July 20, 2023 - The Virginia Star

FBI Informant Told Agents Hunter Biden Hired by Burisma to ‘Protect’ Ukrainian Firm from ‘Problems’

July 20, 2023 Just the News

A trusted FBI informant told agents in 2020 that Hunter Biden was hired by a Ukrainian energy company dealing with corruption allegations during his father’s vice presidency to help “protect” Burisma Holdings from problems including an effort to “take care of'” a Ukrainian prosecutor who was investigating the company for corruption, according to an explosive document released by Sen. Charles Grassley on Thursday.

Poll: Vivek Ramaswamy Ties Ron DeSantis for Second in GOP Presidential Race

July 20, 2023 Admin

Florida Politics A new survey of the 2024 Republican presidential race finds a dead heat for second place. The survey from Kaplan Strategies shows Gov. Ron DeSantis and businessman Vivek G. Ramaswamy are tied at 12% each. Both men are well behind Donald Trump’s 48%. The pollster says this latest survey is an example of Vivek-mentum. …

Top Story MN, MI, VA, FL, WI, PA, CT, IA, NH: Senators Criticize CDC for ‘Chestfeeding’ Guidance: ‘Driven by Political Considerations Rather than Science’

July 20, 2023 Admin

All Titles Commentary: The Way AI Fits into Broadly Rising Anti-Humanism

July 20, 2023 Zachery Schmidt

Senators Criticize CDC for ‘Chestfeeding’ Guidance: ‘Driven by Political Considerations Rather than Science’

July 20, 2023July 22, 2023 Susan Berry, PhD

U.S. Senators Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) wrote Tuesday to Mandy Cohen, M.D., the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), demanding answers for the health agency’s recent guidance on transgender ‘chestfeeding,” a practice, the senators say, that poses health and safety risks for newborns.

The senators, both physicians, highlighted in the letter their “serious concern” regarding CDC’s “guidance for “biological men who identify as women (transgender individual) who wish to breastfeed.”

As White House Limits Access to Press Briefings, Daily Signal Reporter Loses Credentials

July 20, 2023 Virginia Star Staff

Two weeks from now, The Daily Signal’s chief news correspondent, Fred Lucas, will lose his White House press credentials. It’s the latest—and perhaps most brazen—attempt by President Joe Biden to limit media access to what he regularly calls “the People’s House.”

The White House Press Office will implement new rules July 31, when all “hard passes” expire. Lucas, holder of a hard pass since 2009, no longer will be able to easily attend White House press briefings or access the sprawling Pennsylvania Avenue campus—as he has done for the past 14 years.

TSNN Feature Story: Kari Lake Requests Transfer of Her Appeal Directly to the Arizona Supreme Court Due to ‘Extraordinary New Evidence’

July 20, 2023 Zachery Schmidt

Former New Hampshire House Democrat Appears to Admit Having Sex with Children in Text

July 20, 2023 Virginia Star Staff

Former Nashua Democratic State Rep. Stacie Laughton talked about raping children and appears to admit having committed the crime in the past, according to the federal complaint filed this week.

“I was asking because I know we’ve had some back-and-forth, and I know we initially said we do nothing with kids ever again, and you said you were afraid that if we had kids if they would go back and tell the parents the same with the kids you work with,” Laughton texted to lover and co-defendant, Lindsay Groves.

Program Continues to Support International Expansion of Virginia Companies

July 20, 2023July 19, 2023 The Center Square

Eleven companies graduated, and 13 joined Virginia Leaders in Export Trade on Thursday, a two-year Virginia Economic Development Partnership program representing 12 counties and eight independent cities across the commonwealth.

Only 25 companies are accepted into the VALET program each year, and 375 have graduated since it was established in the late 90s. Candidate organizations must demonstrate “firmly established domestic operations” and “[commitment] to international exporting as a growth strategy” to be accepted into the program, according to a press release from VEDP.

Commentary: The Way AI Fits into Broadly Rising Anti-Humanism

July 20, 2023 RealClearWire

The future of humanity is becoming ever less human. The astounding capabilities of ChatGPT and other forms of artificial intelligence have triggered fears about the coming age of machines leaving little place for human creativity or employment. Even the architects of this brave new world are sounding the alarm. Sam Altman, chairman and CEO of OpenAI, which developed ChatGPT, recently warned that artificial intelligence poses an “existential risk” to humanity and warned Congress that artificial intelligence “can go quite wrong.”

In-N-Out Burger Requires Employees to Get Doctor’s Note to Wear Mask

July 20, 2023 Just the News

In-N-Out Burger, the California-based fast food chain, will ban employees from wearing masks at locations in five states unless they provide a doctor’s note, a customer service representative for the company said.

Starting Aug. 14, employees at In-N-Out locations in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Texas and Utah will be unable to wear masks without a medical note, according to company emails leaked on social media last week. Employees who do choose to wear a facial covering will be provided N-95 masks from the company.

Commentary: Presidential Dr. Fauci Still on a Roll

July 20, 2023 Virginia Star Staff

Dr. Anthony Fauci, who allegedly retired in January, still receives a limo driver and security team of U.S. Marshals, documents obtained by Fox News through a FOIA request reveal. “The only retired official I know of that gets this kind of treatment is a former president,” said Sen. Rand Paul. “I have no idea why this bureaucrat still has a limo driver security detail.”

Maybe it’s because, as Joe Biden once quipped, Dr. Fauci is the real president. Now comes word that many of his actions as NIAID boss were illegitimate.

Border Patrol Sees Massive Surge in Illegal Migrants on Terror Watchlist

July 20, 2023 Virginia Star Staff

Border Patrol has arrested 143 illegal migrants on the terror watchlist in fiscal year 2023, surpassing 2022’s total by roughly 25%, according to federal data updated Tuesday.

In all of fiscal year 2022, Border Patrol nabbed 98 individuals whose names appeared on the terror watchlist, according to the data. The data include both southern and northern border apprehensions of individuals on the terror watchlist.

California Adds Missouri, Nebraska, Wyoming to Those Banned for State-Paid Travel, over LGBTQ+ Bills

July 20, 2023 Just the News

California is adding Missouri, Nebraska and Wyoming to its list of states to which government-paid travel is restricted, over legislation considered to be anti-LGBTQ+.

A 2016 California law banned state-funded travel to any state determined by the California Justice Department to be discriminatory against the LGBTQ community. And state Attorney General Rob Bonta must maintain and post a list of such states whose total numbers is now at or nearing 26, according to The Center Square.