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Your First Look at Today's Top Stories
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Thursday, December 15, 2022
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Don't miss The Daybreak Daily — scroll to the bottom of these top news stories
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Iran Ousted from UN’s Women’s Rights Council
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It took them long enough. Bloomberg: The United Nations’ 45-member Commission on the Status of Women ejected Iran from the body in response to the country’s deadly crackdown on nationwide anti-government protests. Some 29 countries voted in favor of a motion to remove Iran from the commission while eight countries, including China and Russia, voted against the move on Wednesday ( Bloomberg).
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Fed Raises Interest Rate by .5 Percent, Implies More to Come in 2023
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Wall Street Journal: The Federal Reserve approved an interest-rate increase of 0.5 percentage point and signaled plans to keep raising rates at its next few meetings to combat high inflation. The decision Wednesday marked a step down after four consecutive larger increases of 0.75 point and raised the benchmark federal-funds rate to a range between 4.25% and 4.5%, a 15-year high. Most officials penciled in plans to raise the rate to between 5% and 5.5% next year, with the median projection implying a further 0.75 percentage point in rate rises ( Wall Street Journal). The Dow fell 142 points after the announcement ( CNBC).
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Governor Newsom Urges Biden to Halt Revoking Title 42
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It is about time he recognizes the problems at the border. Townhall: Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) is warning California that the state could “break” amid President Joe Biden’s decision to reverse Title 42, which allows police and border officers to expedite the expulsion of illegal immigrants. The Biden Administration is planning to reverse the Trump-era policy, which Newsom says would cause a huge flow of illegal migrants to enter the state through the southern border ( Townhall). Charlie Kirk: Even Gavin Newsom is warning that the US immigration system is “about to break”. Thanks for saying something, Gavin, but with 2.5 million border crossings this year, it’s already beyond broken. Rescinding Title 42 will devastate America. God help us ( Twitter).
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MSNBC on Border: “tragic humanitarian crisis”
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Daily Caller: MSNBC anchor José Diaz-Balart on Wednesday criticized the White House’s lack of “urgency” and “outrage” toward the ongoing crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. President Joe Biden’s administration is set to end the Title 42, a Trump-era COVID-19 protocol allowing for the expulsion of migrants to prevent the spread of the virus, despite migrant encounters hitting record levels during 2022 fiscal year. As Diaz-Balart spoke, live footage from MSNBC showed a long line of migrants lining up along the border fence as they awaited entry into the U.S. in the frigid cold without substantial resources ( Daily Caller). RNC Research: MSNBC reports from the border: An “unsustainable” and “tragic humanitarian crisis” ( Twitter). Fox News: Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, urged President Joe Biden to “just show up” to the U.S.-Mexico border which he insisted is “going to be overwhelmed” with an influx of migrants once Title 42 is lifted. He admitted he “doesn’t know why” Biden and his officials “keep avoiding the border” ( Fox News).
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Putin Sets Up Nuclear Missile in Silo Capable of Reaching US, UK
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New York Post: Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin has reasserted his nuclear threat against the West by appearing to prepare for combat use a massive nuclear missile that is capable of hitting both the US and UK. Footage released Wednesday shows the installation of a massive Russian Yars rocket into a silo at the Kozelsk military compound in the Kaluga region southwest of Moscow. The intercontinental ballistic missile has a range of 7,500 miles and was installed in a silo launch pad using a special transport and loading unit. The Yars missile complex has a capacity “12 times greater than the American bomb that destroyed Hiroshima,” Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda reported ( New York Post). Daily Mail: Russia, whose nuclear sabre-rattling has been a constant tactic since the invasion began as a means to intimidate the west, is building up to more nuclear showboating as it marks the annual Strategic Missile Forces Day on December 17 ( Daily Mail).
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US Space Force Creates Unit in South Korea
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Associated Press: The U.S. military formally launched a space force unit in South Korea on Wednesday, its first such facility on foreign territory that will likely enable Washington to better monitor its rivals North Korea, China and Russia. The activation of the U.S. Space Forces Korea at Osan Air Base near Seoul came after North Korea test-fired a barrage of nuclear-capable ballistic missiles designed to strike the U.S. mainland and its allies South Korea and Japan in recent months ( Associated Press). US Space Force: Our presence around the globe continues to grow! PartnersinSpace ( Twitter).
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Three More States Move to Ban TikTok While Sen. Rubio Seeks to Ban the Chinese App Outright
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Daily Wire: Three more governors are joining the growing number of states banning employees from using TikTok on state-owned devices. In separate orders announced Tuesday and Wednesday, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, and Alabama Governor Kay Ivey all prohibited state employees from using the Chinese-owned social media app on devices owned by the state. The three states are the latest to ban the app, following similar moves already made by a half-dozen other states, and bipartisan legislation to ban TikTok in Congress ( Daily Wire). Marco Rubio: The Communist government of #China can access the private data of any American using tiktok_us any time they want Tik Tok should be banned ( Twitter).
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Washington Post Announces Additional Layoffs for Q1 of 2023
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National Review: The Washington Post is expected to execute more layoffs in the new year after suffering a massive loss of subscribers in 2022. Publisher Fred Ryan announced the dismissals at a company town hall Wednesday. The layoffs will happen in the first quarter of 2023 and will make up a “single-digit percentage” of the current staff, Ryan said, without specifying the number of employees who would be terminated ( National Review). Reporter Annie Gowen: NEW: @washingtonpost publisher Fred Ryan refuses to take staff questions after announcing Q1 layoffs in “Town Hall ( Twitter).
