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GOP Members Of Congress Have SERIOUS Questions About COVID Origins | |||||||
For quite some time, the emergence of COVID-19 in the United States threw just about everyone for a loop. Many Americans had... +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From a very dear veteran friend and fellow memo reader. +++ TO UNDERSTAND A MILITARY VETERAN YOU MUST KNOW - - -
We left home as teenagers or in our early twenties for an unknown adventure.
We loved our country enough to defend it and protect it with our own lives.
We said goodbye to friends and family and everything we knew.
We learned the basics and then we scattered in the wind to the far corners of the Earth.
We found new friends and new family.
We became brothers and sisters regardless of color, race or creed.
We had plenty of good times, and plenty of bad times.
We didn't get enough sleep.
We smoked and drank too much.
We picked up both good and bad habits.
We worked hard and played harder.
We didn't earn a great wage.
We experienced the happiness of mail call and the sadness of missing important events.
We didn't know when, or even if, we were ever going to see home again.
We grew up fast, and yet somehow, we never grew up at all.
We fought for our freedom, as well as the freedom of others.
Some of us saw actual combat, and some of us didn't.
Some of us saw the world, and some of us didn't.
Some of us dealt with physical warfare, most of us dealt with psychological warfare.
We have seen and experienced and dealt with things that we can't fully describe or explain, as not all of our sacrifices were physical.
We participated in time honored ceremonies and rituals with each other, strengthening our bonds and camaraderie.
We counted on each other to get our job done and sometimes to survive it at all.
We have dealt with victory and tragedy.
We have celebrated and mourned.
We lost a few along the way.
When our adventure was over, some of us went back home, some of us started somewhere new and some of us never came home at all.
We have told amazing and hilarious stories of our exploits and adventures.
We share an unspoken bond with each other, that most people don't experience, and few will understand.
We speak highly of our own branch of service, and poke fun at the other branches.
We know however, that, if needed, we will be there for our brothers and sisters and stand together as one, in a heartbeat.
Being a Veteran is something that had to be earned, and it can never be taken away.
It has no monetary value, but at the same time it is a priceless gift.
People see a Veteran and they thank them for their service.
When we see each other, we give that little upwards head nod, or a slight smile, knowing that we have shared and experienced things that most people have not.
So, from myself to the rest of the veterans out there, I commend and thank you for all that you have done and sacrificed for our country.
Try to remember the good times and make peace with the bad times.
Share your stories.
But most importantly, stand tall and proud, for you have earned the right to be called a VETERAN.
I'M PROUD TO BE A VETERAN! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Judicial Watch Dear Mr. Berkowitz, As one of Judicial Watch’s most loyal members, I ask you to support our call for the new Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Oversight and Reform to join Judicial Watch in launching a full-scale investigation into Biden family corruption as soon as the new Congress takes office in January! And I ask you to back up your support with an urgently needed contribution. Judicial Watch is now in federal court with multiple lawsuits working to uncover one of the sleaziest and most outrageous Washington influence-peddling schemes ever…the very real scandal of Biden family corruption, the same scandal that the current Congress and the leftist elite media have ignored, dismissed or covered up because it centers on President Joe Biden! The House Government Oversight and Reform Committee is the major investigative arm of the House, with broad authority, including subpoena power, to investigate allegations of corruption and wrongdoing in the federal government… …and now, for Judicial Watch to succeed in our legal efforts, we need for the new Republican majority to use their investigative powers (including the all-important subpoena power) to also investigate this scandal. And we are ready to help them, since Judicial Watch’s investigators and lawyers are ready to meet with members of the Committee and their staff, brief them on what we have already discovered and share with them the documents that our own legal actions have already uncovered about Biden influence-peddling! Judicial Watch is pursuing multiple investigations and lawsuits related to serious and credible allegations that Hunter Biden leveraged his father’s position as vice president to make massive amounts of money on deals in both China and Ukraine…some of which may have made it back to his father. Especially troubling is that we now see China benefit from Biden administration policies: Cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline, which will divert Canadian oil west to petroleum-hungry China, and Re-entry into the Paris Climate Agreement that directly benefits China’s excessively polluting coal industry…in which Hunter Biden is heavily invested. I urge you to join us in calling on the Committee to launch a full-scale investigation into all the facts and evidence because: For the last two years, under Democratic control, Congress refused to take its oversight responsibilities seriously. The Justice