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November 19, 2021
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We are currently reading We Want Equality: How the Fight For Equality Gave Way to Preference by Charles Love. Please read Chapters 3, 4, and 5.
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Kevin Hassett wasn’t always a Trump supporter. Before his surprising appointment as the top White House economist, he took a dim view of the populist agenda and mercurial temperament of the man who had won control of the Republican Party. But experience would soon change his mind. As chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, Hassett helped Donald Trump bring about a golden age of prosperity, in which Americans who had been left behind by decades of failed policy
were given the opportunity to succeed. The miracle lasted three years, until a virus from China killed it.
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Have a blessed Friday!
Rebekah
McCarthy blasts Democrats, stalls Biden bill in over 8-hour tirade on House floor . . . House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) unleashed a marathon tirade overnight in opposition to President Biden’s social spending bill, ranting for more than 8 hours on the House floor and breaking a record for the chamber’s longest continuous speech in modern history. McCarthy spoke for 8 hours and 33 minutes and ripped the
nearly $2 trillion Build Back Better package as the “single most reckless and irresponsible spending bill in our nation’s history.”
“Let me be clear: Never in American history has so much been spent at one time – at one time,” McCarthy seethed in his monologue, which began at 8:38 p.m. Thursday and finished at 5:11 a.m. Friday. “Never in American history will so many taxes be raised and so much borrowing to be needed to pay for all this reckless spending.” New York Post
Biden to get routine physical at Walter Reed day before 79th birthday . . . President Biden is going to Walter Reed Medical Center Friday for a routine physical, one day before he turns 79. White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced the appointment Friday morning; it was not on the schedule that was released Thursday. A Fox News Poll released Thursday showed that 53% of registered voters believe Biden's age is interfering with
his job. Fox News
Kamala Harris communications director is out . . . Whatever the competence of this comms director, she is not the main problem. The problem is with the product that she is trying to sell. Vice President Kamala Harris’ communications director is leaving her post as the veep’s office and White House battle tanking poll numbers and leaks detailing frustration among Harris allies.
Vanity Fair was first to report the departure of Ashley Etienne, while multiple outlets cited a White House official in reporting that her resignation would take effect next month. The official said that Etienne was leaving the administration to “pursue other opportunities,” but did not elaborate. White House Dossier
GOP senator says Biden's 'radical' Treasury pick could 'turn banking into... the DMV' . . . Tennessee Republican Sen. Bill Hagerty has extensive experience in the area of banking, and he expressed his "shock" on Thursday that President Biden's nominee for Comptroller of the Currency, Dr. Saule Omarova, is up for consideration of the job given her "radical" views. The senator detailed his concerns to FOX Business on Thursday after a
committee hearing on the nominee, and used a straight-forward analogy from his wife to explain how the confirmation of Omarova could impact the average American. Fox Business
The Biden Administration’s Climate Fantasy . . . Almost 40 percent of the global polysilicon supply, a material in solar panels, comes from Xinjiang, where the Chinese Communist Party is committing genocide against Uyghurs and other religious and ethnic minorities. A Horizon Advisory report also revealed that within Xinjiang’s major solar companies, there are indicators of forced labor practices. Such practices include government-facilitated
work transfers and forced “military-style training.” Additionally, the world’s largest solar panel maker, China’s Longi Green Energy Technology Co, had its shipments recently detained due to concerns regarding human rights violations. The bottom line is that General Secretary Xi and the Chinese Communist Party will always act in their own interest to advance the party’s power.
History has shown this time and time again, and it shouldn’t come as a surprise. However, the Biden administration is content to remain in a fantasy land where China is a responsible partner and will abide by the “climate action” agreement that Kerry has claimed is “bigger than people think.” Gingrich 360
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Federal indictment alleging Iranian hack further erodes narrative of perfect 2020 election . . . During the dizzying days after the November 2020 election, the Homeland Security cyber-security chief was fired by a frustrated President Donald Trump, then went on national TV to insist the election was fully secure. "There was no indication or evidence that there was any sort of hacking or compromise of election systems on, before or after
November 3," ex-Cyber-Security and Infrastructure Agency Chief Chris Krebs declared on "60 Minutes." On Thursday, nearly a year later, federal prosecutors in New York unsealed a dramatic indictment that conflicts with that clean bill of health.
