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March 18, 2021
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Biden Is ‘Enticing’ Migrant Minors To Travel To The US, Texas Governor Says . . . Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said President Joe Biden’s immigration policies are incentivizing unaccompanied minors to travel to the U.S. border. Abbott visited the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, where thousands of migrant teenagers will be held temporarily beginning this week. Abbott said he plans to investigate whether
the migrants traveling to the border are brought through human trafficking and described the situation at the southern border as a crisis. “I urge President Biden: Do not traumatize these children by enticing them to make this trek,” Abbott said, The Dallas Morning News reported. “The Biden administration opened the floodgates … They were completely unprepared for this.” Daily Caller
Biden blocks press access at border, constructs false narratives . . . The Biden administration issued a gag-order on the southern border, blocking all press requests to visit detention centers to take pictures or to tour the facilities. Border Patrol agents have been told to deny all media requests for “ride-alongs” with agents, and all stationed on the southern border are being told to forward all press requests to Washington for
approval. President Biden hasn’t visited the southern border and likely won’t — because he would need to bring a press pool and cameras for the trip, which would reveal a humanitarian crisis is occurring. The reality of the situation would conflict with the narrative the Biden administration is trying to paint — that this is merely a “challenge” — a situation they “certainly” have a handle on, according to Ms. Psaki. The U.S. is on pace to encounter more individuals on the southwest
border than it has in the last 20 years. Washington Times
How the WHO’s Hunt for Covid’s Origins Stumbled in China . . . A team of scientists hoped a mission to Wuhan would provide some clarity about the coronavirus’s origins. New details about the team’s constraints reveal how little power it had to conduct a thorough probe. After leaving Wuhan, some international team members qualified their verdict on the laboratory. They lacked the authority, expertise or access to
conduct a full examination of the WIV or any other research facility, several said publicly or to the Journal. Several said that they hadn’t been able to see the raw data or original safety, personnel, experiment and animal-breeding logs—which many other scientists say are necessary elements of a full investigation. “It’s just a great coup by China,” said Daniel Lucey, a clinical professor of medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth who also teaches at Georgetown
University. A thorough investigation of a potential lab leak would require experts with forensic skills similar to those who do weapons or biowarfare inspections, scientists including Dr. Dwyer said. “We didn’t see the actual data there . . . that didn’t come through.” Wall Street Journal
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Pelosi, Dems push citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants amid 'overwhelming' border surge . . . House Democrats are rushing this week to approve citizenship rights for millions of illegal immigrants already in the U.S., even as the homeland security secretary warned that agents are arresting more border jumpers than they have in two decades. Speaker Nancy Pelosi has teed up votes on one bill to grant quick legal status and a path
to naturalization to farmworkers and another bill to do the same for young adult “Dreamers” and other migrants in the U.S. under the Temporary Protected Status program. About half of the country’s estimated 11 million illegal immigrants might be eligible under one or the other of the bills. The bills, though, are being introduced while an “overwhelming” surge of people are bursting through the southern border without permission. Washington Times
Poll shows majority of Americans support Voter ID laws . . . A new Rasmussen poll came out on Wednesday indicating that 75% of Americans actively support voter ID laws and it also shockingly said that 60% of Democrats want ID requirements in place during elections. Only 21% of Democrats oppose voter ID laws despite the majority of Democrats in Congress pushing H.R. 1, the so-called “For the People Act” which would gut voter ID laws
across the nation. In an interview with Fox Host Mark Levin, Hans von Spakovsky, a senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation, described H.R. 1 as “a federal takeover of the administration of elections, which have been run by the states.” He added, “H.R. 1 would eviscerate state voter ID laws because it tells states they have to allow someone to vote by just simply signing a form in which he swears that he is who he says he is … which is worthless for proving identity.” Business & Politics Review
Months after Trump complaints, some courts are finding irregularities in 2020 elections . . . Michigan, Wisconsin and Virginia court actions show some absentee ballot procedures imposed by Democrats violated state laws. Long after former President Donald Trump dropped his legal challenges to the 2020 election, some courts in battleground states are beginning to declare the way widespread absentee ballots were implemented or counted
violated state laws. The latest ruling came this month in Michigan, where the State Court of Claims concluded that Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson's instructions on signature verification for absentee ballots violated state law. Benson had instructed local election clerks a month before the Nov. 3 election to start with a “presumption” that all signatures on absentee ballots were valid and only reject those that had “multiple significant and obvious” inconsistencies.
