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Aug 12, 2024

Courts Again Block Biden-Harris Student Loan Bailout

The Eighth Circuit of Appeals extended its pause of part of the Biden-Harris plans to transfer student debt from the student who knowingly took out the loan and pass it on to other taxpayers.

Aug 10, 2024

Biden-Harris Give Taliban $239 Million in Taxpayer Funds

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) revealed in a report that significant failures in oversight of American aid resulted in the "misallocation" of $239 million of taxpayer funds to the Taliban. The funds were intended for counterterrorism efforts in Afghanistan.

Aug 10, 2024

Senators Hawley and Gillibrand co-sponsor a Bill to Expand Mental Health Services for First Responders

U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced the bipartisan 'First Responders Wellness Act ' that would establish a grant program to expand professional mental health services for law enforcement officers.

Aug 9, 2024

Disgraced FBI Agent Strzok Gets $1.2 Million

Taxpayers will have to shell out $1.2 million agreed to by the Biden administration to settle a lawsuit by Peter Strzok, the disgraced FBI agent who claimed his rights were violated when his inflammatory emails against President Trump were made public. Another suit is pending by Strzok looking to get his job back and retire with full government benefits.

Aug 6, 2024

From the News Director: Two Left Wing Peas in a Radical Progressive Pod

Tim Walz makes AOC look conservative.

Aug 4, 2024

EdCOPS Act of 2024 Aims to Beef up Local Police Force Ranks

Are you considering becoming a police officer? Now may be the time to do it as Congress is looking to increase incentives to help police forces across New York State and the nation fill their dwindling ranks.

Aug 3, 2024

American Flags Should be 'Born in the USA' Says Congress

In a rare bi-partisan congressional effort, congress passed the "All American Flag Act requiring American flags purchased by the government to be entirely Made in America.

Aug 3, 2024

DOW Drops off a Cliff on Disappointing July Jobs Report.

The July jobs report offered nothing but bad news with just 114,000 jobs added when the US Department of Labor (DOL) expected 175,000. And, the US jobless rate ticked up to 4.5% - the highest since October 2021.

Jul 28, 2024

Local Fire Companies Cry Foul Over Crippling Federal Mandates

Using the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as a battering ram, the Biden-Harris Administration is taking aim at volunteer fire companies across New York and the nation.

Jul 27, 2024

Hamas Supporters Target Capitol

Protesters in favor of the terrorist group Hamas descended on the Capitol this week, burning U.S. flags and defacing national monuments. They timed their destruction with a speech before a joint session of Congress by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who called the protesters "Useful Idiots."

Jul 26, 2024

A National Disgrace

Op-Ed by Assemblyman Joseph DeStefano

Jul 24, 2024

Letters From the Deep State: Another Chapter Exposed

Another chapter in the Letters of the Deep State saga was written to give President Biden a shove out the door as he contemplated his reelection after his disastrous debate with Donald Trump.

Jul 22, 2024

Retired Secret Service Agent Breaks Down Assassination Security Lapses

He spent 22 years in the Secret Service. Now retired agent Jeff James speaks to the South Shore Press about the attempted assassination of President Donald J. Trump.

Jul 22, 2024

From the News Director: Cui Bono?

There is no better collection of four words found on the South Shore Press front page that best describe the long national nightmare known as the Joe Biden Presidency.

Jul 21, 2024

Trump Haters Outed by Libs of TikTok Posse

The Libs of TikTok drew the ire of the woke world when it started to post the messages of left-wing Liberal crazies verbatim. It seemed that their memes and diatribes were okay for their own consumption, but when everyone else got to see them accumulated in one place, that was grounds for triggering.

Jul 19, 2024

Court Blocks Biden Billion Dollar Student Loan Bailout

As national debt continues to soar, President Joe Biden announced $1.2 million in a new round of student loan debt transfer to taxpayers. This latest round of debt transfer would 'benefit' roughly 35,000 public service workers enrolled in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

Jul 19, 2024

Unemployment Soars Across the Country

DOL announced on X, "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Initial claims were 243,000 for the week ending 7/13 (+20,000). Insured unemployment was 1,867,000 for the week ending 7/6 (+20,000). That's the highest level of unemployment since November 2021. The unemployment in Suffolk County sits at 3.5%.

Jul 18, 2024

Turbine Blade Failure Shuts Nantucket Beaches

The beautiful beaches of Nantucket Island, the preferred summer spot of the very wealthy, were shut down when debris from a failed wind turbine washed ashore. The fiberglass shards and other flotsam came from a 351-foot windmill blade from Vineyard Wind, a green energy array of 10 units 15 miles off the Massachusetts Coast. 

Jul 18, 2024

House Passes SAVE Act Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Vote in Federal Elections

The House of Representatives passed a bill earlier this month that requires people to show proof of citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections. It also requires individual states to check their voter roles for non-citizen voters.

Jul 17, 2024

House GOP wants federal workers back in the office

Four years post-pandemic just 75% of federal agencies are still utilizing less than half of their allocated office space. The federal government maintains a massive real estate presence in Washing, DC and yet very few of the workers are showing up each day.

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Education

Stony Brook students blend fitness and ecology in 3K EcoWalk

Stony Brook University students participated in the "Running Wild 3K EcoWalk," a new Earthstock event conducted on April 21 at the Ashley Schiff Preserve.


Local

Ask Nancy: Medical Directives MOLST & DNR

A living will is another health-related estate planning document you can execute at any time. Living wills provide authorization for your health care proxy agent to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment.


Opinion

The Dangerous Revolutionary War Year of 1780

The British, with their advantages in weapons, manpower, national wealth, and leadership, now also had to contend with the Franco-American alliance.