White House Calls Out GOP Members for Criticizing Student Debt Cancellation
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White House Calls Out GOP Members for Criticizing Student Debt Cancellation
White House Calls Out , GOP Members for Criticizing , Student Debt Cancellation.
On August 25, the White House exposed Republicans who have personally benefited from loan forgiveness following their criticism of the Biden administration's move to cancel student debt.
On August 25, the White House exposed Republicans who have personally benefited from loan forgiveness following their criticism of the Biden administration's move to cancel student debt.
NBC reports that the White House's Twitter account listed GOP lawmakers who had Paycheck Protection Program loans forgiven during the COVID pandemic.
NBC reports that the White House's Twitter account listed GOP lawmakers who had Paycheck Protection Program loans forgiven during the COVID pandemic.
According to the White House,
the following lawmakers had
six- and seven-figure PPP loans forgiven:.
House Passes , 'Parents Bill of Rights Act' , Requiring Increased School Transparency.
On March 24, the House passed GOP-sponsored
legislation meant to provide more information to parents regarding children's education.
On March 24, the House passed GOP-sponsored
legislation meant to provide more information to parents regarding children's education.
NBC reports that the legislation highlights
Republicans' efforts to determine
what is taught in public schools. .
The Parents Bill of Rights Act
was approved in a 213-208 vote. .
The bill requires schools to publicly post information regarding their curriculum for students.
In addition to this, schools will be required to provide
parents with a list of books and reading materials
that are taught or available to students in libraries. .
NBC reports that the bill's passage comes amid
GOP-led efforts to ban books or teaching about issues
ranging from racial equality to gender identity.
NBC reports that the bill's passage comes amid
GOP-led efforts to ban books or teaching about issues
ranging from racial equality to gender identity.
The new bill will also require schools to offer
parents at least two opportunities for in-person
parent-teacher meetings annually. .
School boards will be instructed to listen to
parents' feedback regarding student education.
School boards will be instructed to listen to
parents' feedback regarding student education.
The bill also requires the public
disclosure of school district budgets,
including revenues and expenditures.
Additionally, parents must be notified of any violent activity occurring at schools or school-sponsored events
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Arkansas Passes Law That, Restricts Transgender Students' , Access to Bathrooms .
On March 21, Arkansas Governor
Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a bill banning
transgender students from using restrooms that
differ from the sex on their birth certificates.
On March 21, Arkansas Governor
Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a bill banning
transgender students from using restrooms that
differ from the sex on their birth certificates.
CNN reports that the new law represents
the latest GOP-led effort to limit
the rights of LGBTQ students in schools. .
The bill applies to restrooms,
locker rooms, changing rooms and
shower rooms in public and charter schools.
Failing to comply with the new law, which applies to
pre-K through 12th grade, can result in $1,000 fines
for superintendents, teachers and principals.
The bill also requires schools to provide
accommodations for those who would be
prohibited from using the facilities under the new law.
However, the law specifies that
those accommodations must not include , “access to a restroom or changing area that is designated for use by
members of the opposite sex to an individual while members of
the opposite sex of the individual are present or may be present.”.
The governor has said she will sign laws
that focus on protecting and educating
our kids, not indoctrinating them, and
believes our schools are no place
for the radical left’s woke agenda, Alexa Henning, Spokesperson for Sanders, via CNN.
Arkansas isn’t going to rewrite
the rules of biology just to please
a handful of far-left advocates, Alexa Henning, Spokesperson for Sanders, via CNN.
Melanie Willingham-Jaggers, the executive director of GLSEN, an
advocacy group for LGBTQ students, argues that the new law uses , “trans and nonbinary kids as political pawns.".
Enforcing these bills would be prohibitively expensive and time-consuming for schools and extraordinarily invasive toward transgender students, Melanie Willingham-Jaggers, the executive director of GLSEN, via CNN
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YouTube Decides, to Fully Restore , Donald Trump's Account.
YouTube has become the latest social media network to lift restrictions and restore former United States President Donald Trump's account. .
YouTube has become the latest social media network to lift restrictions and restore former United States President Donald Trump's account. .
Al Jazeera reports that the March 17
announcement comes as the 2024 Republican
nomination race begins to heat up. .
