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GianCarlo Canaparo, Duggan Foley, Joseph Sturdy – Heritage Foundation: Although a rags-to-riches story is heartwarming, and a tale of two (or more) genders is trendy, whether a medical doctor aced anatomy and physiology ought to be more important.

Glenn Greenwald Tweet: We’ve spoken with 2 major law firms in Nashville who said they’d send retainer letters to represent us suing FBI and the Nashville PD to obtain the manifesto of the Nashville shooter, only to back out at the last second. The political pressures are intense. We should see it.

Robert Spencer contributor to PJMedia: To be sure, “misgendering” and “deadnaming” are two quite different phenomena. One of them is insane, and the other is simply rude (under certain circumstances). “Misgendering” refers to calling a male a man and a female a woman even if they insist they are of the opposite sex. While that may seem harsh to hypersensitive woke Leftists, it’s actually a supreme act of charity to try to bring such people back to a sane and realistic understanding of themselves and the world around them.

Ben Bartee contributor to PJMedia: Once the Red Guards had finished struggling against their own school officials, they were instructed by Mao’s leftist “brain trusts” on the Central Cultural Revolution Group to go forth and “Destroy the Four Olds”. The “Four Olds” were defined as old thinking, old culture, old customs, and old habits. And students were given a free pass to “smash” them, quite literally.

GLOBALISM (GREAT RESET) & TRANSHUMANISM (HUMANS 2.0) ARE INEXTRICABLY LINKED

(January 2023 – repost) The Coundrum: In the future you won’t read history books. You’ll see a video like this one and go “I got it, I know what 2O2O was like”.

Covid reset.

Watch the 2:20 minute video: https://twitter.com/wakeupfromcovid/status/1614782804683898884?cxt=HHwWiIC-6fiZ7ugsAAAA

CLIMATE EMERGENCY: GLOBALIST POLITICIANS & BIG BUSINESS ACCUMULATE MORE  POWER & CONTROL

Zeisloft: AOC Reintroduces The Green New Deal

“When we first introduced the Green New Deal, we were told that our vision for the future was too aspirational. Four years later, we see core tenets of the Green New Deal reflected in the Inflation Reduction Act, the largest ever federal investment in fighting climate change, with a focus on creating good, green jobs. But there is still much, much more to do,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a statement. “Today’s reintroduction marks the beginning of that process of strengthening and broadening our coalition, and of laying the policy groundwork for the next fight.”

Read more: https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-reintroduces-the-green-new-deal

DEMOCRAT PARTY MARXIST PLAYBOOK: CANCEL THE FIRST AMENDMENT

Brownstone Institute: Berenson v. Biden: The Potential and Significance

What if President Trump’s advisors worked with oil executives and tech platforms to censor green activists? What if there was concrete evidence that the Bush Administration and Halliburton board members encouraged media companies to silence journalists for challenging the official narrative of the Iraq War? What if the efforts had been successful? Surely, the media would cover the federal-corporate censorship operation with taglines of fascism. Democracy dies in darkness would echo from the halls of the Washington Post. Woodward and Bernstein would make the rounds on the Sunday morning shows, and the New York Times would dedicate its Sunday edition to the new rise in fascism. The resulting lawsuit would be heralded as a David v. Goliath in which one journalist and the First Amendment took on the most powerful forces in the nation. Berenson v. Biden should fit this narrative. Journalist Alex Berenson is suing President Biden, White House advisors, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, and Pfizer Board Member Scott Gottlieb for orchestrating a public-private censorship campaign against him.

