Vets Battle Critical Race Theory Invasion of Military
Congressional GOP urges Pentagon to ditch radical politics in training materials Getty Images Joseph Simonson • May 27, 2021 5:00 am
Troubled by an influx of critical race theory into the military, a coalition of veterans and congressional Republicans are demanding the Pentagon stop placating left-wing activists and focus on national defense.
A July 2020 film by the United States Air Force Academy football team endorsing Black Lives Matter and antiracism education prompted retired Lt. Gen. Rod Bishop to speak out against the school’s administrators. Military academies, the 34-year Air Force veteran said, should remain politically neutral, particularly at a time when Black Lives Matter protests have led to riots and violence throughout major cities across the country.
Oklahoma Among 23 States Ending Federal Unemployment Benefits Early
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By: Alex Cameron
WASHINGTON -
This week, Florida became the 23rd state all Republican-led to announce it would end the federal pandemic-induced unemployment benefits before they are scheduled to expire, in an effort to get people back to work.
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt announced last week that Oklahoma would do the same.
Many Republicans in Congress have been expressing concern since last summer that the special pandemic unemployment benefits would keep people from returning to the workforce. During a Senate Finance Committee hearing Tuesday, Oklahoma Senator James Lankford repeated that concern. We have the largest number of job openings in the history of my state, Sen. Lankford stated while questioning one of the Treasury Department nominees giving testimony. And we’re struggling under the additional unemployment benefits that have been given out where people literally make more not working than they do working.