Tag: Social Issues

Bishop Seeks Answers From VA Secretary McDonough on Veterans’ Prescription Access

March 30, 2023
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During the House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on March 29, Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-Ga.), a U.S. Army Vietnam War-era veteran, needed answers from Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough regarding veterans’ access to pharmaceuticals.  McDonough was testifying in front of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies subcommittee in support of the Biden administration’s…

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Republicans Reexamining Work Rules in Clinton-Era Assistance Program

March 30, 2023
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Social workers told a subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee that work requirements in the Temporary Aid for Need Families (TANF) program doesn’t fully capture everything a client is doing to pull themselves out of poverty. “You can job search for 86 hours in a month, but it doesn’t measure what the customer…

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Twitter Restricts Conservative Accounts Over ‘Trans Day of Vengeance’ Posts

March 30, 2023
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Twitter has restricted multiple accounts belonging to prominent conservatives in recent days after they posted about  an upcoming rally called the “Trans Day of Vengeance.” On Tuesday, the Elon Musk-owned company restricted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) congressional account for seven days after she repeatedly posted an image of a poster about the rally. In the same post, Greene…

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Brandon Straka Teases New Defamation Lawsuits Against Major Media Figures

March 30, 2023
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Conservative activist Brandon Straka recently announced a new defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine, and he told The Epoch Times he also has plans to sue a big name talk show host and a major news outlet. On March 26, Straka—a conservative journalist, political commentator, activist, and prominent social media influencer—made a public Twitter announcement…

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China’s E-Commerce Giant Alibaba to Be Broken Up as Founder Billionaire Jack Ma Returns to China

March 30, 2023
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Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba announced on March 28 that it will split into six units, as news emerged that its co-founder Chinese billionaire Jack Ma has returned to China per the communist party’s request, after spending more than a year overseas. China observers believe this shows that Beijing’s policy toward privately-owned large Chinese tech companies…

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Mental Health Bill Is ‘State-Sanctioned Kidnapping,’ Parental Rights Advocates Say

March 30, 2023
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A California bill that would allow school mental health counselors to send children as young as 12-years-old to residential mental health facilities without parental consent has outraged parental rights advocates. Erin Friday, an attorney and western U.S. regional co-leader for Our Duty, a parental rights group that opposes transgender ideology, told the Assembly judiciary committee…

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Kentucky Bans Transgender Procedures for Minors After Lawmakers Override Governor’s Veto

March 29, 2023
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Lawmakers in Kentucky’s legislature on Wednesday passed into law S.B. 150—a bill that prevents minors from accessing transgender procedures—having voted to override Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of the measure. The move means that Kentucky is the 11th state in the country to ban transgender procedures for minors. It becomes the eighth state to do so this…

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New Virginia Law Is a Victory for Religious Liberty, Supporters Say

March 29, 2023
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A new bill recently signed into law in Virginia will prevent the infringement of religious freedom, like the closure of churches during the COVID lockdowns, from happening again, by tethering places of worship to other “essential businesses.” Under the new law, if businesses like Costco and Target are allowed to remain open, so will places…

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Christian Counselor Asks Supreme Court to Invalidate Law Forbidding Talk Against Gender Transitions

March 29, 2023
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A licensed marriage and family counselor is asking the Supreme Court to strike down a Washington state law that prohibits counseling against gender transitions. Counselor Brian Tingley says the state’s counseling censorship law violates his freedom of speech and infringes on his religious faith and that of his clients by prohibiting certain private client-counselor conversations…

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Transgender Youth More Likely to Support Violent Radicalization: Study

March 29, 2023
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Transgender youth are more likely to show support for “violent radicalization” compared to biological women and other groups, according to the findings of a study by researchers in Canada. The study, titled “Meaning in Life, Future Orientation and Support for Violent Radicalization Among Canadian College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” was published in 2022 in the…

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