Fox News,
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Greg Norman
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7/31/2023 1:29:17 PM
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Paul Reubens, the comedian who played the character Pee-Wee Herman, has died at 70 following a battle with cancer.
"Last night we said farewell to Paul Reubens, an iconic American actor, comedian, writer and producer whose beloved character Pee-wee Herman delighted generations of children and adults with his positivity, whimsy and belief in the importance of kindness," read a statement posted Monday on the Pee-Wee Herman Instagram page.
Daily Caller,
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James Lynch
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7/31/2023 12:57:38 PM
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IRS whistleblowers say they were kept out of meetings between Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors and Hunter Biden’s attorneys.
Whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler each testified to the House Ways and Means Committee about how they were kept out of meetings that Biden’s defense counsel Chris Clark touted at Biden’s July 26 court appearance, where his guilty plea agreement fell apart. (snip) "And I would say that I think it’s not typical for the investigative team and the agents to never be in on proffers or reverse proffers with defense counsel. We never once were allowed to do so."
WSB Radio (Atlanta, GA),
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Jeff Amy
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7/31/2023 12:32:03 PM
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A new reactor at a nuclear power plant in Georgia has entered commercial operation, becoming the first new American reactor built from scratch in decades.
Georgia Power Co. announced Monday that Unit 3 at Plant Vogtle, southeast of Augusta, has completed testing and is now sending power to the grid reliably.
At its full output of 1,100 megawatts of electricity, Unit 3 can power 500,000 homes and businesses. Utilities in Georgia, Florida and Alabama are receiving the electricity.
Nuclear power now makes up about 25% of the generation of Georgia Power, the largest unit of Atlanta-based Southern Co.
Campus Reform,
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Toni Airaksinen
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7/31/2023 12:25:29 PM
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A math education professor at the University of Illinois argued in a newly published book that algebraic and geometry skills perpetuate “unearned privilege” among whites. (snip) “On many levels, mathematics itself operates as Whiteness. Who gets credit for doing and developing mathematics, who is capable in mathematics, and who is seen as part of the mathematical community is generally viewed as White,” Gutierrez argued.
Gutierrez also worries that algebra and geometry perpetuate privilege, fretting that “curricula emphasizing terms like Pythagorean theorem and pi perpetuate a perception that mathematics was largely developed by Greeks and other Europeans."
Reason,
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Christian Britschgi
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7/31/2023 12:06:47 PM
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A taxpayer-funded fair housing nonprofit in Illinois, with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), is demanding a federal crackdown on landlords who don't rent to tenants with eviction records.
In a complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) last week, the group HOPE Fair Housing Center argues that such policies amount to illegal discrimination based on race and sex, given the higher likelihood that black people, and particularly black women, will have an eviction record.
American Thinker,
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Clarice Feldman
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7/30/2023 5:28:54 AM
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It has been a week of scandalous doings on Attorney General Merrick Garland’s watch. Congress seems paralyzed to intervene with more than hearings, and so far, only federal district court Judge Maryellen Noreika has tried. As I explain, it’s questionable whether her conduct will prevent the Justice Department from exonerating Hunter Biden from laundering what may be as much as $50 million in bribes from countries, including China, Ukraine, and Romania, into his family’s pockets. Through Jack Smith it has corralled President Trump’s valet and the Mar-a-Largo maintenance worker into the ridiculous documents case. Finally, it dropped another case against crypto scammer Sam Bankman-Fried,
Washington Free Beacon,
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Thomas McKenna
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7/29/2023 11:47:44 PM
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An African American Studies course defended by Democrats teaches the same historical item Vice President Kamala Harris and others excoriated Florida governor Ron DeSantis (R.) for allowing in his state’s curriculum. (snip)
the AP African American Studies course framework designed by the College Board, which many Democrats including Harris defended in the face of scrutiny from DeSantis, includes a similar line.
"In addition to agricultural work, enslaved people learned specialized trades and worked as painters, carpenters, tailors, musicians, and healers in the North and South," the AP course framework reads. "Once free, African Americans used these skills to provide for themselves and others."
Washington Examiner,
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Meghann Dyke
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7/29/2023 11:36:44 PM
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The head of South Carolina's Department of Education is on the receiving-end of criticism after local media highlighted concerns about potential First Amendment violations over an email to employees. (snip) The email was delivered to SCDE employees earlier this month, and instructed recipients to state their name, role, and fill-in the blank for the following prompt: "I believe it is essential for SCDE to provide ______ for every child to reach their full, God-Given potential." (snip)
A Constitutional lawyer, cited in the news outlet's report, slammed the correspondence as an example of, "the state imposing a religious test on employees, that's unconstitutional.
Fox News,
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Andrea Vacchiano
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7/29/2023 11:14:44 PM
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Ford Motor Company announced it is projected to lose a whopping $4.5 billion from electric vehicles (EVs) this year, up from the previous projected loss of $3 billion.
The company released its second-quarter financial results on Thursday. The U.S.-based automaker's EV division, called "Ford Model e," has lost $1.8 billion so far this year, according to Fortune.
The projected $4.5 billion loss is over twice as much as Model e's $2.1 billion loss in 2022. The company recently announced that the price of its electric F-150 Lightning pickup trucks will be reduced due to cheaper raw battery materials.
Breitbart,
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Ian Hanchett
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7/29/2023 10:55:11 PM
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On Friday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “The Record,” Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz stated that the proposed Hunter Biden plea deal was “the opposite” of how plea deals usually work because it actually sent a message that “we don’t want to hear from you. We don’t want you to testify. We don’t want you to get other people in trouble.” And was done on “open and shut” charges.
Host Greta Van Susteren said, “When you give immunity to someone as a federal prosecutor, you get something. And they got nothing.
Fox News,
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Brandon Gillespie
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7/29/2023 1:14:59 PM
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Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has broken with his party when it comes to just how far he's willing to support medical treatments for children identifying as transgender. (snip) In response to Beshear's stated opposition to child sex change surgeries, Cameron's campaign called foul.
"Andy Beshear supports sex-change surgeries for kids because he vetoed the bill banning them in March," campaign surrogate and Republican Party of Kentucky spokesman Sean Southard said in a statement. "Now, in the heat of a campaign, Andy Beshear is misleading voters about his true beliefs. It’s a shame, and Kentuckians are smart enough to see through Andy Beshear’s lies."
Just the News,
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Grip Piper
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7/29/2023 1:07:09 PM
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This spring Vermont joined California and Connecticut in regulating the speech of pro-life pregnancy centers, claiming they routinely dupe abortion-seeking women about the services they provide and share misinformation.
This week the Green Mountain State joined them in getting sued for alleged First and Fourteenth Amendment infringements.
The National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, a pregnancy center network, and two of its seven Vermont members are seeking an injunction against several officials, including state Attorney General Charity Clark, with authority to enforce various provisions of SB 37 – being characterized in such legal language as "vague and viewpoint-discriminatory" speech code "not narrowly tailored to any asserted state interest."