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Wednesday, February 1, 2023
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Don't miss The Daybreak Daily — scroll to the bottom of these top news stories
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Federal Agents Searched Penn Biden Center for Classified Documents Back in November
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Guess the White House did not feel the need to be transparent about this. CBS: The FBI searched the Penn Biden Center offices in mid-November after lawyers for President Biden had found about 10 documents marked classified there on Nov. 2. The material originated from Mr. Biden’s time as vice president. The FBI search of the think tank was not previously disclosed by the White House, Mr. Biden’s personal attorneys, or the Department of Justice ( CBS). New York Post: Although the White House said at the time that searches for records were complete, additional documents were found by Biden’s lawyers and then by the FBI ( New York Post).
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Biden Cites Pope Francis When Discussing Taxpayer-Funded Abortion
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Washington Examiner: The Catholic bishop of Tyler, Texas, denounced President Joe Biden’s “fake Catholicism” and called on the Vatican to weigh in after the president said Pope Francis and some bishops did not oppose taxpayer funding for abortion ( Washington Examiner). Greg Price: Reporter: “Catholic bishops are demanding that federal tax dollars not fund abortions.” Biden: “No they are not all doing that, nor is the Pope” ( Twitter). Bishop J. Strickland: Mr. Biden can’t be allowed to twist the words of Pope Francis in this way. I implore the Vatican press office to emphatically clarify that Pope Francis rightly calls abortion murder. It is time to denounce Biden’s fake Catholicism ( Twitter).
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Biden Administration Considering Declaring a Public Health Emergency for Abortion
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Daily Caller: President Joe Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is considering declaring a public health emergency to promote abortion access, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said Monday. The HHS believes it has the authority to declare a public emergency, but it is only one of many options on the table, according to Becerra, who argued there was an ongoing “reproductive health crisis” since Roe v. Wade was overturned ( Daily Caller). Axios: The lawmakers argued that such a move would allow the administration to help support states that protect abortion, deploy Public Health Services Corps teams and give the government “the ability to accelerate access to new medications authorized for abortion” ( Axios).
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Senate Republicans Send Letter to Biden Demanding Spending Cuts
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Hill: Nearly half of the Senate Republican Conference has signed on to a letter to President Biden warning they will not vote for any bill to raise the nation’s debt limit unless it’s connected to spending cuts to address the nation’s $31 trillion debt. The letter, led by conservative Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.), says it is the policy of the Republican conference that any increase in the debt ceiling must be accompanied by cuts in federal spending or “meaningful structural reform in spending” ( Hill). National Review: Yet the Treasury Department on Monday announced it will increase its borrowing over the first quarter of 2023, despite the country having reached the debt limit. The U.S. will borrow $932 billion in the first three months of the year — $353 billion more than previously projected ( National Review).
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US Accuses Russia of Violating Nuclear Arms Treaty
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Wall Street Journal: Russia has violated the New START treaty cutting long-range nuclear arms by refusing to allow on-site inspections and rebuffing Washington’s requests to meet to discuss its compliance concerns, the U.S. State Department said in a report sent to Congress on Tuesday. The State Department’s finding that Moscow is in “noncompliance” with the accord marks the first time that the U.S. has accused Russia of violating the treaty, which entered into force in 2011. The lack of inspections has also made it harder to verify the number of warheads Russia has deployed under the accord, the State Department added ( Wall Street Journal). Axios: The U.S. and Russia mutually agreed in March 2020 to suspend inspections due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, when the U.S. sought to resume the inspections last August, Russia rebuffed the efforts, at least in part due to tensions surrounding the war in Ukraine ( Axios).
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Steph Curry Attempts to Block Low-Income Housing Near His $30 Million Home
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Daily Wire: The Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry is pushing to block a low-income multifamily housing development from being built near his $30 million Bay Area mansion. There are reportedly plans to develop 16 townhouses on a 1.5-acre plot of land near Curry’s home, leading the family to say in a letter that they had “major concerns in terms of both privacy and safety with three-story townhomes looming directly behind us,” according to The Almanac, a local newspaper. Curry reportedly demanded that the town build taller fencing to protect his property and add more landscaping to protect his privacy ( Daily Wire). Colin Rugg: Steph Curry moves to block low-income housing near his $30 million mansion. Libs love pretending to care about the poor but the second it inconveniences them, they spit in their face. Shameful ( Twitter).
