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June 28, 2021
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‘Biden Has Destroyed Our Nation’: Trump Slams Biden, Dems During His Campaign-Style Rally In Ohio . . . Former President Donald Trump blasted the current administration at his campaign-style rally in Wellington, Ohio, Saturday evening — it was the first rally since he left the White
House. Before thousands of his supporters, Trump repeatedly went after President Joe Biden’s administration for its handling of the southern border crisis, the crime surge currently striking major U.S. cities, and Biden’s sweeping Executive Order, signed Friday, that will implement divisive, unscientific “race training” at every level of the federal government. Daily Caller
542 Percent Increase in Convicted Sex Offenders Arrested at Border . . . Border Patrol agents have arrested 353 illegal aliens with sex-related criminal convictions so far this fiscal year. A large number of the detainees had prior convictions for crimes involving a minor. In all of fiscal 2020, agents apprehended 156 criminal sex offenders, and 58 total in fiscal 2019. The number of criminals illegally crossing the southwest border
has spiked in tandem with the border crossing surge this year. Convicted criminals are the most likely population of illegal aliens trying to avoid capture by Border Patrol. Epoch Times
Biden’s tax hikes include hidden costs on middle class, critics say . . . President Biden’s proposed tax increases on corporations and the wealthiest Americans get most of the attention, but numerous other proposals would affect a broader range of taxpayers, analysts say. The president’s budget would allow Trump-era tax cuts to expire, increase the top marginal tax rate for ordinary income from 37% to 39.6%, double taxes on investors’
capital gains and qualified dividends over $1 million, and require a “death tax” on certain inherited assets. Beyond those proposals, the budget would repeal some tax credits for oil and gas companies totaling $17.8 billion over five years. Repealing those credits would “put upward pressure on fuel prices,” said the National Taxpayers Union Foundation. Prices at the pump have already climbed nearly 30% this year. Also is hitting Americans’ wallets is inflation, which has reached a
13-year high. Washington Times
Biden DOJ Declares War on Honest Elections . . . On Friday, Joe Biden’s Department of Justice officially declared war on honest elections. It did so by way of a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Merrick Garland against Georgia’s recently passed voting reform act, also known as Senate Bill 202. And the AG vowed that this suit is only the start. “The right of all eligible citizens to vote is the central pillar of our democracy, the right from
which all other rights ultimately flow,” said a disingenuous Garland. Apparently, no one told him that we live in a republic, not a democracy. Patriot Post
Biden Executive Order Mandates Race ‘Training’ At Every Level Of The Federal Government . . . President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Friday that ensures that every part of the federal government will conduct race-conscious diversity training and engage in race-conscious hiring. The executive order “establishes an ambitious, whole-of-government initiative that will take a systematic approach to embedding DEIA [diversity,
equity, inclusion, and accessibility] in Federal hiring and employment practices,” according to a White House fact sheet. In practice, it will ensure that federal agencies employ tenets associated with divisive, unscientific Critical Race Theory (CRT) within their hiring practices and day-to-day activities. Daily Caller
Innocent bystander shot in Times Square in broad daylight . . . A tourist was struck by a stray bullet while walking with his family in Times Square late Sunday afternoon, police sources said — a block from where a 4-year-old girl and two others were struck by gunfire last month. Samuel Poulin, 21, a Marine, was with his wife, sister and brother-in-law outside the Marriott Hotel on West 45th Street and Broadway when he was hit in the upper
back by a ricocheting bullet just after 5:15 p.m., according to the sources and NYPD. New York Post
AOC Reiterates Her Proposal To Defund Police . . . Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called public’s concerns over an ongoing increase in violent crimes “hysteria” and repeated her proposal to defund the police during a Saturday Zoom call. Daily
Caller
‘Please stop talking about Black people and White people’ . . .
