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Thursday, January 26, 2023
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Don't miss The Daybreak Daily — scroll to the bottom of these top news stories
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DOJ Announces First Indictments of Vandalism, Intimidation for Acts of Terrorism Against Pregnancy Centers
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Spencer Brown: The U.S. Department of Justice announced two indictments by a federal grand jury on Tuesday in case where pregnancy resource centers were targeted with vandalism, intimidation, and interference — months after pro-abortion vandals targeted pro-life organizations across the country after a draft of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision leaked. The Justice Department explained that the indictment alleges the defendants “violated the FACE (Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances) Act by using threats of force to intimidate and interfere with the employees of a reproductive health services facility in Winter Haven because those employees were providing or seeking to provide reproductive health services” and by “intentionally damaging and destroying the facility’s property.” According to DOJ, each defendant would face a maximum of 12 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and fines up to $350,000 if convicted ( Townhall).
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Abraham Accords Victory: UAE Breaks Ground for Jewish School in Coordination with Israel
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HotAir: The United Arab Emirates is rapidly becoming a friend of Israel and to Jews, thanks to the Abraham Accords. The Accords, negotiated by the Trump Administration along with Bibi Netanyahu, normalized relations between Israel, Bahrain, the UAE. Sudan normalized relations soon after, as did Morocco. In what should be seen as momentous events, the UAE is both integrating the Holocaust into its school curriculum, and ground has been broken on a new Jewish school in Abu Dhabi. It was announced on Twitter by the Israeli Ambassador to the UAE ( HotAir). Ambassador Amir Hayek: Groundbreaking of the new Jewish school in Abu Dhabi. Mazal Tov @RabbiUAE and thanks to the UAE leadership ( Twitter).
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Arkansas Senate Passes Measure Classifying Drag Shows as “Adult” Shows
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Associated Press: The Arkansas Senate on Tuesday approved legislation restricting the locations of drag shows by classifying them the same way as strip clubs and adult theaters, despite criticism that the move was overly broad and discriminates against the LGBTQ community. The measure, which also bans drag shows from taking place on public property, now heads to the majority-Republican House. The bill, if enacted, could make Arkansas the first state to place such restrictions on drag shows as they face increased attention from Republican lawmakers and groups ( Associated Press). Sen. Tom Cotton: I’m grateful my friends in the Arkansas legislature are protecting our children from vulgar drag shows. These “performances” should be classified as the adult entertainment they are, and they have no place in schools or libraries. Arkansas’s bill is a model for the country ( Twitter).
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California Teacher Boasts About Helping Students Hide Gender Transitions from Parents
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Fox News: A California teacher named Olivia Garrison bragged about helping students hide their social transitions from parents Monday. Garrison, a 9th grade history teacher, worked at Del Oro High School located in the Kern High School District. Social transitioning is a first step for transgender children. It entails adopting new names, pronouns, changing their clothing and getting haircuts to match a preferred gender expression ( Fox News). New York Post: “My job, which is a public service, is to protect kids,” Olivia Garrison told the New York Times about helping students socially transition at school. “Sometimes, they need protection from their own parents.” But the issue has become a hot-button issue for parents under President Biden and his administration’s proposed Title IX reforms — which would expand regulations combating sex-based discrimination in schools to include sexual orientation and gender identity. Critics have argued the reforms could overhaul the definition of gender in schools and be used as a weapon to keep parents in the dark ( New York Post).
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Mayor Eric Adams Complains Sanctuary Cities Must Take the Brunt of Illegal Immigrants
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Julio Rosas: New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) once again took to the airwaves to say Democratic cities who declared themselves to be a sanctuary for illegal immigrants are being stretched thin due to the large number of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. New York City has had to open a fifth shelter for recent arrivals from the southern border, which is in addition to using hotels and homeless shelters to house people coming from Latin America and even parts of Asia ( Townhall). RNC Research: Democrat New York City Mayor Eric Adams says “it’s unfair” for big cities “to carry the weight” of illegal immigration and Biden’s open borders — something border communities have dealt with every single day since Biden took office ( Twitter).
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Oversight Committee Continues Investigation into Hunter Biden’s Art Dealings
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ABC: House Republicans renewed their investigation Wednesday into the art dealings of Hunter Biden, pushing for details on who is purchasing his work as part of the party’s long-promised probe into President Joe Biden and his family. Rep. James Comer, new chairman of the House Oversight Committee, asked for a transcribed interview with Georges Bergès, the art dealer who has been showcasing Hunter Biden’s work in New York and Los Angeles galleries since 2021. He requested communications between the gallery and the White House, citing Republican concerns the younger Biden is trading in on his father’s name ( ABC). Oversight Committee: Who’s buying Hunter Biden’s art? @RepJamesComer is calling on Georges Bergès to provide information about Hunter’s secret art sales. Americans need answers and transparency ( Twitter). Hill: Bergès said in 2021 that Hunter Biden’s paintings could sell for $75,000 to $500,000 ( Hill).
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EU Calls US Green Energy Incentives “Toxic”
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Wall Street Journal: The already-frantic global competition for green-energy investment escalated Wednesday with the European Union’s competition chief calling massive incentives from the U.S. “toxic,” as the bloc prepares its own countermeasures. The U.S. incentives, included in last year’s Inflation Reduction Act, have spurred companies to rethink where to spend billions of investment dollars ( Wall Street Journal). New York Times: But the biggest source of contention has been new tax credits for clean energy equipment and vehicles made in North America that were part of a sweeping climate and health policy bill that President Biden signed into law last year. European officials have called the measure a “job killer” and expressed fears they will lose out to the United States on new investments in batteries, green hydrogen, steel and other industries. In response, European Union officials began outlining their own plan this month to subsidize green energy industries — a move that critics fear will plunge the world into a costly and inefficient “subsidy war” ( New York Times).
