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September 20, 2021

U.S. to Begin Expelling Thousands of Migrants in Del Rio, Texas, Effort to Include Flights to Haiti

The Biden administration is expected to begin the large-scale expulsion Sunday of thousands of migrants encamped in the Texas border city of Del Rio, using several flights a day to return them to their home country. The effort is expected...

September 20, 2021

Dow Plummets More Than 500 Points at Monday Open, Following Three Straight Weeks of Losses

U.S. stocks shed more than 500 points as the markets opened Monday morning as emerging risks continue to become the September story for Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial average fell 570 points – its biggest single day drop since...

September 20, 2021

Small Business Group to Sue Biden over Vaccine Mandate

The Job Creators Network announced plans to sue the Biden administration over its mandate requiring private sector workers to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. The advocacy group said it would soon file a lawsuit alongside several of its small business members, according to...

September 20, 2021

Commentary: Virginia, Not California, Will Provide Lessons for 2022

In the wake of a big statewide campaign win of any kind, political pundits rev into overdrive with broad pronouncements about the takeaways and what the result reveals about the mood of the nation. Often, the results are more prosaic...

September 20, 2021

Thousands of Migrants, Mostly From Haiti, Overwhelm Border Officials in Texas

Thousands of Haitian migrants overwhelmed border officials in Del Rio, Texas, The New York Times reported on Thursday. Border officials reportedly said that over 9,000 migrants, mostly from Haiti, were waiting to be processed under the Del Rio International Bridge, according to...

September 20, 2021

Commentary: The Tedious Work of Politics

In his crystalline column about the California recall and, by extension, the center-right populist movement in general, American Greatness Managing Editor Ben Boychuk singled out what must be done, namely “the tedious work of politics”: That means laboring and building at the local level—beginning...

September 20, 2021

Arizona Attorney General Condemns Biden Administration’s Warning Label on Constitution, Declaration

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich condemned the National Archives Records Association’s (NARA) decision to label documents with a “harmful language” alert. Brnovich demanded that NARA immediately remove the warning labels from documents including the Constitution, Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights, in a...

September 20, 2021

FDA Says It Does Not Buy Fetal Tissue – Any More

The Food and Drug Administration assured the Daily Caller News Foundation Friday that it has not entered into any contracts “for the purchase of human fetal tissue” since 2018. The agency’s response follows the release of documentation obtained by Judicial Watch showing...

September 20, 2021

Texas Tech to End ‘Anti-Racism’ Seminar that Separated Students by Skin Color

Texas Tech University has cancelled an anti-racism seminar where students were segregated by race, the school told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Faculty and students were broken up into two groups within the “Allyship and Co-Conspirator” session of the “Deeply...

September 20, 2021

‘The Numbers Are Skewed’: Colorado Officials Warn of Inflated COVID Death Statistics

Multiple public officials in Colorado are warning that the state's official COVID-19 death count is skewed due to the practice of conflating patients who have died directly due to the disease with those who have merely tested positive for it...

September 20, 2021

Internet Watchdog Says Ex-Intelligence Community Officials Are Echoing Big Tech Talking Points

A warning by former national security officials about the dangers of regulating technology companies is in lockstep with arguments made by Big Tech chief executives, according to a report from an internet watchdog group. A group of former intelligence community...

September 20, 2021

Blinken Replaces ‘Controversial’ Pro-Hong Kong Tweet with Milder Statement

Secretary of State Antony Blinken took down a tweet he posted Thursday saying the U.S. would “stand with the people of Hong Kong,” the South China Morning Post reported. “Beijing should let the voices of all Hong Kongers be heard....

September 20, 2021

Commentary: Like His Hero, FDR, Joe Biden Shambles His Way Through History, Leaving the World to Wonder Who is Captaining this Ship of State

The distant eyes and slack mouth, the befuddled shuffle off the walkway, recurrent unexplained schedule gaps and public disappearances, and off-the-wall comments finally make Joe Biden a pale copy of his hero, Franklin D. Roosevelt. In wrapping up a war...

September 20, 2021

CDC: Childhood Obesity Increased Dramatically During COVID Pandemic

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), childhood obesity rates skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic to “substantial and alarming” levels, as reported by Fox News. The CDC’s findings, released on Thursday, determined that increases in obesity were most prevalent...

September 20, 2021

Faculty in Universities Unwilling to Sponsor of Conservative Student Clubs

Conservative students across the country are facing difficulty when they attempt to start a right-leaning student organization on campus due to a lack of faculty members willing to serve as the advisor. Most universities require prospective student organizations to obtain...

September 20, 2021

Music Spotlight: Creed Fisher

With over 22 million combined streams on Spotify and over 17 million views on YouTube with past releases like "Life of A Workin' Man," "The Way That I Am," and “Old School” Texas-born and bred southern rock artist Creed Fisher...

