Eighteen-year-old Salvador Ramos murdered 21 people at a Texas elementary school last May. But might things have been different if a detection system had quickly alerted authorities to a man with a gun before the first shot? A group of former special forces has invented a new high-tech security solution for schools. Scott Thuman reports. […]
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(POLL) Inflation now causing hardship for majority in US
The following is an excerpt from Gallup News. A majority of Americans, 56%, now say price increases are causing financial hardship for their household, up from 49% in January and 45% in November. The latest reading includes 12% who describe the hardship as severe and 44% as moderate. The results are based on an Aug. […]
Top Republican: Treasury Dept. refuses to release 'suspicious' Biden financial records
Top ranking Oversight and Reform Committee House Member James Comer (R-Kentucky) is blasting the Treasury Department for refusing to give Congress the information it collected on certain suspicious foreign business transactions flagged by US banks. These transactions were allegedly made by Hunter Biden, Biden associates, and other Biden family members. Background information as provided by Rep. […]
(FORUM) Budget philosophy
In most spending contexts, it works something like this: estimates are obtained for needed products and services. The products and services are obtained within a pre-prescribed budget. As you know, the federal government doesn't work this way. Instead of determining, philosophically, what range of responsibilities belongs to the federal government, deciding upon a reasonable low […]
'Mercury Project' funds research to convince more people to get Covid-19 vaccines
There has been a great deal of confusion in the area of supposed disinformation on Covid-19. Big Tech, government and public health officials worked to censor and discredit some factually accurate information as if it were “disinformation,” while promoting some inaccurate information. A funding group called Mercury Project says it plans to attack what it […]
(POLL) Most Americans not sold on electric cars
The federal government is continuing to spend billions of taxpayer dollars to promote electric vehicles, but most Americans still view them as impractical. That's according to Rasmussen Reports. The polling shows only 28% of American adults think electric cars are practical for most drivers. Fifty-four percent (54%) say they think electric cars are not practical, […]
Hospitals scaling back care
The following is an excerpt from Becker's Hospital Review. Several hospitals are scaling back services for a variety of reasons, including financial challenges and staffing issues. 1. ShorePoint Health Venice (Fla.) is no longer offering emergency services. The 312-bed hospital, part of Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems, permanently closed its emergency department on Aug. 29 before ending […]
(WATCH) Shorting Seniors
(Original airdate May 22, 2022) Today, we begin with a report that may have you asking, who do federal agencies really serve? In this story, elderly widows are being victimized by the very agency that’s supposed to help provide them with financial security. And the only reason we know is because of one employee at […]
