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Academics Miffed After UNC Rescinds Tenured Position for ‘1619 Project’ Author

(Headline USA) Faculty members of a North Carolina university want an explanation for the school's reported decision to back away from offering a tenured teaching position to journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, whose work on the country’s history of slavery has drawn the ire of conservatives. Hannah-Jones was offered a position as the...

Texas Bans Public Schools, Local Govts. From Enforcing Mask Mandates

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order this week preventing public schools and most other government entities from enforcing mask mandates. The order, which goes into effect on June 4, prohibits the state’s counties, cities, school districts, public health authorities, and government officials from requiring masks in public settings. “The...

Chicago Mayor Will Only Hold Interviews with ‘Black or Brown Journalists’

Democrat Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot reportedly only conducts interviews with journalists of color according to a new Fox News article citing multiple reporters. NBC 5 Chicago political reporter Mary Ann Ahern tweeted Tuesday, "As ⁦@chicagosmayor reaches her two year midway point as mayor, her spokeswoman says Lightfoot is granting 1 on...

New Texas Abortion Ban is Enforceable by Fellow Citizens Suing Providers

(Associated Press) Texas became the largest state Wednesday with a law that bans abortions before many women even know they are pregnant, but with a unique provision that essentially leaves enforcement to private citizens through lawsuits against doctors or anyone who helps a woman get an abortion. The law signed by...

Tennessee to Mandate Bathroom Signs Warning About Transgender Use

(Headline USA) Tennessee will become the first state in the United States to require businesses and government facilities open to the public to post a sign if they let "transgender" people use multiperson bathrooms, locker rooms or changing rooms associated with their gender identity. Republican Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill...

Tennessee Gov. Signs Transgender Bathroom Bill for Public Schools

(Headline USA) Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed legislation to remove legal protections for public schools that let transgender students or employees use multi-person bathrooms or locker rooms that do not correspond with their biological sex. LGBTQ advocates have decried the legislation as discriminatory. It's the first bill restricting bathroom use...

Supreme Court to Consider Major Abortion Case Regarding Fetal Viability

(Headline USA) The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider a major rollback of abortion rights, saying it will decide whether states can ban abortions when a fetus is viable to survive outside the womb. The court’s order sets up a showdown over abortion, probably in the fall, with a presumably more...

STUDY: ‘No Evidence’ That Gun Buyback Programs Reduce Gun Violence

(Jon Miltimore, Foundation for Economic Education) Shortly before Christmas in 2018, a woman named Darlene voluntarily turned in a 9mm pistol to the Baltimore Police Department. It was just one of about 500 firearms the department collected that day as part of the city’s gun buyback program, which paid citizens somewhere...

NYC Gay Pride Parade Kicks Out Cops But Asks Them to Come Back When They Call 911

(Headline USA) Organizers of New York City's Pride events said Saturday they are banning police and other law enforcement from marching in their huge annual parade until at least 2025, and will also seek to keep on-duty officers a block away from the gay pride parade. Even still, the leaders...

Fake-News AP Seizes On Fuel Fiasco to Deflect Blame for Biden’s Failures

(Headline USA) Gaslighting media---such as the far-left, propagandist Associated Press---pounced on the opportunity to suggest that a massive fuel shortage on the East Coast, which for many drew parallels to the Jimmy Carter administration, was a conservative conspiracy to undermine the perfectly executed policies of President Joe Biden's administration. Although...

CALIF. REALTOR: Exodus ‘Unlike Anything I’ve Seen’ in 28 Years of Selling Homes

(Cole Lauterbach, The Center Square) California’s wealthiest residents sought to purchase luxury homes in other states during the COVID-19 pandemic, if not leave the state entirely. A report from realty company Coldwell Banker suggests many of their California-based home sellers saw their wealthy clients selling and heading for more tax...

Bill Maher Taping Cancelled; Tests COVID-Positive Despite Being Vaccinated

(Associated Press) A taping of Bill Maher's weekly HBO show was canceled after the host tested positive for COVID-19. Maher, who is fully vaccinated, is “asymptomatic and feels fine," according to a statement Thursday from HBO. “No other staff or crew members have tested positive at this time,” the channel said. The taping...
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