A group of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/republican-party">House Republicans</a> has introduced a new bill to prohibit &#8220;political tests&#8221; in the admission, hiring, and promotion of college students and staff to fight against &#8220;woke ideology&#8221; on American university campuses.
Reps. Elise Stefanik (NY), Fred Keller (PA), and Glenn Grothman (WI) presented the &#8220;<a href="https://stefanik.house.gov/_cache/files/e/3/e306b313-d1f6-494b-a6dc-e60b096c4976/E0EDF24A6A59A8AB7F5B0EBA0B5363BC.stefny-188-xml-8.23.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Restoring Academic Freedom on Campus Act of 2022</a>’’ on Wednesday to help fight back against &#8220;far left&#8221; bias at colleges across the nation.
“I will always stand up for freedom of speech and freedom of thought on college campuses,” Stefanik said in a <a href="https://stefanik.house.gov/press-releases?ID=9CE90188-0431-4984-84AC-3DB15F3CE821" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. “Instead of encouraging diversity of ideas, some institutions of higher education are shamefully acting as gatekeepers to ensure their faculty, staff, and students all ascribe to Far Left woke ideology.&#8221;
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Instead of creating intolerant political monoculture, universities should equip students to engage in a diversity of ideas outside the academic bubble.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepFredKeller?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepFredKeller</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/RepGrothman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepGrothman</a> &amp; I introduced a proposal to restore academic freedom on college campuses. <a href="https://t.co/YJnd0sosaL">https://t.co/YJnd0sosaL</a>
&mdash; Rep. Elise Stefanik (@RepStefanik) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepStefanik/status/1572623356242923521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;While this intolerant political monoculture reaches institutions across our nation, this is something that has pervaded our own SUNY system,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;This growing trend puts ideological conformity above preparing our next generation for life outside the academic bubble and fails to equip students to thoughtfully engage in the competition of ideas. I will continue to stand up against indoctrination and restore academic freedom on college campuses across our nation.”
The bill would specifically stop higher education institutions from requiring a person to identify a commitment to or make a statement of personal belief in support of any ideology that promotes a specific partisan set of ideas.
The legislation also blocks requiring a particular viewpoint on an issue of public controversy or different treatment of the basis of race, including any formulation of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion beyond upholding existing federal law.
Stefanik&#8217;s statement noted that the concern was revealed in a  2021 <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.aei.org/research-products/report/other-than-merit-the-prevalence-of-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-statements-in-university-hiring/__;!!Bg5easoyC-OII2vlEqY8mTBrtW-N4OJKAQ!cMtxonv5drTIajXoV47Pdwai48lQxI17FUrRpq8aKSqWzq1w2WhjhABabvsq0S8_6SnqYujNmQ$" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the American Enterprise Institute that showed approximately 20% of university faculty hiring and promotion decisions are made after taking a candidate&#8217;s “diversity, equity, and inclusion” or “DEI” statement into account. These statements can be used to discriminate on the basis of politics or ideology in ways that undermine free speech.
“Universities attempting to police the ideology of students and faculty during the admissions and hiring process is un-American and a grotesque attack on the right to free expression of our country at large,&#8221; Grothman added.
&#8220;Academia is healthiest and most productive when students feel comfortable speaking their minds and get exposure to diverse perspectives in the classroom,&#8221; he continued.
Stefanik&#8217;s statement shared the example of the University of California&#8211;Santa Cruz, which was criticized in a <a href="https://www.thefire.org/fire-calls-on-uc-santa-cruz-to-drop-diversity-statement-mandate-for-faculty-applicants/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) over its requirement for applicants to complete a “Statement of Contributions to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.&#8221;
The statement is <a href="https://recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01248" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defined</a> as &#8220;addressing your understanding of the barriers facing traditionally underrepresented groups and your past and/or future contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion through teaching and professional or public service.&#8221; These requirements could be at odds with First Amendment rights as they potentially include issues related to sexual orientation or gender identity.

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‘Far Left Woke Ideology’: House Republicans Introduce Bill To Prohibit ‘Political Tests’ At Colleges

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A Pew Research study has projected that America&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/christianity">Christian</a> population could drop below 50% by 2070 based on current trends.
The study modeled four scenarios representing different rates of change to predict that the nation&#8217;s most-common religion could represent less than half the nation&#8217;s population over the next generation.
&#8220;Depending on whether religious switching continues at recent rates, speeds up or stops entirely, the projections show Christians of all ages shrinking from 64% to between a little more than half (54%) and just above one-third (35%) of all Americans by 2070,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/09/13/modeling-the-future-of-religion-in-america/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">study</a> reported.
&#8220;Over that same period, &#8216;nones&#8217; would rise from the current 30% to somewhere between 34% and 52% of the U.S. population,&#8221; it added.
