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Protests and strikes that have disrupted France for weeks have grown more intense after the government yesterday decided to force through a controversial reform raising the minimum standard retirement age from 62 to 64. The change has been in the making for years and has been postponed time and time again following fierce opposition among

Here is a fascinating look at the rise and fall of cities across time. This should be a stark reminder that the US empire, too, will fall one day. For much of human history, most people did not live in cities. As Visual Capitalist’s Pallavi Rao details below, cities – settlements that are densely populated

Thomas Jefferson said the following in a letter to William Stephens Smith on November 13, 1787. The exact quote is: “And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them

Notice that Americans are at the bottom of the pack. They’d much rather go $60k in debt for a Women’s Studies degree than work for a degree that puts food on the table. Graduates in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics – STEM for short – are sought after globally, but are often

Sleeping has never been a problem for me. I sleep like a baby. Friday, March 17, is World Sleep Day, an annual event that aims to raise awareness of the importance of getting a good night’s sleep. This year’s campaign tagline is “Sleep is essential for health.” According to a study by the American College of Cardiology, up

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Zero surprise for me. Republicans on the House Oversight Committee have been working with four witnesses with close ties to the Bidens, who have provided documents and other evidence tying the Bidens to the Chinese Communist Party. “It’s as bad as we thought… Since we’ve last spoken we have bank records in hand. We have

The US dollar, as the world’s reserve currency, is the most widely accepted and held currency by central banks and governments around the world for international trade and financial transactions. This status was established after World War II, when the Bretton Woods Agreement was signed, designating the US dollar as the anchor currency for the

The following is from Matt Taibbi. Taibbi adheres to classic liberalism, and is among those who were left behind when the progressive wing of the Democratic Party shifted the party so far left that even Mao and Lenin appear conservative by comparison. Civil liberties have officially gone out of style, a phenomenon on full display

More signs that the tide is turning on the propaganda lockdown. 100% of lawmakers in the House on Friday voted to pass a bill requiring the Biden administration to declassify intelligence related to investigations into the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China and Covid-19. The Covid Origins Act of 2023, sponsored by Sens. Josh Hawley

The feds’ political persecution of the Proud Boys took a wild turn after unintentionally leaked chat logs from FBI Special Agent Nicole Miller revealed she said she was ordered by her boss to “destroy” “338 items of evidence.” Concealing evidence. Doctoring evidence. Destroying evidence. Violating attorney-client privilege. The conservative media and Congress will be tempted

No surprise here. If you cannot attack the message, attack the messenger. There are some that say not much was learned or gained from the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Weaponization of the Federal Government this past week as politicians sparred over the meaning of the release of the Twitter Files. Democrats in particular seemed adamant

Measure would prohibit Idaho students from using facilities that don’t correspond to their biological sex BOISE — The Senate Education Committee voted 6-2 Thursday to pass a bill requiring students to use bathrooms that correspond to their biological sex. Opponents said it would discriminate against transgender young people and adds to harmful rhetoric, and supporters

Benefits of the program and the need for parental input discussed at a news conference Tuesday morning BOISE — Idaho Gov. Brad Little joined legislative and state education leaders Tuesday morning to announce the formation of an advisory council for the Empowering Parents grant program. The Parent Advisory Council would counsel the State Board of

BOISE — Another proposal to put state funds toward private school tuition has been introduced in the Idaho Legislature. Sen. Lori Den Hartog, R-Meridian, presented legislation Monday morning to the Senate State Affairs Committee that would expand the existing Empowering Parents grant program to include a $6,000 tuition grant. “This is in response to some

Bills get bumped to front of the line on House calendar The House on Tuesday also voted 57-12 to pass a bill that would criminalize transporting a minor out of state for an abortion with an intent to conceal it from the parent. Reps. Barbara Ehardt, R-Idaho Falls, and Kevin Andrus, R-Lava Hot Springs, co-sponsored