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Nikki Fried’s Campaign to Accept Crypto, Money Laundering Questions Raised

Nikki Fried’s Campaign to Accept Crypto, Money Laundering Questions Raised

by Grant Holcomb | Jan 8, 2022 | Battleground States, Florida, The South

  Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried (D) announced on Twitter that her political committee for governor now accepts cryptocurrency as a contribution to the campaign. Fried made the announcement by a video posted to social media. The financial system...
Hennepin County Chiefs of Police Association and a Group of Minnesota Mayors Call for Accountability, More Prosecution of Criminals

Hennepin County Chiefs of Police Association and a Group of Minnesota Mayors Call for Accountability, More Prosecution of Criminals

by Hayley Feland | Jan 8, 2022 | Battleground States, Minnesota, The Upper-Midwest

  The Hennepin County Chiefs of Police Association (HCCPA) as well as a group of mayors within the county wrote letters to the Hennepin County Attorney Michael Freeman asking for accountability and more prosecution of criminals. The HCCPA wrote it believes law...
Buckhead City Committee Leader Says His Inside Sources Contradict Information Put Out by Atlanta Mayor and Police Department

Buckhead City Committee Leader Says His Inside Sources Contradict Information Put Out by Atlanta Mayor and Police Department

by Chris Butler | Jan 8, 2022 | Battleground States, Georgia, News, The South

  Staff for Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and the Atlanta Police Department (APD) accused Buckhead City Committee leader Bill White of misinforming the public about alleged corruption and mismanagement practices within their agencies. White told The Georgia Star...
Two Wisconsin Reps Join an Arizona Rep in Demanding Answers from Biden Regarding COVID Funds Used to House Immigrants

Two Wisconsin Reps Join an Arizona Rep in Demanding Answers from Biden Regarding COVID Funds Used to House Immigrants

by Hayley Feland | Jan 8, 2022 | Arizona, Battleground States, The Upper-Midwest, The West, Wisconsin

  Rep. Thomas Tiffany (R-WI-07) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI-08) joined Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-08) in demanding answers from the Biden administration regarding the use of COVID funds to house illegal immigrants. Tiffany said, “Reports show that Biden...
Michigan Lawmakers Denounce Return to Virtual Learning

Michigan Lawmakers Denounce Return to Virtual Learning

by Cooper Moran | Jan 8, 2022 | Battleground States, Michigan, The Upper-Midwest

  Numerous Michigan lawmakers voiced their support for in-person learning, following school districts across the state moving to virtual learning. The Republican legislators pointed to the harmful social impacts and decreased academic scores for children in the...
DeWine ‘Not Happy’ Only Half of National Guard Vaccinated as He Deploys Them to Ohio Hospitals

DeWine ‘Not Happy’ Only Half of National Guard Vaccinated as He Deploys Them to Ohio Hospitals

by Peter D'Abrosca | Jan 8, 2022 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest

  Amid its deployment to assist healthcare professionals during a surge of COVID-19 cases in Ohio, Gov. Mike DeWine (R) says he’s not happy with the vaccination numbers among the state’s National Guard. “This is a high-risk operation, you need to be...
Youngkin Picks Conservative Policy Leader Kay Coles James for Secretary of the Commonwealth

Youngkin Picks Conservative Policy Leader Kay Coles James for Secretary of the Commonwealth

by Eric Burk | Jan 8, 2022 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia

  Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin announced that former Heritage Foundation President Kay Coles James is his pick for Secretary of the Commonwealth. James has experience in the administrations of both Bushes as well as Reagan. She also served as Former Governor...
Commentary: We Must Never Cede Language to the Left

Commentary: We Must Never Cede Language to the Left

by Star News Staff | Jan 8, 2022 | Commentary, News

by Thaddeus G. McCotter   In 2001, I served in the Michigan State Senate. One morning our then-governor, John Engler, met with our Republican caucus to promote his idea of consolidating several state entities within a single department by executive order....
Commentary: CNN Is Winding Down Its COVID-19 Dashboard Again

Commentary: CNN Is Winding Down Its COVID-19 Dashboard Again

by RealClearWire | Jan 8, 2022 | Commentary, News

by Kalev Leetaru   Since March 20, 2020, CNN has displayed a live COVID-19 dashboard in the upper-right of its daily news programming tracking the latest pandemic numbers, including infection and death counts, as seen in the image below. The timeline below...
Trump’s Social Network TRUTH Sets February Launch Date

Trump’s Social Network TRUTH Sets February Launch Date

by Star News Staff | Jan 8, 2022 | National, News

  - – – Photo “Donald Trump” by Gage Skidmore CC BY-SA 2.0.      
Iowa Awards Two-Thirds of Strengthening Communities Grants to YMCA or YWCA Projects

