The Arizona Sun Times

May 31, 2023

Arizona’s Pre-Roe Abortion Law Receives National Support from 17 States

A coalition of 17 states, led by Arkansas, is among the entities which recently asked the Arizona Supreme Court to reverse a ruling barring Arizona's territorial-era law restricting abortions from being enforced. The current abortion struggle in the state surrounds...

May 31, 2023

Jack Miller Center Unveils ‘ContextUS,’ a New, Online Civics Library

ContextUS is the Jack Miller Center’s newly published, free online library that provides citizens with the content to gain that necessary civic knowledge. This state-of-the-art resource gives teachers, students, and scholars access to more than 700 core texts of the American...

May 31, 2023

Massachusetts Public Libraries to Host Virtual Drag Queen Tutorial for Teens

More than 30 Massachusetts public libraries are joining together to host a virtual drag queen event, targeted for teens aged 13-18, in which New England-based drag queen “Giganta Smalls” will teach the young people about the life of a drag...

May 31, 2023

Texas, Georgia, Arizona: Three Cases Studies of State Oversight of Troubled Local Elections

Republican-run Texas and Georgia have given state officials oversight of some local elections following issues in Democratic counties, while Arizona didn't do so there was a Republican administration. Last week, the Texas House passed two pieces of election integrity legislation that were...

May 31, 2023

New Report Shows Arizona’s Universal School Choice Unlikely to Bankrupt State

The Universal Expansion of the Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program is unlikely to bankrupt the state, according to a new report from the nonpartisan research group, the Common Sense Institute Arizona (CSIAZ). According to the report, at least 56,000 students...

May 31, 2023

States Legislatures Adapt to Electric Vehicles

As President Joe Biden’s administration wants 50% of all new vehicle sales to be electric by 2030, some states are pushing bills to subsidize the industry. In an analysis of state legislatures by The Center Square staff, actions so far...

May 31, 2023

Commentary: Identity Studies in Academia Is the Birthplace of Woke

In 1983, having spent four years earning a PhD in English, I instantly turned down the reasonably secure entry-level faculty position my alma mater offered me and chose instead to sign up for that most financially insecure of all professions:...

May 31, 2023

Music Spotlight: Mitchell Tenpenny

Last week, country mega-star Mitchell Tenpenny performed an acoustic livestream show at Nashville’s Pegleg Porker where he played fan-favorite hits in their upstairs event space. The show was hosted by Prevacid and was streamed live on TikTok.

May 31, 2023

Masks Offer ‘Small’ Benefit Against COVID, Increased CO2 May Be Tied to Stillbirths: Research

The termination of the COVID-19 national emergency has not ended mask mandates in various jurisdictions and settings such as healthcare, even as more peer-reviewed research suggests that face coverings can cause more harm than good. The Annals of Internal Medicine published the...

May 31, 2023

Commentary: The Nonsensical ‘Holy Climate Panacea’ Triad of More Wind, Solar, and Electric Cars is Maddening

This list could be closer to 50 but let’s just stick to a handful of them. I literally live in this business every day, and I’m just so confused.

May 30, 2023

Debt Limit Deal Clears House Panel, Setting Up Floor Debate

The House Rules Committee on Tuesday evening advanced a bipartisan bill to raise the debt limit and avert a national default, paving the way for a floor debate in the lower chamber on Wednesday. The panel advanced the legislation by a 7...

May 30, 2023

Trump Vows to End Birthright Citizenship for Children of Illegal Immigrants

Former president and 2024 presidential contender Donald Trump pledged to end birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants in a video posted to Twitter Tuesday. Trump vowed that on his first day in office, if he’s elected president, he will sign...

May 30, 2023

Homeland Security Department Sees ‘Heightened Threat’ of Attacks on Churches, Police and Feds Ahead of 2024 Election

The Homeland Security Department is warning communities nationwide about an increased risk of terror attacks on churches, schools, federal installations and law enforcement heading into the 2024 election, specifically cautioning that "legislative or judicial decisions pertaining to sociopolitical issues" could...

May 30, 2023

Kevin McCarthy Threatens to Hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in Contempt over Biden Probe

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday threatened to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress if he does not comply with a request for a document about an alleged bribery scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden.

May 30, 2023

Kohl’s Faces Backlash After Pitching LGBTQ ‘Pride’ Merchandise for Babies

Kohl’s has now joined Target, The North Face, Anheuser-Busch, and others in marketing LGBTQ merchandise, with Kohl’s releasing its “Baby Sonoma Community Pride” onesie in sizes for babies aged three, six, and nine months.

