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New Study Finds Economic Freedom Is Key to Curbing Fake News
Economic freedom helps to inhibit the spread of fake news, according to a recent academic paper featured in the European Journal of Information Systems. According to the study, titled “Impact of Mobile Connectivity and Freedom on Fake News Propensity During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Country Empirical Examination”: [O]ur empirical analysis demonstrates the significant role of… -
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West Virginia Families, Students Have New Reason for ‘Hope’ on Educational Options
Thousands of children across West Virginia have new hope for the future. State legislators have approved a proposal that would allow students to use education savings accounts to choose how and where they learn. Lawmakers will now send the proposal for these Hope Scholarships to the governor’s desk. Parents can customize their child’s learning experience… -
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The Hypocrisy of the Filibuster Busters
The effort to undo the Senate’s legislative filibuster is an un-American, Constitution-eroding, radical play to nationalize politics by empowering slim and fleeting majorities to institute wide-ranging, generational policies. Judging from the media coverage, you might be under the impression that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has some kind of duty to “diffuse” the Democrats’ threats… -
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Photos Show Kids Inside Pods at Biden Border Facility
Dozens of migrant children were seen packed into cages and lying on makeshift mattresses at a Texas border facility over the weekend, according to photos obtained by Axios. The photos reportedly showed children inside the plastic cages, or “pods,” at a Customs and Border Protection temporary overflow facility in Donna, Texas, according to Axios. Although the… -
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Obama and Democrats: Filibuster for Me, but Not for Thee
Senators of both parties often say they want to legislate “on a bipartisan basis.” On March 6, for example, Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said it three times in one short speech. For more than 200 years, the Senate’s approach to handling legislation has had a built-in bipartisan incentive by giving the minority more… -
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Don’t Blink or You’ll Miss It: The Left Quietly Puts in Place Everything It Needs for Single-Payer System
The House of Representatives will hold a hearing tomorrow titled “Building on the ACA: Legislation to Expand Health Coverage and Lower Costs.” This hearing further confirms the left’s commitment to a single-payer health care model is alive and well. This hearing will be held by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and is intended to… -
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Your Guidebook to Combating the Climate-Crazed Left
You’ve no doubt heard of the Green New Deal, the far left’s favorite piece of legislation. But do you know where it originated? How it became the centerpiece of the left’s agenda? Or that many of its provisions have nothing to do with climate change? Marc Morano, publisher of ClimateDepot.com, has a new book out… -
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GOP Senate Leaders Criticize Biden Team for Prioritizing Social Justice Over Working Americans
Three top Senate Republicans have voiced concern to the Biden administration's Labor Department that it is prioritizing social justice above the interests of American workers. Sens. Richard Burr of North Carolina, Mike Crapo of Idaho, and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania—the respective ranking members of the Senate's Labor, Finance and Banking committees—wrote a letter Thursday responding to… -
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Why the F-35 Rules: Study History, Study Costs, Study Threats
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith, D-Calif., recently lamented the supposedly exorbitant costs and “poor track record” of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Smith’s lack of expertise in airpower might qualify him for a pass, of sorts, for those ill-informed comments. But Gen. Charles Q. “CQ” Brown’s own recent public statements on the subject are real head-scratchers. … -
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More Economic Freedom, Greater Herd Immunity in Chile
Although it has faltered, Chile continues to lead South America in having a free economy, according to the 2021 edition of The Heritage Foundation’s annual Index of Economic Freedom. As reported by The Wall Street Journal, Chile also leads South America in the race to achieve herd immunity from the COVID-19 pandemic. Those two developments… -
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Wind Played Role in Biden’s Stumbles, White House Suggests
President Joe Biden was all right after he stumbled three times Friday in "very windy" weather while boarding Air Force One, a White House spokeswoman said. Biden twice stumbled, catching himself on the steps, and then fell down while climbing to board Air Force One, video footage shows. Biden got up and proceeded onto the presidential jet after… -
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As More Schools Reopen, CDC Now Says Students Can Sit Just 3 Feet Apart
As more schools around the country move toward reopening, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised its guidance Friday, saying that K-12 students may sit 3 feet apart instead of 6 feet—as long as they wear masks. That’s regardless of whether the children are in “areas of low, moderate, or substantial community transmission” of… -
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US Needs to Be Prepared for Increasing Nuclear Threats to Homeland
In a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Gen. Glen VanHerck, the commander of U.S. Northern Command, brought some necessary attention to the growing nuclear threats to the U.S. homeland. Russia was at the top of his concerns. To match a more assertive nuclear doctrine, Russia is undertaking a massive nuclear modernization effort. This… -
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Gov. Kristi Noem Wavers on Signing Ban of Biological Males From Women’s Sports
After expressing her excitement to sign a bill banning biological males from women’s sports, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is wavering in her support for the legislation due to pressure from groups in South Dakota, The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned. Noem, a Republican, said as recently as March 8 that she was “excited” to sign HB… -
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It’s Time to Send Our Children Back to School
We recently passed the one-year anniversary of “15 days to slow the spread.” We must acknowledge the substantial difficulties that continuous lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic have had on Americans, particularly on our children and adolescents. The negative consequences of full-time distance learning, decreased social interaction, and the cancellation of group sports are exponential as… -
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren Calls Filibuster Racist After Filibustering Sen. Tim Scott’s Police Bill
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has called the Senate filibuster racist months after she herself filibustered police reform legislation from Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C. Warren said the filibuster is both racist and shouldn’t be permitted in the Senate since it gives the minority veto power, Axios reported. The legislative filibuster, which dates back to the 1800s, is… -
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Biden Refers to His Vice President as ‘President Harris’
President Joe Biden referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as “President Harris” in remarks Thursday about vaccinations to fight COVID-19. “Now, when President Harris and I took a virtual tour of a vaccination center in Arizona not long ago, one of the nurses on that tour injecting people and giving vaccinations said that each shot… -
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The Social Cost of Carbon and Climate Sensitivity Is Model Manipulation at Its Finest
The “social cost of carbon” is a calculation that the Biden administration is looking to use to justify stringent regulation of carbon dioxide emissions. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt—joined by Arkansas, Arizona, Indiana, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah—have now filed a lawsuit, arguing that the use of this metric in… -
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House Passes 2 Immigration Bills as Border Crisis Intensifies
The House passed two separate immigration bills Thursday evening, marking the first time the 117th Congress has voted on the issue under President Joe Biden. The pair of bills are the first immigration proposals to be voted on since a surge of migrants reached the southern border, resulting in heightened scrutiny of the Biden administration… -
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More States Taking Field for Female Athletes’ Right to Fair Competition
Imagine training as a female track athlete for years in middle school and high school, reaching the heights of your potential at a championship meet, only to lose to a biological male who “identifies” as female. What’s the young woman’s redress for this blatant unfairness? In some of the states where this has been an issue,…