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February 9, 2022
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The age of vindictive and bitter millennials . . . Gen Y has grown bitter, happy to cancel anyone who crosses liberal dogma . . . Fourteen years ago, as teens dove into games and texts and social media, I wrote a book that said this digital age was turning them into addled, ignorant people, their eyes locked on little screens and their minds skipping books, history, newspapers, literature, religion, fine art and civics. I didn’t
realize back then that “The Dumbest Generation” would turn into illiberal, vindictive adults.
That’s what I say in my new book, “The Dumbest Generation Grows Up: From Stupefied Youth and Dangerous Adults.” Millennials are now in their mid-20s and 30s, and they’ve grown bitter and unforgiving, happy to cancel anyone who crosses liberal dogmas and pieties. When asked if Google was right to fire James Damore, the man who raised the prospect that under-representation of women in Silicon Valley might be due to biological differences between men and women, fully two-thirds of
18-24-year-olds said, “Yes, fire him,” and 50% of 26- to 35-year-olds said so.
Mr. Damore’s “manifesto” was issued on a Google discussion platform and solicited by management, who wanted to hear what workers thought of its diversity policies, but no matter. What he said offended colleagues, so he had to go — and young people today cheer the decision. Where is the independent spirit, the dissident voice that liberalism has traditionally appreciated? It is drowned in a wave of “woke” righteousness and coercion, which is led by the young. Washington Times
As the parents of a 16- and 18- year olds, Keith and I are deeply concerned about the damage that's done to our kids by the societal malaise that is spreading like wildfire, fueled by technology. We are stunned how different from us our son and daughter are growing up to become, despite our vigorous efforts to keep them away from the rotten influences of our society. We are at a loss what to do about it.
Truckers ‘Freedom Convoy’ Protests Disrupt Ambassador Bridge on U.S.-Canada Border . . . Protesters fighting Covid-19 vaccine mandates temporarily stopped two-way traffic on the busiest international land-border crossing in North America, as a nearly two-week demonstration in Ottawa threatened to expand and disrupt U.S.-Canada trade. Authorities in Canada and the U.S. said the Ambassador Bridge, a 1.6-mile corridor that connects Detroit
with Windsor, Ontario, was temporarily closed late Monday night because of a demonstration by truckers and their supporters. The protesters are calling for governments to rescind Covid-19 policies requiring individuals to be fully vaccinated to enter restaurants and gyms or to board planes and trains. About 600 people in heavy-duty trucks, sport-utility vehicles and pickup trucks assembled on a major north-south corridor leading to the bridge, according to a witness. Wall Street Journal
American ruling class might want to take notice. At some point, us, regular folks just get tired of all the nonsense dictated by the elites who don't follow their own script.
Great news: I've made the Sean Hannity Book Club! See the relevant section at the bottom of this issue.
Republicans urge Biden to take cognitive test, say his 'mental decline' has 'become more apparent' . . . Nearly 40 Republican lawmakers are calling on President Biden, 79, to take a cognitive test, following the example set by his predecessor, former President Donald Trump. The Republican push for Biden to undergo cognitive testing comes as recent polls have shown Americans are unsure of the president's mental fitness for
office.
Former physician to the president Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, led a letter with 37 of his GOP colleagues to Biden on Tuesday expressing their "concern" with Biden’s "current cognitive state."
