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 National Review: The Texas House of Representatives passed a bill on Friday mandating that transgender athletes participate in school sports teams corresponding to the biological sex listed on their birth certificate. The bill passed 76–54 after failing to advance on three previous attempts, and will now be sent to the state Senate for deliberation. Representative Valoree Swanson, the bill’s sponsor, said it would protect women and girls from unfair competition. “This is about protecting the 332,000 girls 7th through 8th grade playing UIL sports in the state of Texas,” Swanson said during floor debate on the measure. “No matter how much a biological male takes suppression hormones they still have a tremendous advantage.” ... Federal judges have blocked similar laws in other states for some reason.  Democrats have been pandering to those with gender dysphoria.

  Epoch Times: Hundreds of Thousands of US Troops Still Unvaccinated as Deadlines Loom Biden appears to be all stick on no carrot in dealing with resistance to the vaccine.  In a crisis, these people have already agreed to put their life on the line for this country.  They deserve better than to be drummed out of service.  Reducing the number of troops on this scale is a threat to national security.

  Washington Examiner: Lazy crane operators making $250,000 a year exacerbating port crisis, truckers say ...   “What you are talking about is perfectly described behavior,” Tessier said of the crane operators. “This is all a reflection of the management they have down there, the inmates run the asylum. The managers are all afraid to say anything because the operators are so powerful they get management fired if they don’t like them.” Most truckers are independent contractors who are paid per container delivery and make a fraction of a crane operator's salary. They only arrive at the docks after receiving notification that the cargo is ready for pickup. Waiting hours for shipping containers to be loaded onto their trucks is frustrating, and those who have complained were swiftly dealt with, they say. “They’ll go get the police and kick you out and tell you to leave,” said trucker Chris. “Then, you get banned from coming back in there.” Or sometimes, the crane operator will mete ou

  Stephen Green: COVER-UP: Loudoun County Schools Failed to Report Multiple Rapes Over Years   Loudoun County Schools in Virginia failed to report multiple sexual assaults over a period of years — and in violation of state law, according to a blockbuster report by Daily Wire’s   Luke Rosiak . Although Virginia law requires that “Reports shall be made to the division superintendent and to the principal or his designee on all incidents involving … sexual assault,” Rosiak’s research revealed Loudoun County Public Schools failed to “record multiple known incidents of alleged sexual assault.” The law also states that school superintendents can be held “ personally  liable for violations.” Emphasis added, mostly for the benefit of Loudoun Superintendent Scott Ziegler, who claimed at a June school board meeting that “To my knowledge, we don’t have any record of assaults occurring in our restrooms.” “The predator transgender student or person simply does not exist,” Ziegler lied. “We don’t ha

 Breitbart: A key measure of inflation jumped 8.6 percent in September compared to a year ago, the largest advance since the Labor Department began calculating annual changes in producer prices under the current system in 2010. And a measure of inflation further out in the supply chain jumped 23.9 percent compared with a year ago. The Producer Price Index for final demand rose 0.5 percent in September, a slowdown after the 0.7 percent gain in August. Compared with a year ago, the Producer Price Index is up 8.6 percent, higher than the 8.3 percent rise reported a month ago. Prices for materials for durable goods manufacturing rose 1.9 percent for the month and are up a shocking 53 percent year over year. Components rose 0.8 percent on a monthly basis and are up 7.9 percent annually. ... There is more. I am seeing in most for food and fuel.   

  Daily Mail: Raspberries and almonds are the best foods for your health but instant noodles and chocolate puddings are the worst, according to scientists who've ranked 8,000 snacks and drinks I did not realize I have been eating health food. 

