Tag: Policies & Impacts

House Passes Bill to Nullify ATF Pistol Brace Rule

The House of Representatives approved a bill to nullify a controversial rule from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) regulating pistol stabilizing braces. The measure will now proceed to the Democrat-controlled Senate, where it is expected to fail. President Joe Biden has said he will veto the bill if it clears the…


Big Pharma Owns Congress, Says Former Congresswoman

The COVID-19 pandemic has woken Americans up to a stark truth: Our health system doesn’t always have our best interests at heart. And worse, the same is true for most of our elected officials in Congress, who are lobbied extensively by big pharma. The one institution designed to protect Americans from predatory drug companies is…


[PREMIERING NOW] Big Pharma Owns Congress, Says Former Congresswoman

The COVID-19 pandemic has woken Americans up to a stark truth: Our health system doesn’t always have our best interests at heart. And worse, the same is true for most of our elected officials in Congress, who are lobbied extensively by big pharma. The one institution designed to protect Americans from predatory drug companies is…


[PREMIERING at 11AM ET] Big Pharma Owns Congress, Says Former Congresswoman

The COVID-19 pandemic has woken Americans up to a stark truth: Our health system doesn’t always have our best interests at heart. And worse, the same is true for most of our elected officials in Congress, who are lobbied extensively by big pharma. The one institution designed to protect Americans from predatory drug companies is…


Proposed House Budget Demands US Navy Float More Boats Than It’s Asking For

It’s not likely this has happened often, if ever, in the annals of haggles over U.S. military budgets: Congress is demanding the Navy float more boats than it wants to. But that’s the case with the House Armed Services Committee’s Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee approving a proposed spending plan that calls for construction of…


Binance.US Says SEC’s Temporary Restraining Order Would Destroy the Company

Binance said that the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) move to freeze the assets of its American affiliate, Binance.US, would effectively destroy the crypto exchange. The SEC filed a temporary restraining order on June 12,to freeze Binance.US’s funds until it was able to prove that no one at the firm, including its CEO, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, could access…


California High School Forced to Withdraw ‘Anti-Christian’ Material

A California high school has backed down after parents and students demanded the removal of a controversial photograph described as an example of “anti-Christian bigotry” from one of its courses. Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, California, included a photograph taken by Andres Serrano in 1987 in a theory of knowledge course that is required for…


California Voters Say Economy Is Most Important Issue, Half Disapprove of Reparation Payments: Poll

California voters say the economy is the most important issue facing the state and half of them don’t support paying reparations to black residents, according to a new poll by Emerson College Polling and Inside California Politics. The survey, released on June 12, asked registered voters questions on a variety of topics, including presidential candidates…


19 States Sue EPA Over California’s New Zero-Emission Rules for Big Rigs

A coalition of states has filed a lawsuit seeking a review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to grant waivers to California that allows the state to ban new diesel-powered heavy-duty truck sales in 2035. Iowa’s Attorney General Brenna Bird led the group of 19 states that filed the legal action on June 5…


[PREMIERING NOW] Libby Emmons: Why Biological Men Are Entering Women’s Prisons Across America and the West

“Federal prisons have been tasked with making sure that they are not transphobic by allowing men who identify as women … into women’s federal prisons.” Libby Emmons was a playwright and producer in the New York theater community until she faced the ire of both her peers and her audience. Her crime? The views she…