The Tello Files. (All things strange, witnessed, verifyable and/or credible (?)

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THIS is how the far-left RECRUITS Americans into its CULT

The far-left should no longer be considered a ‘woke’ religion, hyper focused on CRT, COVID restrictions, and gender identity. It’s actually worse than that, Glenn argues. The far-left in America has become a CULT — one that recruits, indoctrinates, and preys on vulnerable Americans in order to further its dangerous ideology. James Lindsay, founder of New Discourses, describes to Glenn the specific signs and tactics used by the far-left that prove this cult — one of the largest ones in human history — is a danger to all Americans the longer it persists

https://teapartyusa.org/this-is-how-the-far-left-recruits-americans-into-its-cult-2/

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CNN is Now Calling Out Biden’s
Low Poll Numbers

Joe Biden’s poll numbers have been consistently down the drain. The polls also show that Americans want Biden to do better on immigration, crime, inflation, the economy in general, and a host of other issues.

Yet, despite the clear and consistent feedback from the American public, the president hasn’t taken any truly serious action to improve his poll numbers. Instead, Biden appears content with just lying to the American public and then hoping these lies stick if he says them loudly and frequently enough.

This strategy is not working out so well for the president. In fact, his poll numbers have fallen so low that even CNN (of all outlets) has no choice but to call it out, according to Twitchy.

CNN Holds Biden’s Feet to the Fire

As a news outlet with deeply left-wing leanings, it’s par for the course for CNN to defend various Democratic figures and officials. Yet, in Biden’s case, his approval ratings across multiple polls are so horrendous that CNN can’t even explain it away.

CNN reported earlier this week that across several different polls, Biden’s approval ratings range from 33% to 42%. The left-wing publication was also forced to admit these are some of the worst poll numbers for a president ever.

The averages reported by CNN also show that Biden’s approval ratings are well below where Trump’s ratings stood during the same time in his presidency.

At this time, the factors having the worst impacts on Biden’s poll numbers continue to be gas prices and inflation. These two things are having the most direct impacts on the American people each and everyday.

The White House should expect Biden’s approval ratings to keep sinking unless he makes some serious changes that Americans have called for. At the top of the list is cutting back on spending.

Poor Timing for Democrats

With the midterm elections being about seven months out, the president’s horrible poll numbers are very bad for Democrats.

Democrats know they’re going to lose these elections. This is why they’re scaremongering about projected GOP wins, claiming that democracy itself will no longer exist if Republicans win back Congress.

When Democrats reference “democracy,” they don’t really mean real democracy. Sadly, the left has turned “democracy” into nothing more than a code word expressing their interest in holding power.

If Biden and the Democrat Party truly cared about democracy, they’d be listening to the feedback of Americans calling for major changes of current policies.

https://conservativeamericatoday.com/cnn-is-now-calling-out-bidens-low-poll-numbers/

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Panic over Elon Musk

Elon Musk wants to make Twitter free again. This should be a good thing, but the left considers it dangerous. Dennis reads and reacts to some of the most outrageous comments about Elon becoming Twitter’s biggest investor, stating his vision to restore Freedom of Speech, and bidding for the company. The left misses the point entirely. You’re not supposed to like everything that is said on the Internet.

"What he said."

https://www.prageru.com/video/ep-235-panic-over-elon-musk-and-free-speech-on-twitter?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_4124203

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Look who I found!!!

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Recently I had posted my views on the substance of Monster Movies.
I pointed out that more often than not...People are the terror.

Here's another glaring example of such an observation.

This story involves more:

Mental illness
Narcissism
Malice
Drunk with power
Detachment
DARVO
Ignorance and all that other baggage that Morons carry aboard Life.

I just want these creatures, everywhere, to fade away sooner than later.
Check it out:

Chicago Mayor Lightfoot stopped in her tracks when reporter confronts her over 'all the harm you've caused'

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) refused to answer a question from a bold reporter who confronted her about running for re-election despite overseeing "harm" done to Chicago during her mayoral tenure.

What happened?
During a press conference Tuesday, veteran Chicago reporter William J. Kelly confronted Lightfoot for deceptively positing a rosy portrait of Chicago.

"Mayor Lightfoot, every time you have a press conference you say crime is down, the economy is booming —" Kelly began before being cut off by Lightfoot.

"Well that’s not — that’s not true, but get your question, sir," Lightfoot interjected.

"Across the street we had a police officer on duty the victim of a hit and run. We have Michigan Avenue, the Magnificent Mile, now referred to as the Mile of Fear. The Water Tower Place has thrown the keys back to the lender, they say they don’t want to be in Chicago any more," Kelly resumed.

That is when he dropped his bomb of a question.

"Real Chicagoans are asking me how could you possibly even consider running for re-election as mayor of the city of Chicago after all the harm you’ve caused," the reporter said.

Lightfoot, however, refused to even address the question and abruptly called for the next question.

"Well, I disagree with you fundamentally, and I don’t think I need to address and dignify your comments one second further," she responded. "Next question!"

Just this week, Lightfoot rebuffed critics by claiming that Chicago is on track for "the best economic recovery of any big city in the nation, bar none."

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the mayor made those comments at a luncheon as she prepares to launch a bid for re-election.

However, crime is a major problem for the Windy City, and it is the issue about which Chicagoans are most concerned. Under Lightfoot's leadership, Chicago experienced one of the most violent years in decades. Instead of focusing on crime reduction, Lightfoot often points toward firearms as a scapegoat for the city's problem with violence.

Meanwhile, the Sun-Times reported that Lightfoot's public approval rating is below 30%, a dismal figure for any politician hoping to win re-election.

Lightfoot has not officially announced her re-election campaign, but Axios reported the biggest issues in the mayoral race will be how she handled crime, education, and COVID-19 mandates during her first term. If that holds, Lightfoot may well become a one-term mayor.

Already is a First Class Idiot!

https://www.theblaze.com/news/chicago-mayor-lightfoot-stopped-in-her-tracks-when-reporter-confronts-her-over-all-the-harm-youve-caused?utm_source=theblaze-7DayTrendingTest&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Blaze%20PM%20Trending%202022-04-21&utm_term=ACTIVE%20LIST%20-%207%20Day%20Engagement

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Gil McQueen
Former Diplomat
Are Russian soldiers happy about invading Ukraine?

Oh, yes. I bet they are very happy.
The soldiers were caught sleeping in the building of a train station in the Belgorod region, Dolbino, 27 kilometers from the border with Ukraine, near the city of Kharkiv.

The soldiers were huddled in the train station, sleeping next to each other, directly on the floor, without receiving warm food for 5 days. Even locals in Belarus are extremely dissatisfied with Russian soldiers arriving for military maneuvers " They drink a lot and sell diesel from their tanks." This is the greatest Russian army, pushed into this misery by Putin.

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"An inventor fails 999 times,
and if he succeeds once,
he's in."
-Charles Kettering   

Failure is an inescapable part of the journey to achieving something great — whether it’s a personal goal, an academic standard, or, for American engineer and inventor Charles Kettering, the next big patent. Known for such inventions as the electrical starting motor and leaded gasoline (among others), Kettering understood that a good innovator can — and should — fail as many times as necessary on the way to success.

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Hmmm...
I wonder.....
Can I do clean-up?

NOT IF IT'S PUKE.

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Dr. Fauci States ‘You Use Lockdowns To Get People Vaccinated’

BY DREWBERQUIST.COM   APRIL 15, 2022

When the COVID-19 pandemic reached America, the government was quick to throw the nation into a series of lockdowns under the illusion that it was all for public safety. On top of the lockdowns, key figures like National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci also pushed social distancing, mask mandates, and the highly controversial COVID-19 drug by Pfizer.

Although Dr. Fauci might be held in high regard in the Biden administration, not only has his stance changed numerous times, but he recently admitted that “you use lockdowns to get people vaccinated”.

Almost shocking that he took such a stance, Dr. Fauci’s claims came during a segment on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports”. Mitchell was speaking about the lockdown in China when she asked, “How concerning is the outbreak in China? We see the lockdown in Shanghai and State Department now ordering families out, all nonessential workers out of Shanghai.”

Apparently holding nothing back, Dr. Fauci said, “China has a number of problems, two of which are that the complete lockdown, which was their approach, is the strictest lockdown you’d never be able to implement in the United States. Although that prevents the spread of infection, I remember early on they were saying, and I think accurately, they were doing better than anyone else.

You use lockdowns to get people vaccinated so that when you open up, you won’t have a surge of infections. Because you’re dealing with an immunologically naïve population of the virus because they’ve not been exposed because of the lockdown.”

The doctor added, “The problem is the vaccines they’ve been using are not nearly as effective as the vaccines used in the United States, UK, EU, and other places. So, they don’t have the degree of protection that’s optimal.

Also, they have a lot of their older population, which are the most vulnerable among us, and so, there’s a double negative there. One, they don’t have people who are protected, and B, the people who need it most, are not getting the vaccination. That’s the source of the problem in China.”

