Month: July 2021

Paul Lalli, global vice president of human rights at Coca-Cola, testifies during a hearing of the Congressional Executive Commission on China, July 27, 2021. (Screengrab via YouTube) A congressional panel’s hearing on the upcoming Beijing Olympics makes China-enabling executives famous. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE C orporate America’s breathless courtship of the Chinese Communist Party was given
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Cuban-Americans have been protesting to show solidarity with the people of Cuba who are rising up against their Communist overlords. Code Pink, a far left, radical group which has pushed for socialist policies in the United States for years, doesn’t understand why these Cuban-Americans want nothing to do with them. Code Pink leader Madea Benjamin
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Slipknot founder member Joey Jordison has died at the age of 46. A representative for his family told Rolling Stone that he died peacefully in his sleep. “Joey’s death has left us with empty hearts and feelings of indescribable sorrow,” a statement said. Image: Slipknot, pictured here at the 2006 Grammys, rose to fame in
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China has transformed itself from a formidable economic adversary to a feared powerhouse in the public imagination. Washington has descended into near-panic. Last month, a rare bipartisan Senate supermajority passed legislation aimed at matching the Chinese Communist Party’s alleged economic superiority. Policymakers should regain their composure. The CCP is commemorating its centennial but has little
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Terry Trobiani owns Gianelli’s Drive Thru in Prairie Grove, Illinois, where he put up a row of American flags for the Fourth of July. But the city claimed he was displaying two of them improperly and issued him a $100 ticket for each flag. Terry joined Glenn Beck on the radio program Tuesday to explain
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Apparently there is not much bathing that goes on in one celebrity couple’s household. Ashton Kutcher and his wife Mila Kunis discussed the topic of bathing while on Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast, according to CNN. The outlet reported that Shepard told co-host Monica Padman that utilizing soap daily rids an individual’s body of natural
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Alabama governor Kay Ivey speaks to the media after being sworn in in Montgomery, April 2017. (Marvin Gentry / Reuters) That was the name of a Gershwin musical, of 1926: Oh, Kay! It is largely forgotten now, but some songs aren’t: “Clap Yo’ Hands,” “Do, Do, Do,” and “Someone to Watch over Me.” I’ll get
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Democrat Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried on Tuesday suspended concealed weapons permits of 22 January 6 protesters. “The deeply disturbing events that occurred at our nation’s Capitol on January 6th were sedition, treason, and domestic terrorism – and those individuals involved in the insurrection must be held accountable for attempting to subvert our democratic
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Shannon Miller, the most decorated U.S. female gymnast in Olympics history, delivered perspective that only a fellow gymnast could give, when it came to Simone Biles’s decision to withdraw from the team final competition Tuesday due to mental health concerns.  “What I think is really important here is, you have Simone, who clearly knew something
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Senate Democrats united behind President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management in a procedural vote Tuesday that all but confirms her nomination. The nominee, Tracy Stone-Manning, failed to win a single Republican vote amid accusations that she lied to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee over her involvement in a
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New York Times Justice Department reporter Katie Benner announced that she deleted some tweets on Tuesday. Without further clarification, Benner wrote on Tuesday evening that she had “deleted unclearly worded tweets regarding the Jan 6. committee hearing.” I deleted unclearly worded tweets regarding the Jan 6. committee hearing. — Katie Benner (@Katie Benner)1627428854.0 According to
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Students raise their hands to answer a question at Kratzer Elementary School in Allentown, Pa., April 13, 2021. (Hannah Beier/Reuters) Less than an hour after the CDC released its guidelines, my local school district sent out a letter preparing parents for the probability that school — even school for very young children — would be
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Medical workers with Delta Health Center wait to vaccinate people at a pop-up Covid-19 vaccination clinic in this rural Delta community on April 27, 2021 in Hollandale, Mississippi. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Covid cases are doubling across several states and hospitals are starting to fill up again, especially in states with lower vaccination rates
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