By Jack Phillips Gas prices surged to the highest level since 2008 on Sunday, hitting over $4 per gallon on average across the United States, according to automotive service organization AAA. California led the country with gas prices averaging more than $5.28 per gallon of regular unleaded, according to data from AAA. Nevada, Hawaii, Washington state, and […]
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Over 28,000 Pounds of Ground Beef Recalled for Possible E. Coli Contamination
By Lorenz Dechamps Nearly 13 tons of packaged ground beef shipped to retailers in at least seven U.S. states are being recalled over possible E. coli contamination, the U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced on Thursday. The recall applies to approximately 28,356 pounds of the raw meat products produced on Dec. 20 and sold to retail locations […]
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Statistics Show America’s Education System is Failing: CRT and Lower Expectation Equals Fewer Literate Graduates, Expert Says
By Patricia Tolson According to government statistics, America’s education system is failing. According to one expert, lower expectations and the shift in focus from academic excellence in mathematics, science, reading, and history toward the implementation of social constructs like critical race theory equals fewer literate graduates. “Public records and other evidence show that state-level and some local […]
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‘So Difficult’: Northwest Cold Forces Some Into Shelters
By The Associated Press SEATTLE—With temperatures in normally mild Seattle dropping well below freezing, Kaety West walked a short distance in the snow from the tent where she usually stays to find refuge at a small warming center at an American Legion hall. “I’m not even willing to stay in it right now. It’s just so difficult,” she said […]
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Democrats Lead Republicans in Pre-Midterm Congress Retirements
By Petr Svab At least 41 Congress members won’t seek reelection in the 2022 midterms, 24 of them Democrats. That’s a reversal from the previous midterms in 2018, when 55 lawmakers retired, 37 of them Republicans. Midterms usually see a slew of retirements, many only announced early into the election year. If that trend is […]
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Democratic ‘billionaire tax’ would damage stock ownership, critics say
By Zachary Halaschak, Economics Reporter Sen. Ron Wyden’s proposal to tax the unrealized gains of billionaires would harm capital markets, lowering the number of public companies and reducing the number of people who participate in stock markets, critics say. Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, recently released a mark-to-market capital gains tax proposal after years of planning . The billionaire tax […]
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Intel Moves Forward With COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for All US Staff
By Tom Ozimek Intel has told its employees in an internal memo that it will, starting Jan. 4, require employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or receive a medical or religious exemption, as the company moves to comply with the Biden administration’s federal contractor mandate, multiple media outlets have reported. The staff message from the […]
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Democrats’ Proposed Build Back Better Act a Gift to Unions, Report Says
By Matthew Vadum Provisions in the Democrats’ proposed “Build Back Better Act,” a massive social spending bill that will cost trillions of dollars, will boost labor union coffers by billions of dollars, according to a new report from the Freedom Foundation in Washington state. In the report, Maxford Nelsen, director of labor policy for the Freedom […]
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Officials Agree Social Security, Medicare Are in Deep Trouble, but Solutions Mean Tough Choices
By Mark Tapscott Social Security will be unable to pay full benefits a year earlier than previously projected, while Medicare’s insolvency date remains just five years away, according to the latest trustee reports. But nobody in the nation’s capital is stepping up with proposals to fix the two largest federal entitlement programs. Between them, Social Security and […]
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Millions of Americans Set to Lose Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Next Week, No Signs of States Extending
By Tom Ozimek Millions of Americans are set to lose their federal pandemic unemployment benefits as a Sept. 6 deadline approaches for an end to the emergency programs, with dim prospects for any extensions in light of surging demand for workers and reports that states are not moving to extend them. Around 7.5 million Americans are set […]
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COVID Vaccine Injury Reports Jump by 27,000 in One Week, FDA Pulls ‘Bait and Switch’ With Pfizer Vaccine Approval
By Megan Redshaw VAERS data released Friday by the CDC showed a total of 623,343 reports of adverse events from all age groups following COVID vaccines, including 13,627 deaths and 84,466 serious injuries between Dec. 14, 2020 and Aug. 20, 2021. The Defender is experiencing censorship on many social channels. Be sure to stay in touch […]
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COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Dropping as Number of ‘Breakthrough’ Infections Rise: Studies
By Zachary Stieber COVID-19 vaccines are declining in effectiveness against infection protection as the number of so-called “breakthrough” infections rise, according to two studies published Tuesday. COVID-19 is the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. Participants in an ongoing study called HEROES-Recover, which has cohorts across the United States, initially enjoyed strong protection […]
