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Texas and 6 other states sue to end DACA (The Texas Tribune)
Following through on a months-old promise, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Tuesday to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, leading a seven-state coalition against an Obama-era immigration measure that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants nationwide from deportation, including more than 120,000 in Texas.
Paxton first threatened in June 2017 to sue over the program if President Donald Trump’s administration had not ended it by September. After federal court rulings blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to end the program, Paxton wrote in January that he would consider filing suit if DACA still stood in June. [Read More]
Boy Scouts are dropping the word ‘boy’ from the name of flagship program (USA Today)
The Boy Scouts of America doubled down Wednesday on its quest to become the scouting organization of choice for boys and girls, announcing it will drop “Boy” from the name of its signature program.
Chief Scout Executive Mike Surbaugh also unveiled the group’s new “Scout Me In” marketing campaign aimed at promoting inclusiveness.
“As we enter a new era for our organization, it is important that all youth can see themselves in Scouting in every way possible,” Saurbaugh said. [Read More]
Facebook hires outside adviser to look for bias against conservatives (Washington Examiner)
Facebook has hired an outside adviser who will look into potential bias against conservative voices, and give advice on how to avoid that bias.
The professional conservative advising partnership with Facebook will be led by former Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., and his legal team at Covington and Burling, as well as the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, which will hold meetings with Facebook executives, Axios reported .
“From what I’ve heard, it sounds encouraging that Facebook is taking steps to evaluate where things stand in the marketplace and hear concerns,” said Rob Bluey, vice president of communication and Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Signal. [Read More]
WATCH: This Ad From GA Gubernatorial Candidate Holding A Shotgun Goes Viral (Daily Wire)
One GOP gubernatorial candidate in the state of Georgia released a no-nonsense campaign ad when it came to Second Amendment rights: he showed himself holding a shotgun while interviewing a prospective suitor for one of his daughters.
The ad from Brian Kemp, who is currently Georgia’s Secretary of State, precipitated outrage from some folks in Georgia, according to WXIA-TV, which published an article explaining why they could not legally remove the ad. The station wrote [Read More]
I Cannot Handle All This Winning (Townhall)
Perhaps the greatest thing about one of our side’s many decisive victories last week – and there were a lot of victories – is that now liberals have to refer to my friend Ric Grenell as “Ambassador.”
Or better yet, as “Your Excellency.”
But it isn’t just that America got one of its best diplomats – finally – on the job in Germany, that obscure, insignificant Upper Volta of Europe (I am a conservative traditionalist, so Burkina Faso will always be Upper Volta). It’s that in fighting his confirmation, the Democrats again highlighted their moronic intersectional hypocrisy to voters who may have forgotten what idiots they are. [Read More]
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