 Nile Gardiner: With a domestic approval rating of just 38%, Joe Biden is fast becoming one of the most unpopular presidents in modern U.S. history at such an early stage of a presidency. The catastrophic Afghanistan withdrawal , a massive crisis on the southern border, and a Socialist-style big government economic agenda have all combined to disillusion American voters. Is the leader of the free world though faring any better on the international stage? After all, Biden boasted on the campaign trail about "restoring" America’s standing and credibility across the globe after the supposedly reckless approach of the Trump era . Yet after just nine months in office, the Biden administration is increasingly viewed as a disaster among U.S. partners, who haven’t taken kindly to being unceremoniously thrown under the bus after fighting alongside the United States in Afghanistan for nearly two decades. NILE GARDINER: BRITS FEEL BETRAYED BY BIDEN'S AFGHANISTAN FIASCO. OUR ‘SPECIA

 Instapundit: DON’T UNDERESTIMATE JOE’S ABILITY TO F*** THINGS UP: ●  Obama’s Defense Secretary Unloads On Biden: Watching Disaster In Afghanistan Made Me Physically Sick . ●  Obama Economic Advisor: Buckle Up, Inflation Will Get Out of Control Thanks to a Woke Fed . ●  Former Obama ethics official slams Biden White House for avoiding questions on Hunter Biden’s artwork . ●  Biden’s approval rating is now 10%  lower  than Obama at the same point of his presidency and less than half of Americans trust him to get the country out of the pandemic, new poll numbers show . As Jason L. Riley of the  Wall Street Journal  noted in August:  Biden Is Delivering Obama’s Third Term . So much so that Obama’s former staffers aren’t happy that Biden can’t hide the decline. Biden is living down to expectations. 

  The Hill: More than half of Bay Area residents plan to leave permanently: poll The exit is driven by a combination of high housing costs and quality of life. 

  Fox News: Majority of Virginia parents want a say in their kids' education, Fox News poll finds   Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe said parents should not tell schools what to teach Parents out number members of the teachers' unions and they have a personal stake in their child's education.  What is happening is that those pushing th racist critical race theory have lost the trust of the parents. 

  National Review: Biden’s Commission on Supreme Court Reforms Warns Expanding Court Could Be Seen as ‘Partisan Maneuver’ ... Though many Democrats have urged Biden to expand the court, the commission warned that “rather than calm the controversy surrounding the Supreme Court, expansion could further degrade the confirmation process.” “There could be significant battles over any Justice added by a Court expansion measure. Indeed, a future Senate could respond to expansion by refusing to confirm any nominee,” it said. Members of the commission “are divided on whether court expansion would be wise.” ...

 Biz Pac Review : Jordan hammers Yellen for seeking to spy on everyday Americans while giving Hunter Biden a total pass I suspect it is part of the two tier justice system in America today, where Democrats with connections get a pass and Republicans are bankrupted with investigations.  Look at what they did with Trump supporters when Democrats were pushing the Russian collusion hoax.  The tool the Democrats are proposing could be used in the same way by focusing on the bank transactions of political opponents.  Obama was particularly bad about doing those things. See, aslo: CENSORED: ABC, CBS, NBC Spent an Entire Year Hiding Hunter, Aired Only 18 Minutes On His Scandals The media also has a two-tiered system of reporting when it comes to Democrat scandals.  Meanwhile, they gave themselves awards for false reports they made involving the Russian collusion hoax against Trump. 

 Washington Examiner: U .S. suspicions are rising that a Russian GRU-led attack cell is conducting pulsed radio frequency or microwave attacks against U.S. personnel, which is resulting in the so-called Havana Syndrome. Contemporary reports of the syndrome were first reported by U.S. diplomats and intelligence officers in Havana, Cuba, in 2016. Many more U.S. personnel across the globe have since reported Havana Syndrome symptoms, which include aural distortions, severe headaches, loss of balance, and nose bleeds. Numerous affected CIA, State Department, and U.S. military attaches have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries as a result of their exposure. ... That said, sources told the  Washington Examiner  that there are increasing indications  Russia  is involved. First, there are stronger indications of radio frequency and microwave-related injuries being suffered by U.S. government personnel. Second, there are indications of the same Russian intelligence personnel operating i

  Fox News: Soros group pours $500k into campaign to oppose reinstating Austin police units that were defunded   'It sickens me,' a city council member said of the donation Soros continues to donate money that benefits the criminal element in cities around the country.  The defund the police movement has benefit the criminals and created more victims of crime.  Soros has also backed DA candidates who refuse to prosecute many criminals and attack the police.  Public safety is greatly harmed by these moves and minorities are hardest hit. 

