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28+ min ago (382+ words) Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Dec. 3 that it has launched an investigation into a school that officials said illegally vaccinated a child without parental consent. HHS did not name the school. The department said it is in the Midwest and acted illegally in part because it ignored a religious exemption for the vaccination that had been filed pursuant to state law. The HHS Office for Civil Rights will be looking into the matter to ascertain whether the school failed to comply with a requirement under the federal Vaccines for Children Program. The program, which provides vaccines to various institutions, mandates that immunization providers comply with state law surrounding exemptions from mandated vaccines. "To protect the integrity of the investigation, HHS cannot share additional details at…...

33+ min ago (166+ words) Huemer concludes a long list of dire warnings issued by histrionic progressives by wryly noting: "Just in case you missed the theme here: None of those things happened." For just two examples, he points to scientists in the 1970s who predicted a new ice age in the early 21st century, and the United Nations warning in 1989 that entire nations would be submerged by 2000 due to global warming. Huemer is overly dour, however, about the risks posed by progressive orthodoxy. The man on the street scoffs at land acknowledgments, hasn't heard of "stereotype threat," and trusts his primary care doctor. NEXT: Archives: January 2025 Webathon 2025: Dec. 2 - Dec. 9 Thanks to 643 donors, we've reached $464,901 of our $400,000 $600,000 goal! Jack Nicastro | From the January 2025 issue Ronald Bailey | 12.5.2025 4:25 PM Jack Nicastro | 12.5.2025 3:36 PM Matt Welch | 12.5.2025 2:20 PM Jacob Sullum | 12.5.2025 1:45 PM...

1+ hour, 33+ min ago (826+ words) With the latest American-led negotiation about Ukraine well underway, Beijing browbeating Japan's new prime minister over her concerns about Taiwan's security, and India rolling out the red carpet for Vladimir Putin, the Beltway is consumed with" Venezuela. The Trump administration's drone strikes on alleged drug smuggling boats have roiled Washington, and criminal accusations and constitutional challenges abound. The post Dealing With Maduro Is No Distraction. It's a Necessity. appeared first on . With the latest American-led negotiation about Ukraine well underway, Beijing browbeating Japan's new prime minister over her concerns about Taiwan's security, and India rolling out the red carpet for Vladimir Putin, the Beltway is consumed with" Venezuela. The Trump administration's drone strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats have roiled Washington, and criminal accusations and constitutional challenges abound. Since this administration is up to its ears with several other major initiatives,…...

3+ hour, 33+ min ago (88+ words) What's on your mind? Eugene Volokh | 12.6.2025 3:00 AM NEXT: Philip Hamburger on "The Importance of Granting Cert in Canna Provisions v. Bondi" Webathon 2025: Dec. 2 - Dec. 9 Thanks to 641 donors, we've reached $464,726 of our $400,000 $600,000 goal! Ronald Bailey | 12.5.2025 4:25 PM Jack Nicastro | 12.5.2025 3:36 PM Matt Welch | 12.5.2025 2:20 PM Jacob Sullum | 12.5.2025 1:45 PM Andrew Heaton | 12.5.2025 11:00 AM...

3+ hour, 43+ min ago (219+ words) A President Who Will Live in Infamy Did FDR Provoke Pearl Harbo? by Patrick J. Buchanan Did FDR Provoke Pearl Harbor? The American and British Governments Knew " Down to the Day " of the Coming Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor " and Let It Happen To Justify American Entry Into WWII The Pearl Harbor Myth: Rethinking the Unthinkable The Truth About Pearl Harbor Why We Need Revisionist History My New Book "American Memory Hole" The Pearl Harbor Lie December 7, 1941, A Day of Deceit as Well as Infamy War: Organized Murder and Nothing Else Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy " Book by Percy L. Greaves, Jr. Horror in the East " Documentary Horror in the East: Japan and the Atrocities of World War II (2000) is a two-part BBC documentary film that examines certain actions, including atrocities, and attitudes, of the Imperial Japanese Army in…...

7+ hour, 32+ min ago (521+ words) International Man:A recent BHG Financial survey found that 62% of Americans earning over $300,000 a year still struggle with credit card debt. What's your take on this? It's hard for a middle-class person to get by when a new car, one that you feel suits your station in life, costs $50,000 or even $100,000. And it's financed over seven years. Or leased, so there's zero chance you'll ever own it. So I don't doubt that what BHG says is true: almost everybody is in debt, and few have any savings. It makes for a very unstable financial, economic, political, and social situation. International Man:Is the erosion of the upper-middle class deliberate or an unintended consequence of inflation? The above calculation doesn't include debt service, which almost everybody in what passes for the middle class has lots of. The numbers just don't work....

7+ hour, 32+ min ago (724+ words) Six political prisoners who targeted factories arming Israel's genocide are weeks into a hunger strike. But in contrast to the IRA's 1980s hunger strike, this one is being blanked by the media If we truly had a free media in the UK, rather than one serving the interests only of the state and billionaire class, this would be a front-page news story: Six political prisoners " held unlawfully for a year or more on remand, and retroactively deemed to be "terrorists" for trying to stop the Gaza genocide " have been on hunger strike for many weeks in prison. At least one is already seriously ill. There has been blanket silence from the media on these developments, and barely any coverage of the appalling conditions these political prisoners are being subjected to since Palestine Action was reclassified by Sir Keir Starmer's government as a…...

7+ hour, 32+ min ago (926+ words) By Charles Hugh Smith The conclusion that soaring asset prices mean the economy is strong is a hallucination that goes unrecognized because the entire financial system is hallucinating. Consider the data that the financial sector bases conclusions / decisions on(i.e. the data that the financial sector "trains" on)in a Bubble Economy like the present.The Bubble Economy's core goal is to inflate the valuation of assets not by increasing utility-value or productivity but by artificially expanding credit and leverage. This benefits those who already own assets, as their collateral (i.e. "wealth") expands without any effort, and this swelling collateral enables them to borrow money to buy more assets. This also benefits those with high incomes and modest debt, as these boost their credit rating, enabling them to borrow at lower rates than the bottom 90% of the workforce'credit they can use to…...

7+ hour, 32+ min ago (175+ words) By Ted Snider The American Conservative The people of Honduras had not yet made up their minds. So, Donald Trump intervened to help them. In the lead-up to the election, the polls suggested a three-way race with no clear favorite. But Trump had a favorite. Firing off two Truth Social posts within 18 minutes of each other, Trump dramatically intervened in the election. With the threat of military and economic intervention now clear, Trump declared, "Democracy is on trial in the coming Elections," and he left it to the people of "the beautiful country of Honduras" to decide. Moncada was not guilty of hyperbole or sensationalism when she'complained'that Trump's posts, "three days before the election," were "totally interventionist." One of the key congresspeople'keeping tabs'on the Honduran election is Rep. Maria Salazar (R-FL). She is hardly averse to non-democratic transfers of power…...

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