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China Increases its Military Spending by 7.2%
March 08, 2023
China has announced a 7.2% increase in its defense budget for the coming year, making it the world’s second-largest military budget behind the United States.
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Dorminey: “Social Credit Scores” Coming For Federal Employees and Contractors?
March 08, 2023
Elizabeth K. Dorminey writing for the Federalist Society, investigates the recent Federal Register notice where the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has proposed an ongoing program of “suitability and fitness” vetting to establish “requirements and standards for agencies to properly vet individuals to assess risk to the integrity and efficiency of the service”, setting federal employees and contractors up for something similar to the Chinese social credit system.
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Mulligan: Risks of Biden’s ‘Green Recovery’ Plan
March 08, 2023
According to Casey B. Mulligan writing in the National Review Online, President Biden’s ‘Green Recovery’ plans, which aim to shift energy use toward renewable sources will not only impose significant costs on consumers but would reduce national incomes by 2–3 percent.
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U.S. House Committee Investigates U.S. State Dept.’s Silencing of Free Expression
March 01, 2023
The U.S. House Oversight Committee is questioning the State Department along with multinational companies, and progressive NGOs weaponize ESG social policies to thwart the free expression of conservative and traditional values in Europe and the U.S.?
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JPMorgan Chase Abetted Sex Trafficker Epstein But Closed Conservative Accounts
February 28, 2023
The National Legal and Policy Center and the Free Enterprise Project have called out JPMorgan Chase & Co. for allowing sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein use his bank accounts to fund his illicit activities but cancelling the accounts of conservative political activists, calling upon the bank to disclose its policies about whom it does and doesn’t provide services to.
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