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May 11, 2021

Firefighters Association Asks Charlottesville for Collective Bargaining Ordinance

Charlottesville firefighters are seeking formal recognition as a union from the City of Charlottesville under new authority granted by a 2020 law that allows localities to form collective bargaining agreements. According to The Daily Progress, Charlottesville Professional Firefighters Association President Greg Wright wrote in an email to the City Council,...
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May 11, 2021

Commentary: Mask Mandates Promote Servitude, Not Safety

Students at Point Loma Nazarene University
May 11, 2021

Christian University Student Leaders Refuse to Approve Conservative Club

Elizabeth Warren
May 11, 2021

As Biden Taps Elizabeth Warren Ally to Oversee Student Loans, Debate over Canceling Debt Looms Large

Graffiti of Mark Zuckerberg "You've been zucked"
May 11, 2021

Facebook Oversight Board Member Rips Social Media Giant As ‘Inconsistent’ After Trump Ban

Sen Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
May 11, 2021

McConnell Says He Supports $800 Billion Package Focusing on ‘Traditional’ Infrastructure

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr
May 11, 2021

FCC Commissioner Slams Top Baltimore Prosecutor’s ‘Chilling’ Request for Investigation Into Fox-Affiliate Over Bias, Tucker Carlson Show

May 11, 2021

Gas Shortage and Price Hike Expected This Summer

Group protesting; "no justice no peace" sign
May 11, 2021

Commentary: Tuning Out Wokeism

May 11, 2021

D.C. Jail Treatment of Capitol Riot Defendants Draws Bipartisan Outrage

May 11, 2021

Commentary: Biden’s Capital Gains Tax Plans Are a Lose-Lose Proposition

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May 11, 2021

Commentary: The U.S. Economy and Its Lack of Sustainability

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May 11, 2021

Major School District in Virginia Eyes ‘Anti-Racism’ Instead of Questioning Assumptions

May 11, 2021

Virginia Republicans Nominate Glenn Youngkin for Governor

May 10, 2021

Virginia Approves Nearly $900,000 in Grants to Aid Pharmaceutical Company Expansion

Amanda Chase
May 10, 2021

Commentary: Chase Concedes, Snyder Confident After RPV Convention

May 10, 2021

Jason Miyares Wins Republican Attorney General Nomination by Narrow Margin

Christopher Columbus Statue Torn Down at Minnesota State Capitol
May 10, 2021

Thousands of Minnesotans Petition to Reinstall Columbus Statue

Walt Disney Cinderella's castle
May 10, 2021

Disney Pushes ‘Critical Race Theory’ in Employee Training Materials

West Point Military Academy
May 10, 2021

West Point Probed for Allegations It’s Pushing Critical Race Theory on Cadets

May 10, 2021

Conservative Hispanic Leaders Explain Why Texas Voters Are Shifting Republican

"Come in, we're open" business sign
May 10, 2021

South Carolina, Montana to Stop Providing Pandemic-Related Welfare

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May 10, 2021

Adjunct Professor Berated Student After Student Suggested That Police Officers Are Heroes

Marilyn Mosby
May 10, 2021

Baltimore’s Top Prosecutor Asks FCC Investigate Fox Affiliate Over Negative Coverage, Tucker Carlson’s Show

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May 10, 2021

Commentary: The Death Spiral of Academia


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Man on escalator with mask on
May 11, 2021

Commentary: Mask Mandates Promote Servitude, Not Safety

The other day, for the first time since March 2020, I embarked on a journey outside of the slave state of California. My wife and I drove to Montana. While I had heard tales of the existence of freedom in other states, I had yet to experience the thing firsthand....
Group protesting; "no justice no peace" sign
May 11, 2021

