Tag: Policies & Impacts

Star Wars Toy Designer’s Galactic Battle Over COVID Ventilator Use

Toy designer Hall of Famer Mark Boudreaux is an unsung hero to diehard Star Wars fans. He designed the fabled Millenium Falcon, considered the most iconic spaceship designed in movie history. But unlike the Falcon, Boudreaux does not have a crew of heroes on board fighting what is the 68-year old’s real-life galactic version of…


Car Thefts Nationwide Top 1 Million in 2022 at Near 15-Year High: Report

Car theft in the United States is hovering near a 15-year high, with every month last year seeing more than 75,000 vehicles stolen, according to a new report based on national crime data. The report, published Wednesday by non-profit industry group National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), suggests that the number of auto thefts nationwide surpassed…


TikTok Whistleblower Says US Data Can Easily Be Accessed From China: Sen. Hawley

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is pressing the Treasury Department to conduct a thorough review of new whistleblower allegations regarding the Chinese-owned short video app TikTok that were recently brought to his attention. Writing to Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen on March 8, Hawley said that a TikTok whistleblower has come to him with direct…


[Premiering 3/9, 10:30 AM ET]  Is Violence Within Hip Hop Industry Life Imitating Art?: Adrian Norman

It’s a frequent and unfortunate story in the United States that hip hop artists, often very young, end up getting killed by gun violence. Is there something in the music that leads to this? Is there something in the culture? More importantly, what’s the impact of this when it’s applied to broader society? To learn…


‘Keep Violent People in Jail’ to Reduce Growing Crime Rate: DC Police Chief

Keeping criminals in jail and not letting them loose among the general populace is a way to reverse the increasing homicide rate in Washington, according to Robert Contee, chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). “The things that we have been doing is locking up bad guys, taking guns off the street. What we got…


US Must Help Japan, Taiwan Boost War Preparedness To Counter Heightened China Threat: Experts

News Analysis The Chinese threat has heightened the need for collective defense operations between the United States, Japan, and Taiwan. However, the Taiwanese and Japanese armies are particularly ill-equipped for war, according to geo-strategists. Experts say the United States should support the two countries in order to resolve internal problems and establish competent joint operations….


CCP Steals Up to $600 Billion a Year in US Intellectual Property, Experts Warn

The Chinese Communist Party has been stealing U.S. intellectual property for years, costing Americans up to $600 billion annually, the equivalent of $6,000 for every family, an expert testified on Capitol Hill on March 8. The theft has been systematic, deliberate, and obvious—but not adequately addressed by the federal government, witnesses said. “When it comes…


Biden Administration’s ‘Catch and Release’ Border Policy Struck Down by US Judge

The federal government’s practice of releasing many illegal immigrants rather than holding them until their cases are resolved violates federal law, a U.S. judge ruled on March 8. “The evidence establishes that Defendants have effectively turned the Southwest Border into a meaningless line in the sand and little more than a speedbump for aliens flooding into…


Experts Warn That the US Is Close to Disaster on Debt Ceiling

Economists and experts warned a Senate committee hearing this week that the U.S. government is close to disaster on the federal debt ceiling. The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy conducted a hearing on Mar. 7 titled: “The Federal Debt Limit and its Economic and Financial Consequences,” with five expert…


Bank of America CEO Proclaims ‘We Are Capitalists’ After Critics Blast ESG Stance

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan told shareholders this week that “we are capitalists,” after a massive backlash from critics over his bank’s stance on the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) agenda. The head of America’s second-largest bank is under heavy fire as Wall Street executives face increasing criticism across the country for adopting progressive…