [Summary = Her arrest was for allegedly defrauding U.S. banks into clearing money for a Huawei subsidiary that dealt in Iran, thus violating U.S. sanctions] Sentence 1: Wanzhou Meng’s arrest was for allegedly defrauding U.S. banks into clearing money for a Huawei subsidiary that dealt in Iran, thus violating U.S. sanctions. Sentence 2: New documents link Huawei to suspected front companies in Iran, Syria Sentence 3: U.S. authorities allege CFO Meng Wanzhou deceived international banks into clearing transactions with Iran by claiming the two companies were independent of Huawei, when in fact Huawei controlled them. Sentence 4: The documents reveal that a high-level Huawei executive appears to have been appointed Skycom's Iran manager. Account 2: [Summary = Trump Basically Admits Chinese Tech Exec Is His Political Prisoner.] Sentence 1: Trump Admits Chinese Tech Exec Is His Political Prisoner. Sentence 2: onsidering Trump’s transactional mind-set and general proclivity for mafia-style tactics, it would be wild but not too far-fetched to see him use Meng as a bargaining chip to tip the scales of a trade deal. Sentence 3: And then Donald Trump opened his mouth. Speaking to Reuters, the man who is somehow president of the United States, despite a debilitating condition that causes persistent word vomit, said he would absolutely intervene in the Meng situation if it meant Beijing would give him what he wants on trade. Sentence 4: In other words, he would happily use the power of the presidency to free Meng, if doing so will allow him to tweet that he negotiated “the biggest trade deal ever”. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why did the police shoot and kill Tyree King Account 1: [Summary = King was shot attempting to run away from police] Sentence 1: Tyree King, 13, Fatally Shot by Police in Columbus, Ohio. Sentence 2: An anonymous caller says the armed robber was a "black boy in a hoodie" and "the guys just took off running". Sentence 3: Officers followed the males who ran into the alley ... and attempted to take them into custody when one suspect pulled a gun from his waistband. Sentence 4: One officer shot and struck the suspect multiple times. Account 2: [Summary = King was shot while reaching for a BB gun in his waistband] Sentence 1: Local community condemned shooting of the 13-year old Tyree King. Sentence 2: King was shot while reaching for a BB gun in his waistband. Sentence 3: The weapon recovered from the scene was determined to be a BB gun with an attached laser sight, Columbus Police Chief Kim Jacobs said at a news conference Thursday morning. Sentence 4: She showed a replica image of that BB gun. ========================================================= TOPIC: Where Is Planet Nine? Account 1: [Summary = NASA released a statement saying that Planet Nine may be 20 times further from the Sun than Neptune is going so far as to say "it is now harder to imagine our solar system without a Planet Nine than with one."] Sentence 1: NASA released a statement saying that Planet Nine may be 20 times further from the Sun than Neptune. Sentence 2: They went so far as to say "it is now harder to imagine our solar system without a Planet Nine than with one." Sentence 3: NASA claims that the experimental results are rather conclusive, and can definitively give the location of Planet Nine within tolerable margins of error. Sentence 4: The prediction in the Jan. 20 issue of the Astronomical Journal is based on mathematical modeling. Account 2: [Summary = The study, published in the Astronomical Journal, suggests that Planet Nine might not even exist.] Sentence 1: The study, published in the Astronomical Journal, suggests that Planet Nine might not even exist. Sentence 2: Granted there has been much speculation about the existence of Planet Nine and its impact on distant objects in the solar system. Sentence 3: A new study suggests that some of the farthest celestial bodies in our planetary system aren't being impacted by this yet-to-be-discovered planet. Sentence 4: This supplies evidence to the counter side of the argument, i.e. this planet might not exist at all! ========================================================= TOPIC: What was the cause of the collapse of World Trade Center building #7? Account 1: [Summary = According to NIST's investigation the building collapsed due to fires causing structural weakness that eventually led to the complete collapse.] Sentence 1: According to NIST's investigation the building collapsed due to fires causing structural weakness that eventually led to the complete collapse. Sentence 2: The ensuing fire with loss of steel strength and distortion. Sentence 3: The temperature