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Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Date is Set for President Biden’s Impeachment Inquiry Hearing

Daily Wire: The House Oversight Committee has picked a date to hold its first hearing in the impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden. A panel spokesperson confirmed it will be held on Thursday, September 28. Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced the formal impeachment inquiry against Biden last Tuesday, one week ago, after the House returned from a summer recess. Republicans uncovered “serious and credible allegations into President Biden’s conduct — a culture of corruption,” the speaker said. A recent Harvard University CAPS/Harris poll showed voters were split 50-50 on whether the impeachment inquiry was politically motivated or raised legitimate questions (Daily Wire).

President Biden Delivers Radical Climate Speech to UN

Katie Pavlich: President Joe Biden spoke to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday morning in New York City. During his remarks, Biden focused heavily on “equity,” climate change and appeasement to China. The Chinese and Russians declined attendance at the annual gathering, as did the British and the French. Former President Donald Trump, who is hoping to limit Biden’s presidency to one term in 2024, is calling the speech a “surrender.” “Biden just finished his surrender (“speech”) at the United Nations, and nobody, despite all we give them, showed up. No respect for America any longer!” Trump posted on Truth Social (Townhall). Spencer Brown: At the UN, Biden is now hyping up the “Sustainable Development Goals” that the UN itself admitted this week have made some target areas worse than they were before the goals were adopted in 2015 (X). Townhall: Biden wants to “reduce our dependence on fossil fuels” to “climate-proof the world” (X). National Review: It’s noteworthy that Biden declined to say a single word about Taiwan, which is obviously one of the world’s preeminent geopolitical fault lines right now. His speech came a day after the Chinese Communist Party’s armed forces sent 103 jets into Taiwan’s air-defense identification zone — which is a new record that surpasses even the Chinese tantrum that followed then–House speaker Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan (National Review).

Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich’s Appeal Denied by Russian Court

Wall Street Journal: A Moscow city court declined to consider jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s latest appeal against his pretrial detention, citing procedural irregularities, according to the court’s website. The appeal was withdrawn from consideration, the court said. It didn’t specify the nature of the procedural violations, but said the irregularities were to be addressed. It couldn’t be determined where the irregularities originated (Wall Street Journal). NBC: He had failed in two previous appeals, in April and June, against his pre-trial detention. Russia said Gershkovich was caught “red-handed” on a trip to the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, where the FSB security service said he was trying to obtain military secrets (NBC).

Democrats Refuse to Answer Any Questions on Abortion Limitations

Townhall: In an interview on Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) refused to say if there should be any restrictions on abortion. Newsom made the remarks in an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash. Newsom scoffed and claimed that this viewpoint is “political canard” and “total BS” and “made up” (Townhall). Kayleigh McEnany: Gavin Newsom refuses to say there should be ANY limit on abortion whatsoever. A baby feeling pain is totally irrelevant in his calculus. It’s all a “political canard.” This is Democrats endorsing abortion until birth (X). Life News: Kamala Harris Supports Abortions Up to Birth, Refuses to Say if There Should be Any Limits (X).

Pennsylvania Children Walk Out of School to Protest District’s Bathroom Policy

Fox News: Hundreds of students from Pennsylvania’s Perkiomen Valley School District walked out of class Friday after the local school board failed to enact a policy requiring transgender students to use the restroom corresponding with their biological sex. “Kids were upset. Girls… we wanted to protect them. They were upset. They didn’t want men in their bathroom,” John Ott, who organized the walkout, told FOX News on Monday. His mother Stephanie accused the district of only protecting transgender students and not looking at the “whole picture.” Proposed Policy 720 came after local father Tim Jagger posted on social media that his daughter was left “too upset and emotionally disturbed” to walk into school bathrooms after allegedly having an encounter with a transgender student in one of the facilities (Fox News). Daily Mail: But Superintendent Dr Barbara Russell defended the decision not to adopt the bathroom ban, citing Policy 103, an anti-discrimination code which states gender identity is a protected class. The board also previously heard fears from current and former trans students about bullying in restrooms, including one student too afraid to go during the school day (Daily Mail).

