Tag: Social Issues

‘The View’ Apologizes to Turning Point USA After Lawsuit Threat

ABC’s “The View” apologized on air Wednesday to leading conservative youth organization Turning Point USA (TPUSA) after it threatened to sue over the co-hosts’ comments linking the group to so-called neo-Nazis. Co-host Sarah Haines read a statement on air correcting her co-hosts’ remarks made during the July 25 show to make clear that so-called neo-Nazi…


‘Continued Persecution’: MP Lambasts Proposal to Remove Prayer From Parliamentary Proceedings

Independent MP Bob Katter has issued a stinging rebuke of the Australian Senate chief after she proposed removing the Lord’s Prayer from parliamentary proceedings. It comes after the new Senate President Sue Lines said that as an atheist, she did not want to say the prayer, which has been read prior to each sitting day…


Foreign Company With Troubled Past Buys Into Massive Midwest Carbon Capture Project

Midwest landowners fighting the construction of a 2,000-mile web of carbon-capture pipelines are upset to learn that the company seeking easements on their lands is funded by foreign investors, including at least one with a troubling history. Summit Carbon Solutions aims to build a pipeline through hundreds of farms and other private properties in Iowa,…


EXCLUSIVE: Foreign Company With Troubled Past Buys Into Massive Midwest Carbon Capture Project

Midwest landowners fighting the construction of a 2,000-mile web of carbon-capture pipelines are upset to learn that the company seeking easements on their lands is funded by foreign investors, including at least one with a troubling history. Summit Carbon Solutions aims to build a pipeline through hundreds of farms and other private properties in Iowa,…


Clock Is Ticking on Texas Trigger Law

With few exceptions, Texas will outlaw abortions on Aug. 25 when the state’s trigger law goes into effect. The U.S. Supreme Court issued its official judgement July 26 in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the case that overturned Roe v. Wade. The judgment clears the way for Texas’ “trigger law,” which bans almost all…


Clock Is Ticking on Texas Abortion Trigger Law

With few exceptions, Texas will outlaw abortions on Aug. 25 when the state’s trigger law goes into effect. The U.S. Supreme Court issued its official judgment July 26 in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the case that overturned Roe v. Wade. The judgment clears the way for Texas’ “trigger law,” which bans almost all…


Violent Protesters Target Massachussets Referendum Against Drivers Licenses for Illegals

Volunteers promoting a citizen-initiated referendum in Massachusetts have faced violence and harassment, according to a pair of lawsuits and state Republican leaders. The referendum seeks to undo a new law giving driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. The state Republican party has responded with federal and state civil rights lawsuits against state attorney general Maura Healey, a state…


Bloody Batteries: China’s Exploitation of Congolese Children for Cobalt in Electric Car Batteries

Mining companies backed by the Chinese regime are using Congolese children to mine cobalt, a key component in electric car batteries. Are American carmakers helping China to exploit African children? China dominates the world’s cobalt processing. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, there are unsafe working conditions, pay of less than $1 a day, injuries,…


State Attorneys General Sue the Biden Administration for Tying School Lunch Funding to LGBT Policies

The attorneys general of 22 states have filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over a new rule that seeks to block federal meal funding from schools that don’t follow the administration’s gender identity policies. In May, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a notice that state and local agencies, program operators, and sponsors receiving…


State AGs Sue Biden Administration for Tying School Lunch Funding to LGBT Policies

The attorneys general of 22 states have filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over a new rule that seeks to block federal funding for meals from schools that don’t follow the administration’s gender-identity policies. In May, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a notice that state and local agencies, program operators, and sponsors receiving…