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What the Federal Government’s New Year’s Resolutions Should Be: Heading into 2024, consumers are expected to spend more on certain items than last year. According to the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), champagne for New Year’s toasts is 2.9% higher than last year. Admissions to events for celebrating the coming of 2024 increased by 8.1%. Appetizers and snacks for New Year’s parties cost 2.2% more. Women have to spend 0.4% more on outfits for parties. The price of engagement rings has gone up 2%.
Rising prices and low consumer satisfaction should spur the federal government to make some New Year’s resolutions of its own. Read More ([link removed])
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** Trending Now: Biden Administration Takes Aim at Popular Childcare Program Read ([link removed])
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** Randi Weingarten Prioritizes Political Power Over Students ([link removed])
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The leader of the nation’s second-largest teachers union recently proclaimed that she is “doing everything [she] can to safeguard democracy against the gravest threat since the Civil War.” Rather than address the crucial challenges facing American students and educators, American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten focused her final New York Times column of the year on former President Donald Trump. Instead of honoring educators, Randi pontificated about the presidential election. Read More ([link removed])
MEDIA SPOTLIGHT
Fox & Friends First | President Sticking to Bidenomics Although Majority of Democrats Think The Economy is Weak Watch ([link removed])
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Newsweek | I Saw the Children Hamas Beheaded With My Own Eyes. Shame on Queen Rania Read ([link removed])
The Hill | Educational Equality? Not in Chicago Read ([link removed])
Bespoke | Kory Booher: Dangers in Tech Listen ([link removed])
Fox & Friends | Ohio Gov. Vetoes Ban on Transgender Sports, Gender-Reassignment of Minors Watch ([link removed])
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** Is the Endangered Species Act Saving Biodiversity? ([link removed])
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It has been a half a century since President Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act (ESA) into law. It passed with near unanimous support in Congress and has polled well with the American people, with approval hovering near 80%. The ESA is undoubtedly an important conservation tool credited with saving 99% of species from extinction. Alas, only 3% (or 57) of 1,732 listed domestic endangered or threatened species have successfully recovered and been delisted from the ESA list. This is well below the projected recovery goal of 300 species initially set by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Read More ([link removed])
** Spotlight: Five Discouraging ‘Banned’ Books Developments Read ([link removed])
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** Carol Swain & Claudine Gay: Harvard’s President’s Embarrassing History of Plagiarism ([link removed])
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The president of Harvard University has had a terrible, awful, no good, very bad day... really month! Claudine Gay’s polarizing congressional testimony kicked off what has become weeks of embarrassment for one of the most elite universities in the world.
People are questioning the Harvard brand (and that of many other elite institutions) in the weeks since Hamas’ brutal attack against innocent Jews. The Claudine Gays of this world have been exposed for their hypocrisy about racial justice in the face of blatant antisemitism. Her inability or unwillingness to defend the safety of Jewish students against violent rhetoric was a colossal failure and demonstration of poor leadership.
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Can you spot what's not true about technology?
A. Technology can expand employment opportunities, including for working parents and people with disabilities.
B. Free market competition is essential for giving reliable internet access to people worldwide, and burdensome regulation can stymie this.
C. Social media is a great activity for kids and adults.
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** Why Is Yet Another Sorority Punishing Alumni Who Believe Women Are Women? ([link removed])
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Leaders of the national sorority Phi Mu threatened to place restrictions on or revoke the membership of more than a dozen alumni after they questioned a series of changes allegedly made to the sorority’s bylaws, including the decision to allow men to join as “sisters,” according to documents reviewed by Independent Women’s Forum. In the case of alumna Michele Bunker, from South Carolina, the sorority’s governing body acted on that threat, revoking her membership entirely.
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** WA State Bill Would Criminalize Possession of Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers ([link removed])
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A bill in the Washington State legislature could criminalize ownership of gas-powered leaf blowers if enacted. House Bill 1868 claims “gasoline-powered and diesel-powered landscaping and other outdoor power equipment emit a host of air pollutants, including nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, carbon dioxide, and other pollutants, contributing to climate change and negatively impacting public health.” The bill says it will incentivize the phasing out of gas-powered equipment by deploying “tax relief” and a “temporary grant program” for carbon neutral equipment.
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