(Natalia Mittelstadt) There have been 24,000 gun fatalities in 2021 so far.
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Virginia School Board Rejects State’s New Transgender Student Policy Guidance
(Daniel Payne) Members also voted down critical race theory curriculum.
Reality check: 5 Biden Whoppers
(Brianna Kraemer) President Biden’s town hall event on Wednesday featured dubious claims regarding the economy, crime and coronavirus.
Scientists Announce Landmark Detection of Isotopes in Planet Hundreds of Trillions of Miles Away
(Daniel Payne) Discovery is “really quite special.”
Republicans Send Letter to the White House Demanding Answers on Facebook Working with Administration
(Nicholas Sherman) The White House previously stated that it would work with Facebook to flag posts that are “misinformation.”
Fans and Advocates for the #FreeBritney Movement Hold Rally at the Lincoln Memorial
(Misty Severi) Fans of the pop star want Spears to be released from a 13-year court ordered conservatorship.
59 of 96 Phones Assigned to Mueller Probe Missing; GOP Senators Demand Answers from DOJ
(Nicholas Sherman) Senators Grassley and Johnson want to know, among things, what the Justice Department has done to recover missing phones and whether phones were reviewed for evidence of leaks.
CCP Uses Big Tech and Academia to Censor, Harass Its Critics Worldwide, They Say
(Greg Piper) “I look at my university and I see the place is absolutely hooked on Chinese foreign student money,” Australian academic says.
Netflix down Almost a Half-million Subscribers after Pushing Leftist Ideologies
(Brianna Kraemer) The streaming service lost 430,000 North American subscribers during the second quarter, the first time it has experienced a decrease in two years.
Mistake Caused Recent False ‘Spike’ in Death Reports Tied to Covid Vaccine, CDC Says
(Nicholas Sherman) CDC spokespeople have not said what caused the error to occur.
Former Trump NSC Official: Biden Should Let Cubans Into U.S., Restore Their Internet Access
(Natalia Mittelstadt) Former Trump administration NSC chief of staff Fred Fleitz criticized the Biden administration for denying Cubans entrance to the U.S. while letting illegal immigrants cross the southern border.
Ocasio-Cortez: Concerned GOP Laying ‘Groundwork for Regime Change’ in Cuba
(Nicholas Ballasy) “What we need to do is urgently support human rights, the right for free speech, the right for protest, and not try to vaguely allude to the possibility of U.S. intervention and regime change,” said the progressive New York representative.
Founder of New Whistleblower Group Contrasts ‘Cowardly’ Leaking with Whistleblowing
(Natalia Mittelstadt) “[T]here is a difference between blowing the whistle, which is legal, and protected — and, arguably, your patriotic duty, right — and leaking,” said Jason Foster, founder and president of EMPOWR.
U.S Officials Say More Data Is Needed to See If Pfizer Booster Shots Are Necessary
(Nicholas Sherman) Related Even top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci says there isn’t enough evidence proving booster shots are needed.
Educators Face Termination for Proposing Male-only, Female-only Bathrooms in Schools
(Greg Piper) Oregon educators are fighting for their jobs after starting a campaign to keep biological males and females in their own school restrooms and locker rooms and make it optional for school employees to use their students’ preferred gender pronouns.