Revisited Study Reveals Children Effected by Prescribed Puberty Blockers

BBC: The majority of children in a landmark study on puberty blockers experienced positive or negative changes in their mental health, new analysis suggests. The original study of 44 children, who all took the controversial drugs for a year or more, found no mental health impact – neither benefits nor harm. But a re-analysis of that data now suggests 34% saw their mental health deteriorate, while 29% improved. The re-analysis questions some of the conclusions from the 2021 study about the potential mental health impact of puberty blockers on under 16s. It also sheds some light on this much-debated, but little understood, area of children’s medicine. The new study has not been in a peer-reviewed journal yet. The authors say they felt there was an urgency in getting the information into the public domain (BBC). Townhall: At least 15 children under the age of 4 years old were referred to the Tavistock clinic to undergo “gender-affirming” care, which can include hormone therapy treatments, puberty blockers and sex reassignment surgery. In total, over 5,000 children were referred to the controversial clinic in the past two years. Only half of the referrals were for children aged 15-plus (Townhall).

Large Railroad Operator in Mexico Temporarily Shuts Down Due to Swelling Numbers of Immigrant Hitchhikers

Reuters: Mexican railroad operator Ferromex has temporarily suspended operations of 60 trains on northbound routes, the company said on Tuesday, after nearly half a dozen deaths or injuries of migrants using the cargo trains to travel. Ferromex, owned by conglomerate Grupo Mexico, said in a statement the presence of migrants in its railcars and rail yards had grown “significantly” in recent days, growing to more than 4,000 in several cities throughout the country (Reuters). Associated Press: Ferromex is Mexico’s largest concessionary rail operator and the impact of the train stoppage will be “very important,” said Ana Bertha Gutiérrez, the international trade coordinator for the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness. She noted the measure could hit industrial states like Nuevo Leon, Baja California and Chihuahua hard, given their links to the U.S. market. The announcement comes as migrants are increasingly desperate to reach the U.S. border (Associated Press).

New York City Looks to Remove Statues of Historical Figures for Owning Slaves

Fox News: As New York City cripples under monumental budget cuts due to a migrant crisis straining public resources, the city council is planning to consider a series of measures that would, among other things, remove statues of major historical figures like George Washington and create a reparations task force. The items are included in New York City’s council agenda for Tuesday, September 19, 2023. The council’s Cultural Affairs Committee will hold a public hearing on a measure to remove works of art on city property that “depict a person who owned enslaved persons or directly benefited economically from slavery, or who participated in systemic crimes against indigenous peoples or other crimes against humanity” (Fox News). CBS: The bill would require the city to remove works of art on city property that depict a person who owned enslaved people, directly benefited economically from slavery, or participated in systemic crimes against indigenous people and humanity. The bill also suggests if the statues aren’t removed, an explanatory plaque next to the work of art would be needed (CBS).

Carmakers Could Lose $38 Billion if Strikes Continue to Develop

These three carmakers account for nearly 76 percent of all vehicle sales. Bloomberg: Auto-parts makers that supply all three of the big Detroit carmakers have more than $38 billion of revenue at risk if strikes by the United Auto Workers expand as threatened. At least 76 publicly-traded companies supplied the trio of Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co. and Stellantis NV in their most recent reporting period. Nexteer Automotive Group Ltd. is the most exposed with 76% of its revenues coming from the three, the data shows, and at least 21 companies rely on the group for more than a quarter of their sales. The United Auto Workers union called its first-ever walkout across all three of the legacy Detroit manufacturers on Friday. Almost 13,000 workers walked off factory floors where some of the automakers most profitable models are assembled, including Ford’s Bronco sports utility vehicle and GM’s Chevrolet Colorado pickups. The strikes could cost 3,200 vehicles daily (Bloomberg).

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Destruction of the Nuclear Family Leads to Poverty for Children

New York Times: We are often reluctant to acknowledge one of the significant drivers of child poverty — the widespread breakdown of family — for fear that to do so would be patronizing or racist. It’s an issue largely for working-class whites, Blacks and Hispanics, albeit most prevalent among African Americans. But just as you can’t have a serious conversation about poverty without discussing race, you also can’t engage unless you consider single-parent households (New York Times). Albert Mohler: The racial situation has actually changed a great deal, and it’s gotten worse for many children in minority communities, but it’s also gotten spectacularly worse for many White children. Even if we have to talk in these terms, in this article, and the data will talk in these terms, we need to recognize that the breakdown of the family is now pretty much across the board. It is now, yes, there are socioeconomic conditions, it’s now racial, at least in some of the patterns, there’s no way to get around that, but it’s predominantly an issue of class and expectation (Briefing).