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May 27, 2021
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Americans Remain Patriotic . . . Despite every effort of the Woke left to coerce Americans into accepting ideas they don’t believe – and in some cases deeply repudiate, most Americans remain proud of our country and value patriotism. Consider the results of a survey done by McLaughlin & Associates for a Gingrich 360 project. 87 percent of Americans see themselves primarily as Americans while only 8 percent see themselves
primarily as persons of color. Blacks see themselves as Americans by a 66 percent to 28 percent margin. Hispanics are 76 percent to 17 percent pro-American identity. Specifically, among immigrant households, 85 percent consider themselves American and only 11 percent consider themselves persons of color.
So, the next time you hear some leftwing figure promoting racial or tribal identity over a united American identity, remember they are talking to one-tenth of the country and are rejected by 85 percent of the country. Gingrich360
Biden feels the heat from all sides on immigration . . . President Biden is under mounting pressure from both the left and the right on immigration, the issue on which his polling numbers are worse than any other. Progressives and human rights groups want to see Biden move faster to dismantle the last vestiges of former President Trump’s approach. But Republican politicians and conservative media are branding a sharp increase in
attempted crossings of the southwestern border as “Biden’s border crisis.” They say that the president’s approach is encouraging illegal migration attempts and thus ceding control of the nation's frontiers. The Hill
Biden asks intel community to 'redouble' efforts probing COVID-19 origins . . .President Biden on Wednesday announced a ramped-up effort to determine the origins of COVID-19, reflecting a new acceptance in U.S. political and public health circles that the virus might have emerged naturally or from a Chinese lab in the city of Wuhan. Biden asked the U.S. intelligence community to “redouble their efforts” to come to a definitive conclusion on
the disease's origins, calling on them to report back to him within 90 days. “And I have asked the Intelligence Community to keep Congress fully apprised of its work.” The Hill
We don't need to wait for the crisis to happen and then, reactively, do an investigation and write a report. We must proactively monitor over-the-horizon threats, at all times, to keep America safe. The primary mission of intelligence is strategic warning, the mission that has been largely abandoned by the IC, in favor of tracking "bright and shiny objects." Why? Because it's the 'whoopty doo' type of intel that gets
an analyst the PDB (Presidential Daily Brief) kudos.
Biden ATF nominee would ban the AR-15 . . . David Chipman, President Biden’s nominee to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said Wednesday that he supports banning the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, one of the most popular guns in America. In his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Mr. Chipman endorsed a Democratic bill that would ban “assault weapons,” including the AR-15, which Mr. Biden has
also endorsed. White House Dossier
‘The Hamas Caucus’: Republicans Launch Explosive Term For Ocasio-Cortez ‘Squad’ . . . As Israel spent 11 days defending itself from a barrage of rocket attacks from Gaza, a handful of congressional Republicans who all share a hallway with member of the progressive “squad” Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez decided to make statements against her anti-Israel rhetoric in no unclear terms. Republican Reps. Mike Waltz of
Florida, Lisa McClain of Michigan, Nancy Mace of South Carolina, and Chris Jacobs of New York all hung up “Stand With Israel” posters next to their office doors. Waltz then told Fox News that he is giving the squad a new name: The “Hamas Caucus.” Daily Caller
Excellent name. Captures their essence.
Manhattan DA convenes grand jury to consider criminal charges against Trump . . . “Manhattan’s district attorney has convened the grand jury that is expected to decide whether to indict former president Donald Trump, other executives at his company or the business itself, should prosecutors present the panel with criminal charges, according to two people familiar with the development. White House Dossier
Senate GOP doubts grand jury charges would weaken Trump . . . Senate Republicans see a special grand jury investigation into President Trump's business practices by Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. as more evidence that Democrats want to keep Trump in the spotlight to drag them down in the midterm election. Republicans think the investigation will only further deepen partisan divisions over the former president and believe
that even if he's indicted, it won’t diminish him as a political force in 2022 and beyond. The Hill
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Homegrown ISIS in America . . . In the book Homegrown: ISIS in America, the authors provide a highly detailed account of ISIS activities in the United States. The book explores an area which has been underexamined in the terrorism/counterterrorism, security, and intelligence literature. Culminating over four years of collected research, the authors use the following sources for data collection: The Program on Extremism at George Washington
University, court documents, trial attendance, interviews, and approximately forty Freedom of Information Act requests. The result is a profound analysis of ISIS in the United States. Strategy Bridge
Cities Reverse Defunding the Police Amid Rising Crime . . .
One year after the movement to “defund” law enforcement began to upend municipal budgets, many American cities are restoring money to their police departments or proposing to spend more. In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio said he would reinstate $92 million for a new precinct after scrapping the project last summer.
