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from City Journal
A quarterly magazine of urban affairs, published by the Manhattan Institute
Counsel of the Woke
Public-health experts have subordinated science to progressive politics. Scientists, like everyone else, are entitled to their personal opinions. But the fallout from the lockdowns and protests suggests that progressivism has become the default ideology of the public-health community; science is now a weaponized form of politics.
Counsel of the Woke
Public-health experts have subordinated science to progressive politics. Scientists, like everyone else, are entitled to their personal opinions. But the fallout from the lockdowns and protests suggests that progressivism has become the default ideology of the public-health community; science is now a weaponized form of politics.
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from Coeur d'Alene Press
No one really believed they would actually do it. But, on Sept. 20, 1974, Chairwomen of the Kootenai Tribal Council Amy Trice and Doug Wheaton, community representative for the Tribe, formally notified the U.S. government that a state of war existed between the Tribe and the U.S. The issue centered around the Kootenai Tribe’s frustration over the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) disregard of the Tribe’s frequent requests for assistance with much needed housing repairs, medical care, education and respect for their lands. On the other side, the BIA complained that the Tribe was impossible to deal with due to the Tribe’s long history of having difficulty in coming to a decision.
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from Conciliar Post
WESLEY WALKER: The question is not whether structures of Sin and violence exist; they certainly do. The question is how an individual who inhabits them should orient themselves in relation to those structures.
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization
On Monday, I debated the Harvard professor who proposes a “presumptive ban” on homeschooling. Thousands of viewers tuned in to watch the live, online discussion hosted by the Cato Institute. With 1,000 submitted audience questions, the 90-minute webinar only scratched the surface of the issue about who is presumed to know what is best for children: parents or the state. Here is the replay link in case you missed it. Last week, I outlined much of my argument against Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Bartholet that I incorporated into our debate, but here are five takeaways from Monday’s discussion: 1. There Are People Who Believe the State Should Be Your Co-Parent; 2. Random Home Visits Will Be a Weapon of the State; 3. Private Education Is in Danger; 4. State Standardized Testing Begs the Question: Whose Standard?; 5. Homeschoolers Will Win,
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from The Guardian (UK)
LEFT-CENTER, HIGH, British daily newspaper published in London UK
Belarus’s autocratic leader, Alexander Lukashenko, claims to have thwarted a revolution backed by “foreign puppet masters” after harassing and arresting his opponents ahead of the country’s presidential elections in August. “We have managed to take steps to anticipate and thwart a major plan to destabilise Belarus (this is not a joke or a scare tactic) and bring a new Maidan [revolution] to the country,” said Lukashenko, referring to the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, in remarks carried by the Belta state news agency. “The masks have been ripped off the puppets we have here and the puppet masters, who are sitting beyond Belarus’ borders.” He did not provide any evidence for claims of foreign interference, which he aimed at both Russia and the west.
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from The Heritage Foundation
RIGHT BIAS, MIXED American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C.
RIGHT BIAS, MIXED American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C.
Trump has long and rightfully complained about Germany’s lack of defense spending and cited this as a major reason behind his decision. So far during his first term, Trump has enhanced and increased the U.S. military presence in Europe. The U.S. military presence in Europe deters American adversaries, strengthens allies, and protects U.S. interests.
Millions of American gun owners are incredibly responsible. Just as we highlight examples of responsible gun owners, it’s vital that we “call out our own” when gun owners make a mistake. Know your state’s self-defense laws, and any other laws relevant to gun ownership.
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from The Living Church
Magazine of The Living Church Foundation (Anglican)
It has been nearly three years since a confrontation between white supremacists and counter-protestors took place in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. What had begun as an expression of opposition to the removal of that statue, quickly turned violent and resulted in the death of a young woman. The conflict that ended so tragically on that August day in 2017 ignited sharp debates, numerous editorials, and caustic exchanges on social media about the meaning and place of Confederate statues in America’s public spaces. In that unsettling realm called déjà vu, the country is again engaged in verbal and written combat with itself (and in at least one instance, a shooting) over whether the statues of figures associated with the Confederacy or other racist systems should remain openly on view, be removed to separate sites, or be destroyed outright.
