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David Belle Isle for Georgia Secretary of State

June 20, 2021

Economic Development Roundup: Green Hydrogen Fuel Production Plant Slated for Georgia

Hydrogen solutions provider Plug Power will invest $84 million to open a green hydrogen fuel production plant in Kingsland, Georgia, Gov. Brian Kemp's office said. The investment is expected to create 24 jobs in Camden County. Plug Power’s GenKey solution...

June 20, 2021

Commentary: As Great as a Mom May Be, Kids Still Need Their Dads

by Christopher Becker “Smokin’ Joe,” a biography of late heavyweight boxing champion and 3-time Muhammad Ali foil Joe Frazier, was recently reviewed by Gordon Marion in The Wall Street Journal. Among the notable details is the fact that five...

June 20, 2021

Judge Rules Christian Baker Jack Phillips Must Make ‘Gender Transition’ Cake

A Colorado baker and self-described cake artist who won a 2018 victory at the Supreme Court faced a related setback this week when a state court ruled in another case that the law requires him to make a cake to celebrate a...

June 20, 2021

Sticky Baseballs: The Physics of Major League Baseball’s Latest Scandal

Cheating in baseball is as old as the game itself, and pitchers’ modifying the ball’s surface is part of that long history. Adding to the lore of cheating is a new scandal involving pitchers who may be applying sticky substances...

June 20, 2021

Commentary: New Harvard Data (Accidentally) Reveal How Lockdowns Crushed the Working Class While Leaving Elites Unscathed

Founding father and the second president of the United States John Adams once said that “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts...

June 20, 2021

Ancient Giant Rhino Was One of the Largest Mammals to Walk the Earth

The remains of a 26.5-million-year-old giant, hornless rhino — one of the largest mammals ever to walk Earth — have been discovered in northwestern China, a new study finds. The newly identified species, Paraceratherium linxiaense — named after its discovery spot in the Linxia Basin in...

June 20, 2021

Commentary: What Greek Epics and Their Teachings on the Special Relationship Between Fathers and Sons

Father’s Day inspires mixed emotions for many of us. Looking at advertisements of happy families could recall difficult memories and broken relationships for some. But for others, the day could invite unbidden nostalgic thoughts of parents who have long since...

June 20, 2021

Portland Police Department’s Rapid Response Team Unanimously Resigns

On Wednesday, every single police officer on the city of Portland’s Rapid Response Team (RRT) submitted their resignations from the team, according to the Daily Caller. All 50 officers from the RRT will continue to serve as regular police officers, but...

June 20, 2021

Catholic Bishops Pass Measure to Draft Statement Prohibiting Some Politicians from Receiving Communion

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) overwhelmingly approved a measure to draft a statement laying out whether politicians who counter church teaching may be denied Communion during Mass. Nearly 170 out of the 229 total U.S. bishops, or roughly...

June 20, 2021

U.S. Government Allocates $3.2 Billion for COVID-19 Antiviral Pills

The Department of Health and Human Services will invest $3.2 billion to develop and manufacture COVID-19 antiviral medicines, it announced Thursday. The initiative, funded as part of the American Rescue Plan, is designed to accelerate research into antivirals as well as...

June 20, 2021

Commentary: Vegan Diets and If It Makes Kids Shorter and Weaker

Diets that exclude meat and fish (vegetarian) or all animal products including dairy and eggs (vegan) are becoming increasingly popular for health, environmental and ethical reasons. Past research in adults has linked vegetarian and vegan diets with a reduced risk of heart disease but...

June 20, 2021

First Democratic State Will End Its Unemployment Benefits

Louisiana will be the first Democratic-controlled state to roll back its $300 a week unemployment benefits enacted by federal programs. Gov. John Bel Edwards signed the bill Wednesday that stops the weekly payments on July 31, but raises Louisiana’s maximum...

June 20, 2021

Black Young Adults Raised by Two Parents Are Way More Likely to Obtain College Degree, Study Finds

A study released Friday demonstrates a “clear connection” between incarceration for black young adults and family structures. Children of all races are much more likely to go to college and to avoid both poverty and prison if they are raised...

June 20, 2021

LinkedIn Blocks Profile That Mentions Tiananmen Square Massacre

A Swedish journalist living in Taiwan was told by LinkedIn to edit his profile Thursday due to the presence of prohibited content. Jojje Olsson, a journalist who writes prolifically on China, posted a tweet Thursday with an email from LinkedIn informing him...

June 20, 2021

Arizona Republicans Negotiate Budget, State Debt Paydown

Two Arizona lawmakers are attempting to make changes to the state's budget bills, which held up the signing of the law last week. "The changes include smaller tax cuts until actual revenue comes in above projections and a much larger...

