op ed review 5/2
THIS WEEK’S NEWS
Federal investigators execute search warrant at Rudy Giuliani's Manhattan apartment.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/federal-investigators-execute-search-warrant-at-giulianis
Rudy Giuliani responds to FBI search warrant raid and goes on the offensive.
Biden Claims No Knowledge of Raid on Giuliani
Joe Biden Proposes Crippling Taxes, Strangling Regulations, and Completely Unsecure Elections in Prime-Time Speech
New $1.8 trillion ‘family plan’ adds to mega spending for COVID, infrastructure
Carney: Biden Pitches Vision of America on Training Wheels
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2021/04/28/biden-training-wheels/
'Moderate radicalism?' CNN...lol... 'Biden to showcase his moderate radicalism in big congressional address'
Sen. Tim Scott attacked as 'Uncle Tim' on Twitter after giving GOP rebuttal to Biden.
https://nypost.com/2021/04/29/sen-tim-scott-attacked-as-uncle-tim-on-twitter-after-gop-rebuttal/
Jan 6th: ‘Worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War!’ Can Biden really be this dumb?
ABC, CBS, NBC, and MSNBC all ignore New York Times report on Kerry allegedly leaking Israeli intel to Iran
Not needed anymore: Washington Post head 'fact checker' halts fact check tracker of Biden administration.
USPS admits it is spying on Americans by monitoring their social media - but won't reveal details
Fox News Poll: 77% support requiring photo ID for voting
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-77-support-requiring-photo-id-for-voting
Poll: 52 Percent Support Filibuster to Block Joe Biden's Tax Increases
Kamala Harris calls LGBTQ violence 'root cause' of immigrants fleeing Guatemala
Kamala once again displays signs of a weird personality disorder
Hypocrite Biden Bans Travel from India -- After He Called Trump Xenophobe for Banning Travel from China and Africa
Hunter Biden still owns a stake in a Chinese company - despite promising to divest
Washington Post shuts down presidential fact-checking database after 100 days of Joe Biden
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/apr/27/washington-post-shuts-down-presidential-fact-check/
John Kerry faces calls to resign over allegations of leaking Israeli intel to Iran
“John Kerry Is a Treasonous Idiot Who Needs to Be Perp-Walked”
Biden creates task force to spur unionization of U.S. workforce.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/apr/26/biden-creates-task-force-spur-unionization-us-work/
Sen. Mitt Romney gets booed at raucous Utah GOP convention, narrowly avoids censure.
https://sltrib.com/news/politics/2021/05/01/mitt-romney-booed-raucous/
McConnell Takes Veiled Shot At Trump; 'Looking At The Future, Not The Past'
Biden cancels remainder of Trump border wall projects funded by Pentagon
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/biden-cancels-billions-pentagon-border-wall-projects
Biden's nominee for ICE director is sheriff who made Houston a 'sanctuary city'
Border patrol in California sees 51 percent rise in illegal immigrants in April
Eighteen-wheelers unloading migrants and drugs, and ‘cartels are having a field day’
Gov. Ron DeSantis calls critical race theory 'a bunch of horse manure'
https://thepostmillennial.com/watch-de-santis-calls-critical-race-theory-a-bunch-of-horse-manure
Donald Trump Planning to Bring Back MAGA Rallies
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/28/donald-trump-planning-bring-back-maga-rallies/
California plans early release for 76,000 prison inmates -- including violent felons
California Has Rejected 19.8% of Signatures in Gavin Newsom Recall Effort. In 2020 election, rejection rate for absentee ballots was 0.6%.
Manchin opposes D.C. statehood, dealing a blow to Democratic priority
Media ignore, wrong race narrative: Delaware cop, 54, dies after being 'repeatedly stomped on head by suspect'.
IRS Data Shows Democrats Are Now The Party Of The Rich
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/irs-data-shows-democrats-now-party-rich/
Idaho Becomes First State To Ban Critical Race Theory After Republican Governor Signs Bill
Idaho Governor Signs Bill Banning Abortions After Fetal Heartbeat Can Be Detected
Parents worry as homeless camp keeps growing behind Seattle school
https://komonews.com/news/local/parents-worry-as-homeless-camp-keeps-growing-behind-seattle-school
CNN horrified: 40% of US marines have declined the covid vaccine.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/09/politics/marines-coronavirus-vaccines/index.html
Joe Biden considers ordering all military members to get vaccine as 40% Marines refuse
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COLUMN(S) OF THE WEEK
John Green, 5/1
Will We Keep Our Republic?
