Newsbusters,
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Gabriel Hays
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With all this push for Hollywood “diversity” one often wonders if Hollywood has a vendetta against traditional standards of movie making. According to one insider, that’s exactly the case for at least one major studio. Sci-fi author Nick Cole, co-author of the Galaxy’s Edge series, claimed that during a pitch meeting, a major Hollywood studio passed on a recent project he had been working on, citing the fact that they’re done producing content for “White, Christian, Trash.”
Oh wow, that’s a hell of a way to say it. Perhaps this is the sentiment underlying Hollywood’s spate of inclusivity-over-everything pledges they’ve made in the past few years.
The Hill [DC],
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Nathaniel Weixel
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New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) said Thursday he will not renew the state's mask mandate, and will let it expire on Friday. "We'll continue to work with public health to encourage social distancing and wearing of masks when appropriate. That will not change whatsoever. What does change is the government's imposed requirement to do so," Sununu said during a press conference. New Hampshire is the first state in New England to lift its mask mandate, which has been in place since November. Sununu said that private businesses, cities, towns, and organizations may continue to keep mask mandates in place.
Breitbart,
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Jacob Bliss
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4/16/2021 12:07:25 AM
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An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll released Thursday found that a majority of Americans oppose woke corporations influencing everyday life.
The poll asked registered voters if they support or oppose American companies using their public role, position, or events to influence political, cultural, or social change. The findings show that over half (58 percent) oppose any type of corporation using its power to influence any type of political, cultural, or social change across the country. They also show that 35 percent did support the efforts by woke corporations, while seven percent were unsure how to answer.
The survey also asked, specifically, whether the voter supports or opposes “professional sports teams
Power Line,
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Paul Mirengoff
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4/15/2021 7:15:44 PM
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Major League Baseball has suffered a massive loss in popularity among Republicans due to its intervention on the side of Democrats in the political dispute over Georgia’s voting law. According to a poll by Morning Consult, MLB’s net favorability rating (the difference between the percentage of those who view the sport positively and those who view it negatively) among Republicans has dropped from 47 points to 12 points in the past month.
Until commissioner Rob Manfred moved the all-star game, MLB was the big-time sports league viewed most favorably by Republicans. Now, it is viewed less favorably than the NFL and the NHL.
Washington Examiner,
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Zachary Halaschak
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Coca-Cola, whose CEO denounced the Georgia voting bill, is now striking a conciliatory tone after coming under pressure from conservatives.
The soda giant, which is based in Atlanta, was absent from a list of more than 500 corporations and individuals that signed a statement condemning any election legislation that would “restrict” voters from having “an equal and fair opportunity to cast a ballot.” The missive was placed as a two-page Wednesday ad in the New York Times and Washington Post, with the effort being organized by the Black Economic Alliance.
Dallas Morning News,
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Elizabeth Thompson
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Alex Briseno
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The Texas Senate approved a controversial transgender sports bill Thursday that would force young athletes in Texas to compete in sports only that align with their sex as designated on their original birth certificate rather than their gender identity.
The 18-12 vote comes after a marathon hearing on March 26 that featured emotional testimony on the bill that foes decry as discriminatory and anti-LGBTQ. Supporters argue that allowing transgender women to compete on a women’s team puts others in physical danger, while opponents consider it a non-issue, insisting that legislation is unnecessary and unfairly targets transgender youth.
The bill is one of several in the Texas Legislature that bill opponents call anti-transgender.
Breitbart,
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Neil Munro
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4/15/2021 6:26:45 PM
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President Joe Biden’s half-open, half-closed border is creating chaos south of the border and is pulverizing his support among Latino and independents likely voters north of the border.
Biden’s policies have gotten him 64 percent disapproval among independents, and 55 percent disapproval among Latinos, according to a Quinnipiac poll of 1,237 adults, conducted April 8-12.
Just 22 percent of swing-voting independents and 27 percent of Latinos support Biden’s policy to extricate hundreds of thousands of migrants from their countries into a Hunger Games-style obstacle course, so they can be used in the U.S. economy.
GOP voters strongly oppose these policies, so the Quinnipiac numbers translate into a national disapproval rate of 55 percent
Fox News,
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Joseph A. Wulfsohn
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One of Disney's top bosses has spoken candidly about pilots the company passed on due to a lack of diversity in their scripts.
"I will tell you for the first time we received some incredibly well-written scripts that did not satisfy our standards in terms of inclusion, and we passed on them," Dana Walden, Walt Disney Television's Chairman of Entertainment, said during a panel discussion last week, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
As an example, Walden cited a script that told the story of a White family and whose diversity of characters would have likely come from neighbors.
"Pass," Walden said. "That's not going to get on the air anymore
Fox News,
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Edmund DeMarche
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4/15/2021 12:53:48 AM
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The Biden administration is expected to announce wide-ranging sanctions against Russia over allegations of a massive hacking campaign into federal agencies and for election interference, multiple reports said late Thursday. The sanctions will call for 10 Russian diplomats to be expelled and a new executive order will expand prohibitions on U.S. banks that trade in Russian government debt, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The sanctions come a day after Yuri Ushakov, President Putin’s policy adviser, told John Sullivan, the U.S. deputy secretary of state, that Moscow would "act in the most decisive way possible" if hit with sanctions, Reuters reported. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Brussels
PJ Media,
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Stacey Lennox
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4/15/2021 12:48:53 AM
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On April 13, 2021, the FDA decided to pause the Johnson and Johnson vaccine’s use due to six women suffering from an unusual type of blot clot and low platelets, which assist a person’s blood with clotting. There have been two distinct opinions on this move in the commentariat that are opposed.
The first position is that this pause on the Johnson and Johnson vaccine is ridiculous based on population-wide statistics for vaccine side effects. Six women out of over seven million doses are not sufficient to deprive the rest of the population of a vaccine effective in preventing severe illness and death from COVID-19. This point of view is understandable
PJ Media,
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Tyler O´Neil
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4/15/2021 12:39:58 AM
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On Thursday, Democrats in the U.S. House and Senate plan to unveil legislation to expand the size of the Supreme Court, potentially reversing the originalist gains under former President Donald Trump.
The bill would add four seats to the Court, bringing the total from nine to 13, sources told The Intercept. Congress has the authority to set the number of justices on the Court, which has remained at 9 since 1869. House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), Subcommittee Chair Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), and Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.) are leading the bill in the House while Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) will lead the effort in the Senate.
Newsbusters,
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Jax Maxon
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USA Today ultra-leftist Nancy Armour swung a big bat Tuesday, verbally bludgeoning hateful, ignorant conservative state lawmakers working to protect women’s sports. She accused them of trying to “otherize” trans athletes and open a new front in the culture war, repeated LGBT talking points and urged the NCAA to hurt conservative states in the pocketbook.
Nearly half the state legislatures are trying to protect women’s sports from the intrusion of confused males competing with females. Armour (seen above) accused them of passing bills that aren’t based on scientific facts. It’s bigotry that comes with a price, and she exhorted the NCAA to inflict financial pain on conservative states.