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Monday, May 24, 2021

WSJ: Report Reveals COVID May Have Come from Lab After All

The story begins: Three researchers from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology became sick enough in November 2019 that they sought hospital care, according to a previously undisclosed U.S. intelligence report that could add weight to growing calls for a fuller probe of whether the Covid-19 virus may have escaped from the laboratory (WSJ). From Jennifer Van Laar: It’s time to stop pussy-footing around all of the questions surrounding the origin of COVID-19 and deferring to the Oracle of Public Health, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and start demanding real, scientifically proven, independently verifiable answers about the origins of the pandemic that’s killed 3,000,000 people, wrecked the mental health and financial stability of millions, and changed the trajectory of all of our lives. It seems that we might finally be on the path to getting those answers, and in large part, we have Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) to thank (RedState). Fauci is now among those saying he’s “not convinced” the pandemic occurred naturally (National Review). Confidence in Dr. Fauci has plummeted (Breitbart). Remember when CNN (like so many others) mocked Trump for making this claim? (Twitter).

Shoplifting in San Francisco Sending Stores Packing

After all, it is as close to legal as you can get. The article claims “Why San Francisco? If the problem stems in part from a change in California law, why aren’t other cities in the state seeing similar spikes in shoplifting?” They neglect to tell us what other cities have basically legalized shoplifting (NY Times). We knew this was coming (WSJ). From Byron York: Enforcing the law is out of fashion in some deep-blue cities (Twitter). From Rich Lowry: How to ruin a once-great city—a continuing story with evidently no bottom (Twitter).

Top Female Runner in Connecticut Expresses Frustration of Losing to Males

From the op-ed by Chelsea Mitchell: … time after time, I have lost. I’ve lost four women’s state championship titles, two all-New England awards, and numerous other spots on the podium to male runners. I was bumped to third place in the 55-meter dash in 2019, behind two male runners. With every loss, it gets harder and harder to try again.

USA Today

Facebook Shuts Down Page Where People Prayed for Safety of Israelis

The “Jerusalem Prayer Group” was bombarded with antisemitic comments before Facebook shut it down.

Human Events

Texas Seeks to Crack Down on Protesters Who Block Traffic

Governor Abbott (above) says he’ll sign a law increasing the penalties.

Fox News

60 Minutes Covers the Many Trans Who Seek to Reverse Course

Helping expose the dangerous trend to rush individuals through the process, much of which can never be reversed (Daily Wire). From Abigail Shrier: IMPORTANT @60Minutes – acknowledging the role of peer influence & social media in encouraging trans identification in teens, the rising population of detransitioners, & a medical system that “affirms” self-diagnoses of gender dysphoria in place of adequate oversight (Twitter).

Woman Aborts Surrogate Baby

Devastating the couple who trusted her.

Live Action

American Psychological Association Punishes Professor for Saying There are Only Two Sexes

From the story: John Staddon was removed from the Society for Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology Division 6 listserv, which is overseen by the APA, after posing a series of questions to the group that apparently “upset others”…Staddon told the outlet that the post he believes resulted in his removal from the group was one in which he asked: “Hmm… Binary view of sex false? What is the evidence? Is there a Z chromosome?”

Daily Wire