"My colleagues and I are again asking President Biden to immediately undergo a formal cognitive screening exam, such as the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA)," Jackson told Fox News Digital in an email. Fox News
Violent crime to labor shortages: Mayors say Covid's toll on cities is far-reaching . . . Forget about grand plans for education or the details of zoning reform — the Covid-19 pandemic ruined just about everything for America’s mayors. They’re frustrated by crime, labor shortages, housing and how to maintain basic city services two years into a marathon public health crisis. And the partisan rancor that has gripped national politics can
make their jobs even more difficult. Those are some of the key findings of The Fifty survey of America’s mayors, local leaders who told POLITICO what their cities want and need, and what it’s like doing their jobs in these unprecedented and unpredictable times. “Covid-19 [had] the effect of pouring a 55-gallon barrel on a roaring fire,” said Dan Pope, the Republican mayor of Lubbock, Texas. “All initiatives took a back seat.” Politico
Don't buy the hype, 'rogue' prosecutors driving violent crime surge, not guns . . . Soft-on-crime district attorneys across the country are to blame for a spike in violent crime – not firearms, a former federal prosecutor told Fox News Digital. "Guns don’t commit crimes, neither do knives and hammers, people do," said Charles Stimson, now a senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank. "It’s a red herring
to focus on guns rather than the harder issue of how to enforce the law fairly and hold criminals accountable." During a visit to New York City last week, President Biden said he would help Mayor Eric Adams get illegal guns off the streets to combat cresting violent crime. Fox Business
McConnell dismisses Trump criticism, saying it's no threat to his leadership role . . . Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is shrugging off Donald Trump’s campaign to oust him as the top Senate Republican, chuckling that he views “Old Crow,” the former president’s derisive nickname for him, as a compliment. “It’s my favorite bourbon,” McConnell said Tuesday evening in an interview with the Washington Examiner, referring to a Kentucky
spirit of the same name distilled by Beam Suntory. Turning to a member of his staff, the minority leader asked, “Aren’t we using Old Crow as my moniker now? It was Henry Clay’s favorite bourbon.” Clay represented Kentucky in the House and Senate in the early to mid-1800s. Trump’s feud with McConnell dates to mid-December 2020, when the Kentucky Republican recognized President Joe Biden’s victory over him in that year's presidential election following the state-certified votes tallied by the
Electoral College. The former president’s anger only intensified after McConnell moved to block his attempts to overturn the results during their congressional certification. Washington Examiner
Liz Cheney's Hunter Biden problem: Husband's firm reps China companies, dictatorial regimes . . . Philip Perry is a partner at Latham & Watkins, which works on behalf of foreign entities, including some flagged as threats to U.S. national security. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) called on the U.S. to stand up to the "generational threat" posed by China while unveiling a major report on Beijing's "malign behavior" at the same time her husband's
law firm was working on behalf of companies linked to China's military, intelligence, and security services. As Cheney stood at the podium, her husband Philip Perry’s law firm was cashing in on legal and lobbying work that his employer — Latham & Watkins (LW), one of the largest law firms in the world — was doing for a host of Chinese companies, some of which were involved in the kind of activity that Cheney was warning had to be stopped. Perry's firm's work for Chinese entities
and countries whose human rights abuses and authoritarian rule have troubled the U.S. for years seems to conflict with his wife's frequent calls for America to stand up to autocratic regimes like China. The dynamic is one familiar to longtime observers of Washington, D.C.: a power couple calling out the very behavior from which they benefit. Just the News
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US Warns American Citizens in UAE of ‘Possible Strike’ After Overnight Explosion . . . The U.S. Embassy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Feb. 9 warned U.S. citizens of “reports of a possible missile or drone strike” over Abu Dhabi as the UAE blamed an overnight blast on a gas cylinder explosion. Earlier on Wednesday, UAE’s state news agency had reported that Abu Dhabi civil defense teams put out a fire caused by a gas container
explosion in a building on Hamdan Street and there were no injuries. The UAE’s U.S. Embassy didn’t elaborate on details about the overnight explosion but asked American citizens to remain vigilant. “There are reports of a possible missile or drone strike having occurred over Abu Dhabi,” the message issued to U.S. citizens in the UAE said. “The Embassy advises U.S. citizens to immediately follow the safety actions listed below and stay alert in case of additional future attacks.” Epoch Times
Classified Iran Nuclear Deal Brief Leaves ‘More Questions Than Answers,’ GOP Lawmaker Says . . . At least one Republican lawmaker was left with "more questions than answers" on Tuesday after Biden's Iran envoy Robert Malley provided his first classified briefing on Capitol Hill. Malley, who until Tuesday had avoided testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee for more than a year as talks with Tehran took place, faced a flurry
of questions from Republican lawmakers who are outraged by the White House’s decision late last week to grant Iran sanctions waivers so that countries like Russia and China can build out its civilian nuclear program. Rep. Claudia Tenney (R., N.Y.), a committee member, has been leading the charge to pressure Malley into testifying. She told the Free Beacon Tuesday afternoon that the classified briefing left her with "more questions than answers"—and that Malley must immediately testify in an
open setting so that the American public can learn exactly what the United States has promised Iran in exchange for a new deal. Washington Free Beacon