September 20, 2021

Report: Law Enforcement Regularly Uses Google Data to Identify Suspects in Criminal Investigations

Police are reportedly increasingly using Google data to identify suspects in criminal investigations, a trend that has experts warning about possible privacy and civil liberty concerns. "Geofence location warrants and reverse search warrants" are "increasingly becoming the tool of choice...

September 20, 2021

Arizona Senate Candidate Blake Masters’ Plans to Tackle Big Tech’s ‘Predatory’ Business Practices

Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters wants to break up Big Tech and ban their business practices he believes are harmful. “I think Republicans need to reacquaint themselves with their history of antitrust enforcement, and realize huge concentrations of power in...

September 20, 2021

Commentary: Joe Biden’s Political Prisoners

The latest “conspiracy theory” consuming the political Right, our media betters warn, is the idea that the Biden regime is creating a class of political prisoners stemming from the January 6 protest on Capitol Hill. Scoffing at accusations that January...

September 20, 2021

Voting Reform Bill Reintroduced after Pennsylvania Governor’s Veto

The prime sponsor of a vetoed voting reform bill said Friday he reintroduced the measure after Gov. Tom Wolf shifted his public opinion on some components of the legislation over the summer. Rep. Seth Grove, R-York, said House Bill 1800 would bolster...

September 20, 2021

Virginia Delegate Roslyn Tyler Flip Flops on Law Enforcement Support After Voting to Strip Qualified Immunity Five Separate Times in 2020

Delegate Roslyn Tyler (D-Jarratt) is scrambling to garner support as the 2021 election draws closer, looking to tout her support of law enforcement. Many political observers across the Commonwealth and the 75th House of Delegates District are calling her support...

September 20, 2021

Memo Shows Border Patrol Is Experiencing ‘Critical Shortages’ of Frontline Personnel

An internal memo within U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows that agency leaders are warning of a major shortage of personnel amid a surge of immigration activity at the country's southern border. The memo, dispatched on Sept. 17 and obtained...

September 20, 2021

Fairfax, Arlington, and Alexandria Approve Plastic Bag Taxes

Five-cent taxes on single-use plastic bags are spreading across Virginia's more urban localities. On Saturday, Arlington County and the City of Alexandria adopted the local tax ordinances, while Fairfax County adopted a similar ordinance on September 14. The taxes take...

September 19, 2021

Biden Administration Funds New Project to Bolster Tajik-Afghan Border, Abandons U.S. Border Wall

While the Biden administration halted construction of the border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, the United States is funding border security efforts for Tajikistan, a former Soviet republic trying to keep Afghan insurgents and refugees out. One day after the...

September 19, 2021

Commentary: Biden’s Vaccine Mandate Could Rise or Fall Based on 2012 Roberts Ruling on Obamacare Individual Mandate

“Construing the Commerce Clause to permit Congress to regulate individuals precisely because they are doing nothing would open a new and potentially vast domain to congressional authority.” That was Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’ majority opinion ruling in 2012 that the individual...

September 19, 2021

Former FDA Head Says CDC Guidance Hurt Pandemic Response

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidance ultimately hindered the U.S. response to the pandemic, former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb wrote in his upcoming book “Uncontrolled Spread,” set to be released Sept. 21. Gottlieb said in the book that U.S. intelligence agencies...

September 19, 2021

War Room: Steve Bannon to Steve Moore, ‘We Are the DIP Lenders, No More Continuing Resolution’

Stephen K. Bannon welcomed economic writer and political analyst, Steve Moore on Friday’s War Room: Pandemic to discuss the federal government’s budget timeline and how Republicans are now in a position as DIP lenders to say no to more...

September 19, 2021

Ocasio-Cortez Hit with Second Ethics Complaint over ‘Tax the Rich’ Met Gala Appearance

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may have violated a myriad of House ethics rules for attending the ritzy Met Gala on Monday evening while wearing a “tax the rich” dress, a conservative watchdog group alleged in a complaint obtained by...

September 19, 2021

Commentary: A China Story Bob Woodward Chose Not to Tell

In a just world, if the reporting of Bob Woodward and Robert Costa in their new book Peril is accurate, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley would be sharpening his ceremonial sword and planning seppuku. Woodward...

September 19, 2021

Retail Sales Surprisingly Increased Last Month After Plummeting in July

Retail sales unexpectedly increased last month despite continued challenges facing the economy as it recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. Sales ticked up 0.7% in August relative to July and totaled $618.7 billion, according to a Census Bureau report published Thursday. E-commerce, furniture,...

