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White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that while Spotify's plans to add a disclaimer to Covid-related content is a 'positive step' after uproar over anti-vaccine stances were shared on Joe Rogan's podcast, but social media networks need to do more. 'This disclaimer is a positive step but we want every platform to continue doing more to call out mis- and disinformation while also uplifting accurate information. I mean, look at the facts,' Psaki said in her daily news briefing on Tuesday. 'Our hope is that all major tech platforms and all major news sources for that matter be responsible...

VIDEOIt started in Canada with the Freedom Convoy but now it has inspired trucker protests for freedom all over the world as you can see in this video.

Many Americans were misled by QAnon predictions, believing them to be credible at the time they were posted. The experience shows the wisdom of evaluating claims with a discerning eye. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the just over three years between October 28, 2017 and December 8, 2020, one or more bloggers claiming to have access to secret intelligence from inside the Trump White House published nearly 5,000 cryptic posts known as “drops” under the moniker “QAnon,” or simply “Q.” At the time, many viewed the posts as credible, yet the passage of time showed beyond a reasonable doubt that they were not....

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is being accused of "rich hypocrisy" for hiding video of the entirety of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, and claiming she has sovereign immunity that means she does not have to let the public have the facts about the events of that day. It is Judicial Watch, a government-watchdog organization, that has been trying to gain access to the video, which comes from hundreds of monitor cameras posted through the Capitol. Pelosi has refused, so far, to grant any access to the public records. Judicial Watch now has filed an opposition to...

Fr. Daniel Nolan reflects upon the old adage that those who ignorant of the past are bound to repeat it. Fr. Nolan offers a number of historical examples of when government officials conducted unethical scientific experiments on its citizens and then lied about it. Knowing our history enables us to think for ourselves and hopefully avoid repeating similar mistakes in the future.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams rode a wave of fear into office. Gothamites concerned about petty and serious crime alike voted overwhelmingly for the ex-cop to return some sanity to the Big Apple. So what did Adams just announce he would do to combat the lawlessness plaguing his city? Crack down on law-abiding Americans. Although it’s no secret that New York City is already unfriendly to lawful gun owners, the steps Mayor Adams laid out will make the metropolis competitive with the Soviet Union for history’s most intrusive surveillance state. New York’s gun control laws have abjectly failed to...

Hear about the new restaurant called Karma? There’s no menu: You get what you deserve. What type of sandals do frogs wear? Open-toad!

Denver, Colorado — Mountain States Legal Foundation today announced a major step forward on an effort to hold the Federal Aviation Administration accountable for Obama-era hiring practices that were designed to exclude better-qualified air traffic control candidates, in favor of less-qualified candidates, all due to the color of their skin. Federal judge Dabney Friedrich of the Federal District Court in the District of Columbia today approved class action certification for MSLF clients Andrew Brigida and Matthew Douglas-Cook and other aspiring air traffic controllers who scored highly on qualification tests but lost out on their dream jobs due to the FAA’s...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A jury was set to resume deliberations Wednesday on competing defamation lawsuits filed by former U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore and a woman who accused him of molesting her decades ago when she was 14. After meeting for about an hour Tuesday on the claims by Moore and Leigh Corfman, the jury asked to go home and view videos that were introduced as evidence when they returned. The videos show statements Moore made, at campaign events and in media interviews, denying the accusations. Corfman maintains Moore sexually touched her in 1979 when she was a teen...

The Native American Guardian’s Association and five individual plaintiffs with Native American heritage filed a lawsuit against Colorado, challenging the constitutionality of S.B. 21-116, a law prohibiting the use of Native American mascots by schools.

This isn’t just illiberal, it’s irrational. What Goldberg said was factually incorrect, yes. But so what? Figures on political TV shows say stupid and historically illiterate things every day — including about the Nazis — and nothing much happens to them as a result. What, exactly, was different about this one? Is warmed-over critical theory prohibited now? And why does anyone care? ABC’s president explained that the suspension was a product of Goldberg’s “hurtful comments.” But who, specifically, was “hurt”? The View is a talk show, and a particularly stupid one to boot. Is there anyone in the world who...