This piece was written by Jeremy Porter on April 15, 2022. It originally appeared in DrewBerquist.com and is used by permission.

https://www.lifezette.com/2022/04/dr-fauci-states-you-use-lockdowns-to-get-people-vaccinated/?utm_source=daily-email-breaking&utm_medium=email

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How Big Tech Targets Faith Groups For Censorship
BY REALCLEARWIRE   AUGUST 13, 2021 AT 11:12AM

By Joshua D. Holdenried for RealClearReligion

Most people click “accept” on tech companies’ user agreements without reading them. But faith-based nonprofits should think twice before doing so.

A new report from the Napa Legal Institute shows that prominent tech companies can force religious organizations to abide by secular liberal values as a condition of using a product or service.

We surveyed the user agreements – sometimes called “community guidelines” or “acceptable use policies” – for the tech companies that faith-based nonprofits tend to use. Social media companies such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, which is owned by Google, are important for communicating with followers and the broader public.

Companies like Apple and Amazon enable groups to sell products, offer apps, and operate websites. Vendors like MailChimp and Constant Contact are crucial for organizational marketing.

All told, our survey looks at 25 major companies and subsidiaries. We found that 21 have user agreements that could easily and inappropriately be used against religious groups.

While the language differs and is typically vague (which is a big part of the problem) the reality is largely the same: most tech companies claim unilateral power to ban religious groups for advocating constitutionally-protected viewpoints not shared by the company.

This power goes well beyond prohibitions on illegal activity, which has historically been the primary focus of most user agreements.

Now companies reserve the right to kick organizations off their platforms for supporting traditional marriage, opposing abortion, questioning transgenderism, or holding any other belief currently out of cultural or political favor with Silicon Valley.

More than a third of the companies we surveyed have already exercised that power at least once, based on Napa Legal’s research.

Twitter is one of the worst offenders. Within the bucket of “hateful conduct,” the social media company bans content that “threaten” and “harass[es]” people based on a wide variety of characteristics. This language is inherently vague. Twitter can – and has – banned users for stating beliefs that simply make others uncomfortable.

Focus on the Family, an evangelical group, saw its Twitter account locked after the group retweeted an article expressing concern for religious liberty in light of federal transgender policies.

MailChimp, a marketing platform with 11 million customers reaching an audience of 4 billion people, is no better. Its user agreement says: “We may suspend or terminate your account” for using the company’s platforms to distribute “hateful content” or content “that, in our sole judgment, could be reasonably perceived” to harass, intimidate, abuse, or discriminate.

The use of the phrase “in our sole judgment” (“in our sole discretion” appears elsewhere) makes it clear: there is no objective standard; there are only the whims of Mailchimp’s leaders. Babylon Bee, a conservative Christian satire publisher, was temporarily banned by the company under this policy.

The list goes on. Apple’s user agreement for its app store prohibits “content that is offensive, insensitive, upsetting,” or even “just plain creepy” – all subjective standards that can be used to hobble faith groups.

Apple banned an app by Living Hope Ministries after it was criticized by LGBT groups. Google recently banned an app by an Idaho church, because the company’s policy prohibits “hate speech” toward anyone with a “characteristic that is associated with systemic discrimination or marginalization.”

Not every company claims such sweeping power. Stripe, a payment processing company, only prohibits “unlawful” use of its system. Video conferencing services Cisco WebEx and GoToWebinar follow a similar approach. But they’re the exception in industries where enforcing secular liberalism is now the rule.

Most tech companies’ user agreements ban content that discriminates on the basis of religion, yet their policies enable them to engage in such discrimination themselves.

They should revise their user agreements to protect lawful religious speech by faith-based groups. Instead of using vague language, they should establish and publish clear objective standards that recognize the difference between sincerely held religious beliefs and “hate speech.”

Companies should also provide for robust appeals processes to prevent ambiguous policies from marginalizing people of faith.

Sadly, such actions appear unlikely for many tech companies, which face significant internal and external pressure to toe an ideological line. As such, faith groups may want to consider avoiding specific companies, or even withdrawing from those they are already on.

If that’s not feasible, groups should be aware of what they’re signing away.

Then faith-based nonprofits should prepare for the worst. Tech companies are increasingly aggressive in pushing their secular liberal ideology on users and banning those who refuse to go along.

It is not too early for nonprofits to protect their organizations and prepare for public relations campaigns. When tech companies strike, faith groups should be ready to strike back in the court of public opinion. They shouldn’t have to accept views they find objectionable in order to participate in an increasingly digital public square.

Syndicated with permission from RealClearWire.
Joshua D. Holdenried is vice president and executive director of Napa Legal Institute, which educates and protects faith-based nonprofits.

https://thepoliticalinsider.com/how-big-tech-targets-faith-groups-for-censorship/?utm_campaign=TPI04152022PMLB&utm_source=criticalimpact&utm_medium=email&utm_content=92c64eb985bc01c2a6473c7b9fa19141&source=TPICI

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GOP Sen. Hawley: It’s ‘Really Scary’ Government Has Monopolized Big Tech – Telling Companies ‘You Need To Censor’
BY LIFEZETTE   JULY 22, 2021 AT 4:09PM

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) went on Fox News on Thursday to lament the fact that the government has monopolized big tech companies and telling them to censor users, specifically conservatives.

‘I Think It’s Scary’
“Oh, I think it’s scary, Bret,” Hawley told host Bret Baier. “I think it’s really scary to have the federal government of the United States, the White House, compiling lists of people, organizations, whatever, and then going to a private company that, by the way, is a monopoly, Facebook, and saying: You need to censor. You need to do something about this.”

“You need to tell these users, these private users on a private company, what they can or cannot say,” he added. “I mean, I just think that this kind of coordination between big government and a big monopoly corporation, boy, that is scary stuff. And it really is censorship, Bret.”

Hawley Doubles Down
Hawley went on to compare these activities to a function of a public utility. He then argued that those companies should be broken up to “restore competition.”

“Well, at this point, you really have to wonder how private of companies they are,” Hawley said.

“I mean, if you’re taking direction from the federal government, openly coordinating with the federal government, you have got the government saying, we think that this speech ought to be censored, and big tech, if they carry out those instructions, I mean, that looks like they’re starting to operate as a public utility,” he continued.

Hawley Concludes His Rant
“And there are many people out there who say we ought to just treat them as public utilities,” Hawley added. “We ought to just regulate these private companies as such. My view is, we ought to break them up and restore competition.”

“But I have to tell you, Bret, their status as independent private companies, looks more and more endangered here,” he concluded. “They’re acting like arms of the government. And when they’re monopolies, that’s a big problem.”

https://thepoliticalinsider.com/gop-sen-hawley-its-really-scary-government-has-monopolized-big-tech-telling-companies-you-need-to-censor/

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7 Great Alternative Ways To Spread Your Ideas
Once You Get Banned From Social Media

Oh no! You just got banned from your favorite social media platform for saying something pretty much everyone agrees with! You stinker.

When you are banned, and you will be, consider these seven great alternative ways to spread your ideas:

1) Become a multi-billionaire and enact a hostile takeover of Twitter: Ok, so this might only be feasible for one of you.

2) Tell your gossipy Aunt so in 3 days the whole world will know: 2 days, more likely.

3) Go into people’s dreams and plant an idea like they do in Inception: The most efficient way of controlling the narrative.

4) Smoke Signals: You could also get to know some Navajo Code Talkers and learn their ways.

5) Follow the Google Maps car with a stack of poster boards: It really works! Just be prepared to be taken waaaaaay out of context.

6) Become a serial killer and mail your ideas in a secret code to the police: The authorities will likely hold part of the message back from the public but at least the cops will know how much you support the current thing.

7) Become President so Twitter can't ban you: They would never ban a sitting president of the United States. That'd be ridiculous!

https://babylonbee.com/news/7-great-alternative-ways-to-spread-your-ideas-once-you-get-banned-from-twitter

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Twitter Headquarters Suffers
Severe Water Damage From
Liberal Employees' Tears

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Twitter headquarters has sustained extensive water damage following Elon Musk's $43 billion bid to buy out the company. Early reports indicate that the source of the water is the tears of the company's liberal employees who are devastated at the news.

"NOOOOOOO!!!!!! I refuse to work for Elon Musk!" screamed Evie Mandrake (they/them) falling to her knees, tearing at her clothes, and sobbing uncontrollably. "He can't keep getting away with this! We can't let him allow free speech!"

Witnesses claim that tears are currently pouring out all the exits and windows of Twitter's HQ. Structural engineers at the scene are not sure if the building can be salvaged. "In this case, the high salt content of the tears already threatens to corrode the steel structure of the building. I guess we'll have to gut the place and turn it into a homeless shelter after all." said Mark Powell, senior engineer.

Of the few Twitter employees that were still able to still speak coherently, they explained that they fear what may happen to this platform now that people they don't like can't be silenced on a whim. "Now anyone could be subject to being banned. Even the accounts we have been protecting by turning a blind eye to are at risk now!"

