CDC Misunderstands Why People Hate It, Attempts to Reorganize Anyway
The legitimacy crisis is affecting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC is now trying to reclaim its image and correct some of the perceived problems that plagued it during this pandemic. In a Wednesday statement, CDC director Rochelle Walensky said, “My goal is a new, public health action-oriented culture at CDC that […]
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Conservatives Shouldn’t Apologize for Skepticism of Big Government
“Conservatives need to get over their allergy to government action.” That was the headline on an opinion column by Henry Olsen last week in The Washington Post. Conservatives are not the only ones who think so. Across much of the right today, there’s more openness to having government do more in the economy. Olsen notes that there […]
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‘Civil War’ Porn
As President Joe Biden’s polls stagnate and the midterms approach, we are now serially treated to yet another progressive melodrama about the dangers of a supposed impending radical right-wing violent takeover. This time, the alleged threat is a Neanderthal desire for a “civil war.” The FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s Florida home, the […]
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Recent Polling Shows That Senate Control After the Midterms Is a Tossup
Two recently released polls suggest that the outcome of the upcoming Senate races is still very much up in the air — and although it’s typical for the party of a newly elected president To lose seats during the first half-term of the new administrationDemocrats could defy the odds in this year’s election. Lt. Gov. […]
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Debt Activists Are Planning to Strike If Biden Doesn’t Extend Payment Pause
If President Joe Biden doesn’t follow up on his pledge to provide much-needed relief to the 45 million AmericansStudents who have student debt will be subject to a strike by activists, the Debt Collective announced Thursday. The current student loan suspension expires in two weeks on August 31. The Biden administration’s decision on whether or […]
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Is the Pro-Biden Spin Getting Out?
Anyone who reads or watches the badly named “mainstream media” knows it carries all the echoes of a Democratic Party messaging service. It’s so efficient that it goads itself into providing happy news for President Joe Biden. For example, CNN media reporter Brian Stelter tweeted, “Congress is passing major, and often bipartisan, bills. Biden is […]
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Boston Children’s Hospital Targeted by Anti-Trans Harassment Campaign
Administrators at Boston Children’s Hospital warned staff this week that they have received an onslaught of threats from people who oppose treatment for transgender patients, a service the hospital has provided since 1998. The harassment began after far-right anti-trans commentators, such as accounts like LibsofTikTokAnd Matt Walsh, began spreading disinformation about the hospital’s Gender Multispecialty […]
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Fed Meeting Minutes Show the Bank May Unleash Mass Unemployment, Economists Say
The newly released minutes of the Federal Reserve’s July meeting indicate that U.S. central bank officials have no plans to deviate from aggressive interest rate hikes as they attempt to tamp down high inflation, a policy response that one economist characterized as a commitment to “unleashing mass unemployment.” “We have a supply-side problem, but rather […]
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Former Brazilian President Launches Campaign to Unseat Far Right Bolsonaro
This week former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva formally launched his campaign to challenge Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro this October. Bolsonaro is being feared and may try to keep his position even if it ends in defeat, possibly with the support of the Brazilian military. Lula, a union leader who held office […]
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Abortion Ban Stalls in West Virginia After Protesters Pack Hearings and Capitol
This article was originally published by Waging Nonviolence. “Vote them out. Vote them out,” activists chanted outside of lawmakers’ offices in West Virginia’s capital in late July, as senators considered a bill that would outlaw abortion in West Virginia. One activist held a sign labeled “Don’t Tread on Me” below a rattlesnake wrapped around itself, […]
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