Category: National News

Parents Pulling Their Kids From Maryland Schools Over Radical Curricula, Transgender Policies

A parents revolt against school boards is roiling local elections in counties across Maryland, according to activists speaking to The Epoch Times. Many parents have pulled their students from public schools and joined parent co-operatives for home schooling. They have been dubbed “Mama Grizzlies,” but they include dads and granddads, and they are steamed up…


Parents Pulling Their Kids From Maryland Schools Over Radical Curriculums, Transgender Policies

A parents revolt against school boards is roiling local elections in counties across Maryland, according to activists speaking to The Epoch Times. Many parents have pulled their students from public schools and joined parent co-operatives for home schooling. They have been dubbed “Mama Grizzlies,” but they include dads and granddads, and they are steamed up…


Radical New Curriculum a Factor that Drove Maryland History Teacher to Quit

A dream career as a high school social studies teacher in Maryland’s upscale Montgomery County ended this summer when Brenda Diaz saw the school’s new curriculum. The new content was “insidious, deceitful, and divisive,” said Diaz. The tenured teacher with seven years of teaching experience in the county said that the Covid mandates also were…


Democrats Will Continue to Play the ‘Not Trump’ Card Intensively in Midterms and Beyond: Strategists

News Analysis In the coming midterms, Democrats believe their best hope is to position themselves as the only alternative to Trump and his brand of Republicanism, according to political strategists. Democrat candidates and their supporters, they say, are hoping that the furor around former President Donald Trump’s alleged storing of sensitive documents in Mar-a-Lago, as…


Twitter’s Security Lapses, Censorship Means Platform Needs Musk Far More Than Musk Needs Twitter: Experts

News Analysis The shareholders of Twitter on the afternoon of Sept. 13 signaled their approval of Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover bid, but this development comes amid an intensifying legal battle as Musk seeks to pull out of a deal that looks less and less attractive because of longtime mismanagement and censorship of viewpoints on the…


Republicans Eye Flipping House Seat in America’s Smallest State

The smallest state in America could cause the biggest upset to Democrats in the 2020 midterm elections. Allan Fung, a self-professed middle-of-the-road Republican, is showing a comfortable lead in polls over six Democrats in his bid for Rhode Island’s second district Congressional seat in Washington DC. While he is hardly the only moderate Republican showing…


Trump-McConnell Spat Distracting From GOP’s Work to Defeat Democrats in Midterms, Strategists Say

News Analysis The swift escalation of the feud between former President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) does not help inspire candidates or rally GOP voters in closely watched midterm races in swing states, some political strategists and analysts have told The Epoch Times. The Republican Party infighting may ultimately lead to…


It’s Official: Voters Will Decide Fate of Licenses For Illegals

A group of citizens opposed to a new state law that puts driver’s licenses in the hands of people living illegally in Massachusetts has collected enough signatures to potentially overturn the measure. Jim Lyons, chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party, confirmed on Aug. 22 that of the 75,000 signatures the group collected, 50,617 of them…


Trump’s Influence Has Energized Outsiders in GOP Primary Races, Strategists Say

News Analysis A number of successful candidates in the GOP primary elections held on Aug. 9 in Vermont, Connecticut, Minnesota, Wisconsin, espouse domestic and foreign policies consistent with those of former President Donald Trump. The FBI’s Monday night raid on the former president’s Mar-a-Lago home, as part of an investigation into the alleged moving of…


FBI Raid Set to Fire Up Trump-Aligned Candidates in Primary Races: Strategists

News Analysis A number of successful candidates in the GOP primary elections held on Aug. 9 in Vermont, Connecticut, Minnesota, Wisconsin, espouse domestic and foreign policies consistent with those of former President Donald Trump. The FBI’s Monday night raid on the former president’s Mar-a-Lago home, as part of an investigation into the alleged moving of…