Max Fischer/Pexels Biden Education Secretary: Kids Can Go to School, but Only if They're Wearing Masks All the Time Forcing schoolchildren to wear masks all day isn't merely 'inconvenient,' as Biden claims, but it's also unsanitary and even dangerous. By Samantha Chang, The Western Journal August 2, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Trump Puts Dems on Notice with 'Virtually Unprecedented' $100 Million Midterm Haul The former president is out of office and banned from social media, but he remains a powerful force in politics - and next year's midterms. By Joe Saunders, The Western Journal August 2, 2021
Matt Hardy / Pexels Helicopter Deployed, Military Going Door to Door to Enforce COVID Lockdown in Australia Things are taking a turn for the draconian in Australia as police and military enforce the country's bolstered restrictions. By Taylor Penley, The Western Journal August 2, 2021
@darren1303 / Unsplash Dozens More State Lawmakers Will Join Texas Dems in DC in Desperate Attempt to Continue Stunt State legislators are joining runaway Texas Democrats in Washington to support the For The People Act in the United States Senate. By Cameron Arcand, The Western Journal August 2, 2021
Timothy Takemoto / Flickr Gwen Berry Announces Plans Taking Victory Podium, Using It to 'Represent the Oppressed People' Team USA's Gwen Berry says she will stand up for 'oppressed people' if she wins a medal in the Tokyo Olympics. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal August 2, 2021
Justin Sloan / Flickr Obama Throwing Himself Birthday Party with Nearly 500 Guests as New COVID Restrictions Hit US: Report The party is coming as one senior health official is discouraging ordinary Americans from large gatherings. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal August 2, 2021
@BillFOXLA / Twitter Images: Border Patrol Conducts 'Mass Release' of Illegal Immigrants in Downtown McAllen, Texas 'All morning long we’ve watched Border Patrol drop off multiple bus loads of migrants,' according to the report. By Dillon Burroughs, The Western Journal August 2, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Newt Gingrich: AOC and Fellow Dems Are Living in an Economic 'Fantasy' as Inflation Spirals 'It's a fantasy, so we're in a situation right now where we're on the edge, I think, of significant inflation.' By Dillon Burroughs, The Western Journal August 2, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Kamala Harris Says She'll Be Fighting for Newsom to Defeat Recall Effort Harris was asked whether she would support Newsom, who at one time endorsed Harris during her short-lived bid for the White House. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal August 2, 2021
Breanna Snider Community Comes Together to Support Couple After Flood Destroys Home, Forces Them to Leave Pets Their mobile home started moving, dragged off its base by the rising water and finally coming to rest 30 feet away, lodged against some trees. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal August 2, 2021
@mcoswalt / Unsplash Washington DC Sees Nearly 3 Times as Many Murders as COVID Deaths in July The report comes two weeks after gunfire outside of Nationals Park in Washington, DC, caused a mass exodus of fans from the stands. By Dillon Burroughs, The Western Journal August 2, 2021
@BillFOXLA / Twitter screen shot Border Crisis Goes Into Overdrive as Cameras Show 1,000 Immigrants Being Held Under a Bridge 'Can’t stress enough that I’ve never seen such a large group at one time who have as many individuals who appear/sound to be sick.' By Dillon Burroughs, The Western Journal August 2, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Biden's DOJ Sues Texas as State Defies White House to End Illegal Immigrant Scheme Biden's DOJ has filed a lawsuit against the Texas governor for his order seeking to curtail the spread of COVID-19 by illegal immigrants. By Jacob Gurney, The Western Journal August 2, 2021
@poolman_909 / Unsplash Man Puts Up Pool for Sweltering Portland Homeless, Is Killed in an Apparent Drug Dispute the Next Day A homeless man in Portland lauded as a hero during a recent heat wave was killed in self-defense during an apparent dispute over meth. By Garion Frankel, The Western Journal August 1, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Sarah Palin Hints 2022 Run, Would Put Her Against Sen. Murkowski 'I would say you guys better be there for me this time, because a lot of people were not there for me last time,' Palin told her audience. By Andrew Jose, The Western Journal August 1, 2021
Wonderlane / Flickr Osama Bin Laden's Laundry Was the One Small Detail That Caught U.S. Experts' Eyes, Leading to Decisive Raid One small detail loomed large as American operatives hunted for Osama bin Laden and staked out his compound in Pakistan. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal August 1, 2021
RONDAE Productions / Pexels Olympian Goes Overboard Celebrating Win, Forced to Withdraw After Victory Moves Leave Him with Injury The joy of winning led to the pain of losing a shot at a gold medal for an Irish boxer. He's settling for the bronze. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal August 1, 2021
Barstool Sports / Twitter screen shot Video Appears to Show LeBron Shoving a Fan Before Security Intervenes A video of an interaction between NBA legend LeBron James and a fan at a concert in Las Vegas is not doing much for James' image. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal August 1, 2021
The Oregonian / YouTube screen shot Major Newspaper Posts How-To Video After Nanny State Oregon Lifts Ban on Drivers Pumping Own Gas The video reminds people to not top up the tank after the nozzle stops filling and to screw the gas cap back in. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal August 1, 2021
Fox News screen shot Soviet Immigrant, Registered Democrat Issues Stark Warning about Critical Race Theory Elina Kaplan told Fox News the curriculum included explicit Marxist-Leninist terminology -- stuff that definitely doesn't belong in schools. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal August 1, 2021
@liamedwards / Unsplash Horror Stories: Emotional Interviews With Families Damaged by Critical Race Theory Across the U.S., families are speaking out against CRT in schools. Some of those families shared their stories with The Western Journal. By Michael Austin, The Western Journal August 1, 2021