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Wednesday, November 30, 2022
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Don't miss The Daybreak Daily — scroll to the bottom of these top news stories
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Senate Passes Legislation to Codify Same Sex Marriage, Jeopardizing Religious Liberty
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Wall Street Journal: The Senate passed landmark legislation protecting Americans’ access to same-sex marriage, solidifying rights that were established in a 2015 Supreme Court ruling. Lawmakers voted 61 to 36 to approve the legislation, which is intended to codify the ability of same-sex and interracial couples to get married and requires states to recognize the marriages. A dozen Republicans joined Democrats to vote in favor of the legislation ( Wall Street Journal). Albert Mohler: The new amended Senate bill—the “commonsense” bill that “protects Americans’ religious liberties”—actually does no such thing. The amended language includes vague assurances that the legislation will not violate religious freedom but it mostly assures us that the bill will not do what no one claimed it would do, such as require congregations and churches to solemnize same-sex marriages ( WNG). Alliance Defending Freedom: It undermines religious freedom everywhere and exposes Americans throughout the country to predatory lawsuits by activists seeking to use the threat of litigation to silence debate and exclude people of faith from the public square ( Alliance Defending Freedom).
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Musk on Apple Threat to Twitter: “This is a battle for the future of civilization”
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Fox News: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said it is “offensive” that the White House plans to monitor Elon Musk’s Twitter, stressing that Republicans “will no longer let government go after people simply because of their political views.” McCarthy, R-Calif., after a meeting at the White House Tuesday with President Biden, Vice President Harris and congressional leaders, was asked about White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s comments Monday that the White House would be “keeping a close eye” on Twitter under Musk ( Fox News). Interesting they will monitor Musk, but not any other tech company for silencing conservatives or even Apple threatening to remove twitter from the App Store. Elon Musk: This is a battle for the future of civilization. If free speech is lost even in America, tyranny is all that lies ahead ( Twitter).
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Apple Receiving Backlash for Threatening to Remove Twitter While Groveling to China
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Outkick: Elon Musk says Apple Inc. is threatening to withhold Twitter from its App Store. Apple has not disputed the claim from over 24 hours ago. Apple has also pulled advertising on Twitter in response to Musk’s purchase of the service in October. But while Apple aches at the thought of an internet open for robust dialogue, it has shown no such concerns over TikTok, a Chinese-controlled social media service ( Outkick). National Review: “That would be a huge, huge mistake, and it would be a really raw exercise of monopolistic power that I think would merit a response from the United States Congress.” @GovRonDeSantis slams Apple for reportedly patching out AirDrop in China and threatening Twitter and @elonmusk ( Twitter). Marie Oakes : Let this sink in: Apple is threatening to take Twitter off of its App Store, but not TikTok. Even after FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr sent them a letter last summer asking them to remove TikTok because of “serious national threats posed by TikTok” ( Twitter). Hugh Hewitt: After years and years of having my handy iPhone with me, I’ll drop it and witch to Android in a second if Apple drops Twitter from the app store. Done. Over. I can’t believe Apple would be that dumb, but who knows ( Twitter).
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Elon Musk Releases Twitter Transparency Reports Detailing Account Bans and Speech Suppression
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Julio Rosas: Twitter has published its first set of transparency reports about how the site had operated prior to multi-billionaire Elon Musk taking over the company. Among the reports, the social media giant states they are no longer enforcing its COVID-19 “misleading information policy.” Since January 2020, over 11 million accounts were challenged for violating the COVID-19 information policy, 11,230 accounts were suspended, and 97,674 pieces of content were removed ( Townhall). Elon Musk: The Twitter Files on free speech suppression soon to be published on Twitter itself. The public deserves to know what really happened ( Twitter).
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House, Senate Move Quickly to Pass Legislation to Avert Rail Strike
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Wall Street Journal: Congressional leaders agreed Tuesday to head off a nationwide strike by railroad workers, promising to pass legislation quickly that would avert a work stoppage and prevent damage to the economy despite their misgivings about intervening in the dispute. Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that House lawmakers will aim to pass legislation Wednesday that accepts the original labor union agreement negotiated by Biden administration officials plus additional railway worker benefits added from subsequent negotiations. In the Senate, where bipartisan support would be needed, leaders also said they would aim to quickly pass the legislation once it is sent over from the House ( Wall Street Journal).
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Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Immigration Case United States v. Texas
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Daily Wire: Oral arguments began on Tuesday at the Supreme Court in United States v. Texas, in which Texas and Louisiana are fighting against the Biden administration’s policy of prioritizing certain illegal immigrants for deportation, leaving the states to fend for themselves against the huge number of illegal immigrants in their states. The issue at hand was catalyzed by a September 2021 memorandum from Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas in which he argued, “We do not have the resources to apprehend and seek the removal of every one of these noncitizens. Therefore, we need to exercise our discretion and determine whom to prioritize for immigration enforcement action” ( Daily Wire). Texas Signal: The case, United States v. Texas, has the potential to upend federal immigration policy ( Twitter).
