One day in Hawaii, Christin Matsushige looked into the eyes of two abandoned newborn kittens and saw God’s creation: dependent, vulnerable and precious, resting in her hands. A friend had found the kitties and said, “Can you take care of these two? I already have several cats, and can’t.” That moment in 1993 would change…
‘Every Day Heroes’ at the Hawaii Cat Foundation
February 18, 2022
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Police Officers, Departments Turn to Jiu-Jitsu to Hone De-escalation Skills
URBANA, Ill.—Cortez Gardner, patrol sergeant at Urbana Police Department, almost quit when public resentment against police soared after the police custody death of George Floyd. He became an officer in 2012 to help people go about lives without fear of violence, which he observed daily growing up on the South Side of Chicago. After repeatedly…
Police Officers, Departments Turn to Jiu-Jitsu to Hone Deescalation Skills
URBANA, Ill.—Cortez Gardner, patrol sergeant at Urbana Police Department, almost quit when public resentment against police soared after the police custody death of George Floyd. He became an officer in 2012 to help people go about lives without fear of violence, which he observed daily growing up on the South Side of Chicago. After repeatedly…
Biden’s Land Bureau Breaking Law on New Oil and Gas Lease Sales: Barrasso
February 17, 2022
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Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, has condemned the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for its failure to publish a public notice of onshore oil and gas lease sales for this quarter. He said their continued inaction violates the federal Mineral Leasing Act…
Boon-Docking Communities See Surge of New Arrivals as Housing Prices Soar
QUARTZSITE, Ariz.—At age 63, Tom, a retired clerical worker, wasn’t planning to live out his golden years in the back seat of an old beater car in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert. Living alone on a fixed income, Tom said he was just getting by on Social Security until the housing prices in Phoenix began to climb…
Ballot Drop Boxes Draw Ire, Lawsuits, and Bills to Ban Them
Ballot drop boxes are a controversial component of post-2020 election integrity efforts in state legislatures with Republicans in Georgia and Arizona proposing bills seeking to ban them altogether. “Drop boxes were never meant to be a long-term way to vote. They were an emergency response and that emergency is not in effect anymore,” Georgia Senate…
At Least 10 States Pondering 40-Plus Bills Tightening Voter ID Requirements
In 10 state legislatures across the nation, more than 40 bills proposing new or more stringent voter identification requirements for registration or in-person voting had been introduced as of Feb. 11, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). Missouri and Virginia account for 24 of the 40 bills. Missouri lawmakers are pondering…
Lawsuits Could Bar 3 Key State Election Laws From Being Enforced for 2022 Midterms
Florida, Georgia, and Texas lawmakers passed significant 2021 election integrity laws but they may not remain intact as adopted—or in effect at all—for midterm primaries and November’s general election. The three states approved election reforms amid heated Democratic opposition in partisan votes by Republican-controlled legislatures last year. All three are enacted, but face legal challenges…
Americans Need to Say ‘No More‘ to Products Manufactured in China Using Slave Labor: Official
February 12, 2022
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During an interview on EpochTV’s “Crossroads” program, Nadine Maenza, chair of the federal government commission said that in order to effectively prevent big companies from using slave labor in China to manufacture their products, people should be willing to pay more for these goods. If these companies are unable to continue with slave labor in Xinjiang,…
Taking the Turn: Facing an Illiberal Reality
“I never want to be part of any group of people,” Liel Leibovitz says, “where a political disagreement could empty your heart of love.” In this episode of “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek discusses topics such as “political homelessness” and rebuilding society from the bottom up with Liel Leibovitz, a senior writer for Tablet…
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