Department and its FBI are conflicted in investigating matters that could implicate the president and/or his immediate family in criminal activity. The same mainstream media that actively pursued every report, rumor or outright lie about Donald Trump and his family during his presidency is so “in the tank” for JoeBiden that it refuses to investigate or publicize allegations of Biden family corruption. That’s why we calling on the new Republican-controlled House Government Oversight and Reform Committee to join with us and to get all the facts about these serious allegations of Biden family corruption. That’s also why Judicial Watch is in federal court and why I need your help! Clearly, getting to the truth about Biden family corruption is long overdue! That’s why we filed 5 active lawsuits and 10 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with federal agencies including the Departments of Justice, State, Homeland Security and Treasury. We are searching for key records. Now, we want the new Congress to join with us, even as we continue all our independent research and lawsuits to uphold the rule of law and the American people’s “right to know!” If you agree with me that no president of the United States should be shielded from investigation into credible allegations of corruption, I urge you to make a special contribution to Judicial Watch today! Thank you, as always, for all you to do for us! Sincerely, Tom Fitton, President +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Deep changes in American society are a security risk for Israel. It’s time for Israel to untie the American apron strings. No need to cut them, however. Op-ed. By Melanie Phillips (JNS) Can Israel break its dependency on the United States? The question has always been widely dismissed as unthinkable. But recent events are prompting it to be raised with increasing urgency. The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden has been far from friendly towards Israel. Despite continuing to fund its defense needs and support it against the relentless malice of the U.N., the Bidenites’ reckless appeasement of the Iranian regime has increased the Islamic republic’s capacity to attack Israel. At the same time, the U.S. has repeatedly pressured Jerusalem to make dangerous concessions to the Palestinian Arabs. The administration’s latest move, however, is an act of naked hostility. Last May, Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American journalist, was killed in Jenin. She was standing among Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists who were involved in a fierce gun battle with IDF soldiers, who were conducting anti-terror raids following a series of murderous attacks on Israeli citizens. Right from the start, the Biden administration tried to lay the blame for Abu Akleh’s death on Israel despite a lack of evidence that this was the case. Outrageously, it even demanded that the IDF change its rules of engagement, which would have hobbled its ability to protect its own people. An investigation conducted by the IDF produced an inconclusive result, since the bullet alleged to have killed Abu Akleh was found to be badly damaged when it was finally handed over by the Palestinian Authority. Nonetheless, Israel said it was most likely that Abu Akleh was killed by an IDF bullet that went astray. If it thought this openness would lay the matter to rest, it was very much mistaken. This week, the FBI announced it was launching a fresh investigation into the killing. There is no decent reason for such a move. The Americans themselves inspected the bullet and said it was too damaged to permit any conclusion. The motivation for this new probe is either malice or political pressure, or both. There has been intense pressure on the administration from Abu Akleh’s family to conduct an investigation, as well as from Democratic members of Congress such as Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.). Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) pushed back with a blistering statement accusing the administration of “weaponizing” the Department of Justice against Israel. He said, “Joe Biden and his administration view Israel and Prime Minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu as political enemies, and so they are responding to them the way they respond to all their political enemies: by unleashing the FBI.” Of course, this is hardly the first time there have been tensions between Israel and the U.S. Israel went through eight terrible years with former President Barack Obama, whose agenda of empowering Israel’s enemies and undermining its security is serving as the template for the Biden administration. Various other presidents were also hostile to Israel and the Jewish people. Now, however, America is beginning to act against Israel in a more fundamental way. There has been a volcanic eruption over the possibility that, in Israel, the leaders of the Religious Zionist Party—the perceived rabble-rouser Itamar Ben Gvir and the religiously ultra-conservative Bezalel Smotrich—might become ministers in the government being assembled by Netanyahu. Sen. Menendez, who has a reputation as a friend of Israel, recently warned Netanyahu that if he heads a coalition including Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, the U.S.