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President Joe Biden holds his first formal news conference in the East Room of the White House, March 25, 2021. (Leah Millis/Reuters) The president brazenly lied about the border crisis. Reporters aren’t in the practice, obviously, of being particularly tough on President Biden. But at his first press conference as president this afternoon, Cecilia Vega
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Texas Longhorns huddle during the second half against the UCLA Bruins in the second round game of the 2021 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament at the Alamodome on March 24, 2021 in San Antonio, Texas. Carmen Mandato | Getty Images The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s allegedly unequal treatment surrounding its women’s basketball tournament has gained more
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I’m glad he volunteered this at the start of today’s press conference because our crack White House press corps asked him exactly zero questions about COVID. No fooling. Not a one. Nothing about variants, nothing about loosening the CDC guidance for vaccinated people, nothing about the g-ddamned teachers unions still whining incessantly as his administration
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Nearly all members of Congress who oversee privacy and antitrust issues have received donations or lobbying money from Big Tech, according to a Public Citizen report. “Tech companies are going to spend millions and dial through their Rolodexes looking for officials to stop regulation and legislation needed to protect consumers,” Lisa Gilbert, executive vice president
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(Fedor Kozyr/iStock/Getty Images Plus) Our webathon enters its final days. It has raised, since its March 8 kickoff, $300,000. Actually, “it” didn’t doing any raising — what really happened is that 2,603 generous people responded to our appeals and donated 300,000 (to be exact, as I write, $299,872 has come via website and mail). To
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The top Republican on the House Energy & Commerce Committee tore into three Big Tech CEOs testifying before the committee Thursday, accusing their companies of exploiting and profiting from children. Committee ranking member Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), in her passionate opening statement, accused Big Tech platforms of failing to keep their promise to help
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Authorities arrested a 37-year-old man in connection with a February act of vandalism against a statue of former President Abraham Lincoln. Police discovered the Lincoln statue in a Boise, Idaho, public park, smeared with feces, paint, and more. What are the details? According to the Idaho Statesman, police arrested Terry Wilson on Tuesday night after
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Addressing the situation on our southern border. Such at least was the editorial position of Life magazine in September 1946 as the editors contemplated the fate of the many hundreds of thousands of displaced persons, mostly Jews and other Eastern Europeans, stuck in de facto concentration camps on the continent. More than a year earlier,
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Mystery UFOs reportedly hovered over US Navy destroyers off the California coast back in July 2019 according to newly released information. The USS Kidd reported “unwhite light identified hovering over the ship’s flight deck” according to the ship log entries. The NY Post reported: Mysterious flying objects repeatedly harassed three US warships off the coast
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In 2018, the Trump administration adopted a rule that limited eligibility for asylum to those who enter the United States at a port of entry. A district court blocked the rule from taking effect, and a Ninth Circuit panel affirmed the district court. In an order yesterday in East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Biden, the
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Diners wearing protective masks wait outside an Olive Garden restaurant in Thornton, Colorado, on Friday, March 19, 2021. Chet Strange | Bloomberg | Getty Images Darden Restaurants on Thursday reported quarterly earnings that topped analysts’ expectations as customers visited Olive Garden and its other chains more than expected. The company is forecasting that its fiscal fourth-quarter results
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The liberal Daily Beast website posted an article with the shocking title “How This Voting Rights Bill Could Turn the Next Election Into a Clusterf*ck.” Jessica Huseman reports that despite the media hype about a “landmark national expansion of voting rights,” it will be a disaster in 2022 if passed.  It’s likely you’ve heard virtually
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I suppose we really couldn’t go an entire week without another scandal involving New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. So if you’re craving a fix for your Cuomo badness withdrawal symptoms, here you go. It’s being reported that last spring, during the beginning of the pandemic, the Governor dispatched officials and law enforcement to ensure that
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Thousands of migrants have reportedly used social media apps Facebook and WhatsApp to organize caravans and groups headed to illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. The migrants started joining Facebook and WhatsApp groups in the months following President Joe Biden victory over former President Donald Trump in the presidential election, according to Reuters. “Remember, Trump leaves
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John Fund says the former FDA commissioner (and current AEI colleague of mine, not that I’ve seen him in more than a year) “was among the most aggressive advocates of school closures last March” but started backtracking in September and has now done a complete 180. That wasn’t how I remembered it, and some Googling
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Late-night TV host Steven Colbert took a swing at Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), suggesting that in addition to addressing mass shooting tragedies, Congress should take a look at drunk driving-related casualties “too.” On Wednesday’s episode of “Louder with Crowder,” Steven Crowder responded to Colbert’s “ignorance of gun laws” that was on display when Colbert made
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For decades Americans have been told, “The immigration system is broken.” This claim is supported by presence of many millions of “undocumented immigrants” residing and working in the United States in violation of our immigration laws. Those laws were enacted to protect public health, national security, public safety, and the jobs and wages of Americans.
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Jack Phillips speaks at a press conference outside the Supreme Court after oral arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, December 5, 2017. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters) They want to break him to send a message. But the Masterpiece Cakeshop owner is standing his ground. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE J ack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece
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A healthcare worker prepares to inject an AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine. Eloisa Lopez AstraZeneca issued updated Phase 3 trial data for its Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday after facing criticism earlier this week over a preliminary report. The company now says its vaccine is 76% effective in protecting against symptomatic cases of virus. A release
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