  Washington Examiner Editorial: Portland and other 'defund' cities are destroying their own livability ...   Between the violent insurrection that leftist protesters waged against its federal courthouse, which lasted for weeks last summer, and the violence that petty criminals are inflicting on innocent citizens, the Rose City just isn't a nice place to be anymore. Its hip, urban environment has suddenly seen its average home price eclipsed by Boise, a remote and backward potato-growing hub in the middle of a neighboring state’s high desert. Portland enjoys the consequences of treating its police force as a bigger problem than its violent criminals. … Why they put up with Antifa is a mystery. Just because the thugs are liberals is no reason to tolerate their attacks on civilization.

 Paul Bedard: President Joe Biden’s crashing polling numbers appear to have no end as he fumbles with the  border  crisis, a 13-year high in inflation, and the threat of empty toy shelves on Christmas Eve. In a new Zogby Poll just provided to Secrets, the first-year president has hit another job performance low, 36.4%. “Our latest polling shows President Biden with a 36% positive job performance rating (excellent-15% and good-21% combined), while his negative rating is 61% (fair-19% and poor-42% combined),” pollster  Jonathan Zogby of Zogby Analytics  told us. Worst of all, women are abandoning the president, followed by independents — voters critical to helping lobby for his $3.5 trillion tax-and-spending plan and $1.2 trillion infrastructure program. ... The polls also show voter remorse for supporting him in 2020 and suggest that if the election were held today, Trump would win.  While there is some discussion of his failure to get his agenda through Congress, that agenda is not ver

  Washington Free Beacon: Emails Reveal Hunter Biden’s Relationship With Shadowy Chinese Tycoon   Biden acknowledged the businessman's interest 'has everything to do with my last name' It appears to be typical of how the family marketed and monetized Biden's position. What is surprising is how little the mains stream media cares about the apparent corruption. See, also: Report: Biden and Son Shared Bank Account

  Jeff Charles: Latest COVID-19 Data Shows the Left Got It Dead Wrong About Florida, DeSantis The left has the same irrational hatred of DeSantis they have of Trump.  They just hate any Republican who they fear will beat their Lib candidate.  To the left, anyone who can defeat their next Biden is the devil. Even when it clear that their guy is a disaster and Trump was much better , they continue to lie about Republicans.

  Epoch Times: ... Propane costs are forecasted to rise by 54 percent, heating oil costs to rise by 43 percent, natural gas costs to rise by 30 percent, and electricity costs to rise by 6 percent. With natural gas consumption projected to rise by 3 percent this winter, households are expected to spend $746 this winter, up from $573 last winter. The increase in natural gas heating costs varies by region with the Midwest U.S. leading the price hike at a 45 percent increase from last winter, and the Northeast expecting a hike of 14 percent. Nearly half of all U.S. households use natural gas as the primary source of heating. Households relying on heating oil over winter will spend $1,734 over winter, relative to $1,212 last winter. Houses in Northeastern regions will be more affected by the price hike as nearly one in five homes in the region rely on heating oil as their primary source of space heating. The projection is based on the Brent crude oil price, which helps determine the prices

  Washington Examiner: Buttigieg under pressure from GOP as supply chain problems worsen The man who started his job with phony bike rides to work looks clueless about what to do about the busted supply chain that is driving up cost and leaving store shelves empty.  ... “Pete Buttigieg was completely unqualified to serve as Secretary of Transportation. But Biden still picked him,” said Sen. Tom Cotton on  Twitter  earlier this week. “Now, Pete is absent during a transportation crisis that is hurting working-class Americans.” ... He has apparently been bogged down trying to justify Biden's screwy infrastructure spending,. 

  Washington Free Beacon: Nearly Half of the Taliban Government’s Leaders Are Designated Terrorists Why does this bunch of losers in Washington pretend these people are even ordinary?  They are the same Islamic extremists they have always been who engage in amputations and hangings  

  Daily Mail: 'Kamala is writing talking points for Beijing, Moscow and Tehran': Critics tear into 'anti-American' Harris for tribal conference speech attacking the 'shame of the white explorers' She sounds more like a goofy CRT salesman than an American leader. 

