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June 29, 2021
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A Red State Resurgence . . . Republican-led states are bringing back the jobs. And Democrat states? Not so much. Exhibit A is a chart showing how well each of the 50 states has done at recovering the jobs it lost during the pandemic. Leading the way is Utah, which has recovered 115.9% of the jobs it lost — meaning all of them and then some. Next is Idaho, at 111.7%, then Montana at 87%, then South Dakota at 80.9%, then Arkansas at 77.8%,
then Tennessee, Arizona, South Carolina, Mississippi, Indiana, New Hampshire, Texas, and Nebraska. Notice a pattern here? Each of those states — all 13 of them — has a Republican governor. Not until we get to the purple state of North Carolina, in 14th place, do we find a state with a Democrat governor. Patriot Post
Go capitalism! Beat socialism!
Biden has ‘kept’ his promises as ‘pro-abortion president’: pastor . . . Robert Jeffress, the senior pastor of First Baptist Church here, had an unexpected assessment of President Biden, who on Jan. 20 succeeded Donald Trump, the president Mr. Jeffress avidly supported for four years. “Well, I think we have to be fair and say that Joe Biden has kept every campaign promise he’s made,” said Mr. Jeffress, sitting 6 feet opposite a
questioner because of COVID-19 protocols. “He has quickly transformed America from the most pro-life [nation under] President Donald Trump to becoming the most pro-abortion president in history. He is doing everything he can to cram the radical LGBTQ agenda down the throats of the American people.” Mr. Jeffress, 65, said Mr. Biden “is hellbent on doing what his mentor, Barack Obama, promised to do, and that is to transform America.” Washington Times
Biden, Pelosi on collision course . . . President Biden and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) are on a collision course, as they race to realize their sweeping infrastructure agenda heading into next year's midterm elections. The two Democratic heavyweights face identical pressures, as both are under enormous strain from their party’s liberal base to make sure a big social spending agenda isn’t undercut or even torpedoed by work on a
bipartisan infrastructure bill. But there are also subtly different motivations for Biden, a centrist who is not up for reelection until 2024 and vowed to break Washington’s fever by working with Republicans, and Pelosi, the veteran liberal leader with a narrow House majority dominated by progressive voices. The Hill
Pence faces fierce resistance from GOP's pro-Trump base . . . Former Vice President Mike Pence is facing strong resistance from members of his party's pro-Trump base over his role in certifying the Electoral College results in the 2020 election. Pence has stepped up his public appearances recently and is set to appear at the Family Leadership Summit in Iowa next month alongside other high-profile Republicans. But his political future is
complicated by his refusal in January to bow to pressure from then-President Trump to help deliver him a victory in the race against Joe Biden. The Hill
Hmm. I wonder why that is.
California Democrats Try To Change Recall Laws To Aid Gavin Newsom . . . Democrats in California’s Legislature are taking steps to change the recall process in order to aid Gov. Gavin Newsom at the polls. Democratic Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis can set an earlier election date if the state Legislature removes legislative review, which would set an earlier voting date, potentially aiding the governor’s current position in the
race. Democrats previously lengthened the recall process when California state Sen. Josh Newman faced a recall election in 2018. The election date was pushed back to coincide with the 2018 primary, with the hope that higher turnout would aid the Democrat. Newman lost the recall, though he did regain his seat in 2020. Daily
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Ex-FBI lawyer facing just one-year bar suspension after guilty plea for FISA deception . . . The Office of Disciplinary Counsel in Washington, D.C., has reached an agreement with ex-FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith that his admitted criminality does not constitute “moral turpitude” and his law license should be suspended for just one year after he received only probation for falsifying a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act document during the
Trump-Russia investigation. Clinesmith, who worked on the investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email server and on the FBI’s Trump-Russia inquiry, as well as special counsel Robert Mueller’s team, admitted in August 2020 that he falsified a document during the bureau’s efforts to renew FISA surveillance authority against Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to former President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign. Clinesmith edited a CIA email in 2017 to
state Page was “not a source” for the CIA when it had told the bureau on multiple occasions Page had been an “operational contact” for the agency. He was sentenced to probation in January. Washington Examiner
Tucker Carlson Says He Has Confirmed The NSA Is Spying On Him . . . Fox News host Tucker Carlson said Monday night that the National Security Agency (NSA) is spying on him and reading confidential texts and emails in order to try and take his show off the air. Carlson said that a whistleblower from inside the federal government informed Carlson that the NSA was monitoring his online communications. Normally, Carlson said, he would be
skeptical of such claims, the whistleblower reportedly repeated back to him information about a story that he is working on that could only have been gathered through Carlson’s private texts and emails. The Fox News host alleged that the NSA plans to leak Carlson’s communications in order to try and get his show taken off the air. Daily
Caller
Here the apparatchiks go again. Sovietesque.