Read more: https://brownstone.org/articles/berenson-v-biden-potential-significance/

CORRUPT & DANGEROUS US INTELLIGENCE/ADMINISTRATIVE STATE APPARATUS

(Support for the administrative state) Nelson: The Growth in Business Support for Regulation

Businesses in the United States are increasingly supporting regulation and regulators against judicial decisions curtailing agency authority.  […]  Most recently, over 400 drug company executives signed a letter to support the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) regulation of drugs in the wake of a Texas federal judge’s decision to ban one of the drugs commonly used for medical abortions, a drug that had been legal in the U.S. for 23 years. As the letter objects, “a federal judge with no scientific training fundamentally undermined the bipartisan authority granted by Congress to the Food and Drug Administration to approve and regulate safe, effective medicines for every American.” According to the executives, not being able to depend on the protection and stability of FDA regulation threatens their ability to conduct business in the country. As they explain, . . .  […]  The letter ends with a rousing endorsement of the FDA, despite its flaws, as the signatories “stand together to unequivocally support the continued authority of the FDA to regulate new medicines.” […]  Similarly, in March 2022, the Alliance for Automotive Innovation—which includes automakers such as Ford, GM, Honda, and Toyota—intervened in the D.C. Circuit to support the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. The lawsuit concerned whether the EPA, in setting federal rules on the subject, had exceeded its congressionally delegated authority and violated the U.S. Constitution’s separation of powers. In language parallel to the drug company executives’ letter, . . .

Read more: https://www.theregreview.org/2023/04/19/nelson-the-growth-in-business-support-for-regulation/

Meade: Another Day In The Swamp: Biden’s DEA Chief Accused Of Rewarding Friends With Cushy Government Contrac

Would it surprise you that a top Biden official is accused of doling out cushy, well-paying government jobs and contracts to her liberal friends? No, probably not, but it is surprising that the Associated Press has temporarily shed its Democrat-Media Complex credentials and reported that the Department of Justice’s Inspector General is investigating Anne Milgram, President Joe Biden’s Drug and Enforcement Agency chief, for allegedly rewarding her cronies with no-bid contracts. Milgram is the former attorney general of New Jersey and a former law professor. Now, the IG is looking at millions of dollars in taxpayers’ money allegedly given out for “strategic planning and communication” and other contracts to her friends. According to the AP, the pay for such contracts was given “at costs far exceeding pay for government officials.”

Read more: https://www.dailywire.com/news/another-day-in-the-swamp-bidens-dea-chief-accused-of-rewarding-friends-with-cushy-government-contracts

Lucas: EXCLUSIVE: 2 FBI Agents Who Knelt at BLM Rally Gained Promotions

Kneeling could be an avenue to rise through the ranks at the FBI, judging by promotions for two agents who did so in solidarity with Black Lives Matter protesters. One of the two agents appears in a video for her alma mater saying that the FBI seeks a “diverse workforce” to ensure that the bureau is “looking like the communities that we represent.” […]  At least six FBI agents from the bureau’s Washington, D.C., field office were photographed kneeling during a BLM march on June 4, 2020, and were referred to derisively on social media as “Kneel Team Six.”  The Daily Signal identified two of the kneeling agents through direct and indirect communications with former and current FBI officials. They are Sarah Webb Linden, who was promoted from special agent to assistant special agent in charge of the FBI’s D.C. field office, and Amy Oakes, who was promoted from agent to lead cybercrimes counterintelligence agent.

Read more: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/04/17/exclusive-2-fbi-agents-who-knelt-at-blm-rally-gained-promotions/

DEMOCRAT U.S. SENATE MAJORITY

Jones: Roberts invited to testify at Senate hearing on Supreme Court ethics

The chair of the Senate Judiciary committee has invited Chief Justice John Roberts to testify at a hearing next month focused on the ethical rules governing the Supreme Court as well as potential changes to those guidelines. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. said in a letter to Roberts on Thursday that recent reports found the justices are “falling short” of the ethical standards they and other public servants are supposed to follow. “The status quo is no longer tenable,” Durbin wrote. […]  “The time has come fore a new public conversation on ways to restore confidence in the Court’s ethical standards,” Durbin wrote. “I invite you to join it, and I look forward to your response.”

