The Virginia Star

November 30, 2021

Reps. Spanberger and McEachin Tout Virginia Benefits in the $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill

RICHMOND, Virginia - Congressmen Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and Donald McEachin (D-VA-04) touted the recently-passed $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, highlighting funds for Virginia's infrastructure and the benefits the measure will bring to Virginia workers. "Getting this legislation to...

November 30, 2021

Commentary: The Path to ‘Racial Justice’ Runs Squarely Through Fixing Failed Schools

The Rittenhouse verdict has unleashed a torrent of stupidity and racist rhetoric from commentators across the country. The usual race peddlers seem to have kicked into high gear—even though everyone involved was a person of pallor. But for me it...

November 30, 2021

Tea Party Patriots to Train Candidates for Local Elections

Tea Party Patriots will focus on training and helping elect "constitutionally conservative" candidates for local elections across the country. The organization is partnering with American Majority to encourage residents to "step up and participate in government." "As we watch a...

November 30, 2021

New Twitter CEO: ‘Why Should I Distinguish Between White People and Racists’

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey stepped down Monday, only to be replaced by a new chief who immediately found himself in hot water for, of all things, an inflammatory tweet. "'If they are not gonna make a distinction between muslims and...

November 30, 2021

Students Meet to Move Campus ‘Beyond Policing’ After Shooting Near Campus

After a shooting involving two non-university individuals occurred near the University of Texas at Austin over Halloween weekend, a segment of the student body is working to realize a vision of campus safety “beyond policing.” Following the incident, The UT...

November 30, 2021

Analysis: Teacher Unions, Parents Gird for 2022 Battles

Over the last year, school board meetings have become ground zero for the country’s culture wars as irate parents have showed up in droves to decry school COVID closures, mask mandates, and critical race theory, as well as transgender policies....

November 30, 2021

More Americans Than Ever Say They Won’t Be Buying Christmas Gifts This Year

A record number of Americans say they won’t be purchasing gifts for the holidays this year amid ongoing inflation concerns and supply chain disruptions, a survey shows. Roughly 11% of Americans said they expected to spend no money at all...

November 30, 2021

Judge Stops Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate in Medicare, Medicaid Facilities in 10 States

U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Monday ordered a preliminary injunction against the Biden Administration, stopping mandated COVID-19 vaccinations for health care workers in Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) facilities. “Because it is evident CMS significantly understates...

November 30, 2021

Justice Accuses Bannon Lawyers of Trying to Turn Case from Legal Proceedings to Media Circus

The Justice Department is accusing lawyers for Trump ally Steve Bannon of filing "frivolous" legal complaints to create media hype around the defense of the criminal charges their client faces for refusing to comply with a Democrat-led House committee's demand...

November 30, 2021

Trump-Endorsed Challenger Seeks to Paint Liz Cheney as Swamp Creature, Wyoming Carpetbagger

The Republican challenger hoping to forcibly retire Rep. Liz Cheney from Congress has a pointed message for Wyoming voters: Their current congresswoman is more concerned about Virginia's military bases than her home state's energy and natural resources. In an interview...

November 30, 2021

JP Morgan Exec Bows to China After Joking His Bank Will Outlast the CCP

JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon apologized Wednesday for saying that the bank will last longer than the Chinese Communist Party, multiple sources reported. Dimon said that he regrets the joke he made Tuesday morning while speaking at an event...

November 30, 2021

Commentary: Countering China’s Grand Strategy

It has been clear for some time that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) seeks to displace the United States not only as a regional but also as a global hegemonic power. Indeed, we are now in the midst of...

November 30, 2021

Wikipedia Moderators Are Debating Removing an Article About Communist Mass Killings for ‘Bias’

Wikipedia moderators are currently considering removing an article titled “mass killings under communist regimes” over concerns of “bias.” The article was flagged for deletion in September 2021 due to the “neutrality” of the article being disputed in addition to concerns...

November 30, 2021

Disney+ Pulls ‘Simpsons’ Episode Mocking China From Hong Kong Platform

Disney’s streaming service pulled an episode of ‘The Simpsons” that mocked Chinese censorship of the Tiananmen Square Massacre from its Hong Kong platform, according to multiple reports. The episode, titled “Goo Goo Gai Pan,” featured the Simpson family traveling to Beijing,...

November 30, 2021

Hundreds of Women Ask Supreme Court to Overturn Roe v. Wade, Citing Abortion Harm

Hundreds of women harmed by second and third trimester abortions urged the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in a joint amicus brief, divulging painful details of regretted procedures. The 375 women signed affidavits describing how they were harmed...

