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Your First Look at Today's Top Stories - Daybreak Insider
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Ukrainian Official: Mariupol has Been Wiped Off the Face of the Earth
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From the story: As Russia appears poised to capture Mariupol more than six weeks into the invasion, the governor of Ukraine’s Donetsk region said Friday that while Ukrainian troops remain in control of the strategic port city, Mariupol “has been wiped off the face of the earth” by Russian forces ( Washington Post). From The Hill: Russia has besieged the city on the Sea of Azov since the beginning of the invasion on Feb. 24. Mariupol has seen some of the worst attacks and casualties of the war, including the death of at least 300 people after a theater was bombed and a strike against a maternity hospital. The mayor of the city estimated this week that more than 10,000 civilians have died in Mariupol since the siege began and that corpses have “carpeted the streets” ( The Hill). Anastasiia Lapatina: #Mariupol before Russia / after Russia ( Twitter). From Fox News: Advisor to the Mariupol city mayor warned Saturday that Russian troops are preparing to shut down the city by April 18 and will “filter” all men for forced service, labor or “isolation” ( Fox News).
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Russia Issues Threats of “Unpredictable Consequences” if the U.S. Keeps Arming Ukraine
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Washington Post: Russia this week sent a formal diplomatic note to the United States warning that U.S. and NATO shipments of the “most sensitive” weapons systems to Ukraine were “adding fuel” to the conflict there and could bring “unpredictable consequences” ( Washington Post). The diplomatic note, dated Tuesday, was delivered in the same week that President Biden announced $800 million in additional military aid to Ukraine, including heavy weapons and Soviet-made Mi-17 helicopters. The Kremlin also accused NATO and the US of violating “rigorous principles” regarding the transport of weapons into conflict zones, saying there was a threat of “high-precision weapons falling into the hands of radical nationalists, extremists and bandit forces in Ukraine.” Russia also accused NATO of hindering peace negotiations between the Kremlin and Ukraine “in order to continue the bloodshed” and alleged that Washington had been pressuring other nations to cease military and technical cooperation with Russia ( New York Post).
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According to President Zelensky, The World Should Prepare for Nuclear War
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From the story: President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that the world should “prepare” for Russian leader Vladimir Putin to use nuclear weapons in his invasion of Ukraine – and urged air-raid shelters and anti-radiation medicine to be readied for the potential calamity ( New York Post). From Yahoo News: The U.S. and Ukrainian officials have braced for the possible use of a chemical attack in Ukraine by Russia in the last few weeks. CIA Director William Burns said Thursday that the U.S. cannot “take lightly” the possibility that Russia could use tactical nuclear weapons as it grows more desperate in its military attack on Ukraine ( Yahoo News). From The Daily Mail: The Russian strongman ramped up his offensive today, taking revenge on Ukraine for the downing of his Moskva warship on Thursday, by mercilessly shelling eight towns including Kyiv, Kharkiv and Lviv ( Daily Mail).
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Twitter Moves Forward With “Poison Pill” to Halt Elon Musk Takeover
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Wall Street Journal Reports: Twitter moved to prevent Elon Musk from significantly increasing his stake, a day after he unveiled a $43 billion unsolicited takeover bid for the social-media company. Poison pills, also called shareholder-rights plans, are legal maneuvers that make it hard for shareholders to build their stakes beyond a set point by triggering an option for others to buy more shares at a discount. Invented by famed corporate lawyer Martin Lipton in 1982, they are often used by companies that receive hostile takeover bids to block an unwanted suitor or buy time to consider their options. In the case of Twitter’s pill, should Mr. Musk or anyone else take control of 15% or more of Twitter’s shares, all other shareholders would gain the right to purchase additional shares for what would effectively be half-price. That would quickly dilute Mr. Musk’s stake and make buying more shares expensive ( Wall Street Journal).
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ACLU Sues to Have Inmates Imprisoned by Gender Identity, Two Inmates End Up Pregnant
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From the story: Last year, a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) settled a lawsuit in New Jersey that led to convicted criminals being incarcerated in prisons that match their “gender identity” instead of their biological sex. And now, two women in the prison are pregnant, officials have confirmed. The women were not identified, and it is not clear if they were impregnated by one or more of the 27 “transgender women” who are housed in the state’s only all-women’s prison ( Breitbart). Richard Hanania: ACLU sues New Jersey to get prison inmates housed by their “gender identity.” Now two female prisoners are pregnant ( Twitter). From The Daily Mail: Edna Mahan began housing transgender inmates in July 2021, as the result of a lawsuit filed in 2019 by a transgender woman who said she was forced to live in men’s prisons for a year and a half. The policy also offers greater protections for transgender, intersex and nonbinary people in state prisons, most importantly by housing them based on the gender they identify with rather than by sex assigned at birth. Inmates can provide information about their gender identity at any time during their incarceration, under the policy ( Daily Mail).
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Jen Psaki Says Questions Fox News Feeds Peter Doocy Make Him Sound Stupid
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From the story: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki took a dig at Fox News and said that questions the network provides reporter Peter Doocy might make him “sound like a stupid son of a …” the Washington Post reported ( Business Insider). Fox News responded to the press secretary ( New York Post). This is not the first time President Biden’s administration has referred to the reporter as a SOB ( Fox News).
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Special Council John Durham Claims Clinton Lawyer’s Allegations of Russian Collusion Was “User Created”
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Fox News: Special Counsel John Durham asserted in a court filing Friday that the CIA concluded data from Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann alleging coordination between Donald Trump and Russia was “not technically plausible” and was “user created” ( Fox News). Newsmax: Michael Sussman also made false statements to agents with the CIA during a meeting after Trump’s inauguration, new filings from Special Counsel John Durham’s team claim ( Twitter).