Ben Franklin famously said, "You've got a republic, if you can keep it." That warning is particularly haunting now, because we seem on the verge of losing it — not from foreign invasion, not from revolution, but because we stopped caring about it.
America was founded on the principles of individual liberty and equal treatment under the law. These are the foundational principles required for equality and prosperity. Yet we've been creeping away from those principles for many years. In the last 12 years, that creep has become a sprint. The world's beacon of freedom is dying, and we're acting as if trading liberty for "safe spaces" is a great deal.
The press has become the propaganda ministry. These people no longer report the news. Instead, they craft narratives. Many of those narratives seem designed to create civil unrest — playing Americans against one another. Apparently, hatred and riots are good for ratings. Consumers of this "news" no longer have an accurate picture of what's happening in politics or society. They're simply pawns playing their parts in the script.
Our schools have become little more than re-education camps. They're no longer preparing our children for adult life. Math, science, and reading have taken a back seat to Critical Race Theory and intersectionality indoctrination — and our children's test scores show it. Schools don't teach critical thinking or value differing views. They're demanding conformity with their chosen ideology. The generation that is just now approaching adulthood, doesn't understand the importance of individual liberties and doesn't seem to care.
Our Legislative Branch has stopped debating. Speaker Pelosi would rather tear up speeches than have an open discussion with those she disagrees with …….The Executive Branch is now used as a weapon against those it's supposed to serve. The CIA and the FBI colluded in an attempt to swing an election. When that failed, they continued the collusion in an attempted coup. Not to be left out, the IRS targeted conservative non-profits in an attempt to influence an election. Even the Justice Department is now using prosecutorial discretion to target political enemies and protect political allies. How else can one explain the treatment of the January 6 protesters versus that of Black Lives Matter or Antifa?......
The Supreme Court is putting in overtime to invalidate the Constitution. Via penumbras and emanations, the Constitution now means things that aren't written in it and doesn't mean things that are. The justices spend so much time with twisted interpretations of the Constitution, they've forgotten their oath to defend the Constitution. When election integrity is highly questionable, they're not interested. When freedom of speech and religion are under assault, they're silent….
Our democratic republic is becoming a banana republic before our eyes…..Without a course correction, history will know Barack Obama as the man who corrupted the Executive Branch. Nancy Pelosi will be the woman that made congress a "graft and sleaze" clown show. John Roberts will live in infamy as the man that made the Constitution irrelevant. Finally, we'll be known as the generation that followed these fools down the rabbit hole. However, this is a warning — not a destiny. They can't win if we won't surrender. It's time to get mad, not accept despair.
Even though the leftists appear in control, we conservatives still hold the advantage. Those with conservative values have always outnumbered those with socialist values in America. At least 75 million of those conservatives are highly energized (thank you, Donald Trump). That number is the floor, not the ceiling. With every radical move the left makes, those numbers increase. Did opening our borders strengthen the conservative or the leftist movement? How about mandating bathroom and locker-room access to gender fluid people?
The media (news and entertainment) have worked in conjunction with tech oligarchs to control us with propaganda for years. However, in the past four years, their propaganda has become so over-the-top that it's obvious to everyone who's paying attention. The thing about propaganda is that it ceases being effective when everyone knows it's propaganda. In the 1980s, how many Soviet citizens actually believed what they read in Pravda?...
……….look at the Democrats. Are they telegraphing confidence or fear? Are they working to pack the Supreme Court, federalize elections, and create new (predominately Democrat) states because they are faithfully representing the citizens and expect to be rewarded at the ballot box? They didn't put a fence and armed guards around the Capital because they're doing the people's work. They did it because they fear the people. They're scared because they know they only have two years to fortify their position, and that's probably not enough time. Tactically, they gave up too much ground in their fight against Trump. Now they're fighting from a weakened position — and they're acting like it.
We have the advantage, though we don't have time to dawdle. We need to talk politics with our children. I discuss politics with my ten-year-old granddaughter. She is shockingly open-minded and perceptive. We need pressure on our local governments to push back against federal overreach. Make it our personal obligation to get others out to vote. Elections have consequences. It's incumbent on us to make everyone else understand that. Shame people for not voting. Impress upon them that it's their duty to understand the policies they're voting for. They can go back to Jimmy Fallon after the polls close.
