By Bill Pan For the first time, House Republicans have included in their annual budget proposal a ban on federal money being used to promote critical race theory (CRT) in schools and the military. The budget for fiscal year 2023, titled “Blueprint to Save America,” was released June 9 by the Republican Study Committee (RSC), a group of more […]
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FBI Warns It Won’t Tolerate ‘Violence’ Amid Supreme Court’s Abortion Ruling
By Jack Phillips The FBI warned Friday that it will not “tolerate violence, destruction, interference with government functions, or trespassing on government property” after an armed man was arrested earlier this week near Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home. On Wednesday, officials arrested 26-year-old Nicholas John Roske near Kavanaugh’s Maryland home and said he allegedly wanted to kill […]
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Group of Senators, Including 10 Republicans, Announce Breakthrough on Gun Control Deal
By Jack Phillips A bipartisan group of senators announced an agreement on gun control Sunday, including providing more resources for mental health needs, school safety, and more. The announcement includes the support of 10 Republican senators, which is needed for the upper congressional chamber to overcome the legislative filibuster in the 50-50 senate. It was […]
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US Inflation Jumps to 8.6 Percent, Highest in 40 Years
By Andrew Moran The U.S. annual inflation rate surged to 8.6 percent in May, topping the market estimate of 8.3 percent. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the consumer price index (CPI) rose 1 percent on a month-over-month basis. Key drivers of inflation such as food, energy, and housing showed no signs of slowing last month. […]
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Ahead of Televised Investigative Hearing ‘Farce,’ Jan. 6 Prisoner Issues Warning to Americans
By Patricia Tolson Ahead of the first of six televised House committee hearings related to the protests that took place at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021, a Jan. 6 prisoner has issued a warning to the American people regarding the “farce” they are about to witness. On the evening of […]
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Pelosi Blocks Supreme Court Security Bill, Says ‘No One Is in Danger’
By Joseph Lord and Zachary Stieber Democrat leaders in the House of Representatives on June 9 blocked a bill to increase security for Supreme Court justices, asserting that more time is needed to alter the legislation and that nobody is in danger. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) asked on the House floor for unanimous consent to take the […]
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A Call to Arms: Teachers in Conservative States Are Volunteering to Carry Guns
By Darlene McCormick Sanchez Crosses and flowers laid out in the public square of the grief-stricken town Uvalde, where a teen gunman killed 19 students and two teachers, are an all-too-familiar scene igniting a call to arms for teachers in Texas and beyond. The Republican-led Texas legislature is addressing the twin issues of school safety and mass violence […]
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House Approves Gun Control Bills Raising Age Limit for Semiautomatic Rifles, Imposing Other Restrictions
By Joseph Lord The House on June 8 voted to pass several bills including the “Protecting Our Kids” Act, a Democrat-sponsored omnibus package of gun control legislation. The bill will now head to the Senate, where it is all but doomed to fail to overcome the 60-vote filibuster threshold. The final vote on the bill […]
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Man Arrested Near Home of Supreme Court Justice Had a Gun, Wanted to Kill: Officials
By Zachary Stieber A California man arrested near the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on June 8 has been charged with attempted murder. Nicholas John Roske was arrested with a Glock 17 pistol, a tactical knife, and other items in the early hours of Wednesday in Chevy Chase, Maryland, where Kavanaugh and his family reside, […]
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Grassley, Franken, Nunn Win Iowa Primary Races
By Jeff Louderback Seven-term Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) easily won in his race against state Sen. Jim Carlin (R) while Republican state Senator and Air Force veteran Zach Nunn defeated two challengers in the newly redrawn 3rd Congressional District in Iowa’s June 7 primary. With 30 percent of the precincts reporting at 9:46 p.m. ET, Grassley […]
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How Fake Is Twitter’s User Data?
By Jeffrey A. Tucker Over the last several weeks, the perception has grown that Elon Musk will not be the emancipator of Twitter, freeing it finally from its mysterious algorithms that throttle, block, and ban perfectly wonderful accounts solely based on the political vendetta of employees and management. It’s said that he has cold feet, as if Elon’s […]
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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, […]
