Cut to the News
Cut through the clutter to today's top news
March 25, 2021
Good morning
Welcome to today's top news.
REMINDER: Inaugural WHD Virtual Happy Hour - Friday, March 26, 2021 @ 6:00 - 7:00 PM
This Friday we are launching a new feature for the readers of Cut to the News and White House Dossier - a Virtual Happy Hour. Every other Friday at 6:00 pm Eastern, beginning with this Friday, March 26, I will host a video conference talk with our readers about the latest news and politics, and the issues the country confronts as totalitarian leftism rapidly expands its influence. Having grown up in
the former Soviet Union, I know how this story ends.
These gatherings are intended as forums, not as lectures. CTTN and WHD readers will have an opportunity to share views, discuss their thoughts with each other, and ask questions. We also will have guest speakers who are experts in the fields of journalism, politics, national security, and the like.
This Friday's main topic will be "The Sovietization of America and How We Must Fight It," followed by a round-up of the week's news and exchange of ideas about how we could make our country normal again. A link to a video-conferencing platform will be provided at 4 pm Eastern Friday.
Look forward to a libation to liberty at The White House Dossier Happy Hour with you! ;-)
Rebekah
Herd Immunity Is Near, Despite Dr. Fauci’s Denial . . . Anthony Fauci has been saying that the country needs to vaccinate 70% to 85% of the population to reach herd immunity from Covid-19. But he inexplicably ignores natural immunity. If you account for previous infections, herd immunity is likely close at hand. Undercounting or removing the many Americans with natural immunity from any tally of herd immunity is a scientific
error of omission. When people wonder why President Biden talks about limiting Fourth of July gatherings, it’s because his most prominent medical adviser has dismissed the contribution of natural immunity, artificially extending the timeline. Many physicians believe that vaccinated immunity will prove more durable than natural immunity. I agree. Everyone should get vaccinated. But after a year of millions of Covid cases in the US, it’s clear that reinfections are rare. Natural immunity is
real and shouldn’t be ignored. Analysis/Commentary. Wall Street Journal
Long Covid affects most hospital patients: UK studies . . . Most patients treated in hospital for Covid-19 are still suffering a wide range of symptoms five months after discharge — and middle-aged women are even more likely to have long Covid than other groups — according to two UK studies released on Wednesday. The persistent symptoms covered a wide range, including muscle pain and fatigue, breathlessness, pain, joint pain or
swelling, weakness, short-term memory loss and “brain fog”. Chris Brightling, professor of respiratory medicine at the University of Leicester and chief investigator, said: “While the profile of patients being admitted to hospital with Covid-19 is disproportionately male and from an ethnic minority background, our study finds that those who have the most severe prolonged symptoms tend to be white women aged approximately 40 to 60 with at least two long term health conditions, such as asthma
or diabetes.” Financial Times
Senator Ted Cruz Denies Reporter’s Request To Wear Mask . . Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz denied a request from a reporter to wear a mask during a press conference on Wednesday, and informed the reporter that they could “step back,” if they had a problem. A reporter can be heard in the background asking Cruz if he would “mind putting on a mask,” for them, to which the senator denies the request by pointing out that as he is speaking directly
into the camera, he will not wear a mask. “All of us have been immunized,” Cruz points out to the reporter. Daily Caller
|
|
Biden sees himself as a two-term president . . . Joe Biden campaigned on being a “transition” president during a pivotal time in the nation’s history, saying he’d take the reins away from former President Trump and return the country to normal. But now more than ever, those around him say he’ll make another bid for the presidency. “I don’t think there’s any reason to say that he won’t,” said one longtime adviser to the
president. Another Biden ally added that Biden hasn’t told associates that he wouldn’t be running again. “So we all assume that he is,” the ally said, “contrary to this sentiment that he’ll be a one-term president because of his own volition.” Biden, who will turn 79 later this year, is the oldest president in the nation’s history. Business & Politics Review
God help us.
After Pledging to Decriminalize Illegal Border Crossings, Harris Will Lead Border Crisis Response . . . Vice President Kamala Harris, who less than a year ago expressed support for decriminalizing illegal border crossings, will spearhead the White House's response to the crisis at the southern border. President Biden said Wednesday that he can "think of nobody who is better qualified" to handle the situation than Harris, who he said
"speaks for me." While top administration officials claim that Harris's first goal will be to quell the surge of illegal migrants, she has a history of dismissing illegal immigration and the federal government's role in stopping it. As a presidential candidate last summer, Harris said she backed decriminalizing illegal border crossings and would "not make it a crime" to illegally cross the border if she was elected. Washington Free Beacon
Kamala Harris endorses ripping children from their parents at the border . . . Even as overcrowded facilities for children become COVID petri dishes, Vice President Harris has made a stunning de facto endorsement of ripping children away from their parents and putting what she once described as "babies in cages" at the border. "Are we looking at overcrowding at the border, particularly of these kids? Yes," Harris said on CBS when
asked about the border crisis. "Should these kids be in the custody of the HHS, the Health and Human Services, instead of the Border Patrol? Yes." During the 2019 migrant surge, Harris accused Trump of committing "a human rights abuse" under the guise of "national security" because he put migrant children under the authority of HHS while adult asylum claims were being processed by Border Patrol. Her 180-degree turn on the matter belies Harris's rank dishonesty. Washington Examiner
Cuomo directed NY health officials to prioritize COVID-19 testing for his relatives: Report . . . New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York Health Commissioner Howard Zucker directed health officials to prioritize the governor's own family and figures with ties to his administration in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report Wednesday.
