‘Not The Role Of The Federal Government’: Postal Workers Union With Nearly 217,000 Members Slams Biden Vaccine Mandate
THOMAS CATENACCI CONTRIBUTOR One of the largest labor unions representing federal workers, strongly criticized President Joe Biden’s reported plans to soon issue a vaccine mandate. The American Postal Workers Union (APWU), which represents 216,797 federal workers, announced its opposition to a mandate forcing its members to get the coronavirus vaccine. The APWU also demanded that Biden’s administration negotiates with […]
House Republicans Slam Biden Administration For Avoiding Oversight
Thomas Catenacci A group of top House Republicans criticized Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen for avoiding oversight while her agency allegedly mishandles billions of dollars of coronavirus relief funds. The lawmakers, led by House Republican Whip Steve Scalise, blasted Yellen for skipping her congressionally-mandated testimony before the Financial Services Committee in a letter on Wednesday. Instead of testifying […]
EXCLUSIVE: Jim Jordan, Issa Demand Transparency From IRS Over ‘Partisan’ Leak Of Tax Records
Ailan Evans Republican Reps. Jim Jordan and Darrell Issa sent letters to Treasury Department officials Tuesday demanding answers about the IRS’s ongoing investigation into the leak of wealthy individuals’ tax information. The letters, first obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation, were sent to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) commissioner Charles Rettig and Inspector General for […]
Justice Department Declines To Defend Republican Lawmaker In Lawsuit Accusing Him Of Inciting Capitol Riot
by Cole Crystal The Department of Justice declined to defend Republican Rep. Mo Brooks in a lawsuit alleging that he conspired to incite the riots that occurred at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, according to a Tuesday court filing. Brooks, who is one of several Republicans targeted by Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell’s lawsuit, had argued that […]
Big Tech’s Anti-Terrorism Task Force Adds Far-Right Militias To List Of Extremist Groups It Tracks
by Ailan Evans The tech industry’s anti-terrorism alliance announced Monday it would begin tracking content from far-right organization in a shared counter-terrorism database used by major tech companies. The Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT), a non-profit organization founded by Microsoft, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, will add manifestos, posts and links from far-right militias […]
Cuomo Hails Biden’s Justice Department For Opting Against Conducting ‘Toxic’ Investigation Of New York Nursing Home Deaths
Andrew Kerr New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo cheered President Joe Biden’s Justice Department during a press conference Monday for opting against investigating what he called an “outrageous allegation” that his policies contributed to nursing home COVID-19 deaths in his state. The Department of Justice informed Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise in a letter Friday that it […]
Dallas Racial Activists Ask White Parents To Pledge Not To Send Children To Ivy League Schools ‘To Help Correct Historical Wrongs’
Mary Margaret Olohan The racial activism group Dallas Justice Now is asking white parents to sign a pledge not to send their children to Ivy League schools to “help correct historic wrongs.” “As a white person with privilege both from my whiteness and my neighborhood I recognize the need to make sacrifices for the purpose […]
Biden Administration Unveils ‘Historic’ Investment For Communities That Could Create 300,000 Jobs In The ‘Near Term’
THOMAS CATENACCI CONTRIBUTOR President Joe Biden’s administration announced that it would give $3 billion in coronavirus stimulus funds to approved local communities across the country. The program dubbed “Investing in America’s Communities” amounts to the largest initiative of its kind in decades, according to the Department of Commerce. Local governments and organizations nationwide impacted by the coronavirus […]
Biden DOJ Won’t Investigate Cuomo, Whitmer Over Nursing Home Deaths
by Ailan Evans The Department of Justice (DOJ) declined Friday to open investigations into Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and two other governors over decisions to force nursing homes to accept COVID-19 patients. A letter sent Friday from the DOJ to Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise stated that the agency would not be opening investigations into the […]
China Sanctions Former Top Trump Official, Six Others In Response To Hong Kong Actions
Thomas Phippen China sanctioned former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and six other U.S. individuals or entities in retaliation for human rights penalties levied against the Chinese government Friday. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said the sanctions were a response to the recent Hong Kong Business Advisory issued by the State Department earlier this month, which warned U.S. companies against […]
