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In the past several months, multiple state legislatures have made moves to ban critical race theory — the latest hot-button issue in contemporary American politics — from their public schools. Activists have opined that critical race theory is either the cure for racial injustice in America or the most dangerous force threatening our democracy.Plenty of writers have explained the main tenets of the theory, some in great detail. But where did it come from? How did an obscure academic theory come to dominate the national political conversation in only a few years?The answer to these questions lies in the origins...

2020..the YEAR of Fear..how we were led so wrongly. WSJ..Studies show it’s durable and widespread. If you’ve had Covid, you can get by with one shot of vaccine. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-power-of-natural-immunity-11623171303?mod=opinion_lead_pos5 @EpochTimes ..Emails Reveal How Influential Articles That Established COVID-19 Natural Origins Theory Were Formed https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/emails-reveal-how-influential-articles-that-established-covid-19-natural-origins-theory-were-formed_3848832.html?utm_source=Morningbrief&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mb-2021-06-09&mktids=87a86463c72fbcf1ed6a9ec4313cef75&est=NlgXQe8v1DKKcUv3R%2F3c8Dy%2BLyj3kLBnWEuR8wACAyh%2BIJdD2DkZMRPzScw%3D

A bombshell Reuters report has revealed evidence of an outbreak of a completely different virus from another Chinese bio-facility around the same time as COVID-19. According to a 2020 Reuters reports, “Brucellosis, a bacterial disease with flu-like symptoms, infected more than 6,000 people in a single outbreak in northwestern China.” The report noted that “Usually caused by contact with animals, the outbreak in Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu province, was due to a leak at a vaccine plant, according to Lanzhou’s health commission. People are still being treated at hospitals even though the outbreak happened a year ago.” The outbreak...

President Biden ended infrastructure negotiations with a group of GOP lawmakers, led by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, the White House said Tuesday.The development came after Biden reportedly failed to get the Republicans on board with increasing their overall spending on the plan."He [Biden] informed Senator Capito today that the latest offer from her group did not, in his view, meet the essential needs of our country to restore our roads and bridges, prepare us for our clean energy future, and create jobs," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement. "He offered his gratitude to her for her...

Will the third time be the charm? Will a third dismal jobs report finally cause President Joe Biden and the Democrats to realize the economic disaster they’ve created? Probably not. The jobs report released last week revealed that employers hired 100,000 fewer workers than expected in May. April was even worse: Unemployment spiked as the number of new hires missed the mark by more than 700,000. This hiring problem isn't for lack of jobs. Nearly half of America’s business owners have available positions they’re trying to fill. They just can’t fill them—and Joe Biden is to blame. Back in March,...

Critical race theorist Ibram X. Kendi, author and contributing writer for The Atlantic, on Tuesday revealed “so many students” have come to his classrooms “angry” that they never learned about systemic racism and racism in high school. CBS “This Morning” host Tony Dokoupil asked Kendi, “Ibram, on the subject of learning, there’s a push in schools across the country from Republicans, in particular, to emphasize the more patriotic, in their view, elements of our history as opposed to some of the darker chapters — in particular, not teaching the idea of systemic racism. As a college professor yourself, as someone...

Deutsche Bank said the U.S. may be headed toward one of its worst periods of inflation in history amid increased government spending and relaxed monetary policy, warning that the belief inflation is transitory could have serious consequences for the economy. The report, which was released Monday, begins with a series of quotes—contrasting Ronald Reagan's warning about how serious inflation is with how Joe Biden, Janet Yellen and others have justified "acting big." "Despite the shift in priorities, central bankers must still prioritize inflation," the report says. "Indeed, history has shown that the social costs of significantly higher inflation and greatly...

In his book Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis points out that God reveals political ends in the Bible, but he is not as specific about the means to achieve those ends. We are supposed to feed the hungry, but we are not told how we should provide the meal. We are supposed to pursue justice, provide for widows and orphans, and fight oppression, but we are not told about the best form of government to do all of that. This is why Lewis warned against trying to establish a Christian political party or to say any party represented the Christian position....

Highlights-On June 3, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) submitted comments to the Oregon Secretary of State challenging the ballot title language of Initiative Petition 13 (IP 13), which seeks to end all hunting, fishing, and trapping in Oregon. -IP 13, if passed, would prohibit the injuring or killing of all mammals, fish, reptiles, and amphibians, unless it occurs as an act of self-defense. In addition to prohibiting hunting and fishing, this sweeping initiative would impact common animal breeding practices, research, and education. -Once the final ballot title language is certified, initiative proponents can begin gathering the 112,020 signatures required to...

Open Letter To America June 8, 2021 in Pandemic Report by PCEN Dear America,This is the story of possibly the greatest corruption scandal in our country’s history.This is the story of how petty bureaucrats and drug companies unjustly discredited an inexpensive FDA-approved drug that would have prevented COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths for political spite and financial gain. These perpetrators, who now hold more significant positions in government, need to be held accountable for over 500,000 American deaths and the disruption of our economy.This is the story of how a few key government officials failed to implement our well-formulated National Pandemic...