Trump screamed at Milley over military crackdown on protests: book . . . Former President Trump got into a shouting match with Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Army Gen. Mark Milley after Trump tried to force the nation’s top general to respond to last summer's racial justice protests. The scene, which reportedly took place in the Situation Room, unfolded after Trump said that he’d just put Milley “in charge” of a military campaign to crack
down on the nationwide protests, The Wall Street Journal’s Michael Bender wrote in his new book, “Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost.” Trump wanted to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 and deploy active duty troops to Washington, D.C., amid protests following the murder of George Floyd last May. But Milley reportedly pushed back, arguing that there were legal constraints on the military interfering in domestic matters. “I said you're in f---ing
charge!” Trump reportedly yelled at Milley, who shouted back, "Well, I'm not in charge!" The Hill
Milley was simply busy getting up to speed on the CRT, no time to do the messy work dealing with riots.
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Iran-Backed Militias Fire Rockets in New Attack Aimed at U.S. Forces . . . U.S. troops in northeast Syria came under rocket fire Monday night after Iran-backed militias vowed revenge for U.S. airstrikes earlier that day in Iraq and Syria, a sign that fighting may be evolving into sustained confrontation. A spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition, Col. Wayne Marotto, said that multiple rockets had been fired at U.S.
troops and that American forces responded by firing artillery at the rocket launching positions. There were no U.S. injuries, he added. The rocket attack, which a pro-militia news agency said had occurred near Syria’s al-Omar oil field, came as the Biden administration warned Monday that it stood ready to defend U.S. troops. Wall Street Journal
Keep negotiating with them, Joe, and the Ayatollahs will stop messing with you.
Biden: “Iran will never get a nuclear weapon on my watch” . . . Right. How is he going to prevent that? Oh, okay, he’s trying to get back into the Iran nuclear deal, which allows Iran to have a nuclear weapon on the next president’s watch. Biden spoke as he sat down with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin. Biden had a lot of insincere things to say about his support for Israel, which has to be tempered by the pro-Palestinian sentiment
in the Democratic Party. “My commitment to Israel . . . is ironclad,” Biden told Rivlin. “This includes, we’re committed to unwavering commitment to your self-defense.” White House Dossier
Biden falsely claims you can’t own a cannon . . . Well, you can.
President Biden last week claimed that the Second Amendment does not permit private citizens to own cannons. Well, you can so. Historians at the time told PolitiFact there was no evidence this was the case. The Biden campaign could not point to any laws but seemed to suggest Biden’s point was more metaphorical than grounded in reality. Now Biden has moved the cannon metaphor to some 20 years after the Revolutionary War — and it’s still wrong. Apparently you can have your own
battleship too, as long as Congress agrees. White House Dossier
Well, with the current shortage of ammo, it’s time to put a cannon on the front lawn. What the heck, I'll apply for a battleship too!
