Politics
By Thomas Catenacci – A leading nature organization hosted a virtual roundtable discussion with several birding experts who proposed renaming birds named after slave owners and colonialists. “Our mission is to inspire all people to enjoy and protect wild birds,” Jeff Gordon, the president of the American Birding Association, Read more…
By Chuck Ross – Kash Patel, the former GOP congressional aide who uncovered the FBI’s surveillance abuse against the Trump campaign, is the target of a federal leak investigation, according to a report from The Washington Post. David Ignatius, a columnist for the Post, reported Friday that two sources familiar Read more…
By Eleanor Bartow – A U.S.-based group that conducts bat coronavirus research in China was asked Friday to provide a House committee with information on virus samples and safety protocols at a Wuhan lab. The group, the EcoHealth Alliance, has received funding from the National Institutes of Health for coronavirus Read more…
By Kaylee Greenlee – Customs and Border Protection agents don’t have the resources they need to effectively do their jobs, two active agents told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Field agents are routinely exposed to positive COVID-19 cases and expected to return to work immediately after if they aren’t showing Read more…
By Nicole Silverio – The Texas House passed a bill allowing adults over the age of 21 to carry a gun without a permit or license on Thursday. H.B. 1927 passed with an 87-58 vote and would allow adult citizens to carry a gun without a permit unless the state Read more…
By Liberty Loft News – In a new poll released by McLaughlin & Associates, the majority of Americans do not support the gun control agenda of Joe Biden and the Democrats. The poll was released on Thursday and shows that over 72% of Americans supported the Second Amendment. Of those Read more…
By Louis Seagray – The US has some bills that get renewed every so often, and they are monsters. I’m sure you’ve seen me write about the Patriot Act (passed less than one week after introduction with almost no debate) and the Farm Bills when they come up for renewal. Read more…
By Eleanor Bartow – Scientists fear criticizing “gain-of-function” research or saying COVID-19 may have leaked from a lab because it would risk their careers and government funding, according to Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin. “People don’t want to think about the fact that our hero of the pandemic Dr. [Anthony] Read more…
By Chuck Ross – Rep. Devin Nunes blasted FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday over what he said was the bureau’s “outright lies” regarding its surveillance activities against the Trump campaign in 2016. “The government used the Department and the FBI as weapons against the opposition party, a hallmark of Read more…
By Andrew Trunsky – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she opposed a Democratic-led bill to pack the Supreme Court and that she had “no plans” to bring it to the House floor. The bill, introduced by Democrats Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York and Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, Read more…