  Hot Air: Poll: More say they would be made worse off by the Dems' reconciliation package than better off I think the country as a whole would be worse off.  I do not support the spending and do not support what they are spending it on. 

 David Zukerman: The New York Times hopes to incite Republicans to vote for Democrats with a much-noted column published Tuesday, "We Are Republicans. There's Only One Way to Save Our Party From Pro-Trump Extremists." Written by Miles Taylor and former New Jersey Republican governor Christine Todd Whitman, the article is yet another attack on Trump and "Trumpism." This year we joined more than 150 conservatives — including former governors, senators, congressmen, cabinet secretaries, and party leaders — in calling for the Republican Party to divorce itself from Trumpism or else lose our support, perhaps with us forming a new political party . Taylor previously appeared on the op-ed page of The New York Times, September 5, 2018, with an anti-Trump screed written anonymously, but claimed to be from a high-ranking official, titled: "I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration." He was chief of staff in the Department of Homeland Secur

 Medical Express: Scientists at Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and EPFL have discovered a highly potent monoclonal antibody that targets the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and is effective at neutralizing all variants of concern identified to date, including the delta variant. Their findings are published in the prestigious journal  Cell Reports . The newly identified antibody was isolated using lymphocytes from COVID-19 patients enrolled in the ImmunoCoV study being carried out by CHUV's Service of Immunology and Allergy. This antibody is one of the most powerful identified so far against SARS-CoV-2. Structural characterization of the antibody indicates that it binds to an area that is not subjected to mutations of the  spike protein . Through this tight interaction, the antibody blocks the spike protein from binding to cells expressing the ACE2 receptor, which is the receptor the virus uses to enter and infect lung cells. That means the antibody halts the viral replication process

 Power Line: The Democrats’ $3.5 trillion spending spree is, in large part, about transforming America into a “green” nation. The centerpiece is the Clean Electricity Performance Program , which would require electricity providers to increase the amount of carbon-dioxide-free electricity sold on their systems by 4 percent every year, or pay penalties. The Democrats’ bill includes $150 billion that is earmarked to cover the cost of CEPP through 2031. (As part of the reconciliation package, CEPP’s funding is limited to a 10-year span, while the costs it imposes will live on.) In fact, CEPP would be ruinously expensive, and would add trillions of dollars to the cost of the Democrats’ package. The $150 billion is barely a drop in the bucket. Center of the American Experiment has developed a mathematical model that accurately calculates the cost of “green” energy measures. Unlike numbers thrown out by liberal advocates, this model includes all the costs of wind and solar energy, including

 Daily Wire: Cities across the country are refunding police departments after nationwide “Defund the Police” movements last year led to law enforcement funding cuts. Austin, Texas, was one of the main cities that took measures to shift or cut its funding last year. As reported by the Austin American-Statesman, last year, the “City Council cut or reallocated a higher percentage of money from the police budget than any of nearly two dozen other cities nationally that significantly altered law enforcement funding at the time.” The outlet also added that after a law was passed earlier this year in Texas, “in the 2021-22 budget, council members were forced to restore funding to the Police Department budget, which is at its highest ever at $442 million. The council also funded at least two cadet classes but said the department could do a third if it finds money in its budget.” The Oakland City Council voted in approval of adding another police academy after previously approving fewer academ

  Washington Examiner: Federal judge rules DC Corrections officials infringed on alleged Jan. 6 rioter's rights Whi9le this is just one case there have been other indications that these defendants have been mistreated and denied due process. 

 Gatestone Institute: The fact that a large number of Palestinians are desperate to work in Israel is a sign of the failure of Hamas and the Palestinian Authority to improve the living conditions of their people despite the massive sums of money they receive from various sources, including the United States, European Union and United Nations. Instead of holding Hamas responsible for what he called the "tragedy" in the Gaza Strip, al-Amsi and other Palestinians choose to blame Israel. This view is in keeping with the longstanding habit of the Palestinian leadership to evade their responsibility for thievery and non-governance by blaming Israel for everything. Many Palestinians and Arabs, however, are no longer buying this nonsense and know exactly who is trying to help and who has not done a thing to end their suffering. "Thousands of Palestinians, including those with [academic] degrees, are fighting for a job in Israel. I guarantee you that if Israel announced that it w

  Washington Examiner: China accuses Taiwan of pushing 'two-state theory' as cross-strait tensions alarm US When the Chinese fled the mainland for Taiwan decades ago it may have had ambitions for replacing the communist government.  Now it just wants to be left alone to enjoy something the Chjicoms cannot offer--Freedom. 

