Month: February 2021

Rep. McCarthy Says GOP Will Win Back Majority in 2022 Midterms

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), the chairman of the Republican Study Committee (RSC), spoke out about the future of the Republican party during a panel at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida. At one point during the discussion on Saturday afternoon, Matt Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union, said…


Republicans Need to be ‘Willing to Fight’: Rep. Norman

Republicans need to stand up for their values and in defense of the Constitution, according to Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.). “We’ve got to be willing to fight. We got to be bold. Being lukewarm is not going to get it now. They—the left—is so far radicalized and we’ve got to, on a local level, go…


Looking Back on Life-Changing Accident: ‘God reached down and lifted me out of the gates of hell’

Paul Harris, 20, felt fortunate to have a job working as a roughneck, drilling, laying, and digging up pipe for water wells. He wasn’t thrilled about the job, but at least it supported his destructive habits. Until one day. “It started out like any other day, but this day changed my life forever—looking back, I…


Michigan Republicans Seek Probe of Whitmer’s Nursing Home Policies

Republican state legislators in Michigan are calling for an investigation over Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s role in CCP virus-related deaths among nursing home residents. Whitmer, a Democrat, issued an executive order (pdf) in April 2020 to designate 21 nursing homes as “regional hubs,” which were expected to provide care for both seniors recovering from the CCP…


Michigan Republicans Call for Investigation Into Whitmer’s Nursing Home Policy

Republican state legislators in Michigan are calling for an investigation over Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s role in CCP virus-related deaths among nursing home residents. Whitmer, a Democrat, issued an executive order (pdf) in April 2020 to designate 21 nursing homes as “regional hubs,” which were expected to provide care for both seniors recovering from the CCP…


Italy Reports 280 Coronavirus Deaths on Saturday, 18,916 New Cases

ROME—Italy reported 280 coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday against 253 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections declined to 18,916 from Friday’s 20,499. Some 323,047 tests for COVID-19 were carried out in the past day, compared with 325,404 previously, the ministry said. Italy has registered 97,507 deaths linked to…


Biden on Track to Apply Trump-Era Rule Targeting Chinese Tech Supply Chain Concerns

WASHINGTON—The Biden administration plans to allow a Trump-era rule targeting Chinese technology firms deemed to pose a threat to the United States to go into effect despite objections from U.S. businesses, the U.S. Commerce Department said on Friday. The department issued an interim final rule in the final days of the Trump administration aimed at…


CPAC Participants Removed and Threatened With Arrest for Not Wearing Masks

At least two people were ejected from the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, for not wearing masks. One also claimed he was threatened with arrest. Popular YouTube host Austen Fletcher aka “Fleccas Talks” was kicked out from CPAC, and was told that “he was no longer wanted,” and would be “arrested for trespassing” if he re-entered…


Judge Approves $650 Million Facebook Privacy Lawsuit Settlement

SAN FRANCISCO—A federal judge on Friday approved a $650 million settlement of a privacy lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly using photo face-tagging and other biometric data without the permission of its users. U.S. District Judge James Donato approved the deal in a class-action lawsuit that was filed in Illinois in 2015. Nearly 1.6 million Facebook…


Israel Says Initial Assessment Is Iran Behind Explosion on Israeli-Owned Ship

JERUSALEM—Israeli defense minister Benny Gantz said on Saturday his “initial assessment” was that Iran was responsible for an explosion on an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf of Oman. “Iran is looking to hit Israeli infrastructure and Israeli citizens,” Gantz told the public broadcaster Kan. “The location of the ship in relative close proximity to Iran…