As of 2020, the Pew Center estimated that about 64% of Americans are affiliated as Christian. People identifying as &#8220;nones&#8221; or religiously unaffiliated included 30% of the population, with other religious groups, such as Jews, Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists, representing the other 6%.
The largest shift in the projections reveals an increase in those religiously unaffiliated who previously identified as Christian. According to the study, as recently as the 1990s, about 90% of American adults identified Christianity as their religion.
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As recently as the 1990s, about 90% of U.S. adults identified as Christians. This figure has declined to about two-thirds of adults. This change is largely the result of large numbers of adults switching out of Christianity to become unaffiliated. <a href="https://t.co/VBjNhp2XgP">https://t.co/VBjNhp2XgP</a> <a href="https://t.co/F8Igx2awwt">pic.twitter.com/F8Igx2awwt</a>
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The analysis of the polling material also noted that while most people do not change their religious identity, those who do typically make the change between the ages of 15-29. Since the 1990s, the Pew Center has also noticed a trend of Americans 30-65 also no longer affiliating as Christian.
Despite the downward trajectory, the researchers noted that the projections are estimates that remain uncertain in the decades ahead.
&#8220;Though some scenarios are more plausible than others, the future is uncertain, and it is possible for the religious composition of the United States in 2070 to fall outside the ranges projected,&#8221; the researchers noted.
The pattern in the U.S. may potentially follow the path some Western European nations have experienced in recent years, according to the study. In the United Kingdom, those religiously unaffiliated (or &#8220;nones&#8221;) <a href="https://www.bsa.natcen.ac.uk/media/39293/1_bsa36_religion.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">surpassed Christianity</a> to become the largest group in 2009, ranking at 52%. Those identifying as Christians fell to just 38%.
The study follows a <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/393737/belief-god-dips-new-low.aspx?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&amp;stream=top" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gallup survey</a> in June that found the number of Americans who say they believe in God has dropped to the lowest level in the nearly 80 years the organization has asked the question.
Just 81% of U.S. adults in the study said they believe in God. The response rate was 6% lower than the survey just five years earlier.
&#8220;Belief in God has fallen the most in recent years among young adults and people on the left of the political spectrum (liberals and Democrats). These groups show drops of 10 or more percentage points comparing the 2022 figures to an average of the 2013-2017 polls,&#8221; the Gallup survey revealed.
&#8220;Most other key subgroups have experienced at least a modest decline, although conservatives and married adults have had essentially no change,&#8221; it added.
The study also documented steep drops in church attendance, membership, and overall confidence in organized religion, further suggesting the changing nature of religious practices in America.
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A group of House Democrats has introduced a new bill that would require the military to provide a leave of absence for service members to receive abortions, including military payment to cover out-of-state travel.
The <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2085?s=1&amp;r=9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a>, called the &#8220;Access to Reproductive Care for Service Members Act,&#8221; was introduced to respond to requests for abortions by military members in states that have tightened abortion laws following the Supreme Court&#8217;s overturn of Roe v. Wade in June.
“Abortion access should be a right, not a privilege,&#8221; Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA), Chair of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee, said in a <a href="https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-crow-speier-introduce-bill-to-protect-abortion-care-for-us-servicemembers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> on Tuesday.
&#8220;Yet a recent study estimated that 40 percent of servicemembers will have no or severely restricted access to abortion services where they are stationed – something they have no control over. The fallout of being denied care will be catastrophic, as is the threat to our military readiness, recruitment, morale, and unit cohesion,” she added.
The new legislation will seek to add several new aspects to how abortions are handled by the military. First, it would redefine abortion as time-sensitive, requiring a commander to approve leave automatically. In addition, the act would allow service members to request and receive leave for abortion care without specifying to a commander the nature of the procedure.
In cases in which abortion is not legally provided in the state where the service member is stationed, the bill would require the Department of Defense to cover travel expenses similar to other &#8220;necessary&#8221; healthcare travel.
The new act would also prohibit retaliation or adverse action from commanding officers or other service members for getting an abortion.
Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), a co-sponsor of the legislation, argued that abortion is an issue of military preparation.
“A woman’s choice to have an abortion should remain between her and her doctor – including for our servicemembers. Ensuring our troops have access to safe and reliable abortion care is both a matter of principle and troop readiness,” Crow said.
“During my time in the Army, I served alongside talented and brave servicewomen. Their service was – and is – a huge part of what makes our military the greatest fighting force in the world,&#8221; he added.
