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Ariz. Atty. Gen. Warns Biden’s Education Sec. Over School Mask Ban Threat
(Elizabeth Troutman, The Center Square) Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s Office says it will not tolerate a federal government investigation into Arizona’s school mask policies.
That’s according to a letter from Brnovich to U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on Aug. 31.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR)...
UPDATE: Fake-News Fact Checkers Rush to Discredit Helicopter Hanging
UPDATE 9/2/2021: After tweets appearing to show a man being executed by the Taliban using a US Blackhawk helicopter made massive rounds throughout conservative media on Tuesday, the same fake news that has dutifully reported as fact every utterance from the Biden administration scrambled to debunk the story through...
SCOTUS (For Now) Allows Texas to Ban Abortions After Heartbeat is Detected
(Headline USA) The Supreme Court is allowing a Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in force, for now stripping most women of the right to an abortion in the nation’s second-largest state.
The court voted 5-4 to deny an emergency appeal from abortion providers and others that sought...
Florida to Issue $5K Fines to Businesses That Impose Vaccine Passports
(Headline USA) Florida will start issuing $5,000 fines to businesses, schools and government agencies that require people to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination.
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill earlier this year that banned vaccine passports.
The fines will start Sept. 16 if people are asked to show proof...
North Carolina Legislature Passes Bill That Bans Critical Race Theory
(Headline USA) North Carolina Republicans sent a bill Wednesday to the state's Democratic governor that would strike critical race theory from the curriculum of public schools.
The measure aims to prohibit teachers from compelling their students to personally adopt any of 13 beliefs, including that "An individual, solely by virtue...
Caesars in Las Vegas Cancels QAnon Group’s Conference
(Headline USA) Casino giant Caesars Entertainment Inc. said Wednesday that a conference scheduled next month in Las Vegas by the QAnon group won't be held at any Caesars property.
It wasn't immediately clear if the "Patriot Double Down" event organized by Patriot Voice would be moved, postponed or canceled. Event...
California Legislature Passes Bill to Mandate Gender Neutral Toy Aisles
(Associated Press) California could soon force large department stores to display some child products in gender neutral ways after the state Legislature passed a bill on Wednesday aimed at getting rid of traditional pink and blue marketing schemes for items like toys and toothbrushes.
The bill would not outlaw traditional...
FTC Orders SpyFone Company to Stop Selling Cellphone Surveillance App
(Associated Press) The Federal Trade Commission has for the first time banned a company that makes so-called stalkerware — software used to surreptitiously track a cellphone user's activities and location — from continuing in the surveillance app business.
Wednesday's action applies to the marketer of SpyFone, Puerto Rico-based Support King...
Afghanistan’s Currency & Food Supply on Brink of Collapse
(Headline USA) The United Nations' stockpiles of food in Afghanistan could run out this month, a senior official warned Wednesday, threatening to add a hunger crisis to the challenges facing the country's new Taliban rulers.
About one third of the country's population of 38 million doesn't know if they will...
Man Accused of Extorting Matt Gaetz Indicted By Grand Jury
The man accused of extorting Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., has been indicted by a grand jury and arrested in connection to a scheme to defraud a victim, according to the Justice Department.
Stephen Alford, 62, was taken into custody on Tuesday and faces several counts of wire fraud and attempted...
McCarthy Warns Telecom Companies Not to Help House Dems Spy on GOP Rivals
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., threatened to take action against telecommunications companies that comply with the Democrats’ Jan. 6 commission and its attempt to surveil Republicans’ communications.
The Democratic-controlled House Select Committee on Jan. 6 reportedly asked several companies to preserve the records of Republican lawmakers who attended the...
AOC Slams Rahm Emanuel’s Ambassador Appointment as ‘Deeply Shameful’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio--Cortez, D-N.Y., slammed President Joe Biden’s appointment of former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to serve as ambassador to Japan as “shameful,” citing his handling of the 2014 murder of Laquan McDonald.
“This nomination is deeply shameful," Ocasio--Cortez said in a statement.
"As mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel helped...
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