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May 18, 2021
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Fuel shortage exposes Biden's energy policy as gas prices spike, Keystone XL pipeline lays in pieces . . . As the country worries about the recent Colonial Pipeline hack, causing gas prices to skyrocket and putting national security at risk, the administration continues to portray the incident as a nonissue while pushing the vitality of pipelines for fuel transportation. Meanwhile, Biden’s harsh cancelation of the Keystone XL
Pipeline was fully supported by his inner circle, including Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm, who defended the president’s decision during her Jan. 27 confirmation hearing. But Granholm preached during a news conference last week that pipelines are "the best way" to transport energy, and advocated back in 2016 to do "everything possible to keep fossil-fuel energy in the ground." Fox News
Trump to reemerge June 5 with speech to North Carolina Republicans . . . Donald Trump will speak at attend the North Carolina Republican Party’s 2021 State Convention in Greenville at the Convention Dinner on Saturday, June 5th. “President Trump won North Carolina in 2016 by promising to put America First, and he won North Carolina in 2020 by keeping that promise,” North Carolina GOP Chairman Michael Whatley said. “President Trump
delivered real results for North Carolina by rebuilding the military, standing strong against China, and unleashing the American economy. We are honored to welcome President Trump to our convention as the Republican Party launches our campaign to retake Congress and the Senate in the 2022 midterms.” White House Dossier
Trump signals he's ready to get back in the game . . . An emboldened former President Trump is preparing to become more active as he looks to boost GOP allies while mulling a new run for the White House. Trump is expected to hit the road soon resuming his signature rallies, which will put him more in the public eye and create questions for television networks about coverage. He’s also set to hold his first fundraiser for his new
super PAC. The Hill
Biden Issues Dark Warning that Unvaccinated Americans will Pay The Price . . . President Joe Biden said Monday that Americans who chose to not receive the coronavirus vaccine will “end up paying the price” for their decision. The president said that coronavirus deaths were down 81% to the lowest level since April of 2020, but warned that the progress could be “reversed” if people don’t get vaccinated. “If the
unvaccinated get vaccinated, they’ll protect themselves and other unvaccinated people around them. . . Ultimately, those who are not vaccinated will end up paying the price,” Biden said. Daily Caller
Kamala Harris Keeps Enemies List of Journalists Who May Be Racist . . . Vice President Kamala Harris keeps a list of reporters and other political types who might be racist and whom she thinks don't fully understand her or appreciate her life experience." That list presumably includes the people at Vogue magazine, who managed to enrage libs by putting Harris on the cover earlier this year. It remains unclear why the libs
became enraged; Harris was wearing her signature Converse kicks and everything. Harris reportedly judiciously monitors the words journalists use to describe her. "She particularly doesn’t like the word cautious, and aides look out for synonyms too," according to the Atlantic. "Careful, guarded, and hesitant don't go over well." Antonyms as well. During the 2020 campaign, journalists were sounding the alarm about the word "ambitious. Washington Free Beacon
Sanders flexes on Biden, seeking to shape Democratic agenda . . . Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is starting to flex his political muscle and become more outspoken on a number of issues after months of mostly keeping his head down and being a team player. Sanders has trashed removing the $10,000 ceiling on the state and local tax (SALT) deduction, which has been a top priority for Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), and has
put pressure on President Biden over foreign policy with his sharp criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The 2020 presidential candidate, who finished second to Biden in the Democratic primary, accused Netanyahu of cultivating a culture of “racist nationalism.” The Hill
Biden's 'unconfirmables' land plum administration jobs after derailing . . . President Biden is doling out enviable consolation prizes for top administration picks who crash and burn on the road to Senate confirmation. Neera Tanden, Elizabeth Klein land on their feet. Neera Tanden began her new job Monday as White House senior adviser, two months after she withdrew her nomination to head the OMB. Years of mean tweets brought into
question her judgment, temperament and ability to win support from the sitting senators and other lawmakers whom she had roasted. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Klein announced hat she will serve as a senior counselor to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. Biden administration entrusts authority with political figures unable to pass muster in a Senate controlled by their own party. Biden administration’s model is to find homes for unconfirmables in other positions, often in the White
House, from which they de facto exercise all of the power they were denied by being too extreme even for some in Biden’s own party, if with none of the de jure authority. Washington Times
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Ousted Space Force officer says CRT, Marxism "antithetical" to American values . . . A lieutenant colonel in the US Space Force who was relieved of his command told Fox News Digital on Monday he is being "misportrayed" online in regards to the comments about Marxism he made on a podcast earlier this month – and that he has received a private outpouring of support from fellow service members. Lt. Col.
Matthew Lohmeier, formerly the commander of the 11th Space Warning Squadron at Buckley Air Force Base, was ousted from his position last week after his appearance on a podcast, wherein he promoted his new book, "Irresistible Revolution: Marxism's Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military." It is not politically partisan to expose or attack critical race theory or Marxism," Lohmeier told Fox News. "Critical Race Theory and Marxism are antithetical to
American values. Most people – including senior leaders – who are pushing these ideas are pushing them without any understanding of Marxism," he warned. Fox News
DHS: Violent Extremists May Exploit Easing COVID Restrictions . . . The Biden administration fears that lifting coronavirus restrictions may spark domestic terrorism. Just one day after the CDC lifted most mask mandates for those who are fully vaccinated, the Department of Homeland Security issued a national advisory warning, “Violent extremists may seek to exploit the easing of COVID-19-related restrictions across the United States
to conduct attacks against a broader range of targets after previous public capacity limits reduced opportunities for lethal attacks.” Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas announced the bulletin in a tweet Friday afternoon. Patriot Post
Better keep those masks on, to scare away those violent extremists.
