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Hundreds of U.S. Manufacturing Companies Ask President Biden to Terminate Section 232 Steel & Aluminum Tariffs

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Thursday, May 6, 2021
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b'A group of over 300 businesses manufacturing in the U.S.\xe2\x80\x94from family-owned metalforming shops to nationally branded companies\xe2\x80\x94sent a letter to President Joe Biden today requesting the immediate termination of the Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs that were initiated three years ago under the Trump administration.

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  • b'A group of over 300 businesses manufacturing in the U.S.\xe2\x80\x94from family-owned metalforming shops to nationally branded companies\xe2\x80\x94sent a letter to President Joe Biden today requesting the immediate termination of the Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs that were initiated three years ago under the Trump administration.
  • Many of us are accustomed to four to six-week delivery times for common steel products.
  • President, we support a strong and thriving steel and aluminum industry, but producers today simply cannot meet demand and the tariffs create a tax that only manufacturers in the U.S. must pay.
  • The Coalition was formed to oppose the Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs which threaten American jobs and global competitiveness.

A New Book 'A Nation of Sheep Will Believe a Trump' Analyzes How America is Threatening Its Own Democracy

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Wednesday, May 5, 2021
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b'ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla., May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- AG Media Inc. announced that a new book titled "A Nation Of Sheep Will Believe A Trump", launched recently by author Arun K. Govil, examines the threat posed to American democracy by manipulative news outlets, fake social media posts and racially divisive rhetoric which has caused citizens to live in a sealed bubble of false information inviolable to reality.\nThe book can be purchased from the website: https://www.agmedia.online .\nThe book goes into The Dunning Kruger effect, which was named after psychologists Justin Kruger and David Dunning, and explains that many people have a blind spot that makes them overestimate their knowledge, especially in those areas which are alien to them.

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  • b'ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla., May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- AG Media Inc. announced that a new book titled "A Nation Of Sheep Will Believe A Trump", launched recently by author Arun K. Govil, examines the threat posed to American democracy by manipulative news outlets, fake social media posts and racially divisive rhetoric which has caused citizens to live in a sealed bubble of false information inviolable to reality.\nThe book can be purchased from the website: https://www.agmedia.online .\nThe book goes into The Dunning Kruger effect, which was named after psychologists Justin Kruger and David Dunning, and explains that many people have a blind spot that makes them overestimate their knowledge, especially in those areas which are alien to them.
  • They are also either misinformed or under-informed about the problems around them and are unaware of it due to the blind spot.\nThe book outlines that, in general, when Trump told his supporters that crime is skyrocketing in democratic states, or that COVID is under control, or that Russia did not interfere in US elections or that the economy under Obama was the worst ever, many believed it and felt that they were armed with the best of facts and could argue with anyone about it.\nThe book, A Nation of Sheep Will Believe a Trump analyzes the disparity in political knowledge of American voters and depicts that the current US constitution is of no help against the dangers posed by a president like Trump with the help of certain right-wing media who can easily manipulate people through fake social media and racially divisive misinformation to turn the US democracy into a dictatorship.\nThe book is available for purchase from here: BUY THE BOOK NOW .\n'

Oversight Board Upholds Former U.S. President Donald Trump's Suspension from Facebook and Instagram; Finds Facebook Failed to Impose Proper Penalty

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Wednesday, May 5, 2021
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Facebook\'s decision to suspend the President on January 7 was the right one.

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  • Facebook\'s decision to suspend the President on January 7 was the right one.
  • "\nWhile the Board concluded that Mr. Trump should have been suspended from Facebook and Instagram, it also found that Facebook failed to impose a proper penalty.
  • "Anyone concerned about the power of Facebook should be concerned with the company making decisions outside of its own rules.
  • "\nWithin six months of the Board\'s decision, Facebook must reexamine this arbitrary penalty and impose one consistent with its own rules.

Oversight Board Upholds Former U.S. President Donald Trump's Suspension from Facebook and Instagram; Finds Facebook Failed to Impose Proper Penalty

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Wednesday, May 5, 2021
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Facebook\'s decision to suspend the President on January 7 was the right one.

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  • Facebook\'s decision to suspend the President on January 7 was the right one.
  • "\nWhile the Board concluded that Mr. Trump should have been suspended from Facebook and Instagram, it also found that Facebook failed to impose a proper penalty.
  • "\nWithin six months of the Board\'s decision, Facebook must reexamine this arbitrary penalty and impose one consistent with its own rules.
  • The Oversight Board is focused on addressing some of the most significant content moderation decisions on Facebook and Instagram that are referred by both users and Facebook.\n'

Oversight Board Upholds Former U.S. President Donald Trump's Suspension from Facebook and Instagram; Finds Facebook Failed to Impose Proper Penalty

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Wednesday, May 5, 2021
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Facebook\'s decision to suspend the President on January 7 was the right one.

