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May 17, 202
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Space Force Commander Fired Over Criticism of Marxism, CRT In US Military . . . A US Space Force commanding officer was relieved from duty on Friday after expressing concern on a podcast that Marxist ideologies are becoming prevalent in the US military. Lt Col. Matthew Lohmeier, commander of 11th Space Warning Squadron at Buckley Air Force Base, Colo., was relieved from duty over a “loss of trust and confidence in his ability to
lead,” a Space Force spokesperson told Military.com. “This decision was based on public comments made by Lt. Col. Lohmeier in a recent podcast. Lt. Gen. Whiting has initiated a Command Directed Investigation on whether these comments constituted prohibited partisan political activity,” the spokesperson added. Daily Caller
The establishment has been weaponizing federal employment policies, including the security clearance process, to eliminate conservatives from military ranks and the intelligence agencies.
UFC fighter thanks Jesus and dedicates his win ‘to all the people who've been hurt by Marxist ideologies’ . . . UFC fighter Beneil Dariush dedicated a recent victory to those hurt by Marxists and thanked Jesus for his win. "First things first, I want to thank my lord and savior Jesus Christ, that's No. 1," Dariush said to UFC commentator Joe Rogan on Saturday. "No. 2, I want to dedicate this fight to all the people who've been hurt by
Marxist ideologies."
Dariush, a devout Christian who was raised in Iran until his family migrated to America, went on to say that “there are millions” of people affected by Marxist ideologies and that he loves them and understands their pain. Washington Examiner
Unlike the Pentagon's apparatchiks who forced out Col. Lohmeier from the military for his anti-Marxist remarks, Dariush, an immigrant from Iran, clearly understands the threat of Marxist ideology. This incredible UFC mixed marshal arts (MMA) fighter knows that Marxism and totalitarian government control go hand in hand. They have no place in America, the country of freedom and liberty.
Poll: Majority view Biden as socially, fiscally liberal . . . A majority of voters said President Joe Biden is socially and fiscally liberal, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds. Fifty-two percent of registered voters in the May 10-11 survey said Biden is socially and fiscally liberal while half said he's politically liberal. Thirty-five percent said he's socially and fiscally moderate while 36 percent said he's politically
moderate.Fourteen percent of respondents said he's politically conservative while 13 percent said he's fiscally conservative and 12 percent said he's socially conservative. The Hill
Elise Stefanik says Trump is the leader of the Republican Party . . . “Voters determine the leader of the Republican Party, and President Trump is the leader that they look to,” said Rep. Elise Stefanik, newly installed as the House Republican Conference Chair after anti-Trump Rep. Liz Cheney was voted out. White House Dossier
FBI reclassifies 2017 shooting of Republican lawmakers as domestic terrorism . . . The FBI, under Republican pressure, has reclassified the 2017 near massacre of more than a dozen Republican lawmakers at a baseball field in Alexandria, Virginia, from “suicide by cop” to an act of domestic terrorism. The new designation of shooter James Hodgkinson as a “domestic violent extremist” is contained in a lengthy FBI report titled “Strategic
Intelligence Assessment and Data on Domestic Terrorism.” Republicans began pressuring the FBI on April 15 when Rep. Brad Wenstrup of Ohio, who was at the park that morning of June 14, 2017, disclosed at a public hearing that the FBI officially classified the shooting as “suicide by cop.” Mr. Wenstrup told The Washington Times on Sunday that the FBI changed Hodgkinson’s classification because he and other Republicans had protested that the bureau was minimizing an attack on the country’s
legislative branch as the personal act of a troubled man. Washington Times
The 'troubled' man who happened to dislike Republicans specifically.
