Month: January 2022

Grove City College in Grove City, Pa. (Grove City College/Facebook) Recent criticism of the college rests on fallacious arguments and overblown claims. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE O n November 10, a petition emerged online alleging that Grove City College, a Christian and historically conservative institution in western Pennsylvania, was being threatened by critical race theory. The
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Residents in a major Italian city went viral over the weekend after violating an ordinance that barred them from using fireworks in New Year’s Eve celebrations. What is the background? Naples Mayor Gaetano Manfredi issued an ordinance ahead of New Year’s celebrations that enacted “the absolute ban on the use and detonation of fireworks, firecrackers,
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Dr. Anthony Fauci explained Sunday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering amending revised COVID-19 isolation guidelines after pushback from critics who said the updated recommendations were not sufficient. The CDC updated quarantine guidelines last week for people who test positive for COVID. If asymptomatic, the updated guidelines recommend isolating only five days,
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As the profile of Gov. Ron DeSantis has grown – mostly from bucking the pandemic restrictions that other governors have enforced – Democrat politicians, the corporate media, and liberals have targeted the Florida governor, even for taking his wife to cancer treatment. In what may be the most egregious and flimsy attack on the Republican
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American flag and Oath of Allegiance at a naturalization ceremony in Washington, D.C., in 2013. (Larry Downing/Reuters) American identity comes from living through the political institutions of the Constitution. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE O ur politics is currently overwhelmed with identity. Rights, votes, participation, all understanding of one’s place in the country is said to be
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Pro-life activist Terrisa Bukovinac outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., December 10, 2021. (Sarah Silbiger/Reuters) Terrisa Bukovinac knows what it is to feel like a black sheep. As a secular person with progressive politics, it took her a long time to feel comfortable advocating on behalf of the pro-life movement. While activists on both
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The Dallas Morning News was sharply criticized after amplifying a tabloid-like story about the 13-year-old daughter of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), which seemingly attempted to pit the young teenager against her father by highlighting differences in political opinion. What are the details? The Dallas Morning News published a story last Thursday claiming Cruz found himself
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Nearly two-thirds of the staff based at the Princess Elisabeth Polar Station in Antarctica have been infected with COVID-19 despite having strict health protocols in place to try to stop the spread of the respiratory disease. Since Dec. 14, at least 16 of the 25 workers at the Princess Elisabeth Polar Station have caught the
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(Jeenah Moon/Reuters) But politicians resist term limits, the most popular idea to help do that. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE A lot of polls have been taken in the run-up to Thursday’s anniversary of the storming of the U.S. Capitol, and they make for sobering reading. A CBS/YouGov poll finds that 68 percent of respondents see the
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A Covid sign amid confetti after New Year’s celebrations in Times Square, January 1, 2022. (Hannah Beier/Reuters) It’s coming — that’s the bad news. The good news is that hangovers end. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE H appy New Year. About last night . . . We have, in a way, been here before. The Covid-19 epidemic
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Democrats accused Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) of going “missing” or being on vacation last week as COVID-19 cases surge in the Sunshine State. DeSantis, however, was not AWOL. Instead, he was accompanying his wife, Casey, as she received treatment for cancer. What did critics say? Mayor Jerry Demings (D) of Orange County: “Our residents,
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As COVID-19 rips through New York, the state government has decided to prioritize non-white people to receive COVID-19 treatments because of “longstanding systemic health and social inequities.” Last week, New York’s Department of Health released a document titled: “Prioritization of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Monoclonal Antibodies and Oral Antivirals for the Treatment of COVID-19 During Times of Resource
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Podcaster Joe Rogan announced that he is joining GETTR, a new social media platform. GETTR was founded by Jason Miller, a former adviser to President Trump. The platform advertises itself as a free-speech-oriented alternative to Big Tech platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Rogan announced his decision to join the new platform on Twitter and included
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Jillian Golder, an employee of Oro Valley Hospital, has her temperature checked before receiving an antibody test for the coronavirus at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Ariz., July 10, 2020. (Cheney Orr/Reuters) Orwell’s line from Animal Farm comes to mind when you read about the way New York health officials are allocating resources. If you’re
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) had her personal Twitter account permanently suspended on Sunday for reportedly sharing “COVID-19 misinformation.” “We permanently suspended @mtrgreene for repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation policy,” Twitter said in a statement, according to CNN reporter Donie O’Sullivan. “We’ve been clear that, per our strike system for this policy, we will
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) triggered a social media storm on New Year’s Eve after she claimed that her Republican critics are “mad they can’t date me” and accused them of “projecting their sexual frustrations” onto her boyfriend. What is the background? Ocasio-Cortez faced backlash late last week after she was caught vacationing in Florida while
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On Thursday’s The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC, fill-in host Ayman Mohyeldin devoted a segment to pushing for President Joe Biden to target the fossil fuel industry without the approval of Congress. Setting up a segment with environmental alarmist Bill McKibben, Mohyeldin blamed recent examples of extreme weather on “climate change” and lamented that Democrats have
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(Natural News) Joe Rogan’s interview with Dr. Robert Malone was, without question, one of the most important interviews of 2021. The interview has been reposted numerous times across free speech video sites. Here’s a link on Brighteon to view the entire three hours. Throughout the interview, Dr. Malone was meticulous, thoughtful and highly informative. We
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