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June 21, 2021

Nashville Residents Repaint BLM ‘Mural’ to Celebrate Juneteenth

Residents from across Nashville celebrated Juneteenth by repainting a 350 foot 'mural' dedicated to the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. Because the painting was dedicated to the BLM movement, some residents across Nashville found the idea to be controversial. The...

June 21, 2021

Commentary: Big Tech Only Has Itself to Blame for Republican Rethinking of Antitrust

There are few, if any, political issues that now generate the breadth and intensity of bipartisan backlash as does the rise of Big Tech. During Donald Trump’s presidency, the major parties largely diverged on their specific grievances against the woke...

June 21, 2021

Lumber Futures Drop After Sustained Rise, Signaling Potential Price Drop for Consumers

Lumber futures plunged further this week, seeing a price drop that hit 20% in a sign that the lumber market may finally reverse course from its dizzying price spike that occurred over the last few months. The reversal was likely...

June 21, 2021

College President Derides ‘Critical Race Theory’ Criticisms, Lauds Its ‘Widely Acclaimed Scholarship,’ Asserts ‘Critical Race Theory Is the New Communism’

Dr. Elliot Stern, president of Saddleback College, a public community college in California, issued an open letter commemorating Juneteenth that also voiced support for Critical Race Theory. Amid thoughtful comments on the historical significance of Juneteenth and the importance of commemorating...

June 21, 2021

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Nestle, Cargill in Human Rights Lawsuit

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Nestle USA and Cargill could not be sued for alleged human rights abuses that occurred overseas. The plaintiffs, six Mali citizens enslaved as children on Ivory Coast cocoa farms supplying the food giants, sued Nestle and...

June 21, 2021

Idaho University Campus Ministry Students Encouraged to Take ‘Anti-Racist’ Classes

A Christian university's Student Government Association is recommending students take "helpful classes" related to "anti-racism." The Northwest Nazarene University Student Government Association sent out an email referring students to an anti-racism guide that promoted several social justice courses. This document,...

June 21, 2021

As Biden Seeks to Limit U.S. Oil Production, Reliance on Russian Imports Rises

Within months of President Joe Biden halting the Keystone Pipeline, pausing new oil and gas leases on federal lands, and imposing further restrictions on U.S. oil companies, U.S. oil imports from Russia set a new record in March. According to...

June 21, 2021

60 Catholic Democrats Accuse Bishops of Weaponizing Eucharist Against Biden

Catholic congressional Democrats are accusing U.S. Catholic bishops of weaponizing the Eucharist against President Joe Biden. Sixty Catholic Democrats issued a “Statement of Principles” Friday warning U.S. bishops against “the weaponization of the Eucharist.” Signers included Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,...

June 21, 2021

GOP Reps Hope to Discourage Pelosi from Imposing More Abusive Rules with Lawsuit over Metal Detector Fines

Two Republican lawmakers are suing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over the fines they’ve been slapped with for violating her oppressive security screening rules. Following the riot at the Capitol on January 6, Pelosi had magnetometers installed outside the chamber, and...

June 21, 2021

Conservative Sues Twitter, California Officials, and Biden Campaign Consultants For Colluding to Deplatform Him

Conservative political commentator and attorney Rogan O’Handley is suing former California Secretary of State and now U.S. Senator Alex Padilla, current Calif. SoS Shirley Weber, Twitter, Team Biden campaign consultants SKDK, and others, for coordinating to deplatform him from Twitter after he...

June 21, 2021

Portland Police Department Says It Doesn’t Track Gang Activity as Gang Violence Rises

A spokesperson for the Portland Police Bureau told the Daily Caller News Foundation Thursday that the department doesn’t track gang activity despite reports detailing an increase in gang violence in the city. Police officials estimate half of the 470 shootings...

June 21, 2021

Commentary: The Inevitable Fruits of Critical Race Theory

A black man went on a multistate shooting spree recently. The suspected gunman, Justin Tyran Williams, said he specifically targeted white men in his rampage that left five wounded. “Basically, explained throughout his life, specifically white males had taken from him, and...

June 21, 2021

IRS Denies Tax Exemption to Christian Group, Associates Bible with GOP

A top Internal Revenue Service official told a Christian group that “Bible teachings are typically affiliated” with the Republican Party as a rationale for denying its application for tax-exempt status. The Texas-based Christians Engaged filed an appeal on Wednesday to the IRS’...

June 21, 2021

Commentary: Only National Conservatism Can Unite the West and Contain China

“Europe will be your revenge,” are the purported words of West German Chancellor Conrad Adenauer to French Prime Minister Guy Mollet in 1956. The quip was related to America’s siding with Egypt and the USSR during the Suez Canal Crisis against Great...

