Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) announced a plan to eventually roll back school mask requirements Thursday, according to an email shared by the Fairfax County Parents Association. The move comes after Virginia state Senate Democrats changed their stance on school masking Tuesday, only days after supporting Fairfax and other districts’ efforts to fight Gov. Glenn
A view of Peking, or “Beijing,” as the Chinese Communist Party prefers you call it. (SeanPavonePhoto/Getty Images) In response to Team USA Crushes Turncoats Celebrating the victory of Team USA over China in Winter Olympics hockey, David notes that he is “not watching the Olympic games in Peking.” For those who are unaware, Peking is
The South African doctor who was one of the first people to raise the alarm about the Omicron variant claims she was pressured by politicians and scientists “not to publicly state that it was a mild illness,” and to instead say the strain is “serious.” Dr. Angelique Coetzee — who serves as the chairwoman of
Wisconsin state Rep. Lee Snodgrass (D) posted and later deleted a tweet declaring that parents who wish to have input in their child’s education should either elect to homeschool or send their kids to private school. “If parents want to ‘have a say’ in their child’s education, they should home school or pay for private
CNN’s latest poll dropped Thursday afternoon and, while Inside Politics host John King went through the devastating numbers for President Biden (including 58 percent disapproval), he sought to cushion the blow by insisting his many accomplishments aren’t “sinking in out in America” and stemmed form a “failure to communicate” by the White House. King started
A recent congressional hearing looking into a defense contractor supposedly overcharging taxpayers turned out to be mostly political theater as lawmakers accused the contractor of greed when the real problem is the Pentagon’s flawed contracting practices. The House Oversight and Reform Committee convened a hearing to consider the actions of defense contractor TransDigm Group after
A CNN poll released Thursday continues a brutal string of polling for Joe Biden with this poll giving Biden a new low of 41 percent approval and a new high of 58 percent disapproval. 57 percent rate Biden’s first year in office a failure. Strikingly, among those who disapprove of Biden’s performance, 56 percent say
A woman who is five months pregnant attends a sonogram at a local hospital in Shanghai, China, September 12, 2014. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) The ‘news’ piece criticizes pro-life centers for receiving a few million in taxpayer funding. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE O ne of the most common slanders of the pro-life movement is that its members care
In this article F Vehicles block the route leading from the Ambassador Bridge, linking Detroit and Windsor, as truckers and their supporters continue to protest against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mandates, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada February 8, 2022. Carlos Osorio | Reuters DETROIT – Canadian truck drivers blocking the nation’s busiest border bridge between
US comedian Bog Saget died from an accidental blow to the head, his family said in a statement. The Full House star was found dead on 9 January in a Florida hotel room after he had performed in the state as part of a stand-up tour the night before. In a statement, the Saget family
With Joe Biden’s popularity cratering, the White House finally announced on Tuesday that the President will submit to a pre-Super Bowl interview, talking to Nightly News anchor Lester Holt. (Previews of the interview will air on Thursday night.)The confirmation came late, just five days before the world-wide event. History has shown that Democrats like Barack
Wendel and Maria Perez are suing Paterson Elementary School in Fleming Island, Fla., where they say a school counselor, Destiny Washington, caused their 12-year-old daughter extreme distress that led to two suicide attempts on school grounds. The Epoch Times has the story. The school never notified the parents about the first suicide attempt. The Perezes
In the next few weeks, we will celebrate both Valentine’s Day and Presidents’ Day. The two holidays recall two of our many presidents who loved our country and sacrificed for it: George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Both presided over our country during times of vast change, and both put their country before themselves. Most importantly,
(Rattankun Thongbun/iStock/Getty Images) Remember when some people wanted to “protect” college students from the terrible influence of leftist speakers? In North Carolina, e.g., the state had a ban on communist speakers on campuses in the UNC system. (That law was eventually struck down.) These days, there are still people who want to “protect” students, but
Of all the topics in the world that could merit media attention, NPR has produced a report that delves into a discussion about the skin color of emojis. The outlet has published an article and audio segment covering the issue. “In 2015, five skin tone options became available for hand gesture emojis, in addition to