In the nation’s 20 largest local law-enforcement agencies, city and county leaders want funding increases for nine of the 12 departments where next year’s budgets already have been proposed. The increases range from 1% to nearly 6%. WSJ
Russian Navy Spy Ship Quietly Operating Off Hawaii . . . A Russian Navy surveillance ship has spent the last several days lingering off the coast of the western coast of Hawaii. The Russian ship has operated just outside U.S. territorial waters, according to US Navy officials. “U.S. Pacific Fleet is aware of the Russian vessel operating in international waters in the vicinity of Hawaii and will continue to track it through the
duration of its time here,” U.S. Pacific Fleet spokesman Capt. John Gay said in a statement to USNI News. The ship has not been broadcasting an automatic identification system (AIS) signal, officials confirmed. US Naval Institute
"Oh, it's nothing, just strategic targeting," would be a frequent response that I heard from some of the intelligence "experts" in USG. Yeah, so are the Russian war planes, practicing strikes on US homeland, the undetected Russian submarines, anti-submarine warfare (ASW) off US coast, and the cyberattacks on our critical infrastructure that turn a major pipeline inoperable for a week. Nothing to see here, really.
Colonial Pipeline Missed Requested Security Review Before Hack . . . Colonial Pipeline Co. last year didn’t undergo a requested federal security review of its facilities and was in the process of scheduling a separate audit of its computer networks when hackers hit on May 7. The ransomware attack led to a six-day shutdown of the East Coast’s largest conduit for fuel, sparking scrutiny of pipeline security and pushing the Department of
Homeland Security to prepare to issue first-of-their-kind cybersecurity regulations for the sector. It is unclear if an assessment by the TSA, a division of DHS that oversees pipeline security, would have uncovered digital weak points exploited in a hack that U.S. officials attributed to a criminal group known as DarkSide. WSJ
The feds can't keep their own networks secure. Who audits the auditors?
Pentagon Report on P-8A Readiness for ASW Warfare Mission . . . Department of Defense Inspector General issued a report "Evaluation of the Readiness of the U.S. Navy’s P-8A Poseidon Aircraft to Meet the U.S. European Command’s Anti-Submarine Warfare Requirements." The objective of this evaluation was to determine whether the readiness of the P-8A Poseidon fleet met the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) requirements of the
U.S. European Command (USEUCOM). EUCOM's primary area of responsibility (AOR) is Russia where it faces the Russian Navy, specifically, the Russian Northern Fleet. The Northern Fleet is Russia’s most capable naval force, and it operates technologically-advanced ballistic missile submarines that can reach targets in the United States. The Northern Fleet also operates attack submarines that can destroy surface, subsurface, and land targets. US Naval Institute
Blacklisted Chinese tech still spreading in U.S. as lawmakers scramble to close loopholes . . . The blacklisting of Chinese companies has not stopped their tech and products from entering the U.S., leaving lawmakers searching for a solution. The U.S. government prohibited federal agencies from using certain products, but video-surveillance research company IPVM said it uncovered municipalities, local government facilities and schools
continuing to buy those products. According to IPVM, more than 300 American government organizations bought thermal imaging and video technology from Hikvision and Dahua despite Washington’s warning of national security and public safety risks. Washington Times
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Sen. Ron Johnson: Evidence Of COVID Lab Leak "Hidden In Plain Sight," Blocked By The Media . . . Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) ripped Dr. Anthony Fauci and the media for originally dismissing the theory that the COVID-19 pandemic originated from a lab leak in Wuhan, China. Fauci is now giving credence to the theory, however, Johnson told FOX News on Tuesday that the evidence has been "hidden in plain sight." "The evidence of the creation of
this in a lab or the leaking from a lab has been hidden in plain sight for literally months, but the mainstream media just won't pick up the story," Johnson said. ". . . Dr. Fauci poo-pooed it, dismissed it and ridiculed it." RealClearPolitics
S enate passes bill requiring the Biden Admin to declassify intelligence on COVID-19 origins . . . The Senate approved a bill that would require the Biden administration and the director of national intelligence to declassify intelligence on the origins of COVID-19 by unanimous consent Wednesday evening. "The American people deserve to know about the origins of COVID-19," Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley said on the Senate floor before
the bill passed. "They deserve to know how this terrible pandemic that has ravaged the globe and our country, how it got started, and what China’s role was in starting it." Fox News
Immunity to the Coronavirus May Persist for Years, Scientists Find . . . Immunity to the coronavirus lasts at least a year, possibly a lifetime, improving over time especially after vaccination, according to two new studies. Together, the studies suggest that most people who have recovered from Covid-19 and who were later immunized will not need boosters. Vaccinated people who were never infected most likely will need the shots, however,
as will a minority who were infected but did not produce a robust immune response. Cells that retain a memory of the virus persist in the bone marrow and may churn out antibodies whenever needed, according to one of the studies, published on Monday in the journal Nature. NYT
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Russia deploys heavy long-range bombers at Syrian base . . . Three heavy, long-range Tupolev, Tu-22M3 bombers have been posted to the Russian Khmeimim air base in western Syrian, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has announced. The base’s runways were especially lengthened and broadened to accommodate them. The announcement added that that this “supersonic, variable sweep wing, long-range strategic and maritime strike
bomber” will conduct surveillance sweeps across the Middle East and the Gulf at a range of 5,000km DEBKAfile
The Russians can't be thankful enough to President Obama for asking Putin to help the US with Syria problem - remove chemical weapons and all that stuff. Now President Joe Biden will be jetting off to Geneva soon to ask Putin for help denuclearize North Korea and to solve the Iran problem. Russia always stands ready to help America. Most of the times, we don't even have to ask.
