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Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Anheuser-Busch Suffers Large Decrease in Sales, Throws Money into Additional Bud Light Marketing

Townhall: Backlash over Bud Light’s controversial partnership with trans activist Dylan Mulvaney is continuing to take a toll on the brand, new sales numbers show. For the week that ended April 22, off-premise sales volume, which is the beer sold outside of restaurants and bars, fell by 26.1 percent from a year earlier. The week prior they were down 21.1 percent. For the year overall, sales are down 8 percent. Meanwhile, competitors Coors Light and Miller Lite have seen an increase in sales (Townhall). Benny Johnson: The figures include sales at grocery stores, convenience stores, and liquor stores. Retail consumer purchases are the cornerstone of the Beer business model. This is where customer loyalty is EVERYTHING. Bud Light betrayed its customers. Now beer aisles look like this (Twitter). Wall Street Journal: Anheuser-Busch, the country’s largest brewer, has pledged to boost its marketing spending on Bud Light, accelerate production of a new slate of ads, and give a case of Bud Light to every employee of an Anheuser-Busch wholesaler, distributors said. The efforts are continuing a month after Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender social-media star, spoke in an Instagram video about a personalized can of Bud Light that the brewer had sent her as a gift (Wall Street Journal).

Oklahoma Bans Gender Affirming Care Surgeries

Daily Caller: Republican Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Monday signed into law a bill banning sex changes surgeries and cross sex hormones in the state. Under Senate Bill 613, doctors could lose their license to operate and be guilty of a felony if they “knowingly provide gender transition procedures to any child.” The bill passed 73 to 18 in the House and 37 to 8 in the Senate. Parents can sue doctors on behalf of their children, and individuals who received sex changes as children can sue any time before their 45th birthday (Daily Caller). Daily Mail: At least 16 states have now enacted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming care for minors. Federal judges have blocked the enforcement of laws in Alabama and Arkansas, and nearly two dozen states are considering bills to restrict or ban care this year (Daily Mail).

President Biden Sends 1,500Troops to Assist with the Southern Border Crisis

National Review: President Joe Biden is dispatching 1,500 soldiers to the Southern border to stem the surge of illegal immigrants that are expected to follow next Thursday’s expiration of Title 42, a pandemic-era public-health measure that allows Border Patrol to immediately expel illegal immigrants. The active-duty Army units will assist Border Patrol and will be armed, though they will only be permitted to use their weapons in self-defense. The 90-day deployment will find soldiers assuming administrative, transportation, and monitoring roles in an effort to free up Border Patrol personnel (National Review). RNC Research: Flashback to 2018, when Kamala Harris called deploying troops to the border “inappropriate,” “political,” and a “demonstration for TV cameras” (Twitter).

NYC Mayor Blames Immigration Crisis on Biden

Every new day brings a new person for Mayor Adams to blame rather than fixing NYC’s sanctuary status. Washington Examiner: New York City Mayor Eric Adams laid blame on the Biden administration for the immigrant crisis, saying the White House’s response to the border has been irresponsible. Adams’s comments, which were made at a press conference on Tuesday, echo ones made previously as New York City struggles to deal with an influx of immigrants. His latest criticisms were made after he was asked if his rhetoric could inflame anti-immigrant sentiment in the city (Washington Examiner). New York Post: Since taking office, Joe Biden has released more than two million Southwest border migrants. That’s a population of individuals larger than 14 U.S. states, and a figure that doesn’t include nearly a million other “got aways,” aliens who have entered illegally and evaded overwhelmed Border Patrol agents since the start of FY 2022 (New York Post).

DOW Jones Tumbles 350 Points Amid Uncertain Fed Decision, Debt Ceiling Crisis

Wall Street Journal: The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 350 points Tuesday as traders spurned risk and sought safety in government bonds, worried that the Federal Reserve’s looming interest-rate decision is arriving at a precarious moment for the economy. The pain spread across economically sensitive markets, walloping regional bank stocks, oil prices and low-quality bonds. Treasury debt and gold—traditional safe havens amid market distress (Wall Street Journal). CNBC: Weighing on sentiment Tuesday was word from the U.S. Treasury that the country may hit the debt ceiling sooner than expected (CNBC).