The Democratic lawmakers argue that the projected cost of travel for military personnel going out-of-state for an abortion is $1,100 or more, almost half of the monthly pay for a junior enlisted service member. Speier argued that covering the abortion-related expenses was &#8220;the least we can do.&#8221;

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Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving spoke out after New York City announced an end to its COVID vaccine mandate for private-sector employees on Tuesday, calling the requirement among &#8220;the biggest violations of human rights in history.&#8221;
Irving shared the comments in a viral Twitter post on Tuesday following the announcement by New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams.
“If I can work and be unvaccinated, then all of my brothers and sisters who are also unvaccinated should be able to do the same, without being discriminated against, vilified, or fired,” Irving wrote.
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If I can work and be unvaccinated, then all of my brothers and sisters who are also unvaccinated should be able to do the same, without being discriminated against, vilified, or fired. ♾🤞🏾
This enforced Vaccine/Pandemic is one the biggest violations of HUMAN RIGHTS in history.
&mdash; A11Even (@KyrieIrving) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyrieIrving/status/1572232112736210944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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“This enforced Vaccine/Pandemic is one the biggest violations of HUMAN RIGHTS in history,” he added.
Adams <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/686-22/mayor-adams-launches-covid-19-booster-campaign-additional-flexibility-nyc#/0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Tuesday that “the additional flexibility we are announcing for private employers, students, and parents puts the choice back into each of their hands.”
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JUST IN: <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NYCMayor</a> announces that New York City is updating its COVID-19 measures for private businesses and parents, giving them more flexibility to make their own decisions that are best for them.
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&mdash; NYC Mayor&#39;s Office (@NYCMayorsOffice) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayorsOffice/status/1572227873762590724?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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New York City&#8217;s deputy mayor for health and human services Anne Williams-Isom shared the details that included an end to the vaccine mandate on students participating in sports and extracurricular activities.
“While we continue to adapt to the virus with these changes to vaccine mandates for private-sector employees and students participating in sports and extracurricular activities, we must continue doing our part to protect ourselves and our loved ones,” she said in the statement.
Irving&#8217;s comments take on extra meaning following his strong opposition to the city&#8217;s vaccine mandate that led to him being unable to play much of last season after refusing to comply. After a brief return to away games in January, he sat out until the city rolled back its rules for indoor events in March.
After missing more than 70 games over the city&#8217;s mandate, Irving <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kyrie-irving-makes-season-debut-in-new-york-city-im-standing-for-freedom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">returned</a> to loud cheers from fans at Barclays Center.
“I made it very clear it was never just about me,” Irving said, despite his team losing the game. “I think for my own legacy, that’s to be written by all those that I impact and all those that impact me, and it’s far bigger than just a basketball game. But when I’m in this locker room, I get a chance to perform with a bunch of guys that are selfless and are sacrificing just as much as I am. It makes it worthwhile.”
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Kyrie Irving received loud cheers from fans at Barclays Center during introductions. Irving is playing in his first home game for the Brooklyn Nets since Game 2 versus the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference Semifinals on June 7, 2021. He waved to the crowd before tip off. <a href="https://t.co/ZVav5KTsXn">pic.twitter.com/ZVav5KTsXn</a>
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Irving is among a small number of vocal professional athletes who have opposed the COVID vaccine mandate despite limitations on playing time or other complications.

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Residents in Jackson, Mississippi, filed a class action lawsuit against the city, its leaders, and engineering companies over ongoing problems related to the community&#8217;s water crisis.
The city&#8217;s already problematic water pressure system was overwhelmed by recent Pearl River flooding that extended a water boil notice and emergency declaration by Mississippi&#8217;s governor for the city of more than 150,000 people.
&#8220;The City of Jackson&#8217;s water supply has been neglected for decades, culminating in its complete shutdown in August 2022, leaving over 150,000 residents, 82.5% of whom are Black and over 24% are living in poverty, without access to running water,&#8221; the lawsuit <a href="https://www.lieffcabraser.com/pdf/Jackson_Complaint_Filed.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a>.
&#8220;These residents lack more than just drinking water, or water for making powdered baby formula, cooking, showering, or laundry,&#8221; it continued. &#8220;During the long period where the city pipes had no water pressure &#8230; residents of Jackson could not flush their toilets for days at a time.&#8221;
The lawsuit also alleges that city residents were poisoned by contaminants in its drinking water for an extended period of time. Claims also include that the city&#8217;s water quality did not meet federal requirements.
The residents further argued in the lawsuit that the problem had been occurring for decades and was preventable ahead of the recent flooding.
&#8220;This public health crisis, decades in the making, was wholly foreseeable by Defendants’ actions and has left Jackson residents in an untenable position — without access to clean, safe water in 2022 in a major United States city,&#8221; it added.
Democratic Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, former Democratic Mayor Tony Yarber, Trilogy Engineering Services LLC, Siemens Corporation, and other city officials were named in the legal matter.
