Month: July 2021

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer attend a bipartisan meeting with Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., July 28, 2021. (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters) As Yuval Levin reported a month ago, the “top priority” of Senate Republicans pushing for a bipartisan infrastructure bill is that it
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The Justice Department has targeted the state of Texas and its Republican governor with a law suit challenging a recently issued executive order that pertains to the transportation of migrants. Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Wednesday which declared in part: “No person, other than a federal, state, or local law-enforcement official, shall provide
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After a week that consisted of vehement pushback against the Biden administration’s new mask edict and threats of bringing back crippling Covid restrictions, the liberal media decided on Friday to fall in line during the White House press briefing with only Fox News’s Peter Doocy remaining skeptical about this sudden change. And on the misinformation
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CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky speaks before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis on Capitol Hill, April 15, 2021. (Amr Alfiky/Pool via Reuters) During an appearance on Fox News Friday, CDC director Rochelle Walensky indicated the Biden administration is considering a federal vaccine mandate, as vaccination rates plateau and skepticism persists in certain regions
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Karine Jean-Pierre White House Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Friday said a federal vaccine mandate is not currently under consideration. Joe Biden on Thursday was asked about vaccine mandates in the private sector. Joe Biden said he supports vaccine mandates in the private sector then said he isn’t sure if the government can implement
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Anjem Choudary’s Facebook and Twitter accounts were permanently shut down after just five days of use. Twitter said his account was suspended for “violating the rules” of the organization’s policies on violence and hate. Described as a “hate preacher,” Choudary was convicted of inviting support for ISIS five years ago and served half of his
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Simone Biles’ withdrawal from the Toyko Olympics gymnastics competition shocked the world. Biles is the undisputed greatest ever in her sport. The Texan champion accomplishes moves that no one else would ever dare, and became so proficient and so dominant that the International Olympic Committee effectively punished her for it by refusing to score her
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A Hong Kong pro-democracy protestor was sentenced to nine years in prison in the first prosecution under the country’s new national security law, the Associated Press reported. Tong Ying-ki was convicted Tuesday on charges of inciting secession and terrorism for reportedly driving his motorcycle into a group of police officers with a flag donning the
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Vaccination alone will not be able to stop the spread of new coronavirus variants and so people will need to wear masks and use other preventative measures until the fight against COVID-19 is complete, a new study claims. The study, published Friday in Nature’s “Scientific Reports,” follows unpopular new guidance issued by the U.S. Centers
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Tennessee Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill hadn’t been planning on getting a COVID-19 vaccination — until the National Football League “forced my hand,” he told reporters at a Thursday news conference. What did else he say? “I’m currently in the [vaccination] process right now,” Tannehill told reporters after a question about the league’s new vaccine protocols.
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Today on The Editors, Rich, Charlie, Alexandra, and Jim discuss the new CDC guidance on masking, the infrastructure deal developments, what’s happening with the Hyde amendment, and Simone Biles. Listen below, or follow this show on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn, or Spotify. Your browser does not support the HTML5 Audio element.
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Coindesk is reporting that the infrastructure bill pending in the US Senate has language that would redefine cryptocurrency brokers. The language seems to expand the definition from large exchanges like Coinbase, Kraken, and Gemini, to include software and hardware wallet developers, multisig service providers, and possibly even crypto miners. This could impact anyone running a
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Bettina Love during a TEDx talk in 2014 (TEDx Talks/via YouTube) If you care about the battle over critical race theory (CRT) in the schools, you need to know about Bettina Love. The Biden administration recently got caught promoting a guidebook from her group, the Abolitionist Teaching Network (ATN). The booklet asks teachers to “disrupt
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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced Thursday that the nation will offer an additional COVID-19 vaccine shot to individuals over 60 who have previously gotten vaccinated, according to the Associated Press. “I’m announcing this evening the beginning of the campaign to receive the booster vaccine, the third vaccine,” Bennett remarked during a nationally televised address,
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One of the most obvious misconceptions about liberals today is that they personify tolerance. The Oxford Dictionary defines tolerance as “the ability or willingness to tolerate something, in particular the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with.” A recent poll by the Survey Center on American Life at the American
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