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Stock-market legend who called 3 financial bubbles says this one is the ‘Real McCoy,’ this is ‘crazy stuff’
‘My confidence is rising quite rapidly that this is, in fact, becoming the fourth, real McCoy, bubble of my investment career. The great bubbles can go on a long time and inflict a lot of pain but at least I think we know now that we’re in one. And the chutzpah involved in having a bubble at a time of massive economic and financial uncertainty is substantial.’ That is Jeremy Grantham, co-founder and chief investment strategist at Boston-based money manager Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co., offering up a stark warning to speculators driving the stock market to new heights amid the greatest pandemic of the past century.
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from National Review RIGHT BIAS
What about Stone Mountain?
But the crime of which the Confederates stand guilty in the eyes of the mob is not treachery; “rebel,” “transgressive,” and “iconoclast” are the highest of compliments on the left. If you’re tearing down statues of George Washington while burning the American flag, loyalty to the United States of America is not what’s on your mind. No, the crime the Confederates committed that is today unspeakable was racism, not treason. That is the same crime of which Washington, Jefferson, Churchill, Gandhi, Columbus, and many other historical figures can (fairly) be accused. Three-quarters of Mount Rushmore is tainted, along with its sculptor — the same artist who was initially hired to sculpt Stone Mountain. But racism is so interwoven with our history that there is simply no escaping it. If we have to confirm our opposition to racism and slavery by removing all figures associated with these evils, we can’t stop until the Washington and Jefferson memorials are taken down, or at least renamed. ... There would be such a cacophony of sandblasting, removing, and rewriting from coast to coast that we’d all soon be overwhelmed by the scale of the project, at which point there would be a collective sense that this was all a folly. We’d all stop and realize that no matter how satisfying it may be to pretend it lies within our power to declare it’s Year One, none of these revisionist acts would be doing anything about the underlying fact, which is that there is a lot of racism in American history.
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George Washington Statue in Portland Toppled, Covered in Burning U.S. Flag
Amid ongoing protests following the killing of George Floyd, a statue of George Washington, the first president of the U.S., was torn down Thursday night by a group of people in Portland, Oregon's largest city. "People have torn down a statue of George Washington at 57th and Sandy in NE Portland. @fox12oregon," wrote a reporter for FOX 12 Oregon, Drew Reeves, on his Twitter account. A U.S. flag was seen burning at the head of the statue before it was toppled using a rope. Another U.S. flag was seen burning over the statue after it was toppled on the ground, according to video footage and images shared on social media. Police are reported to be at the scene.
from Newsweek
LEFT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, American weekly news magazineAmid ongoing protests following the killing of George Floyd, a statue of George Washington, the first president of the U.S., was torn down Thursday night by a group of people in Portland, Oregon's largest city. "People have torn down a statue of George Washington at 57th and Sandy in NE Portland. @fox12oregon," wrote a reporter for FOX 12 Oregon, Drew Reeves, on his Twitter account. A U.S. flag was seen burning at the head of the statue before it was toppled using a rope. Another U.S. flag was seen burning over the statue after it was toppled on the ground, according to video footage and images shared on social media. Police are reported to be at the scene.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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from USA Today
If boys identifying as girls left your daughter a spectator in her own sport, wouldn't you speak up?
Over the past few years, athletes, coaches and parents have been watching in disbelief as girls are being replaced on the winner’s podium by boys who identify as girls at all levels of competition. It’s what prompted Idaho to enact a law to protect female athletes from having their dreams of success on the field taken from them by a male competitor, and it’s what prompted the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights to conclude that my home state, Connecticut, is in violation of federal law.
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