Minnesota Department of Transportation Commissioner Margaret Anderson-Kelliher is pushing a combined gas-tax increase along with what she’s calling a “debt-service fee” that would raise fuel prices by up to 15 cents per gallon, according to interviews with local news outlets.
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Commentary: National Security Doesn’t Care About Your Feelings
Ben Shapiro has become famous for the line: “Facts don’t care about your feelings!” Neither does strategy. And the last week should serve as a lesson in how to do strategy properly, and how to serve the national interest: clinically and without emotion.
Read MoreHundreds Arrested Around the World in Connection to Child Porn Site Funded by Bitcoin
Hundreds of people around the world have been arrested in connection to the largest-ever online child sexual exploitation market funded by bitcoin, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.
Read MoreReport Claims Gannett, Owner of The Tennessean, Plans to Cancel USA Today Print Edition
A new report claims that the merger between Gannet and GateHouse Media, owned by the New Media Investment Group, will result in the cancellation of USA Today’s print edition.
Read MoreRand Paul: Pulling US Troops From Syria ‘May Be the Best Thing That Ever Happened to the Kurds’
Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul argued Wednesday that pulling the remaining U.S. troops from northern Syria “may be the best thing that ever happened to the Kurds.”
Read MoreCommentary: Here Is Why Americans Can’t Wait to Vote for President in 2020
How amped up are you for the 2020 election?
Read MoreAnalysis: Climate Change Fears of Teen Activist Are Empirically Baseless
At a recent United Nations summit, 16-year-old activist Greta Thunberg claimed that the Earth is on the brink of destruction and that older generations are betraying younger ones by not doing enough to stop climate change. The media has amplified these allegations by giving her speech broad, glowing coverage, but the fears she expressed are not grounded in reality.
Read MoreChristianity Declines in US as More Adults Identify as ‘Nothing in Particular,’ Surveys Show
Christianity continues to decline among U.S. adults as the number of adults identifying as “nothing in particular” increases, Pew Research Center found.
Read MoreSnopes Butchers Fact Check of Viral Smear of Chick-Fil-A
Fact-checking website Snopes butchered its fact check of a viral but false tweet linking Chick-fil-A to anti-gay legislation in Uganda.
Read MorePence Announces Cease-fire in Turkish Assault in Syria
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has announced a cease-fire in Turkey’s assault on Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, following talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara.
Read MoreSt. Thomas Alumni Call for Treating Hate Crimes Like ‘Acts of Terror’
University of St. Thomas alumni is circulating a letter to the school’s administration demanding a “required course for all students” examining the “history of white supremacy” and “anti-racist curriculum.”
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