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“The Biden administration entered into an unlawful settlement to discharge $6 billion for approximately 200,000 borrowers that branded 150 institutions with some sort of scarlet letter."
"The motion to unseal the 'Hinman Speech Documents,' a 2018 speech by then SEC Director of Corporation Finance William Hinman which absent explicit regulatory guidance, long constituted the best guess for crypto stakeholders to avoid enforcement action."
"Despite what you may hear over and again, Atlantic hurricanes are not becoming more frequent. In fact, the frequency of hurricanes making landfall in the continental United States has declined slightly since 1900." --
@BjornLomborg
Trump, Allies Are Being Unfairly Targeted by
@angiewong
. " Do you trust Democrats and their media allies to treat Trump, Clark and other Republicans fairly? There is only one answer: No."
‘Porch Piracy’ A Growing Issue Ahead of the Holiday Season by
@consumerpal
's
@BADennehy
. "New legislation titled Porch Pirates Act of 2023 would amend Title 18 to cover packages left for collection that have yet to reach their intended recipient."
.
@Pontifex
’s Attack on COP28 Ignores Rights of the Poorest Nations by
@health4peace_np
's Nathalie Beasnael. "It is easy for Western voices to criticize...UAE as hypocritical. But the West has burned through most of Earth’s precious carbon budget..."
One year ago today,
@POTUS
Biden thought he was executing a brilliant political move by killing the
#KeystoneXL
pipeline.
Today, with energy prices rising and Russia on the move, it looks very different.
"Just think about that: After all these climate summits and... promises, when looking at actual emissions we can't tell the difference between the world we're in and a world where we didn't do anything about climate change since 2005."~~
@BjornLomborg
"I call on Joe Biden to set aside political differences and, in a spirit of true bipartisan cooperation, appoint Donald J. Trump as his special envoy to oversee the Afghanistan withdrawal." -- S.C. GOP congressional candidate
@RussellWFry
"Iran’s clerical regime will hold a presidential election, albeit heavily rigged, on June 18. The ultimate winner will be the Iranian people. And the loser? The entire ruling establishment."
@iran_policy
#IranElection2021
"
@POTUS
Joe Biden is about to condemn tens of millions of us to a fate where two out of three of us will die painfully," asserts
@VaporAmerican
's Dave Morris.
Is the Biden Admin Secretly Flying Migrants to an Airport Near You? DHS Won’t Say. by
@BensmanTodd
from
@CIS_org
. "Data from the Freedom of Information Act lawsuit shows that more than 320K immigrants...were authorized to fly into 43 U.S. airports."
"There have been many dumb policy decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic, but this is one of the dumbest,” health policy expert
@Avik
on Boston Mayor
@marty_walsh
Kentucky
@RepJamesComer
accuses the FDA of being “influenced by political concerns rather than scientific evidence” in regulating tobacco and nicotine products.
@JessTowhey
Cigarettes Are Cool Again, Thanks to Regulators by
@lmstroud89
. "[I]t’s not just federal agencies...state and local lawmakers remain steadfast in restricting adult access to e-cigarettes and other tobacco harm-reduction products."
“The dispute over these territories, which rightfully belong to Azerbaijan, is simply a border dispute, but the Armenians portray it as a clash of civilizations."
The United Kingdom followed the science and publicly endorsed vaping as a preferred method to help smokers quit. Only 1.8 percent of teenagers in the UK use e-cigarettes once a week or more, and only 2.1 percent think vaping is “cool."
"It’s difficult to say which is more frightening,
@POTUS
Biden's remarks on Ukraine or his ignoring Asia after North Korea’s Kim Jong Un had opened the year with a barrage of missile tests."
"
@NHDems
chair Ray Buckley mocked the GOP contenders as 'B-tier candidates.'
And
@SenatorHassan
is TIED with them.
For a former two-term governor and incumbent U.S. Senator who's spent $10 million on media, what 'tier' is that?"
@NHGOP
#NHPolitics
DeSantis has made it clear that he is not going after Disney because he thinks the state has been too generous with the company. He is going after Disney because it publicly disagrees with his politics.
@DeanBaker13
"Again and again, we see big tech’s business model on full display, profits built on the flouting of laws, while behaving with all the subtlety of a speeding driver trying to stuff a $100 bill into a patrol officer’s front pocket."
@CASE_forAmerica
"It's not that tobacco products are as safe as air, but not all are equally harmful. Some have played a role in smoking cessation treatments. In fact, studies have shown vaping and e-cig products are 95% safer than ignited tobacco products."
@consumerpal
War on Dog Breeding Punishes Responsible Breeders by
@akcdoglovers
's Sheila Goffe. "Responsible dog breeders who play by the rules and get required licenses are not generating overflow at animal shelters."