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Peru Declares State of Emergency Due to Violent Protests
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Reuters: Peru’s defense minister announced a nationwide state of emergency on Wednesday, which will take effect in the next few hours and allow soldiers to assist police in maintaining public safety after a week of fiery protests and road blockades. The protests were sparked by the ousting of former President Pedro Castillo on Dec. 7 in an impeachment vote. Castillo, a leftist elected in 2021, was arrested after illegally trying to dissolve the Andean nation’s Congress, the latest in a series of political crises the world’s second-largest copper producer has faced in recent years ( Reuters). Associated Press: The declaration includes the suspension of the rights of “personal security and freedom,” including the rights of assembly and freedom of movement. Authorities also will be able to search people’s homes without permission or judicial order. Otarola said the government has not determined whether a curfew will be imposed ( Associated Press).
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NBA Coach Prays for Fellow Coach After Game
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Christian Headlines: A social media video depicting a well-known NBA coach praying with a colleague on national television is going viral for what it depicts: A Christian leader comforting a friend in his loss. The video shows Phoenix coach Monty Williams shaking hands and speaking to Houston’s Stephen Silas on the court seconds after Silas’ team won 111-97. Silas’ father, former NBA player and coach Paul Silas, passed away three days prior to the game ( Christian Headlines). Media Personality Jason Romano: Suns coach Monty Williams is the real deal. After a tough loss, he embraces Houston coach Stephen Silas and PRAYS for him after the loss of his dad Paul Silas. Beautiful display of love and empathy ( Twitter).
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Julie Hartman relates news of SBF’s arrest and reads the list of charges that could land him in jail for a long, long time
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Julie Hartman: The U.S. government has finally announced criminal charges against Sam Bankman-Fried, also known as SBF, the cryptocurrency fraudster once on the covers of Forbes and Fortune.
SBF is a name that is no stranger to this broadcast. On the third episode of Timeless, I gave a short...
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Dennis Prager celebrates news of Governor DeSantis impaneling a grand jury to investigate evidence of vaccine injury
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Dennis Prager: I am about to report a major development. I believe it’s from The Florida Standard, Will Witt’s great creation in Florida. “DeSantis announces Florida grand jury investigation to hold vaccine manufacturers accountable.”
I must say that DeSantis is almost too good to be true....
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Mike Gallagher calls Pete Buttigieg out on his “do as a say, not as I do” approach to environmental policy
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Mike Gallagher: I’m fixated on this theme in my head today that there are some things that we argue about that are not debatable. This is arguably a debate show. If you disagree with me, I like to take your phone calls. I often ask for only a point of view that is contrary to my own.
But...
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Sebastian Gorka details the long and astonishing rap sheet of Viktor Bout, the arms dealer Biden traded for basketball player, Brittney Griner
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Dr. Sebastian Gorka: A black lesbian basketball player who is an Olympian has been released from her nine-year sentence for smuggling drugs into Russia because yes, she is that stupid. She took drugs to Russia.
And what are we giving to the Russians in exchange? We have no extradition treaty to...
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Dinesh D’Souza discusses how Dorsey, Agrawal and Gadde — along with the FBI and CDC — seized control of what people see, share and believe
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Dinesh D’Souza: I think the biggest story in the country right now is the Twitter files. And it’s really interesting that this is a story that the mainstream media is not covering for the most part, pretending it doesn’t exist. The New York Times, of course, did do an article on the kind of...
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Eric Metaxas talks with constitutional law attorney and Salem host Jenna Ellis about what’s at stake for religious freedom as the Supreme Court weighs arguments in a landmark case
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Eric Metaxas: Hey there, folks. Remember when I told you that Jenna Ellis would be my guest in the studio? Well, promises made, promises kept. Jenna, welcome. …
Jenna Ellis: Thanks so much. …
Eric Metaxas: Jenna, you have a podcast. It’s thejennaellisshow.com. You did an in-depth show...
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Brandon Tatum discusses Elon Musk’s Twitter reveal, exposing evidence of the real collusion and censorship that ran rampant in 2020
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Officer Tatum: I wanna talk about the Twitter files. I don’t know, maybe I could do a better job at like being up to speed on who’s doing what. I don’t know who these people are. I know Elon Musk shared this one guy’s post, and if I had my phone, I’d know his name. But Elon Musk shared...
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Charlie Kirk responds to voter frustration and despondency with the simple admonishment — don’t give up, go vote!
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Charlie Kirk: It’s interesting. I actually assumed incorrectly that if you take time to watch this program — thank you — that you would also just automatically vote. Turns out there’s a fair portion of you that are completely done and that are willing to voice that opinion.
And I just want...
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Hugh Hewitt talks with Alaska senator Dan Sullivan about Biden’s job-killing delay and cancellation of Alaska oil exploration
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Hugh Hewitt: Senator Sullivan, let’s talk now about Alaska and oil drilling. President Biden and his team keep going out and saying there are thousands and thousands of unused permits. Is he actually obstructing oil and gas development in Alaska?
Sen. Dan Sullivan: A hundred and ten percent,...
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