Family members who allegedly received preferential testing included Cuomo's brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, as well as his mother and at least one of his sisters, the Albany Times-Union reported, citing sources with direct knowledge of the matter.
Some family members reportedly received multiple tests. Chris Cuomo was reportedly tested at his home on Long Island. Fox News
Government apparatchiks will always take first dibs on whatever is in short supply. As socialism takes root in America, shortages will only multiply. Growing up in the totalitarian socialist state, going to the dentist meant that your teeth were drilled without novocaine. Why this torture? (Yes, it's torture and they had to strap you to the chair). Because the dentist's kids needed the painkiller too. And who would blame her? Wouldn't you rather give it to your kid than
someone else's?
As Biden Admin Caves on Confucius Institute, Tennessee Moves to Pick Up Slack . . . As the federal response to Chinese influence at American universities falters, Tennessee is determined to pick up the slack by becoming the first state to ban the Chinese government-funded Confucius Institute from public universities.
After President Joe Biden scrapped a Trump-era proposal that would have required universities to disclose their foreign monetary ties, Governor Bill Lee realized that he needed to act quickly to protect the state's universities from Chinese influence. The Tennessee Republican introduced a bill in the state legislature that would require the public universities to sever ties with the Confucius Institute. Washington Free Beacon
Secret Service inserted itself into case of Hunter Biden’s gun: Sources . . . On Oct. 23, 2018, President Joe Biden’s son Hunter and daughter in law Hallie were involved in a bizarre incident in which Hallie took Hunter’s gun and threw it in a trash can behind a grocery store, only to return later to find it gone. Delaware police began investigating, concerned that the trash can was across from a high school and that the missing gun could
be used in a crime, according to law enforcement officials and a copy of the police report obtained by Politico. But a curious thing happened at the time: Secret Service agents approached the owner of the store where Hunter bought the gun and asked to take the paperwork involving the sale. The gun store owner refused to supply the paperwork, suspecting that the Secret Service officers wanted to hide Hunter’s ownership of the missing gun in case it were to be involved in a crime, the two
people said. The owner later turned over the papers to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, which oversees federal gun laws. The state police decided not to file charges against either Hunter or Hallie. A Secret Service spokesperson said the agency has no record of involvement in the incident. POLITICO
|
|
North Korea missile launch tests Biden, alarms Japan ahead of Olympics . . . North Korea launched two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea near Japan on Thursday, underscoring steady progess in its weapons programme and ramping up pressure on the new U.S. administration as it reviews North Korea policy. The apparent tests were reported by authorities in the United States, South Korea, and Japan, and coincided with the start of the
Olympic torch relay in Japan. They would be the first ballistic missile tests by North Korea in nearly a year and the first reported since U.S. President Joe Biden took office in January. Analysts said the latest missile tests highlight that Pyongyang’s arsenal is advancing, posing new threats. Reuters
|
|
Russian dissident Alexei Navalny in declining health . . . Longtime Vladimir Putin critic Alexei Navalny is in deteriorating physical condition as he remains in an isolated Russian prison camp, according to allies and lawyers who were scheduled to meet with him Wednesday. The 44-year-old was sent to a “completely lawless” penal colony last month to serve a two-and-a-half-year sentence on embezzlement charges that human
rights advocates have called fabricated and politically motivated.
The dissident was arrested after returning from Germany, where doctors said he was twice poisoned with a Soviet-era nerve agent.
Navalny began experiencing serious back pain last week along with a leg numbness that left him unable to stand, ally Leonid Volkov said. New York Post
Another lesser mortal to whom Putin had wished "good health."
|
|
Toilet paper could face a new shortage . . . A shortage in the availability of shipping containers could lead to another toilet paper shortage.