"The conflation of vaping and smoking by Bloomberg, the WHO, etc. is dangerous. The science is crystal clear that vaping is much healthier than smoking. It is around 200X less likely to give you cancer. (And no, it does not cause erectile dysfunction.)"
"Rarely have I seen an industry have such freedom to engage in anticompetitive, deceptive and fraudulent behavior as the three PBMs that control 80 percent of the prescription drug marketplace."
@DavidABalto
@FTC
"By continually playing to the “elite” in the media and talking-head class, the Democratic Party has further alienated a growing majority of voters whose priorities simply don’t align with those espoused on TV." --
@DanKEberhart
Unfounded anti-nicotine rhetoric has led to rampant misinformation. A 2018 study found that 53% of participants reported believing that “nicotine causes most cancer related to smoking.”
"If we’re serious about improving public safety, we need an honest accounting of what’s working, what isn’t, and yes, what can be done without infringing on the fundamental right to armed self-defense. "--
@camedwards
of
@bearingarms
defending
#2A
.
“Some people are misinformed by a stream of propaganda that would tell them that vaping is as harmful or more harmful than smoking. You couldn’t be more wrong.”
“I have never in my life heard any Puerto Rican say a single bad thing about Ponce. They’re trying to erase our history. That is our history, and we’re proud of our heritage.” -- Puerto Rican governor Luis Fortuno.
"Califf calls misinformation 'the leading cause of death right now in the US' In the case of EVALI, it is quite possible that misinformation presented by the FDA itself deterred smoking adults from taking up far safer vaping products." -
@Protectaxpayers
"More than 70% say US should keep the so-called Section 301 tariffs on China.
An additional 61% said increased imports have led US to become too dependent on China for goods that are critical to U.S. economic and national security."
@cpa_tradereform
"Why would an organization that claims to advocate for seniors support a bill that raided nearly a quarter of a trillion dollars from Medicare? As with most things in Washington, the answer comes by following the money."
@chrisjacobsHC
"Never has it been more apparent that access to affordable, reliable and clean energy is directly tied to security and quality of life. America — led by Appalachian energy — has the opportunity to take the lead."
@MarcellusGas
@GasOilWV
@ooga_hq
"More than half of those with doctorates in artificial intelligence leave the United States, citing a flawed U.S. immigration system as the primary motivation."
@FAScientists
@aaas
"To conserve 3.2 million acres, an area the size of the state of Connecticut, American Prairie is leveraging private philanthropy and property rights to buy ranch land, improve habitat for wildlife and open it up for public access."
@AmericanPrairie
"There’s been a worrisome trend of using the Electoral Count Act to lodge unmerited complaints by both Democrats & Republicans. Since George W. Bush was elected in 2000, a handful of fringe Democrats have challenged every Republican presidential victory."
"The Afghan soldiers never stood a real chance, and the monies that should have been spent on the people all but went up in smoke – like much of the United States’ two-decade war effort."
A report from inside
#Afghanistan
by
@holliesmckay
"Decades ago, Democrats and Republicans could disagree without being disagreeable. The parties would also work together on issues where there was common ground.
Today, however, the political opposition is treated as an enemy."
@SendF0x
"The plight of the Afghans is particularly disappointing. Hundreds of thousands were evacuated by the combined effort of the NATO allies who had had a presence in the country over the last 20 years. Thousands remain in limbo."
@TheBushCenter
@lvtcollins
While often justified to protect teen health, regulators have begun treating vaping products as equally, if not more harmful, as smoking traditional tobacco products.
Americans Unsettled by a World in Crisis by
@DustinOlson
. "The issue mix couldn’t be better for Trump. Despite the opposition Trump faced building the border wall, people knew he meant business."
"Modern networks require great flexibility, and network slicing helps make that possible. By limiting differentiation, the FCC risks stifling this promising innovation."--
@RealSchererLuck
of
@consumerpal
.
Addressing youth use of any age-restricted product is laudable, but it should not come at the expense of adult users of such products, which has happened with e-cigarette bans.
Two pollsters tell
@InsideSourcesDC
they see the same trend:
“If Donald Trump wins this — and I think he will, he will — he will owe this segment of the Black community his election."
When researchers examined the effects of Massachusetts’ flavor ban and tax, they found that messaging by health authorities questioning the safety of e-cigarettes led to an increase in combustible cigarette use in the Boston area. --
@consumerpal
"Import lobby groups in Washington want to end these tariffs. But the American people continue to support them. Recent polling by the
@cpa_tradereform
found that 71 percent of voters want Washington to keep imposing tariffs on China."
"As Tesla has shown, when the United States leads on manufacturing and innovation, not only does our economy benefit but the environment benefits as well. That is what it truly means to be made in America."
@ACC_National
“The serialization of firearms allows law enforcement to track ownership of the weapon. But criminals pass guns around...Even if the kits are serialized, it’s not going to be a magic solution to the problem."--
@StephenGutowski
.