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RNC Requires Candidates to Sign a Debate Pledge to Appear Only at Party Sanctioned Events
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GOP: We are walking away from the Commission on Presidential Debates ( Twitter). From the story: The Republican National Committee voted Thursday to require GOP presidential candidates to attest in writing that they will only appear at party-sanctioned primary and general election debates. The resolution passed by the committee gathered in Tennessee reads, in part: “Any presidential primary candidate who does not agree in writing, or who participates in any debate that is not a sanctioned debate, shall not be eligible to participate in any further sanctioned debates” ( Wall Street Journal).
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NY Mayor Eric Adams Agrees Progressive Criminal Laws Result in Rising Crime Rates
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Landon Mion of Townhall: New York City Mayor Adams (D) said Sunday that he agreed with comments made last week by former NYPD Commissioner William Bratton, who said progressive politics surrounding the criminal justice system has led to a spike in crime in American cities ( Townhall). This Week: “We have to rebuild that trust. But we can’t rebuild that trust by allowing those who are dangerous and that have a repeated history of violence to continue to be on our streets,” NYC Mayor Eric Adams ( Twitter).
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President Biden and the ACLU Intent to Combat Alabama’s Law Banning Children From Receiving Hormone Therapy and Puberty Blockers
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Washington Free Beacon: Gov. Kay Ivey (R.) signed a bill into law last week that makes Alabama the third state to ban children from receiving hormone therapy and puberty blockers. The legislation, however, is already in jeopardy. The Biden Justice Department in March warned state attorneys general against enforcing hormone-treatment bans for minors, saying they run afoul of federal anti-discrimination laws. Liberal legal groups including the American Civil Liberties Union promised this week to “use the full force of the law” to challenge the Alabama legislation in court—a move that blocked a similar law in Arkansas last year ( Washington Free Beacon). Daily Mail: A top trans psychologist who has helped hundreds of teens transition has warned it has ‘gone too far’ amid fears many youngsters are making life-changing decisions because it is ‘trendy.’ Dr Erica Anderson, who has worked as a clinical psychologist in the US for 30 years, has raised concerns that the rise in trans or non-binary children is the result of peer pressure. The 71-year-old, who is transgender, said clinicians are failing to carry out thorough mental health evaluations before recommending hormones or surgeries to teenagers ( Daily Mail).
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Eric Metaxas sits down with Marky Mark to discuss faith, family and his latest movie, ‘Father Stu’
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Eric Metaxas: Mark, it’s great to meet you. I’m happy to meet you because when somebody comes to faith and then is willing to, you know, bring that into their craft, that’s rare. And that’s really the main thing I want to ask you about. When did your faith become real for you? Because...
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Hugh Hewitt talks with Senator Tom Cotton about the highest inflation we’ve seen in 40 years and what it means for working families
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Hugh Hewitt: The consumer price index rose 8.4% in March from the same month a year ago. Now, no one under 50 actually remembers this. I do. It’s a nightmare. What do you hear in Arkansas, Senator?
Senator Tom Cotton: Well, it’s a nightmare, Hugh. As you say, it’s the highest inflation in...
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Mike Gallagher exposes the usual media malfeasance in covering race-inspired violence
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Mike Gallagher: In New York city where this horrific mass shooting took place yesterday, they have officially called the 62-year-old man, Frank James, who was originally identified as a person of interest, now they’re calling him a suspect. They think he did it.
This happened, evidently, in a...
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Dennis Prager contemplates the dark side of mankind in light of Shanghai lockdowns
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Dennis Prager: Totalitarian regimes don’t arise because extraterrestrials visit a country and place a totalitarian party or leader in charge. They come from within a society. And since virtually every totalitarian regime in the last hundred years has been a left-wing regime — there have been...
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Dr. Sebastian Gorka talks with syndicated talk radio host Jennifer Horn about how now is the time to stop AB 2223, a bill that opens the door to infanticide
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Dr. Sebastian Gorka: Talk to us about this unbelievable story coming out of the Assembly’s Judiciary Committee.
Jennifer Horn: Yeah. So there is a bill in California that was put together by an assembly woman out of Oakland. It has the full support of our attorney general in the state, Rob Bonta,...
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Charlie Kirk runs through the astonishing numbers and grave implications of unchecked immigration
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Charlie Kirk: (Reading) “Minneapolis mosques to broadcast call to prayer all year round. Minneapolis city council member, Jamal Osman, announced this week that mosques will be allowed to play the adhan several times between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. daily, all year round. The Muslim call to...
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Dinesh D’Souza reviews the comical-if-it-weren’t-so-serious case of FBI entrapment
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Dinesh D’Souza: In a stunning defeat for the Biden Justice Department, a jury has acquitted two men accused of conspiring to kidnap Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer in the fall of 2020. The jury also deadlocked on a verdict for two other defendants, which meant a hung jury, a mistrial. So...
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Mike Gallagher expresses a healthy dose of skepticism about Fauci’s new self-assessment approach on COVID risk
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Mike Gallagher: Tony Fauci is now saying what you’ve been saying for over two years. How many times have people called this show and said, Mike, COVID’s not going anywhere. There’s going to be variants. There’s going to be Frankenstein variant, BA.2, BA.3, BA.12. It’s never going away....
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Hugh Hewitt has a simple math (and morality) lesson: Borrow money, pay it back
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Hugh Hewitt: President Biden has announced he’s keeping the student loan moratorium. And I think this is profoundly bad for the country. And it’s profoundly unjust to everyone who’s 30 and just finished paying off their student loans, to realize that with a wave of his hand, Joe Biden is...
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