The Biden administration is planning to drastically expand the nation’s welfare state through increased child allowance grants quietly added into the latest stimulus, which some experts say is a lead-in toward universal basic income. Under the $1.9 trillion bill, the annual child tax credit was increased to $3,000 per child aged between six to 17,…
Increased Child Tax Credit Paves Way for Universal Basic Income, Experts Say
Iowa Governor Signs Bill to Limit Absentee and Early Voting, Close Polls Earlier
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Monday signed a bill to limit absentee voting, shorten early voting, and close the polls earlier on Election Day. The Republican-backed law, SF 413, will shorten the state’s early voting period from 29 to 20 days. It also requires most mail ballots to be received by Election Day. Previously, they could…
Democrats’ For the People Act ‘Worst’ Bill for Free Speech in Decades: Free Speech Group President
House Democrats’ massive voter registration and campaign procedure reform bill—H.R. 1—is the “worst” bill in decades in terms of free speech protections, according to David Keating, president of the Institute for Free Speech (IFS). The controversial bill, also called the For the People Act, spans nearly 800 pages and seeks to impose federal requirements on state…
China in Focus (March 8): Beijing Pushes Biden to Reverse Trump Policy
China’s top diplomat issues a warning to the White House. He instructs President Joe Biden to reverse Trump-era support for Taiwan and not to overstep in what China deems its “domestic affairs.” A new bride’s family is torn apart, just after her special day. Her husband and their friends are being detained by Chinese authorities…
Georgia Senate Passes Election Reform Bill That Would End No-Excuse Absentee Voting
Georgia’s state Senate passed a comprehensive election reform bill on Monday that would, among multiple provisions, repeal no-excuse absentee voting and limit mail-in ballots to certain criteria. The Republican-backed bill passed with a vote of 29-20. It now goes to the House Elections Integrity Committee where it is expected to be passed in the next several weeks….
Manchin Says He’ll Block Biden’s Next Big Package if Republican Views Are Ignored
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) told “Axios on HBO” in an interview published Monday that he will block President Joe Biden’s next major legislative initiative unless more effort is made to include Republican voices. Manchin told the outlet that the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that cleared the Senate this weekend could have won some Republican…
Experts Criticize ‘Reckless’ Obamacare Expansion in $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill
Health care experts are criticizing an Obamacare expansion quietly added to the latest CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus stimulus bill, arguing that it mostly benefits richer households and insurance companies. They say most of the bill is going toward things other than ending the pandemic as soon as possible. While the $1.9 trillion relief bill has been scrutinized…
Biden Administration First in History to Invite Rejected Asylum Seekers Back to Reapply: Texas Sheriff
A sheriff in Texas is voicing his concerns that Americans will have to “pay a price” for the total chaos unfolding at the southern border. “This is the first time in U.S. history where the federal government has gone back on rejected asylee applicants, in the last year or so, and they’re reaching out to…
Biden Administration First to Invite Rejected Asylum-Seekers to Reapply: Texas Sheriff
A sheriff in Texas is voicing concern that Americans will have to “pay a price” for the total chaos unfolding at the southern border. “This is the first time in U.S. history where the federal government has gone back on rejected asylee applicants, in the last year or so, and they’re reaching out to them…
Texas Launches Operation to Combat Drug, People Smuggling at Southern Border
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday launched a program that would deploy state national guard troops and other agencies to respond to the burgeoning crisis at the southern border. Abbott announced that his office has launched Operation Lone Star, which will deploy air, ground, and marine, and tactical border security assets to prevent Mexican criminal organizations…
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