Government leaders in Jackson, Mississippi, declared a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/water-emergency-in-mississippi-as-pump-shuts-down" target="_blank" rel="noopener">water system emergency</a> in August after a major pump at a water treatment facility was damaged.
The hindered water treatment facility left the city without reliable running water for fighting fires and flushing toilets, according to Republican Governor Tate Reeves, as the area dealt with the aftermath of recent flooding across the central region of the state.
“The O.B. Curtis plant is not operating anywhere near full capacity,” Reeves <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2022/08/29/jackson-water-system-fails-emergency/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> during an evening press conference, reported Mississippi Today. “We may find out tomorrow it’s not operating at all. We’ll have better visibility on that when we get in there tomorrow.”
The governor’s announcement came a week after Jackson&#8217;s mayor <a href="https://www.wjtv.com/mississippi-flooding/jackson-mayor-declares-water-system-emergency/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a> a water emergency following the Pearl River flooding last week, with the city issuing a water boil notice at the end of July.
Deanne Criswell, the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mississippi-gov-open-to-privatizing-water-supply-following-states-water-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> last month that the date when residents could access drinkable water was unknown. He also noted that distributing bottled water to impacted residents remained the agency’s primary focus with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers.
Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency also issued a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mississippi-gov-open-to-privatizing-water-supply-following-states-water-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">notice of noncompliance</a> to city leadership for not “repairing and maintaining equipment necessary to reliably produce drinking water.”

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Two decomposed bodies have been discovered in the home of a former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rhode-island">Rhode Island</a> mayor, according to a report.
Woonsocket police <a href="https://turnto10.com/news/local/woonsocket-rhode-island-body-decomposed-examination-criminal-elderly-male-female-police" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> WJAR-TV that the bodies were found at the home of former Mayor Susan Menard on Monday. Police Chief Thomas Oates could not confirm whether Menard was one of the two deceased individuals discovered in the home. One of the bodies was female while the other was male.
Local outlets observed individuals in full hazmat suits entering the home to investigate on Monday. No criminal activity has yet been reported, but an investigation remains underway.
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Happening now: Police in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Woonsocket?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Woonsocket</a> have a home on Marian Lane blocked off with yellow tape — where two bodies were found “severely decomposed” inside, according to the police chief. An investigation is now underway.
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“I haven’t seen them in a while because my sister usually walks this all the time and on occasion, I’d walk with her around the neighborhood and I haven’t seen them in a while,&#8221; neighbor Lorraine Tessier told WJAR-TV. &#8220;Didn&#8217;t anybody check on them? Grandchildren? Son? What happened?&#8221;
<a href="https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/blackstone-valley/2-bodies-found-severely-decomposed-in-woonsocket-home/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According to</a> WPRI-TV, police entered through a window of the home and found the woman in one room and the man in a different room.
WPRI reporter Kait Walsh also tweeted that, &#8220;Woonsocket Police Chief Oates said a neighbor started to smell something foul which made him realize he hadn’t seen anyone around the house in the past couple weeks and called police.&#8221;
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“There’s no outward signs of any foul play or any type of a struggle,” Oates said, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/two-decomposed-bodies-found-home-former-rhode-island-mayor-police-say-rcna48486">according</a> to NBC News. “We’re aware that both of these individuals, if they&#8217;re who we think they are, had medical issues that were pretty significant.”
The <a href="https://health.ri.gov/programs/detail.php?pgm_id=149" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rhode Island Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office</a> is currently working to identify the bodies with an announcement pending, according to the outlet.
Menard served as the mayor of Woonsocket, a town less than 20 miles from the capital of Providence, from 1995 to 2009. She was the longest-serving mayor in the community&#8217;s history, as well as its <a href="https://www.pressreader.com/usa/woonsocket-call/20181104/281745565395470" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first female mayor</a>. Woonsocket&#8217;s population includes approximately 40,000 residents.
In 2017, Woonsocket Middle School was <a href="https://www.pressreader.com/usa/woonsocket-call/20170608/281500751224623" target="_blank" rel="noopener">named</a> in honor of Menard. The longtime mayor also previously served on the City Council and the Woonsocket School Committee.
Menard&#8217;s daughter reportedly <a href="https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/north/2009/04/16/woonsocket-mayor-s-daughter-dies/52028691007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed away</a> in 2009 in her Boston home at the age of 31. She left behind a husband and two sons, ages 2 and 4 at the time.

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) announced on Tuesday that the city&#8217;s COVID vaccine mandate for the private sector will soon become optional.
Adams shared the update as he received his own booster shot on Tuesday, encouraging New Yorkers to take part in the new voluntary program.