Commentary: Tuning Out Wokeism

May 11, 2021

Commentary: Biden’s Capital Gains Tax Plans Are a Lose-Lose Proposition

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May 11, 2021

Commentary: The U.S. Economy and Its Lack of Sustainability

Amanda Chase
May 10, 2021

Commentary: Chase Concedes, Snyder Confident After RPV Convention

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May 10, 2021

Commentary: The Death Spiral of Academia

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May 10, 2021

Commentary: Cancer Screenings Plummeted in 2020 But the Results Are Grim


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May 7, 2021

Music Spotlight: Alex Kline

NASHVILLE, Tennessee-  With both of Alex Kline's parents being attorneys, writing/playing country music wasn’t even on the radar for the teen growing up in California. No one she knew even listened to country music. Kline’s grandmother was a skillful classical pianist and her father grew up playing piano as well....
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April 29, 2021

Music Spotlight: Presley and Taylor

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April 12, 2021

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May 11, 2021

Firefighters Association Asks Charlottesville for Collective Bargaining Ordinance

Charlottesville firefighters are seeking formal recognition as a union from the City of Charlottesville under new authority granted by a 2020 law that allows localities to form collective bargaining agreements. According to The Daily Progress, Charlottesville Professional Firefighters Association President...
Man on escalator with mask on
May 11, 2021

Commentary: Mask Mandates Promote Servitude, Not Safety

The other day, for the first time since March 2020, I embarked on a journey outside of the slave state of California. My wife and I drove to Montana. While I had heard tales of the existence of freedom in...
Students at Point Loma Nazarene University
May 11, 2021

Christian University Student Leaders Refuse to Approve Conservative Club

Student government leaders at Point Loma Nazarene University denied Turning Point USA’s request to become a chartered club. The leaders and a university official at the private Christian university in San Diego said there was “misalignment” between TPUSA activities and...
Elizabeth Warren
May 11, 2021

As Biden Taps Elizabeth Warren Ally to Oversee Student Loans, Debate over Canceling Debt Looms Large

The Biden administration has chosen a close ally of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) to oversee the nation’s expansive federal student loan program. On Monday, Rich Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau during the Obama administration, was announced as...
Graffiti of Mark Zuckerberg "You've been zucked"
May 11, 2021

Facebook Oversight Board Member Rips Social Media Giant As ‘Inconsistent’ After Trump Ban

Aformer federal judge who serves on Facebook’s oversight board on Sunday slammed the social media giant for “arbitrary” and “inconsistent” enforcement of its rules in the aftermath of a permanent ban on Donald Trump’s account. “We gave them a certain...
Sen Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
May 11, 2021

McConnell Says He Supports $800 Billion Package Focusing on ‘Traditional’ Infrastructure

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell suggested that Republicans could back an infrastructure package costing up to $800 billion, a higher total than a plan Senate Republicans put forward in April. Speaking with Kentucky Educational Television Sunday, McConnell reaffirmed Republicans’ opposition to President...
May 11, 2021

Gas Shortage and Price Hike Expected This Summer

A gas shortage is expected this summer not because there won’t be enough fuel but because there aren’t enough highly trained and licensed tanker drivers to transport it. Many tanker drivers retired last year after demand for oil and gas...
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr
May 11, 2021

FCC Commissioner Slams Top Baltimore Prosecutor’s ‘Chilling’ Request for Investigation Into Fox-Affiliate Over Bias, Tucker Carlson Show

The senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission criticized the Democratic Baltimore City State Attorney’s recent request for an investigation into a local Fox affiliate as an attack on free speech. Brendan Carr, the top Republican on the Federal Communications...
Group protesting; "no justice no peace" sign
May 11, 2021

Commentary: Tuning Out Wokeism

If wokeness should continue and “win,” by now we all know where it will end up. After all, this is not a prairie-fire, peasants-with-pitchforks, spontaneous bottom-up revolution. The woke Left seeks a top-down erasure of America, engineered by the likes...
May 11, 2021

D.C. Jail Treatment of Capitol Riot Defendants Draws Bipartisan Outrage

Ashort drive from the U.S. Capitol, 1,500 inmates are stuck in their jail cells 22 hours a day. Until last month it was 23, and they were also barred from going outside. A smaller group of inmates may have it...
May 11, 2021

