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June 25th, 2020
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By: Rand Paul – congress.gov/bill – June 1, 2020 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3845 To end the practice of including more than one subject in a single bill by requiring that each bill enacted by Congress be limited to only one subject, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 1, 2020 Mr. Paul introduced the...
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June 24th, 2020
Abbott tightens rules - COVID cases
By Robert T. Garrett – dallasnews.com – June 23, 2020 Gov. Greg Abbott sternly warned Texans of “rampant” spread of coronavirus that took the state to a new high Tuesday of more than 5,000 new cases in a single day. Saying Texans should stay home unless they have a good reason to venture out, Abbott late Tuesday afternoon gave local officials more...
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June 22nd, 2020
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By: Beth Baumann – townhall.com – June 21, 2020 The Black Lives Matter movement has gained steam recently following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last month. Protests and riots have taken place across the country, all in the name of so-called “justice” for Floyd. BLM organizers have repeatedly said their goal is to end “police brutality” and “systemic racism” that disproportionately...
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June 22nd, 2020
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By: James Wesolek – txvalues.org  –  June 19, 2020 Reaction to the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Bostock v Clayton County Georgia has been swift and resounding from all corners of the pro-family, conservative sphere. The egregious ruling redefined the meaning of “sex” in the 1964 Civil Rights Act to include “sexual orientation and gender identity.” The implications of this for...
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June 19th, 2020
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By: Mike Pence – WSJ.com – June 16, 2020 In recent days, the media has taken to sounding the alarm bells over a “second wave” of coronavirus infections. Such panic is overblown. Thanks to the leadership of President Trump and the courage and compassion of the American people, our public health system is far stronger than it was four months...
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June 18th, 2020
Trump signs exec order to reform police
By: Caitlin Oprysko – politico.com = June 16, 2020 Although he was ostensibly in the Rose Garden to discuss police reform, Trump delivered an emphatic defense of law enforcement as a whole, rejecting complaints of systemic racism in policing and contending that only a “very tiny” percentage of police are so-called bad apples. The text of the executive order itself...
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June 17th, 2020
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By: Sen. Josh Hawley – thepublicdiscourse.com – June 16, 2020 I rise today to offer a few thoughts about the Bostock case handed down by the Supreme Court yesterday. I have it here. I have now had the chance to read the case, the decision by the majority of the court, and the two dissenting opinions, and I have to say I...
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June 17th, 2020
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By: Daniel Horowitz – conservativereview.com – June 15, 2020 Within 35 minutes today at 10 a.m. Eastern, what some thought was the most conservative Supreme Court of all time concocted a fundamental right to transgenderism in the context of labor law, erased the Second Amendment, and interfered with a state death penalty case, but declined to interfere with a California law that criminalizes law...
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June 17th, 2020
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By: Aila Slisco – Newsweek.com – June 16, 2020 Increasing numbers of Houston residents have reportedly been diagnosed with COVID-19 after attending protests against the death of George Floyd. Large protests began in the city days after the death of Houston native Floyd, an unarmed black man who died while police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25. Texas has...
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June 15th, 2020
Vote here
By: Debbie Wuthnow – townhall.com – May 31, 2020 COVID-19 has dominated every aspect of our lives, and in fact, it’s even revealing why the upcoming elections matter. At iVoterGuide, we hope these six reasons will encourage you in your passion for our country’s government. Reason #1: COVID-19 reminds us that elected officials can make life and death decisions. In America, “we the...
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