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11th March 2021
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Nothing to see here … move along, move along….
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11th March 2021
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Three Republicans on the Committee on House Administration sent a letter to Democratic California Rep. Zoe Lofgren claiming she broke House rules for releasing a report insinuating Congressional Republicans were involved in the Capitol riot.
The Daily Caller first obtained the Thursday letter, which Illinois Rep. Rodney Davis, Georgia Rep. Barry Loudermilk and Wisconsin Rep. Bryan Steil sent to Lofgren, who chairs the committee, saying the report’s findings are wrong and offensive. The three Republicans also said it raises questions concerning her use of Members’ Representational Allowance (MRA) for investigating members of Congress using her personal office resources.
“As the Chairperson of the Committee which is responsible for overseeing the rules governing the use of the MRA, you more than anyone should know that the handbook is clear when it states ‘the MRA may only be used for official and representational expenses.’ Using your personal office resources to investigate other Members of Congress cannot be considered to be related to your representational duties to your district,” the Republicans said to Lofgren in the letter.
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11th March 2021
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Kristen Clarke, already under fire for her past anti-Semitic writings and opposition to civil rights prosecutions of black defendants, helped persuade a federal appeals court to deauthorize an integral part of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Clarke and her advocacy group claimed the project was harmful to black residents. Regulators and energy companies objected to the claim before mounting legal costs forced them to shut down.
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11th March 2021
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Democrats warn that this latest gambit from the right could erode one of the last vestiges of bipartisanship.
‘Bipartisanship’ is Dem-speak for ‘Republicans cave’.
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10th March 2021
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10th March 2021
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10th March 2021
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The Sunshine Protection Act of 2021 would only apply to states who currently participate in DST by getting rid of Standard Time, which lasts between November and March when clocks are turned back one hour. If passed, Americans wouldn’t be forced to change their clocks twice a year.
Well, to begin with, there’s no such thing as a ‘group of bipartisan senators’. There may be a ‘bipartisan group of senators’, but that’s not the same thing. (When did ‘journalists’ stop knowing how to write English?)
Why not get rid of ‘daylight saving’ time and return to the Good Old Days when noon meant that the sun was straight overhead? Why do these people always have to pee in the soup just so that they can say they Made A Difference?
Better yet, get the law out of the time business entirely.
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9th March 2021
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9th March 2021
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9th March 2021
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A pressure campaign from left-wing labor activists is paying dividends: Oregon Democrat Kurt Schrader, who conceded that a labor-backed bill would hurt small businesses, nonetheless announced his support for the measure.

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9th March 2021
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The New York Post’s Steven Nelson gives a straight news account of President Biden blanking out even as he is reading remarks from a teleprompter stationed in front of him (the Post’s account is accompanied by the video below).
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7th March 2021
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7th March 2021
Majority Of Germans Favor Easing COVID-19 Restrictions
COVID-19 Travel Insurance Becoming a Vacation Staple
As 5th Woman Accuses Cuomo Of Harassment, Let’s Review Media Fawning During Nursing Home Quagmire
Russian Disinformation Targets Vaccine Efficacy, Safety
Greyhound CEO Tells DHS Head Migrants Must Test Negative For COVID-19 Before Boarding Buses
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6th March 2021
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6th March 2021
CDC Allows Child Migrant Facilities To Operate At 100% Capacity
Japan Supercomputer Finds Double-Masking Doesn’t Work
French Health Minister Mulls Banning Vaccine Exports
Analysis: Vaccines Alone Could Bring Herd Immunity By Summer
‘Fear’ Is The New ‘Smart’
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6th March 2021
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Filling the restaurants and small venues in the beautiful outdoor weather. While Lord Governor Ducey talked out both sides of his mouth*, desperately trying to split the difference between Abbott/Desantis and Cuomo/Newsom, the bikers rolled back into downtown Mesa for bike night without permission or Mesa city hall control. Live music from an earlier rebellious era filled Main Street, punctuated by the sound of more Harleys rolling in. It was the sound of freedom.
Beyond the biker crowd, people jammed into every surviving eatery and watering hole, including new ones optimistically opened by small, true entrepreneurs. For the first time in nearly a year, you had to search for parking on a Friday night.