Recently, one of your number, an economics professor at Oxford, had this to say: “At Davos a few years ago, the Edelman survey showed us the good news is that the elites across the world trust each other more and more. So we can come together and design and do beautiful things together. The bad news is that, in every single country they were polling, the majority of people trusted their elite less. So we can lead, but if people aren’t following, we’re not going to get to where we want to go.” Where to begin unpacking this stunning example...

A Republican state senator in Georgia is calling for an investigation into a newly elected school board chairwoman after she described white people as 'socialized racists' and demanded an end to 'anti-black capitalism.' Dr. Tarece Johnson, who is a Democrat, was elected the new chair of Gwinnett County Board of Education in January. She is the first black woman to serve as chair.

Companies shed 301,000 jobs last month, sharply missing the 207,000-job gain that economists surveyed by Refinitiv had predicted and a major drop from the downwardly revised gain of 776,000 in December. It marked the first time that ADP reported negative growth since December 2020, when companies shed 123,000 jobs before the vaccines were available.

The following is a recent discussion between U.S. Congresswoman Lisa C. McClain, Northwood University Economics department chair Dr. Dale C. Matcheck and Dr. Timothy G. Nash, director of the McNair Center for the Advancement of Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship at Northwood University. The conversation centered around recent comments by U.S. Federal Reserve Bank (Fed) chairman, Jerome Powell and how the Federal Reserve intends to bring our nearly 40-year high rate of inflation down to levels prior to 2021. McClain: It’s great to be here with two of my favorite economists, Northwood University’s Dr. Tim Nash, and Dr. Dale Matcheck, to...

GLENVIEW, Ill. - A suspect stole mail from a mail receptacle at the Glenview Post Office over the weekend. According to Glenview police, an unknown suspect pried open the outdoor mail receptacle at the Glenview Post Office, located at 1400 Patriot Blvd., between Saturday at 6 p.m. and Monday at 5 p.m., and stole an unknown amount of mail. Police are warning residents who dropped off mail that contained financial payments or personal information during this time frame to take necessary steps to stop fraud. Residents are encouraged to notify their banks and credit card companies as well as cancel...

Precisely one week ago my colleague, senior editor MacKenzie Chung Fegan, Slacked our entire team a link to these Party Pants from Tillamook’s new Cheddar Capsule collection. There was no text attached; there didn’t need to be. They’re cheese-colored pants custom-designed for storing a lotta cheese. “​​Finally, I can take cubes of cheddar from the party cheese plate back to my apartment,” said senior social media manager Esra Erol, who is as smart at living as she is at dairy-heisting. (Keep an eye on her around your charcuterie.) As someone whose mother recently accused her of being anti-capitalist, “like that...

Many issues defined the years 2020 and 2021. In addition to the obvious coronavirus pandemic and economic strife, the most prevalent issue on Capitol Hill during this time has been "big tech” companies and their business practices. This has manifested itself in a number of hearings where expert witnesses and tech executives were brought before congressional committees to speak on these practices. All of this was to determine what the government’s response ought to be. What has been lost in the debate about big tech and antitrust has been what the effect of these new bills would have on child...

The Backdoor Gun Ban We need new, independent, domestic end-to-end ammunition plants, and right away.Last year, the Biden Administration banned the further import of Russian-made ammunition into the United States. After a subdued press release, which announced the ban was punishment for Russia’s poisoning of the anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny on a flight from Tomsk to Moscow, the entire issue was shelved. Today, no one in the administration is touting the success of this initiative in getting Russia to behave itself. Which is bizarre, given Russia’s excellent behavior since then.In reality, the Russian ammo embargo is a sanction on Americans,...

Leaked notes from a White House Situation Room meeting the day before Kabul fell shed new light on just how unprepared the Biden administration was to evacuate Afghan nationals who'd helped the United States in its 20-year war against the Taliban. Why it matters: Hours before the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan's capital on Aug. 15, 2021, senior Biden administration officials were still discussing and assigning basic actions involved in a mass civilian evacuation. Outsiders were frustrated and suspicious the administration was having plenty of meetings but was stuck in bureaucratic inertia and lacked urgency until the last minute. While...