At publishing time, the local news channel was forced to put out a flood warning for the Twitter headquarters surrounding area for the foreseeable future as the weeping and gnashing of teeth continues.

https://babylonbee.com/news/twitter-headquarters-suffers-severe-water-damage-from-liberal-employees-tears

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Ben Shapiro DESTROYS 5-Year-Old Who
Identifies As An Astronaut

Wow, this is EPIC. Ben Shapiro COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN this little boy who said he identifies as an astronaut.

"I'm an astronaut!" the kid said. "Space is cool! Space is fun!"

"Ok, here's the thing, kid," Shapiro began. "You are not an astronaut. You are merely a 5-year-old human child with NO qualifications and NO training whatsoever. Astronauts require years of training and must be in top physical condition. You, on the other hand, are none of those. Clearly."

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH! This ignorant snowflake kid didn't even know what hit him!

The small wannabe astronaut attempted to retort, saying: "I wanna fly on a rocket and go to mars! VROOOMMM! Rocketship! Yay!"

Ben Shapiro was completely unfazed. "Your own self-image has absolutely no bearing on reality, kid. The fact is, you are not, nor have you ever been, an astronaut. You are not an astronaut. You are a child. You are delusional if you think otherwise. Look at you. You're like three feet high. You would need a booster seat to pilot a rocket."

LOL FLATTENED!

How much do you wanna bet this kid will think twice before going up against Shapiro again?

https://babylonbee.com/news/ben-shapiro-destroys-5-year-old-who-identifies-as-an-astronaut

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Young Voters Like Biden Less,
Popularity Drops From 60% to 39%

https://breakingnewsalerts.com/young-voters/?utm_source=BNAnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BNANL20220415

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"Stories That Inspire"

'Tired of it': California dads fight rampant crime by retrieving stolen items, beating up robbers, tracking thefts — but now they're moving to Texas

PHIL SHIVER    April 14, 2022

A pair of neighborhood dads in Los Angeles, California, have taken matters into their own hands to fight soaring crime in recent months. But now, they say they're "tired of it" and have decided to pack their bags with their families and ditch the area.

The two neighbors, identified only as Michael and Josh in recent report by local news outlet KTTV-TV, have retrieved a stolen car, fought off robbers, and tracked thieves with AirTags, all within the span of 18 months. Yet still, brazen criminals continue to stalk and harass their Playa Del Rey condo complex time and again.

"The number of instances that have happened in the year and a half that I’ve lived here has been in the half-dozen range, and I’m tired of it," Michael told the outlet in an interview. "I’m tired of losing our property."

The latest robbery served as the straw that broke the camel's back for Michael, who said he plans to move to Texas. Thieves reportedly broke into a locked parking garage and stole his elderly neighbor's car. Only 12 hours later, another neighbor spotted it about a mile down the road at a homeless RV camp.

So, Michael and his neighbor Josh grabbed a spare key and hopped in a car and drove down Jefferson Avenue to retrieve the stolen vehicle. They soon spotted it, and once they figured out how to drive the Toyota Prius, they were off.

"It was nice to get the car back for the owner," Josh said, smiling. "Win one for the good guys."

But prior to their heroic and blissful win, the neighbors had taken several losses. KTTV reported that thieves had made off with several padlocked bikes stored in the same parking garage.

One time, Michael encountered a thief and decided to confront him. Surveillance video shows the dad tackling the criminal to the ground and ripping the bike from his hands — but even that didn't stop him. The thief was back a couple days later to steal more property.

Josh opted to start tracking the whereabouts of his e-bikes with Apple AirTags, small coin-sized devices that can attach to items and signal their location to a connected Apple phone or computer. Three were taken: one to Marina Del Rey and two others to the homeless RV camp.

"I tracked it to that encampment, called the cops, they came and helped me retrieve it," Josh said. "It was being disassembled as [we] walked up at a bike chop shop."

Per Los Angeles rules, authorities stopped towing illegally parked RVs during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing encampments to rapidly clutter neighborhoods. The moratorium was finally lifted last week following a city council vote. But much damage had already been done.

Members of the community claim the encampments quickly became epicenters for crime and debauchery.

"They're ruining the environment," said one Playa del Rey resident, Lucy Han, during the council meeting. "They're defecating, they're urinating in the area. ... There's human sex trafficking. We've had four shootings."

KTTV said the Jefferson Avenue encampment is even home to a meth lab.

The pervasive crime has reportedly caused "good guys" like Michael and Josh to "hit the road for good," the outlet noted.

Michael said: "We’re making that move partially because what’s going on but partially because it just feels like L.A. is going backwards, not forwards."

https://www.theblaze.com/news/california-dads-fight-rampant-crime?utm_source=theblaze-dailyAM&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily-Newsletter__AM%202022-04-15&utm_term=ACTIVE%20LIST%20-%20TheBlaze%20Daily%20AM

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"Stories that say Authority
is clearly not in charge."

Los Angeles gangs are sending crews to stalk and rob the city's elite

April 13, 2022

Street violence continues to spiral out of control in California, as gangs organize crews to carry out attacks on the wealthy elite of Los Angeles.

More than a dozen Los Angeles gangs are targeting some of the city’s wealthiest residents with increasingly aggressive tactics. Gangs are sending crews out in vehicle convoys to find, follow, and rob Los Angelinos they find driving high-end luxury cars or wearing expensive jewelry.

SFGate reported that “in many cases, [gang members are] making off with designer handbags, diamond-studded watches and other items worth tends of thousands of dollars — if not more — and then peddling them to black-market buyers who are willing to turn a blind eye to the underlying violence.”

According to the police, some suspects in these robberies have been arrested but are soon released from custody, only to commit additional robberies.

The police are calling these robberies “follow-home” or “follow-off” robberies because they are often taking place shortly after victims leave luxury boutiques, hotels, expensive restaurants, nightclubs, or other pricey locations where gang members scout for targets.

Capt. Jonathan Tippet of the Los Angeles Police Department is spearheading a task force to identify and stop the individuals carrying out these attacks. He has identified at least 17 distinct gangs that operate independent “follow-home” robbery operations. Many of these gangs are located in Los Angeles’s southern neighborhoods.

In 2021, there were 165 of these robberies; there have been 56 so far in 2022. Reportedly, the region experiencing the plurality of these robberies is what the LAPD labels its “Hollywood Division.” Of the more than 200 robberies, this division has experienced 50.

The LAPD has used surveillance technology to identify gangs and crew members engaged in the robberies “rolling three to five cars deep in some of the attacks.” Once the gang members get close enough to an identified target, they blindside their victim.

Tippet suggested that the victims often don’t even get a chance to voluntarily comply with their robbers before being violently attacked.

He said, “There’s no chance or opportunity for these victims even to comply. They’re just running up to people and attacking them, whether that’s putting a gun in their face or punching them and beating them. Pistol-whipping them as well.”

Tippet said that in 23 of the robberies, shots have been fired, and two victims have been murdered.

He said, “In my 34 years on the job, I’ve never seen anything like this."


https://www.theblaze.com/news/los-angeles-gangs-are-sending-crews-to-stalk-and-rob-the-citys-elite?utm_source=revcontent

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"The cause of Freedom and the cause of Peace are bound together."
-Léon Blum

Léon Blum was the first socialist and the first Jewish prime minister of France. Elected in 1936 amid the rise of Adolf Hitler, he opposed fascism and set to work reforming the French economy by promoting workers’ rights: He instituted wage increases, a standard 40-hour work week, paid vacation, and the right to bargain and strike. Blum saw all citizens as equal, and championed the pursuit of freedom and peace throughout his political career.

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[WHAT?!] College LOSES Its Mind In Men's Bathroom
UCLA Offering Free Menstrual Products — In Men’s Bathrooms

UCLA now offers free menstrual products in all campus restrooms, including men’s, because people who do not identify as female also menstruate and need these products.

A law signed by California Gov. Gavin Newsome last Oct. requires all public schools and universities in the state to provide free menstrual products in bathrooms. The law takes effect at the start of the 2022-23 school year, and aims to break the “vicious cycle of period poverty.”

A study shows that 14.2% of college-aged women could not afford needed products in the previous year. A byproduct of this is higher rates of moderate to severe depression. Jennifer Wagman, an associate professor of community health sciences, says the new California law should correct some health disparities related to reproductive rights.

UCLA, it appears, is going above and beyond what the law requires.

Tayloneei Jackson, UCLA’s Student Wellness Commissioner for undergraduate students, says it is critical to “prioritize inclusiveness and supply all bathrooms, including men’s.” Jackson, a senior biology student, added that menstruation is not a gendered issue, and that future students will look back on this time and see “the fight, the passion and the determination” that activists put into the cause.

Microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student Isabel Light notes that the next step is providing students, presumably of all genders, with reusable menstrual products. To be in line with the UCLA Sustainability Committee’s goals, Light says university-supplied menstrual cups, pads and period underwear should be sustainable and capable of being used repeatedly.

