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May 26, 2021
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The Coming Un-Silent Majority Will Bring Victory to GOP in 2022 and 2024 . . . America is poised for a big reaction. The Democratic Party will be trounced by a renewed GOP in 2022 and most probably 2024. The big winner will be the Trump-DeSantis party and among the big losers, besides the Democrats, will be the thirty-five House Republicans who voted for a Jan. 6 investigation. Due to the overwhelming majority of the
media, the academy and their own extreme leftwing, the Democrats are losing contact with the American people on a daily basis. In their gigantic, seemingly endless, spending programs, they ignore the obvious, spoken aloud by Bill Clinton in his 1996 State of the Union and not really contradicted since: “The era of big government is over.”
In a new Rasmussen poll voters prefer small to big government by the significant margin of 55 percent to 37 percent. They also, in a poll only a week or two before, prefer capitalism to socialism by more than three to one—65 percent to 18 percent. (Rasmussen does tilt Republican but his record has historically been among the most accurate—and these aren’t close calls.) Analysis. Epoch Times
‘Ignore the CDC’: Johns Hopkins Professor Says Half Of Americans Have ‘Natural Immunity’ . . . A professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine said Tuesday that almost “half the country” has natural immunity from COVID-19 due to prior infection.
Dr. Marty Makary appeared on “The Vince Coglianese Show” where he called dismissal of natural immunity “one of the biggest failures of our current medical leadership.” Makary said that “natural immunity works.” He disputed claims that natural immunity is inferior to that acquired through vaccination, saying that both are “probably life-long” and that no boosters will be needed. “There is more data on natural immunity than there is on vaccinated immunity,
because natural immunity has been around longer,” Makary claimed.
Makary claimed that the U.S. has already achieved the 85%-benchmark, or herd immunity. “Please, ignore the CDC guidance,” he added. “ Live a normal life, unless you are unvaccinated and did not have the infection, in which case you need to be careful.” Daily Caller
Majority of Republicans believe Trump won the 2020 election . . . A majority of Republicans still believe Donald Trump won the 2020 US presidential election and blame his loss to Joe Biden on illegal voting, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll. The May 17-19 national poll found that 53% of Republicans believe Trump, their party’s nominee, is the “true president” now, compared to 3% of Democrats and 25% of all
Americans. About one-quarter of adults believe the Nov. 3 election was tainted by illegal voting, including 56% of Republicans, according to the poll. White House Dossier
States passed 243 policing bills — and left activists wanting . . . Governors in nearly every state have collectively signed 243 bills over the past year meant to change policing in the the U.S., a landmark moment following the national reckoning on race touched off by George Floyd's murder. Maryland, Virginia and Washington are among the states that enacted laws banning chokeholds, limiting no-knock warrants and increasing transparency
around disciplinary records for law enforcement. Some states, like Arkansas, Massachusetts and Colorado, passed measures requiring law enforcement to intervene when another officer is using excessive force. Leaders in statehouses say they’re proud of the work they’ve done. Politico
They are proud of endangering our police officers and the rest of us.
Biden’s BLM State Department . . . On the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death, Joe Biden’s State Department is encouraging employees to promote the Marxist Black Lives Matter organization via flying “the Black Lives Matter flag.” According to an anonymous source within the State Department, a memo was circulated on Saturday that reads in part, “The Department supports the use of the term ‘Black Lives Matter’ in messaging content,
speeches, and other diplomatic engagements with foreign audiences to advance racial equity and access to justice on May 25 and beyond. We encourage posts to focus on the need to eliminate systemic racism and its continued impact.” Patriot Post
The referenced Memo actually identifies 'racial equity and support for underserved communities' a national security priority. And what are 'undeserved communities'? I thought one of America's core beliefs is that everyone was 'deserved'.
