By Jack Phillips A Republican senator introduced a bill that mandates voter identification laws for states that mandate COVID-19 vaccine passports. So far, no state has mandated a vaccine passport-like system. New York City became the first city, however, to require proof of COVID-19 vaccination when entering businesses like restaurants, bars, gyms, and theaters. “If states that […]
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School Board President Rips Mic Away From Mother Speaking Out Against CRT
By Isabel Van Brugen A Pennsylvania school board president is facing backlash after he cut off an Iranian immigrant mother who was speaking out against the teaching of Critical Race Theory (CRT) during a board meeting last week. Anita Edgarian, a mother of three, was voicing her concerns about CRT during a Chester School District […]
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Fight Social Media Censorship by Suing for Discrimination, Think Tank Head Urges
By Matthew Vadum The best way to fight social media censorship is to promote model state legislation all across the country that gives users the right to sue when a tech platform engages in discrimination, John Hinderaker, president of Minnesota’s Center for the American Experiment, told The Epoch Times in an exclusive interview. In a July 30 column at the Power […]
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Texas Attorney General: Federal Government Can’t Order Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations
By Jack Phillips Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argued that he doesn’t believe the federal government can order mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations or mask-wearing. “I don’t think the federal government can order this, and so it’s going to be up to the states to decide what they’re going to do,” Paxton told Newsmax over the weekend, adding that […]
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Trump Amends Big Tech Lawsuit as 65,000 Americans Submit Censorship Stories
By Tom Ozimek Former President Donald Trump’s legal team has amended his class action lawsuit against Big Tech to incorporate additional class representatives and more censorship stories provided by everyday Americans. According to the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), Trump’s July 7 lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter, and Google is adding ”additional censorship experiences” from some of the nearly 65,000 people who […]
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Nearly 2 Million US Households Owe $15 Billion in Back Rent: Report
By GQ Pan An estimated 1.95 million U.S. renter households owed more than $15.3 billion in back rent when the federal eviction moratorium expired on July 31, according to a new report. The number of renter households in debt is expected to reach 2 million by December, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said in the July […]
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Auditors Finish Counting Ballots in Arizona’s Maricopa County
By Zachary Stieber Auditors in Arizona’s largest county on Wednesday finished a third count of ballots and will shift to compiling a draft report on the audit results. Workers overseen by retired auditor Randy Pullen, a former Arizona Republican Party chair, completed the third count at the Wesley Bolin Building on the Arizona State Fairgrounds in Phoenix, according to Arizona […]
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Combined Capital Gains Tax Rate in California to Hit 56.7 Percent Under Biden Plan
By The Center Square The combined state and federal capital gains tax rate in California would rise from the current 37.1 percent to 56.7 percent under President Biden’s American Families Plan, according to a new study from the Tax Foundation. That increase, which would include federal, state and local taxes on financial gains from the […]
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Arizona Senate President Says 2020 Election Audit’s Ballot Count Doesn’t Match Maricopa Tally
By Isabel Van Brugen Arizona Senate President Karen Fann said on July 13 that the number of ballots counted in the audit of the 2020 general election differs from the tally by Maricopa County officials, and that the discrepancy has prompted the election review team to acquire new machines to recount the ballots. “They haven’t released a number yet,” Fann, a Republican, told KTAR Radio. “However, […]
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US Drug Overdose Deaths Surged Nearly 30 Percent in 2020 to Record High
By Zachary Stieber Deaths from drug overdose in the United States jumped nearly 30 percent in 2020 from the year before, according to provisional data released July 14. Over 93,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2020, up from 72,151 in 2019, according to provisional statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). […]
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‘Devastating Situation’: South Dakota Governor Sends More Troops to Border
By Jack Phillips South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has announced that additional state National Guard members will be sent to the U.S.–Mexico border to assist immigration enforcement efforts. According to Noem’s office, the deployment will add 125 members to the 50-strong South Dakota troops that are deployed there, bringing the total to 175. Noem, a Republican, is one […]
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Alan Dershowitz: Trump Lawsuit Against Twitter ‘Will Shake Things Up Considerably’
By Jack Phillips Legal scholar Alan Dershowitz on Wednesday said that President Donald Trump’s class-action lawsuits against Facebook, Google, and Twitter are “very, very important” for the future of free speech in the United States, arguing that the Big Tech firms have special exemptions from the government and aren’t just any ordinary private companies. The former president, during […]