The mayor <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/686-22/mayor-adams-launches-covid-19-booster-campaign-additional-flexibility-nyc#/0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that &#8220;the additional flexibility we are announcing for private employers, students, and parents puts the choice back into each of their hands.&#8221;
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JUST IN: <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NYCMayor</a> announces that New York City is updating its COVID-19 measures for private businesses and parents, giving them more flexibility to make their own decisions that are best for them.
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&mdash; NYC Mayor&#39;s Office (@NYCMayorsOffice) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayorsOffice/status/1572227873762590724?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The city&#8217;s deputy mayor for health and human services Anne Williams-Isom shared the details regarding the announcement.
“While we continue to adapt to the virus with these changes to vaccine mandates for private-sector employees and students participating in sports and extracurricular activities, we must continue doing our part to protect ourselves and our loved ones,” she said in the statement.
“The best way we can do that is to get vaccinated and get boosted. I strongly encourage every New Yorker to reach out to their primary care physician, local pharmacy, or any city-affiliated site to schedule their vaccine or updated booster shot appointment today,&#8221; she added.
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I’m getting my <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19</a> booster and you can too: visit <a href="https://t.co/KwhEv8K9Bt">https://t.co/KwhEv8K9Bt</a>! Join us now at City Hall. <a href="https://t.co/o78vmIM8Mg">https://t.co/o78vmIM8Mg</a>
&mdash; Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/1572203565585760257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The news also revealed that New York City school students participating in sports and extracurricular activities will no longer be required to show proof of COVID vaccination, effectively immediately. The private sector mandate will become optional starting November 1.
The move will likely encourage more New Yorkers to return to in-office work, a concern shared by many employers and workers across the city.
“The mayor’s decision to allow individual employers to determine COVID-19 protocols is most welcome,” said Kathryn Wylde, president and CEO of Partnership for New York City, in the mayor&#8217;s statement. “It will accelerate return to the office and encourage New Yorkers to move beyond the pandemic mentality.”
The mayor&#8217;s update comes just two days after President Joe Biden said &#8220;the pandemic is over&#8221; during a &#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; interview on Sunday.
“We still have a problem with COVID. We’re still doing a lot of work on it. But the pandemic is over,&#8221; he added.
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New COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have decreased in recent weeks, but the current average daily deaths is approx 400, per CDC data. <a href="https://t.co/l86OL888DP">pic.twitter.com/l86OL888DP</a>
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The news also comes after Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-more-quarantining-new-york-gov-kathy-hochul-announces-end-of-school-covid-restrictions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> last month that the state is lifting its COVID restrictions for schools to align with updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations.
“No more quarantining — no more ‘test to stay,’” Hochul told reporters. “The days of sending an entire classroom home because one person was symptomatic or tested positive — those days are over.”
“What that means is if a classmate tests positive for COVID and your child doesn’t have symptoms, your child can stay in school as long as they wear a mask under those circumstances. That’s what we’re recommending,” Hochul added.
The state continues to encourage vaccination. However, the latest update from the state <a href="https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2022/08/2022-23-school-year-covid-19-faqs-for-schools_8-22-22.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">does not currently require</a> COVID vaccinations for students or staff to attend school for the 2022-2023 school year.

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Mayor Eric Adams Announces End To New York City’s Private Sector COVID Vaccine Mandate

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The Republican attorneys general of 23 states are expected to send a letter Tuesday opposing plans by Visa, Mastercard, and American Express to add a new code to identify gun purchases made at firearm retailers.
“Categorizing the constitutionally protected right to purchase firearms unfairly singles out law-abiding merchants and consumers alike,” a draft of the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/visa-mastercard-amex-face-calls-from-gop-attorneys-general-to-abandon-gun-shop-code-11663674954" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> reads, according to the Wall Street Journal.
“We will marshal the full scope of our lawful authority to protect our citizens and consumers from unlawful attempts to undermine their constitutional rights,” it added.
The letter is led by Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and Montana Attorney General Austin Knudson, according to the report.
The attorneys general of California and New York recently sent letters to the three companies to encourage the new categorization of gun purchases. The request came after the Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-scotus-strikes-down-new-york-concealed-carry-restrictions-restrictions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">struck down</a> a New York law in June that included unconstitutional requirements for issuing concealed-carry permits.
Tuesday&#8217;s letter adds to a letter from more than 100 House Republicans last week demanding answers from major credit card companies over the controversial decision to separately categorize gun sales.
As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-than-100-house-republicans-demand-answers-from-credit-card-giants-categorizing-sales-at-gun-stores" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, House GOP leaders also sent <a href="https://stefanik.house.gov/_cache/files/3/2/327afb2a-664b-41dc-ba6c-ce0f93af68ad/B339C19813330E1FBB3AD3B51FA773F2.rep.-stefanik-letter-to-visa.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letters</a> to the CEOs of Visa, MasterCard, and American Express. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) led the effort to demand that the companies answer questions about their decision to adopt new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/visa-to-categorize-sales-at-gun-stores-in-win-for-gun-control-advocates" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Merchant Category Codes</a> (MCCs) set by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
The House letter sought details regarding the prospective standards and questioned whether categorizing gun purchases and flagging law enforcement was an attempt to skirt federal law by effectively creating a gun registry.