 Matt  Margolis: From China With Love: Biden Bought Chinese Drones Over Pentagon Objections ...   The transaction occurred three days after the Pentagon’s warning that DJI drones “pose potential threats to national security.” The FBI also acquired blacklisted DJI drones this year. An anonymous FBI official told the Washington Times that the FBI  “cannot comment on specific operational equipment procured by the FBI, but can assure the public that the FBI, as a general matter, takes all necessary measures to ensure the security and safety of its operations.” Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe blasted the Biden administration’s decision. “The Biden administration, through the FBI and Secret Service, purchased from DJI, which is a company that the Trump administration actually flagged in 2017,” Ratcliffe said on Fox News. “Department of Homeland Security said that that specific company was using its drones for the purpose of providing information on U.S. critical infr

  Brandon Morse: Biden Reportedly Asks Oil Companies He Hurt to Save Him as Inflation Set to Raise Heating Costs This Winter Here is what Biden should do.  Admit he made a mistake by cancelling pipelines and restricting drilling on federally controlled lands.  He should also get the banks to start lending money to producers who have been cut off by the Big Green scam. 

 Ann Coulter: This isn't a Chicago story. It's a Democratic Party story. Kim Foxx, the state's attorney for Cook County and darling of MSNBC, has managed to increase murders in Chicago to astounding levels even at a time when we're all getting used to astounding crime figures. Nationwide in 2020, murder and non-negligent manslaughter were up 29.4% , according to the FBI. That's more than double the previous record of 1968, when murders increased by 12.7%. Under the careful management of Foxx, murders in Chicago were up 55% . To put this in perspective, last year, there were nearly as many murders in Chicago (population: 2.7 million) as in New York City and Los Angeles combined (total population: more than 12 million). Perhaps you've heard about the Wild West shootout in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago two weeks ago? One group of gang members shot up the house of rival gang members at around 10 in the morning. They blasted the house with more than 70 rounds,

 Washington Examiner: ... Biden's apologists try to downplay inflation worries by noting that they're largely confined to specific goods such as used cars. But the latest report shows inflation spreading to every sector of the economy, particularly where inflation can harm people of low income. Gasoline, for example, is up 42% from last year. Bacon, beef, pork, and eggs are all up by double digits. Children’s shows are up 12%; electricity 5%; rents 2.9%. Inflation is outpacing hourly wage gains, which have risen 4.6% compared to inflation of 5.4%, which means real paychecks are falling, not rising, under Biden. Maybe this is why voters tell pollsters they don't support making Biden’s cash giveaways to parents permanent. Voters are smarter than Democrats think. They know that despite what Democrats say, free money is not really free. Even the Biden administration is forced occasionally to admit this. On a conference call with reporters about the nation’s supply chain crisis,

 Seton Motley: ... Every aspect of our supply chain is now under attack. The chain requires lots and lots of oil and gasoline. Biden’s government is assaulting every aspect of their extraction, processing and delivery . The chain requires lots of people working to ensure everything is delivered — The Chain Gang, if you will. Biden’s government is paying people quite generously to do nothing — so why would they look to get paid to do something? And lots of people who are willing to work -— but not willing to subject themselves to experimental, highly problematic, and ineffectual vaccines for a virus with a 99+% survival rate? Biden’s government is forcing them out of work by the millions . The chain is being damaged — way up the technology ladder. We are suffering a massive semiconductor chip shortage . Which means government is going to allegedly spend trillions of dollars on infrastructure — but won’t actually be able to upgrade or update a whole lot of the infrastructure. Or the m