'A serious foreign policy weapon': Russia and China align against religious liberty advocates . . . United States activists say religious liberty is a deepening fault line in international affairs, as Chinese and Russian officials align to repudiate Western condemnation of their human rights abuses. "The religious factor is increasingly becoming a serious foreign policy weapon,” Russian ambassador-at-large Gennady Askaldovich told the
upper house of the Russian Legislature this week. “There is a growing tendency on the part of a number of external players to play on the factor of protecting the rights of believers in order to fight against their international opponents.” That allegation dovetailed with a subsequent outburst from China, which imposed sanctions on a former member of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom in retaliation for Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s condemnation of Beijing’s
repression of the Falun Gong. Washington Examiner
Don't you wish that the ruling government nomenklatura were concerned about religious liberties of Americans and US sovereignty on our Southern Border as much as they are worried about Ukraine's sovereignty and religious freedoms in foreign lands?
Uyghurs targeted by fake human rights emails . . . Members of the Uyghur Muslim community in China and abroad are being targeted in a surveillance efforts by likely "Chinese-speaking" hackers through the use of fake emails from the United Nations (UN) and a human rights group, cybersecurity researchers announced Thursday. The findings were part of a joint collaboration between cybersecurity groups Check Point Research and Kaspersky’s
Global Research & Analysis Team (GReAT), which concluded with “low to medium confidence” that the effort was carried out by Chinese-speaking hackers. The Hill
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Summer housing market 'insane,' landlords taking advantage: Realtor . . . A South Florida realtor described the summer housing market as a "feeding frenzy" Tuesday, telling "Mornings with Maria" that rent prices are also skyrocketing as landlords take advantage of potential buyers losing bidding wars. SAM DEBIANCHI: "The market is insane. It's been some hot housing markets. Take Phoenix, for example. You're seeing a 20
percent increase, San Diego, 19 percent, Seattle, 18 percent. And here in South Florida, . . I can say it is a feeding frenzy for homes." US cities seeing up to a 20 percent increase in buying. Fox Business
Same here in Northern Virginia swampland, according our realtor neighbor. She said she had just sold a house that was originally priced at $850K for over a million, because she received 22 offers on it.
McDonald’s location offering iPhones to new workers amid labor crunch . . . The nationwide labor shortage has gotten so bad that a desperate McDonald’s location in Illinois is offering a free iPhone after six months of work to try to lure new employees.
A photo of a window display advertising the promotion, which read “free iPhone after 6 months employment & meet employment criteria,” went viral on Twitter after it was shared over the weekend.
While users joked about all of the potential loopholes to the offer, it shows how hard a time business owners are having attracting employees into the workforce just as the economy is emerging from the pandemic. Restaurants, in particular, are also preparing for the busy summer season. New York Post
Are those Obama phones? ;-)
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Vets Battle Critical Race Theory Invasion of Military . . .Troubled by an influx of critical race theory into the military, a coalition of veterans and congressional Republicans are demanding the Pentagon stop placating left-wing activists and focus on national defense. A July 2020 film by the United States Air Force Academy football team endorsing Black Lives Matter and "antiracism" education prompted retired Lt. Gen. Rod Bishop to
speak out against the school’s administrators. Military academies, the 34-year Air Force veteran said, should remain politically neutral, particularly at a time when Black Lives Matter protests have led to riots and violence throughout major cities across the country. "Rather than e pluribus unum, rather than teamwork, rather than cohesion, we're being taught an ideology which seeks to divide us based on the color of our skin," Bishop told the Washington Free Beacon. "I've flown into combat
zones. It didn’t matter if my copilot was black or not. How are we better for teaching all the elements of critical race theory?" Bishop's complaints were ignored by academy leadership. Washington Free Beacon
White Brandeis Dean Kate Slater posts epic critical race theory rant: ‘I hate whiteness' . . . A white Brandeis University administrator defended critical race theory in a social media post that included how she hated “whiteness.” “Yes, all white people are racist in that all white people have been conditioned in a society where one’s racial identity determines life experiences/outcomes and whiteness is the norm and default,” Kate
Slater, assistant dean of Graduate Student Affairs, posted on Instagram. New York Post
