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Friday, February 18, 2022

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Biden: “Very High” Chance Russia Will Soon Invade Ukraine

From the story: Instead of pulling back its troops, ships and heavy weaponry ringing Ukraine, the Russian military has dispatched another 7,000 soldiers to the tense border area in recent days, U.S. officials say. The Ukrainian government and Russian-backed separatist forces traded charges of shelling in the Donbas area, even as Mr. Blinken and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned that the Kremlin was poised to use that conflict as a “false-flag operation” as a pretext for an invasion (Washington Times). From another story: … the attack will begin with Russian missiles and bombs across Ukraine, jammed communications and cyberattacks designed to shut down “key Ukrainian institutions,” Blinken said (Axios). Biden ended his infrastructure speech Thursday by saying he had to handle a “little thing going on in Europe” (Daily Caller). A Ukrainian journalist said American media, such as CNN, is botching the reporting (Daily Caller).

Democrat Polling in Competitive House Districts Reveal Disaster Coming in 2022 Midterms

From the story: The poll found that that 57% of voters in competitive congressional districts agree with the statement, “Democrats in Congress have taken things too far in their pandemic response,” and 66% of self-defined “swing” voters in competitive districts agree with that statement. Later, it gets worse: In swing districts, 64% of voters agreed with the statement that “Democrats in Congress support defunding the police and taking more cops off of the street.” The internal poll found that 80% of self-defined swing voters in competitive districts agreed with the same statement (San Francisco Chronicle). Another story looks at how rural America is turning against Democrats (Daily Caller).

Trudeau Arresting Caravan Organizers

Chris Barber, one of the key organizers, was arrested in Ottawa (Fox News). Then they came for Tamara Lich, pictured (Twitter). They didn’t do this to BLM organizers when they were burning down cities.

American Truckers Planning U.S. Freedom Convoy

From the story: The Great American Patriot Project on Wednesday asked volunteers to contribute, join or support a convoy of truckers slated to travel to Washington D.C. next month. Routes for the convoys will start in Cleveland, Columbus, Ohio and Fresno, California and will end on March 6 in Washington. They will be met by a congressional welcome committee to discuss policy changes, organizers said (Fox News). From Tom Cotton: The lower Joe Biden’s poll numbers go, the faster the “science” of masking will change! (Twitter).

Amazon Suspends BLM from Charity Platform

Due to its “failure to disclose where tens of millions in donations it received nearly two years ago have ended up” (NY Post). Remember when Amazon adored them? (Twitter). From another story: Black Lives Matter has turned to Hillary Clinton’s controversial campaign lawyer — the operative who commissioned the notorious Steele Dossier — to sort out the non-profit’s questionable finances (NY Post).

Olympic Ratings Continue to Sink

Americans aren’t ready to ignore the evil of China, even if NBC is (Deadline). Another story notes: NBC’s coverage of the 2022 Winter Olympics has minimized the Uyghur genocide, despite 200 human rights organizations and eight governmental bodies, including Canada, the U.S., Holland, the U.K., Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Belgium, and France, declaring that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has committed atrocities against ethnic Uyghurs and other minority groups (Daily Caller). From Rich Lowry: How bankrupt and cynical are the Beijing Olympics? There’s a good chance that one authoritarian power has coordinated the timing of an impending act unprovoked military aggression with the authoritarian power hosting the games so as not to detract from their propaganda value (Twitter). Meanwhile, from Seth Mandel on the Russian teen, seen above, allowed to compete after failing the drug test: She’s FIFTEEN. Russia doped her up and nobody stopped it even after they knew she was doped up? Then they took her off some and had her compete? This is the destruction of a life in front of the whole world. And it’s entertainment. My god, what have they done. I feel sick (Twitter).

California Democrat Introduces “Bill of Rights” for Cats and Dogs

According to the act, “Dogs and cats have the right to be respected as sentient beings that experience complex feelings that are common among living animals while being unique to each individual animal.” Dogs and cats are more valued than unborn babies.

Daily Wire

Journalists Harass Trucker Donors After Hacked List Made Public

And one journalist is playing the victim after donors didn’t appreciate his call (RedState). Of all people, Ilhan Omar went after the journalists for outing the donors (Fox News).

China Spying on Olympians with App All are Forced to Install

From the story: The Chinese government is requiring all Olympic athletes to download an app called “My2022” during the games. But while the communists claim the app is intended to help limit the spread of the coronavirus, a more menacing plan has been hatched. The app can secretly record whatever you communicate. Johnathan Scott, a cybersecurity expert, posted portions of the app’s code to Twitter with a chilling warning: “I can definitively say all Olympian audio is being collected, analyzed and saved on Chinese servers.” The app reportedly uses technology from the Chinese company iFLYTEK, which has been blacklisted by the U.S. government. Even so, the company spent nearly $3 million between 2019 and 2021 lobbying the D.C. swamp.

Washington Times

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Tony Blair Blisters Woke Ideology

From the idea you can’t say “pregnant woman” to cancel culture keeping certain voices off campus, the former Prime Minister took on the hard left.

Washington Examiner