Commentary: Biden’s Capital Gains Tax Plans Are a Lose-Lose Proposition

There will always be munis. Income from municipal bonds typically enjoys tax-free status at the federal level and in the issuing state. Conversely, when investors put wealth to work in a startup, private corporation, or public company, they face a...
American flag with $100 bills and stethescope
May 11, 2021

Commentary: The U.S. Economy and Its Lack of Sustainability

Is the economy booming or is it riding a wave of paper money with no real underlying sustainability? That is the question which policy makers in Washington, DC should be considering. The truth is no one actually knows, but that...
Students dancing in classroom
May 11, 2021

Major School District in Virginia Eyes ‘Anti-Racism’ Instead of Questioning Assumptions

Parents in one of the nation’s largest school districts are being asked about how schools should teach their children about systemic racism, “multiple identities,” and ways to “challenge power and privilege.” Virginia’s Fairfax County Public Schools sent a survey Thursday to parents...
May 11, 2021

Virginia Republicans Nominate Glenn Youngkin for Governor

Former Carlyle CEO Glenn Youngkin is the Republican Party of Virginia's nominee for governor. The win is a surprise since many pundits said that lower-than-expected turnout in Saturday's convention meant that Youngkin's base had collapsed. Instead, Youngkin took an early...
May 10, 2021

Virginia Approves Nearly $900,000 in Grants to Aid Pharmaceutical Company Expansion

Gov. Ralph Northam approved nearly $900,000 in grants to help a pharmaceutical company expand its operations in Petersburg, Virginia. The company, AMPAC Fine Chemicals, will expand its current facility on North Normandy Drive in the city. The company will invest...
Amanda Chase
May 10, 2021

Commentary: Chase Concedes, Snyder Confident After RPV Convention

State Senator Amanda Chase (I-Chesterfield) is the first of the GOP candidates to concede the gubernatorial contest to Pete Snyder by means of fusillade, threatening a third-party run due to “clear corruption” should the election go Snyder’s way. Clearly there is a...
May 10, 2021

Jason Miyares Wins Republican Attorney General Nomination by Narrow Margin

Delegate Jason Miyares (R-Virginia Beach) secured the Republican nomination for Attorney General of Virginia late Sunday evening. Miyares narrowly defeated Virginia Beach attorney Chuck Smith in a convention ballot that went for three rounds. Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors Member...
Christopher Columbus Statue Torn Down at Minnesota State Capitol
May 10, 2021

Thousands of Minnesotans Petition to Reinstall Columbus Statue

Almost 5,000 concerned Minnesotans signed a petition asking the governor to reinstall the statue of Christopher Columbus that was torn down by protesters last June. The statue was on display at the Capitol building for almost 100 years before being destroyed by members of...
Walt Disney Cinderella's castle
May 10, 2021

Disney Pushes ‘Critical Race Theory’ in Employee Training Materials

A new report claims the Walt Disney Company is pushing "critical race theory" on its employees as part of an internal training program, teaching them "race consciousness" and other concepts to address "systemic racism" in the U.S. Manhattan Institute fellow...
West Point Military Academy
May 10, 2021

West Point Probed for Allegations It’s Pushing Critical Race Theory on Cadets

A U.S. congressman is seeking transparency from West Point Military Academy after hearing complaints regarding elements of critical race theory present in its training curriculum. Rep. Mike Waltz, a member of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, sent a letter to West...
May 10, 2021

Conservative Hispanic Leaders Explain Why Texas Voters Are Shifting Republican

The Republican party in Texas is drawing Hispanic voters disillusioned by the Democratic party’s extreme values, two female Hispanic Republican leaders with Democratic backgrounds told the Daily Caller News Foundation. South Texas saw both a liberal decline and a conservative...
"Come in, we're open" business sign
May 10, 2021

