judiciary Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch disagreed with the high court’s decision to turn away a case that challenged libel protections for journalists and the media. Both justices said today’s news media environment played a role in their view the court needed to reassess libel protections. A landmark 1964 …
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Virginia district spent $34K on critical race theory coaching for administrators, documents show
Newly unveiled documents from us-regions Loudoun County education” target=”_blank”>Public Schools<, a former justice-department” target=”_blank”>Justice Department< He took issue with a number of bullet points in the presentation and highlighted them. “What we’re seeing here is making assumptions about everybody and their life situation based on race,” he said. One slide …
Read More »Biden calls top donor NEA ‘one of America’s indispensable organizations’
joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden<. The site says the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) “account for practically all” political spending from teachers unions. The second-highest recipient was Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who got $50,996. The amount of money that went directly to any one candidate, however, …
Read More »Psaki on 16-cent BBQ tweet being compared to gas price spike: 'If you don't like hot dogs you may not care'
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki pushed back on Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy’s question about a pun-filled tweet from 1600 Pennsylvania Av celebrating a reported 16-cent drop in the cost of an Independence Day barbecue. “Planning a cookout this year? Ketchup on the news,” the White House …
Read More »Ex-Virginia gov McAuliffe fact checked for making false claims in ad against GOP challenger Glenn Youngkin
us-regions Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe was smacked with a fact check on Friday for making false claims in a campaign ad against his Republican challenger Glenn Youngkin. The ad, entitled “C’mon Glenn,” came under scrutiny by the Washington Post fact checker for its “misleading” editing that makes it appear …
Read More »Before an asteroid wiped them out, dinosaurs were already in decline: study
Although the air-and-space that struck the planet 66 million years ago wiped out Earth’s archaeology, new research asserts that environment” target=”_blank”>environmental degradation< The Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event, arguably the most famous of all mass extinctions, wiped out 75% of terrestrial living species. However, a study published in the journal Nature Communications …
Read More »Proposal would ban mink farming to stem coronavirus mutation
A bipartisan proposal in the house-of-representatives” target=”_blank”>U.S. House<, something researchers have said can be accelerated when the virus spreads among animals. The bill introduced this week is an effort from Reps. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., and Nancy Mace, R-S.C. It would prohibit the import, export, transport, sale or purchase of mink …
Read More »VA congressman introduces amendment asking Biden to declassify intel linking Wuhan lab to COVID-19 origins
Rep. senate, R-us-regions., on Thursday introduced an amendment asking President executive to declassify intelligence linking the Wuhan Institute of Virology to the origins of infectious-disease Officials revealed in May that several workers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology fell ill in mid-November 2019, about a month before the first COVID-19 …
Read More »'Outnumbered' slams Biden for cutting reporters’ questions short on Afghanistan: ‘No excuse'
The “Outnumbered” panel railed against joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden<.” “I’ve got to say, I can’t imagine being a member of our armed forces right now and knowing that as your commander-in-chief, he won’t even answer questions about your state and safety and your job because he’s going into a holiday weekend. …
Read More »Tennessee woman sues after state officials deem vanity license plate 'offensive'
A nashville” target=”_blank”>Nashville< officials after her vanity license plate reading “69PWNDU” was taken away a decade after she first registered it. “When Nashville woman Leah Gilliam purchased a vanity plate to celebrate her interests in astronomy and gaming, it did not occur to her that her constitutionally protected speech could …
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