 National Review: Loudoun County Public Schools responded Wednesday to a bombshell report that it covered up a sexual assault perpetrated by a “gender fluid” male student in the girls’ bathroom. The victim’s father, Scott Smith, was arrested during a school board meeting in June before he could describe what had happened to his daughter. In a statement released Wednesday, the district claimed that the school board was ignorant of the details at the time of the meeting and only learned of the alleged rape through the Daily Wire’s recent report . Moreover, the district wrote that it was obliged to defer the initial criminal investigation to local law enforcement, which received a report on May 28 when Smith says the assault occurred, before it conducted a probe of its own. “To maintain the integrity of the criminal investigation, law enforcement requested that LCPS not interview students until their investigation is concluded. LCPS has cooperated and continues to cooperate with law enfo

  Washington Examiner: Full court press in Virginia signals Democratic worries about Biden slippage with black voters ...   Recent polling by  Pew Research Center  shows Biden’s approval rating with black voters falling 18 percentage points nationally to 67% since July, prompting concerns among Democrats as the Virginia race tightens. A Wason Center poll between Sept. 27-Oct. 1 shows former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe confronting an enthusiasm gap in the state, where he is locked in a tight race against Republican Glenn Youngkin. McAuliffe’s lead has collapsed by more than half since August. According to the survey, Republican-likely voters lead their Democratic counterparts 61% to 55%, with respondents stating they are “very enthusiastic” about casting a ballot in the Nov. 2 race. ... I think the vaccine mandate is not popular in the black community and having Biden show up is unlikely to change those minds. 

  Epoch Times: US Seeing a Decline in COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations, Deaths The seven-day count of cases and deaths are both down significantly. 

  Breitbart: Survey: Majority Oppose Democrats’ Billion-Dollar Wealth Transfer to Illegal Aliens Democrats are really out of touch with the voters when it comes to illegal immigration. 

  Breitbart: Watch: ‘F*ck Joe Biden’ Goes Global as Protesters Shout in Rome So far, the Taliban are not saying the quiet part out loud, but their actions tell the story. 

  Washington Times: DHS secretary orders ICE to stop targeting illegal immigrants at jobs The Biden administration may be the most unethical one in history, especially when it comes to their duty to enforce US immigration laws. 

  Daily Mail: EXCLUSIVE: Joe Biden could become embroiled in the FBI's probe into Hunter's finances, experts say: Emails reveal they SHARED bank accounts, paid each other's bills and the president may have even have funded his son's 2018 drug and prostitution binge This is a long piece that explores more evidence from Hunter's laptop that the media tried to pass off as "Russian disinformation" to save Biden's campaign during the election. 

  Washington Free Beacon: Libs Betray America: Submarine Spy Couple Radicalized by Anti-Trump #Resistance   'Strong feminist and very liberal' teacher threatened to move to Australia after 2016 election, New York Times reports Trump's election exposed a lot of liberal wackos including much of the Democrat establishment and the mainstream media.  This couple appears to be among them. 

  Daily  Wire: Loudoun County Schools Tried To Conceal Sexual Assault Against Daughter In Bathroom, Father Says   Father in viral video of school board arrest says his daughter was raped in school bathroom. On June 22, Scott Smith was arrested at a Loudoun County, Virginia, school board meeting, a meeting that was ultimately deemed an “unlawful assembly” after many attendees vocally opposed a policy on transgender students. What people did not know is that weeks prior on May 28, Smith says, a boy allegedly wearing a skirt entered a girls’ bathroom at nearby Stone Bridge High School, where he sexually assaulted Smith’s ninth-grade daughter. Juvenile records are sealed, but Smith’s attorney Elizabeth Lancaster told The Daily Wire that a boy was charged with two counts of forcible sodomy, one count of anal sodomy, and one count of forcible fellatio, related to an incident that day at that school. ... Red States reports:   ... Smith was given a no-trespassing order prior to the meeting th

  Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald The same media outlets that spent 5 years trying to convince Americans that the Kremlin had taken control of the US through clandestine sexual and financial blackmail over the President -- to great profit for themselves -- insist they are combating unhinged conspiracy theories. 8:19 AM · Oct 3, 2021 · Twitter Web App 2,437 Retweets 74 Quote Tweets 8,370 Likes They truly have a credibility problem.