UCLA student and menstrual hygiene director of BruiNecessities, says it’s the responsibility of the university to provide the products. Her group is out there working towards “destigmatizing (and) degendering periods.”

And it’s not just in California. Two Princeton groups, Princeton Students for Reproductive Justice and Princeton Students for Gender Equality recently held a “Menstruation Celebration.” This has become a yearly event on campus, and the organizations use it for, among other things, urging the end of referring to menstruation as a women’s issue.

Their reasoning is that “transgender and non-binary people get periods as well.” And one student did make an absolutely valid point — it will be quite interesting to see how future students look back on this time.

https://republicanpost.net/ucla-offering-free-menstrual-products-in-mens-bathrooms/

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Home Depot Founder Tears Into Biden as ‘Worse than Jimmy Carter,’ as Inflation Hits Another Record High

Home Depot founder Ken Langone called out Joe Biden regarding his mismanagement of the economy, calling the president “worse than Jimmy Carter.”

Carter, a Democrat who served as the 39th president, is often cited in political discussions as one of the worst presidents, as his unsuccessful tenure led to an inflationary crisis that catapulted Republican President Ronald Reagan into the White House.

Now, Biden is dealing with an inflationary crisis as well. Earlier this week, news broke that inflation had reached another 40-year high in March, this time with consumer prices rising 8.5% year over year. The producer price index numbers — which measure the prices paid by wholesalers — were even worse, increasing 11.2% from one year ago, according to reporting from CNBC.

In an appearance on Fox News with Neil Cavuto on April 13, Langone tore into Biden over his economic failures, especially his refusal to acknowledge skyrocketing inflation as a lasting problem early in his presidency. Biden famously shrugged off inflation as “transitory” in 2021.

“This was not transitory, this was a real, serious case of inflation,” Langone said. “We lost a whole year on addressing the issue. Only because, frankly, we have leadership today in America that isn’t willing to admit when they’re wrong. They made a terrible blunder here, and now the price has got to be paid.”

The Home Depot founder went on to discuss solutions to the problem, arguing that the only way to fix it would be to tighten down the economy by raising interest rates.

Langone also attacked Biden for his position on American energy independence, as the president has been a thorn in the side of domestic oil and gas production since the start of his administration.

“The other thing is we’ve exacerbated the problem,” he said. “For example, the energy issue in America, we didn’t have to be deficient like we are. Hell, by now, that pipeline would have been almost complete.”

“And Biden’s now saying, he’s now blaming the oil companies. This is a disgrace,” Langone continued. “The oil companies are reacting to supply and demand. You’re going to see it in their earnings when their earnings come out. If they’re making all this much money, where are they in the numbers? It’s wrong. It’s absolutely wrong,” he continued. “And nobody’s doing anything about it yet, in a way that going to address the issue.”

“The steps we’re taking right now will not help,” he said, adding, “And who’s going to get hurt? The little guy, the poor guy that’s living from paycheck to paycheck.”

Langone then went on to predict that the brunt of a coming recession will likely hit sometime in early 2023.

When Cavuto questioned Langone as to whether he believes Biden is reaching Jimmy Carter territory, the billionaire entrepreneur replied bluntly: “Oh, he’s worse than Jimmy Carter.”

https://republicanpost.net/home-depot-founder-tears-into-biden-as-worse-than-jimmy-carter-as-inflation-hits-another-record-high/

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Bioweapon-Jabbed Commercial Airline Pilot’s Heart Stops In Cockpit Mere Minutes After Landing
American Airlines just narrowly avoided a major, mass-casualty disaster of their own doing.

APRIL 14, 2022

DALLAS, TX – An American Airlines Pilot, Robert Snow, was in the cockpit of a plane that had just landed on Thursday when his heart stopped due to what was described as “severe post-vaccination cardiac arrest,” according to reports.

Snow was operating Airbus 321 and suffered the incident just six minutes after the plane touched down, narrowly avoiding a potential catastrophe that endangered his life as well as the 200 other people on board.

Head of the US Freedom Flyers, Joshua Yoder, issued a press release on the incident, outlining the danger of the incident. “This near miss is a direct result of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) overlooking their own safety regulations for brazenly political purposes,” the statement said, “relating to the dangerous COVID-19 vaccine mandate policies many airlines have enacted in coordination with the FAA.”

Yoder pointed out in the statement that the airlines has mandated the Covid shot in order for employees, including pilots, to keep their jobs, despite the fact that the shots remain under emergency use authorization by the FDA. In other words, pilots are forced to receive an experimental drug injection to keep their jobs, putting hundreds of people’s lives at risk every time they fly.

Further, Yoder said that the FAA has “abdicated its mission” to “provide the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world” by mandating these shots, thereby “[weaponizing] COVID-19 vaccine politics to put airline’s employees and passengers in grave danger.”

In September of 2021, Lieutenant Colonel Theresa Long, Brigade Surgeon for the Army’s 1st Aviation Brigade in Ft. Rucker, Alabama, spoke out and wrote an affidavit (which was included in a military leaders’ lawsuit seeking an injunction on Biden’s mandate) about the dangers of forcing these shots on pilots. At that time, she said, “The majority of young new Army aviators are in their early twenties. We know there is a risk of myocarditis with each mRNA vaccination. Vaccines produced by Pfizer and Moderna both have been linked to myocarditis, especially in young males between 16-24 years old.”

In November, Long testified at Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson’s panel discussion regarding the shots, speaking on three pilots she had to ground in one morning, all three due to vaccine injuries. “After I reported to my command my concerns that in one morning,” she said, “I had to ground three out of three pilots due to vaccine injuries, the next day my patients were canceled, my charts were pulled for review, and I was told that I would not be seeing acute patients anymore- just healthy pilots there for their flight physical.”

In January of this year, Yoder appeared on the Stew Peters Show, where it was reported, “Three military doctors, flight surgeon Dr. Theresa Long, Dr. Peter Chambers, and Dr. Samuel Sigoloff says Defense Medical Epidemiology Database (DMED) ‘codes’ show a 300% increase in miscarriages, with 4,182 occurring. There was also a 300% increase in cancer, 114,645 cases, 1000% increase in neurological issues, 863,000, 269% increase in heart attacks, 291% increase in Bell’s palsy, 156% increase in congenital malformations for military kids, 471% increase in female infertility, and 467% increase in pulmonary embolisms.”

According to the Federal Do-Not-Fly Regulation 61.53(b), “a person shall not act as pilot in command, or in any other capacity as a required pilot flight crewmember, while that person knows or has reason to know of any medical condition that would make the person unable to operate the aircraft in a safe manner.”

Massive amounts of evidence have been compiled that show pilots are suffering vaccine-related medical issues after being forced to receive the Covid shot. And yet, airlines are still enforcing this requirement, clearly violating their own regulation.

Yoder’s statement indicated that the US Freedom Flyers and others “will be calling for immediate action to be taken by the airline industry to immediately halt all mandates, medically re-test all vaccinated pilots, and certify only those who can show clean EKGs and cardiac MRIs to prove heart health, and D-Dimer tests (to rule out clotting issues).”

https://www.redvoicemedia.com/2022/04/bioweapon-jabbed-commercial-airline-pilots-heart-stops-in-cockpit-mere-minutes-after-landing/?utm_source=daily-email&utm_medium=email

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Volunteer for the beer

Ron Tello <m86thecat@yahoo.com>
To:
amanda_sparks6@gmail.com

Fri, Apr 22 at 12:26 AM

Hi;

I'm interested in the "Clean-Up" gig.
I have been handling trash and brooms all my life.
I'm 64, partially dis-abled and feel I am up to the task.

Where is the event?

I may need a ride.
Info please.

Thank you.

Ron Tello Culley



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The 10 Best Pianists
of All Time

From classical, jazz and blues to rock and pop, these are the piano players who changed the game

Since its invention in 1721, the piano has had an unparalleled influence on the evolution of music. Its polyphonic capability made it an instant hit with classical composers, resulting in it becoming the writing tool of choice for many. Now equally at home as a solo performance instrument or as part of a band lineup, the piano is without doubt one of the most culturally important and relevant instruments on the planet. It's no surprise then, that the intervening years have produced an incredible number of virtuoso piano players across a wide variety of genres and styles.

The world of the piano encompasses everything from classical, jazz and blues to rock and pop, so whittling a selection of the best pianists of all time down to a final ten proved to be something of a challenge (see our list of honourable mentions at the end of the list to see exactly what we mean). Not all great keyboard players are necessarily great pianists, so this is not a list of the greatest keyboard players. It’s for this reason that we’ve excluded greats such as Rick Wakeman, Herbie Hancock, Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder, who, while definitely no slouch on the ivories, are more renowned for their work as keyboardists rather than being noted for their pianistic prowess alone.

So, this is more of a round-up of musicians who, in some way or another, have made the piano their own or done more than most to elevate the status of the instrument in the eyes and ears of their audience. So here's our pick of the ten best piano players of all time.