-Israel relationship will be badly affected. More painfully, the American Jewish community is increasingly pulling away from Israel and even turning against it. The rise of Ben-Gvir and Smotrich is providing such American Jews with a way to launder their visceral rejection of Jewish nationhood. In The New York Times, journalist Thomas Friedman claimed that such an Israeli government would turn American Jews and other friends of Israel against the Jewish state. Friedman is not only generally venomous towards Israel but has often proved to be out of touch with reality. Nevertheless, his views reflect those held by a considerable swath of American Jews. However, the implication that Israel is beholden to American Jews for approval is as arrogant and offensive as the FBI inquiry. Portraying Israel’s coalition—which hasn’t even been established yet—as some kind of neo-fascist specter serves as cover for a process that’s going on anyway. These American Jews are rushing to declare Israel a lost cause because they have already decided to lose it. The American Jewish community’s turn towards apathy or hostility to Israel has nothing to do with whether Netanyahu is prime minister or Ben-Gvir and Smotrich are in his government. It’s because the community’s support for Israel is demonstrably shallow and eroding in tandem with the number of American Jews who are turning away from Judaism itself. That’s why, at a conference on Israel-U.S. relations this week in Tel Aviv, American law professor Alan Dershowitz said, “The future Israel-American relationship is in grave danger.” If nothing is done to change current trends, he asserted, “Israel must prepare to go it alone without the support of the U.S., and it must adopt a doomsday strategy in relation to U.S.-Israeli relations.” Dershowitz, along with several other speakers who warned that American attitudes to Israel now pose a security risk, was talking principally about attitudes on the left. Of course, the real support base for Israel in America, in addition to Orthodox Jewry, remains its large population of evangelical Christians. But support among the latter is beginning to fray too, especially among the young. Israel has long wanted to break away from dependency on the U.S. But could it be done? Conventional wisdom says not. When America’s 10-year military assistance package ends in 2028, Israel will have received $170 billion in U.S. military aid, most of it since the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Israel depends on the U.S. for its defense. American assistance accounts for fully 40% of the overall IDF budget. This gives the U.S. leverage over Israel. But that leverage has been weakening. Israel began working towards military autonomy as long ago as the 1990s. The chilly attitude of the George H.W. Bush administration and the perceived American failure to stop Iraqi missiles from striking Israel convinced Israeli leaders that they couldn’t count on American backing forever. Israel’s situation now is very different. It has made peace and strengthened alliances with a number of neighboring states that were formerly its foes. Once reliant on American arms transfers, Israel now produces many of its most essential weapons domestically. In 1981, American aid was equivalent to almost 10% of Israel’s economy. As a result of Israel’s long economic boom, in 2020 it was closer to 1%. Given the deep changes in American society and within its Jewish community—particularly the steady encroachment of anti-Western, anti-Jewish and anti-Israel feeling among the young—Israel cannot afford not to plan more actively for a drastic lessening of U.S. support. Unquestionably, as things currently stand, any immediate lessening of U.S. military aid would be extremely difficult. Moreover, the importance of American support doesn’t reside primarily in funding Israel’s defense. It lies in the overall relationship between the two countries, including joint strategic planning, missile defense, joint exercises, an implicit security guarantee and the U.S. veto at the U.N. Security Council, which has repeatedly prevented sanctions on Israel. Dependency, however, is not all one way. America needs Israel—and it will need it more and more. It’s not just that Israel is America’s beachhead and intelligence arm in the Middle East against the enemies of the West. In many respects, Israel—with its strong economy, high birthrate and unshakeable commitment to defend the nation—has become far stronger than America, where all those features are fast eroding. The real question may not be whether Israel can survive without support from the United States, but whether the United States itself can survive at all. Melanie Phillips, a British journalist, broadcaster and author, writes a weekly column for JNS. Currently a columnist for The Times of London, her personal and political memoir Guardian Angel has been published by Bombardier, which also published her first novel, The Legacy. ++++++++++++++++ John Fund spoke for me here at The Landings several years ago. He is very bright and well worth reading. What he writes below is that Trump has become an albatross. He has, by reason of his own narcissistic personality, become a questionable turkey, to accomplished president back to albatross. He had the potential for greatness but could not control his ego. +++++++++++++++++ Midterm exit polls show how far voters have turned from Trump By John Fund
For a change, Donald Trump’s rushed announcement that he will run in 2024 wasn’t just about past grievances from the 2020 election and a grimly dark picture of where America is headed. He may be listening — for now — to all those around him who told him what a drag on the Republican ticket he was in this election. Despite his huge base of supporters, Trump was much less popular than the party he seeks to lead. A Washington Post scorecard found that GOP House candidates outran Trump’s 2020 margins in 344 out of 435 districts, or about 80% of the time.
