President Joe Biden’s proposal for a radical expansion of IRS monitoring of Americans’ bank accounts would be stopped in its tracks under a proposal introduced by two Senate Republicans concerned about protecting privacy rights. “What they’ve done is, they are weaponizing the IRS, they’re pushing many, many billions of dollars into that and they will…
GOP Senators Introduce Bill to Block Biden’s ‘Weaponization’ of IRS Bank Account Surveillance
Coast Guard Chaplains’ Memo Includes Invasive Questions for Religious Exemption Requesters
A recent Department of Defense memorandum for chaplains of the Coast Guard includes multiple highly invasive questions about the sincerity of the faith and practice of Guardsmen seeking religious exemptions from the vaccine for COVID-19. “Have the member describe how they consistently keep the tenets of their faith and demonstrate those in their daily life….
Portrait of an Influential American Communist Who Weaponized the Peace Movement
One single communist can do more damage to the United States than a whole army. A leading example of this is Judith LeBlanc, a trained and disciplined communist, who labored to weaken the U.S. military and divide the country across racial lines. She did this by weaponizing the peace movement in order to disarm the…
House Democrats Use Obscure Rule To Stifle GOP’s Kabul Probe, Say GOP Reps
House Rules Committee Democrats quietly extended a rule earlier this week in the latest National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that effectively bars Republicans from obtaining information on President Joe Biden’s disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal. The NDAA includes the provision, which was adopted during the rules panel’s Monday hearing on the defense bill, as well as a…
Shen Yun Reconnects Audience Members With Their Spirituality
McALLEN, Texas—The arts are a gateway to the spirit. On the evening of Sept. 21, mother and daughter Ella Ramirez and Odalys Curiel were taken on a spiritual journey by Shen Yun Performing Arts. New York-based Shen Yun has been touring the world to revive the spiritual and traditional values of China’s 5,000-year-old culture since…
US Restates ‘Ironclad Support’ as Lithuania Faces Challenges, Including From Beijing
The United States reiterated its “ironclad support” to Lithuania on Sept. 15, as the Baltic nation resists coercion from Beijing due to its deepening relations with Taiwan. The United States renewed its commitment to stand with Lithuania in the face of numerous challenges during a meeting between Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Lithuanian…
Members of Congress, Spouses Find Oasis of Calm Amid Washington’s Political Conflicts at Alabaster House
It’s all politics, all the time in Congress, so escaping the drumbeat of favor-seekers, lobbyists and fund-raising pressure via the sanctuary provided by Randy and Kimberly Genau is special, according to Desiree Loudermilk, wife of Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.). “Kimberly is really non-political, she never talks about issues or things like that, she just wants…
Audiences New and Old Admire Shen Yun
HOUSTON, Texas—Wildlife photographer Deanne Peterson and her mother attended their third Shen Yun performance together on Sunday, Sept. 19, at the Wortham Center Brown Theater in Houston, Texas. It’s become a family tradition. “We’ve come for probably four or five years, and it’s always really wonderful to come back and to see the new choreography and…
‘I Felt Like I Was Seeing Kindred Souls,’ Says Former Dance Educator
HOUSTON, Texas—Angela Hayes was full of praise after she attended the classical Chinese dance and music performance, Shen Yun Performing Arts, at the Wortham Center Brown Theater in Houston, Texas, on Sept. 18. Hayes, with nearly 30 years as a dance educator in a Texas public school and then as the director of a performing…
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Music Teacher Praises Shen Yun Soprano’s Flawless Technique
HOUSTON, Texas—With the finely honed perception of a music teacher, Sharon Lovell was very impressed by Shen Yun Performing Arts’ bel-canto singers. “The soprano was operatic—she was magnificent. And, the tenor was very, very good. The pitch was perfect, their technique was flawless,” she said of New York-based Shen Yun’s performance on Sept. 25. Lovell, a…