This article has Videos! Nice stuff!!!!

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President Biden blames high prices on ‘COVID and Vladimir Putin’
It just keeps getting better.....

As Americans continue to suffer under the heavy financial burden caused by rising prices, President Joe Biden is blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin and the COVID-19 pandemic for the problem.

“I know that families are still struggling with higher prices. I grew up in a family where if the price of gas went up, we felt it. Let’s be absolutely clear about why prices are high right now: COVID and Vladimir Putin,” a tweet on Biden’s @POTUS account claimed.

The tweet comes as Americans witness the purchasing power of their savings rapidly eroded by soaring inflation.

“The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 1.2 percent in March on a seasonally adjusted basis after rising 0.8 percent in February,” the Bureau of Labor Statistics noted in a report released earlier this month. “Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 8.5 percent before seasonal adjustment.” The all items index increased by “8.5 percent for the 12 months ending March,” according to the BLS.

Gas prices have already risen significantly since Biden took office in early 2021, and they have gone even higher since Russia started its invasion of Ukraine. As of Wednesday, AAA’s national average price for a gallon of regular gas is $4.114. Biden issued an order to prohibit importing oil and other products from Russia, and Congress has also passed legislation to ban the importation of such products from Russia.

Many on social media pushed back against Biden’s attempt to deflect blame for rising prices.

“Obviously no one believes this to be true, so why are they saying it?” tweeted Mollie Hemingway, editor-in-chief of the Federalist.

“Whichever newly-minted Berkeley poly sci grad is doing Biden’s Twitter was apparently never taught to respect voters’ intelligence. Inflation is surging because Biden dumped trillions into economy at worst possible time. Energy costs are exploding because he shut down US Energy,” Stephen Miller wrote in response to Biden’s tweet

“Then why has inflation increased every month of your presidency?” Republican Rep. Pat Fallon of Texas tweeted.

“I grew up in a generation when Jimmy Carter told us to turn down our thermostats due to an energy crisis. Biden has returned to the playbook of the 1970s, when presidents told families to suffer instead of addressing the crises CREATED BY THE ADMINISTRATION,” Republican Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana tweeted.

“FACT: Joe Biden is responsible for the skyrocketing inflation and historic gas prices. The American people know this and that is why a #REDTSUNAMI is coming this November,” GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York tweeted. In another post Stefanik tweeted, “WRONG. The American people are smart. They understand that #Bidenflation was caused by Democrats’ radical tax and spend policies. Stop trying to disgracefully pass the buck.”

https://whitehousewire.com/2022/04/21/president-biden-blames-high-prices-on-covid-and-vladimir-putin/

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Execs Pull the Plug on CNN+
After Just 23 Days

Karl Salzmann • April 21, 2022 2:10 pm

CNN+, the liberal cable news network's $300 million streaming service, will go dark forever on April 30, Variety announced Thursday.

CNN planned the round-the-clock streaming service, which anchor Brian Stelter called "the evolution of video news and the start of a new era," for years, spending hundreds of millions on it and poaching anchors such as Chris Wallace. It launched on March 29, with network honchos and consultants breathlessly predicting that in 2022 alone 2 million people would pay $60 per year to watch Stelter and other personalities.

Fewer than 10,000 people were using CNN+ before the closure announcement, CNBC reported last week.

CEO David Zaslav of CNN's parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, said Thursday that he has seen enough. Zaslav was already "rankled" by former CEO Jason Kilar's decision to "launch CNN+ just weeks before Discovery was set to take over operations," Variety reported.

CNN subsequently confirmed the closure.

This is only the latest scandal to hit the left-wing cable network, which has seen its ratings plummet since former president Donald Trump left office. CNN last year fired prominent anchor Chris Cuomo for trying to help his brother, then-New York governor Andrew Cuomo (D.), shake off sexual harassment allegations. The Washington Free Beacon has since reported that Chris Cuomo was facing similar allegations.

Longtime CNN president Jeff Zucker abruptly resigned in February after the network's investigation into Cuomo uncovered Zucker's romantic relationship with a subordinate and former Andrew Cuomo aide. Anchor Don Lemon is facing sexual assault charges. The network's chief legal analyst, Jeffrey Toobin, managed to keep his job even after he masturbated in front of his colleagues on a Zoom call.

REMINDER: CNN Is A Clown Network Run By Creeps

https://freebeacon.com/media/execs-pull-the-plug-on-cnn-after-just-23-days/

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LATE SEASON STORM TO BRING RAIN AND SNOW TO SOCAL

A late season storm will bring rain and snow tonight (Thu) and Friday before warming up over the weekend. The snow level will start out above 7000 feet this evening and fall to around 5500 feet Friday morning.

IMPACTS / FORECAST:
Isolated light showers beginning this evening, becoming heavier and more widespread tonight into Friday morning. Showers becoming isolated again and tapering off Friday afternoon. There is also a slight chance of thunderstorms tonight into Friday morning. Isolated higher rainfall amounts will occur with thunderstorms. Snow level will start out above 7000 feet lowering to around 5500 feet on Friday morning.
• Wind Advisory in Effect until 3pm on Friday
• Rain and snow above 5,500 ft this evening through Friday.
• Periods of gusty west to northwest winds in the mountains, deserts and coastal waters through Friday night.
• Wind gusts 40 to 55 mph expected. Isolated gusts to 70 mph on the desert mountain slopes and through the San Gorgonio Pass.
• Plan for winter weather driving conditions in our local mountains. CARRY CHAINS.
• Difficult driving conditions for high profile vehicles. Visibility reduced in blowing dust and sand in the deserts.

FORECAST RAIN AMOUNTS
• Coasts/Valleys: 0.10-0.30"
• Mountains: 0.30-0.60", locally up to 1.00" on the coastal slopes
• High Desert: 0.01-0.10"
• Low Desert: 0.00-0.05"

FORECAST SNOW AMOUNTS
Snow levels starting near 7,000 ft this evening, falling to around 5,500 ft Friday morning.
• 5,500-6,000 ft: Trace
• 6,000-7,000 ft: 1-3" (This means YOU, Tello)
• Above 7,000 ft: 3-7"

Visit socalmountains.com for the latest Incidents and weather conditions.

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So... THAT happened. 🌧

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18 Things That Lasted Longer
Than CNN+

CNN+ will be shutting down on April 30, just a month after its rocky start. Truly, its candle burned out long before its legend ever will.

Take a gander at these eighteen things that lasted longer than CNN+:

1) A gallon of milk

2) Kamala Harris's presidential campaign

3) Two weeks to stop the spread

4) Firefly

5) Housefly

6) Brief, transitory inflation

7) Seattle's CHAZ

8) The ending of Return of the King

9) Your wife's multi-level marketing business

10) Colin Kaepernick’s enslavement in the NFL

11) Your New Year's resolution to get in shape

12) Your New Year's resolution to read your Bible

13) Free AOL trial CD with 1000 hours of internet

14) The COVID vaccine's effectiveness

15) Zune

16) Google+

17) James Cameron's Avatar's cultural impact

18) The Babylon Bee's Twitter suspension

Wow! It seems like just yesterday CNN Plus was born, and now she's already gone. Like a leaf on the wind.

https://babylonbee.com/news/18-things-that-lasted-longer-than-cnn

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Biden Administration Looks To Reimplement
Mask Mandates In Bid To
Drive Approval Rating Even Lower

WASHINGTON, D.C.—After learning that a rogue, Trump-appointed federal judge tossed out airplane mask mandates, the Biden Administration announced its plans to reimplement those mandates in a bid to hit a record-low approval rating.

“Listen, setting records is a matter of principle that I’ve held dear since back when I was the chief judge for the folks at Guinness World Records,” said President Biden to journalists who were actually asking about his disastrous border policy. “If I see a chance to set a record, that’s what I’m gonna do, folks. That’s why I’m a Senator. Turnip.”

The Justice Department has already begun the appeals process as part of a government-wide effort to appear as the inept enemy of the people. They claim to have found enough grifty “health professionals” to convince the appeals judge how mandating useless cloth face coverings on airplanes is just the ticket to give President Biden a clear lead as the worst president in American history.

At publishing time, The Biden Administration had announced plans to force elementary schools to hire convicted pedophiles as teachers.

https://babylonbee.com/news/biden-administration-looks-to-reimplement-mask-mandates-in-bid-to-get-approval-rating-even-lower

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'Execute Order 66,' Says Ron DeSantis
Ordering The Execution Of All Disney Mascots

TALLAHASSEE, FL—Gov Ron DeSantis reportedly commanded his security detail to "Execute Order 66" while wearing a stylish black cloak Thursday morning.  The order authorized the immediate mobilization of Clone Troopers to hunt down and execute all Disney mascots within state borders.

According to sources, a legion of Clone Troopers immediately descended on the Magic Kingdom, Disney Studios, and the Animal Kingdom. Surviving characters fled to Epcot to seek asylum in fake France but were lured out when the troopers feigned retreat and baited them with children.