Guy who is digging for extremism at Pentagon says Trump supporters are extremists . . . If you needed proof that the hunt for “extremists” at the Pentagon could become a political inquisition designed to round up conservatives and opponents of President Biden — especially if he or Kamala Harris runs in 2024 against Donald Trump — now you have it. The leader of a Pentagon working group overseeing efforts to root out domestic extremists in
the military tweeted in 2019 that any supporter of former President Donald Trump unequivocally supports extremism and racism. “Support for him, a racist, is support for ALL his beliefs,” Bishop Garrison, who was appointed by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to lead the Countering Extremism Working Group (CEWG), tweeted in July 2019 in reference to Trump. “He’s dragging a lot of bad actors (misogynist, extremists, other racists) out into the light, normalizing their actions,” Garrison,
an Army veteran, tweeted. “If you support the President, you support that.” White House Dossier
Hamas Terror Spree Sparks GOP Demand That Biden Terminate Iran Nuclear Negotiations . . . The Iranian-backed terror group Hamas’s recent terror campaign against Israel is generating demands from Republican foreign policy leaders in Congress that the Biden administration immediately
abandon its diplomacy with Iran aimed at cementing a revamped nuclear accord. Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, another Iran-backed jihadist group, bombarded Israel with thousands of rockets over a two-week period. Iran played a central role in arming Hamas with sophisticated missiles capable of striking further into Israel and endangering millions of civilians. The hardline regime has committed to sending more money to Palestinian terror groups in the wake of the latest
conflict, money that likely will come from the massive sanctions relief the Biden administration promises to grant Iran in the coming weeks. Washington Free Beacon
Blinken: Biden will push $75M in Palestinian aid, reopen Jerusalem consulate . . . Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said that the Biden administration would seek an additional $75 million in assistance for the Palestinians during a meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
Blinken met with Abbas in the West Bank hours after he held talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, in which he reaffirmed the US commitment to Israeli security. During his meeting with Abbas in Ramallah, Blinken said he told Netanyahu that the US would reopen its consulate in Jerusalem to “engage the Palestinian people” and said the Biden administration will work with the United Nations, international partners and the “government of Israel” to “assist in the relief
and recovery efforts in Gaza.”
Blinken said he informed both Abbas and Netanyahu that the US will seek an additional $75 million from Congress for the Palestinians. New York Post
Hope stirs as Biden-Putin summit falls on 900th day of US Marine's detention . . . President Joe Biden’s June summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin will take place as Michigan native Paul Whelan "spends his 900th day as a Russian hostage.” “We hope that we will be able to share news that the US and Russian Federation are at least engaged in a positive way on the many issues they share,” wrote the brother of the former
Marine. Whelan is one of two Marines languishing in Russian prisons based on allegations that American officials have deemed baseless. Their cases have been entangled in the broader deterioration of relations between Washington and Moscow, with the potential to inaugurate an era of hostage diplomacy by Russian officials. Washington Examiner
Hope but no change. Putin is unlikely to release these US Marines unless Biden agrees to exchange them for Viktor Boot, a former Soviet/Russian military intelligence officer and weapons smuggler. Boot who is imprisoned in the US. Boot is serving time (25-years sentence) in a US prison, convicted of a conspiracy to kill US citizens and officials.
If Biden is tricked into the prisoner swap, it will only embolden the Russians to jail more Americans in Russia, based on bogus charges.
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Atlantic Council Scholars Made Millions Lobbying for Putin-Backed Pipeline . . . Two scholars at the Atlantic Council, the prominent US foreign policy think tank that claims to staunchly oppose Russian influence, have raked in nearly $3 million lobbying in favor of a Russian pipeline that American officials worry will allow Vladimir Putin to increase his influence in Europe. Since 2017, Richard Burt, an Atlantic Council
board member, and Frances Burwell, a distinguished fellow, have lobbied for five European companies financing the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which will transport gas from Russia to Germany. In addition to their perches at the Atlantic Council, Burt and Burwell are partners at McLarty Inbound, a consulting group that lobbies for foreign companies.
Burt and Burwell have used their positions at the Atlantic Council to further their work at McLarty. The conflict of interest raises the question of whether the Atlantic Council, founded in 1961 to strengthen NATO and the Atlantic alliance, promotes a set of core beliefs any longer. Washington
Free Beacon
Some US think tanks that serve as "feeders" of foreign policy "experts" into US Presidential Administrations actually receive funding from foreign entities. It's a revolving door in the DC Swampland. A self-licking ice-cream cone. Dig deeper and broader, Free Beacon.
After Colonial Pipeline Hack, US to Require Operators to Report Cyberattacks . . . The Transportation Security Administration intends to release the first of at least two security directives that would require pipeline operators to notify it when they are targets or victims of cyberattacks, according to senior officials at the Department of Homeland Security. The action, expected this week, also will require each company to designate
a point person for cybersecurity. The order “should be understood as step one” in a detailed program by the Biden administration to boost the security of more than 2.5 million miles of U.S. pipelines. “Step two will be a more muscular mandate,” in coming weeks, that will require pipeline owners to take concrete steps to secure their assets against attacks, said one of the DHS officials. Wall Street Journal
How Black Lives Matter Contributes to Rise in Antisemitism . . . Tuvia Tenenbom, a bestselling author, playwright, journalist, and founder of the Jewish Theater of New York, has traveled the world to understand increasing antisemitism. He documents his experiences in his latest book “The Taming of the Jew.” Recent fighting between Israel and Hamas has brought the issue to the forefront with more than two dozen antisemitic attacks reported
in the United States since May 10. Tenenbom attributes this troubling trend to the pro-Palestinian organization Black Lives Matter and its supporters on the American left and in the news media. Tenenbom, 64, also speaks about the antisemitism he personally has experienced. Publishers in America and Europe rejected “The Taming of the Jew,” prompting him to seek an Israel-based company. Now he is speaking out against cancel culture and urging Americans to take action before it’s too late.