If we don't use the next two years well, we'll become subjects living on the scraps granted us by our rulers. Our twilight years will be spent on the porch with our grandchildren, pining about what America once was.
(John Green is a political refugee from Minnesota, now residing in Star, Idaho.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/05/will_we_keep_our_republic.html
Roger Kimball: Slow-Motion Suicide of the West
https://amgreatness.com/2021/04/24/slow-motion-suicide-of-the-west/
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TUCKER
Must see: Tucker Carlson: Why Republicans no longer recognize their own party….Frank Luntz has no business advising the GOP, yet he still does
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-frank-luntz-republicans-kevin-mccarthy
When it comes to GOP failings, Tucker Carlson names a name
Surber: Tucker Carlson is saving journalism
https://donsurber.blogspot.com/2021/04/if-it-is-not-for-money-why-are-they-in.html
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PROGRESSIVE WATCH
Seattle Antifa Hate Group Threatens to Burn Down Puyallup Church Over Event With Charlie Kirk
Hip new trend: The Gender Non-Reveal: How Gender-Neutral Parenting Harms Kids
Another hip new trend: Oregon State University is now offering “fat studies” courses to students. “The courses regard the concept of “weightism” and “fatphobia” as a hot-button civil rights issue.”
Actress Rosanna Arquette: “The R in Republican Stands for Racist”
Barnard College Instructor Discusses Locking Up and Gassing White People in Hypothetical ‘Race War’
Charlotte arts group apologizes for funding “white, Western Eurocentric” art
Last week, administrators at the University of Oregon made it clear to professors that they would be disciplined if they offended students on the subjects of race, gender, sexuality, or religion.
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/12/29/5818857/
From Soft Liberalism to Iron-Fisted Leftism in Today's U.S. Military
https://www.newsweek.com/soft-liberalism-iron-fisted-leftism-todays-us-military-opinion-1576950
Banning Meat: Left Is Normalizing the Idea
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/04/yes-climate-change-activists-want-to-ban-hamburgers/
Epicurious to stop posting beef recipes, citing climate change
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/epicurious-to-stop-posting-recipes-with-beef-to-fight-climate-change/
Conservative Epoch Times congressional press credentials revoked while Chinese state-run media remains
Simon Schuster employees demand company stop publishing Trump officials' books
Canadian Supreme Court closes private hospices for refusal to participate in assisted suicide
https://www.liveaction.org/news/canadian-supreme-court-private-hospices-assisted-suicide/
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COVID
Economist: Lockdowns ‘Greatest Peacetime Policy Failure’ in Canada’s History
https://fee.org/articles/economist-lockdowns-greatest-peacetime-policy-failure-in-canada-s-history/
New Documents Bolster Wuhan Lab Theory on COVID-19
HCQ proponent Dr. Vladimir Zelenko to receive Nobel Prize
Americans are being denied access to key information about COVID-19 by unelected bureaucrats who seek to expand government power and control, warned talk show host and author Steve Deace, whose new book “Faucian Bargain” recently topped Amazon’s bestsellers list.https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/steve-deace-on-faucian-bargain-second-opinions-about-covid-19-denied-to-americans_3791690.html
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ARTICLES
Civil rights attorney Leo Terrell: “The far-left ‘has declared war on white Americans and police officers’”
Why wind and solar energy are doomed to failure.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/04/why-wind-and-solar-energy-are-doomed-to-failure.php
Inflation Might Bring Down Biden: Republicans, Take Heed
https://pjmedia.com/spengler/2021/04/25/inflation-might-bring-down-biden-n1442630
Why Republicans are swearing off taking Big Tech money
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/why-republicans-are-swearing-off-taking-big-tech-money
Why politicized science is dangerous
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/04/why_politicized_science_is_dangerous_.html
Australian Journalist: Biden Seems ‘Determined To Weaken America’s Standing, Her Military, And Emboldening’ Enemies
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SATIRE
Playskool Releases 'My First Knife Fight' Playset
https://babylonbee.com/news/playskool-releases-my-first-knife-fight-playset
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OTHER STUFF
Critical Race Theory: A Two-page Overview
https://newdiscourses.com/2021/04/critical-race-theory-two-page-overview/
Parents Revolt After Texas’s No. 1 District Tries To Institutionalize Racism
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