Democrats Just Revealed They Don’t Understand How Critical Race Theory Threatens Our Military . . . An amendment rejecting the use of critical race theory in America’s military academies may not have made it out of the House Armed Services Committee, but one thing the spirited debate Wednesday made clear is that Republicans understand the discipline far better than Democrats. Again and again, House Republicans Jim Banks of Indiana, Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin, Matt Gaetz of Florida, and Pat Fallon of Texas showed a surprisingly sophisticated ease addressing critical race theory in the late hours of a long debate over the National Defense Authorization Act. Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith of Washington, Anthony Brown of Maryland, Jackie Speier of California, and other House Democrats, meanwhile, either mouthed superficialities or struggled to explain what critical race theory is. Republican members of the committee obviously have devoted time to studying an academic discipline that is now force in all aspects of American life because the issue has become important to their constituents. Democrats, taken aback by the furor, have chosen instead to fight a rearguard battle by minimizing the importance of critical race theory, or even deny it has escaped the faculty lounge. Daily Signal

 

More cities adding mental health experts to 911 calls . . . Police departments across the country looking to dial down the potentially deadly stakes of encounters between officers and the public are adding unarmed mental health experts to 911 calls.
 Minneapolis; Los Angeles; Denver; Portland, Oregon; and the District of Columbia are among the cities experimenting with “crisis intervention” programs that trace their roots to a long-standing initiative in Eugene, Oregon. Since 1989, Eugene’s CAHOOTS program, short for Crisis Assistance Helping Out on the Streets, has been sending unarmed teams that include a crisis intervention worker and a medic to handle 911 calls for mental health, addiction or homelessness issues.  Washington Times

 

 New Zealand authorities say Islamic terrorist stabbed 6 at supermarket; suspect dead  . . . Authorities in New Zealand say they shot and killed an Islamic terrorist on Friday afternoon, within 60 seconds of when he started stabbing people at a supermarket. Of the six people stabbed, three were in critical condition, one was serious and two were in moderate condition, according to outlet Stuff New Zealand.  The man, a Sri Lankan national, was a known ISIS supporter and was being followed around the clock, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, identifying the incident as a terror attack.  Fox News

 

Married Kremlin Spies, a Shadowy Mission to Moscow and Unrest in Catalonia . . . In the spring of 2019, an emissary of Catalonia’s top separatist leader traveled to Moscow in search of a political lifeline. The independence movement in Catalonia, the semiautonomous region in Spain’s northeast, had been largely crushed after a referendum on breaking away two years earlier. The European Union and the United States, which supported Spain’s effort to keep the country intact, had rebuffed the separatists’ pleas for support. But in Russia, a door was opening. In Moscow, the emissary, Josep Lluis Alay, a senior adviser to the self-exiled former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, met with current Russian officials, former intelligence officers and the well-connected grandson of a KGB spymaster. The aim was to secure Russia’s help in severing Catalonia from the rest of Spain, according to a European intelligence report. NYT

 

 

Candace Owens says Colorado facility refused to give her a COVID-19 test . . .Candace Owens was refused a COVID-19 test in Colorado because the owner of the testing facility claims the commentator is making the "pandemic worse by spreading misinformation." Owens, founder of BLEXIT attempted to book one because it was required for her next destination. The test was booked under her married name, Farmer, which she believes means that the testing facility must have looked up her name online to find out who she was before denying her a test. The email response from the COVID-19 testing facility owner, Suzanna Lee, said that she was denying Owens service because she could not "support anyone who has pro-actively worked to make this pandemic worse by spreading misinformation, politicizing and DISCOURAGING the wearing of masks and actively dissuading people from receiving life-saving vaccinations. Just the News

 

 

Pentagon Has ‘Range of Tools’ to Compel Service Members to Get COVID-19 Vaccine: Spokesman . . . The Pentagon has a “range of tools” to compel military service members to get the COVID-19 vaccine after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) fully approved the Pfizer vaccine last month, officials said on Thursday. It comes as House lawmakers have backed legislation, sponsored by Army veteran Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn, which prohibits dishonorable discharges for troops who refuse the COVID-19 vaccine. Speaking at a press briefing, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby told reporters that the secretary expects that the department leadership will implement these mandatory vaccines with skill. Epoch Times