Rise of a megadonor: Peter Thiel makes a play for the Senate . . . A tech billionaire and longtime Trump backer, Thiel’s private power-brokering illustrated his growing influence in Republican politics, but his clout has become even clearer in the weeks since. Thiel has given a pair of $10 million donations to separate super PACs that are backing Ohio Republican J. D. Vance and Arizona Republican Blake Masters. The contributions are the
most ever to outside groups supporting single Senate candidates, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan organization that tracks political giving. The largesse has transformed Thiel, an early Facebook investor and PayPal co-founder, into an outsize figure in the fight for control of the 50-50 Senate, providing fuel to two longtime associates who embrace his populist-conservative views. Politico
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Ron Johnson calls cyber attacks an 'existential' threat . . . Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said Sunday that the cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline that forced its shutdown exposed the “vulnerabilities” in the U.S. electrical grid that could pose an “existential” threat to the country’s energy system. Johnson, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in an interview with John Catsimatidis on his WABC 770 AM radio show that
the country should take away from the Colonial Pipeline hack “how incredibly vulnerable our fuel grid is, our electrical grid is.” Johnson argued that President Biden’s plans to transition the U.S. to cleaner energy could further increase the vulnerability of America’s energy systems. The
Hill
Nunes Urges Biden to Order Probe of CCP Virus Origin . . . House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) urged President Joe Biden to order a whole-of-government investigation into the origins of the CCP virus. Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee are concerned by circumstantial evidence that the virus could have leaked from a research lab in the central Chinese city of Wuhan that had received millions in
funding from the U.S. government. “We have identified substantial circumstantial evidence supporting the theory that a laboratory leak could have been responsible for the origination of COVID-19,” Nunes wrote to President Biden. “It is critical that this possibility be thoroughly examined, particularly in light of the Chinese government’s obstruction of multilateral bio-forensic investigations and its destruction of important evidence.” Epoch Times
Without Congressman Nunes's efforts to declassify a large body of USG secrets, we would've never learned about the extent of the "Trump-Russia collusion" deception operation perpetrated on the American people by corrupt US intelligence and law enforcement officials.
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Covid-19 Vaccine Works, Even if Side Effects Differ for All, Doctors Say . . . Infectious-disease specialists are working to reassure people that they are still getting protection from Covid-19 vaccines, even if they don’t experience the flulike side effects that hit some people after vaccination. Fatigue, chills and other symptoms in the days following vaccination are evidence that the vaccine is having the desired effect on the body’s
immune system. The U.S. CDC and the World Health Organization say on their websites that side effects mean the body is “building protection” against the coronavirus. That message may lead some people to infer that the absence of side effects indicates that vaccination isn’t causing the body to build immunity to the virus. Yet infectious-disease doctors say most people get protection from the vaccines, even if they don’t experience side effects. Wall Street Journal
Fauci: Pandemic showed 'undeniable effects of racism' in society . . . Anthony Fauci, the government's top infectious diseases expert, said Sunday the COVID-19 pandemic had exposed racial disparities in living conditions and access to healthcare across the U.S. that required serious action to fix. During a commencement address given virtually to new graduates of Emory University, the president's chief medical adviser pointed to higher
rates of COVID-19 deaths among Black Americans, Latino Americans, and members of other minority groups as evidence of "social determinants," such as access to healthcare, that caused the pandemic to hit those communities especially hard. adequate diet, access to health care and the undeniable effects of racism in our society," he said. The Hill
What nonsense. But let's follow this government apparatchik and leftist agitator's logic for a minute. You need a valid ID to go see a doctor. Dems are discouraging blacks and other minorities from obtaining a government-issued ID, which prevents these groups from getting access healthcare.
So, Fauci, Dems, & Co. are fostering alleged "racism" in our society. What am I missing here?
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IDF Deception Lead To Surprise Attack Against Hamas Terror Targets . . . A clever act of deception may have led to the IDF scoring a massive victory against terror tunnels in the ongoing conflict with Hamas. Israeli officials hinted earlier in the week that an extended campaign
against Hamas was likely to come. Defense Minister Benny Gantz said in a Tuesday press conference that “this is just the beginning — the first in a long line of actions we have planned.” At around 9 p.m. local time Thursday night, the IDF began building up armored and infantry battalions along the Gazan border following a week of non-stop rocket attacks from Hamas. IDF’s official English language Twitter account then sent a tweet saying, “IDF air and ground troops
are currently attacking in the Gaza Strip,” leading many western media outlets to report that an Israeli invasion of Gaza was imminent. Daily Caller
What an excellent use of D&D by the IDF's war fighting strategy, to achieve tactical surprise.
Israel Rules Out an Immediate Cease-Fire With the Palestinians . . . Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday ruled out the prospect of an immediate cease-fire with the Palestinians in the deadly flare-up of Middle Eastern violence, defying growing international demands for de-escalation and concerted mediation efforts by regional and world powers. Civilian casualties mounted a week after fighting intensified. With
an Israeli goal of eradicating militant missile capabilities, international officials face difficulty finding a path to peace. Wall Street Journal
IDF Strikes Alleged Hamas Outpost, Journalists Claim They Are the Real Target—and Victims . . . In the wake of an IDF attack on Hamas militants housed in an office building shared with the Associated Press, the wire service issued an outraged response suggesting news outlets were in fact the Israelis’ real target. In his statement, AP president and CEO Gary Pruitt did not acknowledge the fact that Hamas militants were operating out of the
same building. "We received a warning [from Israel] that the building would be hit," Pruitt said, noting that "we narrowly avoided a terrible loss of life." Reporters amplified the AP’s tendentious analysis, the latest illustration of the anti-Israel bias and solipsistic tendencies of the news media. Along with the AP, the Qatari-funded Al Jazeera allegedly worked out of the same building, which doubled as a Hamas outpost. Washington Free Beacon
Can't make this stuff up. Just removed AP from my bookmarks list. They haven't been of much use lately anyways.
