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Dec 18 2021
Analysis
What’s Polluting the Air? Not Even the EPA Can Say.
For decades, a factory on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon, has churned out hulking metal parts for Boeing’s commercial airplanes. Despite the steady pulse of its machinery, the plant maintains a low profile; Oregonians more readily associate Boeing with its historic headquarters up north in Seattle. Perhaps, I reasoned last spring, this helped explain why no one had noticed that the company’
ProPublicaOct 12 2022
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60 Years Since Vatican II
Years ago, during a very brief meeting at New York University with the eminent English conservative Roger Scruton, I shared with him — an Anglican by tradition — my reservations about the Second Vatican Council and my interest in the old liturgy. He had no reservation in his analysis. He said more or less that the Catholic Church had “joined in the spirit of self-hatred and suicide” that
National Review (News)Oct 18 2022
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Worry grows for Iran athlete who competed without her hijab
An Iranian competitive climber left South Korea on Tuesday after competing at an event in which she climbed without her nation’s mandatory headscarf covering, authorities said. Farsi-language media outside of Iran warned she may have been forced to leave early by Iranian officials and could face arrest back home, which Tehran quickly denied.
The decision by Elnaz Rekabi, a multiple
Associated PressJul 28 2022
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DC mayor requests National Guard over migrants bussed to capital
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) asked the D.C. National Guard to activate and help manage an influx of migrants to the capital.
The mayor’s office reports that Texas Govs. Greg Abbott (R) and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) have sent nearly 200 buses carrying more than 4,000 migrants from the southern border to the capital in protest of President Biden’s immigration policy.
The HillOct 16 2022
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Horrifying Images Emerge Of Prison Detaining Iran’s Political Enemies Erupting In Flames, Gun Shots Heard
Disturbing images emerged over the weekend of a notorious Iranian prison, where the country’s political enemies are detained, erupting in flames as explosions and gunshots can be seen and heard.
The violence comes as the Islamic Republic has seen weeks of riots and backlash against the authoritarian regime that was sparked in the middle of September over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa
The Daily WireOct 07 2022
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Uvalde school district suspends all police department operations
The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District suspended its entire police department’s operations and placed two top administrators on paid leave Friday morning.
The district’s superintendent, Hal Harrell, in a memo to staff, said the school board would discuss his retirement in closed session when it meets Monday, with no set timeline.
The decision to stop police
San Antonio Express-NewsSep 27 2022
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Secret Service Confiscated Phones of 24 Agents Involved in Jan. 6
The Secret Service reportedly confiscated the cellphones of 24 agents involved in the agency's response to the Jan. 6 protest at the U.S. Capitol and gave them to the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general, according to two sources, NBC News reported.
The cellphones were handed over in late July. DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari's office launched a criminal probe into
Newsmax (News)Feb 14 2022
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A vital US-Canadian border crossing reopens after trucker blockade of Ambassador Bridge is cleared
North America's busiest land border crossing has reopened after a nearly weeklong blockade by protesters decrying Covid-19 mandates crippled the key trade route, while demonstrators in the nation's capital are expected to begin shifting out of residential areas Monday.
The standoff at the Ambassador Bridge, which links Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, had paralyzed traffic between Canada
CNN DigitalDec 20 2022
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Biden in newly surfaced video: Iran nuclear deal is "dead"
President Biden said on the sidelines of a Nov. 4 election rally that the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran is “dead,” but stressed the U.S. won’t formally announce it, according to a new video that surfaced on social media late Monday.
Why it matters: It's the strongest confirmation so far that the Biden administration believes there's no path forward for the Iran deal, which leaves key
AxiosOct 20 2022
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Liz Truss resigns as British prime minister after 6 weeks in office
Embattled British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced she would step down from officer Thursday after serving just six weeks in office.
Truss’ perilous stint on Downing Street was marked by fiscal fiasco and hostile opposition form her own conservative party over her proposal to cut taxes on corporations and the wealthy, which sent financial markets into a weeks-long slide.
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New York Post (News)