As if the global economic condition were not severe enough after months of devastating impacts wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, investors are warning that the possible collapse of a major Chinese real estate development company named Evergrande could trigger a liquidity crisis similar to the one that occurred in late 2008, leading to a multi-year
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Chicago Public Schools officials have announced that they have approved the purchase of as many as 100,000 new laptops in anticipation of shutting down “some classrooms” in response to the emergence of the omicron variant, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The district did note earlier this week that it views a “system-wide” shutdown of Chicago
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If you are a parent and you have children who still have TikTok on their phones, you are a bad parent. No, seriously. Did you know that TikTok is driving teens to commit self-harm and violent acts and even pick up mental disorders and eating disorders, and it’s using algorithms to do it? Why would
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Earlier today, NR published a piece I wrote about the relationship between the American Enterprise Institute’s storied foreign-policy shop and Congressional Republican offices. I cited multiple GOP national-security staffers working across both houses of Congress pointing to a potential rift between the conservative think tank and some hawkish Republicans. This dynamic, they said, has been
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After four days of deliberations, a Minnesota jury has found former police officer Kim Potter guilty of first-degree manslaughter and second-degree manslaughter in connection with the April 11th shooting death of Daunte Wright. Wright’s death became national news when bodycam footage of his arrest was released to the public. In the footage, Wright — who
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Jewish Currents, which advertises itself as a “magazine committed to the rich tradition of thought, activism, and culture of the Jewish left,” and which proudly declares on its website that it was “launched… within the orbit of the American Communist Party” raised eyebrows on Twitter Thursday when they apologized to their readers. The reason for
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In an uncharacteristically honest segment on CNN’s New Day, anchor John Berman was forced to cover President Biden’s crumbling poll numbers on the economy and inflation. During the Thursday segment, Berman brought on CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten to discuss the Biden Administration’s polling troubles. Before Enten spoke, Berman posed this question to him:
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Air Force members are now allowed to use the pronouns he/him, she/her, and they/them in their electronic signatures in official correspondence. “The mandatory update will be included in the Air Force handbook, The Tongue and Quill, the service’s leading reference on writing and speaking, said an Air Force memorandum issued earlier this month,” reports Stars and
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Weren’t airliners’ vaccine mandates supposed to prevent disruptions like this? First United, now Delta Airlines. Delta Air on Thursday evening cancelled 90 Christmas Eve flights citing Omicron and weather issues. “Delta teams have exhausted all options and resources — including rerouting and substitutions of aircraft and crews to cover scheduled flying — before canceling around
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Joan Didion speaks at an event at the College of Marin in Kentfield, Calif., February, 1977. (Janet Fries/Getty Images) A collection of the famed essayist’s writings for this publication, in honor of her life and career In the 1950s and 1960s, Joan Didion was a regular contributor to National Review, penning book reviews and essays
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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland attends a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., June 25, 2021. (Ken Cedeno/Reuters) The U.S. Justice Department, headed up by Attorney General Merrick Garland, announced earlier this week that thousands of federal prison inmates who were sent home due to the pandemic would not be required
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Investigators from the World Health Organization are investigating an outbreak of an as-yet-unknown illness that has reportedly killed almost 100 people in southern Sudan in Africa, according to ABC News. The symptoms of the illness reportedly include cough, diarrhea, fever, headache, chest pain, joint pain, loss of appetite and body weakness, and thus far none
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After a rash of COVID-related absences have plagued the league this year, and following numerous complaints from teams about the league’s current testing policy, the NFL adopted new testing protocols last week, and did so for an eye-opening reason: asymptomatic players were not found to be transmitting the virus. According to an ESPN report, which
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(Natural News) Film producer and director Lori Gregory accused big pharmaceutical companies of making tons of money on huge patient populations. “I saw the profit over people model a long time ago. And it was scary. There’s a problem when the government has to force an industry to create something known as an orphan drug program. Because
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(Natural News) Former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin didn’t hold back against the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine Sunday, Dec. 20, during a speaking engagement at the conservative student group Turning Point USA’s Americafest event in Phoenix, Arizona. “Over my dead body,” Palin said as she expressed her stance against getting jabbed with a COVID-19 vaccine. Palin explained
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(Natural News) The Swiss Freedom Movement (MLS) has collected 125,000 signatures, which is 25,000 more than required, to hold a vote against the prospect of mandatory Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) “vaccination.” If passed, the referendum would actually prohibit all vaccinations and implants without an individual’s consent – meaning vaccines would always remain voluntary and never be
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(Natural News) In tandem with one another, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Jason Crow (D-Colo.) all tweeted almost identical language admitting that despite getting their “booster” shots for the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19), they still tested “positive” for the virus. Like parrots, Warren, Booker and Crow all say that they are still either
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Joan Didion attends The American Theatre Wing’s 2012 Annual Gala at The Plaza Hotel in New York City, September 24, 2012. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images) Her credo was that real Americans can only fall from grace, and any journey in the other direction is simply wrong. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE W hen I wandered into a bookstore
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Brielle Peare, 6, uses a microphone to talk to a man in a Santa Claus costume, who sits inside a store display window behind glass as a measure against the spread of the coronavirus at the Primark store in Boston, Mass., December 18, 2021. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) Dear Weekend Jolter, Christmas is here, and here we
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Police have arrested five suspects — four of them teenagers — in connection with the reported Wednesday carjacking of Democratic Pennsylvania Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon. Scanlon, who supported a bill that would have made it easier for local police departments to replace police officers with mental health specialists, was reportedly forced out of her car
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