Mickey Mouse was taken out with blaster fire while attempting to hug a defenseless child. The children were reportedly horrified to discover none of the characters were real and they had been secretly hugging pedophiles the whole time.

"No quarter shall be given," said Gov DeSantis, his voice suddenly deeper and more dramatic.

Though his statements violate the Geneva Conventions, public approval for the governor has never been higher, recent polling data shows. Citizens of Florida cheered as Disney mascots were gunned down all throughout the different theme parks.

Witnesses confirm that mascots were slaughtered across Disney's four parks and hotel resorts. Mickey, Donald, and Goofy reportedly fled Disney's Beach Club Resort and became trapped in the wilderness where Goofy was eventually eaten by an alligator.

Some of the more moderate members of the Florida legislature have questioned whether DeSantis has become power-hungry in his attempts to murder every Disney mascot but did admit Florida was now a safer place to raise a family.

At publishing time, DeSantis announced the construction of a new superweapon to wipe out Cinderella's Castle with energized kyber crystals.

https://babylonbee.com/news/execute-order-66-says-cloaked-ron-desantis-ordering-the-execution-of-all-disney-mascots

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RFK Jr. Lifts The Curtain On Tony Fauci And The Pharmaceutical Industry – The Corruption Runs Deep [VIDEO]

Two is greater than one...“You can see the collusion between Pfizer and the FDA... You can see the collusion between Pfizer and the FDA..."

APRIL 21, 2022

When it came to how the Biden administration and numerous government agencies like the CDC and the FDA reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic, they listened to none other than Dr. Anthony Fauci. Positioning himself at the forefront of the pandemic, Dr. Fauci vowed to continue working until the virus was stopped. Having been over two years since the first case of COVID-19 was discovered in the United States, the doctor and the Biden administration have promoted lockdowns, mask mandates, and even the highly controversial COVID-19 drug.

Even now, the Biden administration is requiring vaccination status at the borders along with Canada and Mexico. While the White House might have Dr. Fauci, when it comes to examining the drug and data, the famous doctor might be outnumbered.

The love and support for the COVID-19 drug isn’t shared by all experts as people like Dr. Peter McCullough, Dr. Robert Malone (inventor of the mRNA technology), and none other than Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have sought to dismantle the COVID-19 agenda.

Discussing the research he has conducted on the COVID-19, as can be seen in the video below, RFK Jr. admitted, “You must have had a lot of time on your hands to read twice, because it’s, it’s a lot of work. And it’s also a lot of energy. But you guys, it’s depressing. And, you know, I tried to make it as interesting as possible and as engaging as possible, but you can’t help but be discouraged and disillusioned because we like to believe our elected officials and public officials are at some level looking out for public health and the welfare of our country.”

Breaking down the collaboration between Dr. Fauci, the FDA, and Pfizer, RFK Jr. said, “You can see the collusion between Pfizer and the FDA. Why in the world would the FDA ever give a license for this product?

Because here’s a summary of what the data is. There were 22,000 people who got the vaccine and 22,000 people who got the placebo. They were supposed to have a five-year study.” He added, “what we now know is they intended to do a five-year study, which would be unblinded in 2024, but what they did instead, for some reason that it never been explained, is they unblinded the study after two months.”

Why exactly did the five-year study stop after only two months? According to RFK Jr., “We got a two-month study, to study a product that they’re going to give to 300 million Americans and billions of people around the world.

Here’s what their own study showed, their summary data in August – there’s 22,000 people in the placebo group, 22,000 in the vaccine group. In the vaccine group, there was one person who died from COVID out of those 22,000. One person died from COVID in the vaccine group, and two people died from COVID in the placebo group.”

The lawyer concluded that the main reason for the study being ended was due to the simple fact that “two is greater than one.”

https://www.redvoicemedia.com/2022/04/rfk-jr-lifts-the-curtain-on-tony-fauci-and-the-pharmaceutical-industry-the-corruption-runs-deep-video/?utm_source=daily-email&utm_medium=email

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Dr. Robert Malone On MRNA Accountability, WHO Replace World Constitutions, Troops Face Purge

BY STEW PETERS SHOW     APRIL 21, 2022

Catch every segment of the show at StewPeters.com
Thursday on the Stew Peters Show, the creator of the deadly mRNA bioweapon technology answers drilling questions on construction of the jab, Moderna, peptides, and more!

Australia correspondent Maria Zeee reports on the expansion of tyranny down under, as the government cracks down on purebloods, hospitals commit mass fraud, the elites freeze more bank accounts, and WHO plans to destroy all constitutions and overrule with vaccines.

And, a 20-year vet of the U.S. military joins Stew to blow the whistle on the forced vaccinations and ideological purges inside the ranks, which are leading our military to a hellish state of weakness.

https://www.redvoicemedia.com/2022/04/dr-robert-malone-on-mrna-accountability-who-replace-world-constitutions-troops-face-purge/?utm_source=daily-email&utm_medium=email

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Liberal Agenda Threatened by Anonymous Twitter User @libsoftiktok

APRIL 21, 2022 AT

Liberal fragility has reached a new height this week with the Washington Post’s doxxing of the popular anonymous Twitter account @libsoftiktok. The publication felt the need to reveal the identity, including the religious beliefs of and contact info (which was later redacted after backlash), behind the fast growing account which features video clips of Liberals sharing their political views in their own words and uploaded to TikTok of their own accord.

The Washington Post article claims that the Twitter account, “has emerged as a powerful force on the Internet, shaping right-wing media, impacting anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and influencing millions.”

One Twitter Account Is Threatening Liberal Ideology?
It’s hard to believe a lone Twitter account without major financial backing could pose such a large threat to Liberal ideology.

In an anonymous interview with the popular conservative podcast Ruthless on April 12, Libs of TikTok explained that prior to starting the Twitter account in April 2021, she had no prior experience in politics or social media marketing.

The account has seen meteoric growth since its inception including shout outs from the popular Joe Rogan podcast and appearances and mentions on Tucker Carlson’s show.

Despite the doxxing, presumably meant to chill and silence the creator, Libs of TikTok continues to highlight radical teachers pushing gender ideology on students without parental consent.

One does not have to scroll far down the feed to find examples of these radical videos such as this teacher who boasts about making 4-year-olds choose a pronoun button each morning, or this college professor who is trying to normalize the term MAP (Minor Attracted Persons).

https://thepoliticalinsider.com/liberal-agenda-threatened-by-anonymous-twitter-user-libsoftiktok/?utm_campaign=TPI04222022AMWUC&utm_source=criticalimpact&utm_medium=email&utm_content=92c64eb985bc01c2a6473c7b9fa19141&source=TPICI

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Showdown Looms Over Vacated Mask Mandate
APRIL 22, 2022

On the question of whether the federal government ought to require airplane passengers to wear a face mask, the White House is flying blind. Then again, so is everyone else.

“Public polling does not actually show that there is a universal view of people getting rid of masks,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters as videos of jubilant passengers and flight attendants tossing their face coverings flooded the Internet. “That is not,” Psaki added, “actually what public polling shows.”

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Quotes About Nature From 10 Famous Environmentalists
April 12, 2022

There is only one Earth, and it’s the only home we have — a fact not lost on the untold number of people who have fought to protect the planet and the living creatures on its surface.

Today, the words of these influential figures, from philosophers to Presidents, call on us to make their fight our own. These 30 quotes from famous environmentalists explore the elemental force of nature — why its mountains, rivers, oceans, and animals speak to us so strongly, and why the Earth needs us now more than ever.

RACHEL CARSON
Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth, are never alone or weary of life.

In nature, nothing exists alone.

Nature has introduced great variety into the landscape, but man has displayed a passion for simplifying it.

Rachel Carson (1907-1964) was a giant in the environmentalism movement, in part thanks to her seminal work, 1962’s Silent Spring, which raised the alarm against the unchecked use of pesticides. With Silent Spring a New York Times bestseller, Carson became one of the first environmental activists to reach the public at large, and her voice provided undeniable strength to the growing chorus of environmentalism.

HENRY DAVID THOREAU
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.

I love Nature partly because she is not man, but a retreat from him. None of his institutions control or pervade her. There a different kind of right prevails. In her midst I can be glad with an entire gladness. If this world were all man, I could not stretch myself, I should lose all hope. He is constraint, she is freedom to me. He makes me wish for another world. She makes me content with this.

If men were to be destroyed and the books they have written were to be transmitted to a new race of creatures, in a new world, what kind of record would be found in them of so remarkable a phenomenon as the rainbow?

Few people are famously known for living in the woods, but Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) is one of them. A founder of the 19th-century  transcendentalist movement, which believed in the interconnectedness of all creation, Thoreau spent two years, two months, and two days living near Walden Pond northwest of Boston. His thoughts on the experience were collected in his 1854 book Walden, which remains one of history’s most important pieces of nature writing nearly 170 years after its publication.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT
There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy, and its charm.

The farther one gets into the wilderness, the greater is the attraction of its lonely freedom.