June 21, 2021

Checks and Balances Project Attracts Criticism over Links to Public Relations Firm

Watchdog blog the Checks and Balances Project (CBP) is facing criticism over its links to the Tigercomm public relations firm. On November 9, 2020, the Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) signed a contract with Tigercomm during a conflict with major...

June 21, 2021

Atlanta Area Among Country’s Fastest-Growing New Home Construction Markets

A recent National Association of Realtors report shows the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta metro area is experiencing new-home growth amid a national housing shortage. The area ranked fourth in the country for metro areas with the most single-family home building permits over the past...

June 21, 2021

Developer Sues City of Norfolk in Casino Dispute

Cordish Companies is suing the City of Norfolk for $100 million, alleging in its complaint that in a 2013 agreement to develop the Waterside property, the city promised to support Cordish's effort to build a casino if casinos were legalized....

June 21, 2021

Seven Months Later, Georgia County Officials Have Not Produced Chain of Custody Records for 316,000 Absentee Vote by Mail Ballots Deposited in Drop Boxes in 2020 Election

Seven months after the November 3, 2020 presidential election, state and county officials in Georgia have failed to produce chain of custody records for more than 317,000 absentee vote by mail ballots deposited in drop boxes located around the state...

June 21, 2021

Michigan to Fully Open Tuesday

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has once again ditched her COVID-19 reopening plan, announcing the state will drop its COVID-19 restrictions on June 22. Her previous plan dropped restrictions on July 1. “Today is a day that we have all been looking...

June 21, 2021

Tweet by Georgia Public Broadcasting Writer Reveals More Chain of Custody Document Discrepancies in Fulton County Absentee Ballot Transfer Forms

A tweet by Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) News writer Stephen Fowler on Saturday revealed more chain of custody document discrepancies in Fulton County's absentee ballot drop box transfer forms. The tweet included a partial image – the very top only --...

June 21, 2021

Some Virginia Colleges Will Continue to Prohibit Marijuana on Campus to Protect Federal Funds

Some Virginia universities intend to prohibit marijuana on campus grounds after it becomes legal for recreational use for adults age 21 and older in the state. Although the commonwealth will allow legal possession beginning in two weeks, the plant still...

June 21, 2021

Florida Gas Prices Up 48 Percent over Last 12 Months

According to publicly available data, average gas prices in Florida have increased approximately 48.0% over the last 12 months. The current price of a gallon of regular gas, as of June 20, was $2.96. This is up from $2.00 per...

June 21, 2021

Ohio Senate Approves Legalized Sports Betting

Sports bettors in Ohio are a step closer to being able to stay in state to place a wager after the Ohio Senate passed a bill legalizing sports betting and e-bingo. If passed by the House and signed by Gov....

June 21, 2021

Top Georgia Democrats Flip on Voter ID Amid Push from Manchin for Identification Rules

Georgia Democratic rockstars Stacey Abrams and Sen. Raphael Warnock have both made major reversals on their feelings about voter identification, flips that could signal shifting Democratic priorities about voter ID as the Senate considers a sweeping voting bill that could...

June 21, 2021

Florida’s Unemployment Rate Increases in May

In the most recent data released by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) on Friday, the May unemployment rate in Florida was 4.9%, up .1% from the unemployment rate in April. Although the the number of individuals who qualified...

June 21, 2021

Parental Rights Bill Awaiting Governor DeSantis Signature

One of the 24 bills officially submitted to Governor Ron DeSantis Friday was the parental rights bill (HB 241). If it is approved by DeSantis, the bill would establish and expand parents rights related to the health care and education...

June 21, 2021

New Poll Says Minnesotans Don’t Trust Governor to Handle Crime

A poll conducted by the American Experiment shows that a majority of Minnesota residents don't trust Governor Tim Walz to take care of crime. According to the findings of the Thinking Minnesota poll, 55% of Minnesotans do not approve of...

June 21, 2021

Mark Green Proposal Would Stop Foreign Adversaries from Buying Land Near U.S. Military Bases

U.S. Rep. Mark Green (R-TN-07) has introduced a bill that would, if enacted into law, direct the U.S. Secretary of Defense to produce ongoing reports about foreign land purchases around U.S. military bases. This, according to a press release...

June 20, 2021

Report: Clarksville Among Country’s Fastest-Growing Metro Areas

In a housing market booming across the country, Clarksville stands out. A recent National Association of Realtors report shows that while the Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin metro area is one of the largest growing markets in the country, it is Clarksville that ranks as the...

June 20, 2021

Commentary: As Great as a Mom May Be, Kids Still Need Their Dads

by Christopher Becker “Smokin’ Joe,” a biography of late heavyweight boxing champion and 3-time Muhammad Ali foil Joe Frazier, was recently reviewed by Gordon Marion in The Wall Street Journal. Among the notable details is the fact that five...