Key Points: 
  • Facebook\'s decision to suspend the President on January 7 was the right one.
  • "\nWhile the Board concluded that Mr. Trump should have been suspended from Facebook and Instagram, it also found that Facebook failed to impose a proper penalty.
  • "\nWithin six months of the Board\'s decision, Facebook must reexamine this arbitrary penalty and impose one consistent with its own rules.
  • The Oversight Board is focused on addressing some of the most significant content moderation decisions on Facebook and Instagram that are referred by both users and Facebook.\n'

Family Research Council Welcomes Meg Kilgannon as Senior Fellow for Education Studies

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Monday, May 3, 2021
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b'WASHINGTON, May 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Family Research Council is pleased to announce that Meg Kilgannon has joined the FRC team as Senior Fellow for Education Studies.

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  • b'WASHINGTON, May 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Family Research Council is pleased to announce that Meg Kilgannon has joined the FRC team as Senior Fellow for Education Studies.
  • Meg formerly worked as Director of the Office of Faith and Opportunity Initiatives at the Department of Education for the Trump administration and comes to us with significant experience working on contemporary issues in the education arena.
  • Before joining the Trump administration, Meg worked with FRC and others on education-related issues of importance to social conservatives; her previous work included producingFRC\'s brochure, " The SPLC\'s Teaching Tolerance: What Parents, Teachers, and Administrators Need to Know .
  • "\nMeg Kilgannon, FRC\'s Senior Fellow for Education Studies added: "It is a joy to return to the team here at FRC, where family is the priority.

New Study: Most Voters Report 2020 Voting Was Easy and Believe Their Vote Was Counted Accurately

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Monday, May 3, 2021
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Key findings from the survey, conducted online from November 13\xe2\x80\x93December 7, 2020 by YouGov, include the following:\nA vast majority of voters said voting was easy, despite dramatic changes in how people voted.

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  • Key findings from the survey, conducted online from November 13\xe2\x80\x93December 7, 2020 by YouGov, include the following:\nA vast majority of voters said voting was easy, despite dramatic changes in how people voted.
  • Seventy-three percent of voters said they were confident their vote was accurately counted, although there was a chasm in vote confidence between Trump and Biden voters.\nVoters were more confident that their own vote and votes in their community were accurately counted than they were about votes across the United States.
  • \xe2\x80\x9cThe percentage of voters choosing to vote by mail increased from 25% in 2016 to nearly half (45%) in 2020.
  • Research and analysis from Voter Study Group members can be found at www.voterstudygroup.org and on Twitter @democracyfund .\nView source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210503005589/en/\n'

New Book “A Nation Of Sheep Will Believe A Trump” Analyzes Intelligence of American Voters

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Wednesday, April 28, 2021
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b'AG Media Inc. announced that a new book titled \xe2\x80\x9cA Nation Of Sheep Will Believe A Trump\xe2\x80\x9d launched recently by author Arun K. Govil analyzes the behavior and intelligence of American voters.

Key Points: 
  • b'AG Media Inc. announced that a new book titled \xe2\x80\x9cA Nation Of Sheep Will Believe A Trump\xe2\x80\x9d launched recently by author Arun K. Govil analyzes the behavior and intelligence of American voters.
  • There is no denying that, in general, Trump supporters follow a herd mentality.
  • His supporters are full of people willing to deny what the rest of the country calls reality.
  • The book, \xe2\x80\x9cA Nation Of Sheep Will Believe A Trump\xe2\x80\x9d depicts how a leader like Trump with the help of certain right-wing media can easily manipulate sheep mentality people through fake news and racially divisive misinformation and can turn a thriving US democracy into a dictatorship.\nThe book is available for purchase from here: BUY THE BOOK NOW .\nView source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210428006011/en/\n'

MedMinder Appoints David J. Shulkin, M.D. Chairman of the Board of Directors

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Wednesday, April 28, 2021
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as Chairman of the Board of Directors (the \xe2\x80\x9cBoard\xe2\x80\x9d).\nThis press release features multimedia.

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  • as Chairman of the Board of Directors (the \xe2\x80\x9cBoard\xe2\x80\x9d).\nThis press release features multimedia.
  • Appointed Chairman of the Board of MedMinder Systems Inc. (Photo: Business Wire)\nA well-respected American physician and government official, Dr. Shulkin previously served as U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health in the Trump and Obama Administrations, respectively.
  • With a customer-first approach, MedMinder is continually innovating to improve and meet the evolving needs of patients, caregivers, practitioners and payors.
  • Since 2009, Accelmed has deployed over $400 million into companies spanning medical devices, diagnostics, digital health and technology-enabled healthcare services.

Civil Rights Groups, Civic Organizations, Tribal and Local Governments Secure Broad Resolution in Census Lawsuit

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Friday, April 23, 2021
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"We thank the Department of Justice for its efforts, throughout the last few months, to bring this case to an appropriate resolution.

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  • "We thank the Department of Justice for its efforts, throughout the last few months, to bring this case to an appropriate resolution.
  • "\n"From the very start of the 2020 Census, we needed good data, not fast data.
  • The Trump administration flipped the census on its head, attempting to rush both the Bureau\'s counting and data-processing operations for unconstitutional ends.
  • The first U.S. Census, which counted African Americans as only three-fifths of a person, cast a long shadow of oppression over the nation\'s history.