“As you know, the ISO uses four-digit codes known as MCCs to classify merchants and businesses by the type of goods or services provided,” the letter said. “There were already two MCCs that captured legal firearm sales, 5999 for Miscellaneous Retail Stores and 5941 for Sporting Goods Stores.”
Visa that revealed plans on September 10 for the company to join Mastercard and American Express in the move to separately categorize gun purchases.
Gun rights advocates see the move as an erosion of Second Amendment rights.
“The [industry’s] decision to create a firearm specific code is nothing more than a capitulation to anti-gun politicians and activists bent on eroding the rights of law-abiding Americans one transaction at a time,” said National Rifle Association spokesman Lars Dalseide, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/gun-violence-shootings-new-york-city-politics-4aae50c67e40f9683f604a8683acc391" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> the Associated Press.
Many Democratic lawmakers, however, have supported the new categorization, including Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Pennsylvania Rep. Madeleine Dean. &#8220;Credit card companies like @Visa, @Mastercard, and @AmericanExpress can and should do more to help stop mass shootings. @RepDean and I are urging these companies to step up and help identify suspicious purchases to prevent gun violence,&#8221; Warren tweeted earlier this month.
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Credit card companies like <a href="https://twitter.com/Visa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Visa</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/Mastercard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Mastercard</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/AmericanExpress?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AmericanExpress</a> can and should do more to help stop mass shootings.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepDean?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepDean</a> and I are urging these companies to step up and help identify suspicious purchases to prevent gun violence.<a href="https://t.co/kkqsYxpmzd">https://t.co/kkqsYxpmzd</a>
&mdash; Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenWarren/status/1567214955690135552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2022</a></blockquote>
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) has suggested that migrants bused to his city could temporarily live on cruise ships.
Adams shared the proposal during an interview on WCBS&#8217;s &#8220;The Point with Marcia Kramer&#8221; broadcast on Sunday.
&#8220;[W]e examined everything from the legality of using any type of cruise ship for temporary housing. We&#8217;re looking at everything to see, how do we deal with this?&#8221; Adams <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/681-22/transcript-mayor-eric-adams-appears-wcbs-s-point-marcia-kramer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Kramer.
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The host later returned to the topic with a follow-up question concerning the possible option to deal with thousands of migrants recently bused to the city by Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.
&#8220;I want to pursue this thing about the cruise ships. Is that really a possibility that you might be able to do that?&#8221; Kramer asked.
&#8220;We&#8217;re looking at that,&#8221; Adams responded.
&#8220;We are predicted with the influx of opening, probably, 38 additional emergency shelters. So we have to find temporary measures to address this issue,&#8221; he later added.
In a separate <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ny-mayor-eric-adams-calls-coordination-gop-governors/story?id=90067473" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;This Week,&#8221; Adams also called for more coordination in the migrant busing efforts.
“These migrants and asylum seekers are not coming to any particular city, they’re coming to America,” the mayor claimed. “This is an American crisis that we need to face – a humanitarian crisis that were made by human hands by some of the governors in our southern states.”
Despite calls of a crisis, the number of migrants bused to his city is minuscule compared to the more than four million people who have unlawfully crossed the southern border since President Biden entered office.
Adams stated that 11,000 migrants had been bused to his city during the WCBS interview. Abbott&#8217;s press release two days before the interview reported only 2,500 migrants had been sent to New York, while thousands more had been bused to other places, such as Washington, D.C.
&#8220;Texas has also bused over 8,000 migrants to our nation&#8217;s capital since April and over 2,500 migrants to New York City since August 5. More than 600 migrants from Texas have arrived in Chicago since late August,&#8221; Abbott said in a <a href="https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/operation-lone-star-spotlights-sanctuary-city-hypocrisy-buses-over-11000-migrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. &#8220;The busing mission is providing much-needed relief to our overwhelmed border communities.&#8221;
Arizona has reportedly bused <a href="https://www.kold.com/2022/09/16/arizona-has-bused-nearly-2000-migrants-border/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nearly 2,000</a> migrants to Washington, D.C., over the past four months. The state has not bused migrants to New York City.
In addition to Texas and Arizona, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) made headlines last week for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-shreds-claims-that-illegal-immigrants-were-falsely-lured-into-going-to-marthas-vineyard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">authorizing two flights</a> with approximately 50 migrants to Martha&#8217;s Vineyard.
