Tag: Social Issues

27 Drugs Will Be Cheaper for Medicare Recipients From April

March 16, 2023
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Some beneficiaries of Medicare could start paying less for 27 prescription drugs from next month as their prices have exceeded the rate of inflation. “Today, the Department of Health and Human Services [HHS], through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced 27 prescription drugs for which Part B beneficiary coinsurances may be lower…

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American Companies Poured Over $82 Billion Into Black Lives Matter Movement: Think Tank

March 16, 2023
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Billions of dollars have been poured into the Black Lives Matter (BLM) organization and its related causes by corporations during the past few years according to a new funding database, with recently collapsed banks like Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank among the list of funders. The BLM funding database is tracked by the…

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Chinese Regime Tightens Online Censorship, Clamps Down on Influencers

March 16, 2023
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The Chinese communist regime’s Cyberspace Administration (CAC) launched a two-month “purge” on March 12 to strictly control the dissemination of information on China’s internet and to increase the censorship of online citizen journalists. The move has caused uproar online, however. A popular Chinese social media influencer also fell victim to the newly tightened censorship rules…

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Senators Blackburn and Blumenthal Press Pinterest on Protecting Girls From Online Predators

March 16, 2023
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U.S. Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) co-signed a letter sent on March 14 to the CEO of the online photo sharing platform Pinterest, seeking information about what the company is doing to prevent pedophiles using its technology to exploit girls. Blackburn and Blumenthal authored the Kids Online Safety Act of 2022, which…

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China’s ‘Model County’ on One-Child Policy Now Faces Severely Aging Population

March 16, 2023
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Once touted by the Chinese Communist Party as China’s “model county in family planning” in the 1970s and 1980s, Rudong County in eastern China’s Jiangsu Province has now become the Chinese county with the oldest population, with 39 percent of its total population aged 60 or above. Located in China’s eastern coastal region facing the…

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GOP Leaders Allowed to Defend NC Abortion Pill Restrictions in Court After Democrat AG Refusal

March 16, 2023
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Two of the top Republicans in the North Carolina Legislature are allowed to intervene in a lawsuit to defend laws that place restrictions on abortion pills, a federal judge said in an order (pdf) on March 10. North Carolina law requires the abortion pill mifepristone be dispensed in person after a 72-hour waiting period and…

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Governor Sununu Asks Biden Administration For Help and Cooperation in Securing Northern Border

March 15, 2023
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New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu appealed in a March 13 letter to the Biden administration for financial assistance and the authority to use state resources and personnel to help and work with U.S. Border Patrol (BP) to stop illegal immigration into the country from Canada. Some of the money that Sununu seeks would be used to train…

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Administration Announces $73 Million in Grants to Lower High-Speed Internet Costs

March 15, 2023
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The administration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris has announced it will release $73 million in grants to help more Americans sign up for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) and save on monthly internet costs. The move is part of the administration’s efforts to make high-speed internet more accessible and affordable for…

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Air Force Looking to Fill Multiple Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Roles

March 15, 2023
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The U.S. Air Force is looking to hire several senior-level diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) managers, according to online job postings. The Air Force is looking for a “supervisory diversity equity inclusion and accessibility” officer who will “serve as a first-level supervisor, providing planning, directing, organizing, and exercising control over nonsupervisory employees assigned to the Department of the…

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Stalled: Tennessee Bill That Would Allow Officiants to Say ‘No’ to Performing Gay Wedding Ceremonies

March 15, 2023
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A proposed Tennessee bill would strengthen “conscience rights,” allowing people qualified to officiate marriage ceremonies to refuse to perform same-sex unions, or any others to which they object. But on March 14, proponents of the bill hit a snag when it stalled. Members of the state’s Senate Judiciary Committee voted to delay further consideration of the…

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