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Aug 29 2024
Headline Roundup
What Does Pavel Durov's Indictment Mean for Free Speech?
The indictment of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov over his hands-off approach to content moderation has reignited a debate about censorship and online speech.
From the Left: A writer for Bloomberg (Lean Left bias) argues, "Historically, the [tech] industry has drawn a line in the sand at content that could cause 'real-world harm'—the types of posts that can jump off the screen and encourage
Reason The Daily Caller BloombergOct 28 2019
News
Iron Workers Lose Free Speech Challenge to Secondary Boycott Ban
The Ninth Circuit Oct. 28 upheld an NLRB order blocking California-based Iron Workers from encouraging employees of a neutral employer to strike or stop work to gain leverage over the principal employer the Iron Workers had a labor dispute with. It rejected free speech and other arguments against the order.
The union tactic, known as a secondary boycott, puts pressure on neutral
BloombergJun 18 2022
Opinion
Why Canceling Student Debt Should Be a Universal Benefit
Two major student debt stories have hit the headlines in recent days. First, the Department of Education announced that it is canceling $5.8 billion in loans held by 560,000 former students of Corinthian Colleges, Inc, a for-profit college chain that lied to and defrauded low-income students. Second, news outlets reported that President Biden is close to announcing a plan to cancel $10,000 in
The NationOct 08 2019
News
State orders EU ambassador not to testify before House
A key witness in the House impeachment inquiry was ordered not to appear at a scheduled deposition on Tuesday, ramping up tensions between congressional Democrats and the Trump administration.
The State Department instructed Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland not to appear for the deposition, according to his counsel.
Sondland, a wealthy hotelier who had donated $1
The HillFeb 10 2022
Analysis
Connecticut Moms Use Social Media to Ignite Nationwide Opposition to School Mask Mandates
Every afternoon when they arrive home from kindergarten, Emma Burnett’s twin five-year-old daughters complain about how difficult it was to breathe in their masks all day.
Burnett, like many moms in Connecticut, was very Covid-19 conscious at first, accepting the state restrictions as a necessary evil to combat the spread of an ominous disease.
But as the Delta wave came and went
National Review (News)Oct 04 2019
News
U.S. diplomats spent weeks pushing Ukraine to open investigations, texts show
Washington — Diplomats charged with managing the U.S. relationship with Ukraine spent weeks trying to persuade the Ukrainian government to commit to announcing it would open investigations that would help President Trump politically, according to documents released by the House committees leading the impeachment inquiry.
Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine who resigned
CBS News (Online)Apr 19 2021
News
True National Debt Exceeds $123 Trillion, or Nearly $800,000 per Taxpayer: Report
America’s national debt now exceeds $123 trillion, according to a new report, or more than four times the official figure of $28 trillion, as calculated by the U.S. Treasury Department at the end of March.
Federal spending related to the CCP virus pandemic and economic lockdown added nearly $10 trillion to the total in 2020, according to the latest edition of the “Financial State of the
The Epoch TimesJun 16 2022
Fact Check
Democratic Congressman Exaggerates Number of Gun ‘Massacres’
In discussing a bipartisan Senate proposal to address gun violence, Rep. Jamie Raskin exaggerated when he said there have been “more massacres than days in 2022.” Using the source supplied by the congressman’s office, guns were used in 14 “mass murders” so far this year.
By another measure, as we will explain later, there have been five “mass shootings” in 2022.
There had been
FactCheck.orgApr 15 2022
Analysis
Biden Admin and ACLU Gear Up To Defend Trans Hormone Treatment for Children
The Biden administration and liberal legal groups are gearing up to battle red state laws that prohibit children from receiving transgender hormone treatment.
Gov. Kay Ivey (R.) signed a bill into law last week that makes Alabama the third state to ban children from receiving hormone therapy and puberty blockers. The legislation, however, is already in jeopardy. The Biden Justice
Washington Free BeaconMar 05 2022
Analysis
What’s Going On With Vladimir Putin’s Weird Behavior?
A collection of weird reports are making people question what is actually going on with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio sent a cryptic tweet Feb. 25 in which he wrote, “I wish I could share more, but for now I can say it’s pretty obvious to many that something is off with #Putin.” Given Rubio’s seat in the Senate Intelligence Committee, it’s
The Daily Caller