A grove of giant redwood or sequoias should be kept just as we keep a great and beautiful cathedral.

The 26th U.S. President, Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), was a Rough Rider, a Bull Moose, and a dedicated environmentalist. A lover of nature since he was young, Teddy Roosevelt established 150 national forests, 51 federal bird reserves, 18 national monuments, five national parks, four game preserves, and a stunning 230 million acres of public land. No one person has had such an astounding affect on the preservation of wilderness in the entire history of the United States.

DAVID ATTENBOROUGH
Our planet may be home to 30 million different kinds of animals and plants, each individual locked in its own lifelong fight for survival. Everywhere you look, on land or in the ocean, there are extraordinary examples of the lengths living things go to stay alive.
We moved from being a part of nature to being apart from nature.

Our planet, the Earth, is, as far as we know, unique in the universe. It contains life. Even in its most barren stretches, there are animals. Around the equator, where those two essentials for life, sunshine and moisture, are most abundant, great forests grow. And here plants and animals proliferate in such numbers that we still have not even named all the different species.

Millions know the voice of David Attenborough, the compelling British narrator behind the BBC’s many awe-inspiring nature documentaries, including Life on Earth (1979), Planet Earth (2006), and Extinction (2020). Although his work has only recently directly tackled the challenge of human-induced climate change, Attenborough has inspired entire generations of people to learn about and wonder in the planet we call home.

JANE GOODALL
Only if we understand can we care. Only if we care will we help. Only if we help shall they be saved.

The greatest danger to our future is apathy.

You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you.

Jane Goodall’s work with primates recentered humanity’s place among its ape ancestors. Her scientific work, as well as her ecological advocacy via her eponymous institute, has made Goodall one of the most influential environmentalists alive. Few people living have such an intimate understanding of nature and the role humans play in it.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

In the woods we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life — no disgrace, no calamity…which nature cannot repair.

A friend and mentor of Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) believed in the inherent goodness of nature. In one of his most enduring essays, simply titled “Nature” (1836), Emerson intrinsically linked humanity with the natural world, forming the foundation of the transcendentalist philosophy.

EDWARD ABBEY
The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders.

A man on foot, on horseback or on a bicycle will see more, feel more, enjoy more in one mile than the motorized tourist can in a hundred miles.

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread.

Author Edward Abbey (1927-1989) led a life of unwavering environmentalism, and wrote often about his experiences in the arid southwestern U.S., including his exploration of the Colorado plateau in 1968’s Desert Solitaire. The book was informed by his experience as a park ranger at Arches National Park in Utah, where Abbey experienced firsthand the deleterious effects of human activity and “industrial tourism” on the natural landscape.

ALDO LEOPOLD
Wilderness is the one kind of playground which mankind cannot build to order.

To those devoid of imagination a blank place on the map is a useless waste; to others, the most valuable part.

Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets, but humbler folk may circumvent this restriction if they know how. To plant a pine, for example, one need be neither god nor poet; one need only own a good shovel.

Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) earned many accolades throughout his life. He helped establish the first wilderness area in the U.S., served as director of the Audubon Society, and co-founded the Wilderness Society. In his posthumous work, 1949’s A Sand County Almanac, Leopold urged humans to adopt a new relationship with the wilderness he called “land ethic,” in which people become invested stewards of the land they inhabit. Today, the book is regarded as one of the igniting sparks of the environmentalism movement in the U.S.

WINONA LADUKE
Let us be the ancestors our descendants will thank.

Across the continent… common people with uncommon courage and the whispers of their ancestors in their ears continue their struggles to protect the land and water and trees on which their very existence is based. And like small tributaries joining together to form a mighty river, their force and power grows.

I would like to see as many people patriotic to a land as I have seen patriotic to a flag.

Winona LaDuke is a member of the Ojibwe tribe and a writer, activist, and two-time nominee for Vice President on the Green Party ticket. Although she’s fought for a variety of causes, the majority of her work addresses humanity’s use — and abuse — of nature and native land. In 1993, LaDuke founded the Honor the Earth advocacy group (alongside the folk rock duo Indigo Girls), which works in conjunction with native environmental organizations. Honor the Earth has raised $2 million for more than 200 native communities.

WANGARI MAATHAI
The generation that destroys the environment is not the generation that pays the price.

You can make a lot of speeches, but the real thing is when you dig a hole, plant a tree, give it water, and make it survive.

In the course of history, there comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness, to reach a higher moral ground. A time when we have to shed our fear and give hope to each other. That time is now.

Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai (1940-2011) led a life of firsts. She was the first woman in either East Africa and Central Africa to earn a doctorate degree, the first female professor in Kenya, and the first Black African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. This latter accolade was in part due to her tireless environmentalism, which involved planting more than 20 million trees through her grassroots organization, the Green Belt Movement.

GAYLORD NELSON
The ultimate test of man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.

Our goal is not just an environment of clean air and water and scenic beauty. The objective is an environment of decency, quality and mutual respect for all other human beings and all other living creatures.

Every person has the inalienable right to a decent environment.

Gaylord Nelson (1916-2005) isn’t a household name, but one of his greatest environmental achievements certainly is. Nelson, a former Wisconsin governor and U.S. senator, founded Earth Day in 1970. Held on April 22, the idea was to force environmentalism into the national agenda. Within the year, the U.S. government formed the Environmental Protection Agency to tackle environmental issues.

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Celebrate Earth Day With These 12 Hopeful Quotes
April 14, 2021

From fog-covered valleys to lush, forested waterways, nature is a blessing and a sanctuary where we can escape the chaos of the world. And there’s no better time to celebrate it than Earth Day on April 22.

Earth Day has been a staple on the April calendar for more than 50 years, serving as a reminder of both the planet’s beauty and fragility. Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson dreamed up the celebration in 1969 as a way to draw attention to environmental deterioration, such as the oil spill in Santa Barbara, California, that year.

He introduced Earth Day as an idea for college campuses, but its impact spread much further. The inaugural Earth Day, on April 22, 1970, inspired 20 million Americans to take to the streets protesting more than a century of environmental degradation.

Earth Day’s message is now more relevant than ever. While much has changed since 1970 — including regulations, massive cleanups, and grassroots conservation efforts — there’s so much more to do. Whether it’s recycling and reducing waste, switching to reusable energy, or advocating for environmental legislation, there are numerous ways to celebrate Earth Day this year. For some extra inspiration, here are 12 quotes to remind you why Earth is worth protecting.


The ultimate test of man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.
– Gaylord Nelson, Earth Day founder

To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring — these are some of the rewards of the simple life.
– John Burroughs, American naturalist and essayist

The real wealth of the Nation lies in the resources of the earth — soil, water, forests, minerals, and wildlife.
– Rachel Carson, American biologist and writer

He who knows what sweets and virtues are in the ground, the waters, the plants, the heavens, and how to come at these enchantments, is the rich and royal man.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist and philosopher

The environment, after all, is where we all meet, where we all have a mutual interest. It is one thing that all of us share. It is not only a mirror of ourselves, but a focusing lens on what we can become.
– Ladybird Johnson, First Lady of the United States

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
– John Muir, naturalist and environmental philosopher

We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth as its other creatures do.
– Barbara Ward, economist, writer, and founder of the International Institute for Environment and Development

If there is magic on the planet, it is contained in water.
– Loren Eiseley, anthropologist and natural science writer

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed.
– Mahatma Gandhi

During our brief stay on planet Earth, we owe ourselves and our descendants the opportunity to explore.
– Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist

Humanity is now standing at a crossroads. We must now decide which path we want to take. How do we want the future living conditions for all living species to be like?
– Greta Thunberg, climate activist

Only if we understand can we care. Only if we care will we help. Only if we help shall they be saved.
– Jane Goodall, primatologist

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8 Amazing Facts About the Earth, Explained

From the upright-walking Australopithecus afarensis to the Tik-Toking Zoomer, we all have one thing in common — we’re from Earth, the third rock from the sun. All recorded (and unrecorded) history has taken place on Earth’s surface, and our very bodies are molded to its particular blend of atmospheric gasses, its constant gravitational pull, and its temperature-perfect distance from the sun. These eight facts will make you appreciate the Earth more than ever, and maybe even make you feel a little bit of pride in being called an Earthling.

1. The Earth Isn’t a Perfect Sphere

If you had to make a model of the solar system in an elementary science class, your nine (or eight, depending on your age) were likely perfect foam spheres. While that’s a pretty good approximation, it’s not entirely accurate. The Earth is actually an irregularly shaped ellipsoid — its middle bulges due to the centrifugal force of its constant rotation. Scientists have determined that the Earth’s sea level is actually about 13 miles farther from its center at the equator than at the poles. Plus, the Earth’s shape is constantly changing.