Suzano SA, the biggest producer of wood pulp, used in the production of toilet paper, tells Bloomberg that the global crunch of shipping containers could clog supply lines. Coronavirus created a shortage of bath tissue at the start of the pandemic as consumers resorted to panic buying and stockpiling. Demand for the steel-ribbed containers threatens to delay shipments amid concerns that a backup in March shipments could spillover to April. Brazil is the top producer of pulp
and Suzano accounts for a third of global supplies. The container crisis has been playing out for months and has largely been sparked by demand in China. Fox Business
We had no toilet paper, growing up in the USSR, no sanitary products of any kind. I will spare my dear readers the details about the alternatives that we had to make do with. I am certain that the socialist CPSU party members had their Russian version of Charmin Ultra Softs.
|
|
Harris, senior Biden aides support mandatory buybacks of AR-15s . . . Vice President Harris and multiple top aides to President Biden previously said they support mandatory gun buybacks, which would force Americans to surrender certain types of firearms in exchange for monetary compensation.
Among those aides are: press secretary Jen Psaki, Deputy Chief of Staff Jennifer O’Malley Dillon and Cedric Richmond, a senior adviser to Biden and the director of the Office of Public Engagement. Those comments were made before they worked for Biden. Mandatory gun buybacks, which essentially amount to gun confiscation, are different from what Biden himself has said he supports. The president, during the campaign and currently on his website, backs giving Americans the option to
have the government buy back guns commonly known as assault weapons, or to register them under the restrictive National Firearms Act. White House Dossier
Registering firearms in a centralized government database would amount to confiscation, only a delayed one.
Amid calls for universal background checks, little evidence they stop mass shootings . . . In the wake of the recent deadly mass shooting in Boulder, Colo., gun control supporters have renewed demands for universal gun background checks throughout the United States, despite years of data indicating that nearly all major mass shooting events would be unaffected by such policies. President Biden himself called on lawmakers to "close the
loopholes in our background check system," including what's popularly known as the "Charleston loophole," through which individuals can purchase a gun without a background check if the FBI fails to process the check within three days of receiving it. Biden explicitly asked the Senate to approve two recent background check bills passed by the house. A review of major mass shooting incidents over the last several years indicates that such policies would have very minimal effect on
such tragedies because most mass shooters legally purchase their firearms, including with background checks. Just the News
Democrats and their 'double standards' on guns . . . Sen. John Kennedy blasted Democrats for having a “double standard” on guns that goes like this: “If a bad guy shoots a cop, it’s the gun’s problem; if a cop shoots a bad guy, it’s the cop’s fault,” he said. If conservatives want to protect themselves, guns are evil. If Democrats want to protect themselves, they surround themselves with the best armed security — nay, even military — taxpayer
money can buy . . . Democrats always want to take guns from the hands of law-abiding citizens, yet turn blind eyes on the real root causes of gun violence. It’s the fatherless homes. It’s the drug epidemic. It’s the mental health problem. It’s the tear-down of morals and erasure of traditional values. It’s the destruction of the family unit. It’s the purposeful political division of the nation into factions by race, by demographics, by poverty level, and the subsequent pitting of the
factions against each other. It’s the removal of God from society. The liberal leftists policies ultimately lead to the tearing down of this country, which manifests, in violence, mayhem and shootings. Analysis/Opinion. Washington Times
Men Looking for Work Drive Surge in Illegal Crossings at the U.S. Border . . . Single adults account for 82% of the apprehensions so far this fiscal year, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. Some 60% of all single adults apprehended were Mexicans. Border patrol agents say the majority of single adults they catch are men, entering to look for work such as picking fruits and vegetables, roofing and dishwashing. The influx of
children arriving alone at the border has captured broad attention. While apprehensions of mostly Central American families and unaccompanied minors have grown in the past few months, their numbers overall are still much smaller than those of adults. Wall Street Journal
Migrants flee their failed homelands, flooding the U.S. in search of jobs and decent life, which capitalism offers. Unlike these migrants, Americans will have nowhere to run to when socialism destroys our economy and way of life. As an immigrant from a failed totalitarian socialist state, I''ve never understood why the leftists want to change America into a type of place, from which others run away.
|
|
Important Questions Joe Biden Must Answer at His First Press Conference . . . President Joe Biden will hold his first official press conference today, where he will attempt to answer questions from the White House press corps without the aid of a teleprompter or earpiece. It could be months before he agrees to hold another press conference, at which point he might be incapacitated by some age-related ailment or forced to resign at the behest
of his ambitious vice president, Kamala Harris. Here are some questions for Biden:
1) You said Gov. Cuomo should resign if the numerous sexual assault allegations against him are proven true. Do you think that all these women will turn out to be liars like Tara Reade?
2) Why are you spending $87 million to house illegal immigrants in hotel rooms, when half a million Americans are sleeping on the streets?
3) What "steps" have you taken to ensure that the White House (and Air Force One) is a less hazardous environment for elderly and mobility-challenged individuals such as yourself?
|
|
Do you love Cut to the News? Let your family and friends know about it! They'll thank you for it. Spread the word . . .
By Email - use the message that pops up or write your own. On Facebook - On FB, write your own message
Thank you for doing it.
Have a great day.
Rebekah
Rebekah Koffler
Got this from a friend? Subscribe here and get Cut to the News sent to your Inbox every morning.
|
|
|
