Donald Trump is still not allowed on Facebook, for now. Facebook’s Oversight Board decided to uphold the platform’s indefinite suspension of the former president after he shared supportive messages of his supporters’ siege of the U.S. Capitol. But there’s a catch. The board gave Facebook six months to revisit the decision, criticizing its open-ended nature. […]
In April, faculty and staff at a small Miami private school received a letter telling them that if they chose to get the COVID-19 vaccine, they would have to keep their distance from the students. A week later, one fifth-grade student sent an email home to her parents from the school. The teacher “is telling […]
Nearly half a year after Arizona voted for Joe Biden, Republicans are pursuing an audit of election results in Maricopa County, fueling ongoing conspiracies about the presidential election. Republicans who organized the audit of 2.1 million ballots acknowledge that it will have no impact on the 2020 election results. The results were certified by state […]
If you think vaccination is an ordeal now, consider the 18th-century version. After having pus from a smallpox boil scratched into your arm, you would be subject to three weeks of fever, sweats, chills, bleeding and purging with dangerous medicines, accompanied by hymns, prayers and hell-fire sermons by dour preachers. That was smallpox vaccination, back […]
An Instagram post says: “6,000% Increase in Reported Vaccine Deaths 1st Quarter 2021 Compared to 1st Quarter 2020.” An article from a media outlet called The Daily Expose carried the headline: “Number of women to lose their unborn child after having the COVID vaccine increases by 366% in just six weeks.” The headline on an […]
In recent weeks, Democrats have repeatedly warned that Republican-backed election bills like the one enacted in Georgia amount to a resurgence of Jim Crow, the legal structures in the pre-1960s South that kept Blacks segregated and politically powerless. The system included both segregationist laws and social norms that relegated Blacks to second-class status. Significant elements […]
President Joe Biden is known for verbal blunders. Some are real, others come from deceptive editing. On April 28, social media spotlighted a four-second video clip from Biden’s first speech to Congress, given the same night, in which he said: “No one should have to choose between a job and a paycheck.” A post with […]
U.S Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., said President Joe Biden is dividing Americans and has failed to deliver on his promise of unity. “I want to have an honest conversation,” Scott said. “About common sense and common ground. About this feeling that our nation is sliding off its shared foundation and how we move forward together.” […]
In his first speech before Congress, President Joe Biden argued it was time to turn the coronavirus pandemic into a historic opportunity to expand government for the benefit of a wider range of Americans, urging investments in jobs, climate change, child care, infrastructure and more. Biden said that taxes should be increased on corporations and […]
Around a quarter of Americans in Generation Z have signaled in recent polls that they will not get a COVID-19 vaccine. And podcast host Joe Rogan told his millions of listeners that if they’re young and healthy, he doesn’t think they should. Rogan, whose show “The Joe Rogan Experience” was the most popular podcast on […]
On Jan. 6, supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol to stop the official counting of the Electoral College vote. What did then-President Trump know, and when did he know it? And how did Trump view the actions of his supporters who overran the Capitol Police? The answer: It’s still murky. Trump’s role […]
Iowa’s state Board of Regents has requested an $18 million state appropriations increase for the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and University of Northern Iowa in fiscal 2022, which starts July 1, and the restoration of an $8 million cut the state made to the budget last year. While Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ budget proposal recommended a $15 million […]