2. One Day on Earth Wasn’t Always 24 Hours Long

When Homo sapiens began walking the Earth some 400,000 years ago, a day was basically 24 hours long — but that hasn’t always been the case. Scientists from Kyoto University estimate that when the moon first formed a few billion years ago, it spun around the Earth at a much closer distance than it does today, which affected the Earth’s own rotation. By their calculations, when life first appeared 3.6 billion years ago, an Earth day (one full rotation of the planet) was only 12 hours long. As the moon slowly distanced itself from Earth, the days grew longer, lasting 18 hours around the emergence of photosynthesis and 23 hours when multicellular life first took form. Research in 2021 discovered that the Earth is now spinning ever-so-slightly faster than it was 50 years ago, a major headache for physicists, astronomers, and computer programmers everywhere.

3. Earth May Have Once Been a Giant Snowball

The Earth has experienced plenty of Ice Ages throughout its existence, with the most recent reaching its apex 20,000 years ago. But none of these world-changing cold snaps were quite like the Cryogenian Period, when some scientists believe the Earth froze over to the point where there was ice near the equator, a phenomenon known as “Snowball Earth.” Studies have shown that during this period Earth experienced a runaway temperature effect as ice sheets reflected sunlight before it could warm the ground, which in turn created more ice … which in turn created more surface area to reflect incoming sunlight.

4. 100 Lightning Bolts Strike Earth Every Second on Average

The Earth’s atmosphere is filled with electricity. Every second, 100 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes hit the Earth. Considering that most lightning only takes place in clouds and never hits the ground, that makes the Earth quite an electrifying place. Lightning happens because air in clouds acts as an insulator between positive and negative charges that exist within clouds and between clouds and the ground. When these opposite charges build up enough, the air can no longer insulate and breaks down — a phenomenon we experience as lightning. To add even more drama, lightning traveling at 200,000,000 mph superheats the surrounding air to 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit — that’s nearly five times hotter than the surface of the sun — but only for a fraction of a second. This intense heat causes air to expand and vibrate, creating thunder. But while lightning is indeed common, only one out of every 5,000 Americans will be struck by it during their lifetime.

5. The Earth’s Surface Is “Recycled” Every 500 Million Years

Approximately every 27 days, humans replace their skin, and the Earth undergoes a similar process — it just takes 500 million years. As tectonic plates ram into each other, creating what’s called subduction zones (the Ring of Fire volcanic chain, for example, is a series of subduction zones bordering the Pacific Plate), the plates dip below lighter continental plates. The subducted rock is heated into magma and becomes future lava plumes forming new land masses. Scientists used to believe that this process took nearly 2 billion years to complete, but new analysis of basaltic lava on Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii proves that Earth recycles its “skin” in about a quarter of that time, or every 500 million years.

6. The Earth’s Core Is as Hot as the Sun’s Surface

The core of the Earth contains two parts. First is the inner core, essentially a dense ball of iron with a radius of 758 miles that’s under incredible pressures of 3.6 million atmospheres — about 360 million times more pressure than on the Earth’s surface. Although the temperature far exceeds the heat required to turn iron into molten goo, this intense pressure keeps the iron from melting. Second is the liquid outer core, which separates the inner core from the mantle. Using x-rays to determine the melting point of iron at various atmospheric pressures, scientists discovered that the boundary between the inner and outer cores is in the ballpark of 10,800 degrees Fahrenheit — a little hotter than the surface of the sun. Of course, comparing core to core, the sun scorches the competition at 27 million degrees Fahrenheit, making the Earth’s core feel comparatively temperate.

7. The Earth Is 10,000 Times Older Than Humans

Some 4.5 billion years ago, gravity attracted various space gasses and dust to form the Earth, kickstarting the Hadean eon. This eon is fittingly named after Hades, the Greek god of the underworld, because of the hellish 600 million years of hard work required to form the Earth’s crust. From there, it took another 300 million for microbial life to show up, another 3.2 billion years for life to take off thanks to the Cambrian explosion, and yet another 525 million years or so for a particular ape-like species to walk upright. A few million years after this ancient ancestor, the first modern humans began populating the planet some 400,000 years ago. All told, that makes Earth more than 10,000 times older than humans.

8. Earth Is the Only Known Planet That Supports Life

Maybe the most amazing fact about Earth is that it’s the only planet we know that supports life at all. A lot of things had to go right for this to be possible. For one, it’s perfectly distanced from the sun in what scientists call “the Goldilocks zone,” because it’s not too hot but also not too cold (most life has a tough time living in temperature extremes). The Earth is also protected from solar radiation thanks to its magnetic field, and kept warm by an insulating blanket we call the atmosphere. And most importantly, it has the right building blocks for life — mainly water and carbon.

While this is Earth’s most distinguishing feature among all the known planets, moons, and exoplanets, it might not always be an outlier. Scientists have classified some exoplanets as “superhabitable,” meaning they have conditions greater than Earth’s for supporting life. Even places like Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, or Europa, a moon of Jupiter, could possibly be hiding life somewhere on its surface or in its oceans. For now, Earth is the lone world teeming with life that we know of — and we couldn’t ask for a better one.

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Former McDonald's CEO blasts woke politics in corporate boardrooms, says Disney CEO should be fired

April 22, 2022

Former McDonald's CEO Ed Rensi is launching a new campaign called the Boardroom Initiative to fight back against the woke politics infecting corporate America.

The news comes after Walt Disney Co. essentially declared war on Florida Republicans for passing the Parental Rights in Education bill. The law protects Florida students in kindergarten through third grade from learning about sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom.

Under pressure from progressive employees, Disney spoke out against the law and promised to fight for its repeal.

What did Rensi say?
Rensi, who was CEO of the "golden arches" from 1991 to 1997, told Fox Business that politics has no business in the corporate boardroom.

"Corporations have no business being on the right or the left because they represent everybody there and their sole job is to build equity for their investors," Rensi said.

"It is not the providence of board members or executives that take shareholder money profit and spend it on social matters," he explained. "Corporations should not get involved in social engineering."

According to Fox Business, Rensi will serve as executive chairman of the Boardroom Initiative. The campaign is composed of several conservative advocacy groups including the Job Creators Network, the Free Enterprise Group, and Second Vote. The goal of the initiative is to buck "woke" politics and policies and defend employees and shareholders from politicized corporate boardrooms.

What about Disney?
In an interview on "Fox & Friends," Rensi said Friday that top Disney executives should be fired because they haphazardly engaged in politics without considering business-side ramifications.

"The fact of the matter is boards of directors and executives of a company work for the shareholders. Their duty is to increase profit in sales in a good way so that shareholders benefit, so they get dividends and additional stock and the company can grow," Rensi explained.

"And when they get off into minority issues and social engineering and political issues, they lose their focus on responsibility," he continued. "In my opinion, the chief legal officer of Disney should be fired. The CEO ought to be fired because they entered into an area without thought and care.

"The people of Florida are not ignorant," Rensi declared. "Nowhere in that bill — and I've read the bill — does it say the word ‘gay’ anywhere. This is a parents' rights bill to make sure that their children aren't exposed to sexual material before they're mature enough to handle it. I think that's reasonable."

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Defunding the Police Has Backfired
Big Time

The movement to defund the police arrived in 2020 when Black Lives Matter (BLM) activists decided that law enforcement officers somehow carried a vendetta against black Americans.

BLM, along with other left-wing activist groups then began rallying for police departments to be defunded, if not outrightly abolished altogether. Eventually, left-wing leaders gave in, cutting funding for law enforcement and claiming the money would be better spent elsewhere.

Many conservatives warned that defunding the police would lead to a massive uptick in crime, putting communities in danger. However, BLM didn’t listen to these warnings and neither did the Democrats who cut funding to law enforcement.

As a result, defunding the police led to a rise in black Americans losing their lives to crime, according to PJ Media.

Another Stain on the Defund the Police Movement

In 2020, there was a 2,457 rise in the number of black Americans who were killed. It is not a coincidence that this took place during the height of the movement to defund law enforcement.

Portland, New York City, and other communities under tight leftist leadership listened to Democratic activists who demanded that police be defunded. On top of the rise of black Americans who lost their lives, crime in general has skyrocketed in these communities.

With fewer police officers around, criminals feel more emboldened than they’ve ever been to carry out violence offenses against others. Again, this was something Republicans repeatedly warned would happen.

The leaders and officials who chose to defund the police anyway now have blood on their hands. Defunding the police did not bring about the utopia that BLM or other similar groups claimed it would.

Unfortunately, some Democrats to this day, such as Rep. Cori Bush (D-MS), are still calling to defund law enforcement. Meanwhile, Bush is also spending top dollar to ensure that she’s never without private security.

A Hasty Walkback from Democrats

Not only has defunding the police led to an increase in black Americans being murdered, but it also politically backfired on the Democrat Party.

This is why many top Democrats have come out and said they’re not on board with cutting funding for law enforcement officers.

Claims of this nature have come from Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and other Democrats who don’t want to suffer the political fallout of such a terrible policy. Unfortunately, even with all the fallout from defunding the police, the notion that this is not a good idea remains contested within the Democrat Party.

https://informingamerica.com/defunding-the-police-has-backfired-big-time/