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Nearly half of Americans blame COVID hospital protocols for loved ones’ deaths
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Nearly half of Americans blame COVID hospital protocols for loved ones’ deaths

By Brian Joondeph | Commentary, Rasmussen Reports A new Rasmussen Reports survey reveals an unsettling reality: nearly one-third of American adults say someone they know died of COVID-19 while hospitalized, and almost half believe hospital treatment protocols likely contributed to that death. That perception warrants attention, not dismissal. During the pandemic, hospitals faced tremendous pressure, yet several systemic factors, including financial incentives, rigid therapeutic protocols, and strict visitor restrictions, may have influenced patient outcomes in ways that were never fully explored. Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Medicare reimbursed hospitals an extra 20% for inpatient COVID-19 diagnoses. A positive PCR test alone ofte...
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Election Integrity Battle Heats Up Over Proof-of-Citizenship Requirement
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Election Integrity Battle Heats Up Over Proof-of-Citizenship Requirement

By: Fred Lucas | The Daily Signal Two-thirds of state attorneys general have jumped into the fray over a potential federal rule to require proof of citizenship for voting forms. The U.S. Election Assistance Commission, a four-member federal panel, will review a petition started by watchdog group America First Legal to add the requirement on the federal voter registration form. Now, 19 Democrat attorneys general—led by Rob Bonta of California—oppose such a rule, and 14 Republican attorneys general—led by Ken Paxton of Texas—support it. America First Legal said about 353,000 public comments were officially registered with the government on the issue, with the overwhelming majority in favor of the requirement. The comment period closed on Monday. “It’s imperative that only elig...
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Can you regulate the sound of commerce without sinking trade?
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Can you regulate the sound of commerce without sinking trade?

By Greg Walcher | Commentary, GregWalcher.com When Congress authorized nearly $400 billion in climate subsidies, the bill was called the “Inflation Reduction Act,” though it had nothing to do with inflation. The 2001 “Patriot Act” was about expanding government surveillance powers, not patriotism. The massive new federal health insurance program was called “Affordable Care Act,” though it did not reduce the cost of anything. And we call laws restricting mandatory union contracts “right to work,” though they create no jobs. Popular-sounding names enhance the chances of acceptance for many proposals that might otherwise fail the test of public opinion. Calling a new program of government regulations, fees, and permits a “market-based solution” might appeal to folks who would otherwise ...
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Democrat Whip Defends Using Shutdown as “Leverage” While Families Struggle
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Democrat Whip Defends Using Shutdown as “Leverage” While Families Struggle

By: Hayden Cunningham | The Post Millennial “Shutdowns are terrible. And of course there will be families that are going to suffer. We take that responsibility very seriously, but it is one of the few leverage times we have." Congresswoman Katherine Clark, the Democratic whip in the House of Representatives, said that although families are suffering due to the government shutdown, the ongoing dispute is a time of political “leverage” for her party. In an interview with Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram, Clark acknowledged the impact of the shutdown but defended Democrats’ strategy. “Shutdowns are terrible. And of course there will be families that are going to suffer. We take that responsibility very seriously, but it is one of the few leverag...
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Democrats Turn to Courts After Voters Reject Climate Mandates
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Democrats Turn to Courts After Voters Reject Climate Mandates

By Washington Examiner Staff | Commentary, The Washington Examiner Democratic Party policies were soundly rejected by voters last November, so activists are turning to courts at the state, federal, and international levels to impose costly and painful climate change policies on consumers. But there are signs that common sense may prevail. A federal court in Montana threw out a case last week that was funded by an activist group called Our Children’s Trust, holding that judges are ill equipped to dictate energy policy for the federal government.  “Granting plaintiffs’ injunction would require the defendant agencies and — ultimately — this court, to scrutinize every climate-related agency action taken,” wrote Dana Christensen, who was appointed by ...
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Wikipedia cofounder urges reform or regulation to stop ideological bias
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Wikipedia cofounder urges reform or regulation to stop ideological bias

By Jan Jekielek, Lawrence Wilson | The Epoch Times Larry Sanger said that the website has become biased against conservative and religious viewpoints but that he sees a way to fix it. Wikipedia, a popular online encyclopedia that millions of people treat as an authoritative source of information, is systemically biased against conservative, religious, and other points of view, according to Larry Sanger, cofounder of the site. Sanger, 57, who now heads the Knowledge Standards Foundation, said he believes that Wikipedia can be salvaged either by a renewed emphasis on free speech within the organization or by a grassroots campaign to make diverse viewpoints heard. Failing that, Sanger said, government intervention may be required to pierce the shell of anonymity that now protects ...
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Justices to Rule on Whether Drug Use Voids the Right to Bear Arms
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Justices to Rule on Whether Drug Use Voids the Right to Bear Arms

By Zach Schonfeld | FOX21 The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up whether a federal crime that bans gun possession for drug users is constitutional. At the Trump administration’s urging, the justices will wade into this issue this term, making it the latest front in the battle over the Second Amendment. A decision is expected by next summer.  “This is the archetypal case for this Court’s review,” Solicitor General D. John Sauer wrote in court filings.  Federal law prohibits anyone “who is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance” from possessing a firearm. Violations carry up to 10 years in prison.   The charge is prosecuted regularly. U.S. Circuit Judge Stephen Higginson, an appointee of former President Obama, recently noted in ...
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Teachers Union Criticized for Letting Radical Groups Shape Curriculum
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Teachers Union Criticized for Letting Radical Groups Shape Curriculum

By: Robert Schmad | Washington Examiner Teaching resources authored by Hamas sympathizers, praise for violent left-wing activists, and activities where students roleplay as “queer liberation” activists fighting against the “Religious Right” represent just a small sample of the material produced by the Zinn Education Project and its parent organization, Rethinking Schools. The nearly three-million-strong National Education Association has gone to great lengths to endorse and embed such materials in the public education system through a series of partnerships with the duo of left-wing organizations.  The NEA, the nation’s largest teachers union, has granted the Zinn Education Project and Rethinking Schools prime space and opportunities to present at its confere...
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DHS Report Finds FEMA Workers Logged Political Views of Hurricane Victims
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DHS Report Finds FEMA Workers Logged Political Views of Hurricane Victims

By: Leah Barkoukis | Townhall Last year, when devastating hurricanes hit the southeast coast of the U.S., higher-ups in FEMA ordered workers to discriminate against houses that displayed Trump campaign materials on their properties. Marn'i Washington, a FEMA official who was fired after ordering her subordinates to skip pro-Trump houses, gave an interview after her dismissal and claimed such discrimination was not an "isolated incident."  "FEMA always preaches avoidance first and then de-escalation, so this is not isolated," Washington said. "This is a colossal event of avoidance not just in the state of Florida, but you will find avoidance in the Carolinas." FEMA did pause aid in North Carolina, citing concerns over an "armed militia” threatening workers in th...
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Appeals court backs Trump’s right to use National Guard amid Portland chaos
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Appeals court backs Trump’s right to use National Guard amid Portland chaos

By Hannah Nightingale | The Post Millennial A divided three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit agreed to lift the lower court’s order blocking the use of the Oregon National Guard. A US appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration can deploy Oregon Natioanl Guard troops to Portland. This comes after a district court judge blocked the administration from deploying both Oregon and other states’ National Guards to Portland to help protect the ICE facility there that has seen nightly unrest since June.  A divided three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit agreed to lift the lower court’s order blocking the use of the Oregon National Guard, per CBS News.  The judges wrote in their descision, "After considering the...
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