No fewer than four Canadian provinces are set to lift COVID-19 restrictions amid the Freedom Convoy protests. Hundreds of truckers have gathered in Ottawa in protest of what they say are draconian COVID-19 mitigation measures. What are the details? According to a Thursday report from the Associated Press, Alberta, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec,
Fact checkers might need a different ruling — something snappy, like “True But But But.” On Tuesday, Snopes.com pounced on the Washington Free Beacon and other conservative outlets for reporting something true — that Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services announced a grant program that included “safe smoking kits” which could include glass pipes
Throughout our ongoing struggles with China, one key battle appears to have already been won by our adversary: the battle for arts and entertainment. Boasting a population of over 1.4 billion people, many of whom have the financial means to pay for and consume a wide variety of forms of entertainment, their market share for
Joe Biden’s poll numbers are still going down and he just crossed into dangerous polling territory for a president. Real Clear Politics tracks all of the major polls and averages them. Media and people in politics pay close attention to the poll average as a barometer of the president’s approval. Biden’s average has now dropped
Power lines and wind turbines at a wind and solar energy storage and transmission power station of the State Grid Corporation of China in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China, March 18, 2016. (Jason Lee/Reuters) To be sure, China may be evolving into a fascist state (albeit one with Chinese characteristics), and there’s the little matter of
Medic with face mask. Haris Mulaosmanovic / EyeEm | EyeEm | Getty Images Aside from the obvious physical impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, health professionals have told CNBC that many people are struggling with the immense emotional and societal changes it has brought and, what’s more, are finding it hard to adapt to a “new
Novak Djokovic has been included on the tournament entry list for the upcoming Indian Wells Masters – a competition that requires players to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The men’s tennis number one was deported from Australia last month, causing him to miss out on the Australian Open, after having his visa revoked twice due to
24-hours after NewsBusters reported that the broadcast evening newscasts ignored a Washington Post story detailing an internal Army report on the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, ABC and CBS were still tight-lipped about how the report blames White House and State Department officials for hindering the evacuation efforts. NBC Nightly News was the lone broadcast newscast
Regardless of what you believe about the 2020 election, Joe Biden wouldn’t be president today if not for COVID. In fact, according to Seth Masket of FiveThirtyEight, “had there been no pandemic, [Trump] may have still lost the popular vote, but considering how close the election was, he may have had a decent chance of winning
Summary: President Joe Biden will receive his daily briefing, deliver a speech on healthcare costs, and meet with Democrats to discuss the Supreme Court nomination process. Live stream links will activate as streams become available ALL TIMES EST 9:30 AM Recieve daily briefing 10:45 AM Depart White House en route to Brandy Station, Virginia 11:15 AM
As I discussed in August, the case of Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer presents a dilemma for baseball: Bauer roughed up a woman, but it appeared that the violence was part of a consensual agreement to rough, violent sex. He has now been cleared by a criminal investigation. That means that baseball, and the Dodgers, have
An all-boys Catholic high school in Massachusetts apologized for observing Black History Month by serving fried chicken to the students. “We are deeply troubled and disheartened by our failure in this instance and take full responsibility for it,” read a statement from Jacob Conca, head of Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood. “I offer my
Bob Saget’s family has released a statement saying that authorities determined that the man’s death was the consequence of trauma to his head. “The authorities have determined that Bob passed from head trauma. They have concluded that he accidentally hit the back of his head on something, thought nothing of it and went to sleep,”
Apparently, if you use the wrong color emoji when texting your friends and family you are a racist. At least according to Alejandra Marquez, Janse Patrick Jarenwattananon, and Asma Khalid at the taxpayer-funded NPR (yes it took three of them to write an article on racist emojis). In a piece titled “Which skin color emoji should
Amid new information on its inner workings, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is facing a credibility problem for its COVID-19 response, a leader of the House’s GOP Doctors Caucus told The Daily Signal. “The American people don’t do well with being told ‘Because I told you so,’ which has, unfortunately, been the Biden