August 1, 2016
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Welcome to August. The heat may be more bearable with the conventions over. Today's lineup includes a report from Kelsey Harkness on what LGBT leaders plan to do next. Your hair may curl reading Melissa Quinn's coverage on the licensing tangle for hair braiders. Some folks are pressured to sign up for assisted suicide, Hans von Spakovsky and Jana Minich write. Plus: Michael Gonzalez on the right's falling for Putin's tricks, and John-Michael Seibler and Peter Tapsak on one state's crackdown on imported bottles. |
NewsA Look Inside 4 Important Goals of the LGBT Movement"The future of the LGBT movement hinges largely on the outcome of this election," leader Kevin Jennings said at a global LGBT summit in Philadelphia during the Democratic National Convention, where the Human Rights Campaign's Sarah McBride, above, addressed delegates. Read More |
NewsIt Takes 4 Times Longer to Become a Hair Braider Than an EMT in OklahomaIn 14 states, aspiring hair braiders are required to attain a license specifically for braiding, and in those states, the number of hours in required training ranges from a low of six in South Carolina to a high of 600 in Oklahoma. Read More |
CommentaryWhen Assisted Suicide Becomes Coercive"Supporters claim physician-assisted suicide gives patients choice, but what sort of a choice is it when life is expensive but death is free?" says Dr. William L. Toffler. Read More |
CommentaryDon't Bring Empty Bottles Into Michigan, You Might Go to JailIf you attempt to cash in on 10,000 or more out-of-state containers, like Brian Everidge allegedly did, it's a felony, and could lead to up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine. Read More |
CommentaryHow Putin Hoodwinked the Political RightConservatives can certainly find a better champion for their causes than Russia's Vladimir Putin. Read More |
CommentaryLet's Roll: Why Standing Up to a Terrorist Is Your Best Self-DefenseIt's time we stop training to be lambs for the slaughter and have a national conversation about standing up to terrorists. Read More |
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Daily on Defense: Jeffries plots end run for Ukraine aid, Austin back working from home, Ukraine donor group meets, Russian warship sunk, Putin’s poor memory
Follow us on Twitter View this as website BY JAMIE MCINTYRE ADVERTISEMENT JEFFRIES: ALL LEGISLATIVE OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE: The pressure is on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to find a way to bypass House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to bring the $95 billion foreign aid bill that sailed through the Senate 70-29 to a vote on the House floor, where it would surely also pass with a wide bipartisan majority. "There are clearly more than 300 members of the House of Representatives, the overwhelming amount of Democrats and a significant number of Republicans, who would support the national security legislation, were it to receive an up-or-down vote on the floor of the House," Jeffries said on CNN yesterday. Jeffries’s best bet is a long shot, a rarely successful legislative maneuver known as a "discharge petition," which would require at least four Republicans