More than a dozen Republican lawmakers have called on Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to answer questions following the circulation earlier this month of a leaked memo by the Pentagon’s watchdog that found “potential noncompliance” with the law in the review and denial process of religious accommodation requests to the vaccine mandate. The June 2…
Pentagon’s ‘Blanket Denial’ of Religious Exemption Requests to Vaccine Prompts GOP Lawmakers to Demand Answers
September 22, 2022
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Senate Committee Advances Media–Big Tech Cartel Bill
September 22, 2022
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The Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 22 advanced a controversial bill that would allow media outlets to form cartels to negotiate with Big Tech platforms. The bill, dubbed the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), has as many opponents as it has supporters among media outlets and media advocacy groups. Specifically, the complicated bill would supersede…
Alabama Lawmakers Call DOJ’s Subpoena of Conservative Nonprofit ‘Political Harassment’
September 22, 2022
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Alabama lawmakers are alleging that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has engaged in political harassment after its subpoena of a conservative nonprofit that assisted in the writing of a bill prohibiting puberty blockers and transgender surgery on people under 19 years of age. In a Sept. 20 letter (pdf) addressed to U.S. Attorney General…
24 Attorneys General Demand Credit Card Companies Drop Plans to Track Gun Sales
Two dozen Republican attorneys general have sent a letter to Visa, Mastercard, and American Express demanding the credit card companies abandon plans to track gun sales in the United States through firearm-specific transaction codes. Credit card companies face pressure from gun control groups and lawmakers sympathetic to their cause to adopt new merchant category codes…
Service-Disabled Veteran Sees ‘Coordinated Weaponization of Federal Agencies’ to Destroy MAGA
September 20, 2022
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Between President Joe Biden’s speeches, the threat of armed IRS agents, FBI raids, government-directed censorship of conservative voices on social media, and the call from a Senate candidate to “kill and confront” MAGA, service-disabled veteran and small business owner Adam Hardage sees a “coordinated weaponization of federal agencies” to destroy the MAGA movement. On Sept. 1,…
Disabled Veteran Sees ‘Coordinated Weaponization of Federal Agencies’ to Destroy MAGA
September 20, 2022
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Between President Joe Biden’s speeches, the threat of armed IRS agents, FBI raids, government-directed censorship of conservative voices on social media, and the call from a Senate candidate to “kill and confront” MAGA, service-disabled veteran and small business owner Adam Hardage sees a “coordinated weaponization of federal agencies” to destroy the MAGA movement. On Sept. 1,…
Americans Under Felony Indictment Can Buy Guns: Federal Judge
September 20, 2022
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A federal judge in West Texas ruled Monday that it was unconstitutional—in absence of a historical precedent—to ban those under felony indictments from buying guns. U.S. District Judge David Counts, appointed by former President Donald Trump, dismissed a federal indictment against Jose Gomez Quiroz, who was restricted from purchasing a firearm. The case arose from…
Epoch Cinema Documentary Review: ‘Miracle on 4th Street’
September 19, 2022
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A tragic event in South Texas makes a small community stronger and reminds U.S. citizens of their lawful, God-given rights. Watch “Miracle on 4th Street” on Epoch Cinema here. Sunday, November 5, 2017, is a day that will forever be etched indelibly into the American collective consciousness. A violent scene unfolded on that day in…
Study: Americans own more than 415 million firearms
September 18, 2022
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Americans now own more than 415 million firearms, according to Georgetown professor William English. This was a key finding of the National Firearms Survey that was conducted last year by Denver-based research firm Centiment, at the request of English, a professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. English is a political economist…
Marine Corps’ New COVID-19 Policy Does Not Go Far Enough to Protect Religious Objectors to Vaccine: Attorney
September 17, 2022
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In the aftermath of a federal court order temporarily blocking the Marine Corps from taking action against service members seeking religious exemption to the vaccine mandate, the branch, in a guidance released on Sept. 14, quietly rolled back some of its penalties against religious objectors to the vaccine. But, according to an attorney fighting against…
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