Republicans and one election clerk challenged her instructions in court. Just the News
Biden Overstepped Constitutional Authority When Revoking Keystone XL Permit . . . A group of 21 Republican state attorneys general filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against President Joe Biden’s administration over its decision to nix the Keystone XL Pipeline. The states, led by Montana and Texas, accused President Joe Biden of overstepping his constitutional authority when he revoked the Keystone XL Pipeline’s federal permit on Jan.
20 hours after entering office, in the lawsuit filed Wednesday afternoon in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. “The power to regulate foreign and interstate commerce belongs to Congress – not the President,” Montana Attorney General Knudsen said in a statement Wednesday. “This is another example of Joe Biden overstepping his constitutional role to the detriment of Montanans.” Daily Caller
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Russia Remains Top Threat to U.S. Homeland, General Says . . . Air Force General Glen VanHerck before a Senate Armed Services hearing. The four-star general who oversees the military command dedicated to defending the U.S. from attack says Russia remains the most “acute challenge to our homeland defense mission.”“Russian leaders seek to erode our influence, assert their regional dominance and reclaim their status as a global power
through a whole-of-government strategy that includes information operations, deception, economic coercion and the threat of military force,” Air Force General Glen VanHerck, the head of Northern Command, said in written testimony Tuesday to the Senate Armed Services Committee. Russia “continues to conduct frequent military operations in the approaches to North America,” VanHerck said. The U.S. and Canada last year “responded to more Russian military flights off the coast of Alaska than
we’ve seen in any year since the end of the Cold War” in the early 1990s, he said. These Russian military operations include multiple flights of heavy bombers, antisubmarine aircraft and intelligence collection platforms near Alaska that show “both Russia’s military reach and how they rehearse potential strikes on our homeland,” VanHerck said. Bloomberg
During my service as a senior DIA intel officer for Russian Doctrine and Strategy, I routinely briefed NORTHCOM Commander and Heads of other U.S. Combatant Commands on the Russian threat.
Secret Service Arrests Man Outside Vice President's Residence . . . Secret Service agents detained and later arrested a Texas man Wednesday after finding a rifle and ammunition in his vehicle near the Naval Observatory, traditionally the vice presidential residence. Paul Murray, 31, was taken into custody at the Naval Observatory and later found to have a long gun and a large amount of ammunition in his vehicle. Daily Caller
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Russia wants US to apologize over Biden's comment about Putin: report . . . A senior member of Russia’s parliament on Thursday said the U.S. should apologize after President Biden said he agreed that Russian President Vladimir Putin was a killer, and the official indicated that the Kremlin could take additional action after recalling its ambassador to the U.S. Konstantin Kosachyov, the deputy chairman of the parliament’s upper house,
called Biden’s answer a watershed moment in the relationship between the two countries. He said such a comment "is not allowed from the mouth of a statesman of such a rank." Kosachyov was referring to an interview Biden had on ABC News this week when he was asked if he believed that Putin was a killer. Biden said, "I do." Fox News
Putin, in state TV quip, wishes Biden good health after U.S. president calls him killer . . . Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that people tend view others as they actually see themselves after U.S. President Joe Biden said he thought Putin was a killer, and quipped that he wished the U.S. president good health. Putin was speaking on national television after Biden, in an ABC News interview broadcast on Wednesday, said “I
do” when asked if he believed the Russian president was a killer. Reuters
The Russian press are now spinning POTUS's stupid diplomatic faux pas as a sign of Biden's dementia.
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Biden promises “small to a significant tax increase” . . . Biden spoke during an interview with the Biden-friendly George Stephanopoulos of ABC News. “Yes, anybody making more than $400,000 will see a small to a significant tax increase,” Biden said. “If you make less than $400,000, you won’t see one single penny in additional federal tax.” That’s always nonsense, because taxes get raised on the middle class in indirect ways. For
example, some of those people making more than $400,000 a year are running small businesses, so they’ll cut jobs or raise prices. So will those running corporations, given that Biden wants to hike the corporate tax rate to 28 percent from 21 percent, making the U.S. uncompetitive against foreign corporations with lower taxes. Biden doesn’t care if he can’t get Republican votes. The steamroller is revved up. White House Dossier
Tax filing deadline extended to May 17 . . . The IRS on Wednesday announced that it is extending the deadline for individuals to file their 2020 tax returns from April 15 to May 17 after lawmakers and tax preparers sought a postponement of the due date. “This continues to be a tough time for many people, and the IRS wants to continue to do everything possible to help taxpayers navigate the unusual circumstances related to the pandemic . .
