Florida restaurant sticks it to NFL for anthem protest by canceling football package
Curtis West decided to cancel his Florida restaurant’s NFL DirecTV package due to players kneeling during the national anthem.
Frenier: Tendency toward viewpoint discrimination a good argument for school choice
This tendency toward viewpoint discrimination in schools is actually one of the best arguments for school choice. School choice would allow parents and communities to reclaim control over content in their schools. It might also allow schools to refocus on the more politically neutral areas of core knowledge.
Roper: Today’s media is opposed to a free press
Criticizing the media is not a violation of their free press rights. It is an exercise of free press rights. But, banning someone from posting an opinion or an idea is a violation of free press rights.
Twitter plans to ramp up censorship of some users at urging of employees
Washington Free Beacon editor Sonny Bunch wrote Wednesday that “those who refuse to see this as the first step toward a more aggressive campaign of de-platforming conservatives are being obtuse.”
De Blasio attacks free press amid social media censorship of conservatives
While not specifying what exactly he meant, the mayor also said “media we don’t agree with” shouldn’t get “a free pass on what they have done to all of us.” He also went as far as blaming Fox News for the nation’s divisive politics.
Sen. John Rodgers and President Eisenhower on dangers of surrendering freedom
Rodgers succinctly makes the case for Vermonters’ sacred freedoms, contrasted with a desire for safety. His question is plain, but weighty: “Would you rather be safe or be free?”
State Headliners: Vermonters make it plain — biggest problems are jobs, opiates, taxes
In this State Headliners, Vermonters say our biggest problems are jobs, cost of living, opiates and taxes. Also, a large N.H. utility wants more non-whites, coal and gas are replacing carbon-free nuclear energy in Vermont and Germany, and Vermont Yankee moves all spent fuel into ultra-safe storage.
N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo makes move to take down the National Rifle Association
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, has been in a protracted battle with the National Rifle Association. Now he’s using a state agency to hound the pro-Second Amendment organization with costly regulatory threats, as well as to convince financial institutions not to do business with the NRA.
Most candidates socialist Ocasio-Cortez endorsed lost in the primaries
Democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorsed several candidates in the primary elections, but three out of five of those competing in the Tuesday races lost.
Gov. Phil Scott: Back on the right track
We have taken many positive and measurable steps forward in just 19 months, and we’re on the right track. But we still have much more work ahead.
Trump to cut green cards for welfare users, blocking noncitizens from taxpayer handouts
“The administration is committed to enforcing existing immigration law, which is clearly intended to protect the American taxpayer by ensuring that foreign nationals seeking to enter or remain in the U.S are self-sufficient,” a DHS spokeswoman said.
Connecticut Democratic senator praises Big Tech censorship move as ‘good first step’
Murphy also said websites like Facebook and YouTube need to push even harder in the future with their censorship of harmful material.