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NY Attorney General Appeals Reversal of Bi-Partisan Equal Rights Amendment

Critics of the bi-partisan ERA allege the amendment would impact parental rights and anti-discrimination laws.

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Teachers Union Worked with Feds to Neutralize Parents with Concerns About CRT

Republican nominee Glenn Youngkin’s gubernatorial victory in Virginia in November 2021, widely credited to his promise to restore parental rights in public schools in the Democratic-leaning state, set off panic in the national education establishment.
Newly disclosed records reveal the American Federation of Teachers hired a prominent Democratic pollster the following month to survey parents and devise messaging to shore up AFT’s weaknesses – particularly by tarring dissenting parents as racists – and shared it with a senior Department of Education official.

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U.S. Spending on Interest Tops National Defense, Medicare

Congress has spent more money on interest so far this year than it has spent on both national defense and Medicare. 
Spending on net interest hit $514 billion in the first seven months of fiscal year 2024. That’s more than spending on both national defense ($498 billion) and Medicare ($465 billion). Medicare is the federal health insurance program for those 65 and older and younger people with disabilities. During the same time period, the U.S. spent $873 billion on Social Security, the federal program that provides retirement, disability, survivor, and family benefits to more than 67 million Americans. 

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Convicted Non-Violent Felons Can Own Guns, Ninth Circuit Rules

The decision involving the federal "felon-in-possession" law adds to the ongoing "Circuit Split" over the scope of the Second Amendment.

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Just 46% of new immigrants are working, census data show…

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/13/center-for-immigration-studies-just-46-of-new-immi/

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