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Thursday, February 17, 2022

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Russia Still Building Up Troops Near Ukraine

Despite telling the world they are doing the opposite (Reuters). From Fox News White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich: NEW: Senior administration official says Russia added 7k troops to the Ukrainian border in the last few days – rejecting claims from the Kremlin that they’ve withdrawn (Twitter). A story looks at an American woman living in Ukraine who barely got out with her children. Her husband has stayed behind “to organize an evacuation plan for more than 250 women and children in the inland Ukrainian city of Uman” (NY Post).

BLM Posts Bail for Man Who Tried to Shoot Mayoral Candidate

From the story: Brown, 21, allegedly opened fire with a handgun inside Democratic mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg’s office in Butchertown on Monday, grazing his sweater with a bullet. Neither Greenberg nor any of the five members of his staff present was harmed. Brown was arrested shortly after, charged with attempted murder and four counts of wanton endangerment, and detained downtown in the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections. More than two years ago, Brown had advocated gun control in his writing, calling lawmakers in the Kentucky state senate sellouts to the National Rifle Association in an article for the Courier Journal (National Review). From Andy Ngo: @LouCommBailFund has paid the $100,000 to bail out @BLMLouisville member Quintez Brown. Brown was arrested & charged over the attempted shooting assassination of mayoral candidate @RunWithCraig (Twitter). From Kelley Paul: So you can try to murder someone by shooting them at point blank range and be free on bail the next day? Citizens have a right to be protected from violent offenders. How is this justice? (Twitter). From Kurt Schlichter: Now that BLM has bailed out their member who tried to murder a Jewish candidate, it would be perfectly legit for non-regime media to call BLM donors to ask why whey are funding anti-Semitic violence. Sorry, that’s the rule (Twitter).

Hillary Lashes Out at Trump and Fox News Over Durham Revelation

She tweeted “Trump & Fox are desperately spinning up a fake scandal to distract from his real ones. So it’s a day that ends in Y. The more his misdeeds are exposed, the more they lie. For those interested in reality, here’s a good debunking of their latest nonsense.” Then she linked to a goofy left Vanity Fair article (Twitter). From Mark Hemingway: The same people who were convinced the dossier was real are now trying desperately to tell you the Durham investigation is made up (Twitter). From Carol Liebau: … there’s been barely a peep from the legacy media. And it’s not hard to understand why. They’re the ones who embraced the Russiagate narrative and drove it, reporting night after night on how the “walls were closing in” on President Trump. Covering its implosion reveals them for what they are: Corrupt, craven partisans (Townhall Review).

More House Democrats Bail on 2022 Election

From Ed Morrissey: How many more House Democrats plan to spend more time with their families? Thirty incumbents have already chosen retirement, one of the highest numbers in decades as it is. With time running out on the recruitment window, Democrats can’t afford too many more, but Punchbowl reports that the “exodus” has not yet reached its conclusion (Hot Air). From Punchbowl News: The Democratic retirement total – 30 – is the highest in three decades for the party. And while the DCCC and the Democratic leadership plays down these departures, we can say that, based on what we’re hearing, there is significant angst among the Democratic rank-and-file as they face the prospect of losing their majority after just four years in power (Punchbowl News).

Poll: Economy is Top Concern of Public

Climate change, the Democrat politicians’ top priority, lands at number 14, just above race, the other Democratic politician issue. In the myriad of breakdowns, men and women both list strengthening the economy as the top priority (Pew Research). Not the only bad poll Biden is dealing with at the moment (Townhall).

Biden Pushing Black Voters Out of the Party

From Jason Riley: Joe Biden won 92% of black voters in 2020, no doubt benefiting from having been Mr. Obama’s vice president, but it’s been all downhill since then. The president’s job-approval rating among all voters has fallen, but among blacks it has been cratering. An NBC News poll last month found that black support for the president, which stood at 83% last April, had dropped to 64%. A Quinnipiac survey released around the same time showed a 22-point decline in black support for Mr. Biden during his first year in office. And a CNN poll from last week puts black approval of the president’s job performance at just 69%. Democrats know they can’t win elections without much higher levels of black support.

WSJ

Unvaxxed Rams Fans Not Invited to Outdoor Superbowl Celebration

Despite the fact that the crammed indoor event called the Super Bowl was filled with unmasked celebrities.

Daily Wire

Canadian Prime Minister Accuses Jewish Member of Associating with Nazis

Justin Trudeau continues to inflame the situation with Nazi comparisons (Daily Wire). From another story: The other side of chamber erupted in response, prompting Speaker of the House of Commons Anthony Rota to interrupt in an attempt to restore order. He also admonished all — “including the Right Honourable prime minister” — to avoid “inflammatory” language in the House (Fox News).

Nearly Half of GiveSendGo Donations for Canadian Truckers Came from U.S.

Meanwhile, a hacker released the names so the woke could harass them.

Hot Air

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New HIV Variant More Infectious and Severe

From the story: The new strain, called the VB variant, damages the immune system, weakening people’s ability to fight everyday infections and diseases much faster than the previous HIV strains, scientists say. It also means that people who contract the new variant may develop AIDS faster. Researchers also found that VB has a viral load (the amount of virus detected in blood) 3.5 to 5.5 times higher than the current strain, indicating that it could also be more infectious.

Healthline