Analysis. Daily Signal
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Biden Admin Shut Down Trump-Era Probe Into Coronavirus Lab Leak Theory . . . President Joe Biden’s administration shut down a State Department inquiry into whether the coronavirus could have spread out of a lab where the Chinese government was studying coronaviruses. Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reportedly started the inquiry in late fall of 2020, seeking to establish whether the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
had been using a lab in Wuhan to research COVID-19 and diseases like it. Biden’s administration reportedly cut off the inquiry this spring after questioning the legitimacy of the research and ultimately concluding it was a poor use of resources. Daily Caller
Covid-19 Vaccine Makers Press Countries to Oppose Patent Waiver . . . Covid-19 vaccine makers have dialed up lobbying and public-relations efforts to rally opposition to a proposal to temporarily waive their patents. Since the Biden administration threw its support behind the waiver proposal early this month, pharmaceutical industry trade groups have been moving to support Germany, Japan and other countries that expressed opposition. The
industry lobbyists have told the governments, in meetings and phone calls, that a waiver wouldn’t address shortages any time soon, while straining raw material supplies, the people said. Industry lobbyists have met with Biden administration officials to argue for alternative actions and lobbied members of Congress to pressure the Biden administration to reverse its support of the waiver. Wall Street Journal
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YouTube feels heat as Russia ramps up ‘digital sovereignty’ drive . . . Until last summer, Tsargrad TV, which styles itself as a Russian Orthodox answer to Fox News, was an obscure corner of YouTube. The Russian-language online news channel was best known for its priestly presenters and conspiratorial musings about the global financial system plotting against Moscow — suspicions it viewed as confirmed last July when the
Google-owned streaming service took the channel down over what it claimed was a US sanctions breach. Now Tsargrad is poised to strike back after a landmark court ruling that could put Google’s entire Russian business in jeopardy as Moscow steps up attempts to force western technology companies to comply with its laws. Financial Times
China Defends Belarus in Airplane Hijacking . . . Chinese state media came to the defense of Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko after he ordered the grounding of a commercial flight to imprison a journalist critical of his regime. A Monday editorial from Global Times, a Chinese newspaper known for its anti-American views, said it remains unclear why Lukashenko forced the flight to land on Sunday. The paper's editors affirmed that
Belarus should have "the right to defend itself." "Some Western leaders and media quickly classified the incident as a ‘hijack' and ‘state terrorism,' making it extremely sensational," the editorial says. "We believe that the international community should give Belarus the right to defend itself. Washington Free Beacon
Shocking. Note how the Chicoms' use of proper lexicon to deceive to appeal to the leftists: "the right to defense itself." Hamas and Palestinians also have been "defending" themselves from Israel.
American held in Russia contracts COVID-19 after denied vaccine . . . An American detained in Russia has contracted the coronavirus after being denied a vaccine, his family said Tuesday.
Trevor Reed’s family announced that his symptoms began on May 17 as a fever and a cough and have since progressed to include a loss of smell. Trevor now has COVID as a result of a toxic mix of incompetence, recklessness and spitefulness on the part of Russian authorities,” his family stated. “Needless to say, should anything happen to Trevor, we will hold the Russian Government entirely responsible.” Reed, a Marine Corps veteran, was sentenced in July to nine years in prison for
assaulting a police officer. The U.S. and Reed’s family contest the allegations. The Hill
He'll probably be better off surviving COVID than the Sputnik vaccine.
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One-third of Americans unwilling to spend $1 to fight climate change . . . President Biden wants to spend in excess of $1 trillion to combat climate change, but more than one-third of Americans are unwilling to chip in a single buck. A poll of 1,200 registered voters released Tuesday by the Competitive Enterprise Institute found that 35% were unwilling to spend any of their own money to reduce the impact of climate change, with another
15% saying they would only go as high as $10 per month. Washington Times
Business groups form alliance to oppose Biden's tax hikes . . . Nearly three dozen business groups representing a range of industries have created an alliance to fight President Biden's plans to raise taxes, arguing the proposed levies will kill job creation and hinder the U.S. economic recovery from the pandemic.
The coalition of 28 industry groups – called "America's Job Creators for a Strong Recovery" – was spearheaded by the National Association of Wholesale Distributors. The alliance comes as Biden pushes forward with his $4 trillion "Build Back Better" agenda, which is comprised of the $2.3 trillion American Jobs Plan and the $1.8 trillion American Families Plan.