Read more: https://www.npr.org/2023/04/20/1171141373/supreme-court-justice-roberts-testify-judiciary-committees-ethics-hearing

REPUBLICAN U.S. HOUSE MAJORITY

Greenfield: Intel Letter Calling Hunter Biden Laptop a Russian Op Arranged by Biden Campaign

The House Judiciary Committee got one of the 51 intel signers to flip. It only took two and a half years to admit the obvious. That the Biden campaign was behind the letter of 51 ex-intel officers falsely claiming that the Hunter Biden laptop was a Russian operation was obvious. And the stunt would have been politics as usual if not for the fact that the officials were leveraging official positions and supposed access to secret intelligence to make those claims. And, more importantly, those claims were then used to engage to coordinate a Big Tech censorship campaign to prevent the story from spreading on social media. And the media promoted the letter as a fact and used it to justify not reporting on the Hunter Biden laptop during the election or describing it as Russian disinformation.

Read more: https://www.frontpagemag.com/intel-letter-calling-hunter-biden-laptop-a-russian-op-arranged-by-biden-campaign/

Brufke: McCarthy at risk of falling short on GOP votes for debt ceiling bill

Why it matters: “The whip count on this is not good,” a senior GOP source told Axios Thursday afternoon. Much of the skepticism is coming from swing-district Republicans such as Reps. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) and Tony Gonzales (R-Texas), who have both indicated they are unhappy. “The Freedom Caucus plan is wagging the conference dog,” one House Republican told Axios, referring to the right-wing members who pushed McCarthy hard to include their priorities. Zoom in: The range of GOP factions that make up the conference have competing complaints that will cause heartburn for leadership — and potentially sink the bill altogether.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2023/04/20/mccarthy-republican-votes-debt-ceiling

DEMOCRAT U.S. HOUSE MINORITY

Fang: House Democrat Threatens Twitter Files Journalist with Prosecution and Imprisonment

The backlash against journalists reporting on the Department Homeland Security’s reach into social media platforms took an ominous turn in recent days. In a letter I exclusively obtained, Rep. Stacey Plaskett, D-V.I., falsely claimed that “Twitter Files” journalist Matt Taibbi lied under oath in his congressional testimony, floating the possibility of criminal prosecution. Plaskett, the same lawmaker who described Taibbi as a “so-called journalist” during his March 9 testimony, also demanded sourcing information and asked that he detail his interactions with Elon Musk. […]  Although the letter came from Plaskett, it was a group effort that involved senior figures in the House Democratic Caucus.

Read more: https://leefang.substack.com/p/house-democrat-threatens-twitter

2024 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY

Saavedra: Larry Elder Announces Presidential Bid

Conservative talk show host Larry Elder announced Thursday night that he is launching a bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Elder, who turns 71 years old next week, announced his bid during an appearance on Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight” with host Tucker Carlson.Elder said that he is pro-life, doesn’t believe America is racist, wants secure borders, wants the U.S. to be energy independent, and wants to fix urban schools. “I’m announcing that I’m running for the presidency of the United States on your program,” Elder said. “And thank you so much for giving me this honor and this platform.”

Read more: https://www.dailywire.com/news/larry-elder-announces-presidential-bid

2024 DEMOCRAT PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY

Citizen Free Press: Bobby Kennedy’s full campaign speech… This is a barnburner…

Watch the 6 short clips: https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/bobby-kennedys-full-campaign-speech-this-is-a-barnburner/

Watch the full speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsuLBPjdt-w&t=2s

ELECTION INTEGRITY

Fleetwood: Why Is A GOP-Controlled Florida Committee Working To Gut An Election Integrity Bill?