We carefully evaluated the continued
risk of real-world violence, while balancing
the chance for voters to hear equally
from major national candidates
in the run up to an election, YouTube, via Twitter.
We carefully evaluated the continued
risk of real-world violence, while balancing
the chance for voters to hear equally
from major national candidates
in the run up to an election, YouTube, via Twitter.
The news also comes over two years
after Trump's supporters stormed
the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Critics of Trump accuse him
of inciting violence and making
false accusations of election fraud.
Social media platforms, including Twitter,
Facebook and Instagram, have since
reinstated the former president's accounts.
Social media platforms, including Twitter,
Facebook and Instagram, have since
reinstated the former president's accounts.
Al Jazeera reports that despite being reinstated, Trump
has not returned to any of those platforms, choosing
instead to communicate with supporters on Truth Social.
Al Jazeera reports that despite being reinstated, Trump
has not returned to any of those platforms, choosing
instead to communicate with supporters on Truth Social.
I am staying on Truth.
I like it better, I like
the way it works, Donald Trump, via Fox News.
In the buildup to the 2024 primaries,
Trump is currently facing
several state-led investigations.
Those investigations are looking at the former
president's campaign conduct, his efforts to overturn
the 2020 election and his private business practices
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Biden Administration , Approves Contested Alaskan , Oil Drilling Project.
CNN reports that the Biden administration
has greenlighted the Willow Project in Alaska. .
CNN reports that the Biden administration
has greenlighted the Willow Project in Alaska. .
The decision has reportedly angered
opponents such as climate activists
and set the stage for legal challenges.
CNN reports that the Willow Project is located
in the National Petroleum Reserve, land
that is owned by the federal government. .
The area holds an estimated
600 million barrels of oil.
According to the Biden administration's estimates,
the project will generate enough oil to release
9.2 million metric tons of carbon every year. .
According to the Biden administration's estimates,
the project will generate enough oil to release
9.2 million metric tons of carbon every year. .
Supporters of the decision, including a coalition of Alaska
Native tribes and groups, have hailed the drilling project
as a vital revenue source that will also create jobs. .
We finally did it, Willow is finally
reapproved, and we can almost
literally feel Alaska’s future
brightening because of it, Lisa Murkowski, Republican Senator of Alaska, via CNN.
We finally did it, Willow is finally
reapproved, and we can almost
literally feel Alaska’s future
brightening because of it, Lisa Murkowski, Republican Senator of Alaska, via CNN.
According to Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, the state is , “now on the cusp of creating thousands of new jobs,
generating billions of dollars in new revenues.”.
According to Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, the state is , “now on the cusp of creating thousands of new jobs,
generating billions of dollars in new revenues.”.
She added that the drilling project
has the potential to improve , "quality of life on
the North Slope
and across our state.”.
Opponents argue that the project works against the
Biden administration's stated climate goals and
poses a threat to both the environment and public health.
Opponents argue that the project works against the
Biden administration's stated climate goals and
poses a threat to both the environment and public health
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Mitt Romney Says Marjorie Taylor Greene’s , ‘National Divorce’ Idea Is Insane.
Mitt Romney Says Marjorie Taylor Greene’s , ‘National Divorce’ Idea Is Insane.
Insider reports that on Feb. 20, Rep. Greene suggested that America needs "a national divorce," splitting the nation into "red states and blue states.".
Insider reports that on Feb. 20, Rep. Greene suggested that America needs "a national divorce," splitting the nation into "red states and blue states.".
From the sick and disgusting woke culture issues shoved down our throats to the Democrat's traitorous America Last policies, we are done. , Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, via Twitter.
The following day, she doubled down on her proposal while appearing on Fox News.
The last thing I ever want to see in America is a civil war. No one wants that — at least everyone I know would never want that — but it's going that direction, and we have to do something about it, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, via Fox News.
Our ideas, our policies and our ways of life have become so far apart that it's just coming
to that point, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, via Fox News.
Sen. Romney commented on Greene's suggestion while speaking to 'The Salt Lake Tribune.'.
I think Abraham Lincoln dealt
with that kind of insanity, Sen. Mitt Romney, via 'The Salt Lake Tribune'.