I am going to say it. Something that almost everyone believes, yet few people appear to be willing to say it. Please stop talking about “White” people and “Black” people. Millions of us just don’t care what color you are. Please stop saying that “White people don’t see Black people as human beings.” — CNN’s Don Lemon. Please stop saying that “racism is unconscious in everyone.” — Aruna Khillanani, speaker at Yale University who “fantasizes about killing white people with a
bounce in her step.” This racist nonsense is destroying America. ANALYSIS/OPINION. Washington Times
The 2024 Iowa caucus campaign has already begun . . . Trump's preeminence in the Republican Party isn't stopping would-be successors from campaigning and recruiting supporters in Iowa. The burst of early activity illustrates how Republicans are maneuvering with an eye toward succeeding Trump. A Trump bid would likely extinguish their hopes of becoming the party’s nominee, and at least one candidate has said they won't run if if
Trump does. During an interview following an Iowa Republican Party dinner here last week, former Republican Gov. Terry Branstad ticked off a list of recent and upcoming visitors to the state, ranging from South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott to former Vice President Mike Pence to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “What I tell any candidate, of either party: Come early, come often, get to know the people of Iowa,” said Branstad, who served a record six terms as the state’s governor. “We’re
going to have a whole lot of people” come. Politico
William Barr calls Trump's election fraud claims: 'bulls---' in new book . . . Former Attorney General William Barr reportedly called former President Trump’s false claims of election fraud “bullshit,” according to a new book on the final days of the Trump administration. The revelation comes from the book “Betrayal,” authored by ABC News chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl. The book is set to be released in November. The Hill
Trump calls Barr 'a disappointment in every sense of the word' . . . Former President Trump on Sunday lambasted his former Attorney General, Bill Barr. "Bill Barr was a disappointment in every sense of the word," Trump said in a statement issued late Sunday. ". . . Barr, who was Attorney General (lawyer) shouldn't be speaking about the President." "Instead of doing his job, he did the opposite and told people within the Justice
Department not to investigate the election," Trump continued. "Just like he did with the Mueller report and the cover up of Crooked Hillary and RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA, they don’t want to investigate the real facts. Bill Barr’s weakness helped facilitate the cover up of the Crime of the Century, the Rigged 2020 Presidential Election!" The Hill
White Males Absent From Biden Judicial Slate . . . Over six months in office and four waves of judicial nominees, President Joe Biden has yet to name a white male to the federal courts. Biden has named 24 nominees for the federal bench in the opening six months of his presidency, 19 of whom are minorities. He has also vowed to name the first black woman to the Supreme Court, and may have the opportunity to do so this summer. The
selections are a plain signal that the administration’s judicial selection is driven by racial preference. The prioritization of minority nominees is unprecedented since the administration of former president Jimmy Carter, who openly placed a premium on female and minority candidates. Washington Free Beacon
Biden attacks Republican LGBT legislation as ugly, unAmerican, and “bullying” . . . President Biden spoke Friday at a White House event commemorating LGBT month: So far this year, hundreds of anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced in state legislatures. These are some of the ugliest, most un-American laws I’ve seen." Again, the "unifying president" has taken the low road and attacked people who disagree with him as evildoers who want
to harm people. Republicans in many states are trying to pass legislation that would prevent biological males from competing in girls’ sports and visiting their bathrooms, while preventing doctors from providing substance that change the sex of young people before they are old enough to make this kind of decision. And that, for this president, is evil. White House Dossier
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Biden administration is sending illegal migrants all over America . . . Without notice, Joe Biden and “border czar” Kamala Harris are flying migrants (especially children) to various states and releasing them there. Who Authorizes Flights for Adults? The Department of Homeland Security now releases illegal immigrants to nonprofit groups that provide documents in manila folders for airport personnel to process. Who
Authorizes Flights for Minors? When unaccompanied minors who cross into the U.S. are flown elsewhere by government action, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement, or ORR, arranges the government-chartered flights. What’s the Impact on States? Texas, a border state, had the largest share with 3,904 children; followed by 2,845 in Florida; 2,700 in California; and 2,323 in New York. Over those six months, the only other states to receive more
than 1,000 unaccompanied minors who have sponsors were Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Patriot Post
Why Illegal Immigrants Are Being Released Without Court Dates . . . Under circumstances at the southern border created by Biden administration actions, the contentious “catch and release” of illegal immigrants has become a bit more complicated, as the Border Patrol is now releasing thousands of illegal aliens into the country without a court date. Generally, after apprehension, it’s the Border Patrol that processes the illegal border
crossers and issues a notice for them to appear in immigration court. However, with the flood of migrants crossing the border, the Border Patrol instead has begun issuing them a “notice to report” to Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 60 days. Daily Signal
Nunes and House Republicans investigate China’s efforts to influence corporate America . . . Devin Nunes and fellow Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee are investigating China's efforts to manipulate and coerce U.S. businesses and warning that Beijing has launched a “campaign of malign influence across a wide range of U.S. economic sectors.” The "preliminary conclusions" of the investigation warn that U.S. companies are being
manipulated into helping Beijing carry out its anti-American agenda. "Beijing’s control over Chinese industry and investment enables the acquisition, transfer, and theft of U.S. innovation, technology, and intellectual property,” read the report. Washington Examiner
U.S. Conducts Airstrikes in Syria and Iraq Against Iranian-Backed Militias . . . The U.S. conducted airstrikes in Syria and Iraq against two Iranian-backed militias that the Pentagon said were mounting drone attacks against U.S. troops. The Pentagon said operational and weapons-storage facilities had been struck near the Syria-Iraq border at three locations that it said had been used by the Kata’ib Hezbollah and Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada