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When California legislators enacted the country's first ban on military-style rifles in 1989, they gave no weight to the fundamental right of armed self-defense guaranteed by the Second Amendment: a right the U.S. Supreme Court did not explicitly acknowledge until nearly two decades later. But as U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez observed in his ruling against California's "assault weapon" ban last Friday, it should now be clear that the outright prohibition of such firearms cannot pass constitutional muster. California's Assault Weapons Control Act, which is similar to laws enforced by a handful of other states, originally applied to a list...

Alyssa Milano might be putting Hollywood in her rearview mirror and heading to Washington DC. The actress and leftwing activist is considering running for Congress. Highlighting her name recognition and “deep pockets,” the “Who’s The Boss?” star said she is possibly taking aim at California’s 4th Congressional District. This is a strong Republican district that is currently being represented by Tom McClintock. It’s such a conservative-leaning district that even Donald Trump won this slice of liberal California by nine points.

On June 9, 1944, the 2nd SS Panzer Division hanged 99 habitants of the French town Tulle as revenge upon the French Resistance. On June 7, the Communist Francs-Tireurs et Partisans (FTP) guerrillas launched a pre-planned attack on German and milice positions in Tulle. By the 8th, the FTP had liberated the town* … temporarily. Come the evening of the 8th, the 2nd SS Panzer Division — which had been stationed in southern France but was rumbling north to fortify the German position in the wake of the Allied landing at Normandy — arrived at Tulle and re-occupied the city....

Welcome to Insanity Wrap, your daily dose of the best of the worst. Biden’s Russian collusion is today’s big crazy. ... Russian Collusion: Another Damn Thing We Have to Be Concerned AboutUkraine’s President Says Biden Handed Putin a ‘Weapon’ By Caving On PipelineNot since then-President Barack Obama whispered a message to Vladimir Putin that Obama would enjoy “more flexibility” to negotiate away our missile defenses “after my [re-]election” have we seen such catering to Moscow’s needs.Before we get to that, quick word about Russia.Insanity Wrap would like nothing better than a strong Russia, once again fully part of this amazing...

I had idiosyncratic tastes as a child. For whatever reason, I preferred Burger King fries to McDonald’s fries, and always preferred BK over its more iconic rival. In recent years, I’ve gravitated toward Popeye’s and Chick-fil-A. I haven’t darkened the doorstep of a Burger King in years, and thanks to the company’s newest marketing campaign, I’m likely to avoid BK for the foreseeable future.Last Thursday, Burger King announced that part of every chicken sandwich order will go to support the LGBT activist group Human Rights Campaign (HRC).“The ChKing says LGBTQ+ rights! During [pride] month (even on Sundays) your chicken sandwich...

For too long, conservatives have blindly supported corporations. While trying to support “free markets” we might inadvertently be supporting corporatism, a form of economic totalitarianism where government and corporations collude to destroy individual rights. When I moved to Washington DC in 2002 to accept a position in the Bush Administration, I thought that corporations might be allies of conservatives who were promoting free markets. I was wrong. Over many years working in public policy, I have been disgusted by corporate attempts to utilize the government to destroy fair competition by any means necessary. Am I a conservative Pollyanna? No. I...

President Biden departed for his first foreign trip abroad on Wednesday morning, telling reporters that his goal will be to demonstrate to Russia and China that the alliance between the U.S. and Europe is strong. “Strengthening the alliance, making clear to Putin and to China that Europe and the United States are tight,” Biden told reporters at Joint Base Andrews before departing for the United Kingdom when asked about the goal of the trip. Biden also said he would lay out a coronavirus vaccine strategy for the world and that cyberattacks would be a subject of his discussion with Russian...

On Tuesday, a judge ordered the Loudoun County, Va., school district to reinstate a physical education teacher who dared to speak out against a policy that would require teachers to endorse transgender identity by using female pronouns to refer to male students and vice versa. Roughly 24 hours later, the district suspended the teacher and barred him from setting foot on school property. The judge ruled that this suspension likely violated the teacher’s First Amendment right to free speech. “The Court finds that the Plaintiff’s speech and religious content are central to the determination made by the Defendants to suspend...

[EXCERPT: HEREBY ORDERED] Cleary, what has been ordered by the Governor’s emergency decrees constitute legislation. Dr. Stack’s testimony demonstrates that he and others engage in a process of collaboration and review of CDC guidelines and other documents, the purpose of which is to impose rules on persons and businesses in Kentucky, and that in formulating these rules they tailor them to apply uniformly across the Commonwealth.95 This is formulating policy. He further testified that they have repeatedly amended and revised their orders, thus showing they deem to have the power to make laws and alter them at discretion. Indeed, he...