Tag: Policies & Impacts

New Studies Link Fluoride to Reduced IQ and ADHD in Children

May 4, 2023
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In this series, we explore the contentious findings surrounding fluoridation of the U.S. public water supply and answer the question of whether water fluoridation poses a risk and what we should do about it. Previously: Decades of research have raised concerns about the safety of water fluoridation. In 2006, the National Research Council urged further…

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Biden Admin Delays Ending Virtual Prescribing for Controlled Substances

May 4, 2023
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As the COVID-19 public health emergency nears its end, the Biden administration is seeking to extend telehealth flexibilities that allowed doctors to virtually prescribe controlled substances to their patients. Prescribing controlled substances via telehealth was limited before the COVID-19 pandemic under the Ryan Haight Act, which is a 2008 amendment to the 1970 Controlled Substances Act….

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Oklahoma Targets Wall Street ESG Activists

May 4, 2023
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Oklahoma became the latest state to take action against Wall Street firms that it claims are hurting companies that are essential to providing jobs and energy for the state. Oklahoma Treasurer Todd Russ announced on Wednesday that 13 financial institutions, which have been deemed to be discriminating against Oklahoma’s energy industry, will be banned from doing business with the state, losing…

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GOP House Members Sound Alarm on VA Failing to Provide Vets Adequate Brain Injury Exams

May 3, 2023
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Three members of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, themselves veterans, have urged the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to investigate what they are calling troubling allegations that a neurologist at the Tomah VA Medical Center in Wisconsin may have failed over an 18-year period to provide hundreds of veterans with thorough and adequate compensation…

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North Carolina Governor Says He’ll Veto Pro-Life Bill Prohibiting Abortion After First Trimester

May 3, 2023
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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, said he will veto a proposed bill that would ban abortions after 12 weeks. According to House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger, House and Senate Republicans came to a consensus on legislation that would enact the legislation. Currently, state law prohibits abortions after 20 weeks…

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Oklahoma Attorney General Says State Should Give Death Row Inmate New Trial

May 3, 2023
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The state of Oklahoma is scheduled to execute Richard Glossip on May 18 for the 1997 murder of his employer Barry Van Treese. The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board denied Glossip’s application for clemency on April 26. An unusual partnership of anti-death penalty activists and capital punishment advocates will gather at the state capitol in…

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The Secret Campaign to Destroy Tucker Carlson; Can Free Beer Save Budweiser?

May 3, 2023
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Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson is facing public hit pieces. Leaked internal videos from Fox and internal communications at the network have been provided to The New York Times and to leftist organization Media Matters. It appears public sentiment is still more on the side of Carlson, but the attacks are raising questions of…

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DOE: Reinstating ’22 Budget Would Be ‘Catastrophic’ for Biden’s ‘Green Energy’ Plans

May 3, 2023
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) maintains scaling its $52 billion Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) budget request back to FY22 funding levels, as House Republicans are proposing, would raise costs for consumers, taxpayers, and industry while derailing momentum in “re-shoring” domestic manufacturing capacity. “That would be absolutely catastrophic at this critical moment,” DOE Deputy Secretary…

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PREMIERING NOW: The Secret Campaign to Destroy Tucker Carlson; Can Free Beer Save Budweiser?

May 3, 2023
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Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson is facing public hit pieces. Leaked internal videos from Fox and internal communications at the network have been provided to The New York Times and to leftist organization Media Matters. It appears public sentiment is still more on the side of Carlson, but the attacks are raising questions of…

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams Criticizes White House for Border Crisis

May 3, 2023
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Democrat New York City Mayor Eric Adams said President Joe Biden’s administration is partly to blame for the country’s struggles to handle asylum seekers and illegal border crossers attempting to enter the United States. Adams fielded questions about America’s immigration and border security policies during a Tuesday press conference. During the press conference, reporters asked…

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