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offsite link Professor Fired for Questioning Gender Ideology Wins $1.6 Million Settlement Wed Apr 23, 2025 17:00 | Dr Frederick Attenborough
In a landmark victory for academic freedom, the University of Louisville will pay nearly $1.6m to a respected psychiatrist fired for questioning the use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones on children.
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offsite link Miliband Poised to Charge People in South More for Electricity Wed Apr 23, 2025 15:00 | Will Jones
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offsite link US Companies Admit to Avoiding Hiring White Men Wed Apr 23, 2025 13:22 | Will Jones
Hundreds of American companies have admitted to deliberately shunning white men for jobs due to DEI policies amid pressure to make workplaces more diverse, according to a survey.
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offsite link Net Zero Plan to Blot Out Sun Using ?50 Million of Taxpayer Money Set to Be Approved Wed Apr 23, 2025 11:05 | Sallust
A mad Net Zero plan to blot out the Sun using ?50 million of taxpayer money is set to receive experimental approval within weeks. What could go wrong? Except triggering the next ice age.
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offsite link Trans ?Allyship? Didn?t Work and Neither Will Violent Threats Wed Apr 23, 2025 09:00 | Caroline Ffiske
Trans 'allyship' was supposed to lead us all pliantly to accept that men can become women. Now that has failed, the velvet gloves are off to reveal iron fists. But violent threats won't work either, says Caroline Ffiske.
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Houses Passes Disaster Aid Package for Puerto Rico, US States and Territories

category international | miscellaneous | news report author Friday May 10, 2019 21:32author by Kate Zeller - Jubilee USA Network Report this post to the editors

On Friday, the House of Representatives passed disaster relief legislation to benefit US States, Territories and municipalities recovering from wildfires, floods and hurricanes.

Washington DC - On Friday, the House of Representatives passed disaster relief legislation to benefit US States, Territories and municipalities recovering from wildfires, floods and hurricanes. Senate legislation remains on hold as the White House and Senate debate the need for disaster funding to be included for Puerto Rico in a Senate package.

"The Senate needs to stop debating relief aid for Puerto Rico and pass a disaster package that ensures all Americans, no matter where they live, can access needed recovery funds," noted Eric LeCompte who leads the religious development group Jubilee USA. "Republicans and Democrats joined together in the House to pass disaster aid for all Americans and now the Senate needs to follow the House's example."

The House disaster package passed 257-150 and included support from thirty-four Republicans who broke ranks with the President and voted for the aid bill. More than $19 billion dollars is included in the House legislation to benefit Americans suffering from natural disasters or impacted by the US-China trade war.

"The political games in the Senate need to stop and the recovery aid needs to be delivered," said LeCompte. "While the Senate debates aid, US citizens from California to Puerto Rico are suffering."

Before Hurricanes Maria and Irma decimated Puerto Rico in 2017, the island was dealing with a $72 billion debt crisis. Last week, Puerto Rico's federally installed oversight board filed a court petition to declare $9 billion in debt "unconstitutional" or debt that should not be paid because it is not legitimate.

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