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How one university is bolstering rural health care

Monday, July 10th, 2023

via POLITICO (New York)

Across the country, there has been rising alarm over the potential for hundreds of closures of rural hospitals that have been facing economic strain.

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Congress returns to confront must-pass defense bill, Supreme Court ethics and nomination headaches

Sunday, July 9th, 2023

via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)

Congress returns from its Fourth of July recess this week with growing objections on the left and right to President Joe Biden's military policies and a looming fight in the Senate over ethics standards for the Supreme Court.

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What is in the National Defense Authorization Act ahead of House floor vote?

Sunday, July 9th, 2023

via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)

The House and Senate Armed Services committees advanced the $886 billion National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2024, each drafting their own version of next year's defense bill at the end of June.

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Clarence Page: A college-level challenge: When free speech sounds like cyberbullying

Sunday, July 9th, 2023

via Chicago Tribune (Illinois)

At U. of C., a student's Twitter rhetoric sounds a lot like 'a genuine threat or harassment,' which would violate campus free speech policies.

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If you care about public education, go to the polls

Sunday, July 9th, 2023

via The Durango Herald (Colorado)

The news media and political pundits are heavily focused on the next 'big' election – November 2024, when we will decide who occupies the Oval Office for the next four-year term. Will it be Joe Biden ...

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Ryan Walters hits back at critics, says his comments about Tulsa Race Massacre were misconstrued

Saturday, July 8th, 2023

via Joplin Globe (Missouri)

Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters is firing back at media and critics, saying they took his comments about the Tulsa Race Massacre out of context, and that he

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Walters hits back at critics, says his comments about Tulsa Race Massacre were misconstrued

Saturday, July 8th, 2023

via The Norman Transcript (Oklahoma)

Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters is firing back at media and critics, saying they took his comments about the Tulsa Race Massacre out of context, and that he

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Trump to Las Vegas crowd: Nevada is Republican

Saturday, July 8th, 2023

via Las Vegas Review-Journal (Nevada)

Presidential hopeful Donald Trump will speak at 4:30 p.m. today at a GOP volunteer recruitment event at Fervent Calvary Chapel, where he will 'lay the foundation' for the 2024 election cycle.

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Trump slams DeSantis, talks 2024 election at Las Vegas event

Saturday, July 8th, 2023

via Las Vegas Review-Journal (Nevada)

Presidential hopeful Donald Trump will speak at 4:30 p.m. today at a GOP volunteer recruitment event at Fervent Calvary Chapel, where he will 'lay the foundation' for the 2024 election cycle.

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Reckoning with Black Lives Matter

Saturday, July 8th, 2023

via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)

Next week marks a decade since Black Lives Matter began disrupting our lives. The media doesn't mention the group much anymore, mainly to avoid embarrassing evidence of its corruption. But BLM has changed the nation in profound ways, perhaps permanently — and continues to do so.

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People are moving to Texas, but not for reasons its governor claims

Saturday, July 8th, 2023

via Las Vegas Sun (Nevada)

Four of the nation's 10 largest cities are in Texas: Houston, San Antonio, Dallas and Austin. Gov. Greg Abbott would like you to think that's because of the economic policies of the Lone Star State.

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Hate group propaganda reaches Kentucky cities

Saturday, July 8th, 2023

via The Daily Independent (Kentucky)

ASHLAND The recent spread of white supremacist recruitment fliers across the Commonwealth reached a residential neighborhood in Ashland over the holiday.

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Trump draws enthusiastic crowd for campaign event in Council Bluffs

Saturday, July 8th, 2023

via The Grand Island Independent (Nebraska)

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Former President Donald Trump took the stage at a campaign event here Friday to loud cheers from a crowd heavy with Nebraskans.

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Trump appeals to farmers at campaign event in Council Bluffs

Saturday, July 8th, 2023

via Sioux City Journal (Iowa)

Loud cheers from a crowd full of Nebraskans greeted former President Donald Trump Friday at a rally.

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Public meeting gets heated as Norman residents put Walters on the spot

Saturday, July 8th, 2023

via The Norman Transcript (Oklahoma)

Oklahoma's top education official stirred more controversy than usual with remarks about the Tulsa Race Massacre, that have now gone viral on social media.

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New College of Florida student protester charged with battery

Friday, July 7th, 2023

via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)

The action comes after the student allegedly spat on school trustee Christopher Rufo.

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How elite schools like Stanford became fixated on the AI apocalypse

Friday, July 7th, 2023

via A.D.N. & Co (Alaska)

Student-led groups focused on AI Safety have popped up at Stanford University and other schools, backed by billionaires fixated on the AI apocalypse.

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‘Their history is all our history’: Mobile dedicates Africatown Heritage House honoring Clotilda slave ship

Friday, July 7th, 2023

via al.com (Alabama)

A dedication of the $1.3 million first-of-its-kind museum for the Clotilda, its survivors and the Africatown community took place on Friday nearly 163 years since the ship arrived to Mobile.

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Q&A: Joe McGill discusses his Slave Dwelling Project and new book about his experiences

Friday, July 7th, 2023

via The Post and Courier (South Carolina)

A new book, "Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery," is drawing attention to Joe McGill's Slave Dwelling Project. Now in its 10th year, the project

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