On Wednesday, the Senate Fiscal Policy Committee filed a substitute to SB 7050 that includes numerous changes to the original version of the proposed law. As originally written, SB 7050 would expand the power of the state’s Office of Election Crimes and Security to review and conduct preliminary investigations into “any alleged election irregularity,” as well as “make referrals for further legal action” to the Office of Statewide Prosecution, the Department of Law Enforcement, and the “state attorney with jurisdiction over the matter.” “The statewide prosecutor receiving a complaint referred by the office shall investigate the complaint promptly and thoroughly, undertake any related criminal action as justified by law, and report to the office the results of any such investigation, any related action taken, and the final disposition of the complaint,” the bill reads. […]  The proposed committee substitute for SB 7050 also doesn’t incorporate a key provision from the original version that would have required individuals registering to vote for the first time in Florida and who the state “has verified has not been issued a social security number, a current and valid Florida driver license, or a current and valid Florida identification card” to vote “in person the first time [he or she] votes in [Florida].” The provision includes exceptions for those permitted to vote absentee as specified by federal law.

Read more: https://thefederalist.com/2023/04/20/why-is-a-gop-controlled-florida-committee-working-to-gut-an-election-integrity-bill/

CHINA: AMERICA’S MORTAL ENEMY

Webinar: Xi’s “Global Governance” Gambit: How the CCP Resets the World for Its Hegemony

Beijing-controlled International Organizations’ Role in Subverting our Sovereignty and Building a New World Order with Chinese Characteristics  The Biden administration has been negotiating, mostly in secret, to surrender American sovereignty to international entities like the World Health Organization and the United Nations. This would be unconscionable and anti-constitutional conduct under the best of circumstances. As it happens, these negotiations are also advancing the pursuit of world domination by our time’s existential threat to freedom: the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). […]  This CPDC webinar addresses the implications of the U.S. acceding to, let alone actively advancing, the Chinese Communists’ global governance gambit and what must be done to prevent it at the UN and WHO.

Read more/Watch the 1:11:42 hour video: https://presentdangerchina.org/webinar-xis-global-governance-gambit-how-the-ccp-resets-the-world-for-its-hegemony/

BIDEN/HARRIS/OBAMA’S AMERICA LAST REGIME: RADICAL TRANSFORMATION OF FOREIGN  POLICY

War Room: Monica Crowley: “The American taxpayer has pumped 200 plus billion dollars into the Ukraine war.”

Watch the 8:57 minute interview: https://rumble.com/v2jhbwq-monica-crowley-the-american-taxpayer-has-pumped-200-plus-billion-dollars-in.html

BIDEN/HARRIS/OBAMA’S AMERICA LAST REGIME: RADICAL TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICA

Binder: Bush, Obama, Clinton Team Up with American Express to Fly Migrants into American Communities

A non-governmental organization (NGO) founded by former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama and backed by a litany of multinational corporations is teaming up with American Express to fly migrants into the United States. The NGO, called Welcome.US, was initially launched to work with President Joe Biden’s administration in resettling some 85,000 Afghans across the U.S. in 2021 and 2022, as Breitbart News reported extensively at the time. For its Afghan operation, the NGO helped fly close to 20,000 Afghans to American communities funded by millions raised from donations and supported by corporate backers like Walmart, Airbnb, the New York Times, the Business Roundtable, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Starbucks, the Washington Post, Goldman Sachs, Goodwill Industries, Microsoft, and Chobani. The NGO also has ties to billionaire George Soros,

Read more: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/04/20/bush-obama-clinton-team-up-american-express-fly-migrants-into-american-communities/

THE DEMOCRAT PARTY MARXIST PLAYBOOK: LEFTIST INDOCTRINATION, CHILD MUTILATION, CHILD SACRIFICE, CHILD SEXUALIZATION = CHILD ABUSE

Potter: Disturbing moment Washington state middle school kids take part in ‘vile’ licking game between students and adult STAFF – as parents are left furious

Shocking footage showed the outlandish competition at Desert Hills Middle School in Kennewick, Washington, where schoolkids and their adult teachers were tasked with licking marshmallow cream off either side of a plexiglass pane at the same time. Horrified students, some of whom recorded the game and showed their parents, can be heard in the video screaming ‘Ew’, ‘Disgusting’ and ‘That’s so gross’. After the disturbing footage was circulated, outraged parents have hit out at the middle school, with many questioning how the disturbing competition was allowed to go ahead. […]  Two plexiglass panes with several spreads of marshmallow cream were positioned in the center of the school’s gym, before teams of students and teachers sprinted towards each other and licked the cream off the glass. The competition often saw the adult teachers and minor students licking their respective sides of the glass at the same time.

