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EXCLUSIVE: Daily Signal on Scene as Protesters Break Through Secret Service Perimeter at Democratic Convention

August 19, 2024 through, Scene, Democratic, Perimeter, Daily, EXCLUSIVE, Secret, Service, convention, Break, Protesters, signal0 comment

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Anti-Israel protesters broke through the first fence in the Secret Service perimeter around the Democratic National Convention in Chicago Monday evening. Daily Signal reporters Tim Kennedy and Tony Kinnett were on the scene live as it happened. The reporters captured footage of an anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian protester cutting part of the perimeter fence: ??PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTER cutting part of the Secret Service perimeter for the United Center pic.twitter.com/XyS2YcxFyt — Tim Kennedy (@TimKennedyJr1) August 19, 2024 Protesters began lining the fence and banging against it: Pro-Palestine protesters with @MarchOnDNC2024…

The ‘Uniparty Foreign Policy Blob’ Is Codifying a ‘War on Wrongthink’ Through Big Tech and the Biden Admin, Analysts Warn

April 9, 2024 Policy, Wrongthink’, Biden, Foreign, warn, through, 'War, Analysts, admin, ‘Uniparty, Blob’, Tech, Codifying0 comment

The foreign policy establishment that once thrived under the control of both political parties has used Big Tech and the Biden administration to codify a “war on wrongthink” that stifles dissent from the elites’ narrative, a journalist and an online censorship analyst warned. “What we’re up against here are not pink-haired, ambi-gendered LGBT-BLM-maximizing identitarian politics when we’re talking about censorship on the internet,” Michael Benz, a former State Department official under President Donald Trump and founder of the Foundation for Freedom Online, said Tuesday at an Oversight Project event at The…

State Dept sees record hiring, but seeks higher budgets through 2030 to fully replenish ranks

November 13, 2023 through, higher, ranks, hiring, 'fully, budgets, state, 2030, record, replenish, Dept., sees, seeks0 comment

The State Department is bringing in a record volume of new hires, but is calling on lawmakers for increased budgets through the end of the decade to fully replenish its ranks. Richard Verma, deputy secretary of state for management and resources, said last Thursday that the department saw about a 7% increase in its budget for FY 2022, and saw another 7% spending increase in FY 2023. Verma said those funding increases allowed the department to recruit and grow its workforce “in a way that we haven’t done for many…

Banned Bookmobile Recap on the Road: Best Moments of Our Tour Through Ohio, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida

August 13, 2023 through, tour, Banned, Recap, Ohio, Bookmobile, Best, road, Florida, Moments, Tennessee, Georgia0 comment

Our Banned Bookmobile tour stop in Atlanta, Georgia. This July, MoveOn members and book lovers came out in droves to support our mission to give away banned books and fight back against book bans across the nation. Whether you joined us or rooted us on from afar, here’s a “Recap on the Road” of our first-ever Banned Bookmobile tour! On our tour, we traveled across 10 states, 14 stops, and distributed thousands of books, bookmarks, T-shirts, and buttons for free. We stopped at local bookstores along the tour to…

Contractors are also combing through the House and Senate defense authorization bills

August 1, 2023 also, Authorization, combing, Senate, House, Defense, bills, through, Contractors0 comment

The defense authorization bills, while contentious, would do a lot for contractors; from inflation relief to easing greenhouse gas emissions reporting. For a summary, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with Haynes Boone procurement attorney Dan Ramish. Interview Transcript: Tom Temin The defense authorization bills, while contentious, would do a lot for contractors from inflation relief to easing greenhouse gas emissions reporting. We get a summary from Haynes Boone procurement attorney Dan Ramish. And I guess, Dan, we should begin by noting, even though the House and the Senate have…

House Republicans push through defense bill limiting abortion access and halting diversity efforts

July 16, 2023 halting, Diversity, Republicans, limiting, abortion, Access, House, Defense, Push, Bill, Efforts, through0 comment

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed a sweeping defense bill Friday that provides an expected 5.2% pay raise for service members but strays from traditional military policy with Republicans add-ons blocking abortion coverage, diversity initiatives at the Pentagon and transgender care that deeply divided the chamber. Democrats voted against the package, which had sailed out of the House Armed Services Committee on an almost unanimous vote weeks ago before being loaded with the GOP priorities during a heated late-night floor debate this week. The final vote was 219-210, with four…