June 20, 2021

Georgia Unemployment Rate Drops, but Mom-and-Pops Still in Jeopardy

Georgia officials announced Friday that the state's unemployment rate had dropped for the 13th straight month from 4.3 percent in April to 4.1 percent for the month of May. Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler, however, said more pressing matters remain.

June 19, 2021

Greater Georgia Says They’ve Registered Thousands of New Conservative Voters

Greater Georgia members announced this week they have registered thousands of new conservative voters and achieved important milestones. Group members announced this in an emailed press release Thursday.

June 19, 2021

Commentary: Georgia’s Election Reform Makes It Easy to Vote and Hard to Cheat

Regardless of one’s political affiliation, it’s not difficult to find voters in Georgia who were discouraged by the messiness of the 2020 election process. It’s one thing to be disappointed by the outcome. It’s entirely another to feel disenfranchised and...

June 19, 2021

Chief Diversity Officer Who Compared Trump to Hitler Reinstated After Defense Department Investigation

The US Special Operations Command reinstated its head of diversity on Thursday after an investigation concluded he did not violate any Defense Department policies in a series of controversial Facebook posts. Richard Torres-Estrada was named Chief of Diversity & Inclusion...

June 19, 2021

Donald Trump Commentary: A Plan to Get Divisive and Radical Theories Out of Our Schools

As a candidate, Joe Biden’s number one promise was to “unite” America. Yet in his first months as president, his number one priority has been to divide our country by race and gender at every turn. There is no clearer...

June 19, 2021

A Parent-Led Rebellion Against Critical Race Theory Is Storming School Boards Across the Country

A parent-led rebellion against Critical Race Theory is storming school boards across the country and demanding accountability for what is being taught to American children. At least 165 local and national groups have formed to combat Critical Race Theory (CRT)...

June 19, 2021

Group of GOP Representatives Call on Biden to Take Cognitive Test

Over a dozen Republican members of the House of Representatives have publicly called on Joe Biden to take a cognitive test, in order to determine whether or not he is truly mentally capable of being President of the United States,...

June 19, 2021

Commentary: China’s Threats to Taiwan Are Threats to American Prosperity

The dictatorial, repugnant, and repressive Chinese government has ended freedom in Hong Kong. Now it threatens Taiwan, the most important producer of semiconductors for American products — jeopardizing America and her prosperity. Most American producers are suffering shortages of semiconductors, and if...

June 19, 2021

Biden’s DOJ Comes Out Swinging Against West Virginia, Arkansas Trans Laws

The Department of Justice argued in court filings Thursday that transgender legislation passed in West Virginia and Arkansas is unconstitutional. The DOJ filed statements of interest supporting lawsuits filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) against West Virginia’s House Bill...

June 19, 2021

Phill Kline Commentary: Canceling Liberty

My first brush with cancel culture was in the ninth grade in 1975. Corporate daycare operators teamed with the state to cancel my mom’s in-home daycare referral business, which competed with corporate daycare. The “corporate connected” successfully pushed for new...

June 19, 2021

Feds in Georgia Reveal Massive CARES Act Fraud

Two Georgia residents in two separate cases allegedly committed massive Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act fraud while another Georgia resident admitted in federal court to committing such fraud. In the first case, federal officials took two Columbus...

June 19, 2021

Investigation into Fulton County Absentee Ballot Forms Started Before Raffensperger Announcement

The investigation started by the Georgia Secretary of State — into the missing ballot drop box forms in Fulton County — was initiated a week before the public announcement was made. However, the announcement of the timeline of the investigation...

June 19, 2021

Commentary: Real Crisis Ignored

Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is the world's busiest drawing room. Georgia is famous for her hospitality and every day we greet thousands of guests with warmth. A prominent politician came to Georgia on Friday and, as inhospitable as it may...

June 19, 2021

Bombshell Investigative Piece About Fulton County Documents ‘Massive Election Integrity Problems’ Last November

Fulton County, Georgia had more election integrity problems during last year’s U.S. presidential elections than were previously known, according to a new investigative report that Just the News published late Thursday night. Reporters John Solomon and Daniel Payne cited a...

June 19, 2021

Georgia Secretary of State Candidate David Belle Isle Files Open Record Requests for Election Documents

David Belle Isle, former mayor of Alpharetta and candidate for Secretary of State in Georgia, filed multiple open records requests to examine documents related to the November 2020 election. According to his interview with Breitbart News, the requests cover a...

