Tag: Policies & Impacts

Montana Transgender Lawmaker Censured for ‘Hateful’ Comments

April 24, 2023
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A transgender lawmaker from Montana has been censured in the House after the individual made “hateful rhetoric” while debating a bill ending transgender procedures for minors. The SB 99 bill, also known as the “Youth Health Protection Act,” bans minors in the state from receiving surgical procedures, puberty blockers, and hormones. “The only thing I…

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Nationwide Behavioral Health Crisis Line Sees Post-Pandemic Rise in Calls

April 23, 2023
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PHOENIX, Ariz.—For those feeling trapped and alone in the middle of a behavioral health crisis, suicide can seem like a solution. There are times when call takers at Solari Crisis and Human Services in Phoenix, Arizona, will have people on the phone literally on the precipice. “We do get callers with guns to their heads,”…

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LIVE 4/24, at 10:30 AM ET: Biden Accused of Colluding With Intel Officials to Spread Disinfo on Hunter Biden’s Laptop

April 23, 2023
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President Joe Biden is being accused of colluding with intelligence officials to spread disinformation about Hunter Biden’s laptop ahead of the 2020 elections. By doing so, Biden may have misled the media and helped to suppress sensitive information that could have changed the outcome of the election. The alleged scandal could also involve tax crimes…

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LIVE 10:30 AM ET: Biden Accused of Colluding With Intel Officials to Spread Disinfo on Hunter Biden’s Laptop

April 23, 2023
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President Joe Biden is being accused of colluding with intelligence officials to spread disinformation about Hunter Biden’s laptop ahead of the 2020 elections. By doing so, Biden may have misled the media and helped to suppress sensitive information that could have changed the outcome of the election. The alleged scandal could also involve tax crimes…

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Mother of 7 Denied Kidney Transplant for Refusing COVID Shot in Georgia

April 23, 2023
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On dialysis and potentially facing death, a 41-year-old homeschooling mother of seven young children has been rejected as a candidate for a life-saving kidney transplant by Emory Healthcare Inc. of Atlanta. The reason? The woman, who has already had COVID-19, refused to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on religious and medical grounds. To protect her privacy,…

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Fed Asks Americans for Feedback on a Central Bank Digital Currency—Here Are Some Responses

April 23, 2023
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Americans are worried that a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) could end up compromising essential freedoms, further centralizing monetary policy, and making the country’s currency vulnerable to hacking, according to a recently published Fed survey. In January last year, the Fed published a white paper on what a CBDC could look like. It asked…

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Homeland Security Plans to Integrate AI to Tackle Critical Missions

April 23, 2023
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to form a task force that will explore the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to advance “critical homeland security missions.” The rapid evolution of the threat environment requires the Department to evolve along with it, said Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas in an April 21 press release….

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‘Abortion Is a Form of Murder’: Vivek Ramaswamy

April 23, 2023
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2024 Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy burnished his pro-life bona fides at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition kick-off on April 22. That was how he explained his stance on how abortion should be handled now that Roe v. Wade has fallen. Representatives have battled over its legal status, with many Republicans seeking to restrict…

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Parental Rights Bills Sweeping the United States

April 22, 2023
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Legislation protecting a parent’s right to block the use of gender pronouns and other gender ideology in public schools is either pending or has already passed in all but three U.S. states. Of the states where legislation is being heavily watched is the state of New Hampshire, where more than 200 people turned out this…

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‘Leaving California: The Untold Story’ Explores Reasons Behind the State’s Mass Exodus

April 22, 2023
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“People are leaving [California] to go to places that once were known as ‘hell hot Texas’ or ‘desert Nevada’ that have become paradises in their mind—and we took paradise and turned it into hell,” said one researcher in EpochTV’s new documentary “Leaving California: The Untold Story,” which premiered on April 21. More than 700,000 people…

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