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Homebuyers Must Earn Six Figures to Afford Median Priced Homes, Prices Skyrocketed by 45 percent from 2021
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Daily Wire: Homebuyers in the United States must earn six-figure salaries in order to afford a median-priced home, according to an analysis from real estate brokerage Redfin. As housing prices remain elevated and the monthly mortgage payment on the typical home surges more than 45% since the same time last year to reach $2,682, the annual salary required to afford such a property has increased from $73,668 to $107,281. Average hourly wages have nominally increased 5% over the same period as inflation continues to erode consumer purchasing power ( Daily Wire).
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More Americans Than Ever Choose to Be Alone, Which Leads to Anxiety and Depression
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Washington Post: The covid-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on our social lives. Cancellations, closures and fear of a potentially deadly infection led us to hunker down and avoid acquaintances, co-workers and extended family. Time spent with friends went down. Time spent alone went up. And now for the scarier news: Our social lives were withering dramatically before covid-19 ( Washington Post). Reporter Derek Thompson: There is a 100% chance that this graph is a core reason for America’s surge of anxiety and depression. Time spent with other people has plummeted—for every age group, ethnicity, gender, geography, and income level ( Twitter).
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Disney’s Bob Iger Was Sorry to See Company Enter Political Arena
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Spencer Brown: The clues as to Iger’s plans for Disney during his two-year return stint came from his first town hall meeting with Walt Disney Company employees, in which he answered several questions on some recent Disney controversies, including the losing fights it picked with Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis ( Townhall). Christopher Rufo: Iger expressed regret that Disney engaged in the high-profile fight against Gov. DeSantis, which resulted in the state legislature stripping the company of its special administrative status. “I was sorry to see us dragged into that battle” ( Twitter).
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US Soccer Team Knocks Off Iran, Advances to Final 16
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CBS: The United States has defeated Iran in one of the most anticipated games of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, advancing to the knockout stage of the tournament. The United States men’s national team scored their first and only goal of the match just over a third of the way through the first half. With the U.S. fending off challenge after challenge, a series of injuries and replacements led to an extra nine minutes of stoppage time at the end of the second half, but the USMNT was able to hold out and maintain their 1-0 lead over Iran ( CBS).
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Dennis Prager presents the reality-denying gender options for applying for San Francisco’s new GIFT program
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Dennis Prager: Boy, I remember when I reported that Facebook had 56 gender options. Now, San Francisco has 130?
“San Francisco’s Guaranteed Income for Transgender People gives applicants 130 gender, sexual orientation, and pronoun options to identify as. Individuals can select gender F” —...
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Eric Metaxas talks with Tim Tebow about the football great's new 365-day devotional, "Mission Possible"
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Eric Metaxas: Folks, welcome to the program. I often ask people like, have you won the Heisman Trophy? Some people go, yeah. Then I go, well, have you won it twice? And they go, no. Well, that’s where they and I differ with my current guest. His name is Tim Tebow, and it’s always a joy to have...
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Mike Gallagher flags Democrats in their ongoing quest to take guns away from law-abiding Americans
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Mike Gallagher: We got Biden already promising to ban guns again. There were more mass shootings last week. There was a Walmart. There was a bar in Colorado Springs. Again, awful, awful acts of violence. It’s happening in cities all over the country. And the Democrats’ default reaction is to...
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Dinesh D’Souza discusses the anti-lockdown demonstrations in China, unfolding to be an important moment in history
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Dinesh D’Souza: We are seeing massive protests break out in China. Not just in one place, but in many places. And there’s every indication that these protests are spreading. The images on social media are incredible because not only do you see large crowds, but you see the bravery of...
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Charlie Kirk and Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon talk about the Bee’s (and Donald Trump’s) left-triggering return to Twitter
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Charlie Kirk: There’s a lot happening at Twitter right now. A lot. And no better person to help us make sense of it all than somebody who very well might be responsible for getting Elon to purchase Twitter himself. And he also has his account restored. Seth Dillon from the wonderful website,...
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Sebastian Gorka explains why Donald J. Trump, the former and possibly next president, has his unwavering support
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Dr. Sebastian Gorka: There’s one issue I’ve been cogitating on whether I broach with you. And if you don’t like what I’m about to say, if you think it’s soft or it’s unrealistic, I don’t care because I want to open up a little bit. I want to give you a peek behind the curtain of...
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Brandon Tatum calls for unity as the Republican Party looks to win hearts, minds and the White House in 2024
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Officer Tatum: I want to give a statement because I feel like this is necessary for me to have, and I’m not going to make this statement because I’m too concerned about what people think about what I say. But I just wanna be very clear about my stance on Donald Trump, because people who are...
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