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5th March 2021
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5th March 2021
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5th March 2021
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When Gov. Greg Abbott ended Texas’s Covid mask mandate and capacity limits, President Joe Biden called him a “neanderthal” and progressives wished death on Texans. Will hard-blue Connecticut get the same treatment?
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4th March 2021
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4th March 2021
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4th March 2021
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Democrats have twice impeached Donald Trump in the House and twice failed to convict him in the Senate. They’re angry about failing, and double angry about failing twice. That’s understandable. Nobody likes to fail.
But they’ve now fallen into the trap of letting their anger get the better of their reason and their oaths to uphold the Constitution. The result is a legislative temper tantrum in a bill dubbed the “No Glory for Hate Act.”
The act is petty and petulant, and it inspires a strong temptation to laugh and mock. It is, however, an unconstitutional abuse of power, and that transforms an amusing little fit into a worrisome precedent.
The bill targets “any former President that has been twice impeached”—excuse me while I take a moment to figure out all the presidents that it applies to—and says that no federal funds may be used to commemorate all those presidents.
This is effectively a Bill of Atrtainder, which is specifically prohibited by teh Constitution.
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4th March 2021
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Having stumbled upon an effective way to steal a Presidential election, Democrats are scurrying to lock it into law.
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3rd March 2021
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3rd March 2021
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3rd March 2021
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As we continue to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, many public schools have been closed for in-person instruction for nearly a year, thanks in large part to resistance from teachers’ unions. Meanwhile, children have been falling behind academically, mentally, and physically — and their families have been scrambling to search for education alternatives because of the traditional public school system’s unwillingness, and in some cases inability, to adapt to change.
The past year has exposed one of the main problems with K-12 education in the United States: there is a long-existing massive power imbalance between the public school monopoly and individual families.
Moeny for nothin’ and your checks for free….
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3rd March 2021
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The Phoenix Police Department says a man called for help saying a burglar tried getting into his home, and the incident ended with the caller in handcuffs.
In a social media post on March 1, the department stated, “A man calling to report a possible break-in, finds himself in handcuffs instead. While officers were searching his home for the alleged burglar, they located: 6,000 fentanyl pills, 392 grams of meth, $4,685.”
Be careful what you wish for.
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2nd March 2021
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2nd March 2021
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2nd March 2021
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Q: Why is it that only Democrats want D.C. and Puerto Rico to be states?
A; Because they want four more guaranteed Senators.
If they could revoke Alaska’s statehood, I’m sure they would.
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1st March 2021
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1st March 2021
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1st March 2021
Audacious Epigone remarks on the gorilla in the room.
The State of the Union will be a heavily militarized event. Trump was mocked for wanting a military parade through the capital during his term; now Joe Biden is getting a permanent one. The left used to recoil in horror at this sort of militarism. No longer.
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28th February 2021
‘Punishing The Hit Man And Not The Mob Boss’: CNN’s Dana Bash Calls Out Biden’s Inaction Against Saudi Crown Prince Over Khashoggi Murder Lefty ‘journalists’ are discovering that the Deep State doesn’t really care all that much for their ideological fetishes once the election is done.
Trudeau Gives Up On Keystone XL Pipeline, Says Biden ‘Administration Has Made Its Decision’ ‘First thing we do, we’ll piss off Canada.’
Chris Wallace Presses Psaki On Border Policy: ‘Isn’t The Biden Administration Contributing To This Crisis?’
“What Am I Doing Here?”
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28th February 2021
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27th February 2021
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Derek Chauvin goes on trial for murder in the death of George Floyd on March 8. His trial has been separated from that of the other three officers who have been charged; theirs will begin in August. Chauvin is the principal defendant. Of the four policemen involved, two were on something like their fourth day on the job. The third was a tiny guy, also not very experienced. Chauvin was the only officer on the scene who had the experience and the strength to deal with an oversized career criminal who was hopped up on drugs, and he took the lead.
I want to see how they argue that somebody can be choked to death by kneeling on the side of his neck.
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27th February 2021
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27th February 2021
New CDC Director Raises Alarm On “New Variants”… Despite Finding Virtually No Household Asymptomatic Spread Gotta keep that panic going, gotta keep our numbers up.
