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SC Gov. Tells School Resource Officers to Back Off Enforcing Mask Mandates

(Jon Styf, The Center Square) A videotaped encounter between a school resource officer and a parent at James B. Edwards Elementary in Mount Pleasant has led South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster to ask the Charleston County School District to not use officers to enforce the district’s mask mandate. The officer can...

1.45 Million Students Leave Public Schools for Homeschooling & Charters

Public school enrollment has plummeted over the past two years as parents choose to place their children in charter or private schools or to homeschool them, PJ Media reported. Public schools lost 1.45 million students, a 3.3 percent decrease, from the 2019-2020 to the 2020-2021 school year, according to a...

Liz Cheney Apologizes for Former Opposition to Gay Marriage

(Headline USA) Rep. Liz Cheney says she was wrong to oppose gay marriage in the past, a stand that once split her family. Cheney, R-Wyo., a fierce critic of fellow Republican Donald Trump, also tells CBS News' "60 Minutes" that she views her reelection campaign as the most important House...

California to Replace the Word ‘Alien’ from Its Laws

(Associated Press) California will strike the word “alien” from its state laws, getting rid of what Gov. Gavin Newsom called “an offensive term for a human being” that has “fueled a divisive and hurtful narrative.” Newsom on Friday signed a law that removes the word from various sections of the California...

Minn. School District Pressures Children to Act as Gays, Transgenders

Minnesota's Richfield Public School district asked children in sex education classes to role play as gays and transgenders, according to Alpha News. The sex education program used by the district is called the "3Rs" -- "rights, respect, responsibility." Advocates for Youth, a group with ties to Planned Parenthood, created the program...

NIMBY: Arizonans Favor Helping Afghanis; Just Don’t Move Them to Arizona

(Cole Lauterbach, The Center Square) Arizona voters predominantly are welcoming of their new neighbors who fled a Taliban takeover of their home country but are split on making them their new neighbors, polling shows. OH Predictive Insights, a Phoenix-based polling and marketing firm, released polling Thursday that shows 94% of those...

Former Colleague Accuses CNN’s Chris Cuomo of Sex Harassment

CNN’s Chris Cuomo has been accused of sexual harassment by a former female manager at ABC News. In an op-ed for the New York Times, Shelley Ross, a former executive producer for ABC and CBS, said Cuomo grabbed her buttocks at a going-away party for a colleague in 2005 during...

Campus Free Speech Rankings: Over 80% of Students Self-Censor Their Viewpoints

(TheFire.org) Prospective students who want to make sure that their free expression will be protected should consider Claremont McKenna College or the University of Chicago. But if they land at DePauw University or Marquette University, there’s no guarantee they will be able to speak freely. That’s because DePauw and Marquette rank...

Many Republican Governors Agree to Accept Thousands of Afghan Refugees

Republican governors across the country are agreeing to President Joe Biden's plan to import mass numbers of Afghan refugees, Breitbart reported on Sunday. Ten Republican governors backed Biden's initial plan in August to bring in 36,000 refugees with no screening or vetting. Now that the Biden administration has announced its plans to bring...

Watchdogs File Ethics Complaints Against AOC for Met Gala Gifts

Two conservative watchdog groups have filed complaints with the Office of Congressional Ethics against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, who accepted numerous gifts and services in alleged violation of House rules, The Daily Caller reported. The complaints stem from the Democrat socialist's attendance at the Met Gala 2021, where she wore...

NY Gov.: We Will Help Texas Women Come to New York for Abortions

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said her government would help Texas women who want an abortion, but can’t get one because of the state’s new pro-life law, to travel to New York, which she called an abortion “safe harbor.” “Women in Texas need to know we will help you find...

Lankford: Trigger Warnings on US Constitution, Declaration Are ‘Disturbing’

The National Archives and Records Administration will place a trigger warning, called a "Harmful Language Alert," on every document in the online Archives Catalog, according to a press release. Americans will find that warning on the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights. "The Catalog and web pages...
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