News and Views: January 17, 2025
Biden’s farewell speech ultimately encapsulated his tenure—a presidency marked by divisive rhetoric, bureaucratic overreach, and misplaced priorities. Instead of uniting the nation, he leaves a legacy of polarization and diminished trust in government institutions. The American people deserved a leader who could heal divisions, and champion the values of freedom and opportunity. Instead, they were left with an administration that too often sought to silence dissent and consolidate power in the hands of the government. As the nation turns the page, one can only hope the next chapter will bring a renewed commitment to the foundational ideals that have made America a beacon of freedom.
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The DEI component of this program is beyond belief.
In addition, states had to prove that they promoted participation from minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, and “other socially or economically disadvantaged individual-owned businesses.” They also had to create a Five-Year Action Plan that required collaborating with unions and “underrepresented communities,” including prisoners, LGBTQI+ individuals, women, and people of color.
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And Suddenly, Gavin Newsom's Electric Car Mandate Looks Pretty Dumb to LA Fire Victims You’ve plugged your electric vehicle into your home charger and hit the sack. Overnight, high winds topple a power line. Your charger blacks out. Then, a report of a fire, followed by an evacuation order. Your battery’s only charged to 25%. And it’s your only car.
Such are the fears some California car buyers are expressing amid the fires that have devastated Los Angeles County and forced people to evacuate their homes at a moment’s notice.
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Kathy Hochul’s Desperate Speech: The New York governor’s theatrical State of the State message was an effort to combat negative poll ratings and discourage potential primary challengers in 2026 Hochul’s theatrically staged State of the State speech program could be seen as a political distress signal—an overproduced exercise in shameless self-promotion for a governor struggling with negative poll ratings, desperate for more positive attention two-plus years after winning election by a surprisingly close margin.
AT&T kills home Internet service in NY over law requiring $15 or $20 plans New York started enforcing its Affordable Broadband Act yesterday after a legal battle of nearly four years. Broadband lobby groups convinced a federal judge to block the law in 2021, but a US appeals court reversed the ruling in April 2024, and the Supreme Court decided not to hear the case last month.
The law requires ISPs with over 20,000 customers in New York to offer $15 broadband plans with download speeds of at least 25Mbps, or $20-per-month service with 200Mbps speeds. The plans only have to be offered to households that meet income eligibility requirements, such as qualifying for the National School Lunch Program, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or Medicaid.
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Illinois Democrats’ push to decriminalize prostitution risks fueling exploitation, trafficking, and abuse, prioritizing profit over the safety of women and children The first step by leftists in their eternal quest to make America unlivable is always to redefine terms, hence the Newspeakian term “sex work,” with its positive connotations of labor and industry. Illinois Democrats hope to destigmatize the degrading purchase of women’s bodies for the hedonistic pleasure of men by associating such evil with other forms of work.
Connecticut Parole Board Pardons Illegal Migrant Pedophile Who Says He Might Re-Offend Guerino Magloire, 52, was serving five years in prison for felony second degree sexual assault against a child between 13 and 15 years old. He was convicted of sexually assaulting the child on March 11, 2020, just as pandemic lockdowns were starting, and he was sentenced in November the next year.
During his parole hearing on New Year’s Eve, Magloire said he cannot promise he will not offend again.
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Shrine from Bible sealed by Jesus' ancestor opened after 3,000 years A place of worship sealed up by the ancestors of Jesus has been discovered in the ancient heart of Jerusalem, frozen in time for nearly 3,000 years.
Carved into the rock near Temple Mount, the structure comprises eight rooms, containing an altar, a sacred standing stone, and presses for olive oil and wine.
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