. ,” IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig said. He added that taxpayers should still consider filing as soon as they can, particularly if they expect to receive refunds. “Filing electronically with direct deposit is the quickest way to get refunds, and it can help some taxpayers more quickly receive any remaining stimulus payments they may be entitled to,” he said. The Hill
Amazon jumps into health care with telemedicine . . . Amazon is making its first foray into providing health care services, announcing Wednesday that it will be offering its Amazon Care telemedicine program to employers nationwide. Currently available to the company’s employees in Washington state, Amazon Care is an app that connects users virtually with doctors, nurse practitioners and nurses who can provide services and
treatment over the phone 24 hours a day. The tech giant announced it will immediately expand in-person services, such as pharmacy delivery and house-call services from nurses who can take blood work, to interested employers in Washington who want to purchase the service for their employees. By the summer, Amazon Care will expand nationally to all Amazon workers, and to private employers across the country who want to join. Fox Business
Bezos will no longer have to de-platform you from social media or burn a book you write, in order to silence you. At no extra charge, Nurse Ratched from Amazon Care will perform a "calming" lobotomy treatment directly at your home, to free you from all those unpleasant thoughts.
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Trump to do a dozen interviews for books on his presidency . . . “The former president is scheduled to sit for a dozen interviews in the coming weeks with authors examining his presidency, some of whom are penning sequels to books they published during Trump’s time in office, according to four people familiar with his plans. “The sheer number of book interviews is so massive that some in his orbit worry he may be doing too many and
hurting his ability to monetize his own recollections for a book of his own, should he choose to write one. White House Dossier
Dan Bongino to fill Rush Limbaugh's radio slot, starting May 24 . . . Conservative commentator Dan Bongino is taking over the late Rush Limbaugh’s radio slot, Cumulus Media’s Westwood One announced on Wednesday. “The Dan Bongino Show” will air on the radio Monday through Friday from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. starting May 24. "I'm excited to embrace the immense power of radio to connect with my listeners live for three hours every
day," Bongino said. "This is an incredible privilege, and I pledge to honor the trailblazing work of those who came before me." Bongino was a Secret Service agent before he became a political pundit. He has been a staunch supporter of former President Trump. The Hill
Colorado Judge Strikes Down Boulder’s AR-15 Ban . . . A judge struck down Boulder, Colorado's ban on the possession of AR-15s and magazines holding more than 10 rounds on Monday. Colorado state judge Andrew Hartman ruled the city's gun ban violated the state's preemption law, which prevents localities from imposing gun regulations above and beyond state law. Judge Hartman's ruling declares the ordinance invalid and immediately bars the
city from enforcing the ban. The ruling is the latest in a string of victories for gun advocates who have used state preemption laws to overturn strict local gun regulations. A Washington court struck down a local ordinance on gun storage in February 2021, and a Pennsylvania court struck down Pittsburgh's attempt to regulate the use of AR-15s inside city limits in October 2019. Washington Free Beacon
Kerry caught on a flight not wearing a mask . . . This is a man who has places to go, and people to see. He is not like you, and he is not like me, as Dr. Suess might say. Apparently fixing the climate doesn’t include not spreading virus particles around your immediate area.
White House Dossier
In the totalitarian socialist USSR, government apparatchiks also created rules and regulations for the Russian people - whom the state perceived as subjects under its control - but not for themselves. You couldn't roll out of bed without breaking a law of one sort or another.
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8-year-old uses hands, feet to break Rubik's cube world record . . . An 8-year-old Rubik's cube enthusiast in India broke a Guinness World Record by solving three puzzles at once -- one in each hand and one with his feet -- in 1 minute and 29.97 seconds. Atharva R Bhat of Bangalore, Karnataka, an avid speedcuber, broke the previous record by more than 6 seconds, Guinness said. Bhat said he decided to pursue the record after the World
Cube Association announced it was removing the category of cube solving with the feet from official status in competitions. "I was doing quite well in feet and ranked 6th in the country when the event was pulled off the official status. I was upset with the decision. Then I decided to make a mark in the feet solve event," he said. The boy said he hopes to eventually break his own record by finishing in a time of under 1 minute. UPI
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