Category: Republicans

Sen. Schmitt Demands Answers From State Department-Funded Censorship Org

Sen., from, Demands, Answers, Censorship, Schmitt, DepartmentFunded, state0 comment

Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., demanded Thursday that the Global Disinformation Index provide specifics on its efforts to blacklist conservative news sites, in a letter exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. GDI, a nonprofit based in the United Kingdom, compiles lists of sites—such as conservative media outlets—that it deems as spreading “disinformation” and shares these lists with advertising firms to demonetize the outlets, the Washington Examiner first reported. Despite describing itself as “nonpolitical,” the Global Disinformation Index consistently assigns higher ratings of disinformation risk to conservative media while rating liberal…

Read More...

Interactive Calculator Shows How Cutting Carbon Emissions Would Barely Budge Temperatures

Interactive, emissions, cutting, Carbon, barely, Calculator”, Budge, Temperatures, would, shows0 comment

Ever since the start of Joe Biden’s presidency, curbing climate change has been a fundamental component of his energy policy agenda. During the spring, for example, the Biden administration issued a power plant rule­­, imposing strict emissions reductions regarding the use of fossil-fuel power plants. There have been many other rules proposed as well, including regulating cars, stoves, dishwashers, water heaters, and even microwaves. All of these rules are predicated on concerns about the effects of greenhouse gas emissions on global temperatures and climate change. If greenhouse gas emissions drive…

Read More...

Major Corporations Employ DEI Agency to Feature ‘Underrepresented’ Communities in Commercials

Feature, corporations, Agency, Major, Communities, commercials, Employ, ‘Underrepresented’0 comment

Some of the world’s largest companies are hiring a nonprofit agency to make their commercials appear diverse. It’s called Free to Work, and it matches companies with minorities to star in their photo shoots and advertisements. Free the Work partners with Amazon, Google, Snapchat, Meta, Uber, Haagen-Dazs, Verizon, Target, and others to ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion in media campaigns. The nonprofit brought in more than $ 2.5 million in 2022, according to its 990 report, a financial statement filed by tax-exempt organizations. Free the Work has made two commercials…

Read More...

Math Teachers Group’s Push for Identity Politics Damages Math’s Inherent Equity

groups, Push, math, identity, Teachers', Politics’, equity, Damages, Math’s, Inherent0 comment

The world’s largest math education organization is injecting identity politics where it doesn’t belong—and undermining math education in the process. The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics told teachers to “regularly and intentionally integrate more equity, justice, and culturally centered mathematics education” in every math lesson in a May 20 position statement, The council argues that math education must respond to the “culture” of students, represented in “multidimensional identities,” including “race, ethnicity, religion, generation, gender, sexual orientation, education, class, occupation and socio-economic status, and disability.” While proper math education, to…

Read More...

Elderly Pro-Lifer Prosecuted by DOJ Describes Joy as She Faces Prison: ‘I’m With God’ 

faces, 'God, prison, “I'm, prosecuted, describes, elderly, ProLifer0 comment

When 75-year-old Paulette Harlow was sentenced to 24 months in prison on Friday for attempting to dissuade women from getting abortions, she felt thankful—despite her chronic health conditions. “I went to the sentencing, and I felt very confident, and I felt very joyful, and I felt like it was a tremendous privilege to stand in the court on behalf of the unborn, who have no voice,” she told The Daily Signal.  The jury found Harlow guilty in November under the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act and of…

Read More...

California Considers Legislation Concealing Students’ Gender Transitions From Parents

from, California, Considers, transitions, Legislation, Students, gender, parents, Concealing0 comment

In November, a poll found 68% of Americans across party lines thought parents should be notified “if their child changes their gender identification or preferred pronouns at school.” And while some are shocked this is a controversial topic to begin with, many are not-so shocked to learn the state of California has proved to be an epicenter of these debates. When the Chino Valley Unified School District board, led by President Sonja Shaw, met in July to discuss a potential policy that would require parental notification if their children attempted gender transitions…

Read More...