Is Anyone Else Fed Up With Dr. Fauci’s Forever Moving Goalposts?
Day 324: Pandemic. Are We Seeing a Slow Rolling Larger Disaster in COVID-19?
The FDA just authorized Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine
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26th February 2021
Can You Return To Normal Life After The COVID-19 Vaccine?
The Walls Are Closing In On Andrew Cuomo
A Year Into The Pandemic, Scientists Still Don’t Know COVID-19’s True Origin Or won’t admit it.
It’s Not a COVID-19 Relief Bill. It’s Christmas for Democrats.
Scientists Discover ‘All-Natural’ COVID Treatment That Can Prevent ‘Cytokine Storm’ In Severe Patients
Scientists: Vaccination Before Every Vacation May Be Needed
Russia & West Trade Blame For Vaccine ‘Price Gouging’ & Exploitation Of Africa
Sanders, Wyden Demand COVID Relief Punishes Businesses That Don’t Pay $15 Per Hour
How A Vocal Element Of The Medical Community Wants Us To Wear Masks Forever
“A New World Altogether” – Global Airlines Set To “Go Live In March” With COVID ‘Passports’ ‘Your papers, please!’
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26th February 2021
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26th February 2021
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With Neera Tanden’s nomination in serious trouble, the knives are out for Ron Klain, Joe Biden’s chief of staff. How do we know? Because of the leaking that drives this Washington Post article called “Biden’s chief of staff at center of controversy over White House budget pick.”
Leaking can be a subtle art, but not in this case. One of the leakers told the Post that the Tanden play “was Ron, Ron, Ron, Ron.”
The Democrat Party motto ought to be Nature Red In Tooth And Claw.
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25th February 2021
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Eight Republican Michigan state senators sent letters to acting Attorney General Monty Wilkinson and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Wednesday demanding investigations into Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s handling of COVID-19 in the state’s nursing homes.
Residents of Michigan’s long-term care facilities represent 5,549 of the 16,436 suspected and confirmed COVID-19 deaths in the state since the start of the pandemic, according to the state’s latest available reporting. The GOP lawmakers requested Nessel and Wilkinson investigate whether Whitmer’s April 15 executive order, which prohibited nursing homes in most cases from barring admission to residents who were previously hospitalized with the virus, contributed to the death toll.
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25th February 2021
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- Pennsylvania Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick
- New York Rep. John Katko
- New York Rep. Tom Reed
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25th February 2021
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For years, Big Tech, Hollywood elites, and Democrats in power have stretched their reach to gain unprecedented control over our speech, our culture, and our way of life. From censoring conservative speech on social media to de-platforming a sitting president of the United States, the left has sought to win over public opinion through shaming and smearing the opposition, rather than winning hearts and minds in the battle of ideas.
The current chapter in this larger saga is taking place in the House of Representatives this week. The House just passed H.R. 5, ironically called the “Equality Act.” This bill is a patently unconstitutional assault on religious freedom, which also weakens long-standing civil rights law by equating biological sex with “sexual orientation and gender identity.”
This legislation at its core would take civil rights laws designed to protect classes of people based upon immutable and objective characteristics, and would instead base it upon subjective ideas about gender, and political viewpoints about sexual orientation.
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25th February 2021
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The U.S. Labor Department’s inspector general said this week that roughly $100 million in fraudulent unemployment insurance claims were paid in 2020 to criminals who are already in jail. That’s a tiny share of the estimated tens of billions of dollars in jobless benefits states have given to identity thieves in the past year. To help reverse that trend, many states are now turning to a little-known private company called ID.me. This post examines some of what that company is seeing in its efforts to stymie unemployment fraud.
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25th February 2021
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25th February 2021
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25th February 2021
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They certainly will if they think they can get away with it.
COVID! Is there anything it can’t do?
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25th February 2021
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Two and a half years ago, when Alex Jones of Infowars was kicked off a series of tech platforms in a clearly coordinated decision, I knew this was not going to be an isolated thing.
Given that people like Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy were saying the ouster of Jones was just a “good first step,” it seemed obvious the tactic was not going to be confined to a few actors. But corporate media critics insisted the precedent would not be applied more broadly.
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25th February 2021
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That sounds pretty Trumpian to me.
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