USA Today Removed Word ‘Male’ From Female Athlete’s Op-Ed On Biological Males In Girl’s Sports, Calling The Term ‘Hurtful’ . . . USA Today edited the word “male” to “transgender” in an opinion piece from a female track runner on the unfairness of biological males competing in girl’s sports, apologizing for the use of “hurtful” language. Chelsea Mitchell, who is now a collegiate runner at The College of William & Mary, wrote the
op-Ed about how she lost several high school state titles and awards to biological males in her home state of Connecticut. “I’m running in the state championship, and I’m ranked the fastest high school female in the 55-meter dash in the state.” she wrote. “All my training, everything I’ve done to maximize my performance, might not be enough, simply because there’s a transgender runner on the line with an enormous physical advantage.” America’s largest newspaper, edited the last
line in her lede, which originally said “everything I’ve done to maximize my performance, might not be enough, simply because there’s a runner on the line with an enormous physical advantage: a male body.” The terms “male” and/or “biological male” were mentioned 12 times in Mitchell’s original piece. USA Today’s edited version replaced all of them with “transgender.” Daily Caller
Companies Target Kids With LGBT Promos . . . An increasing number of companies are promoting Pride Month, specifically toward children. Years ago, the month of June was co-opted by the Rainbow Mafia as “Pride Month,” an effort to loudly push cultural acceptance of homosexuality. What began with narcissistic parades and banners spread into indoctrination via mainstream media TV shows and commercials, initially targeting adults but quickly
moving toward inculcating children in leftist dogma. The Rainbow Mafia’s culturally subversive march continues apace, with the latest iteration being the blatant marketing of LGBTQ-themed children’s toys and other products. Patriot Post
We are officially in the CRT/LGBTQ ideology derangement syndrome territory. This is no longer humorous.
Bernie: Socialism for thee, comfortable hotel rooms for me . . . Democratic Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders may want share the wealth, but while he’s got his portion of it, he is going to keep his pink butt comfortable. A new book, “Battle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats’ Campaigns to Defeat Trump” by author Edward-Isaac Dovere, reveals Bernie to be very particular about his travel demands. He took a lot of charter jets, and the
ride had to be smooth. “By the beginning of 2017, his staff had put together a document laying out his minimum requirements for the kind of aircraft he’d require if asked to go on trips beyond his regular route back and forth between Vermont and Washington. Couldn’t be too cramped. Couldn’t get too bumpy.” When he got where he was going, comfort was paramount! White House Dossier
‘Communism Has Infiltrated America and the World,’ Warns a Persecuted Chinese Refugee . . . A Chinese woman who fled overseas in late 2019 has endured a life many in the West would find unfathomable. Unlawfully incarcerated and tortured in Chinese prisons for her faith, she describes her experience as “hell.” Countless like her have suffered far worse at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), thus, having escaped to North
America, Chen Yinghua, 49, calls herself one of the lucky ones.
Coming from a totalitarian state where “differing views” are suppressed or canceled, Yinghua is noticing similarities emerge in North America. Speaking to The Epoch Times from her new home in Calgary, Canada, Yinghua said she hopes the world will soon wake up to communism’s real goal: to “rule all mankind and eventually destroy it.” Epoch Times
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Ten Promising Republican Candidates For 2024 . . . Biden, who is the most popular candidate to ever be elected president, will be a tough opponent to beat in 2024. To face Biden, the Republican Party will need to bring out their best and brightest to run for office! Here are 10 candidates we desperately hope will run.
1. Barron Trump: We don't know much about young Barron except that he's tall and his last name is Trump. That fulfills 2 of the 3 most important requirements to be president.
2. Donald Trump in disguise: Slap a mustache on that guy and see if we can sneak him back in there!
3. Ronald Reagan's ghost: The great Ronald Reagan. Can we bring him back? Someone get on that.
4. Mike Lindell: Imagine the sleep you'd get on a MyPillow knowing that there's enough Hydroxychloroquine -- and freedom -- for everyone.
5. Alex Jones: The man was right. About everything. Maybe Donald Trump can be VP to help mellow Alex out a little.
6. 3 Ben Shapiros stacked on top of each other in a trenchcoat: Like we said-- in order to be president, you have to be tall. That will require at least 3 Ben Shapiros.
7. An AR-15 wearing a MAGA hat: America's enemies will never mess with us again.
8. "Q": According to Q, he is already the shadow president and will be hauling the Dems off to jail any day now.
9. Metallica: Nothing more awesome than having the entire heavy metal band co-presidenting the country together-- with the power of ROCK.
10. The entire cast of Duck Dynasty: Faith, family, firearms, and the 3rd most important requirement to be president: beards. Babylon Bee
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