November 30, 2021

Black Lives Matter Launches Christmas Campaign Against ‘White-Supremacist Capitalism’

Black Lives Matter (BLM) is attacking two of America's most revered holidays, accusing Americans of "eating dry turkey and overcooked stuffing on stolen land" on Thanksgiving and promoting "white-supremacist capitalism" with Christmas. The official Twitter account of the self-described "collective...

November 30, 2021

China Conducted ‘Combat Readiness Patrol’ During U.S. Lawmakers’ Trip to Taiwan

China’s military conducted an exercise over Taiwan Friday during a surprise visit by U.S. lawmakers. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theatre Command said it “organised naval and air forces to continue combat readiness police patrols in direction of the...

November 30, 2021

Commentary: Green Technologies Have a Glaring Problem of Scale

In the context of the massive attention paid to climate change, nations around the world have committed to substantially reducing and even eliminating their carbon emissions by 2050. Achieving these goals relies on several ‘green’ technologies that would form the...

November 30, 2021

Democratic Virginia 2021 Postmortem Finds Equating Youngkin with Trump Didn’t Work; Youngkin had More Positive Image than McAuliffe

A post-election report from ALG Research and Third Way found that Democrats' losses in Virginia in November are due to both national and Virginia-specific challenges. Key findings from a swing-voter-focused study group included lackluster national brand for Democrats, the importance...

November 29, 2021

Salvation Army Withdraws Guide That Asks White Supporters to Apologize for Their Race

The Salvation Army has withdrawn its controversial "Let's Talk About ... Racism" guide following criticism and donor backlash over the text that asked white supporters of the charity group to deliver "sincere" apologies for their race and the past sins...

November 29, 2021

New Virginia Gov. Youngkin Announces More Transition Officials

Glenn Youngkin announced a 113-member list of legislators, law enforcement, business owners, and Republican Party of Virginia officials that will be part of his transition "landing teams" -- separate from the transition steering committee he announced earlier in November. The...

November 29, 2021

Commentary: Biden Is Making Russia Great Again

Under former President Donald J. Trump, for the first time in decades, the United States became a net exporter of natural gas and oil. That helped to keep global energy prices relatively low. It also gave the United States leverage over the international system...

November 29, 2021

Texas School District’s CRT Course for Teachers Purports ‘America Is Oppressive,’ ‘White Supremacy Is Everywhere’

Teacher training at a Texas public school district teaches the tenets of Critical Race Theory, according to a document obtained by Fox News and videos provided by an education activist. Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD) is reportedly infusing Critical...

November 29, 2021

Conservative Think Tank Sues California over Forced Diversity Quotas on Corporate Boards

A conservative think tank is suing California to block a law that will force race, gender and sexual orientation quotas on corporate boards of publicly held companies located in the state. The suit, National Center for Public Policy Research v....

November 29, 2021

Smithsonian’s New FUTURES Exhibit Asks Visitors When We’ll See ‘Single Global Government’

The Smithsonian Institution's new FUTURES exhibit asks attendees when they think we will see a "single global government." The global government question appears on a screen inside the exhibit that allows visitors to wave their hands in front of a...

November 29, 2021

Federal Taxpayers Pay Millions to Fund Program That Funds Students to Promote Critical Race Theory

Federal grant records show the U.S. Department of Education has awarded millions of taxpayer dollars to fund critical race theory training for future educators at several colleges across the country. In 2016 under the Obama administration, the federal government awarded...

November 29, 2021

With Migrant Caravan en Route to Texas, Border Was ‘Not a Focus’ in Biden Talks with Mexican Leader

As another caravan of Central Americans and Haitians heads north to the U.S. southern border, the Biden administration is making little apparent effort to comply with a federal judge's order to reinstate the Remain in Mexico Policy, while also claiming...

November 29, 2021

Defense Department Announces New Investigation Division for UFOs

The Department of Defense announced the creation of a new division to investigate UFOs in a statement on Wednesday. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks directed the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security to create the Airborne Object Identification and...

November 29, 2021

Commentary: The Salvation Army Hides Woke Policies During Christmas Fundraising

Rather than admit their woke policies are not supported by donors or staff, the leadership of The Salvation Army hides these policies from the public. Salvation Army captains tell me, however, that mandatory “diversity” training and calls to repent for...

November 29, 2021

Commentary: Myths About a Border Crisis by Design and for Destruction

For decades Americans have witnessed the gradual disintegration of our southern border. It has angered a lot of people, but it hasn’t affected most people’s lives directly, so little has been done about it. Apart from a brief four-year law...

