Hot Air,
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Jazz Shaw
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When various state and municipal governments started giving away money and other incentives for the vaccine-hesitant to get their shots, I raised what seemed to be an obvious question. What would happen if desperate people, particularly the homeless, began showing up at multiple pods and getting multiple vaccinations just to cash in on the money or other rewards? Had anyone actually studied what would happen to patients who received far more than the CDC recommended number of injections at the prescribed intervals? We may be about to find out. One guy in Germany was arrested after reportedly going for as many as 90 injections. He wasn’t trying to be
Texas Tribune,
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Eleanor Klibanoff
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Mandi Cai
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The Oklahoma Legislature passed a law Tuesday that makes performing an abortion in the state a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The governor is expected to sign the bill into law, and it would go into effect this summer.
Once in place, the law would have major regional impacts. More Texans have sought abortions in Oklahoma than in any other state since a Texas law banning abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy went into effect Sept. 1.
“Oklahoma is going from a state where we’ve been a haven for refugees who’ve needed support to a state that has chosen to make refugees of its own citizens,”
Red State,
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Bonchie
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The post mortem reports following the November election are going to be extensive, but even prior to the mid-term elections taking place, which promise to sweep Republicans back into power, you can already see the glaring mistakes being made. Certainly, Democrats have a messaging problem, with some of that being by choice and the rest due to the failures of their policies.
Things like inflation, gas prices, foreign policy disasters, and the border crisis can’t be massaged away with lofty language. On that front, there’s little Democrats can do to change the political dynamics. Joe Biden and his party have to own their boondoggles, whether they want to or not.
But then
PJ Media,
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Stacey Lennox
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Politico published some hand wringing this morning about the distress in the Democrats’ base. As it turns out, two key constituencies are not all that happy with President Joe Biden, leading to concern ahead of a predicted red wave in November. According to Ryan Lizza and Eugene Daniels in Tuesday’s Playbook: HIT Strategies has been conducting weekly focus groups to find out in real time how Americans are processing events in 2022. On Monday night we watched discussions with two different subgroups of partisan Democrats assembled by the firm: “Black Base, Always vote for Dems, Ages 25+” and “Youth Base; Always vote for Dems, Ages 25 – 39.”
There were significant differences
Breitbart,
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David Ng
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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) is urging parents to reject Disney over its embrace of radical sexual and gender politics, saying families should send Disney executives a message by refusing give the company their money.
In a re-election campaign e-mail sent this week, which was also posted to the campaign’s official site, Lt. Gov. Patrick even told Texans to sell their Disney stock. “Until they change their corporate philosophy, stop spending money with them,” he said. “Cut off the Disney Channel. Cancel your park trip or your cruise if one is planned. If you own Disney stock, sell it. Although I did not own many shares of individual Disney stock,
CNN,
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Jennifer Deaton
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russian troops of indiscriminately killing civilians "for their pleasure" in an emotionally-charged address to the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, a day after he visited the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, where shocking images of bodies in the streets emerged over the weekend.
Zelensky described the aftermath of Russia's retreat from Bucha in horrifying detail, describing entire families killed, people with their throats slashed, women raped and killed in front of their children. He said Russia's actions were no different from those of a terror group, except that Russia is a permanent member of the UN Security Council.
In Bucha, bodies strewn across the streets
Power Line,
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Steven Hayward
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A certain amount of caution is recommended about reporting and commenting on the Ukraine War, mostly because solid facts are hard to come by (the “fog of war” and all that), and judgment about what to do is in equally short supply, especially inside the head of our president.
A few things appear certain. First, the Ukrainians have fought with great skill and effectiveness, and surprised the world with their resilience and ability to land counterblows, including, apparently, an attack on an oil storage facility inside Russia. They may yet hold off Russia’s army, or convert the war into a stalemate. But as I look at the reliable maps
PJ Media,
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Rick Moran
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There are several hundred dead Ukrainians in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha. This is an incontrovertible fact as independent news sources have confirmed and Western media has been trumpeting it for the last two days. What isn’t being mentioned nearly as often is that there are also several hundred dead Russian soldiers along with dozens of destroyed armored vehicles in the town.
Bucha was the scene of horrific battles — especially after Russia began to withdraw from the area. You can expect civilian casualties on an urban battlefield. Neither side is ever as careful as they are required to be by the Geneva Convention, and civilians always pay the price.
But executing
Daily Caller,
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Thomas Catenacci
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President Joe Biden’s plan to curb gasoline prices by releasing a million barrels of emergency oil reserves daily. The Brent crude index, the global oil benchmark, increased to $108.07 per barrel Monday morning, surging more than 3.1% overnight. The U.S. WTI index skyrocketed more than 3.4% past $103 per barrel Monday.
“Will the release of barrels from strategic reserves fill a shortfall caused by sanctions and buyer aversion to Russian oil? In a word, no,” Stephen Brennock, an analyst at PVM Oil Associates, told Reuters.
Biden announced Thursday that he ordered the Department of Energy to release a million barrels of oil stored in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) every day
American Thinker,
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Andrea Widburg
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On Monday, news broke that Elon Musk, the world's richest man, in one fell swoop also became the single largest stakeholder in Twitter, for he now owns 9.2% of its shares. The big question now is whether he intends to use his position to push for change in a platform that has become a toxic echo chamber for "woke" ideas and cancel culture, even as it relentlessly silences opposing views.
If I had to describe Musk, I'd call him an eccentric libertarian who is, nevertheless, just a little suspect in that role, given his commitment to alternative energy and climate change principles. He's also an outspoken visionary and genius. Perhaps most importantly, unlike so many
Deadline,
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Dade Hayes
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Jason Kilar, the former Hulu and Amazon exec who has led WarnerMedia as CEO since May 2020, has formalized plans to exit the company.
In a memo to staff today, the exec confirmed his departure just days ahead of the expected close of the $43 billion merger of Discovery and WarnerMedia.
The decision has been widely anticipated ever since WarnerMedia parent AT&T proposed spinning off WarnerMedia in a new entity controlled by Discovery in May 2021. The corporate jockeying around the time of the stealthily negotiated deal reached its peak when Kilar was featured in a lengthy profile in the Wall Street Journal, positioning him as the long-term head of the company.
Fox Business News,
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Danielle Wallace
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Twitter announced Tuesday it’s appointing Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk to its board, expanding the billionaire’s influence during the ongoing debate over lack of free speech on the platform.
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal tweeted the announcement Tuesday, writing that "Through conversations with Elon in recent weeks, it became clear to us that he would bring great value to our Board."
"He’s both a passionate believer and intense critic of the service which is exactly what we need on @Twitter, and in the boardroom, to make us stronger in the long-term. Welcome Elon!" he added.