Despite criticisms from the Left, DeSantis received a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/standing-ovation-for-desantis-when-he-brings-up-marthas-vineyard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">standing ovation</a> from his audience at a Wisconsin event on Sunday when mentioning the flights.
“The one place in the country where we see virtually no law and order is at the southern border. And this is a crisis,” DeSantis said. “It’s now getting a little more attention.”
That prompted <a href="https://news.lee.net/partners/cnn/raw-ks-desantis-gets-standing-ovation-in-kansas/video_a1161545-978f-5478-bd12-140087d9237f.html">applause from the crowd</a> as DeSantis insisted, “This is a crisis. It is a crisis. And it’s a manufactured crisis because of Biden’s failed policies.”

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An Army paratrooper stationed at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina, died after being shot outside his apartment.
Sgt. Nicholas Bobo, 22, was found by police responding to a call of shots fired at approximately 11:00 p.m. on Tuesday. He was discovered with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to law enforcement.
Bobo, a native of Cordova, Tennessee, also had his vehicle taken from the Enclave at Pamalee Square, <a href="https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/crime/2022/09/15/fort-bragg-paratrooper-nicholas-antonio-bobo-killed-in-tuesday-shooting-in-fayetteville/69497815007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> the Fayetteville Observer. Police do not believe the shooting was random. No arrests have been made in the shooting death.
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The paratrooper was an automated logistical specialist assigned to the 407th Brigade Support Battalion. Bobo leaves behind his wife, daughter, and parents. He joined the Army in 2018 and had been stationed at Fort Bragg since 2019.
His awards and decorations, <a href="https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/cumberland-county-news/man-killed-outside-fayetteville-apartment-was-22-year-old-military-paratrooper/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> a report by WNCN-TV, include the Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, and the Army Parachutist Badge, Driver Mechanic Badge-Driver Wheeled Vehicle, and Marksmanship Qualification Badge Expert-Carbine.
Army Criminal Investigation Command and the Fayetteville Police Department are investigating the incident.
The report comes as the U.S. military is facing an “unprecedented” recruiting crisis under President Joe Biden that has forced it to drastically cut forecasts for the number of new recruits it expects.
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-pronouns-less-recruits-u-s-military-facing-unprecedented-recruiting-crisis-under-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Dr. Mark T. Esper, Secretary of Defense during the Trump administration, said this was “a major issue affecting all the armed services.”
“The answer is NOT lower standards; quality must be paramount,” he wrote on Twitter. “Rather, we need a sustained effort by America’s leaders to inspire our youth to serve. … This is a growing national security issue!”
The news also comes as conflict continues following Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine and other global issues emerging during the Biden administration, including a highly criticized military departure from Afghanistan in August 2021. The final weeks of the exit included a bombing that killed 13 U.S. military members outside of the Kabul airport.
The Kabul bombing became a point of contention again in March when President Joe Biden failed to mention the Fallen 13 during his State of the Union address to Americans.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPLeader/status/1498860731055419396" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blasted</a> Biden over the issue.
“To the 13 American families who lost loved ones in Afghanistan in August, you deserved to be recognized by the President tonight,” McCarthy wrote on Twitter. “Americans remember your sacrifice, and we are forever indebted to you.”

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SpaceX launched 54 Starlink satellites into orbit on Sunday evening following five days of weather delays.
The Falcon 9 rocket carried the satellites into low Earth orbit, releasing them just 15.5 minutes into the flight that departed from Florida&#8217;s Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
&#8220;This was the sixth launch and landing of this Falcon 9 first stage booster, which previously launched CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, and now one Starlink mission,&#8221; SpaceX <a href="https://www.spacex.com/launches/sl4-34/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> in a description of the mission.
The Elon Musk-led company confirmed the deployment of the Starlink devices, which are designed to provide internet communications to areas outside of traditional coverage reached by mobile phone networks. A <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlQHF_yBkMQ">live stream</a> of the liftoff was provided online for viewers, with more than 220,000 views as of Monday morning.
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The Falcon 9&#8217;s first stage booster returned to the Just Read the Instructions drone ship, a floating landing pad off the coast of Florida in the Atlantic Ocean.
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The private space flight company also provided a video of the satellites being released into orbit, offering multiple camera views of the launch and flight.
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SpaceX has now conducted 180 total launches since its start, with 118 total reflights in its pursuit of reusable rocket technology, according to its <a href="https://www.spacex.com/launches/">website</a>. The Sunday launch also follows a <a href="https://www.spacex.com/launches/sl4-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mission</a> on September 10 that sent 34 Starlink satellites into orbit along with the AST SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker 3 satellite.
The company has now sent more than 3,200 satellites into orbit, with approval for up to 12,000 Starlink devices. Another 30,000 satellites are under consideration through an application with an international regulator, <a href="https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-group-4-34-launch-rocket-landing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> Space.com.