May 30, 2023

FBI Formally Refuses to Produce Biden Probe Memo to Congress, Comer to Hold Wray in Contempt

The FBI formally refused Tuesday to turn over to Congress an investigative memo alleging a bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, prompting the chairman of the House Oversight Committee to begin proceedings to hold Director Christopher Wray in contempt. Rep....

May 30, 2023

Tea Party Patriots Action Condemn House Speaker McCarthy for Debt Ceiling Deal, Urge Republicans to Vote in Opposition

Tea Party Patriots Action (TPPA), the national conservative nonprofit group founded at the height of the Tea Party Movement, is condemning House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-20) for negotiating an increase of $4 trillion to the national debt over the next...

May 30, 2023

Governor Katie Hobbs Vetoes Bipartisan ATV Bill that Would Have Paved the Way for More Electric Vehicle Use in Arizona

Amongst the latest batch of vetoes handed out by Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs (D) Friday was Senate Bill (SB) 1100, from Senator Frank Carroll (R-Sun City), which aimed to update the legal definition of recreational off-highway vehicles (OHV). Specifically, this...

May 30, 2023

Deep-Pocketed Donors Bankroll Global Panel Cracking Down On ‘Misinformation’

Wealthy organizations with a history of backing left-wing causes are partnering with a new worldwide group of researchers to combat online misinformation.

May 30, 2023

Investment Standards Debate Moves into State Legislatures

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment standards are a hot topic among Republican lawmakers across the U.S. who see it as a political move to force a progressive agenda. Democrats, on the other hand, see it as a smart investing...

May 30, 2023

Maricopa County Republican Committee Censored on Facebook for Sharing Post Regarding Liberal Bias on the Internet

Facebook parent company Meta took down a post relating to research on the liberal bias on the internet shared by the Maricopa County Republican Committee on Friday. According to the county, the post shared support for Dr. Robert Epstein's research...

May 30, 2023

Commentary: As It Always Has Been, the Only True Cause of the Left Is Power

Why do so many liberal climate-activist grandees fly on private jets? Or why do those who profited from Black Lives Matter have a propensity for estate living? Or why do the community-activist Obamas prefer to live in not one, but...

May 30, 2023

Authors of Soros-Funded Biden Center Report Pushing More Refugee Resettlement into the U.S. Now Work at the White House

Several authors of a Soros-funded Penn Biden Center report advocating for increasing the number of refugees allowed into the country now work in the Biden administration, handling immigration and national security policy. The Penn Biden Center and the National Conference...

May 30, 2023

Investors and Activists Fight to ‘Depoliticize’ America’s ‘Radically Left-Wing’ Corporations

Center/right groups are gaining ground in pushing corporations back to the center, representatives for the investors and activist organizations told the Daily Caller News Foundation. These center/right investors and activists are fighting back against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and...

May 30, 2023

Commentary: Ron DeSantis Has All the Right Enemies

A lot of people are upset with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, especially as he launches his presidential bid. Start with America’s wokest corporate titans. While perched in a Los Angeles County rapidly losing population and companies to Florida, Disney CEO...

May 30, 2023

Russia Issues Arrest Warrant for Senator Lindsey Graham

by Ailan Evans Russia issued an arrest warrant for Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina Monday, following comments he made about the war in Ukraine. The warrant was issued by Russia’s Interior Ministry on Monday, with an additional...

May 29, 2023

The Biden Administration’s Record of Caring for Veterans Raises Alarm

Early in the debt ceiling crisis, the Biden administration tried to scare veterans into believing Republicans might cut their benefits, which did not happen. But the administration’s own treatment of the nation’s warriors suffers from glaring failures ranging from lax...

May 29, 2023

DeSantis Blasts McCarthy Over Budget Deal for ‘Careening Towards Bankruptcy’

by Harold Hutchison Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida ripped House Speaker Kevin McCarthy early Monday over the debt ceiling deal, calling it “totally inadequate” when it came to addressing spending. “Prior to this deal, Kayleigh, our country was...

May 29, 2023

Catholic Advocacy Group Launches $1 Million Ad Campaign to Boycott Los Angeles Dodgers for Honoring Anti-Catholic Hate Group

A leading national Catholic advocacy group has responded further to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ announcement that the organization will move ahead with honoring an anti-Catholic hate group of self-described “queer and trans nuns” during its “pride night” game event in...

May 29, 2023

Commentary: Protecting Our Forgotten Rights

Robbing a bank is a crime everywhere. But in some places and times you could become a criminal just by growing vegetables, feeding the homeless, playing poker or working without a government-mandated license. African immigrant Tedy Okech risked arrest when...

