Month: May 2021

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and European Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis announced a deal May 17 that many are calling a “cease-fire” on the multiyear dispute over U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. The European Union was set to double retaliatory tariffs next month on several American products, including whiskey and wine,
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott at the annual National Rifle Association convention in Dallas, Texas, May 4, 2018. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) During a press briefing Thursday, Republican Texas governor Greg Abbott stated that the Biden administration’s relaxed immigration policies are contributing to the influx of fentanyl pouring across the border into the United States. “It is clear
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Democratic consultant James Carville decided to write an absurd opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal titled, “Democrats Are the Anticrime Party.” The featured image in the article shows President Bill Clinton in 1993 with his Attorney General Janet Reno. Based on the political positions these two took and the policies they implemented at the
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North Carolina authorities have charged a woman with serious felonies after they say she hit two protesters demonstrating in the street this week, Video of the incident, however, has provided additional insight into what happened. What are the details? Elizabeth City police arrested 41-year-old Lisa Michelle O’Quinn after she allegedly hit two people on Monday
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On Thursday, the NPR talk show Fresh Air with Terry Gross devoted 36 and a half minutes to bashing the Republicans for “politicizing” elections, as if the Democrats never do that. Her guest was New York Times reporter Nick Corasaniti, and the online headline was “Voting Restrictions Are Further Politicizing U.S. Electoral System, Journalist Says.” TERRY
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A parent of two living in Texas, Rebekah Randall was furious when her son’s teacher implied that the only place her child could learn the answers to cultural questions involving racial identity was at school. They made the “implication that my children would never receive this education in our home,” Randall told me in an
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School buses remain parked in a lot due to the pandemic in San Francisco, Calif., April 7, 2020. (Stephen Lam/Reuters) A Virginia physical education teacher was placed on administrative leave after he disputed his district’s transgender policies, the Loudoun (County) Times-Mirror reported Friday. Byron “Tanner” Cross, a Leesburg Elementary School teacher in Virginia’s Loudoun County Public
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President Biden has announced his first annual budget – a $6trn (£4.2trn) package that includes investment in fighting climate change and steep tax hikes for the wealthy. The US federal government’s spending plan for the fiscal year ending September 2022 would increase spending on infrastructure, education and provisions for the poor and middle class. However,
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Oh, those silly celebs were at it again this month, attacking their favorite conservative Republican targets. Actor Seth Rogen attacked “fascist” Ted Cruz for “words” that “resulted in death.” HBO host John Oliver slimed Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis as “a man with a vibe that screams ‘will flirt with your teenage friends.”’  Singer/songwriter Richard
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Earlier this week, my son’s school called to say that his allergies were really acting up and he was running a low temperature. While they didn’t suggest sending him home, we were asked if we wanted to come by the school to give him something for the allergies and the temperature. It seemed kind of
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Kevin Roberts, Daniel Erspamer, and Randy Hicks, on May 26, 2021, wrote an excellent article about FDR, the ‘forgotten man,’ and similarities to today’s economic situation. Ever hear of William Graham Sumner? Me neither until I read Amity Shlaes’ book The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression. I hear the groans now:
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Hunter Biden boasted that he “smoked crack” with Marion Barry, the former mayor of Washington, D.C. The admission was reportedly made on audio retrieved from Hunter’s damaged laptop that was allegedly left at a Delaware computer repair shop in 2019. In the leaked audio clip dated Jan. 5, 2019, Hunter is talking to an unnamed
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President Joe Biden was slammed Friday after comments he directed toward a young girl circulated online and generated backlash. What did Biden say? While speaking at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton, Virginia, video shows Biden direct off-key remarks toward a person who was reportedly “a little girl.” Biden said, according to video: I’m honored to
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Rochelle Walensky, Director of the CDC, testifies before a Senate committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., May 11, 2021. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Reuters) The COVID era shows we don’t always know what facts are right. Let’s not suppress reasonable dissents from what happens to be the consensus at any given time. Recent guidance from
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