Year: 2023
High Schoolers Riot Over Teacher Who Attended Pro-Israel Rally
‘The teacher was seen holding a sign of Israel, like supporting it’
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Blue State Residents Are Paying Much More for Energy than Red States, New Report Shows
Residents of blue states with aggressive climate policies are paying significantly more for electricity and fuel than red states, according to a new report by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
California, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New York and New Jersey are seven of the top eight continental states in terms of highest average retail electricity prices in 2023, according to ALEC’s report. Each of these states have some sort of green energy mandate, which the ALEC report refers to as a Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), or participates in a greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program, or both.
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Biden Energy Department Ill-Prepared to Combat Fraud as it Spends Billions on Infrastructure
The U.S. Energy Department faces major management challenges ranging from hacking vulnerabilities to foreign espionage and could create “massive new risks to the taxpayer” as it spends tens of billions of dollars in new spending from President Joe Biden’s signature infrastructure initiative, the agency’s internal watchdog warns.
The Office of Inspector General offered a stark assessment of the department under Secretary Jennifer Granholm, pointedly warning losses from fraud in the current infrastructure spending could mirror that seen during the COVID pandemic, where taxpayers now lost an estimated $200 billion government wide.
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Ohio House Moves Closer to Pushing Aside Federal Gun Laws
Ohio gun owners moved a step closer to guarantees that federal laws could not be used to take away those guns.
The Ohio House Government Oversight Committee recently advanced the Second Amendment Preservation Act, which would stop Ohio law enforcement agencies from enforcing what the act calls unconstitutional federal gun control laws, executive orders or agency rule interpretations.
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Texas County Faces Class-action Lawsuit Over Civil Asset Forfeiture Program
In 2019, Harris County, Texas, police confiscated over $42,000 from a Mississippi man who was driving to Houston to buy a semitruck. Four years later, having kept the cash while filing no criminal charges against the man, the county faces a class-action lawsuit challenging its civil asset forfeiture system. “Harris County has one of the …
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Resisting Government Control: The Path to True Freedom
The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – I explore the crucial balance between individual freedom and government control in America. I delve into the government’s increasing overreach, from healthcare to social media, and challenge the perceived power of the federal government. I advocate for local action and personal responsibility in defending our liberties against these growing controls, echoing the enduring wisdom of…
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Faith in the American Dream Plummets Under Biden: Poll
A majority of U.S. voters feel that the “American dream” cannot be achieved, according to a poll conducted by the Wall Street Journal and NORC.
Approximately 36% of voters said that the American Dream – as defined by the notion that if an individual works hard, they will get ahead – was attainable, down from 68% who said the same last year, according to the WSJ/NORC poll released on Friday. Roughly two-thirds of voters feel the economy is in poor condition as inflation continues to outpace wages and prices continue to rise.
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