We're not going to divide the country. It's united we stand
and divided we fall, Sen. Mitt Romney, via 'The Salt Lake Tribune'.
There are some people in my party and the other party that say things to try and get a headline and get people to send them money. And that happens to be in today's 'loony left,' or I should say 'loony right.', Sen. Mitt Romney, via 'The Salt Lake Tribune'.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox also weighed in, calling Greene's suggestion "evil" and "destructive.".
We don't need a divorce, we need marriage counseling. And we need elected leaders that don't profit
by tearing us apart, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, via Twitter
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Marjorie Taylor Greene , Is a Major Contender to Be , Trump's 2024 VP Pick.
NBC reports that sources claim
Marjorie Taylor Greene is getting ready
to be Donald Trump's 2024 running mate.
NBC reports that sources claim
Marjorie Taylor Greene is getting ready
to be Donald Trump's 2024 running mate.
She sees herself on the short list
for Trump's VP. Paraphrasing
Cokie Roberts, when MTG looks
in the mirror she sees a potential
president smiling back, Steven Bannon, via ABC.
She sees herself on the short list
for Trump's VP. Paraphrasing
Cokie Roberts, when MTG looks
in the mirror she sees a potential
president smiling back, Steven Bannon, via ABC.
NBC reports that the news comes amid Greene's
recent push to rebrand herself as a politician that
could bridge the divide within the Republican party.
Recently, the second-term congresswoman
took assignments on two committees: , Homeland Security and
Oversight and Accountability.
NBC reports that this means Greene
can participate in high-profile investigations
into President Joe Biden's administration.
Greene also helped
Kevin McCarthy become
Speaker of the House. .
According to Steve Bannon, Greene's support
for McCarthy was a calculated risk which
alienated some of her Republican allies. .
According to Steve Bannon, Greene's support
for McCarthy was a calculated risk which
alienated some of her Republican allies. .
She's both strategic and disciplined —
she made a power move, knowing it
would run up hard against her most
ardent crew. She was prepared to take
the intense heat/hatred short-term for
the long-term goal of being a player, Steven Bannon, via ABC.
She's both strategic and disciplined —
she made a power move, knowing it
would run up hard against her most
ardent crew. She was prepared to take
the intense heat/hatred short-term for
the long-term goal of being a player, Steven Bannon, via ABC.
NBC reports that former President
Donald Trump has given no indication
of who he would want as a running mate. .
However, Greene has quickly become one of
the House's largest fundraisers, bringing in
$12.5 million in the 2022 midterm election cycle.
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2022 Sets Record , for Most Attempts , to Ban Books.
Associated Press reports that
the number of attempted bans and
restrictions on books continues to surge. .
According to a new report from the American
Library Association released on March 23,
the number of attempts in 2022 set a new record.
Last year, the association compiled over
1,200 attempts to either ban books or restrict
access to them in schools and libraries.
The number nearly doubled
from 2021, which set
the record that 2022 broke.
I’ve never seen anything like this.
The last two years have been exhausting,
frightening, outrage inducing, Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Director of the ALA’s Office
for Intellectual Freedom, via Associated Press.
In 2022, over 2,500 books were objected to. .
In 2021, the number of objections was
1,858, and just one year earlier it was only 566. .
States including Arizona, Iowa, Texas,
Missouri and Oklahoma have all passed
or proposed bills restricting books. .
States including Arizona, Iowa, Texas,
Missouri and Oklahoma have all passed
or proposed bills restricting books. .
AP reports that some books have been
targeted for racist language, others for
having gender or racial themes.
In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis has approved a
bill to review classroom reading material and limit
discussion of gender identity and race in schools.
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Over 150,000 Without Power in Texas , After Intense Storm Hits.
CBS News reports that as a storm in
California moved east on March 2, tornadoes, rain and hail hit Texas and Louisiana. .
CBS News reports that as a storm in
California moved east on March 2, tornadoes, rain and hail hit Texas and Louisiana. .
CBS News reports that as a storm in
California moved east on March 2, tornadoes, rain and hail hit Texas and Louisiana. .
Early on March 3, PowerOutage.us reported that over 150,000 Texans had no power.
