(Susan Katz Keating) “We have been getting calls about this,” said a person who answered the phone at the Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C.
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Psaki Says Biden Backs ‘A Number of Components’ of Legislation to Establish Reparations Commission
(Alex Nitzberg) White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Thursday said that President Biden backs “a number of components” of H.R. 40, legislation that would create a commission that would examine and develop proposals for reparations for African Americans.
Aides Unloaded on Joe Biden for Going off Script, Email to Son Hunter Shows
(John Solomon) “He just couldn’t end the speech!” laments email on Hunter Biden laptop that gives rare glimpse into Obama White House frustration with Joe Biden’s ad-libbing.
As Border Crisis Grows, Arrests of Convicted Sex Offenders Soar
(Alex Nitzberg) Del Rio Sector Border Patrol saw 3,166% spike in arrests of convicted sex predators in fiscal 2021, including 10 offenders arrested in the U.S. illegally just between May 17 and May 24.
Mask Skeptic Harvard Epidemiologist Takes to Gab as Twitter Lockout Enters Fourth Week
(Greg Piper) Martin Kulldorff continues publishing on the harms of lockdown, effectiveness of natural immunity.
Inside Story on How the 1776 Commission Refused to Be Canceled by Biden
(Natalia Mittelstadt) Despite being abolished by the Biden administration, the 1776 Commission established by President Trump to develop a patriotic education curriculum lives on.
Fauci Emails Point to February 2020 Phone Call as Possible Pivot for Lab-leak Theory
(Daniel Payne) Researchers had originally suspected possible lab-leak origin; weeks after phone call they discounted it.
Trump Administration Seized Phone Logs of NY Times Reporters Over Possible Classified Info Leak
(Nicholas Sherman) The New York Times reporters had all written extensively about FBI Director James Comey.
Vladimir Putin Fan Steven Seagal Joins pro-Kremlin Party, Proposes to Jail Polluters
(Greg Piper) The 30-year veteran of action films has been a Russian citizen for five years.
Pennsylvania Republican Legislators Travel to Arizona to Observe Election Audit
(Nicholas Sherman) The trip could prompt the Pennsylvania legislators to bring an audit to their state.
Leader of Google Diversity Group Suggests Jews Have ‘insatiable Appetite for War,’ in 2007 Blog Post
(Nicholas Sherman) Google executive Kamau Bobb made the comment is a post titled “If I Were A Jew.”
Employees Sue Texas Hospital for Promising to Fire Them If They Don’t Get Covid-19 Vaccine
(Greg Piper) Workers claim Houston Methodist has “arbitrarily denied” religious and medical exemption requests.
CDC Clarifies That It Will Continue to Investigate Mild Post-Vaccine Cases of Covid-19
(Daniel Payne) Agency website had previously claimed that “only hospitalized or fatal cases” in vaccinated individuals would be tracked.
Tale of Two Economies: Red States Roaring, Blue States Beset by High Unemployment
(Just The News) Of the 31 states that had unemployment rates lower than the U.S. national average of 6.1%, the overwhelming majority, 26, are Republican-led states.
Study: ‘Significant Increase’ of Smokers Lit up 7.5 Trillion Cigarettes’ Worth of Tobacco in 2019
(Daniel Payne) Over a billion smokers worldwide, a jump from earlier years.