Army finds Biden White House, State Dept. acted too late in Afghanistan . . . The political people were warned that the Taliban wa crushing the Afghan government, that there were too few U.S. forces in the country, and that action was needed to speed up the withdrawal. They didn’t listen, and tragedy resulted. According to the Washington Post: Senior White House and State Department officials failed to grasp the Taliban’s steady
advance on Afghanistan’s capital and resisted efforts by U.S. military leaders to prepare the evacuation of embassy personnel and Afghan allies weeks before Kabul’s fall, placing American troops ordered to carry out the withdrawal in greater danger, according to sworn testimony from multiple commanders involved in the operation. An Army investigative report, numbering 2,000 pages and released to The Washington Post through a Freedom of Information Act request, details the life-or-death
decisions made daily by U.S. soldiers and Marines sent to secure Hamid Karzai International Airport as thousands converged on the airfield in a frantic bid to escape. White House Dossier
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Russia, Russia, Russia . . . and China
Russia and China Unveil a Pact Against America and the West . . . In a sweeping long-term agreement, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, the two most powerful autocrats, challenge the current political and military order. In their matching mauve ties, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping last week declared a “new era” in the global order and, at least in the short term, endorsed their respective territorial
ambitions in Ukraine and Taiwan. The world’s two most powerful autocrats unveiled a sweeping long-term agreement that also challenges the United States as a global power, NATO as a cornerstone of international security, and liberal democracy as a model for the world. “Friendship between the two States has no limits,” they vowed in the communiqué, released after the two leaders met on the eve of the Beijing Winter Olympics. “There are no ‘forbidden’ areas of cooperation.” New Yorker
Fears of Ukraine invasion rise as top Russian commanders fly to Belarus for massive joint military drill . . . Top Russian military commanders flew into neighboring Belarus on Wednesday for a massive military exercise amid Western alarm that it could provide cover for a multipronged invasion of Ukraine.
Russia’s chief of the armed forces’ General Staff, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, arrived in Belarus ahead of a 10-day Russian-Belarusian drill beginning Thursday, as senior Russian Foreign Ministry officials accused the West of “blackmail and pressure” and of stoking tensions by arming Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia was conducting the joint exercise with Belarus to confront “unprecedented security threats.” “Russia and Belarus have encountered unprecedented threats, the
nature and, perhaps, concentration of which are, unfortunately, much larger and much more dangerous than before,” he told reporters.
Tucker Carlson: What happens to our troops in Ukraine if Russia invades? . . . Joe Biden, you may recall, spent a lot of his time as vice president meddling in the internal affairs of Ukraine. And you may wonder, why Ukraine as opposed to say, Denmark or Senegal or any of the world's other 195 countries. Simple. Because the Ukrainians were paying Joe Biden's family a million dollars a year in exchange for the work that he did. And as
president, you may have noticed, Biden has continued to represent Ukrainian interests. Most recently in their dispute with Russia. Biden talks constantly about all the scary things he'll do if embattled Vladimir Putin dares to offend the territorial sovereignty of Biden's close friends, the Ukrainians. But one thing Joe Biden will not do, he has assured us repeatedly, is send American troops to Ukraine. Polls show Americans do not want that at all and Biden claims he's heard the
message.
So here's the question. There are American troops in Ukraine. What's going to happen to these troops if and when the Russians invade? The Pentagon says there are no plans to pull these troops out. And so that means that very soon, American soldiers could be fighting Russian soldiers, which sounds to our civilian ears very much like the definition of war with Russia. Are you ready for war with Russia? Has anyone asked for your consent or even your opinion on war with Russia? No.
That's democracy. Biden style. Fox News
As I described in my book, the Kremlin has concluded that war between Russia and the US is inevitable, because the two countries' national interests, as defined by Moscow and Washington, are on a geopolitical collision course. Because of that analysis, Russia has spent 20 years doing its homework on US war fighting style and vulnerabilities and invested billions of dollars in military modernization to develop a sophisticated strategy to win that war. This strategy
includes employment of nuclear weapons, even in a conventional conflict.
US is woefully unprepared for such a war. In every single war-game I participated in, Blue lost to Red. Here's US Army's assessment admitting the Pentagon's total lack of preparedness to win a war with Russia:
DIA and CIA tried to censor by book to conceal the fact how badly the Washington establishment has bungled up the Russia threat and how incompetent the gov. "experts" are when it comes to Putin and Russian strategy.
Here's a link to my book and a couple of Op-Eds, to give you all a sense of how big of the problem we have on our hands.
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US Air Force Grants 9 Religious Exemptions to COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate While Over 3,000 Requests Rejected . . . The Air Force on Tuesday said it has approved nine religious exemptions from taking the COVID-19 vaccine, while more than 3,000 requests have been rejected so far. According to data from the Air Force, eight of the exemptions to the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate were granted after being submitted, and a
further religious exemption was approved after an appeal.