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NBA, Nike, Apple, Google Silent on China’s Crackdown on Journalists in Hong Kong . . . The Chinese government's recent crackdown on journalists in Hong Kong has been met with silence from major U.S. corporations with extensive ties to the Communist regime. Apple, Google, Nike, and the National Basketball Association did not return requests for comment on the arrest of
at least seven Chinese journalists since June 17. The targeted journalists are former employees of Apple Daily, a now-defunct pro-democracy newspaper based in Hong Kong. They were detained in accordance with a controversial "national security" law enacted in 2020 after authorities successfully stamped out pro-democracy protests in the former British territory. The law was praised in the pages of the New York Times, a newspaper that until recently made millions publishing Chinese government propaganda. Washington Free Beacon
North Korean state TV acknowledges Kim Jong Un's 'emaciated looks' . . . North Korean state television on Monday acknowledged the country's leader Kim Jong Un’s “emaciated looks,” as speculation around his suspected weight loss and health continues. The remarks were aired by state media that was quoting concerned North Korean citizens. “Our people’s hearts ached most when we saw (Kim’s) emaciated looks,” North Korean state TV quoted an
unidentified man as saying. “Everyone says their tears are welling up in their eyes naturally.” When Kim, 37, made his first public appearance in a month earlier in June, international observers noticed what appeared to be a significant weight loss. The Hill
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Other than the new Delta thing.
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Gas prices above $3 per gallon to remain elevated all summer . . . Gas prices above $3.00 per gallon could be here to stay through the summer and beyond, according to GasBuddy Head of Petroleum Analysis Patrick de Hann. De Hann said that "it may be quite some time" before Americans see gas prices leveling off following the typical summer travel peak around the Fourth of July, with several factors at play that could delay the usual price
decline after the driving season. A price drop below $3.00 might not occur until October. Fox Business
Homeowners Behind on Mortgages to Be Offered Help, U.S. Agency Says . . . Millions of homeowners who are behind on their mortgage payments would get added protections from foreclosure through the end of 2021 under a set of rules completed Monday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Under the rules, mortgage lenders generally can’t foreclose on a home without first contacting homeowners to see if they qualify for a lower interest
rate or some other loan change that makes it easier to repay. Diane Thompson, a senior adviser to the agency’s acting director, said on a call with reporters that if a modification isn’t possible or a homeowner doesn’t respond—or the property is unoccupied—the foreclosure can proceed after the rules go into effect on Aug. 31. Wall Street Journal
Bitcoin prices pierce $35,000 in overnight trading . . . Bitcoin prices rose for the second straight day Tuesday, Coindesk reported, in part due to news Morgan Stanley bought 28,289 shares of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust through its Europe Opportunity Fund, according to an SEC filing. Early Tuesday, the cryptocurrency was at $35,130, a rise of 0.70%. Monday morning, Bitcoin was trading at near $35,000. Fox Business
Miami-Area Condo Board President Warned of Need for Repairs in April Letter . . . The president of the Champlain South Towers condo association told residents in April their building was in desperate disrepair and urged them to pay the $15 million in assessments needed to fix structural problems. The condo building collapsed into a pile of rubble Thursday, leaving at least 11 people dead and 150 unaccounted for, officials said. On Monday,
rescue workers tunneled into the debris left by the fallen building, searching for survivors, for the fifth day. The condo board president, Jean Wodnicki wrote that the concrete damage to the building would “multiply exponentially over the years, and indeed the observable damage such as in the garage has gotten significantly worse over the years.” Wall Street Journal
Report estimates major cyberattack could cost more than recovering from natural disasters . . . The cost of a major cyberattack on a critical major U.S. utility or service provider could equate to that of a natural disaster such as a hurricane, a report released Monday found. The findings by experts from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) and insurance group Intangic estimated that a three-day cyber disruption of a
managed service provider giving IT services to hundreds of customers across a variety of critical fields could lead to an economic loss of almost $80 billion, more than the $65 billion cost of Hurricane Sandy in 2012. The losses would be even higher with an attack on a critical utility, such as regional electric utility, with Intangic estimating that a breach causing disruption to power for five days would cost an estimated $193.5 billion, more than the cost of 2005’s Hurricane Katrina and
the 2018 California wildfires.
“Cyber vulnerabilities pose a systemic risk to the U.S. economy,” the report reads. The Hill
Keep paying ransom, maybe the criminals will lower the pricer.
