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Friday, December 17, 2021

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California Teachers Continue to Push Trans Agenda on Students

They were caught yet again, and this time got blistered at a school board by a parent in a video that has gone viral (American Conservative). Abigail Shrier exposed the effort back in November (Substack).

Fauci: You Can Enjoy “Holiday Season” if Vaccinated

The quote “You can enjoy the holidays season with your family if you’re vaccinated and your family members are vaccinated.”

Twitter

Biden Administration to Give Bonuses to Doctors Who “Implement an Anti-Racism Plan”

And the rules claim “it is important to acknowledge systemic racism as a root cause for differences in health outcomes between socially-defined racial groups.”

Washington Free Beacon

Bay Area Car Owners Leaving Trunks Open so Thieves Don’t Break In

Along with windows down and doors unlocked. That’s how bad it has gotten in the San Francisco area, where crime is nearly legal. It’s a complete surrender (ABC 7). From Byron York: Life in the Bay Area (Twitter). Marc Thiessen looks at how the mayor has gone from defunding the police, cutting $120 million from the budget, to replenishing the budget and finally aggressively addressing the crime (Washington Post).

Schools Hint of Not Reopening in January

From Tim Carney: We are about to witness a massive effort to close schools again next semester. Teachers unions will demand that schools not reopen after Christmas break. Colleges will “begin the semester with remote learning.” Elite private high schools will do the same. Many schools started Christmas break early due to outbreaks. Schools without outbreaks are following suit. And now Stanford is leading the charge on not reopening come January.

Washington Examiner

Poll: Majority of Young Democrats View Other Countries as Better than the United States

Of Democrats 18-29, 55 percent believe there are “other countries better than” the U.S. Just 18 percent of young Republicans say the same.

Pew Research

NFL Funds Groups Who Seek to Defund Police

As part of what they call their “inspire change” initiative (NFL). The National Fraternal Order of Police issued a press release calling it “ironic that NFL teams travel and play every week under the protection of law enforcement” and send “thousands of dollars to groups whose mission is to end policing and our system of justice” (Twitter).

Military: No Religious Exemptions Granted on Vaccine

And the holdouts “will soon be dismissed.”

NY Times

Salvation Army Struggling as Donors and Volunteers React to Woke Guide

Even though they pulled it, it still revealed a lot about the leadership of the organization. From the story: Some 20,000 volunteer hours have gone unfilled for the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle campaign this year, which historically represents about 33% of the charity’s total yearly donations. The charity has also reported substantial shortages of toy and gift donations in some parts of the country, such as New Jersey, where donations are down 30% across the state.

Washington Examiner

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US Pulls Out of Settlement Talks in Immigrant Family Suits

From the story: The decision comes after eight months of negotiations and weeks after reports of a proposed settlement that would include payments of several hundred thousand dollars to each family sparked outrage among Biden administration critics in Congress and elsewhere.

ABC News