Exit polls have flaws, but their sampling of actual voters provides the best clue we have of what the 2024 electorate will be looking for. Trump’s favorability rating among exit poll voters was a dismal 39%, and even in places like ruby-red Texas, it was only 45%. In 2020, Trump won 47% nationwide in his re-election bid. Nearly three out of 10 voters this year said their main reason for voting was to oppose Trump, even though he has been out of office for two years. Only 16% said their main reason was to express support for Trump. If there is one single explanation for why the 2022 midterms were so different from others, it’s this: It became a referendum on Trump almost as much as it was on Joe Biden’s failures. That’s never happened before. A poll found that among Republicans, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has surged to a 46% to 39% edge for the 2024 nomination. Consider: In previous midterm elections where an incumbent president’s approval ratings were in the low to mid-40s, his party took a shellacking. Democrats lost 63 House seats in Barack Obama’s first midterm. In 2018, Republicans lost 40 House seats fighting an anti-Trump undertow. Biden, for all his shortcomings, led Democrats to only an eight-seat loss in the House and continued control of the Senate. The difference leaps out at you from the exit polls. People were genuinely disappointed in Biden. But the 10% of voters who said they “somewhat disapproved” of his record actually voted for Democrats over Republicans by four points.
“Republicans failed to make this into a referendum campaign,” Ken Spain, a former Republican campaign strategist, told NBC News. “The candidates who underperformed in battleground states and districts had one thing in common: Trump’s endorsement.” Americans love a winner, and Republicans are clearly shifting their 2024 presidential preferences based on the drag Trump was in the midterms. A new Economist magazine/YouGov poll found that among Republicans, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has surged to a 46% to 39% edge for the 2024 nomination. Perhaps even more important, new polls by the conservative Club for Growth Action show that the early primary states are even less favorable to Trump. DeSantis beats Trump by between 11 (Iowa) and 26 (Florida) percentage points, with strong leads also in Georgia and New Hampshire. Of course, the primaries are more than a year away. But it’s safe to say that Donald Trump begins his third run for the presidency at age 76 with a major challenge: How can he convince Republicans he is still a winner? John Fund is a columnist for National Review and co-author of “Our Broken Elections: How The Left Changed The Way You Vote.” +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ A Pediatrician’s Advice on Parenting in the Age of “Woke” With social media, politics permeating medicine, and the push toward transgenderism in kids, has it ever been harder for parents to raise children? Dr. Jessica Hochman is a pediatrician and mother of three. She sits with PragerU CEO Marissa Streit to share advice on how current and future parents can navigate the challenges that come with raising children in today’s society.
Get to know Marissa… A former educator, Marissa has been at the helm of PragerU since 2011. For behind-the-scenes content of PragerU's operations and to take a peek at her day-to-day life raising her family, follow our fearless leader on Instagram: @themarissastreit +++++++++++++++++++++++ |
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