Top Story: Medical Schools Are Politicizing Health Care, Putting Lives ‘On the Line,’ Watchdog Warns
Day: October 30, 2024
01: Passionately Catholic
Top Commentary:The Cool Kids Are Voting for Trump
Medical Schools Are Politicizing Health Care, Putting Lives ‘On the Line,’ Watchdog Warns
The report “Activism Instead of Anatomy” from Do No Harm states that diversity, equity, and inclusion politics are crowding out scientific medical education at many schools across the country.
“If medical schools are short-changing rigorous training in science for the political indoctrination of future doctors, there are real consequences. Lives are on the line,” author and senior fellow Jay Greene wrote.
Read MoreNavy Reserve Commander Sentenced for Helping Afghan Nationals Obtain Visas into US In Exchange for Bribes
A federal court on Monday sentenced an American Navy Reserve officer to two-and-a-half years in prison for his role in helping Afghan nationals obtain special visas into the United States in exchange for cash.
Jeromy Pittmann, a 53-year-old U.S. Navy Reserve commander from Florida, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for the years-long scheme which included drafting and submitting fraudulent letters of recommendations on behalf of Afghans who applied for Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs), according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). The sentencing follows warnings by federal watchdogs that the vetting of Afghans into the U.S. after the botched military pullout of the country was poorly conducted.
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Commentary: The Cool Kids Are Voting for Trump
It is hard for highly ideological people, including me, to understand undecided voters. But some of it seems to come down to the “cool” factor. Cool candidates win and uncool candidates do not.
Read MoreAnalysis: Republicans Surpass Democrats in Early Voting in Georgia, Arizona, Nevada and North Carolina
Republicans appear to have flipped the script on the 2020 election, which featured Democrats winning the election narrowly in Georgia, Arizona and Wisconsin by banking early votes that former President Donald Trump was unable to overcome with Election Day turnout, this time outpacing Democrats with early and mail-in votes combined in Georgia, Arizona, Nevada and North Carolina, NBC News reports.
Read MoreAfter Leading Nation in EV Mandates, California Is Now Proposing an Electric Motorcycle Mandate
California made climate history in 2020 when the state became the first in the nation to create an electric vehicle mandate, which eventually became a key part of the Biden-Harris climate agenda. Now the state wants to do the same for motorcycles, despite the problems the EV push has faced over the past four years.
Read MoreAfter the Deluge: On the Ground in North Carolina Three Weeks After Hurricane Helene
At 7:30 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 27, Chris Trusz was standing on one of the bridges spanning the Broad River in Chimney Rock. He wanted to get a photo. It had been raining steadily for 36 hours and the river was running 10 inches above normal. Trusz, who’d moved to the western North Carolina mountain town 18 months earlier, wasn’t worried; residents had been warned there might be a bit of flooding. He got his picture and walked up the hill to his home.
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