That number was down from
338,000 without power earlier. .
About 400 flights to and from
the area were canceled.
The Federal Aviation Administration's
ground stop was later lifted.
Normal operations are resuming after heavy winds and rains
moved through our area. , Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, to CBS News.
Several school districts canceled events
due to the impending storm. .
This is the same system that struck California and it's now in New Mexico and will be crossing
Texas and then Arkansas, Rich Thompson, lead forecaster for the
Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, via CBS News.
Some areas of California and Oregon accumulated up to 7 feet of snow. .
However, experts say that the "once-in-a-generation" snow helped to reduce, or even eliminate,
drought conditions in some areas of California
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Def Leppard Drummer Thanks Fans , for Support After Being Attacked in Florida.
Def Leppard Drummer Thanks Fans , for Support After Being Attacked in Florida.
'The Guardian' reports that Rick Allen,
the one-armed drummer for rock band
Def Leppard, was attacked on March 12.
The 59-year-old was smoking outside of a hotel
when he was beaten and knocked to the ground.
19-year-old Max Edward Hartley
has been charged with battery.
Allen took to Instagram on March 20 to
thank everyone for their support as he heals.
Thank you everyone for your overwhelming support. Your love and prayers are truly helping. My wife Lauren was thankfully not with me
at the time of the incident. , Rick Allen, via Instagram.
To all of the fans, veterans, and first responders in our global community we are thinking of you all. Together with love, we can all get through these difficult times, Rick Allen, via Instagram.
'The Guardian' reports that last weekend, Miami Beach officials initiated a curfew as two deadly shootings occurred among spring break crowds.
'The Guardian' reports that last weekend, Miami Beach officials initiated a curfew as two deadly shootings occurred among spring break crowds.
Mayor Dan Gelber said that the crowds and guns "created a peril that cannot go unchecked.".
We don’t ask for spring break in our city. We don’t want spring break in our city. It’s too rowdy, it’s too much disorder and it’s
too difficult to police, Dan Gelber, Miami mayor, via statement.
We don’t ask for spring break in our city. We don’t want spring break in our city. It’s too rowdy, it’s too much disorder and it’s
too difficult to police, Dan Gelber, Miami mayor, via statement.
It's not clear if Allen's attacker
was on spring break.
It's not clear if Allen's attacker
was on spring break.
Allen was in Fort Lauderdale
to play a Def Leppard show in celebration
of their 40th anniversary as a band
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5,000 Mile-Wide , Mass of Seaweed
Heads Toward , the Gulf Coast.
CNN reports that a massive blob of seaweed
is headed for the shores of Florida
and other coasts along the Gulf of Mexico.
The mass of seaweed that formed
in the Atlantic Ocean threatens to bring
down the upcoming tourist season.
CNN reports that scientists have been
tracking large accumulations of a variety
of seaweed called sargassum since 2011.
Sargassum is known to form large
blooms in the Atlantic, however this
year's is the largest on record.
The massive bloom spans over
5,000 miles from the coast
of Africa to the Gulf of Mexico. .
This floating habitat provides food
and protection for fishes, mammals,
marine birds, crabs and more, Sargassum Information Hub website, via CNN.
It serves as a critical habitat for
threatened loggerhead sea turtles
and as a nursery area for a variety
of commercially important fishes such
as mahi mahi, jacks and amberjacks, Sargassum Information Hub website, via CNN.
Over the course of the summer,
the mass will push west through
the Caribbean and into the Gulf of Mexico.
According to Dr. Brian Lapointe, a researcher at Florida Atlantic
University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, the mass of
seaweed is expected to reach the shores of Florida around July.
This is an entirely new oceanographic
phenomenon that is creating such a problem
— really a catastrophic problem — for tourism
in the Caribbean region where it piles
up on beaches up to 5 or 6 feet deep, According to Dr. Brian Lapointe, a researcher at Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, via CNN.
This is an entirely new oceanographic
phenomenon that is creating such a problem
— really a catastrophic problem — for tourism
in the Caribbean region where it piles
up on beaches up to 5 or 6 feet deep, According to Dr. Brian Lapointe, a researcher at Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, via CNN
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