Tag: Policies & Impacts

[PREMIERING 7:00PM ET] Behind the Hunter Biden Plea Deal

June 20, 2023
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Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, is accepting a plea deal on charges for tax evasion and a gun violation. A Department of Justice letter offering Hunter Biden the deal was released Tuesday. It notes that Hunter Biden has agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of “willful failure to pay income…

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Progressive Leaders Encouraged to Buy Media Outlets for Boosting Influence Over Americans: Report

June 20, 2023
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A recent report released by idealogues is pushing progressive leaders in the United States toward buying or collaborating with media outlets and influence channels in order to counter the supposed dominance of conservative media in the country. The June 2023 report (pdf) characterized the demise of left-wing outlets like BuzzFeed News and the bankruptcy of…

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Supreme Court Declines Appeal From Christian School in Transgender Housing Case

June 20, 2023
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an appeal from a Missouri Christian university that filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over its transgender housing policy. The justices issued a brief, unsigned order declining to take up a case filed by the College of the Ozarks, which appealed a lower court’s decision that…

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Trump Responds to Charges Against Hunter Biden

June 20, 2023
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Former President Donald Trump and other Republicans on June 20 denounced the criminal plea deal that federal authorities reached with President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden. An attorney representing Hunter Biden said his client was taking responsibility for offenses that occurred while he struggled with drug addiction. Trump and others decried the agreement for letting…

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Blinken’s Message Could Embolden China to Make a Move Against Taiwan: Expert

June 20, 2023
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s message during his trip to China this week could embolden China to make a move against Taiwan, according to Michael Sekora, founder and director of Project Socrates, a U.S. intelligence community program established under the Reagan White House. After he met with Xi Jinping in Beijing on June 19, Blinken…

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Proposed ‘Hate Speech’ Law in Michigan Threatens First Amendment Rights, Conservatives Warn

June 20, 2023
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A bill moving through the Democrat-controlled Michigan State Legislature would make it easier for prosecutors to bring felonious “hate crime” charges against dissident speech. The possible implications for preachers, school administrators, teachers, parents, politicians, and citizen activists have alarmed conservatives concerned about the effect the bill may have on free speech. The proposed legislation, HB…

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AI ‘Bias and Prejudice’ Is the Theme at Upcoming Biden Meeting in Silicon Valley

June 20, 2023
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President Joe Biden will meet with activists, academics, and tech executives on June 20 to discuss artificial intelligence. The latest of many recent Biden AI moves, it’s another signal of his administration’s continued focus on race and “algorithmic discrimination” in its attempts to control the evolution of the burgeoning technology. In a June 19 statement…

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United States Now Second Largest EV Market After China

June 20, 2023
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The United States is now the second-largest electric vehicle market behind China after years of falling behind Europe in terms of use. Americans had been slower than other advanced nations to accept electrified transport, but the EV market has gained momentum due to political pressure and government subsidies. Every state now has plans to construct a…

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IN-DEPTH: Conservatives Wonder Who Navy Is Trying to Recruit With Petty Officer Drag Queen ’Stunt’

June 19, 2023
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It was a rough summer for drag queens, with uproars over public library story hours and bruising boycotts against Jack Daniel’s for promoting drag shows in its advertisements routinely making news. Meanwhile, conservative across the country, as they prepared to vote in 2022 midterms, were expressing discomfort—and for some alarm—over what many saw as a…

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First Ever US Bill to Counter Beijing’s Forced Organ Harvesting Signed Into Law in Texas

June 19, 2023
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Texas has signed into law a bipartisan bill to combat the Chinese regime’s criminal practise of forced organ harvesting, making it the first U.S. state to counter the abuse through legal means. Under SB 1040, signed by state Gov. Greg Abbott on June 18 and taking force on Sept. 1, it will be illegal for…

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