May 29, 2023

GOP-Led House Expected to Vote Wednesday on Debt Limit Compromise Legislation

The GOP-led House is expected to vote Wednesday on the legislation resulting from a compromise between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden on the debt limit.

May 29, 2023

Progressive Activists, Officials Work to Extend Voting to Prisoners, Noncitizens to Expand Base

by Fred Lucas Inmate voting, noncitizen voting, and even mandatory voting have been among the initiatives pushed in Democrat-led jurisdictions this year to expand their voting base. “The Left wants to normalize voter classes that nobody took seriously a generation ago—criminals,...

May 29, 2023

Colleges Move to Arm Officers in Response to Inner-City Crime After Previous Calls to Defund the Police

Two inner-city colleges are arming their on-campus police officers in an effort to crack down on increased crime three years after activists called for departments across the country to be defunded. George Washington University (GWU), located in Washington D.C., announced...

May 29, 2023

Nuclear Energy Renaissance Emerges as Counterbalance to Democrats’ ‘Green New Deal’

by Addison Smith Alternative clean energy plans to the Democrats’ Green New Deal are getting a boost from a new generation of nuclear energy technology, which can produce zero-carbon emission electricity with a much smaller footprint than earlier reactors....

May 29, 2023

Arizona Gov. Hobbs Vetoes Red-Light Camera Ban

Gov. Katie Hobbs on Friday vetoed legislation that would have outlawed red-light cameras in Arizona. In her veto message of Senate Bill 1234, Hobbs said "local leaders and law enforcement officers across the state" reached out to her about the effect...

May 29, 2023

Commentary: The Forgotten History of Memorial Day

In the years following the bitter Civil War, a former Union general took a holiday originated by former Confederates and helped spread it across the entire country. The holiday was Memorial Day, an annual commemoration was born in the former...

May 29, 2023

Commentary: In Praise of Americans Who Have Given Their All

The war in Ukraine, brutally slogging along some 5,000 miles from the U.S., involves another people but it serves as a reminder to Americans of what it takes to keep one’s country safe, free, and prosperous. It also reminds us...

May 29, 2023

Scott, Haley’s South Carolina Roots Aren’t Enough to Secure Victory in the State’s Early Primary, GOP Operatives Say

South Carolina has two natives in the 2024 presidential race, with former Gov. Nikki Haley and Sen. Tim Scott, but Republican operatives from the state don’t believe it’s enough to secure them a victory in the early state primary, they...

May 29, 2023

Commentary: What a Difference a Real District Attorney Makes

Chesa Boudin, named after cop-killer Joanne Chesimard, and son of Weather Underground terrorists Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert, was elected district attorney of San Francisco in November 2020. Criminals were happy with the outcome. “Chesa Boudin threw a monkey wrench into the...

May 28, 2023

McCarthy-Biden Debt Deal Eliminates Unspent COVID Funds, Blocks IRS Expansion and Reforms Permitting

The debt limit deal struck late Saturday between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden rolls back some of Washington’s massive spending while delivering other conservative priorities like blocking new taxes and requiring some welfare recipients to work, according...

May 28, 2023

Former Harvard Chair Who Lied About Chinese Payoff Sentenced to Two Days in Prison

Former Harvard chemistry chair Charles Lieber received two days in prison, six months house arrest, and a fine for hiding Chinese government affiliations and a $50,000 monthly salary. Harvard also allowed him to retire quietly.

May 28, 2023

‘Boycott Target’ Song Climbs iTunes Charts, Garners Millions of Views

The song "Boycott Target" has garnered millions of views online and climbed to No. 3 on iTunes Hip-Hop charts within days of being released. "Attention all shoppers: There's a clean-up on every aisle. Target is targeting your kids," the song by Forgiato...

May 28, 2023

Outside Law Firm Finds Texas A.G. Paxton Didn’t Break Laws or Violate Office Procedure

A 174-page report released by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) in August 2021, made public before voters reelected Attorney General Ken Paxton to a third term in November 2022, disproved claims presented by Democratically-aligned counsel hired by the House...

May 28, 2023

Left-Wing Activists See State Courts as Avenues to Advance Their Agendas

State courts are quickly becoming a heated battleground for abortion and LGBT issues, with left-leaning groups announcing legal strategies focused on the state level and launching efforts to educate the public on their role in electing local judges.

May 28, 2023

Report: North Dakota GOP Gov. Doug Burgum Poised to Enter 2024 Republican Presidential Primaries

North Dakota GOP Gov. Doug Burgum may be eyeing a 2024 presidential bid, according to reports.