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Was Whitmer’s Secret Fla. Trip During COVID Legal?
(Scott McClallen, The Center Square) Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is once again under fire for a Florida trip she took months ago.
The trip was partially paid for by a 501(c)4 group, which critics say presents legal questions.
Whitmer used funds from an inauguration-related nonprofit to pay for a $27,521 trip to...
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...
Gaetz Associate Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking Charges
(Associated Press) A Florida politician who emerged as a central figure in the Justice Department’s sex trafficking investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz pleaded guilty Monday to six federal charges and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors as part of a plea deal.
Joel Greenberg, a longtime associate of Gaetz, appeared in federal...
SURVEY: Americans Have Little Faith in Public Health Agencies
(Cameron English, American Council on Science and Health) 72 percent of Americans believe that federal public health institutions play a pivotal role in the nation's health care system, though fewer than 40 percent of people trust these agencies to fulfill that obligation. That's according to a new survey from the...
CDC Director Denies She Changed Mask Guidance Due to Political Pressure
(Headline USA) The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday defended the decision to ease mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people, stressing that increasing political pressure had nothing to do with the abrupt shift in guidelines.
“I’m delivering the science as the science is delivered to the...
UPDATE: Netanyahu Says AP was Warned Before Destruction of ‘Media’ Bldg. Where Hamas Was
UPDATE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that a Gaza City building that housed some media organizations, including Associated Press, was destroyed --- but that all legitimate journalists were warned of the coming attack beforehand. From Fox News:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directly called out the Associated Press...
Microsoft Investigated Bill Gates for Affair with Employee Before He Left the Board
(Headline USA) Board members at Microsoft Corp. made a decision in 2020 that it wasn't appropriate for its co-founder Bill Gates to continue sitting on its board as they investigated the billionaire's prior romantic relationship with a female Microsoft employee that was deemed inappropriate, according to a report in...
Despite Biden’s Efforts, Refugee Arrivals Unlikely to Exceed Trump’s 15K-Person Cap
(Headline USA) President Joe Biden, under political pressure, agreed to admit four times as many refugees this budget year as his predecessor did, but resettlement agencies concede the number actually allowed into the U.S. will be closer to the record-low cap of 15,000 set by former President Donald Trump.
Refugee...
Minneapolis Suburb Approves Plan to Replace Police with Social Workers in Some Cases
(Headline USA) Elected officials in a Minneapolis suburb where a police officer fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April approved a resolution that puts the city on track to major changes to its policing practices.
The Brooklyn Center City Council voted 4-1 Saturday in favor of a...
Oregon County’s Second Amendment Sanctuary Law to Face Court Test
(Headline USA) The first court test of whether local governments can ban police from enforcing certain gun laws is playing out in a rural Oregon county, one of a wave of U.S. counties declaring itself a Second Amendment sanctuary.
The measure that voters in the logging area of Columbia County...
FBI Changes Course, Calls Anti-Trump Shooter Domestic Terrorist
The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced Saturday that they would change the designation of the Congressional Baseball Team shooting that injured Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., to "domestic terrorism."
The FBI sparked outrage amongst Republicans when news broke the federal law enforcement agency had classified the shooting as a “suicide...
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...
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