Day: October 3, 2024

Americans are ready for the election to end

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – It seems today, all people think about is donkeys versus elephants, but what about character? What about fidelity to their oath of office? James Garfield was correct: [N]ow more than ever before, the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate…

Teacher Wins $575K Settlement After Being Fired for Not Using Student’s Preferred Pronouns

Peter Vlaming, a longtime high school French teacher in Virginia, was fired in 2018 for refusing to use a student’s preferred pronouns. On Monday, after… Read More

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Not Parody: Babylon Bee v. California

The legal battle comes in response to two recent bills that were signed into law by California Governor Gavin Newsom after he vowed to ban parody political ads on social media in the Golden State.
As The Washington Times reports, “One law forbids posting or sharing online ‘deceptive’ content that harms a candidate’s ‘electoral prospects’ ahead of an election, while another prods social media companies to police their platforms for anything that would run afoul of the new standard.”

Sarah Longwell: ‘I Don’t Care How Slick’ J.D. Vance Is, ‘It Is Disqualifying to Not Be Able to Say that Donald Trump Lost the Last Election’

‘He is disqualified’

Weekly Jobless Claims Inch Higher as Economy Braces for Hurricane Helene, Port Strike Fallout

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, recently posted the lowest unemployment rate of 1.9 percent, while El Centro, California, recorded the highest rate of 20.2 percent.

Mayorkas Bemoans Lack Of FEMA Cash for Hurricanes After Spending Nearly $1 Billion on Migrant Crisis

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) allocated over $1 billion for a migrant assistance program over the past two fiscal years, but now it is running out of cash for disaster relief as Hurricane Helene rages on and more storms loom.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said on Wednesday that FEMA does not have enough funds to make it through hurricane season, The Associated Press reported. Though resources are running short for Americans displaced by Helene, the agency spent big on a program providing “humanitarian services to noncitizen migrants” after their release from Department of Homeland Security custody.

Dozens of Meat Processing Plants Expected to Shut Down Under New EPA Rules

EPA touts rules as necessary to control contamination from wastewater, while critics say the rules go too far and exemplify federal overreach.

CDC: Record Number of Kindergartners Had Vaccine Exemptions in 2023-24 School Year

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday revealed that the 2023-2024 academic school year held the record for the most kindergartners declining at least one vaccination.
The CDC said a total of 3.3% of kindergartners nationwide, equaling 127,000 kindergartners, were granted exemptions on at least one vaccine, which beats the previous record of 3% in the 2022-2023 school year.