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Paypal Prepares to Cut 2,000 Employees
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Bloomberg: PayPal Holdings Inc. said it will cut 2,000 staffers as it contends with a macroeconomic slowdown that’s weighed on the firm’s business in recent quarters. The cuts, which will affect about 7% of staff, will happen in the coming weeks, Chief Executive Officer Dan Schulman told employees in a memo. Schulman has been vocal about his plans to improve his firm’s operating leverage — or the ability to grow revenue faster than expenses — and PayPal last year embarked on a cost-cutting initiative that it said would result in $1.3 billion in savings this year ( Bloomberg).
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Alec Baldwin Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter for Shooting of Film Director
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New York Post: Alec Baldwin has officially been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust,” officials announced Tuesday. A damning document filed by prosecutors claimed Baldwin was distracted during firearms training, didn’t need to have a loaded gun during a rehearsal and made a “reckless deviation from known standards and practice” by firing the weapon, which had been accidentally loaded with a real bullet ( New York Post).
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Gavin Newsom’s Wife Cashes in on Status from California Public Schools
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Blaze: California’s public schools aren’t just run by some of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s staunchest allies and beneficiaries, but also serve as theaters for his wife’s leftist propaganda, allegedly paid for in part at taxpayer expense ( Blaze). Washington Free Beacon: California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D.) wife has charged the state’s public schools as much as $1.5 million to screen her documentaries on “gender justice” and “corporate exploitation” ( Washington Free Beacon). Washington Examiner: The Representation Project, a nonprofit group founded by Jennifer Newsom, has raked in $1,483,001 from licensing fees for a series of documentary films produced by Newsom and the nonprofit group since 2012, according to a report from the government watchdog Open the Books. A significant portion of those fees came from public schools ( Washington Examiner).
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Biden Pushes EV Tax Credit, which are Worse for Environment
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Daily Wire: President Joe Biden was slammed Monday after touting his $7,500 tax credit for electric vehicles while promoting an electric truck that costs over a hundred thousand dollars and has been plagued with issues. Biden’s claims about the tax credit are misleading as the overwhelming majority of new electric vehicles, approximately 70%, do not qualify for the tax credit ( Daily Wire). David Zipper: Biden is giving free publicity to the Hummer EV, a 4.5-ton behemoth so inefficient that it pollutes more per mile than a gas-powered sedan ( Twitter).
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Mike Gallagher comments on illegal immigrants making themselves at home in New York City hotel rooms on the taxpayers’ dime
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Mike Gallagher: Of all the crazy stories going on in the world right now, the craziest has to be illegals in New York City refusing to leave their cushy hotel because they want better quality housing.
And the city of New York is like, well, what are we gonna do? They don’t want to leave. They...
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Dinesh D’Souza discusses the brutal killing of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis cops
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Dinesh D’Souza: I’d like to offer some thoughts on the Tyre Nichols killing. Tyre Nichols is a black guy, lived in the area of Memphis. And on January 7th of this year, he was in his car, according to police, driving recklessly, although we haven’t seen any video of that. The police,...
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Dennis Prager talks with statistics expert and Wall Street analyst Ed Dowd about his new book, “Cause Unknown: The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 & 2022"
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Dennis Prager: A very important guest, author of a very important book. Ed Dowd, a global investment firm partner, Phinance Technologies. He’s not a doctor, but he’s an expert in numbers. Actually, he’s an expert in truth. His book is “Cause Unknown: The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021...
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Hugh Hewitt talks to Montana Senator and NRSC Chairman Steve Daines about GOP prospects for 2024 and beyond
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Hugh Hewitt: Steve Daines is the Senator from Montana. He’s been selected by his colleagues in the GOP conference to run the National Republican Senatorial Committee, NRSC.org, for 2024. And the map looks good.
Senator Daines, welcome. I hope this is a regular call as we check up on your efforts....
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Julie Hartman shares the story of her frightening encounter with a homeless man and exposes the severity of America’s growing crime problem
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Julie Hartman: I want to tell you a personal story about something that happened on Friday night that I’ve been thinking about and wanting to share with you. And it has to do with the broader issue of crime in America.
So I was invited to go to a dinner on Friday night, and I was in charge of...
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Sebastian Gorka and Devin Nunes trace the roots of government corruption in light of the Biden classified documents scandal
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Dr. Sebastian Gorka: Devin Nunes, can you give us your take as somebody who’s been responsible for matters of national security, especially in the intelligence community for oversight in this ever-burgeoning scandal?
Every day, there seems to be another iteration, another facet. First it was the...
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Charlie Kirk applauds Kevin McCarthy for standing up to intrenched Democrats and putting national security first
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Charlie Kirk: There is this constant controversy about whether or not Eric Swalwell, who almost assuredly slept with a Chinese spy, and Adam Schiff, who is just a pathological liar, should be on the House Intel Committee.
Now, Kevin McCarthy — who many of you in this audience, you were rather...
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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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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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