The indictment stated that two Iranian hackers successfully hacked into a state computer election system, stole voter registration data and used it to carry out a cyber-intimidation campaign that targeted GOP members of Congress, Trump campaign officials and Democratic voters in the November 2020 election. Just the News
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Biden considers diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics . . . Joe Biden said he was considering a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, in a move that would inject fresh tension into the US-China relationship just days after his first meeting with that country’s leader Xi Jinping. Speaking in the Oval Office alongside Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, Biden, the US president, on Thursday
said a diplomatic boycott was “something we are considering” when asked whether he was contemplating the move. Earlier this year, the Biden administration issued several strong statements about China’s persecution of Uyghurs. Antony Blinken, secretary of state, has accused Beijing of committing “genocide” in Xinjiang, where the regime has detained more than 1m Muslim Uyghurs and other minority ethnic groups. Financial Times
Poland says Belarus trucking migrants back to the frontier despite clearing camps . . . Poland accused Belarus on Friday of trucking hundreds of migrants back to the border and pushing them to attempt to cross illegally, only hours after clearing camps at the frontier. The accusation by Poland suggests an apparent change of tack this week by Minsk has not resolved the border crisis, which has spiralled into a major East-West
confrontation.
European governments accuse Belarus of flying in thousands of people from the Middle East and pushing them to attempt to cross the border illegally. Around 10 migrants are believed to have died in the freezing woods. Belarus denies fomenting the crisis deliberately. Belarus authorities cleared the main camps on Thursday where thousands of people had been huddling by the Polish border. Hundreds of Iraqis were also sent home on the first repatriation flight from Minsk in months. Reuters
China facing WTA pullout over Peng disappearance . . . The head of the Women’s Tennis Association said the organization is willing to pull out of China, potentially losing hundreds of millions of dollars, if sexual assault allegations made by star tennis player Peng Shuai against a senior Chinese official are not properly investigated. Peng, 35, one of China’s most popular sports figures and a two-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, has
not been seen in public for over two weeks after she shared a post online accusing former vice premier Zhang Gaoli of coercing her into having sex with him. Washington Post
After 15 Months in U.S. Prisons, She Now Sits in Russia’s Parliament . . . When Russia’s lower house of Parliament, or Duma, assembled last month for the first time following elections in September, one of its newest members was a name more familiar in the United States than in her home country. Maria V. Butina made headlines across America when she was convicted three years ago of operating as an unregistered foreign agent trying to
infiltrate influential conservative political circles before and after the 2016 election. She is now focused on playing a prominent role in Russia’s political system — through legal means this time, and with the support of President Vladimir V. Putin’s United Russia party. New York Times
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DeSantis signs anti-vaccine mandate bills in Brandon, Florida . . . Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is signing a package of anti-COVID-19 vaccine mandate bills into law Thursday in Brandon, Florida – a thinly veiled jab at President Biden. In a rebuke to the White House, the legislative package will prevent workers from being required to get vaccinated. Employers will be required to allow exemptions including, but not limited
to health or religious concerns; pregnancy or anticipated future pregnancy; and past recovery from COVID-19. The phrase “Let’s go, Brandon” exploded after an NBC reporter mistakenly used the phrase to describe a NASCAR crowd that was chanting “F— Joe Biden.” Earlier in November, DeSantis dubbed the Biden administration the “Brandon administration” during a press conference in Palm Beach. White House Dossier
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FinCEN Asks Banks to Watch for Transactions Linked to Environmental Crimes . . . The world of illegal logging might seem far removed from the well-lit offices of the U.S.’s main financial hubs, but the government is hoping bankers can play a part in stopping such crimes. The U.S. Treasury Department’s anti-money-laundering watchdog on Thursday issued its first-ever advisory on environmental crimes, asking banks and
other financial institutions to pay special attention to transactions that may be linked to activity that the agency says contributes to climate change and a loss of biodiversity. A bureau of the Treasury, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, is both a regulator and a collector of financial intelligence whose mission it is to stop the flow of money linked to a range of criminal activity. Wall Street Journal