A total of 3,222 religious accommodation requests have been rejected, and the Air Force is processing 2,556 pending requests for exemptions and 732 pending appeals. The Air Force is the second U.S. military branch to approve religious exemptions to the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine, although the nine approved so far represent just a tiny fraction of the more than 6,400 requested by Air Force troops. “The Department of the Air Force determined the service members’ accommodations could be
supported with no impact to mission readiness,” a statement Tuesday said. Epoch Times
In costliest U.S. fight, little cash goes to actually fight COVID-19 . . . Congress has approved about $6 trillion for the fight against COVID-19, or more than it spent to defeat Nazi Germany and imperial Japan in World War II. Yet Uncle Sam has spent only a small fraction of that money — 15% or less, depending on who’s counting — on beating the coronavirus itself.
The $50 billion or so aimed at vaccines and therapeutics is less than Congress allocated for an Obamacare expansion, tucked into the same pandemic spending bills. Another $53 billion allocated to coronavirus testing and monitoring is dwarfed by an $81 billion bailout for private pension funds that Democrats stuck inside their massive American Rescue Plan bill last year. “On overall levels of spending, we missed badly,” said Andrew Lautz, director of federal policy at the National Taxpayers
Union. “I don’t want to suggest the federal government should have spent nothing. This was a multitrillion-dollar public health and economic problem that very likely over the course of several years required a multitrillion-dollar response. I think $5 trillion was an overshoot.” Washington Times
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Biden seeks to raise federal pay 4.6% while private sector pay estimated to rise just 3.4% . . . The pay raise for federal employees is reportedly part of Biden's forthcoming FY2023 budget. President Joe Biden is seeking to raise federal employee pay by 4.6%, with private sector pay estimated to rise just 3.4% this year. The pay raise for federal employees is reportedly part of Biden's forthcoming FY2023 budget,
which the White House plans to send to Congress after the president's State of the Union address on March 1. The White House requested a 2.7% increase for federal employees in FY2021. Pay raises for the federal workforce in FY2022 range from 2.42% to 3.21%. Federal News Radio reported that the 4.6% request for the federal workforce in the FY2023 budget is the "largest in decades." Just the News
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Alleged sex traffickers, rapists, antisemites remain on Spotify without issue while Rogan faces boycott call . . . A social media mob continues to encircle podcast host Joe Rogan as business leaders, lawmakers and even the White House have made public calls for Spotify to censor Rogan. But while Rogan is targeted by left-wing activists, Spotify currently hosts a slew of convicted criminals, alleged sex traffickers and
otherwise disgraced artists who haven't faced the same calls for de-platforming. Rogan, who hosts the mega-popular "The Joe Rogan Experience" exclusively on Spotify, came under fire recently for repeated use of the n-word on past podcast episodes and for hosting guests who questioned the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines and masks.
The compilation of old clips only compounded calls to deplatform the comedian over accusations of "misinformation" related to COVID-19. Spotify's chief executive said Sunday that the company won't be "silencing" Rogan, though dozens of podcast episodes have disappeared from the platform. Fox Business
Where’s the beef? Video shows man stealing 10 steaks from NYC Trader Joe’s . . . Holy cow! A man was caught on Post video allegedly brazenly swiping about a dozen steaks from a Manhattan Trader Joe’s on Tuesday morning. The suspect — now wanted by cops — was at the grocery store’s East 14th Street location around 8:30 a.m. when he was caught on footage strolling out the door with 10 packages of meat piled up in his arms. Two
helpless Trader Joe’s staffers had followed the man up an escalator leading to the store’s exit but only stopped him from taking a shopping basket outside – not the meat, the video shows. “They basically just tell us not to do anything, just let them go,” a Trader Joe’s worker, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, later explained to The Post. “We get in trouble if we do anything… It don’t bother me, I’ve been working here for two years, I see it happen everyday. After a
while, you just don’t care.” New York Post
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HANNITY BOOK CLUB: Putin’s Playbook: Russia’s Secret Plan to Defeat America by Rebekah Koffler . . . The “Russian collusion” hoax not only poisoned American politics but also sowed confusion about the real Russian threat to the United States. President Vladimir Putin wasn’t colluding with the Trump campaign, but as a former U.S. intelligence specialist makes clear in this eye-opening book,
the judo-loving ex–KGB agent most certainly has a plan to defeat the United States. Born and raised in the Soviet Union, Rebekah Koffler came to America as a young woman. After 9/11, she joined the Defense Intelligence Agency, devoting her career to protecting her new country. Now she reveals in chilling detail Putin’s long-range plan— his “playbook”—to weaken and subdue the United States, preparing for the war that he believes is inevitable. Hannity.com
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