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Month: October 2024

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.”

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Wisconsin DOJ Investigating Wausau Drop Box Removal by Mayor

The Wisconsin Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigation is now reportedly heading up the investigation into any wrongdoing by Wausau Mayor Doug Diny related to his removal of a ballot drop box that was not yet in use.
Diny told WISN-TV in Milwaukee that he worked with someone from Wausau’s maintenance department over the weekend to return the drop box, which was then opened to the public on Monday.

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The danger of “ends justify the means” in politics

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – How far will you go to win? The piece explores the disturbing lengths politicians and their supporters will go, sacrificing morality and integrity in pursuit of victory. From justifying unethical tactics to undermining democratic processes, the consequences of these actions are unraveling before us, posing a dangerous threat to freedom and justice in America.

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