California | November 11, 2021
76% of Americans think Facebook making society worse, CNN poll says
California | November 11, 2021
Three-quarters of Americans think Facebook is making U.S. society worse and nearly half say they know someone who was led to believe a conspiracy theory due to content on the social media platform, a CNN poll conducted by SSRS said Wednesday.
The belief that Facebook harms society, 76% to 11%, holds firm even among regular users, at 70% to 14%, although there is a bit of a split over whether the website itself is to blame for society’s ills.
Among those who think it is problem, 55% say the cause is the way people use the platform while 45% believe it is due to how Facebook is run… (Excerpts from the Washington Times)
District of Columbia | November 10, 2021
Biden admin. to rescind Trump-era religious exemptions for federal contractors
District of Columbia | November 10, 2021
The Biden administration has proposed narrowing the religious exemptions to federal discrimination law given to entities that contract with the federal government, which currently allows them to uphold religious convictions in certain hiring decisions.
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, a U.S. Department of Labor division, has proposed rescinding a federal contractor rule adopted under President Donald Trump in 2020.
In the proposed rule change, published in the Federal Register Tuesday, the OFCCP argued that the Trump administration rule was too broad compared to previous administrations and ran afoul of discrimination measures governing federal contractors…. (Excerpts from the Christian Post)
District of Columbia | November 1, 2021
Southwest launches probe into pilot who allegedly said ‘Let’s go, Brandon’
District of Columbia | November 1, 2021
Southwest Airlines has launched an internal investigation into an Associated Press reporter’s claim that a pilot said the anti-Biden slogan “Let’s go, Brandon” over the loudspeaker, spurring calls on the left for his firing.
In a Sunday statement, the airline said that it “does not tolerate any behavior that encourages divisiveness” in response to AP reporter Colleen Long, who tweeted that she asked the crew to unlock the cockpit door after hearing the pilot use the phrase.
“TFW [That Feeling When] you’re trying to go on vacation and then the pilot says the very thing you’re working on over the loud speaker and you have to try to get [his] comment but then almost get removed from plane,” she said in a Saturday tweet… (Excerpts from Washington Times)
International | October 25, 2021
India: Human rights groups document over 300 acts of Christian persecution in 2021
International | October 25, 2021
Human rights groups in India say they have documented over 300 incidents of Christian persecution in just the first nine months of 2021, warning that this year might be the worst in terms of the number of such incidents in the country’s history.
While Christians make up only 2.3% of India’s population and Hindus comprise about 80%, radical Hindu nationalists have been carrying out attacks on Christians under the pretext of punishing the minority for using force or monetary rewards to convert Hindus to Christianity,
A.C. Michael, the National Coordinator of the United Christian Forum, said at a press conference in Delhi this week, “The brutal attacks have taken place across 21 states. Most of the incidents are taking place in northern states and 288 instances were of mob violence,” he added, according to the U.S.-based persecution watchdog International Christian Concern… (Excerpts from the Christian Post)
District of Columbia | October 19, 2021
Was the January 6 Riot an Armed Insurrection?
District of Columbia | October 19, 2021
District of Columbia | October 19, 2021
New video from Jan. 6 shows officers allowing people to enter Capitol
District of Columbia | October 19, 2021
A pair of lengthy videos showcasing a different perspective of what happened on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol have finally been released to the public, despite objections from the Biden administration. According to BuzzFeed News, the surveillance videos show Capitol police officers allowing hundreds of people to enter the government, after being vastly outnumbered…. (Excerpts from the Just the News)