The legislation comes as other states, such as Texas and Florida, have made steps to restrict books from schools and libraries
After weeks of frenzied denials from Republican politicians that they do not want to ban IVF (or, in the case of House Speaker Mike Johnson, concerningly ambiguous and non-committal comments on the fertility technology), a new budget backed by 80% of House Republicans proved—again—that it was all bullshit. First reported by HuffPost on Thursday, the House Republican Study Committee—which comprises 80% of the caucus, including Reps. Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Brian Mast, Steve...
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Republican Teddy Powell lost his bid for a seat in the Alabama House to Democratic candidate Marilyn Lands on Tuesday despite internal polling conducted in December which suggested he was on course for a comfortable victory.Lands flipped the previously Republican district with 62.4 percent of the vote against 37.6 percent for Powell, a Madison City Council member. However, an internal poll conducted by Powell's campaign in December put the Republican on 47.7 percent of the vote against 36.8...
This week, we’re watching “The ABCs of Book Banning” and looking into the economic impact of book bans for schools and blacklisted authors.
Biden agreed to a Republican-backed provision in the spending bill that Pride flags from being flown outside U.S. embassies.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said he received a voicemail in which someone threatened to “find” and “shoot” him over a potential TikTok ban Wednesday. “This is a voicemail my office received last night,” Tillis said in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “TikTok's misinformation campaign is pushing people to call their
According to a new report from the American Library Association, book banning is at an historical high in the Untied States. In 2023, there were efforts to censor 4,240 different titles in schools and libraries nationwide, marking a 65 percent jump from the previous year. — Read the rest
The banned book biz is booming. According to the American Library Association, the number of books "targeted for censorship" rose by 65% last year, "reaching the highest level ever documented by ALA.""You can't have a display of banned books if they never made it off the printing press." To hear the left tell it, our very freedom to read is under attack. And the hysteria has started to spread among well-meaning conservatives. The problem is that liberal organizations like the ALA now use the...
At least six states are debating bills that would ban firearms at polling places or expand existing bans to include more locations.
At least six states are debating bills that would ban firearms at polling places or expand existing bans to include more locations.
At least six states are debating bills that would ban firearms at polling places or expand existing bans to include more locations.