Month: June 2023

IN-DEPTH: ‘Beyond Belief’: Industrial Wind Developments Could Threaten Fragile Desert Ecosystem

A landmark interregional transmission line project has broken ground this week to carry high-voltage electricity 732 miles from the largest wind farm in North America to Nevada. The TransWest Express Transmission Project (TWE) will take electricity generated by the $5 billion, 3,000 megawatt, 600-turbine Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project (CSMWE) located in Carbon…


Biden Meets Pro-Abortion Groups on Anniversary of Roe v. Wade Reversal

President Joe Biden attended an event on Friday with pro-abortion groups in Washington, marking the first anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, the seminal 1973 precedent that had largely legalized abortion in the United States. Speaking at the event, Biden pledged to fight to restore Roe v. Wade’s protections…


Facebook, Instagram to Block News After Canada Adopts Content Fee Law

Meta has announced that it will block access to news on Facebook and Instagram in Canada after the country passed a new law forcing digital platforms to pay content fees to domestic media. The announcement by Meta came shortly after Canada’s Senate passed the “Online News Act,” which forces companies like Facebook and Google to pay…


[PREMIERING 6/24, 7:30PM ET] Dr. Syed Haider: How the Mind Can Fuel Disease, Lifestyle Tools to Fix This, and the Incredible Ivermectin

“People were coming to me and they were, like, begging me, ‘You got to help me. There’s no one else I can find in my state who’s licensed who’s willing to give me ivermectin.’” Since the start of the pandemic, Dr. Syed Haider has prescribed ivermectin to tens of thousands of patients, in many cases…


ANALYSIS: New Report on Best and Worst States for Healthcare Misses Important Factors

Mississippi ranked the worst among the 50 states and Washington, for overall healthcare access, quality, services, costs, and outcomes, according to a new Commonwealth Fund Scorecard on State Health System Performance. Oklahoma, West Virginia, Texas, and Arkansas rounded out the bottom five states, according to the 2023 report compiled by the nonprofit foundation. The report was released…


New Poll Shows Nearly Two-Thirds of Californians Thinking About Leaving the State

A majority of Californians are considering moving to another state, according to a recent survey (pdf) conducted by Strategies 360—a research and communications firm focused on public affairs. Respondents reported dissatisfaction with the high cost of living as a primary factor in their desire to move elsewhere, with 40 percent saying they are somewhat or…


Millions of Genworth Policyholders and California Pensioners Had Data Stolen in Cyberhack

The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), the nation’s largest public pension fund and insurer, Genworth Financial, admitted that the personal information of millions of account holders was compromised in a major security breach. A third-party file storage vendor, PBI Research Services, was attacked by Russian hackers after going through a loophole in its MOVEit Transfer…


Australian Government Sanctions Three MH17 Culprits

Three men involved in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 have been sanctioned by the Australian government. The government has been working with the Netherlands and European Union to co-ordinate sanctions on the trio convicted by the District Court of The Hague in November 2022 for their contribution to the downing of MH17 and the murder…


OC Resident Joins Taco Bell in Effort to Cancel ‘Taco Tuesday’ Trademark

“Taco Tuesday” has recently trended across social media amid a growing effort to free the term from trademark restrictions, with efforts underway in Orange County, California, as well. Among those petitioning the government to cancel the trademark is the fast food restaurant chain Taco Bell, which is headquartered in Irvine. The company submitted the paperwork…


Christie Gets Applause, Cheers After Being Booed on Stage for Criticizing Trump

Presidential candidate Chris Christie responded to boos from a conservative crowd following his comments about former President Donald Trump by urging voters to consider Trump’s character. When asked about the reaction by part of the audience at the Faith and Freedom Coalition on June 23, the former New Jersey governor reiterated some of his statements…