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Biden to Send Abrams Tanks to Ukraine
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Wall Street Journal: The White House formally announced on Wednesday that it is sending 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, part of a coordinated move in which Germany and other European nations will also send their own tanks to the fight in time for a coming offensive ( Wall Street Journal). Visegrad 24: Biden announces that the U.S. is sending 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine and 8 recovery vehicles. Ukraine is about to get a serious shipment of tanks from across the world ( Twitter). Proud Elephant: So Biden is perfectly okay with sending 31 military tanks to Ukraine to protect their border, but won’t spend a single dime on our own border ( Twitter)?
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Eric Swalwell Complains About Being Removed from Committee Assignment
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Townhall: Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) complained on Wednesday to reporters a day after Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) removed him and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) from the House Intelligence Committee, saying McCarthy will regret making the decision. McCarthy made it clear that due to Schiff’s and Swalwell’s past behavior, they are not qualified to sit on such a high-ranking committee ( Townhall). Greg Price: Swalwell: “(McCarthy) will regret giving all three of us more time on our hands” ( Twitter).
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Meta to Restore Donald Trump’s Social Media Accounts with “New Guardrails”
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NBC: Former President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts are being reinstated, the social media giant Meta announced Wednesday. Nick Clegg, president of global affairs at Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, said Trump’s accounts will be reinstated “in the coming weeks” and come with “new guardrails in place to deter repeat offenses.” Those guardrails will include “heightened penalties for repeat offenses — penalties which will apply to other public figures whose accounts are reinstated from suspensions related to civil unrest under our updated protocol. In the event that Mr. Trump posts further violating content, the content will be removed and he will be suspended for between one month and two years, depending on the severity of the violation,” Clegg said on the company’s website ( NBC).
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Brandon Tatum cites some alarming statistics about illegal immigration and argues for coming together on the issue or risk losing our country
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Officer Tatum: Terrorist watchlist arrests are soaring under the Biden administration. “Arrests on the southern border of people on the U.S. terrorist watchlist are skyrocketing under the Biden administration from zero in 2019 — before the Covid-19 pandemic — to 98 last fiscal year, according...
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Dennis Prager discusses yet another example of his oft-said phrase, “truth is not a leftwing value”
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Dennis Prager: There’s a headline in USA Today, which is indistinguishable from all the other leftwing mainstream papers. I will give you a perfect example of why I say “leftwing,” because truth is not a value and they have an agenda. The agenda is more important than truth.
So an Asian, I...
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Hugh Hewitt talks with New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu about the looming bankruptcy of Social Security
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Hugh Hewitt: I’m joined this morning live by New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu. Good morning, Governor. Welcome back to the Hugh Hewitt Show.
Gov. Chris Sununu: Good morning, Hugh. How are you doing?
Hugh Hewitt: I’m great. Now, I start almost every show, right before a show, I read the Ellis...
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Mike Gallagher turns to Dark Wars host and Fox News contributor Sara Carter for a glimpse into the tragic world of cartels and drug addiction playing out in the streets of America
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Mike Gallagher: It’s fun to be able to spend time with people you admire greatly. And this platform gives me the opportunity to do so. Sara Carter, of course, is a Fox News Channel contributor. She’s an investigative journalist. She’s the host of the Sara Carter Show, which is her wildly...
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Dinesh D’Souza weighs the pros and cons of Kevin McCarthy’s proposal to replace the income tax with a national sales tax
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Dinesh D’Souza: Kevin McCarthy and some House Republicans are floating a new and interesting idea. And this is an idea that should not be considered seriously as a proposal that is going to go through and become law. Why? Because as we’ve discussed on the podcast before, the Republicans control...
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Julie Hartman discusses Dr. Leana Wen’s belated admission that covid deaths and hospitalizations have been (greatly) overcounted
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Julie Hartman: Dr. Leana Wen, who is a CNN medical analyst and a Washington Post columnist, is under fire for a column that she published last Friday in which she claimed that doctors are “overcounting covid deaths and hospitalizations.”
So Dr. Wen was analyzing CDC data and she also pulled...
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Charlie Kirk exposes San Francisco reparations that seek to solve racism by perpetuating racism
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Charlie Kirk: San Francisco has recently issued a report. The San Francisco report comes after a reparations committee met, whose job was to investigate the subject of reparations and produce recommendations.
It’s been two years and they have delivered their report, and it’s nearly 60 pages...
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Sebastian Gorka talks to Kyle Rittenhouse about the woke mob, cancel culture and how the Second Amendment saved his life
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Dr. Sebastian Gorka: You may have heard of him. His name is Kyle Rittenhouse. Kyle, welcome to America First.
Kyle Rittenhouse: Sebastian, thank you for having me. …
Dr. Sebastian Gorka: In the last few days, you were slated to speak at a couple of events as the new media personality you are....
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Eric Metaxas talks with journalist Andrew McDiarmid about how screens and gadgets are virtually taking over our lives
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Eric Metaxas: Right now, we have Andrew McDiarmid. Welcome to the program.
Andrew McDiarmid: Thank you, Eric. Thanks for having me. …
Eric Metaxas: I want to talk to you about this article you’ve written about technology that appeared in the New York Post a couple of days ago. If people want...
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