militia groups. “The United States took necessary, appropriate and deliberate action designed to limit the risk of escalation—but also to send a clear and unambiguous deterrent message,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said. Wall Street Journal
UFOs display tech US doesn’t have and can’t defend against, ex-intelligence chief says . . . John Ratcliffe, who served as former President Donald Trump’s final director of national intelligence and oversaw the nation’s 18 spy agencies, made the observation while offering insight into a declassified report on “unidentified aerial phenomena,” which was released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Friday. The
long-anticipated but very brief document discussed 144 reports of UFOs originating from U.S. government sources between 2004 and 2021. Eighty were observed with multiple different sensors, and most reports described the UFOs as objects that interrupted preplanned military training or other military operations. Parts of the assessment also remain classified. Washington Examiner
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Organ Harvesting in China . . . Today, China’s organ transplant trade is estimated to be a $1 billion industry, reportedly fueled by the exploitation of “prisoners of conscience.” After conducting an investigation, a seven-member international and independent China Tribunal issued a judgement in December 2018. It concluded, “The Tribunal’s members are certain – unanimously, and sure beyond reasonable doubt – that
in China forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience has been practiced for a substantial period of time involving a very substantial number of victims.” Hundreds of hospitals offered transplants, thousands of transplant surgeons were trained, transplant research was conducted by the military, and the immunosuppressant industry was subsidized by the state. Gingrich360
China’s cyber power at least a decade behind the US, new study finds . . . China’s strengths as a cyber power are being undermined by poor security and weak intelligence analysis, according to new research that predicts Beijing will be unable to match US cyber capabilities for at least a decade. The study, published on Monday by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, comes as a series of hacking campaigns have highlighted the
growing threat of online espionage by hostile states. Financial Times
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How Mutations Have Shaped the Covid-19 Pandemic . . . Based on a recent government projection, the Delta variant of the Covid-19 virus could become the dominant type of this coronavirus in the U.S. within a month, making it one of most aggressive variants to take hold in the country. Delta is the latest in a series of variants that have spread throughout the U.S. Like all viruses, coronaviruses mutate as they reproduce. Some of these genetic
changes make them better at infecting human cells or evading our immune defenses. As newer, better-adapted variants emerge, they push aside earlier versions of the virus. Here is a look at how this process has played out across the U.S. since the start of the pandemic. Wall Street Journal
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Biden's capital gains tax plan would push US rate to one of highest in the world . . . Wealthy Americans could pay one of the highest taxes on capital gains and dividends in the world if President Biden's sweeping tax and spending plan becomes law. Biden has proposed raising the capital gains tax rate to 39.6% from 20% for millionaires; coupled with an existing Medicare surcharge, federal tax rates for the wealthy could climb as
high as 43.4% – pushing the levy on returns to one of the highest in the developed world, according to a new analysis published by the Tax Foundation. Ireland – with a 51% tax on dividends – would be the only developed nation to impose a higher tax on investment income. On average, nations in the 38-member Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development levy a marginal tax rate of 24.4% on dividend income. Fox Business
Microchip shortage drives car prices up . . . Prices for new and used cars continue to go up as a microchip shortage continues to affect the industry. Used cars have been more heavily impacted. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, used car prices have jumped 21% since April 2020. In Illinois, used car prices have increased nearly 15% over the past year. New car prices have increased 2% during the same time period. Used
vehicles saw May’s largest month-over-month inflation, with prices jumping over 7% in the latest Consumer Price Index report. That followed a 10% surge in April. Just the News
Feds accelerating crypto world crackdown . . . The federal government is about to accelerate its oversight of criminal activity in the crypto world. A recent job posting on the Justice Department’s website says the DOJ is looking to hire a trial attorney with expertise in both cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies as well as money laundering and asset forfeiture law to work within the department’s Criminal Division. The position will
specifically be assigned to a unit focusing on crypto-related crimes. Responsibilities include prosecuting criminals who use digital currencies as vehicles for illegal activity and providing advice to federal agents on legislative and regulatory matters. Fox Business
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US Olympian Turns Away From Flag During National Anthem . . . A hammer thrower turned away from the American flag and covered her head with a T-shirt that read “Activist Athlete” when the national anthem was playing during the Saturday U.S. Olympic track and field trials. Gwen Berry, 31, qualified for the Olympic Games in Tokyo, having placed third on Saturday. When the “Star-Spangled Banner” played, Berry put her
left hand on her hip and shuffled her feet.
“I feel like it was a set-up, and they did it on purpose,” Berry complained about a 5-minute delay, which resulted in the anthem coinciding with her being on the podium. “I was pissed, to be honest.” Daily Caller
This person should not represent America at the Olympics. Get her outta there.
Virginia PTA Moves To Eliminate School’s Parent Group After Anti-Critical Race Theory Candidates Elected . . . The Parent Teacher Association of Virginia sent a letter of intent to abolish the parent group of the nation’s top high school after a slate of candidates opposed to critical race theory won an election earlier this month. The letter, sent to the Parent Teacher Student Association of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and
Technology on Wednesday, claims that the recently elected candidates skirted bylaws and created a "hostile environment" for members. This is the latest fallout between pro- and anti-critical race theory factions at the elite high school, which made headlines last fall after district officials abolished its entrance exam in an attempt to boost black and Hispanic enrollment. Washington Free Beacon
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'You'll Never Beat The Government With Just Guns,' . . . Says Party That Also Believes Government Was Almost Toppled By Unarmed Mob On January 6, 2021. BabylonBee
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