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Get Up to $3,600 on the Child Tax Credit—Even If You Already Missed It

October 13, 2022
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After the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 had passed, it included money for needy families with children. The expanded child tax credit (CTC) enables families to receive up to $3,600 per child, but only through the end of the year. Then the credit reverts to $2,000 per child. The plan raised the amount of…

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Mass Formation and the Danger of Technocracy

October 13, 2022
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“People in the grip of this corona narrative couldn’t see that these measures would ruin their lives, the health of their children, the wealth of their children, and the future of their children,” Mattias Desmet says. In a recent episode of EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek discusses the new technocratic totalitarianism and a…

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Lawsuit: Woman Illegally Fired for Opposing Gender-Altering Treatments

October 13, 2022
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A Michigan health care system is accused of wrongfully firing a health care worker who held “religious beliefs about gender and sexuality that are contrary to its agenda,” a federal lawsuit says. As The Epoch Times reported last week, former physician assistant Valerie Kloosterman had attempted to avoid suing her former employer, University of Michigan Health-West…

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Dispute Over ‘Correcting’ Sex on Transgender Birth Record Heads to Ohio Supreme Court

October 12, 2022
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Some Ohio counties would have rubber-stamped Hailey Adelaide’s request to change an official birth record “sex marker” from male to female. But Adelaide, who was born with obvious male anatomy but has lived as a female, lodged the request in a county where officials believe state law gives them no authority to alter that aspect…

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Election Reform a Top Issue in Wisconsin Governor, Senate Races

October 12, 2022
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Democrats and the legacy media call it the “Big Lie.” Former president Donald Trump, “America First” advocates, and select conservative media columnists call it the “Steal.” Opinions on the subject vary, but one point is certain—the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, and the topic of election integrity, are widely discussed issues as the midterm…

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Child Advocate Warns of Dangerous Push to Normalize Drag Shows for Children

October 11, 2022
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As drag shows for children appear to become increasingly widespread, one child advocate warns of the consequences of the dangerous push to normalize inappropriate behavior for youngsters. There was once a time when parents warned children about accepting candy from strangers. But as Child Protection League (CPL) Board Chair Julie Quist told The Epoch Times, “now…

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Russia Building Floating Nuclear Reactor Fleet to Power Remote Projects

October 11, 2022
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China’s Wilson Heavy Industry shipyard held a keel-laying ceremony in August for the first of four barges that’ll eventually employ not one but two nuclear reactors. Once completed, the barge will become Russia’s second floating nuclear power plant. The first, the Akademic Lomonosov, was commissioned in 2020 and was the world’s first floating nuclear power plant since…

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39 States Take Sides in Pivotal Trial Over Ban on Child Transgender Surgeries

October 10, 2022
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Combatants on both sides of the war over gender-altering drugs and surgeries for minors are crying out: “We’ve got to help these distressed children!” But trying to chart a course toward that goal is like trying to see clearly through a dust storm. Arguments over medical standards, morality, and money are swirling through statehouses and…

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Future of Child Transgender Surgeries to Be Decided in Pivotal Trial

October 10, 2022
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Combatants on both sides of the war over gender-altering drugs and surgeries for minors are crying out: “We’ve got to help these distressed children!” But trying to chart a course toward that goal is like trying to see clearly through a dust storm. Arguments over medical standards, morality, and money are swirling through statehouses and…

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‘Waking Up the Sheep’: Texas Siblings Sound Alarm on Hospital COVID Treatment Protocols After Death of Mother

October 9, 2022
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Though every attempt to petition for their mother’s COVID-19 treatment was met with “strange behaviors and attitudes” by hospital staff, Clover and Jodi Carroll recalled what their mother often affirmed when they were growing up: “Carrolls never quit.” On July 5, 2021, Carolyn Carroll was admitted to a Texas hospital where she died on Aug….

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