US steel lobby mobilizes to preserve Donald Trump’s tariffs . . . US president Joe Biden’s promise to end trade wars with Europe after four years of transatlantic strain under Donald Trump is running into hard opposition from the American steel industry. Steel mills in the US have prospered in the past year as commodity prices have surged and the industry consolidates. Another factor in their favour is the 25 per cent tariff that the
Trump administration placed on imported steel in 2018. European officials want the tariffs removed. Last week the Biden administration said it hoped to reach an agreement with the EU on the issue by the end of the year after Brussels said it would delay escalating retaliatory tariffs of at least 50 per cent on US goods including bourbon and Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Financial Times
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Conservative Black intellectuals battle 1619 Project, 'race-grievance onslaught' . . . The backlash against what Robert L. Woodson calls the “race-grievance industry” is surging, and leading the revolt are right-tilting Black intellectuals like himself. On the heels of 1776 Unites, the Woodson Center’s response to the 1619 Project, Mr. Woodson has a surprise bestseller on his hands with “Red, White and Black: Rescuing American History
from Revisionists and Race Hustlers,” a collection of essays by prominent Black thought leaders and scholars. The book hit No. 1 on Amazon in New Releases shortly after its May 18 debut, thanks to what Mr. Woodson called a yearning for “a counter-narrative that celebrates America’s founding. Washington
Times
Catholic Priest Who Held Masses In Defiance Of COVID Restrictions Asked To Step Down . . . A Catholic priest who preached against the Democratic Party’s progressive policies and held masses in defiance of coronavirus restrictions has been asked to step down by his bishop. Fr. James Altman announced that the bishop had asked him to step down during Mass Sunday, where he said that Bishop William Callahan of the Diocese of La Crosse accused
him of being both ineffective and divisive, the Federalist reported. The priest, who said he does not intend to resign, will appeal the bishop’s decision to the Vatican and has retained a canon law attorney, the publication reported. Daily Caller
USSR 2.0 is here.
Judge Dismisses Indictment Against Ex-Trump Adviser Bannon, Cites Pardon . . . Steve Bannon, the onetime top strategist for former President Donald Trump and recipient of a presidential pardon, on Tuesday won dismissal of an indictment that accused him of defrauding donors to a fund to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan said that a dismissal was “the proper course” in light of the pardon,
which Bannon received in the final hours of Trump’s presidency. Judge Torres said the pardon was valid, and that even if Bannon did not formally admit guilt “the issuance of a pardon may carry an imputation of guilt; acceptance a confession of it.” Epoch Times
Lego Releases Set Celebrating ‘LGBTQIA+’ Figures, Drag Queens . . . The left is tearing down mainstream values—brick by brick! Lego, the latest company to pander to the woke, just decided to test the waters with a rainbow set of “LGBTQIA+” figures. “Everyone is awesome!” the iconic toy company tweeted with a picture of the pack, which also boasts a transgender flag-colored spectrum. And if you’ve always wanted your kids to get an early
education on cross-dressers, creator Matthew Ashton says you’re in luck. Although the characters are supposed to be nonconformist, the purple figure is meant as “a clear nod to all the fabulous drag queens out there.” Lego isn’t the first toy company to wade into radical politics. Barbie and American Girl dolls have tried it too. Daily Signal
Fabulous!
This is the maximum age humans can physically reach, scientists say . . . Researchers believe they have identified the upper limit of human mortality: 150 years old. This would top the current record for oldest human — Jeanne Calment, who passed away in 1997 at 122 years — but it sure does put a damper on efforts to live forever. Scientists think they’ve confirmed the maximum age people can anticipate ever living to, the researchers wrote
in a study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications. Artificial intelligence analyzed the health- and fitness-related information, and researchers determined that the human lifespan is most significantly based on two data points: biological age — associated with stress, lifestyle and chronic diseases — and resilience — how quickly the person returns to normal after responding to a stressor. Using these findings and related trends, researchers reckoned that, at
around 120 to 150 years old, the human body shows “a complete loss” of resilience, resulting in an inability to recover. New York Post
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Nine Easy Ways For Your Church To Be Less White . . . If the church is truly going to come together around the teachings of Jesus -- a kind of coalition for the gospel -- then we need to be less white. But how do you even do that? We've got ideas, fam:
1. Ask white people to stop coming. - This is an easy one. Before the service, ask people to silence their cellphones and also tell white people to leave and never come back.
2. Hire a black person to stand in all your promotional photos. - Don't have any black people? Hire one on Fiverr to be in every single website photo.
3. Stop reading the Bible, since it might give your congregation the idea that race and whiteness don't matter at all. - Yep, if you want to be woke, the Bible has to go. People might start getting the idea that we are all one race and one blood, made in the image of God.
4. At potlucks, replace all ranch with hot sauce. - White people will flee in terror.
5. Hire a black person to help you clap on beat. - 2 and 4, people, not 1 and 3! Read the rest in Babylon Bee
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