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Biden faces tough path to US economic recovery . . . Joe Biden is grappling with a messy and unpredictable economic outlook as the twin threats of rising inflation and slow jobs growth shake confidence in the steadiness of the US recovery from the pandemic. The US labour department this month reported that the pace of job creation slowed significantly in April. The report showed an unexpectedly steep jump last
month in its consumer price index, compounding fears of mounting inflationary pressures.The US has driven the global economic recovery, with the IMF predicting gross domestic product growth of 6.4 per cent in 2021. Financial Times
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BLM co-founder: Black homeownership is a way to ‘disrupt white supremacy' . . . Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors, a self-described Marxist, who has a real estate portfolio worth more than $3 million, on Saturday shared a report about the history of racism in the housing market. "Black Americans And The Racist Architecture of Homeownership," is part of an NPR documentary series, "We Hold These
Truths," on American democracy. According to the report, Black homeownership in the United States has barely budged in the last half-century: In 1970, the national Black homeownership rate was 41.8%; in 2019, is was 42.3%. On her Instagram page, Cullors, 37 suggested that "Black homeownership has always been a way to disrupt white supremacy." Fox Business
WARNING: THIS ONE IS NOT FOR KIDS. Moms Go Thermonuclear Over NSFW Material In Class Reading Assignments . . . Parents condemned the Loudoun County’s school board during a May 11 meeting over explicit material in reading assignments for high school students. Parents read passages from books, including “Monday’s Not Coming” by Tiffany Jackson, which were apparently assigned to 9th
grade students in Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS). This is the same school board meeting where a mother blasted the school system’s use of critical race theory. Passages from Jackson’s book read by the furious parents included characters discussing sex, a female character being beaten and thrown into a closet and a sexual encounter in a classroom. The book “#MurderTrending” by Gretchen McNeil, was also quoted, where a female character discussed the size of a male friend’s genitalia. Daily Caller
I had to edit out the especially vile language that our kids apparently have been subjected to. We are way past the era of juvenile, distasteful potty humor of 'Captain Underpants'. With the books like the one on the LCPS reading list, the government run "schools" are now in the pornography territory.
Can Josh Hawley Break the Internet? . . . The Tyranny of Big Tech, Senator Josh Hawley’s excoriation of corporate power, created a media firestorm before it even came out. The original publisher, Simon & Schuster, dropped the book amid the January 6 riots and the Missouri Republican’s
insistence on contesting the 2020 election results. Now snatched up by conservative publisher Regnery, it’s selling well—the latest example of cancel culture’s Streisand effect. Hawley knows exactly whom he wants to go after: Facebook, Apple, Amazon, and Google. Hawley’s "corporate barons" don’t even create real physical things. "[T]oday’s tech oligarchs wield immense power, thanks to a combination of government aid and monopoly; like the barons, they are utterly convinced of their own
righteousness and their right to govern America." The book’s main targets are the attention economy these oligarchs created and their censorious behavior Washington Free Beacon
Glad we still have conservative publishers who are not afraid of the senseless mob.
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Oops! AP Reporter Forgets To Remove Hamas Headband Before Going Live . . . In an embarrassing blunder on camera, a Middle East reporter for the Associated Press Forgot to remove his green Hamas headband and ski mask before going live to cover Israel's latest airstrike.
"This is a shocking war crime," said AP's foreign correspondent Mohammed Ahmed Mohammed Mohammed. "Israel is now blatantly attacking journalists. Behind me is the building that was our Gaza bureau of operations before the evil Jews demolished it. Death to Israel. Allahu Akbar."
The journalist quickly caught himself and realized he was still wearing his terrorist headgear before frantically ducking out of frame. "Sorry folks, technical difficulties. As I was saying, Israel and its supporters in the United States have a lot to answer for in the deliberate targeting of the free press." He then tried to cut the feed but pressed the wrong button and blew himself up. Babylon Bee
This one is satire. But the Washington Free Beacon article in the International section IS NOT SATIRE.
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