The launch was also part of a recent surge in activities for SpaceX. The company ended August with an announcement that NASA had agreed to a $1.4 billion deal for five additional astronaut missions to the International Space Station (ISS).
“NASA has awarded five additional missions to Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, for crew transportation services to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contract,” NASA said in a <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-awards-spacex-more-crew-flights-to-space-station" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
The additional plans bring NASA’s <a href="https://www.govconwire.com/2022/09/spacex-gets-1-4b-nasa-contract-modification-for-5-more-iss-crewed-missions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">total contract value</a> with SpaceX to approximately $4.93 billion. The agreement also allows for the potential of adding additional human flight services in the future.
SpaceX and T-Mobile also announced an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musks-spacex-to-end-cellphone-dead-zones-worldwide" target="_blank" rel="noopener">agreement</a> last month in an effort to eliminate cellphone dead zones. Using Starlink satellites, Musk&#8217;s company plans to offer service in the half-million square miles currently unreached by networks in the United States.
“The important thing about this is that it means there are no dead zones anywhere in the world for your cell phone,” Musk tweeted.
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Starlink V2, launching next year, will transmit direct to mobile phones, eliminating dead zones worldwide
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Musk added that the second-generation satellites supporting the network would launch in 2023 and said that Tesla vehicles would be able to use the service.
SpaceX has also signed a recent <a href="https://presscenter.rclcorporate.com/press-release/167/royal-caribbean-group-to-use-spacexrsquos-starlink-in-an-industry-first-to-provide-high-speed-internet-onboard-full-cruise-fleet-/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">agreement</a> with Royal Caribbean to offer Starlink internet services on cruise ships. The service is expected to roll out during the first quarter of 2023.

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Former President Bill Clinton addressed the death of former prosecutor Ken Starr on Sunday in an awkward reaction.
Starr died a week ago at the age of 76. The attorney was known for leading the investigations into Whitewater and Clinton&#8217;s affair with Monica Lewinsky.
&#8220;[Starr] never filed a charge on Whitewater but put your presidency, your second term, upside down,&#8221; CNN&#8217;s Fareed Zakaria said to Clinton. &#8220;Do you have any thoughts? Any reflection?&#8221;
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&mdash; Fareed Zakaria (@FareedZakaria) <a href="https://twitter.com/FareedZakaria/status/1571566221690130434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
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“Well, I read the obituary, and I realized that his family loved him,&#8221; Clinton said. &#8220;And I think that’s something to be grateful for, and when your life is over, that’s all there is to say. But I was taught not to talk about the people that — I have nothing to say.&#8221;
Lewinsky, a former White House intern whose affair with Clinton became public during his presidency, offered her own response to Starr&#8217;s death last week in a Twitter post.
&#8220;As I’m sure many can understand, my thoughts about Ken Starr bring up complicated feelings,&#8221; Lewinsky wrote. &#8220;But of more importance, is that i imagine it’s a painful loss for those who love him.&#8221;
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&mdash; Monica Lewinsky (she/her) (@MonicaLewinsky) <a href="https://twitter.com/MonicaLewinsky/status/1569804404928258049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Lewinsky later became the executive producer of the 2021 HBO Max documentary &#8220;15 Minutes of Shame,&#8221; which investigated America&#8217;s culture of public shaming. She also served as a producer for &#8220;American Crime Story: Impeachment&#8221; on FX, which highlighted her relationship with the former president detailed in the Starr Report.
The 1998 Starr Report was a document presented by the attorney to Congress that included sensitive details regarding the relationship between Clinton and Lewinsky and argued for the president&#8217;s impeachment. Clinton was later impeached but acquitted by the Senate.
In 2020, Starr served on former President Donald Trump&#8217;s legal team during his first impeachment trial. The attorney argued against Trump&#8217;s impeachment based on allegations of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
“Instead of a once-in-a-century phenomenon, which it had been, presidential impeachment has become a weapon to be wielded against one’s political opponent,” Starr <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/480115-starr-makes-trump-team-debut-we-are-living-in-an-age-of-impeachment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the Senate during his words on behalf of Trump.
As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-ken-starr-former-federal-judge-and-clinton-investigator-dies-at-76" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, Starr died in Houston at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center of complications from surgery, according to a statement from his family.
“We are deeply saddened with the loss of our dear and loving Father and Grandfather, whom we admired for his prodigious work ethic, but who always put his family first,” Starr&#8217;s son Randall said.
“The love, energy, endearing sense of humor, and fun-loving interest Dad exhibited to each of us was truly special, and we cherish the many wonderful memories we were able to experience with him. He is now with his Lord and Savior,&#8221; he added.

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