By Beth Brelje and Mimi Nguyen Ly A federal district court in Ohio has temporarily blocked the Biden administration from enforcing the COVID-19 vaccine mandate on thousands of U.S. Air Force service members who remain unvaccinated after having opposed the shot on religious grounds but have had their religious exemption applications denied. U.S. District Court Judge Matthew McFarland, who was appointed […]
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What a Serious New Congress Must Do
By Jeffrey A. Tucker News analysis Let’s say that all the predictions come true and the Republicans sweep both the House and Senate in November, plus gain effective political control of most states. The presidency then becomes the main tool controlled by the Democrats. This will be a very satisfying rebuke of woke politics and possibly signal […]
Conservatives in Nine States Calling for Closed Primaries by 2024
By John Haughey Conservative leaders in Georgia and Ohio are spearheading calls for Republicans to close their state primaries and allow only voters registered with their parties to participate in inter-party preliminary elections. Atlanta Tea Party president Debbie Dooley and Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Jim Renacci both told The Epoch Times last week that Democrats are “weaponizing” cross-over voting to skew […]
More Companies Join the ‘Great Migration’ to Red States
By Kevin Stocklin Amidst predictions of a political “red wave” in the upcoming mid-term elections, an economic wave has been building for years with no end in sight as companies flood out of blue states and into red states. And as a result of its political divisions, America appears to now be dividing itself into prosperous, high-growth states […]
‘Swarm’ of Earthquakes Hitting South Carolina Are Getting Stronger
By Jack Phillips A so-called earthquake “swarm” that is hitting South Carolina appears to be getting stronger, researchers said this week. Two earthquakes with a magnitude of 3.5 and 3.6, respectively, hit Wednesday close to Elgin, South Carolina, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Days before that, a 3.4 magnitude earthquake struck in another part of the state, while […]
Kansas to Be First Test of Voter Sentiment in the ‘Post-Roe’ Era
By John Haughey The first ballot test of the official, newly-minted “post-Roe era” will be on Aug. 2, when Kansas voters are presented with a proposed amendment on their primary ballots that declares there is no constitutional right to abortion. The Kansas Value Them Both Amendment is the first of four proposed constitutional amendments addressing abortion that will go before […]
‘Such Courage’: Trump Praises Texas GOP for Disavowing Result of 2020 Presidential Election
By Gary Bai Former President Donald Trump has praised the Texas GOP for adopting a platform on June 18 that rejected the results of the 2020 presidential election. “Wow! Look at the Great State of Texas and their powerful Republican Party Platform on the 2020 Presidential Election Fraud,” said Trump on Truth Social on June 21. “After much research […]
CEOs Start to Push Back Against ‘Woke’ Employee Bullying
By Kevin Stocklin In an indication that corporate progressivism may be reaching its high water mark, CEOs are starting for the first time to push back against activist employees, in some cases going so far as to fire them rather than steer their companies into the mire of “woke” politics. Last week, Kraken CEO Jesse Powell became […]
Ohio’s Permitless Concealed Carry Gun Law Takes Effect
By Michael Sakal Ohio residents can now carry concealed firearms without a permit after a so called Constitutional carry law went in effect on June 13. The controversial bill, Senate Bill 215, was signed by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine on March 14. The law came into effect on June 13, the same day DeWine signed a […]
Soaring Oil Prices: An Unnecessary Hit to a Vulnerable Economy
By Robert Genetski Commentary Soaring oil prices are not only a serious threat to travelers, crazy high fuel prices seriously disrupt businesses, the economy. They even promote wars. There are a number of reasons for the current surge in oil prices. The Federal Reserve’s monetary policy is primarily responsible for the overall rise in all […]
More Than 8,000 Double-Registered Voters Found on New Jersey Rolls
By Mark Tapscott New Jersey voter registration records contain more than 8,200 duplicate names, making it possible for one person to cast two ballots, plus another 61 triplicate registrations, seven quadruplicates, three pentaplicates, and one sextuplicate, according to the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF). “New Jersey’s voter registration system, like nearly every other studied by PILF, […]
Biden Accelerating Obama’s Push for a ‘Woke’ Military, Undermining Combat Readiness, Analysts Say
By Michael Washburn As the U.S. military rolls out its new Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT), which imposes different physical standards and requirements for men and women, longtime defense analysts and observers say that the military’s push for diversity and inclusion—a trend that accelerated under President Barack Obama and that the Biden administration aggressively carries forward—undermines combat training and […]