September 19, 2021

Commentary: Bullets, Ballots, and Books

The bomb that detonated at Scripps College on the afternoon of February 26, 1969, didn’t injure anyone, but an innocent young woman was badly maimed when another device exploded almost simultaneously in Carnegie Hall at adjacent Pomona College. Hidden inside...

September 19, 2021

Wisconsin Lawmakers Look at Opt-out Option for Parents on Gender and Sex Classes

Wisconsin lawmakers are wrestling with the question of who should talk to their kids about sexual orientation and gender identity. The Assembly Committee on Education on Thursday held a marathon hearing on a plan that would allow parents to opt...

September 19, 2021

Posters on Display in California High School Classroom Display ‘F* The Police’ and ‘F* Amerikkka’ Phrases

A California high school classroom displayed what an anonymous parent called “disgusting brainwashing of students with taxpayer dollars” over photos that show F*** the Police and F*** Amerikkka posters and Pride and Black Lives Matter flags, according to a tip...

September 19, 2021

Mayor of San Francisco Goes to Nightclub Maskless, Breaks Her Own Mandate

San Francisco Mayor London Breed was seen maskless at a local nightclub Wednesday in violation of the city’s current mask guidance, a local news outlet reported. Videos and photos show the mayor at the Black Cat jazz club in the...

September 19, 2021

John Fredericks NFL Picks Week Two: Pack, Titans Look for Redemption

Do the Titans really suck? After getting drubbed last week by Arizona at home, Tennessee went in one week from chic Super Bowl pick to the toilet bowl flush. My first week was respectable 7-5. Going forward we are adding...

September 19, 2021

Virginia Sen. Kaine Pushing House to Pass Bill Focused on Health Care Worker Mental Health

Senator Tim Kaine (D-Virginia) is pushing the House of Representatives to pass his Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, focused on addressing mental health in healthcare professionals. On Wednesday, Kaine held a press conference touting the passage of...

September 18, 2021

Over 10,000 Illegal Aliens Staying Under Bridge in Texas, Waiting for Authorities to Pick Them Up

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed on Thursday the presence of over 10,000 illegal aliens under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas, who are all simply waiting for immigration officials to take them into custody, according to ABC News....

September 18, 2021

‘Justice for J6’ Rally Puts Spotlight on Evidence of Political Motives Behind January 6 Prosecutions]

Are the January 6 Capitol riot defendants "political prisoners"? Some conservative activists and Republicans have used the terminology, including Matt Braynard, organizer of the Sept. 18 "Justice for J6" rally at the foot of the Capitol. The former Trump campaign...

September 18, 2021

Virginia Tech Professor Apologizes for Her ‘Innate Racism’ in Syllabus

A human development and family science instructor at Virginia Tech University recently apologized to her students of color for her whiteness and encouraged white students to “join" her "on this journey” of confronting inherent biases. Duncan Lane created a “Who I...

September 18, 2021

Commentary: Adopting a ‘Woke Culture’ Hurts Diversity and Inclusion

I have been watching with great personal and professional interest over the past few years as employers, predominantly the larger publicly traded companies, but sometimes the smaller companies as well, have been forcing their employees to make political choices instead...

September 18, 2021

Virginia Teacher Says ‘Positive Behavior’ Like ‘Sitting Quietly,’ ‘Following Directions’ Is White Supremacy

A Virginia high school teacher posted a TikTok video criticizing the state’s disciplinary approach which promotes such rules as sitting quietly and following directions as “white supremacy.” Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is a framework adopted by Virginia “to...

September 18, 2021

Clarence Thomas: The Supreme Court Could Be the ‘Most Dangerous’ Branch of Government

Justice Clarence Thomas warned against politicizing the Supreme Court Thursday, saying that doing so could make the judicial system the “most dangerous” branch of government. During a speech at the University of Notre Dame, Thomas cautioned against allowing “others to...

September 18, 2021

Nicki Minaj and Juanita Broaddrick Suspended from Twitter for Voicing Concerns About COVID Vaccines

Two famous individuals from opposite sides of the political divide— Nicki Minaj and Juanita Broaddrick—were suspended from Twitter in the past 24 hours for voicing their concerns about the experimental COVID vaccines, or as Twitter put it, spreading “vaccine disinformation.”...

September 18, 2021

Judge Ruling Prevents Abbott from Closing Planned Entry Points Along Southern Border

A ruling from a federal judge on Thursday led Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to abandon his plan to close six entry points on the southern border amid a surge of migrants, the El Paso Times reported. The U.S. District Judge...

September 18, 2021

New Durham Indictment Exposes Second Leg of Hillary Clinton’s Russia Collusion Dirty Trick

Nearly two years after evidence emerged that the infamous Steele dossier was a political dirty trick filled with Russian disinformation and disproved allegations, Special Counsel John Durham unloaded a new indictment that exposes a parallel effort by Hillary Clinton's campaign...