South Carolina, Montana to Stop Providing Pandemic-Related Welfare

The states of South Carolina and Montana have both decided in recent days to put an end to their handouts of federal unemployment benefits as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, in an effort to encourage residents to return to...
Student Braden Ellis with adjunct professor on Zoom
May 10, 2021

Adjunct Professor Berated Student After Student Suggested That Police Officers Are Heroes

An adjunct professor berated a student in her class after he expressed support for law enforcement. Cypress College student Braden Ellis delivered a presentation about cancel culture during a Zoom communications class. In a phone interview with Campus Reform, Ellis affirmed The Daily Wire’s report that he...
Marilyn Mosby
May 10, 2021

Baltimore’s Top Prosecutor Asks FCC Investigate Fox Affiliate Over Negative Coverage, Tucker Carlson’s Show

Baltimore’s top prosecutor requested a federal investigation into a Fox affiliate for being critical of her and having ties to Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” among other allegations. Baltimore City State Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s office accused Fox affiliate WBFF-TV of dishonesty, bias...
Library with several people at library tables, working.
May 10, 2021

Commentary: The Death Spiral of Academia

On March 1, Eric Kaufmann published a remarkably detailed and comprehensive study of bias in academia, “Academic Freedom in Crisis: Punishment, Political Discrimination, and Self-Censorship.” Kaufmann’s writing is a product of California’s Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology, a small think...
People walking in airport
May 10, 2021

Wyoming Becomes Latest State to Ban Vaccine Passports

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon on Friday issued a directive blocking state agencies from using vaccine passports. The directive requires state agencies, boards and commissions to “provide full access to state spaces and state services, regardless of a constituent’s COVID-19 vaccination...
Patient receiving cancer screening
May 10, 2021

Commentary: Cancer Screenings Plummeted in 2020 But the Results Are Grim

At Chicago’s Mount Sinai Hospital, Teresa Ruvalcaba was suffering on a cold January night. For months, she had tried to avoid thinking about the inflammation blooming in her chest, but the pain could no longer be ignored. So finally she...
Smart phone with Facebook etched out
May 10, 2021

Republicans Debate Breaking up Big Tech After Trump’s Facebook Suspension

Many Republicans in Congress have reignited their calls to break up the big tech companies after Facebook announced last week they would maintain the suspension of former President Donald Trump’s account. A new poll released by Rasmussen Friday found that...
The backsides of American soldiers in uniform
May 10, 2021

Commentary: The U.S. Military Is Just Another Woke Institution

Tucker Carlson spurred a much-needed reexamination of the military in March. His monologue criticizing the military’s political correctness drew a more furious response from top brass than any foreign threat is likely to do. The generals’ response only affirmed Tucker’s points about...
May 10, 2021

Facebook Permanently Blacklists LifeSite News

The pro-life news website LifeSiteNews has been removed from Facebook accusing the group of violating policies regarding COVID-19. According to reports Facebook permanently blacklisted the LifeSite’s page over “false information about COVID-19” and “vaccine discouraging information.” Via LifeSite News: In a quick series of...
BLM protest
May 10, 2021

Minnesota School District Adopts Black Lives Matter Slogan as Privileged ‘Government Speech’

Many schools promote racial justice slogans such as Black Lives Matter. But one district in Minnesota has gone a step further, adopting several slogans as uniquely privileged "official government speech" tacitly exempt from challenge by dissenting opinion ordinarily protected under...
Mark Herring
May 10, 2021

Virginia’s Attorney General Appeals In Equal Rights Amendment Ratification Lawsuit

Attorney General Mark Herring has appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals in a lawsuit seeking to have Virginia's ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) recognized. "The United States cannot continue forcing women to wait to be recognized as...
May 9, 2021

Virginia’s Democratic Gubernatorial, Attorney General Candidates Debate

Virginia's GOP nomination process for governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general is grabbing headlines but early voting in the Democratic primary is still ongoing, and the final day of voting is in June. On Wednesday and Thursday, Democrats held debates...
May 9, 2021