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How Things Change: Defacing George Floyd Statue a Crime, Removing Teddy Roosevelt Statue Progress . . . In June 2020, 1,000 people gathered at Byrd Park in Richmond, Virginia, “to stand in solidarity with indigenous peoples.” That day, the object of their wrath was an eight-foot statue of Christopher Columbus, which they toppled and dragged to a nearby lake for disposal. “Columbus represents genocide,” explained one of the
protestors. That night, Sarah Parcak, an Egyptologist from the University of Alabama took to Twitter to provide tips on how best to topple obelisks. Another academic anarchist, professor Parcak was ready with instructions about how to permanently damage stone monuments with caustic household chemicals. One of the monuments at hand was a statue of Winston Churchill.
In summer 2020, “mostly peaceful protests” torched police stations, smashed storefronts, and maimed policemen. The world was treated to a treatise “In Defense of Looting” by Vicky (formerly Willie) Osterweil. Amazon listed “In Defense of Looting” as its “#1 New Release,” while the book’s publisher gushed that it provided “a fresh argument for rioting and looting as our most powerful tools for dismantling white supremacy.” COMMENTARY. Epoch Times
Dershowitz on Giuliani: ‘Essentially disbarred without a hearing …I’ve never, ever seen a case’ . . . Reacting to a New York court’s suspension of Rudy Giuliani’s law license, Alan Dershowitz has strongly implied that the tendency to weaponize the legal system against political foes could be a mortal blow to the concept of equal justice for all. “The atmosphere is such today that if you defended President Trump in any way, they’re out to
get you. And they’re certainly out to get Rudy Giuliani,” free speech advocate Dershowitz also declared. Business & Politics Review
Supreme Court Cements Earlier Win for Transgender Rights . . . In a heartbreaking move for conservative court watchers, on Monday the Supreme Court denied a petition to review the case of Gavin Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board—an appeal from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals over a biological girl’s access to the boy’s bathroom in one Virginia school district. In so doing, it hands a victory to the former student, Gavin Grimm;
establishes a bad precedent on the ability of students in federally funded schools to use the bathroom of their choosing; and misses a chance to clarify Title IX. The denial was a bit of déjà vu for the Supreme Court. Grimm’s campaign for bathroom access began in 2015. After a win at the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, the justices in 2017 remanded the same student’s case to the 4th Circuit to interpret Title IX in light of the Trump administration’s withdrawal of a federal guidance that had
previously permitted mixed-sex bathroom use in schools receiving federal funds. Daily Signal
Profiteering Off Delusions About Gender Is Changing Our Culture . . . As political efforts are made to render null in language and law the reality that there are two sexes and to accept the actual dismemberment of young people for expression of an amorphous “gender identity,” most people remain immobilized, unsure of what is happening. They are unable to see the attack on humanity that this presents and that getting angry is an
appropriate first response. Action is demanded if this dangerous social engineering is to stop. Normalizing body dysphoria—a disassociation between the reality of one’s sexed body and what one perceives oneself to be—as a lifestyle is a means of opening markets in sexual identity. The cost of dismemberment surgery is projected to be in the billions by 2026, with a compound annual growth rate of 25.1 percent. Epoch Times
Critical Race Theory Is on the March — and a Winning Issue for Conservatives . . . Critical race theory (CRT) is now center stage in the culture war between left and right, emerging in recent months as one of the nation’s most contentious issues. On the surface, it may seem progressives are winning as CRT infects schools across America, but the fight against this racist indoctrination is really a winning issue for conservatives. According to
CRT, racism is a social construction that pervades every aspect of American life, benefiting all white people (regardless of their socio-economic standing) at the expense of non-white people. Advocates of CRT believe the solution is to undo many of the cornerstones of American society. The theory is a form of cultural Marxism based on race rather than class. Gingrich360
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Disturbing Signs That President Is An Oppressive Dictator . . . Biden is an oppressive dictator. He is a Democrat and Democrats are Marxists and Marxists killed one hundred million people last century:
1) Pretends to be a senile old man as an excuse to forget about civil rights. “What’s a Constitution? I don’t remember that.”
2) Attempt a federal takeover of voting regulations: The easiest way to dictatorship is to control the elections.
3) Talks in secret coded language disguised as old man gibberish to give commands to his secret police: Classic KGB tactic.
4) Has his dog attack anyone who displeases him.
You decide whether it's satire.
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