November 29, 2021

Fertilizer Shortage Could Impact Crop Yields over the Next Year

Experts are warning that the dual energy and supply chain crises could serve to significantly disrupt global crop production, potentially disrupting food supplies for poorer consumers in particular. Those ongoing crises are helping to temporarily decrease the global supply of...

November 29, 2021

Jordan Peterson Spots Another Woke College Math Course

Jordan Peterson, the famed psychology professor, recently pointed out that his institution, the University of Toronto, is offering a “Liberating Mathematics” class. The course description argues that “progress” in the discipline has been “led in large part by women mathematicians,...

November 29, 2021

COVID Survivors with Natural Immunity at Low Risk for Reinfection or Severe Symptoms, Study Finds

Patients who survived COVID-19 have such strong natural immunity that their chance of reinfection or serious side effects is minimal, according to a new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine. The study conducted by researchers in Qatar...

November 29, 2021

Key Republican Says Party Must Assure Voters It Will Impeach Garland, Force Overhaul at DOJ

The incoming chairman of the House Freedom Caucus says congressional Republicans must create a clear agenda and messaging in the 2022 election to overcome voter perceptions that there's little difference between the establishment parties in an era of freewheeling spending...

November 29, 2021

Doctors Now Cannot Say ‘Morbidly Obese’

The American Medical Association (AMA) and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) have jointly published a language guide that tells readers to no longer use the words “handicapped,” “morbidly obese,” or “homeless.” Rather, the document, “Advancing Health Equity: A Guide to...

November 29, 2021

Nearly One Third of Iowa Voters ‘Doubtful’ Their Vote Will Be Counted Properly in 2022

Nearly one-third (32%) of Iowa adults said they are “mostly doubtful or “very doubtful” that, “across the country,” votes in the 2022 general election will be counted as voters intended in a November Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll. The remainder were very...

November 29, 2021

Dollar Tree Will Raise Prices for the First Time in 35 Years Amid Surging Inflation

Dollar Tree announced Tuesday it is raising its prices, bringing the cost of its products over one dollar for the first time in 35 years. The dollar store will raise its prices by 25%, bringing the cost of its products...

November 29, 2021

Virginia Reps. Cline and Good Cosponsor Multiple Bills Protesting Vaccine Mandates

Congressmen Ben Cline (R-Virginia-06) and Bob Good (R-Virginia-05) are protesting Democrat-led COVID-19 vaccine mandates by cosponsored multiple bills. House Republicans lack the ability to pass bills without Democratic buy-in, but that hasn't stopped them from introducing multiple bills targeting mandates in...

November 28, 2021

Former President Trump Challenges January 6th Committee to a Public Debate over 2020 Election Irregularities

Former President Donald Trump on Sunday challenged the January 6th Committee over their ongoing investigation into the event. In a statement, Trump argued that the legislators, instead of questioning former Trump administration officials, should examine what "caused" the events.

November 28, 2021

Key Democrats Reportedly Vow to Vote Against Biden’s ‘Marxist’ Treasury Nominee

Key Democrat Senators reportedly said they would oppose President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Democratic Sens. Jon Tester of Montana, Mark Warner of Virginia, Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, Jon Hickenlooper of Colorado...

November 28, 2021

Commentary: Critical Race Theory Destroys American Justice

The George Floyd riots, conveniently shut off this past summer, were as much theater as reality. They were designed to associate Donald Trump with police abuses and disorder, while painting Democrats and their notions of “racial justice” as the path...

November 28, 2021

Commentary: Natural Law Liberalism—An Ideology for the Republican Party

Do you ever wonder why Democratic politicians frequently resort to name calling when challenging Republicans? Why do the so-called mainstream media always seem to have the same anti-Republican talking points? Why are Republican judges consistently portrayed as evil? Why do...

November 28, 2021

Indiana Educator Who Leaked Critical Race Theory-Infused Curriculum Banned from School

An Indianapolis Public Schools administrator who leaked student trainings infused with critical race theory (CRT) was banned from school buildings and locked out of his email Wednesday. “I am currently banned from going to any IPS school building or hosting...

November 28, 2021

New Evidence in Waukesha Parade Massacre Shines Uncomfortable Light on Media, Bail-Reforming Prosecutors

In a prophecy 14 years in the making, the Milwaukee prosecutor whose office let Waukesha parade massacre defendant Darrell E. Brooks off on $1,000 bail for an earlier serious offense admitted his steadfast support for bail reform would one day...

November 28, 2021

Steve Bannon Files Motion to Make Public All Documents in Contempt Case

Steve Bannon is pushing for documents related to his current contempt-of-Congress case to be released publicly, according to a new report. The 67-year-old former Trump adviser's attorneys have filed an opposition to the U.S. district court's protective order for discovery,...