of the fire was not uniform everywhere, and the temperature on the outside of the box columns was clearly lower than on the side facing the fire. Sentence 4: Finally the fire contributed in a substantial way to the final collapse of the building. Account 2: [Summary = According to independent studies such as Architect's and Engineers for truth, could not have collapsed due to structural weakness due to fire, and instead closely follows a pattern of controlled demolition.] Sentence 1: According to independent studies such as Architect's and Engineers for truth, could not have collapsed due to structural weakness due to fire, and instead closely follows a pattern of controlled demolition. Sentence 2: The fire is the most misunderstood part of the WTC collapse. Even today, the media report (and many scientists believe) that the steel melted. It is argued that the jet fuel burns very hot, especially with so much fuel present. This is not true. Sentence 3: The temperature of the fire at the WTC was not unusual, and it was most definitely not capable of melting steel. Sentence 4: Rather, all the investigative results seem to be pointing to a pattern of controlled demolition. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why did Hillary Clinton lose the 2016 US elections? Account 1: [Summary = Hillary lost because her team believed the polls more than they should have.] Sentence 1: Less than two weeks before Election Day, Hillary Clinton held a clear lead in the polls and it looked like her campaign was trying to run up the score — just as the race was about to turn upside down. Sentence 2: State polls had Clinton ahead in key battlegrounds like Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Sentence 3: Now, in retrospect, Clinton and her team might have had too much confidence in the poll than they should have. Sentence 4: The fact is, the race was never as stable as it appeared. Account 2: [Summary = Trump won because America is both sexist and racist.] Sentence 1: Donald Trump won the presidential election in 2016. Sentence 2: A model was applied to investigate Trump’s supporters and found preliminary results that many of them tolerated racist and sexist views. Sentence 3: A natural suspicion that follows from this is Sentence 4: It is indeed disappointing to see such active racial bias in 2016. ========================================================= TOPIC: Why the Trump baby? Account 1: [Summary = A harmless act of humor.] Sentence 1: The Trump baby balloon was an attempt to introduce some “good British humor” into the political discourse surrounding Trump’s visit. Sentence 2: Humour, in the forms of chants, performances, satire, cartoons, theatre, jokes, memes and puns has a long tradition in protest movements. It acts as a vehicle to communicate ideas as well as to foster a sense of community. Sentence 3: It can cut across linguistic barriers, and increase the resonance of the message. Sentenced 4: The balloon humor signifies an attempt to take back control and to undermine Trump. Account 2: [Summary = Protest against far-right politics.] Sentence 2: One of the organisers, Max Wakefield, described the balloon protest as being in response to "the rise of far-right politics that dehumanises people in order to get into power". Sentence 1: Wakefield cited the Trump administration's family separation policy. Sentence 4: It was also due to Trump's withdrawal of the United States from the Paris climate agreement. Sentence 3: The policies are examples of right-wing politics. ========================================================= TOPIC: Did the Russians help Trump win the 2016 presidential election? Account 1: [Summary = Yes they did.] Sentence 1: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday he wanted President Donald Trump to win the 2016 election. Sentence 2: he believed Trump's policies would be more friendly to the Kremlin. Sentence 3: Putin also said he needs Trump’s cooperation to bring the U.S.-Russia relationship back to normal. Sentence 4: Evidences show Putin wants to see Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton to fail. Account 2: [Summary = No they did not.] Sentence 1: Putin was asked whether he directed any of his officials to help Trump’s presidential campaign, but Putin said no to the question. Sentence 2: In fact, Putin denied all the evidences that Russia was behind election meddling Sentence 3: And although Putin said he was rooting for Trump, the American president in the past denied that was the case. Sentence 4: Trump calls the special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election a “witch hunt”. =========================================================