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1000s More Haitians Traversing Central America Toward US Border

Thousands more Haitian migrants are traveling toward the southern border of the United States to try and enter the country, according to Reuters. Immigration officials just cleared out the massive makeshift encampment in Del Rio, Texas where thousands of illegal immigrants from Haiti tried to get into the U.S. But thousands...

Facebook Pauses Plans for Instagram Cesspool for Kids

(Associated Press) Facebook is putting a hold on the development of a kids' version of Instagram, geared toward children under 13, to address concerns that have been raised about the vulnerability of younger users. “I still firmly believe that it’s a good thing to build a version of Instagram that’s designed...

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...

GoFundMe Deletes Grieving Father’s Fundraiser After Son’s Post-Vax Death

(Jon Miltimore, Foundation for Economic Education) At his funeral, Ernesto Ramirez Jr. wore a light blue suit and the eyeglasses he had worn in so many photographs he’d taken with friends and family during his young life. The 16 year-old was laid to rest in April when he became one of...

Cases Down 60% Since Denmark Lifted All COVID Restrictions

(Jon Miltimore, Foundation for Economic Education) On September 3 Denmark lifted all of its COVID restrictions, becoming the first country in the European Union to do so. At the time, Denmark had achieved a fully-vaccinated rate of 73 percent in adults, a figure well below targets set by US National Institutes...

WTF Happened in 1971? Economic Indicators Worsen Since End of Gold Standard

(Jon Miltimore, Foundation for Economic Education) In mid August, Twitter Founder and CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted a strange hashtag: #WTFHappenedin1971. #wtfhappenedin1971 — jack⚡️ (@jack) August 15, 2021 A few weeks later, Edward Snowden, the CIA subcontractor turned whistleblower who revealed the NSA’s unlawful mass surveillance program, shared a similar post. "Why Aren't Millennials Buying...

Extreme Hospital COVID Policies Lead Women to Give Birth at Home

(Kerry McDonald, Foundation for Economic Education) When I decided to have my third baby at home, I did so because I felt that a home birth with an experienced midwife would be the safest place for labor and delivery. My first two children were born in a large, Boston teaching hospital,...

Republicans Push for Forensic Audits in Battleground States & Texas

(Headline USA) The most closely watched attempt by Republicans to examine the 2020 presidential election in a battleground state has ended in a resounding victory in Arizona, and their efforts are cranking up elsewhere. The most recent is in Republican-controlled Texas, where the secretary of state's office announced Thursday it...

Population Gains in Urban Cities Could Give Blue States Bigger Democrat Majorities

(Headline USA) As congressional redistricting gets underway, some of the country's most populous cities are taking prominent roles in reshaping the balance of power in Washington. And that's good news for Democrats. Robust growth in the liberal strongholds of New York and metropolitan Chicago are poised to give Democrats an edge...

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...

Nancy Pelosi Says House Will Pass $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill This Week

(Headline USA) With President Joe Biden's broad domestic agenda at risk of collapse, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday vowed that Democrats will pass a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill this week. Then the Democrats will push ahead on the bigger $3.5 trillion welfare and climate change bill, though they...
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