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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization
It’s a simple fact that income levels in most low-cost states cannot support a $15 minimum wage. President Joe Biden’s new $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief proposal includes a surprising provision: raising the federal minimum wage to $15. The fight for a higher minimum wage is not new, although it has been intensified by current events. The idea, more specifically, is to provide a “living wage.” Proponents argue that, currently, minimum wage workers cannot afford basic living expenses. But even if one assumes for the sake of argument that this is true and sets aside the fact that small businesses are already on the brink of collapse, it’s impossible to determine one suitable “living wage” for all parts of a vast and diverse country like the United States.
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from National Review RIGHT BIAS
Requiring the military to make special accommodations for transgenderism is about identity politics point scoring, not equality.
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from Radio Liberty
One of the participants in the transformation of the Occupational Therapy Center (OWP) № 3 into something similar to a concentration camp for protesters in August 2020 got in touch with Svaboda. New testimonies of former prisoners of the camp near Slutsk. They also say that the camp was fenced with a high fence with towers for protection. A witness to the construction of the camp said that the LPP-3 near Slutsk had been re-equipped to hold the protesters on August 10. The camp was intended to hold about 2,000 people. They started bringing them from Minsk on August 12. Equipment for the camp near Slutsk was brought from different parts of Belarus, including military units and correctional colonies. The Department of Corrections was in charge of the internal security of the camp. Outside - soldiers of the Ministry of Defense. After the unexpected release of the prisoners on August 15, the camp was liquidated in a few days.
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from Reason Magazine
Magazine in Los Angeles, California
The president’s bill will create massive disincentives to work and leave future generations with massive levels of government intrusion and debt.
With his policy announcement about another COVID-19 relief bill, President Joe Biden declares loud and clear that he will not shy away from spending blowouts and fiscal irresponsibility. For the most part, his proposed plan is nothing more than a way to use the current crisis to deliver on Democrats' longtime dream to explode the size and scope of the federal government. The objective of the $1.9 trillion plan is noble enough: stimulate the economy, provide relief to Americans, and combat the pandemic. But noble doesn't always mean good. As they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. I would add political expediency to that expression.
from Reuters
International news agency headquartered in London, UK
President Joe Biden on Tuesday issued a firm call to heal America’s racial divide, taking several steps and promising more to confront racism and inequality that he said has plagued the United States for far too long. ... Biden took executive action on four fronts: curbing the U.S. government’s use of private prisons, bolstering anti-discrimination enforcement in housing, underscoring a commitment to Native American tribal sovereignty and condemning discrimination against Asian Americans and Americans of Pacific Island descent he said has risen during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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from Sputnik
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED, Broadcasting & Media Production Company out of Moscow, Russia
While the Biden administration has previously expressed readiness to work with Moscow to prevent the expiration of the last remaining arms control accord between the two countries, it is reportedly not planning on "resetting" the deteriorating relations with the Kremlin. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has said in his first telephone talk with newly sworn-in US President Joe Biden that a normalisation of ties between Washington and Moscow is in the interests of both countries. Putin added that an improvement in the dialogue between the two powers would also benefit the whole world due to their influence on global security and stability.
Australian-American media magnate Rupert Murdoch criticized what he characterized as a "woke orthodoxy" and "cancel culture" that has become increasingly popular in recent months, saying that these so-called trends are harming the free exchange of ideas throughout the world. He issued a video to mark his lifetime achievement award from the Australia Day Foundation for significant contribution to the press. Murdoch said that a wave of censorship that polarizes society and silences conversation is a “real challenge for those in the media.” He added that this trend prevents people from "realizing their potential.” “This rigidly enforced conformity, aided and abetted by so-called social media, is a straitjacket on sensibility. Too many people have fought too hard in too many places for freedom of speech to be suppressed by this awful woke orthodoxy,” Murdoch noted. The statement is remarkable as the tycoon, 89, has not regularly spoken out publicly in recent years. Murdoch owns hundreds of news outlets around the world, including Fox News, a major media corporation and the New York Post newspaper.
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