Read more/Watch the 1:17 minute video: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11992855/Washington-state-middle-school-hosts-vile-licking-game-students-adult-STAFF.html

THE DEMOCRAT PARTY MARXIST PLAYBOOK: PROMOTE & GLORIFY GENDER DYSPHORIA A MENTAL ILLNESS

Hutchinson: ‘They Have Video Of Our Face And Names’: College Conservative Describes ‘Riot’ At Transgender Debate Event

“It was definitely maybe even more chaotic than it looked on video,” Dylan Mitchell told Fox News host Tucker Carlson, a co-founder of the Daily Caller News Foundation. “They had a designated area they were permitted to protest because unlike them, we believe in the First Amendment right to freedom of speech, but they quickly left the area, decided it was better for them if they stormed and overtook the street where we were checking people in.”  […] . . . we had people throwing smoke bombs, hurling obscenities, making death threats,” Mitchell continued. “All with their faces covered. No arrests made, nobody kicked out of the university. So those very same students making death threats, trying to attack with explosive devices just on Tuesday are going to be our classmates tomorrow, and we have no idea who they are, but they have video of our face and names.”

Watch the 4:06 minute video: https://dailycaller.com/2023/04/20/they-have-video-of-our-face-and-names-college-conservative-describes-riot-at-transgender-debate-event/

DEMOCRAT PARTY MARXIST PLAYBOOK: WOKE IDENTITY POLITICS

Jacobson: Missouri State U ‘Business Boot Camp’ That Excluded White Males Challenged By Equal Protection Project

Yesterday, EPP files a complaint with the Missouri Office of Attorney General regarding an Early-Stage Business Boot Camp held at Missouri State University open only to “BIPOC” and females. White males were excluded. Here is our letter to MO Attorney General Andrew Bailey: . . . EPP files complaint with Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey: “We urge the attorney general to force MSU to make it right, to stop such conduct in the future, and to provide remedies for those excluded for being white males.”

Read more/Watch the 2:40 minute Tucker Carlson interview: https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/04/missouri-state-u-business-boot-camp-that-excluded-white-males-challenged-by-equal-protection-project/

Equal Protection project website: https://equalprotect.org/

Ibrahim: Netflix’s Black Cleopatra Exposed

By depicting Cleopatra as a Black woman, Netflix’s “Queen Cleopatra” is creating a stir. Now, because all four of my grandparents were Coptic, and because the Copts are “acknowledged as the remaining descendants of the civilisation of the Ancient Egyptians, with Pharaonic origins,” I cannot resist but offer my two cents. First, this business has been going on for a quite long time.  One of my very first college research papers (still in my possession, from 1993) was dedicated to debunking this widespread and entrenched claim that ancient Egyptians were Black — as in sub-Saharan African Black. On the one hand, one can sympathize with the motive behind this claim: to give sub-Saharan Africans a source of pride, to present them as one of the first great civilizations. On the other hand, you cannot warp the truth — that is, foist a lie — without negative consequences.

Read more at American Thinker.

AS GOES CALIFORNIA SO GOES THE NATION

Trejo: California Moves Toward Criminalizing Criticism of Teachers Who Push Transgenderism on Kids in School

The state of California is considering legislation that would make it a misdemeanor crime, punishable with up to one year in jail, to criticize teachers who are pushing transgender indoctrination upon children in schools. SB 596, written by Sen. Anthony Portantino,  will “address the issue of teachers facing harassment and aims to provide a safe and inclusive environment for all students and teachers.”  […]  The legislation states that “any person who subjects a school employee to threats or harassment while the employee is away from a schoolsite or after school hours for reasons related to the employee’s course of duties” could be fined as much as $1,000 and jailed for up to one year.