June 19, 2021

Georgia Public Broadcasting Reports Receiving Transfer Forms from Fulton County Not Provided to The Georgia Star News

Georgia Public Broadcasting News, part of the taxpayer-funded network of state PBS television stations and NPR radio stations, reported Wednesday, June 16, 2021, that they received from Fulton County all but eight of the 385 missing absentee ballot drop box...

June 18, 2021

Georgia State House Seats with National Implications Up for Grabs in July Runoff

After no candidate succeeded in obtaining more than 50 percent of the vote Tuesday's state House primaries, the two special elections are headed for a runoff. One of those special elections has national implications. Republican Devan Seabaugh will square off...

June 18, 2021

Gwinnett County Parents Square Off over Critical Race Theory

Tensions were high Thursday as school system employees assembled at this month’s Gwinnett County School Board meeting and handed out flyers instructing parents to act with civility as they discussed and debated Critical Race Theory (CRT). The contentious issue of...

June 18, 2021

Commentary: Gaming Through the Rumors and Unthinkables of China and the COVID-19 Virus

For over a year, the American establishment and media borg have ostracized anyone who dared to connect the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic with the Chinese military-sponsored, level-4 biosafety Wuhan Institute of Virology. Then, suddenly and without apologies for their...

June 18, 2021

Supreme Court Unanimously Sides with Catholic Adoption Agency in Religious Freedom Case

The United States Supreme Court has unanimously sided with a Catholic adoption agency in a religious freedom case regarding same sex unions. The court ruled 9-0 that the city of Philadelphia’s refusal to contract with Catholic Social Services (CSS) unless CSS agreed...

June 18, 2021

Jobless Claims Increase to 412,000, Above Economists’ Projections

The number of Americans filing new unemployment claims increased to 412,000 last week as the economy continues to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Department of Labor. The Bureau of Labor and Statistics figure released Thursday represented an increase in the...

June 18, 2021

Koch Network Says Congress Must Make Amnesty for Illegals a Priority

The highly-connected and well-funded network of donors, think tanks, and other institutions run by the Koch Brothers is pushing for Congress to “immediately prioritize” amnesty for illegal aliens, as Breitbart reports. The Koch network’s declaration comes on the anniversary of the unpopular,...

June 18, 2021

Biden Department of Education Claims ‘Transgender’ Students Are Protected by Title IX

On Wednesday, Joe Biden’s Department of Education declared that it would be reversing a popular policy from the presidency of Donald Trump that protected student athletes from interference by so-called “transgender” students, and instead said that the transgenders themselves will...

June 18, 2021

SCOTUS Rejects Challenge to Obamacare

The Supreme Court slammed Texas and other Republican-led states’ attempts on Thursday to take down Obamacare. The 18 Republican states challenged whether the individual mandate, a requirement by law for people to purchase healthcare, can be cut from the rest of the law...

June 18, 2021

Commentary: An Interview With Donald Trump, Unbowed

In a wide-ranging interview from the corner office atop his eponymous New York City tower last week, an unfiltered Donald Trump showed he has lost none of his edge as he attacked President Biden’s ethics, demanded reparations from China for...

June 18, 2021

Herschel Walker Hints at Run for U.S. Senate

Herschel Walker, the former star NFL running back and potential candidate for U.S. Senate, released a video on Thursday, adding speculation that Walker will enter the race to compete against Senator Raphael Warnock. Walker has been widely encouraged to run...

June 18, 2021

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr and Other AG’s Secure Victory Against Joe Biden’s Nationwide Moratorium on Oil and Gas Leases and Drilling Permits

Judge Terry Doughty of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana on Wednesday issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against U.S. President Joe Biden’s ban on oil and gas leases on federal lands. Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr joined 12 other...

June 18, 2021

Georgia Investigator’s Notes Reveal ‘Massive’ Election Integrity Problems in Atlanta

In a nationally televised interview in January, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger rattled off an impressive list of measures his state used to ensure the November election count was accurate. "We had safe, secure, honest elections," he declared to...

June 17, 2021

Federal Judge Orders Biden Administration to Halt Oil and Gas Leasing Ban

A federal judge ordered the federal government to halt its ban on new oil and gas leases in a major setback for President Joe Biden’s administration. Judge Terry Doughty, of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana,...

June 17, 2021

Former President Trump Praises Georgia Star News Reporter Laura Baigert

Former President Donald Trump released a statement on Thursday praising Georgia Star News journalist Laura Baigert for her investigative reporting efforts. "Thank you and congratulations to Laura Baigert of the Georgia Star News on the incredible reporting you have done....