Tapping US SPR will make oil supply situation worse . . . There is some speculation the White House may soon announce a plan to curb sky-high energy prices, which could include tapping the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve [SPR]. Reports circulated this week President Biden has asked other countries, including Japan and China, to do so. Now, Biden and his team need a lesson in economics. If you try to use the SPR as a weapon it will
backfire because it will only serve to artificially lower prices, thereby increasing demand making supplies tighter in the long run. Number two, it will discourage production in the new oil fields and thereby creating an even larger shortage down the road. It will also give OPEC more power because the left amount of oil in the global strategic petroleum reserve will be less. Fox Business
‘Chronic Underutilization’ of America’s Trucking Capacity Means 40 Percent Is ‘Left on the Table Every Day’: MIT Expert . . . An expert from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) told lawmakers at a Nov. 17 congressional hearing that holdups at pickup and delivery points are causing a chronic underutilization problem impacting U.S. long-haul truck drivers, leading to 40 percent of America’s trucking capacity being “left on the table
every day.” David Correll, a research scientist at MIT’s Center for Transportation and Logistics, blamed “conventions for scheduling and processing” around pickup and delivery appointments for drastically reducing the amount of time truck drivers actually spend driving. Correll told lawmakers at the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing that America’s long-haul drivers are “seriously underutilized,” driving an average of 6.5 hours a day even though safety
regulations allow them to drive 11 hours. Epoch Times
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10 heinous lies about Kyle Rittenhouse debunked: Miranda Devine . . . Of all the willful lies and omissions in the media’s coverage of the Steele dossier, Brian Sicknick, the Covington kids, Jussie Smollett, the Wuhan lab, Hunter Biden’s laptop and so on, nothing beats the evil propaganda peddled about Kyle Rittenhouse. They try to make the Rittenhouse case about race, but it’s about class, punching down at the white working-class
son of a single mother because they don’t see him as fully human.
The central media narrative is that Kyle Rittenhouse is a white supremacist whose mother drove him across state lines with an AR-15 to shoot Black Lives Matter protesters. All lies. “A white, Trump-supporting, MAGA-loving Blue Lives Matter social media partisan, 17 years old, picks up a gun, drives from one state to another with the intent to shoot people,” was typical from John Heilemann, MSNBC’s national affairs analyst.
So, let’s go through 10 lies about Rittenhouse, debunked in court:
1. He killed two black BLM protesters. All three of the men he shot in self-defense during violent riots in Kenosha on Aug. 25 last year were white. See the rest in the New York Post
IOC Foolishly Punts on ‘Transgender’ Qualifiers . . . As the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing is slated to start in February, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has rewritten the framework regarding gender dysphoric athletes. The IOC wants to ensure the new criteria “does not systematically exclude athletes from competition based upon their gender identity, physical appearance and/or sex variations.” In other words, it’s caved to the new
gender ideology. Up to this point, gender dysphoric athletes have had to undergo medical inspections and genital checks. They also could not exceed a certain level of testosterone. It would be news to genuine scientists, but it’s apparently no longer the case that testosterone levels affect strength, endurance, or quality of performance, as the new IOC framework gets rid of that. Female competitors should be biological women, not gender-confused men. Patriot Post
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Kyle Rittenhouse Asked To Step Outside And Defend The Courthouse While Verdict Is Being Read . . . KENOSHA, WI—Moments before reading the verdict, the twelve jurors in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse asked if the defendant would please step outside and defend the courthouse. “We, the jury will perform our constitutional duty and declare the verdict in this case,” said one sweating juror, “But we, the jury also don’t
want to die.”
“Objection, your honor, Rittenhouse does not possess an AR-15 to defend the courthouse; I have the AR-15,” said the prosecutor, swinging the weapon wildly about as onlookers nervously ducked behind benches. “Besides, protestors are heroes, people of upstanding character, and victims.” Judge Schroeder ruled the prosecutor a doofus and allowed Rittenhouse to disarm the blubbering liar, load his weapon, and position himself defensively on the steps of the courthouse while the verdict was
read. Witnesses claim even the prosecution team was relieved to know Kyle Rittenhouse was out there protecting them. Babylon Bee
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