Read more: https://bigleaguepolitics.com/california-moves-toward-criminalizing-criticism-of-teachers-who-push-transgenderism-on-kids-in-school/

PEACEFULLY & PATRIOTICALLY HAVE YOUR VOICES HEARD

Troutman: ‘Rising With Courage and Vigor’: Kevin Roberts Lays Out Plan to Win Culture War

From the Department of Justice targeting parents and Christians to the activist FBI to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg prosecuting former President Donald Trump without cause, the Left has abandoned the rule of law, according to Roberts. “They reject the very idea of national sovereignty, insisting the United States belongs to the globalist elites instead of to us, the everyday hardworking American citizens,” Roberts said. The Democratic Party has become characterized by wealthy elites, while the Republican Party now belongs to the religious working class, Roberts said. […]  On Friday, Heritage will release a 900-page edition of “Mandate for Leadership,” which guides a potential conservative president in leading the charge against the left-wing agenda embedded in the administrative state. “This is our fight,” Roberts said, “and we’re going to win.” The woke Left’s vision is to destroy America, he warned. “This new iteration of the Left, tyrannical, elitist, anti-American, anti-Constitution, cannot be bargained with,” he continued. “It cannot be placated. It simply must be defeated.”

Read more: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/04/20/rising-courage-vigor-kevin-roberts-lays-plan-win-culture-war/

THE MEDICAL INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX  HAS CANCELLED THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH

Purnell: Your Doctor Asking For Your Pronouns Isn’t Just Annoying, It’s A Sign Of The Industry’s Decline

. . . having doctors ask about your pronouns isn’t just an obnoxious chore, it’s a sign of the health-care industry’s willingness to forego medical reality for a few ideological brownie points. And that’s a sure sign of an industry in decline. By definition, the medical profession demands doctors do what’s in the best interest of their patients, not necessarily what makes patients happiest or most at ease. If making a patient feel “comfortable” were the highest medical ethos, then dentists and gastroenterologists everywhere would be out of work — no one gets a root canal or a colonoscopy because it makes them feel good. […]

It’s foolish to think the entire medical industry could cave so easily to a deadly hive mind and somehow not let that affect your care. Just wait until trans activists insist on making women with breast cancer wait for mastectomies so that other women who want to cut off their healthy breasts to look more like men can go first. […]  We’ve already seen the poisonous implications of other strands of identity politics for medicine.

Read more: https://thefederalist.com/2023/04/19/your-doctor-asking-for-your-pronouns-isnt-just-annoying-its-a-sign-of-the-industrys-decline/

HEALTH

Berrein: FDA Approves Treatment For Newly-Diagnosed Lymphoma That’s 1st Approved Therapy In Decades

The drug Polivy in combination with Rituxan (rituximab), cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin and prednisone (R-CHP) was approved on Wednesday, The combination had been approved in 2019 for use but only for patients who had undergone two prior therapies. […]  A study found that roughly 28 months after the combination was administered, a 27% reduction in the risk of disease production or death for patients occurred compared to patients who received standard of care.

Read more: https://www.dailywire.com/news/fda-approves-treatment-for-newly-diagnosed-lymphoma-thats-1st-approved-therapy-in-decades

