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Tuesday, December 27, 2022
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Don't miss The Daybreak Daily — scroll to the bottom of these top news stories
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Latest Twitter Drop Reveals Federal Government Quashed Covid Debate
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Townhall: The latest installment of the Twitter Files reveals how the federal government worked to censor and quash debate about the COVID-19 pandemic, including information about the disease’s origins and the efficacy of vaccines ( Townhall). New York Post: The coercion campaign during the pandemic began with the Trump administration — which asked Twitter to crack down on stories about panic buying and “runs on grocery stores” in the early days of the outbreak — but was stepped up under Biden, whose administration was focused on the removal of “anti-vaxxer accounts,” according to The Free Press reporter David Zweig ( New York Post). Fox Business: While Twitter did not always comply with the White House’s wishes, Zweig wrote, “Twitter did suppress views—many from doctors and scientific experts—that conflicted with the official positions of the White House. As a result,” he continued, “legitimate findings and questions that would have expanded the public debate went missing” ( Fox Business). David Zweig: THE TWITTER FILES: HOW TWITTER RIGGED THE COVID DEBATE ( Twitter).
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China Launches Warplanes, Ships Toward Taiwan in Response to US-Taiwan “Provocation”
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Wall Street Journal : China’s People’s Liberation Army dispatched a swarm of jet fighters and other military aircraft on sorties near Taiwan on Sunday in a move that Beijing said was a response to provocation by Washington and Taipei. A total of 71 Chinese warplanes were detected flying in the region surrounding Taiwan, with a few dozen crossing the median line of the 100-mile-wide Taiwan Strait that separates the island from mainland China, according to Taiwan’s Defense Ministry. The ministry also said it detected seven Chinese naval vessels in waters near Taiwan on Sunday ( Wall Street Journal) . ABC News: President Joe Biden on Dec. 23 signed the National Defense Authorization Act for 2023, a bill that included funding for Taiwan, along with support for its “meaningful participation” in the international community. Officials from China’s People Liberation Army said Monday’s military drills were in response to a “provocation” from the U.S. and Taiwan ( ABC News).
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Benjamin Netanyahu Returns to Power to Form a New Coalition Government
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PBS: Designated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced late Wednesday that he has successfully formed a new coalition, setting the stage for him to return to power as head of the most right-wing Israeli government ever. Netanyahu made the announcement in a phone call to President Isaac Herzog moments before a midnight deadline. His Likud Party released a brief video clip of the smiling Netanyahu and a recording of the conversation. The move came after weeks of surprisingly difficult negotiations with his partners – who still have need to finalize their power-sharing deals with Netanyahu’s Likud Party ( PBS).
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West Point to Rename Places Commemorating Robert E. Lee and Remove Confederate Symbols
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CBS News: The U.S. Military Academy at West Point is starting to remove Confederate statues and symbols from its campus, in compliance with a federal order formally set in motion by the Department of Defense this past October. The country’s oldest service academy launched what its superintendent described as a “multi-phased process” to either take down or modify displays that memorialize the Confederacy, including an immediate plan to move a portrait of Robert E. Lee wearing a Confederate uniform into storage. The push to remove Confederate memorabilia at West Point comes amid wider calls to change or take down commemorative symbols of the Confederacy on government properties across the country ( CBS News). AP News: More than a half-dozen of the commission’s recommendations for West Point involves Lee, who graduated second in his class in 1829 and later served as superintendent. The commission recommended that Lee Barracks, Lee Road, Lee Gate, Lee Housing Area and Lee Area Child Development Center all be renamed ( AP News).
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More Parents Opt for Public School Alternatives in Post-Covid World
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Wall Street Journal: According to a new report from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, enrollment grew 7% at charters between 2019 and 2022, while falling 3.5%, or almost 1.5 million, at traditional public schools over the same period. Catholic schools likewise have seen a boost in attendance, with nationwide enrollment this year up 3.8%, the largest increase in more than two decades. In addition to fleeing traditional public schools for charter and parochial alternatives, thousands of families responded to the Covid crisis by creating “learning pods” or “microschools” for their children ( Wall Street Journal).
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Aging Alone: Growing Number of “Kinless” Americans a Troubling Trend
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New York Times: An estimated 6.6 percent of American adults aged 55 and older have no living spouse or biological children, according to a study published in 2017 in The Journals of Gerontology: Series B. … Several demographic factors have fostered increased kinlessness. Baby boomers have lower marriage rates and higher divorce rates than their parents, and more have remained childless. The rise of so-called gray divorce, after age 50, also means fewer married seniors, and extended life spans can make for more years without surviving family ( New York Times). Axios: Kinless older folks are less likely to participate in community groups, sports or religious organizations — activities that stimulate the body and the brain. And they’re less likely to receive the care and help around the home that they need ( Axios).
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US Workers Demand No Less Than $74K to Take a New Job, Fed Survey
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New York Post: American job hunters are expecting more money and don’t want to take a new position for less than nearly $74,000 — a new record high. The lowest average wage that workers are willing to accept for a new job jumped $794 from July to November — to $73,667, according to a New York Federal Reserve Bank survey on inflation and labor released last week. The figure is the highest salary expectation since the monetary authority began the series. The increase was most pronounced among workers under 45, as younger workers have looked for opportunities with greater flexibility and fulfillment amid the pandemic’s “Great Resignation.”… The average job offer amount nationwide had also jumped over a four-month period from $60,310 in July to a record $61,187 in November. … There are almost two job openings for every unemployed American ( New York Post).