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State vaccine rates fall along red, blue divide . . . The U.S. vaccine map looks a lot like a map of how states vote in presidential elections, with most blue states vaccinating at levels well above the national average and GOP states bringing up the rear. The politics of COVID-19 have been partisan from almost the onset of the pandemic, and polls consistently show that Republicans, particularly men, are more hesitant than Democrats to
get vaccinated. The deep-blue state of Vermont has the highest share of its population with at least one vaccine dose, at 65 percent, followed by Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Hampshire and Connecticut. The top 21 states for vaccination rates all went for President Biden in the 2020 presidential election. Iowa — with 47 percent of its population receiving at least one shot — is the highest ranking state on the list, at No. 22, that voted for former President Trump. The Hill
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IDF air strikes continue to destroy Hama tunnel network, kill Islamic Jihad commander . . . The IDF bombed another 15km section of the underground network (known as the “Hamas Metro”) overnight Sunday, dropping 110 pieces of ordnance on 35 targets in 20 minutes. The homes of 9 Hamas commanders were also wrecked. In some, weapons were stored. The underground network of hundreds of multi-branched kilometers
housing Hamas and Islamic Jihad command posts, terrorist units and hideouts allows their combatants to move secretly between sectors undetected. In a joint operation with the Shin Bet on Monday, IDF airstrike in northern Gaza killed Hasam Abu Harbid. Harbid officiated as Islamic Jihad’s northern Gaza sector division from 2019 when he predecessor Baha Abu al-Atta was killed in an IDF targeted assassination. DEBKAFile
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Kamala Harris and husband contribute paltry amount to charity . . . Vice President Kamala Harris and the Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff earned $1.7 million in 2020 but gave just $27,000 to charity, or about 1.6 percent of their income. The average charitable contribution among households that reported an AGI between $500,000 and $2 million was 3.1% of income, according to data from filing year 2017 reported by the Tax
Policy Center. It was 4.3% as a percentage of AGI among all returns for the same tax year. White House Dossier
They'd rather the government redistributes, charitably, your money to help others.
BLM Co-Founder Engaged in Potential Self-Dealing . . . Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors was identified in a press release as co-chair of an art company that has profited from several activist groups that call Cullors a co-founder and leader, which charity experts say amounts to self-dealing and raises ethical and legal questions. Black Lives Matter (BLM) Global Network Foundation, BLM PAC and Reform LA Jails — three activist
groups Cullors claims to have co-founded and led — have provided business to the art company, Trap Heals, the Daily Caller News Foundation previously reported. Trap Heals was founded and run by Damon Turner, the father of Cullors’ only child, the DCNF found. Daily Caller
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Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects Warrantless Gun Seizure . . . The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 on Monday that Rhode Island police officers acted illegally when they seized a man’s guns without a warrant. Edward Caniglia sued the city of Cranston, Rhode Island, after police officers located and took his guns while he was in the hospital for a mental health wellness check. He argued that the seizure violated his Fourth
Amendment rights, although two federal courts ruled against him. Those courts relied on a provision of the law that allows police to seize guns from drivers while on the road.
“The very core of the Fourth Amendment’s guarantee is the right of a person to retreat into his or her home and there be free from unreasonable governmental intrusion,” Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for the Court. Daily Caller
The Unsilenced Majority: Conservatives set up shop to fight cancel culture, corporate 'wokeism' . . . A handful of heavyweights in the conservative movement on Monday launched an advocacy group designed to push back against what the organization describes as a rising tide of “cancel culture” and “corporate wokeism.” Mike Davis, founder and president of the group, Unsilenced Majority, said he wants to model the group on other organizations
he leads that focus on judicial nominations and Big Tech. “As we’ve shown with the Article III Project and the Internet Accountability Project and now Unsilenced Majority, when you take off the gloves, put on the brass knuckles and punch back, you’ll break the left’s glass jaw,” Mr. Davis said in an interview. Washington Times
A midlife crisis takes shape in the US . . . For decades, America has enjoyed the economic and geopolitical fruits of its high birth rate. Between 1990 and 2010, fertility levels in the US were higher than the average for any developed country with the exception of Israel, Iceland and New Zealand. So what does it mean that the US birth rate is on track to plunge below the recent trend rate of Europe? In 2007, just before the great
recession, the US total fertility rate, meaning the number of births that a woman is expected to have in her lifetime, was 2.12. By 2019, just before Covid-19 struck, it had fallen to 1.71. Provisional CDC data from 2020 shows that the total fertility rate has since dropped to a record low of 1.64, roughly the rate in Europe over the past five years. Financial
Times
Apple Working With Chinese Government To Censor And Surveil Its Citizens . . . Apple has repeatedly given in to escalating demands from the Chinese government, abetting the communist regime’s censorship and surveillance of its citizens. Apple’s latest data center in the city of Guiyang, expected to be completed in June, will store Chinese users’ information on servers run by a state-owned Chinese firm. Apple reportedly abandoned
its encryption technology after the Chinese government objected, and state employees will manage the servers and security tools used to secure information. Daily Caller
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Democrats Wearing Binkies To Wean Themselves Off Masks . . . With the CDC finally relaxing some guidelines around mask-wearing, Democrats are facing the dread of parting with something that has been giving them feelings of safety and security for over a year. To help them cope with the loss, many Democrats are turning to baby pacifiers to help wean them off the masks.
"The binky is a perfect bridge toward a maskless future," said one Democrat. He then quickly popped the rubber nipple back in his mouth for a few minutes before continuing. "I think it's important to be open and vulnerable about the trauma we have all experienced in the last year." He then grabbed his blanket and teddy bear and went down for a nap. Dr. Fauci has endorsed the use of binkies for vaccinated Democrats, but he's still suggesting a mask be worn over them at all times. Babylon Bee
Satire.
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