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Five Points On Greg Abbott’s Disastrous National Guard Border Deployment

January 16, 2022 Points, Five, National, border, Guard, Greg, deployment, Abbott’s, Disastrous0 comment

<p>When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced in March last year that he would be sending hundreds of Texas National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, he spurred a wave of posturing from Republican governors over “securing” the border. Following Texas’ lead, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent Florida <a href=”https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/florida-game-wardens-join-red-state-pilgrimage-to-southern-border”>state law enforcement officers</a> and <a href=”https://www.flgov.com/2021/07/17/governor-desantis-visits-southern-border-to-meet-with-deployed-florida-law-enforcement/”>National Guard troops</a> to Texas. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem <a href=”https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2021/06/28/kristi-noem-governor-gov-south-dakota-deploy-national-guard-troops-texas-us-mexico-border/7787945002/”>sent her state’s troops</a> as well — funded by a Tennessee <a href=”https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/auto-scrap-billionaire-who-paid-to-send-national-guard-to-southern-border-sounds-off-on-why-he-did-it”>auto scrap billionaire</a>. </p> Talking Points Memo

Biden boasts $27 billion in bridge repair spending

January 15, 2022 Biden, spending, Billion, Bridge, Boasts, repair0 comment

President Biden on Friday announced that his administration will distribute $ 27 billion to repair or replace 15,000 bridges across the country. The funds will be doled out as part of the bipartisan infrastructure spending Mr. Biden signed into law in November. He said the funds were the largest investment in … The Washington Times stories: White House

18 More Federal Agencies Eye Making Vaccine Religious-Objector Lists

January 15, 2022 Lists, Vaccine, ReligiousObjector, more, federal, Agencies, Making0 comment

This week, we revealed that an obscure federal agency plans to keep lists of the “personal religious information” employees who had religious objections to the federal employee vaccine mandate. As it turns out, the little-known Pre-trial Services Agency for the District of Columbia isn’t the only federal agency involved. As we feared, a whole-of-government effort looks to be underway. A little digging at the Federal Register revealed that there are at least 19 total federal agencies—including five cabinet level agencies—that have created or proposed to create these tracking lists for…

Another House Republican Who Voted For Trump’s Impeachment Bows Out

January 15, 2022 voted, House, another, trumps, Bows, Impeachment, Republican0 comment

<p>Rep. John Katko (R-NY) announced his retirement Friday, making him the third House Republican who voted to impeach ex-President Donald Trump to leave the chamber. </p> Talking Points Memo

Biden administration stonewalls senator on FBI’s 2016 probe of conservative group

January 14, 2022 Senator, probe, 2016, group, Conservative..., administration, FBI's, stonewalls, Biden0 comment

Republican Sen. Charles E. Grassley of Iowa says the Biden administration is refusing to answer his questions about the FBI’s 2016 targeting of the conservative group Concerned Women for America, which has sparked concerns of political bias in the bureau’s ranks. “The FBI’s failure to fully answer Congress’ questions about … The Washington Times stories: White House

Truths, Ideals of MLK’s Message Have Been Lost to Wokeism

January 14, 2022 Lost, Message, been, Ideals, Truths, Wokeism, MLK’s0 comment

We celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January. This year, that’s Jan. 17. On Aug. 28, 1963, King delivered one of the great speeches in American history, popularly known as the “I Have a Dream” speech. It is a speech that must be dusted off and studied anew today, because it contains the very message that our nation sorely needs to hear and digest now. It’s a message that has been tragically lost and buried and replaced with great and destructive distortions. Two things…