Tag: Defending America

Moms for Liberty Vows Boycott: ‘Disney has Severely Underestimated Florida Parents’

As the battle between The Walt Disney Co. and Florida rages on, the co-founders of Moms for Liberty are calling for a boycott, saying “Disney has severely underestimated Florida parents.” On March 28, 2022, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the Parental Rights in Education bill into law. House Bill 1557, inaccurately branded by liberal opponents…


Trump Budget Official Calls Biden’s Spending Proposal ‘Atrocious’

Russ Vought, a critical race theory (CRT) opponent who led the White House Office of Management and Budget under Trump, told The Epoch Times on Thursday that the amount of spending in President Joe Biden’s proposed 2023 budget is “atrocious.” Vought, who currently heads the anti-CRT organization Center for Renewing America, made the comments at…


Supreme Court Sympathetic to Texas State Trooper Who Wants Job Back After Iraq War Burn Pit Injuries

The Supreme Court seemed sympathetic during oral arguments March 29 to a former Texas State Trooper, who claims that his former employer violated a federal law by discriminating against him after he suffered injuries during his deployment in the Iraq War as a member of the U.S. Army Reserves. Citing its war powers under the…


Supreme Court Sympathetic to Texas State Trooper Who Wants Job Back After Iraq War Burn-Pit Injury

The Supreme Court seemed sympathetic during oral arguments March 29 to a former Texas state trooper, who claims his former employer violated a federal anti-discrimination law for veterans by refusing to accommodate him after he was injured in the Iraq War while serving as a U.S. Army reservist. The Biden administration previously urged the court…


Playing the ‘Long Game’: People’s Convoy Organizers Pledge to Continue Efforts to End National COVID Emergency

HAGERSTOWN, Md.—Organizers of the “People’s Convoy” have vowed to continue pressing for an end to the national COVID emergency, saying they were in it to play the “long game.” During speeches at a March 26 rally in Hagerstown, Maryland, co-organizers Brian Brase and Mike Landis said that spending a few days away from Hagerstown Speedway,…


Selective Service Clarifies Tweet on FEMA Partnership in Event of Military Draft

At a time of rising tension between NATO and Russia the U.S. government agency responsible for managing conscription should a military draft be reinstated posted on Twitter on March 23 suggesting how conscientious objectors might be treated. “In the event of a draft, our agency would partner with @fema [Federal Emergency Management Agency] to provide…


‘Even If It’s Just One Truck, It’s Still the People’s Convoy:’ Trucker Vows to Press On, Delivering People’s Message to Those in Power

When Ron Coleman arrived at the Adelanto Stadium outside of Victorville, California, on Feb. 21, he was the second trucker to arrive for the People’s Convoy, scheduled to roll out two days later for a cross-country ride to the nation’s capital. The objective was to end the national emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic…


‘Even If It’s Just One Truck, It’s Still the People’s Convoy:’ Trucker Vows to Press On

When Ron Coleman arrived at the Adelanto Stadium outside of Victorville, California, on Feb. 21, he was the second trucker to arrive for the People’s Convoy, scheduled to roll out two days later for a cross-country ride to the nation’s capital. The objective was to end the national emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic…


Hope and Freedom Draw Supporters to People’s Convoy

Hagerstown, Md.—It’s day 16 since the People’s Convoy arrived at Hagerstown Speedway in Hagerstown, Maryland, on March 4. The base was quiet on Saturday morning after trucks and cars left before 10:30 a.m. to circle the Capital Beltway again. They made rounds on the highway to raise awareness of their demands: to end the national…


Children Have Been ‘Sacrificed On the Altar of Safety’: Dennis Prager

Dennis Prager believes radical secularism is pervasive in the United States and the world and that leftism has taken over many peoples’ inherent search for meaning, allowing them to be manipulated by a politically motivated group of elites. Prager, host of The Dennis Prager Show and co-founder of PragerU, said in a March 16 interview…