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Forbes Journalists Tracked by TikTok
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Forbes: According to materials reviewed by Forbes, ByteDance tracked multiple Forbes journalists as part of this covert surveillance campaign, which was designed to unearth the source of leaks inside the company following a drumbeat of stories exposing the company’s ongoing links to China ( Forbes). Daily Mail : TikTok apologized for its employees hacking the accounts of at least two journalists and several other users’ accounts in an attempt to discover where a leak had come from ( Daily Mail).
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US Life Expectancy Lowest Since 1996 Due to Pandemic, Opioid Crisis
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Axios: U.S. life expectancy fell to 76.4 years last year from 77 years in 2020, driven by the effects of the pandemic as well as the opioid epidemic, according to final mortality data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is the second consecutive year that life expectancy has fallen. COVID-19 was the fastest-growing cause of death in 2021, followed closely by unintentional injuries, which include overdose deaths ( Axios). ABC News: The report pointed to COVID-19 as one of the main reasons for the drop in life expectancy. There were approximately 460,000 deaths caused by COVID-19 during 2021, according to an April 2022 CDC report. Drug overdoses were the other reason for the drop in life expectancy, according to the report out Thursday. In 2021, there were 106,699 overdose deaths for a rate of 32.4 per 100,000 people, up from 91,799 deaths or 28.3 overdose deaths per 100,000 in 2020. The authors noted that drug overdose deaths currently account for more than one-third of all accidental deaths in the U.S. ( ABC News).
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Christianity Minority Religion for First Time in England and Wales
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Economist: For the first time, less than half of the population of England and Wales consider themselves to be Christians… Yet even as England is becoming more secular, some religions are growing. The census showed that the number of Muslims has risen by 42%; they now constitute 7% of the population. British Hindus hit the million mark for the first time ( Economist). Fox News: Declining rates of Christianity in the U.K. mirror similar trends in the U.S. A report from Pew Research Center and the General Social Survey published in September found a surge of American adults leaving Christianity to become atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular” ( Fox News).
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Hugh Hewitt explains how and when private enterprises like Twitter cross the line into being government actors
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Hugh Hewitt: I want to lay out for my audience so that you understand. There are two kinds of private companies: private-private companies, and publicly traded private companies. Neither of them are the government, all right? Neither of them are the government. The First Amendment does not apply to...
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Brandon Tatum sees the left’s obsession with Trump’s tax returns as an attempt to shame and humiliate
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Officer Tatum: Now let’s talk about Donald Trump’s tax returns. Now, I was expecting for Donald Trump to have strip clubs and all kinds of stuff on his tax returns, foreign trips to see prostitutes or something on his tax returns, given the way that the left has been begging and pleading for...
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Sebastian Gorka talks with Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn about what’s behind the J6 referrals and ahead for President Trump
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Dr. Sebastian Gorka: Senator Blackburn, I have to ask you: Yesterday, Congress forwarded multiple criminal referrals to the DOJ for the 45th president of the United States, that if they went through and he were convicted, would lead to 40 years in prison for President Trump. Your reaction to the...
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Hugh Hewitt and Wisconsin Congressman Mike Gallagher talk about the need to come together and move forward in the 118th Congress
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Hugh Hewitt: Now, Congressman Gallagher, you’re probably awash with unsolicited advice. And I know my colleagues and myself, we’ve all written about the Select Committee on China, and I think the general verdict is to start with the threat, the military threat, the espionage threat and move...
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Eric Metaxas talks with stream.org’s John Zmirak about the metastatic corruption of big tech, hastened by the misapplication of Section 230
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Eric Metaxas: John, thank you for coming on. I want to ask you the same question I always ask you. What have you been writing about at stream.org? What shall we discuss first, my friend?
John Zmirak: I’ve been closely following the Twitter revelations and what they show us about the internal...
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Dinesh D’Souza digs into the Twitter files to expose just how deep the corruption goes
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Dinesh D’Souza: Now, it’s become clear from the January 6th cases and also from other cases that the FBI functions kind of like a criminal gang. It’s more dangerous than a normal gang for the simple reason that these are thugs with badges. They have the authority to get subpoenas. They can...
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Mike Gallagher offers his take on Elon Musk's "should I step down as head of Twitter" poll
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Mike Gallagher: Holy cow, Elon Musk is gonna step down as head of Twitter! This is pretty wild. Do you think that when Elon Musk decided Sunday night to throw up a poll question saying, “Should I step down as head of Twitter,” that it would go well for him?
I don’t know. I have no idea what...
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Charlie Kirk talks with Kirk Cameron about how libraries host drag queen story hours but consider Cameron’s new children’s book off limits
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Charlie Kirk: Joining us now is Kirk Cameron, a great American, and really someone I enjoy. Kirk, welcome back to the program.
Kirk Cameron: Hey, Charlie, great to be talking with you. I’m a grateful American and I’m really thankful to be talking with you today.
Charlie Kirk: So Kirk, you’ve...
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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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