 

Manchin tells Dems to 'hit the pause button' on $3.5T spending plan . . . Sen. Joe Manchin told his fellow Democrats to pause the controversial and massive $3.5 trillion spending bill currently being debated in Congress. "Hit the pause button," Manchin said Wednesday at an event hosted by the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce. "Let’s sit back. Let’s see what happens. We have so much on our plate. We really have an awful lot. I think that would be the prudent, wise thing to do."Manchin represents the linchpin vote on the package which needs the support of every Democratic senator in order to move it through a divided Senate. Fox Business

 

US expected to post solid job gains despite Delta surge . . . The US economy is expected to post another solid month of job gains, in a sign that the more contagious Delta coronavirus variant is having a limited effect on hiring plans and worker shortages are continuing to ease. According to a consensus forecast compiled by Bloomberg, employers across the country are expected to have added 725,000 positions in August, a downward shift from the 943,000 jobs created in July but steady enough progress to push the unemployment rate down to 5.2 per cent. The unemployment rate hovered at 5.4 per cent in July.
The data, which will be released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics at 8.30am US eastern time on Friday, comes just days before the scheduled expiration of enhanced federal unemployment benefits that were put in place to blunt the economic damage caused by the pandemic. Financial Times

 

Fox News Channel Is as Popular as Ever based on Nielsen ratings . . . Once again, claims and predictions of Fox News Channel’s impending demise have proven mere wishful thinking, as ratings show that it is indeed still the most-watched cable news network. Recently released Nielsen ratings for the month of August show that FNC dominated the market with 94 of the month’s top 100 cable news telecasts. Furthermore, 13 of the top 14 viewed news programs were on FNC. Just how dominant has Fox News been? Well, according to the numbers, FNC bested CNN by over 200% in total prime time viewers. Meanwhile, CNN saw its viewership numbers decline by another 39% after losing 70% already earlier this year. And MSNBC’s viewership continued its downward spiral, hitting lows not seen since 2017. Patriot Post

 

I guess when I get a call from Sean Hannity's producer asking to appear on his show, I won't turn him down. :-) 

 

Mike Pompeo joins Bold & Blunt podcast with Cheryl Chumley . . . Time for Christians to reclaim America Washington Times

 

 

When the State Comes for Your Kids: Social workers, youth shelters, and the threat to parents’ rights . . . Ahmed* is a Pakistani immigrant, a faithful Muslim, and until recently, a financial consultant to Seattle’s high-tech sector. But when he reached me by phone in October 2020, he was just one more frightened father. Days earlier, he and his wife had checked their 16-year-old son into Seattle Children’s Hospital for credible threats of suicide. Now, Ahmed was worried that the white coats who had gently admitted his son to their care would refuse to return him. “They sent an email to us, you know, ‘you should take your ‘daughter’ to the gender clinic,’” he told me. At first, Ahmed assumed there had been a mistake. He had dropped off a son, Syed, to the hospital, in a terrible state of distress. Now, the email he received from the mental health experts used a new name for that son and claimed he was Ahmed’s daughter. Abigail Shrier on Substack

 

Abigail, a Wall Street Journal reporter, wrote an amazing book Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters.

 

 

ABBA Reunites After 40 Years, Announces New Album And Tour . . . The hugely popular Swedish pop group ABBA definitely got everyone’s attention Thursday when it announced that after 40 years they had reunited and a new album is coming. “ABBA ARE BACK with ‘Voyage,’ a brand new album and revolutionary concert,” the group captioned their post on Instagram about the new music due out Nov. 5, according to their website. The post was noted by Rolling Stone magazine. “Listen to two brand new songs now and pre-order ‘Voyage’ from the official store for first access to tickets,” the post added. “For more info, link in our bio. #ABBAVoyage #ABBA.” Daily Caller