June 20, 2021

Judge Rules Christian Baker Jack Phillips Must Make ‘Gender Transition’ Cake

A Colorado baker and self-described cake artist who won a 2018 victory at the Supreme Court faced a related setback this week when a state court ruled in another case that the law requires him to make a cake to celebrate a...

June 20, 2021

DeSantis Signs Property Insurance Reform Bill, Customers Face Rate Increases

Earlier this month, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill earlier this month designed to bring relief to a sector of the property insurance industry. However, some Floridians might be seeing rate increases. The new law will prohibit contractors from...

June 20, 2021

Sticky Baseballs: The Physics of Major League Baseball’s Latest Scandal

Cheating in baseball is as old as the game itself, and pitchers’ modifying the ball’s surface is part of that long history. Adding to the lore of cheating is a new scandal involving pitchers who may be applying sticky substances...

June 20, 2021

Commentary: New Harvard Data (Accidentally) Reveal How Lockdowns Crushed the Working Class While Leaving Elites Unscathed

Founding father and the second president of the United States John Adams once said that “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts...

June 20, 2021

Ancient Giant Rhino Was One of the Largest Mammals to Walk the Earth

The remains of a 26.5-million-year-old giant, hornless rhino — one of the largest mammals ever to walk Earth — have been discovered in northwestern China, a new study finds. The newly identified species, Paraceratherium linxiaense — named after its discovery spot in the Linxia Basin in...

June 20, 2021

Commentary: What Greek Epics and Their Teachings on the Special Relationship Between Fathers and Sons

Father’s Day inspires mixed emotions for many of us. Looking at advertisements of happy families could recall difficult memories and broken relationships for some. But for others, the day could invite unbidden nostalgic thoughts of parents who have long since...

June 20, 2021

Portland Police Department’s Rapid Response Team Unanimously Resigns

On Wednesday, every single police officer on the city of Portland’s Rapid Response Team (RRT) submitted their resignations from the team, according to the Daily Caller. All 50 officers from the RRT will continue to serve as regular police officers, but...

June 20, 2021

Catholic Bishops Pass Measure to Draft Statement Prohibiting Some Politicians from Receiving Communion

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) overwhelmingly approved a measure to draft a statement laying out whether politicians who counter church teaching may be denied Communion during Mass. Nearly 170 out of the 229 total U.S. bishops, or roughly...

June 20, 2021

U.S. Government Allocates $3.2 Billion for COVID-19 Antiviral Pills

The Department of Health and Human Services will invest $3.2 billion to develop and manufacture COVID-19 antiviral medicines, it announced Thursday. The initiative, funded as part of the American Rescue Plan, is designed to accelerate research into antivirals as well as...

June 20, 2021

Commentary: Vegan Diets and If It Makes Kids Shorter and Weaker

Diets that exclude meat and fish (vegetarian) or all animal products including dairy and eggs (vegan) are becoming increasingly popular for health, environmental and ethical reasons. Past research in adults has linked vegetarian and vegan diets with a reduced risk of heart disease but...

June 20, 2021

First Democratic State Will End Its Unemployment Benefits

Louisiana will be the first Democratic-controlled state to roll back its $300 a week unemployment benefits enacted by federal programs. Gov. John Bel Edwards signed the bill Wednesday that stops the weekly payments on July 31, but raises Louisiana’s maximum...

June 20, 2021

Black Young Adults Raised by Two Parents Are Way More Likely to Obtain College Degree, Study Finds

A study released Friday demonstrates a “clear connection” between incarceration for black young adults and family structures. Children of all races are much more likely to go to college and to avoid both poverty and prison if they are raised...

June 20, 2021

LinkedIn Blocks Profile That Mentions Tiananmen Square Massacre

A Swedish journalist living in Taiwan was told by LinkedIn to edit his profile Thursday due to the presence of prohibited content. Jojje Olsson, a journalist who writes prolifically on China, posted a tweet Thursday with an email from LinkedIn informing him...

June 20, 2021

Youngkin, Miyares, Sears Stop in Chester for Take Back Virginia Rally

CHESTER, Virginia - The GOP candidates for governor, attorney general, and lieutenant governor stopped in Chester on Saturday afternoon for a rally with about 350 attendees. In 90-degree heat Glenn Youngkin, Delegate Jason Miyares (R-Virginia Beach), and Winsome Sears spoke,...

June 20, 2021

Black Man Who Cleaned Up Graffiti in Minneapolis Harassed by Protesters

A black man, Marvin Applewhite, was trying to clean up streets in Uptown Minneapolis when he was chased away by protesters. Applewhite, a Minneapolis local, started an effort to organize youth to clean up the city of Minneapolis to give...