BOOK REVIEW: JUSTICE CORRUPTED: HOW THE LEFT WEAPONIZED OUR LEGAL SYSTEM BY TED CRUZ

Bawer: How the Left Weaponized Our Legal System

Setting: Loudoun County, Virginia, 2021. A girl is sexually assaulted in a school bathroom by a self-styled “trans girl” – i.e., a boy. But school administrators are so fiercely devoted to transgender ideology that they cover up the assault – and when the victim’s father, Scott Smith, speaks up at a school-board meeting, he gets tackled by cops. In the wake of this and similar incidents around the country, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) collaborates with Biden White House staffers on a letter to the Justice Department falsely claiming that parents like Smith have been guilty of “malice, violence, and threats against public school officials” and asking the DOJ to deal appropriately with these “domestic terrorists.” Cruz, who begins his splendid third book, Justice Corrupted: How the Left Weaponized Our Legal System, with this story, points out that it’s taken months for the DOJ to answer letters from him – a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. But it took only six days for the NSBA letter to result in a memo by Attorney General Merrick Garland promising to act against recalcitrant parents and ordering the FBI and DOJ to investigate them. Thanks to widespread publicity, massive displays of parental outrage, a definitive investigation by the Daily Wire, and a firm grilling of Garland by Cruz himself at a Senate committee hearing, the DOJ backed off. For the moment, anyway. Such weaponization of executive agencies isn’t new. Cruz tells the story.  The DOJ, founded in 1870 by President Grant to address the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, . . .

Read more: https://www.frontpagemag.com/how-the-left-weaponized-our-legal-system/

OTHER NEWS, COMMENTARY, OPINION

Arden: REI to close Portland Pearl District store, blames break-ins

In an email sent to members, REI said the Portland store had its highest number of break-ins and thefts in two decades despite actions to provide extra security. The company confirmed the closure in a statement sent to KOIN 6 News and said in addition to safety concerns, the company has outgrown its current space in the Pearl District. Spokesperson Megan Behrbaum said the building requires significant investment to address issues and the company has been unable to reach an agreement with the landlord.  [Note: During the BLM riots, outdoor retailer REI promoted its support for the racist movement.]

Read more: https://www.koin.com/local/rei-to-close-portland-pearl-district-store-blames-break-ins/?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=t.co

(4/20/23) Tonkin: Has dead, 600lbs NASA satellite crashed in Africa? Hunt for spacecraft the size of a shipping container amid fears it may have landed in Chad overnight

NASA refused to disclose its re-entry location but the satellite is thought to have come down between 00:50 BST and 02:50 BST this morning (19:50 ET and 21:50 ET yesterday). Satellite-tracking website Satflare suggests it may have crashed in Chad, Libya or Sudan, but this is yet to be confirmed. There is also a good chance that some or all of the spacecraft burnt up upon re-entry.

Read more: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11994159/Hunt-dead-NASA-satellite-enters-Earths-atmosphere.html

INTERNATIONAL 

Eastman: Germany Shutters Its Last Nuclear Power Plants, Becoming More Reliant on Fossil Fuel Energy

Despite the problems in making supply meet demand, the nation decided it was wise to proceed with a decision made in 2011 to Germany has now shuttered its last remaining nuclear power plants. The shutdown of Germany’s last remaining nuclear reactors over the weekend means the country’s power producers have no option but to further accelerate their ongoing energy system overhaul. With natural gas supplies still severely constrained following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year, the reactor shutdowns mean that two key sources of baseload power have now been disrupted or cut off to Europe’s largest economy.

Read more: https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/04/germany-shutters-its-last-nuclear-power-plants-becoming-more-reliant-onfossil-fuel-energy/

Morrissey: BREAKING: Sudan embassy says “too late” for evac of US citizens from Khartoum; DOD prepping options

An unknown number of American citizens remain trapped in Sudan, and it may already be too late to get them out. The civil war in Sudan between two wanna-be warlords reached the capital of Khartoum almost a week ago, and yet no one apparently had thought to extract US diplomatic personnel and private citizens from the country. […]  The Pentagon is moving troops to the African nation of Djibouti to prepare for an evacuation of U.S. Embassy staff from Sudan, where fierce fighting between two warring generals has led to the swift deterioration of conditions in the capital, Khartoum, according to two officials.

But senior U.S. officials acknowledged that it would not be easy to get embassy staff out, let alone the estimated 19,000 American citizens who are believed to be in the country. …

Read more: https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2023/04/20/breaking-sudan-embassy-says-too-late-for-evac-of-us-citizens-from-khartoum-dod-prepping-options-n545193

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