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Oregon’s Department of Land Conservation and Development finalized a rule package that rural counties are calling a death sentence. The Farm and Forest Modernization Rules take effect in January 2025. The state says it is about preserving farmland. On the ground, farmers say it is a chokehold. The rules hit …
The Trump administration is threatening to veto a bipartisan Senate bill to give Congress the ability to review new tariffs, protecting President Donald Trump’s claim of unfettered power in the early stages of a trade war that is sinking financial markets. Trump’s veto threat comes as a handful of Senate …
The U.S. will launch its third crackdown in three years on China’s semiconductor industry on Monday, restricting exports to 140 companies. Curbs on China-bound shipments of high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, which are critical for high-end applications like AI training; new curbs on 24 additional chipmaking tools and three software …
A disconcerting scene unfolds as special constables, volunteer police officers, reportedly restrict the singing of church songs beyond church grounds. This alarming development raises fundamental questions about the erosion of basic rights, particularly the right to freedom of religion protected by the Human Rights Act. The perplexing twist lies in …
via FOXNEWS: Irish Green Party Sen. Pauline O’Reilly defended a controversial bill that could jail citizens for merely possessing material that criticizes gender identity. The Irish Criminal Justice Bill purportedly targets “hate speech,” but some critics have compared it to the concept of punishing people for “thought crime,” a term popularized by …
FARMERS – Melbourne. Farmers and supporters protest outside Parliament. New regulations take land from them for renewable energy transmission lines. They can’t farm near these lines. Land value is expected to drop by 50% because of it. https://twitter.com/BernieSpofforth/status/1691743813599912345 Melbourne… farmers have stormed parliament, furious the government is planning a 400km …
Centralizing Authority over Abortion-Related Prosecutions: Governor Hobbs is using her executive authority to direct Attorney General Kris Mayes to assume all duties over abortion-related prosecutions. Restrictions on Investigative Assistance: Governor Hobbs is using her authority to direct state agencies not to assist in any investigations relating to providing, assisting, seeking, …
Guest Post from Jonathan Turley via jonathanturley.org The Irish Green Party followed many on the left around the world, including our own Democratic Party, this week and came out for censorship and speech controls. Indeed, the party went full Orwellian as its chairwoman Pauline O’Reilly called for “restricting freedom” to …