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The Perils of Ending Columbus Day

Submitted 7 years ago by ActRight Community

Citing Italian explorer Christopher Columbus’ abuse of Native American tribes, the Los Angeles City Council voted on August 30, nearly unanimously, to end the city’s celebration of Columbus Day, traditionally held the second Monday in October. The holiday will be replaced with Indigenous Peoples Day, which will commemorate “indigenous, aboriginal and native people” of North America. The move to eliminate Columbus Day was called “restorative justice” by one city councilman. Chrissie Castro of the Los Angeles City-County Native American Indian Commission argued before the vote was handed down ending all celebrations of Columbus would help to “dismantle a state-sponsored celebration
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#121852

The Problem With Amash

Submitted 5 years ago by ActRight Community

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Officials claim doing business is a revocable “privilege,” but many Americans see it as a right that they’ll exercise with or without licenses and permits.
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President Joe Biden praised Michigan Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib during his latest trip to the Midwestern state this week, as the member of “the squad”
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Twitter Inc. undefined shares rose 5% premarket Monday, after Reuters said the social media site is set to accept Tesla Inc. undefined CEO Elon Musk's "best...
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Last year, Laura and I met a young man who was a former Washington Redskin player. In a couple too-short hours, he gave us some of the best behind-the-scenes insights a football fan would love to have been exposed to. We got to ask questions true fans of the game have always wanted to have …
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Emeritus professor John Staddon is troubled by the assumptions behind the anti-racism crusade and the actions it will entail.
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A number of ballots would not scan during an election this week in a southwestern Pennsylvania county, triggering ...
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WORLD - According to sources, an eccentric immigrant entrepreneur from South Africa just accomplished more for free speech than Republicans have in decades of controlling the government, wielding Federal power, and spending trillions of dollars.'Wow! Who is this guy? He's really making us look bad here,' said one Republican Senator. &quo ...
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Now more than ever, we must honor the memory of the brave men who stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day to preserve our freedom.
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President Trump should be "overjoyed" that presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden "made the strategic blunder" of tapping Sen. Kamala Harris, Ben Shapiro told "Fox & Friends" Wednesday.
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AUSTIN, TX - Governor Greg Abbot has signed into law a bill that deputizes students in Texas classrooms so they can use their lassoes to hog-tie any teachers promoting critical race theory and forcibly drive them out of town.The bill is part of a wider national effort by red states like Texas to combat critical race theory since efforts at the federal leve ...
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Canadian icon Rex Murphy will be the keynote speaker at the George Jonas Freedom Awards in Toronto, where Freedom Convoy organizer will be given the "Freedom Award." The Board of Directors of the Justice Centre announced Tuesday it would handing the George Jonas Freedom Award to Tamara Lich for her "courage, determination and perseverance." Lich [...]
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Greg Gutfeld said tonight on "The Five" that Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign rollout was about as "spontaneous as open heart surgery."
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#121865
Thousands of students nationwide were surveyed...
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#121866
A vintage clothing shop in Savannah, Georgia has come under fire after they posted a Facebook promotion that stated they would require white customers to pay a $20 refundable deposit when they book an appointment to shop at the store, but they are waiving this fee for "BIPOC" (Black, indigenous, and people of color) customers.
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Joe Biden will not include student loan forgiveness in his upcoming Budget, after pledging to cancel $10,000 from loans on the campaign trail. Biden is due to announce his latest budget at the end of next week, and claims he has grown suspicious of wiping out the loans. The shift in policy is a major blow for the more than 42 million Americans who have student loans.  Biden had been pressured by progressives in the Democrat Party including Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to forgive up to $50,000 in debt. Chuck Schumer, the Senate Majority Leader, was also in favor.
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Ohio State Rep. Jean Schmidt sparked outrage when she said that a pregnancy resulting from rape is an “opportunity” for the victim. 
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#121869
If you add in shadow unemployment, the economy is still about 3.5 million full-time jobs short of where it needs to be.
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Mexican authorities are not releasing the names of the 26 individuals and entities whose assets were frozen as part of a new probe.
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Prosecutors are seeking restitution in the case against a woman facing a felony election fraud charge.
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Facebook is reportedly trying to silence COVID-19 vaccine skeptics by using an algorithm that targets and demotes their comments on the site, the latest in Big Tech’s woke censorship push.
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The two suspects jumped into the Little Calumet River in an attempt to avoid arrest, per local news reports.
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Jeb Bush announced his exploratory PAC in mid-December, and led most Republican polls for the next month. In late January, Scott Walker wowed the audience at the Iowa Freedom Summit, and rivaled or
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is looking to join forces with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on legislation that would make over-the-counter birth control legal.
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