Biden’s Energy Leader Does Not Realize Their Policies Make the US More Reliant on China for Rare Minerals

Federalist: Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley pressed Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on a leaked memo from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Tuesday that shows the Biden administration prioritizing climate change over energy security. In March, internal records from the Department of the Interior revealed the administration sacrificing proactive resource development with higher royalties on leases to promote a left-wing climate agenda. After outlining China’s dominance in refining critical minerals, the Missouri senator charged the pre-eminent federal lands agency of choking off domestic development of American natural resources (Federalist). RNC Research: Biden Interior Secretary Deb Haaland tells Senator Hawley she is unaware China controls the critical minerals needed for electric vehicles (Twitter).

FBI’s Manhunt of Illegal Immigrant Who Murdered Several Neighbors Expands Over the Border

CBS: Authorities are taking their search across the border as the manhunt for the Texas man who allegedly shot his neighbors after they asked him to stop firing off rounds in his yard intensifies. On Tuesday, the FBI said they were continuing their widespread search for 38-year-old Francisco Oropesa, who fled his Cleveland, Texas, home Friday night after allegedly shooting five people dead, including a 9-year-old boy. A Mexican national, Oropesa was ordered removed by a U.S. immigration judge and deported by ICE agents in Houston in 2009. After re-entering the country, he was apprehended and removed again several times over the next seven years (CBS). FBI Houston: Francisco Oropesa could be anywhere. The FBI is working with law enforcement agencies across the state, country and across the border. We’re leaving no stone unturned. If anyone has any photos or security camera video they’d like law enforcement to see (Twitter).

President of University in Hot Seat for Liking Tweets Questioning Covid Vaccine, Saying Gender Surgery is Child Mutilation

We are now being canceled for simply liking a social media post. Post Millennial: Thomas Jefferson University president Mark Tykocinski is under fire after liking a number of tweets from writer Alex Berenson questioning the Covid-19 vaccines and calling child sex changes “child mutilation.” Chief Executive Officer of Thomas Jefferson University Joseph G. Cacchione issued an email to Jefferson faculty, employees, and students on Sunday, saying that Tykocinski was “careless” in his use of Twitter, and that he “should have known better” (Post Millennial). Daily Wire: Attached to the email was an apology letter from Tykocinski which said that he had “unintentionally offended many” through his use of social media. “Please be assured this will be a learning experience, and I will grow as a person and professional from this misstep.” …The industry surrounding transgender surgeries is expected to become a $5 billion market by the end of the decade (Daily Wire).

Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy Warns Loneliness Could be As Bad as Smoking 12 Cigarettes Daily

Washington Post: Loneliness presents a profound public health threat akin to smoking and obesity, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy warned in an advisory issued Tuesday that aims to rally Americans to spend more time with each other in an increasingly divided and digital society. Murthy said half of U.S. adults experience loneliness, which has consequences for mental and physical health, including a greater risk of depression, anxiety — and, perhaps more surprisingly, heart disease, stroke and dementia (Washington Post). Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy: Today, I released a Surgeon General’s Advisory on the epidemic of loneliness and isolation facing our country, the destructive impacts it has on our collective health, and the extraordinary healing power of our relationships (Twitter).

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Novak Djokovic Cleared for US Travel After Vaccine Mandate Lifted

Bleacher Report: World No. 1 men’s tennis player Novak Djokovic is clear to make his return to the U.S. Open this year after being forced to miss the tournament last year. Djokovic could not play in the 2022 Australian Open or U.S. Open because of vaccine regulations in the host countries, but he returned to win this year’s Aussie Open and will almost certainly be part of the U.S. Open field in late August and early September (Bleacher Report). Sky Sports News: Novak Djokovic will be able to play at this year’s US Open after the United States announced it is lifting its vaccine mandate on international travelers (Twitter).