2021 the gentleman from texas mr roy is now recognized for 60 minutes as a designee of the minority leader i thank the speaker i'm fascinated to learn that i serve in the united states house of free stuff because that's what i've been hearing non-stop this entire week there's an unlimited supply of Money and resources apparently an unlimited...
Read moreIt is our duty as Republicans and all members of Congress to use the power of the purse to defund the executive branch that is tyrannically at odds with the well-being of the American people and with that I would be delighted to yield to my good friend from West Virginia And appreciate his great service to our country and...
Read moreForeign ladies and gentlemen my name is David Thoreau and I had the privilege of being the president of the independent Institute I'm delighted to welcome you to our program this evening as many of you may know the independent Institute holds programs like this debates lectures and other presentations which We call the independent policy forum and tonight we're...
Read morepiola666/iStock/Getty Images Plus Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Massachusetts are planning an experiment in which they will dump approximately 6,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide — a common ingredient in soaps, cleansers, and chemical pipe cleaners — into the waters off of Martha’s Vineyard. The experiment is a part of WHOI’s LOC-NESS project, which seeks to ascertain...
Read moreDUBAI — Under the guise of saving the world from alleged man-made global warming, governments and tyrants at the UN COP28 “climate” summit last month agreed to “transition” away from fossil fuels. But don’t believe the hype from the establishment media from the UN summit about a looming “phaseout” or “phase down” of hydrocarbon energy. What is really happening is...
Read moreHow do you get freedom-loving cities and towns wanting nothing to do with communism to adopt collectivist policies and turn their community into surveillance states that take away their individual rights? Through deception. ‘Resilience’ Is Being Used as the Pretext for a Global Agenda The Federal Plan for Equitable Long-Term Recovery and Resilience (a.k.a. ELTRR or “The Federal Plan”) is...
Read more“He who dares not offend cannot be honest.” ― Thomas Paine I’m sure many of you have heard of the United Nations Agenda 21 and, more recently, Agenda 2030. If you are like me, back in the 90s when I heard about this, I thought the likes of Glenn Beck were decent people, but a bit crazy. This increased for...
Read moreRapidEye/iStock/Getty Images Plus First it was “global warming.” Then it was “climate change.” Next was “global climate disruption,” though this never caught on much. Now, needing to ratchet up the political heat, there’s a new doomsday phrase in town: “global boiling.” As The Guardian put it this summer, quoting the UN’s secretary-general, António Guterres, “The era of global warming has...
Read morenico_blue/iStock/Getty Images Plus The “follow-the-science” Biden administration is now using “Indigenous Knowledge” — a vague term encompassing virtually anything a Native American may believe — in its scientific assessments. One of President Joe Biden’s earliest acts was to elevate the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to Cabinet level, supposedly to “help restore faith in America’s place...
Read moreSam LaRussa/Unsplash Three highly regarded climate scientists, now retired and thus beyond the reach of the “climate change consensus” that would otherwise work to discredit them, are calling a new rule from the EPA “disastrous for the country, for no scientifically justifiable reason.” In May, the EPA finalized its rule limiting CO2 emissions from coal-fired power plants that, if not...
Read moreRobert F. Kennedy Jr. has raised eyebrows as the first right-sympathetic populist to run as a Democrat since William Jennings Bryan. Launching with twenty paid staff and functioning now with seventy, Kennedy’s campaign has latched on to several issues important to mainstream Republicans—Covid tyranny, censorship, government surveillance—as well as to the dissident right: public health threats posed by chemicals in...
Read moreJOE CICAK/iStock/Getty Images Plus On Tuesday, 39 Republican senators called for EPA Administrator Michael Regan to withdraw the proposed “Clean Power Plan 2.0” regulations, which contain strict new emissions standards for power plants going forward. The GOP senators claim that the EPA is overstepping its bounds by essentially transforming the nation’s energy sector without any congressional authority. The new emissions...
Read moredeepblue4you/iStock/Getty Images Plus With the hottest weeks of summer upon us and the nearly record-breaking temperatures sizzling across the Southwest this week, electric vehicle (EV) owners are being advised to adjust recharging habits or risk long-term damage to their cars’ batteries. According to a recent Los Angeles Times article, “Electric vehicles, great for combating climate change, don’t do well in...
Read moreThe Biden administration has announced stringent new rules to reduce the use of coolants used in most air conditioning units and other appliances in the name of fighting climate change, with experts warning it will likely mean Americans will have to pay more to stay cool. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week issued a final rule to slash the...
Read moreAP Images Portions of an email exchange involving Joe Goffman, principal deputy assistant administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other EPA staffers including Dan Utech, the EPA’s chief of staff, appear to show that President Biden is again considering declaring a climate emergency for the United States. Climate alarmists believe that such a proclamation would give the president...
Read moresmuay/iStock/Getty Images Plus For the first time in 20 years, authorities have identified locally acquired malaria cases in the United States. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced last week that four Floridians and one person in Texas are being treated for the mosquito-borne illness. They say that the Texas case is not related to those in...
Read moreThe United Auto Workers (UAW), a labor union and major Democrat backer, has slammed the Biden administration for giving billions of dollars in funding for boosting electric vehicle (EV) production while traditional autoworkers would lose their jobs or be paid lower wages. “The federal government announced a massive $9.2 billion giveaway loan to Ford Motor Co. through the Department of...
Read moreA bill from House Republicans is targeting the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to issue Clean Air Act waivers for California that could lead to major restrictions or even bans on gas-powered vehicles. Those waivers are a live issue. Last month, the California Air Resources Board asked the Biden administration for one so it can ban the sale of new internal...
Read moreMy previous piece for The American Conservative concerned the mayhem postwar “urban renewal” wrought in Washington, D.C.’s southwest quadrant.. A conspicuous feature of that mayhem is the Robert C. Weaver Department of Housing and Urban Development building designed by onetime Bauhaus luminary Marcel Breuer. Commissioned by Uncle Sam’s real estate developer and landlord, the General Services Administration (GSA), and completed...
Read moreTRAVERSE CITY, Mich.—Three chemical companies said Friday they had reached a $1.18 billion deal to resolve complaints of polluting many U.S. drinking water systems with potentially harmful compounds known as PFAS. DuPont de Nemours Inc., The Chemours Co., and Corteva Inc. said they would establish a fund to compensate water providers for contamination with the chemicals used widely in nonstick,...
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