Tag: Change

MoveOn Slams Advertisers Sticking with Fox News After Outrageous Segment Asserting Canadian Wildfire Smoke Causes No Adverse Health Issues and Denying Impact of Climate Change

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Washington, D.C. – Today, MoveOn released a new video as part of its Stop Funding Fox campaign to spotlight consumer brands that are still inexplicably advertising on Fox News, despite the network’s track record of promoting lies and propaganda. The group debuted another “Bought and Paid For” video highlighting a segment on Fox News from June 7 where host Laura Ingraham egged a guest on to promote rampant falsehoods and deny the health emergencies resulting from the air pollution caused by the Canadian wildfires.  On last night’s “The Ingraham Angle,”…

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Climate Change Extremists Detained After Attack on Degas Statue at National Gallery of Art

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The FBI is investigating the climate change alarmists with the group Declare Emergency who defaced the protective box around Edgar Degas’ “Little Dancer Aged Fourteen” statue at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., on Thursday morning.   “The Federal Bureau of Investigation is assisting in the investigation, which is still active,” said Kaywin Feldman, director of the National Gallery of Art. Museum security guards detained the two Declare Emergency protesters.   The extremists covered their hands in red and black tempura paint to mimic oil and blood, painted the box,…

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Fort Rucker sheds its Confederate moniker with a name change

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Another Army installation named for a Confederate general got a name change Monday. Alabama’s Fort Rucker, known as the home of Army aviation, will now be called Fort Novosel. Chief Warrant Officer 4 Michael Novosel was awarded a Medal of Honor for flying a medical evacuation under fire during the Vietnam War. The fort previously carried the name of Confederate General Edmond Rucker, who worked in the railroad business, after the Civil War, with Nathan Bedford Forrest, the first Grand Wizard of the KKK. Fort Novosel is the second in…

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Agencies may need to change to adapt to post-COVID workplaces

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<p><em>To listen to the Federal Newscast on your phone or mobile device, subscribe in <a href=”https://www.podcastone.com/federal-newstalk?showAllEpisodes=true”>PodcastOne</a> or <a href=”https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/federal-newscast/id1053077930?mt=2″>Apple Podcasts</a>. The best listening experience on desktop can be found using Chrome, Firefox or Safari.</em></p> <ul> <li>The Small Business Administration is coming under fire for how it has managed a key loan program to help businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. <a href=”https://republicans-smallbusiness.house.gov/uploadedfiles/5-17-22_-_letter_on_closing_of_eidl_to_sba_for_distribution.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Seventeen Republican lawmakers</a> wrote to SBA Administrator Isabel Guzman seeking information about how the agency managed the COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan program. The lawmakers say administrative missteps continued to…

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Langevin pressing on cybersecurity, climate change in final act

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Rep. Jim Langevin (D-R.I.), a nearly 22-year veteran in Congress and champion of cyber issues, plans to retire at the end of this term, but there are still some loose ends he wants to tie up before calling it quits. Langevin is chairman of the House Armed Services Cyber, Innovative Technologies and IT Subcommittee and previous leader of the now-defunct Intelligence, Emerging Threats and Intelligence Subcommittee. In those positions he pushed to make cybersecurity a top issue in the Defense Department before it was on many people’s radar. His efforts…

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How ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ May Change Music Industry ‘Forever & Always’

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Pop singer Taylor Swift is shaking up the music industry with her rerecorded version of “Red (Taylor’s Version).” The 11-time Grammy award-winning artist is rerecording her music in order to own the rights to her songs. Shamrock Capital Advisors, an investment firm in Los Angeles, currently owns the rights to Swift’s original albums. The original “Red” album was first released in 2012 and features hits such as “22” and “I Knew You Were Trouble.” Re-creating her music is somewhat of a novel idea and has fans wondering whether other artists will…

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