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Tuesday, January 25, 2022

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Biden Calls Fox News Reporter a “Stupid Son of a …”

The video is here (Twitter). The Fox reporter Peter Doocy, took it with a sense of humor. From the story: “So I shouted… ‘Okay, what about inflation? Do you think inflation is a political liability in the midterms?’” Doocy said. “I couldn’t even hear him because people were shouting at us to get out. But somebody came up to me in the briefing room a few minutes later and said, ‘Did you hear what the president said?’ And I said, ‘No, what?’ They said, ‘He called you stupid SOB.’ And I said, Did he say ‘SOB’ and the person said, ‘No.’” “So Doocy, I think the president’s right, you are a stupid SOB,” co-host Jesse Watters quipped. “Yeah, nobody has fact-checked him yet and said it’s not true,” Doocy replied (RedState). Later, it was reported, Biden called Doocy to apologize (Twitter). From Jerry Dunleavy: Peter Doocy says Biden called him on his cell phone this evening & told him that “it’s nothing personal, pal.” Hannity asked Doocy if Biden apologized, & Doocy said, “He cleared the air & I appreciated it. We had a nice call.” Doocy said: “I don’t need anyone to apologize to me” (Twitter). Townhall brought back this Joe Biden quote from January 2021: “But I’m not joking when I say this, if you are ever working with me and I hear you treat another colleague with disrespect, talk down to someone, I promise you I will fire you on the spot” (Twitter). From Josh Kraushaar: The three Cs that got Biden elected: perception of credibility, competence and compassion. Frittering all three away (Twitter). From Erick Erickson: If you actually listen though, Biden sounds very sarcastic, which suggests he knows he’s pretty screwed. This is actually the biggest admission against interest that Biden knows the Dems are screwed in November and it came as dismissive sarcasm to a reporter (Twitter). From Hugh Hewitt: Waiting for legacy media descriptions of how” @POTUS called @pdoocy a #SSOB. Did @JoeBiden “mutter?” “Growl?” “Seethe?” Cowards’ way: “Caught on a hot mic, @POTUS described a Fox News reporter in colorful language not usually used by public officials about the press” (Twitter). From Jerry Bowyer: Remember all of that “Trump treats the media as an enemy!” agita? Now….crickets (Twitter).

U.S. Puts 8500 Troops On Alert, Could Deploy as Ukraine is Threatened

From the Wall Street Journal editorial board: President Biden is considering the troop deployment, along with ships and aircraft, to NATO allies like Poland and the Baltic states that are closest to the Russian threat. Go ahead and send them, sir. Mr. Biden’s strategy of restraint, in the hope of not provoking Vladimir Putin, hasn’t worked. Mr. Putin has been adding to his own deployment of troops on three different fronts on Ukraine’s borders (WSJ). From Lisa Boothe: We went from being the biggest & most unpredictable bully on the playground with Trump to getting our lunch money stolen & stuffed in a locker under Biden (Twitter).

Supreme Court to Take Cases on Race-Based College Admissions

From the story: The Supreme Court announced Monday it will take up a case challenging Harvard University and the University of North Carolina’s consideration of race in their admissions processes, which could bring about the end of affirmative action in the college application process (NY Post). A look at how blacks in the 4^th lowest decile are admitted to Harvard at a higher rate than Asians at the top (Twitter). The Wall Street Journal notes “The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear two cases challenging racial preferences in admissions at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. Kudos to the Justices for taking this opportunity to vindicate equal treatment under the law regardless of race, especially when the left is pushing racial calculations into policies far beyond campus” (WSJ).

New York Judge Strikes Down Governor’s Mask Mandate for Schools

From the story: “There can be no question that every person in this State wishes, wants and prays that this era of COVID ends soon and they will surely do their part to see that is accomplished,” Judge Thomas Rademaker said in the ruling. “However, enacting any laws to this end is entrusted solely to the State Legislature. While the intentions of Commissioner Bassett and Governor Hochul appear to be well aimed squarely at doing what they believe is right to protect the citizens of New York State, they must take their case to the State Legislature” (Daily Wire). From Charlie Kirk: The Unelected COVID Regime is crumbling before our eyes. Keep the pressure on (Twitter). Bethany Mandel looks at the way this is turning Democrat women Republican (Daily Mail).

Mother Sues California School that Encouraged Her Pre-Teen Girl to Be a Boy

According to the story, the sixth grader “was allegedly recruited by teachers and encouraged to change her name to a boy’s name while being told not to tell her mother.”

Daily Wire

Biden Approval from Blacks Drops 30 Points

From 90 percent to 60.

Daily Mail

CNN: Increase in Violence is “Imagined Drama that Fox News Presents”

The words came from CNN’s Brian Stelter.

Washington Examiner

Teammates of Male Swimmer Competing as Female Speaking Out

Not by name, yet, but they are expressing their outrage and frustration to media sources (Red State). A hall of fame female swimmer compares the men who identify as women to those who kept women out of sports when she was younger (Fox News).

Carjacking Jumps More than 500 Percent in Major U.S. Cities

From the story: In line with an overall rise in violent crime across the nation, cities such as Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and New Orleans are experiencing a jump in violent vehicle takeovers as critics slam criminal reform systems.

Daily Mail

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Millennials Aren’t Having Children

The reasons, according to the story: Various factors explain this, from increased contraception to fear of bringing a child into a world with a changing climate. Chief among them is an expensive economy riddled by a pandemic and that lacks affordable childcare, coinciding with decades of progress for professional women as choosing to be child-free becomes less of a taboo.

Business Insider