Iowa Awards Two-Thirds of Strengthening Communities Grants to YMCA or YWCA Projects

by The Center Square | Jan 8, 2022 | National, News

by Mary Stroka   Projects in the rural communities of Clinton, Hampton, Keokuk, Lake City, Maquoketa, Red Oak and Stanton will all together receive $250,000 in Strengthening Communities grants, the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs announced Thursday. The Iowa...
Poll: Majority Supports Blocking Biden’s Private Sector Vaccine Mandate as U.S. Supreme Court Weighs Challenges

Poll: Majority Supports Blocking Biden’s Private Sector Vaccine Mandate as U.S. Supreme Court Weighs Challenges

by The Center Square | Jan 8, 2022 | National, News

 by Casey Harper   The majority of Americans support Congressional efforts to block President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates for large businesses ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court hearing on that very issue, according to a new poll. Convention of States Action, along...
Commentary: Shrinking the State Versus Draining the Swamp

Commentary: Shrinking the State Versus Draining the Swamp

by RealClearWire | Jan 8, 2022 | Commentary, News

by Kevin Vallier   The Republican Party is divided. An older generation supports limited government. A younger generation wants to use a large government to pursue unapologetically conservative ends. Less than a decade ago, the Republican Party seemed wholly...
Poll: Majorities of Republicans and Democrats Say the U.S. Is ‘in a State of Decay’

Poll: Majorities of Republicans and Democrats Say the U.S. Is ‘in a State of Decay’

by Star News Staff | Jan 8, 2022 | National, News

by Ben Boychuk   More than three-quarters of likely voters believe the United States is “in a state of decay,” according to a new poll by the Trafalgar Group for Convention of States Action, a grassroots organization aimed at convening a convention to amend the...
Hospitals Are Getting Away with Ignoring Price Transparency Rules, Experts Say

Hospitals Are Getting Away with Ignoring Price Transparency Rules, Experts Say

by Star News Staff | Jan 8, 2022 | National, News

by Ailan Evans   Many hospitals are not complying with laws requiring them to make their healthcare prices publicly available, according to multiple reports, and the Biden administration has so far refrained from issuing penalties. The Hospital Price Transparency...
U.S. Softens Position on Threatened Iranian Sanctions

U.S. Softens Position on Threatened Iranian Sanctions

by Star News Staff | Jan 8, 2022 | National, News

  
U.S. Economy Adds Just 199,000 Jobs in December, Far Below Expectations

U.S. Economy Adds Just 199,000 Jobs in December, Far Below Expectations

by Star News Staff | Jan 8, 2022 | National, News

by Harry Wilmerding   The U.S. economy recorded an increase of 199,000 jobs in December and the unemployment dipped to 3.9%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced Friday. Total non-farm payroll employment increased by 199,000 in...
Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft Urges Governor to Hold Elections for Six Vacant Missouri House Seats

Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft Urges Governor to Hold Elections for Six Vacant Missouri House Seats

by The Center Square | Jan 8, 2022 | National, News

by Joe Mueller   After four resignations, a death and an expulsion, the seats of six members of Missouri’s House of Representatives – all Republicans – are vacant. About 236,000 Missourians live in the six districts, according to the 2020 U.S. Census, or 4% of...
Knoxville Fire Department Says Fire that Destroyed Planned Parenthood Was Set Intentionally

Knoxville Fire Department Says Fire that Destroyed Planned Parenthood Was Set Intentionally

by Peter D'Abrosca | Jan 8, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South

  The cause of a New Years Eve fire that burned down a Knoxville Planned Parenthood was arson, according to the Knoxville Fire Department (KFD) and federal investigators. Knoxville Fire Department investigators, along with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol,...
Turning Point USA’s University of Memphis Chapter to Fight School’s New Woke Curriculum

Turning Point USA’s University of Memphis Chapter to Fight School’s New Woke Curriculum

by Chris Butler | Jan 8, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South

  Members of the University of Memphis’ Turning Point USA (TPUSA) chapter spoke out Friday against their school’s intentions to use classrooms as pulpits that promote the tenets of social justice. Three University of Memphis TPUSA students declared their...
Northam Says Virginians Should Thank Government After 24 Hour Traffic Jam

Northam Says Virginians Should Thank Government After 24 Hour Traffic Jam

by Peter D'Abrosca | Jan 8, 2022 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia

  Days after blaming Virginia motorists for a more than 24 hour pileup on I-95 in the northern part of the state, Gov. Ralph Northam (D) now wants Virginians to thank the state government for the pleasure. “I hate to vent on you right now, Matt, but I am...
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