Commentary: All Good Mothers Have One Trait in Common

by Jeff Minick   This is the day we honor the mother who bore us, reared us, laughed with us (and sometimes laughed in private at us), argued with us, taught us everything from table manners to hygiene, protected us,...
Photo of two passports in person's hand
May 9, 2021

A Majority of Americans Support ‘Vaccine Passports’ for Some Activities, Poll Finds

A majority of Americans support requiring proof of vaccinations when traveling on planes and attending events with large crowds, a Gallup poll released Friday shows. The survey found that 57% of Americans supported requiring proof of vaccination on airplanes and that 55%...
Two police officers walking in front of LED American flag
May 9, 2021

Police Departments Say Budget Cuts Are the Reason They’ve Been Unable to Hire New Officers

Multiple police departments told the Daily Caller News Foundation that recruiting officers is not an issue, but budget constraints have limited their ability to increase manpower. Almost a year after George Floyd died during an arrest where former Minneapolis police...
Person waving flag outside of window
May 9, 2021

Commentary: Championing America’s First Freedom

The right to worship freely is often called America’s first freedom.  Our founding fathers understood religious freedom not as the state’s creation but as an unalienable right from God. This universal right is enshrined in the First Amendment to the...
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
May 9, 2021

Ocasio-Cortez Praises Nation’s Largest Abortion Provider for Saving Babies

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday that she is a “Planned Parenthood baby,” praising the nation’s largest abortion provider for saving babies. The New York Democrat criticized pro-life Republicans and defended Planned Parenthood during a virtual hearing Thursday where she revealed...
Crowd protesting in Washington D.C.
May 9, 2021

Violent Crime Surged in These Cities After Mass Black Lives Matter, Anti-Police Protests

Violent crime surged in several U.S. cities that saw massive Black Live Matter and anti-police protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death last summer. The upswing of violent crime, including homicides, coincided with the protests, increased anti-police sentiment among...
May 9, 2021

Commentary: ‘Bipartisan Border Solutions’ Bill Lacks Solutions

No disrespect to its border-state sponsors, Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Arizona) and House members Henry Cuellar and Tony Gonzales (both Texans, Democrat and Republican respectively), but there are better names for the “Bipartisan Border Solutions Act.” The...
Mothers hand holding infants hand
May 9, 2021

Commentary: One Way to Fix Plummeting Birthrates Is to Stop Bashing America

The National Center for Health Statistics, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention subagency, reported this week that America’s fertility rate dropped for the sixth consecutive year. Total births declined by 4 percent in 2020, down to 1,637.5 children per...
May 9, 2021

RPV Unassembled Convention Goes Smoothly with About 29,000 Ballots Cast

The Republican Party of Virginia held its unassembled convention to pick party nominees for governor, attorney general, and lieutenant governor on Saturday. Official results will be slow to come in, thanks in part to a decision to hand-count the tens...
May 8, 2021

Judge Grants Virginia Employment Commission Brief Extension to Respond to Class-Action Lawsuit over Slow Unemployment Claims Processing

Virginia is trailing the rest of the United States in processing certain unemployment claims. That's led to a class-action lawsuit against the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC), filed in April. VEC Commissioner Ellen Hess asked for an extension until the end...
President Joe Biden
May 8, 2021

Commentary: Joe Biden, Economy Killer

Along with a working vaccine, Joe Biden inherited a V-shaped economic recovery, but he is now planting the seeds of its destruction. Inflation, federal deficits, high taxes, incentives for workers to stay home, and incentives to avoid investment – they’re...
BLM Co founder Patrisse Cullors
May 8, 2021

BLM Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors Has Funneled Business to Company Run by Father of Her Only Child, Records Show

Patrisse Cullors, the co-founder and executive director of Black Lives Matter’s national arm, has funneled business to a company led by a man she identified as the father of her only child, a Daily Caller News Foundation review of business...

 

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