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Your First Look at Today's Top Stories
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Thursday, February 9, 2023
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Don't miss The Daybreak Daily — scroll to the bottom of these top news stories
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Former Twitter Executives Testify Before House Oversight Committee
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Bloomberg : Former Twitter officials acknowledged that blocking the spread of a news story about Hunter Biden’s laptop was a mistake, but they told lawmakers the action was not politically motivated or directed by FBI or US intelligence officials. The comments came Wednesday at hearing House Republicans scheduled to probe the social media company’s alleged cooperation with the FBI to squelch the story the now-infamous laptop. At the hearing, the House Oversight and Accountability Committee focused on the platform’s decision to limit distribution of the unflattering piece by the New York Post that Republicans say show the younger Biden traded on his family name ( Bloomberg). Townhall: AOC calls Twitter’s censoring of the Hunter Biden laptop story “a 24-hour hiccup in a right-wing political operation.” “We’re talking about Hunter Biden’s half fake laptop story? This is an embarrassment” ( Twitter)!
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Church of England Reconsiders Calling God “He”
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Reuters: The Church of England will look into the use of gender neutral terms to refer to God in prayers, but the centuries-old institution said on Wednesday there were no plans to abolish current services. The issue reflects growing global awareness about the assumed usage of pronouns causing offence or upset to those who do not identify with the gender they were assigned at birth. “Christians have recognized since ancient times that God is neither male nor female,” a spokesperson for the Church said. “Yet the variety of ways of addressing and describing God found in scripture has not always been reflected in our worship” ( Reuters). TalkTV: The Church of England is considering alternatives to referring to God as “He” after priests asked to use gender-neutral terms ( Twitter). Townhall: Now, in one church, The Lord’s Prayer could soon be passé as the push toward gender-neutral language goes beyond the ivory towers, government buildings, and healthcare systems ( Townhall).
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FBI Believes Catholics Who Prefer Latin Mass Are White Supremacists
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Post Millennial: The FBI believes that white supremacy has taken root in Catholics who prefer Latin Mass, reports whistleblower Kyle Seraphin on UncoverDC. The FBI’s Richmond, VA office took their findings from the widely debunked Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which was cited in an intelligence bulletin. Catholics who prefer Latin Mass who are classified as “Radical-Traditionalist Catholics,” per the FBI, are painted as having an “adherence to anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant, anti-LGBTQ and white supremacist ideology” ( Post Millennial). Daily Signal: The SPLC claims it does not brand Christian organizations “hate groups” merely because they oppose same-sex marriage, but many of its accusations boil down to a disagreement on LGBT issues. The SPLC branded the Ruth Institute an “anti-LGBT hate group” in part because its founder, Jennifer Roback Morse, called homosexual activity “intrinsically disordered,” pulling a direct quote from the Catechism of the Catholic Church ( Daily Signal).
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California Proposes Law to Allow Prisoners to Vote
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ABC: California voters could decide whether to reinstate voting rights to people in prison on felony convictions under a newly proposed constitutional amendment. It would be a major expansion of suffrage for incarcerated people if passed. California would join Maine and Vermont, as well as the District of Columbia, as the only states where felons never lose their right to vote, even while they are in prison ( ABC).
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Disney Announces Massive Job Cuts, Restructuring of Company
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Bloomberg: Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger announced plans for a dramatic restructuring of the world’s largest entertainment company that includes cutting 7,000 jobs and $5.5 billion in cost savings. The reductions include lower spending on programming and $2.5 billion in non-content related cuts. As part of the change, Disney’s CEO also announced that the company will be reorganized into three divisions: an entertainment unit that includes its main TV and film businesses, the ESPN sports networks, and the theme-park unit, which includes cruise ships and consumer products ( Bloomberg). Reuters: This marks Disney’s third restructuring in five years. It reorganized its business in 2018 to accelerate the growth of its streaming business, and again in 2020, to further spur streaming’s growth ( Reuters).
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MSNBC Continues Debunked Story of Trump Allowing a Chinese Balloon in American Airspace
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Julio Rosas: MSNBC hosts gleefully reported multiple times former President Donald Trump allowed Chinese spy balloons to enter U.S. airspace at least three times, despite reporting revealing, if it did happen, Trump and many other top officials in his administration were not made aware of the incursions ( Townhall). Tom Elliot: Disinformation agent @JoeNBC spreads fake news that Trump allowed Chinese spy balloons over U.S. airspace during his presidency: “Donald Trump allowed a balloon to float over Florida in 2019 and didn’t shoot it down. How weak, how sad. How incredibly sad” ( Twitter).
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Trump’s Attacks on DeSantis Get Progressively Larger, DeSantis Continues to Ignore Them
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Daily Mail: Ron DeSantis continues to take the high road by refusing to give into the media pressing him to respond to Donald Trump’s criticism – including the latest posts repeating claims that the Florida governor ‘groomed’ teenage girls when he was a high school teacher. It comes as Trump continues to launch attack lines against DeSantis after opening the floodgates earlier this month when the Florida leader emerged as a highly popular potential 2024 primary opponent ( Daily Mail). Florida’s Voice: DeSantis responds to Trump ReTruth accusing him of being a “groomer.” “I’d just say this. I spend my time delivering results for the people of Florida and fighting against Joe Biden… I don’t spend my time trying to smear other Republicans” ( Twitter).
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Report: Biden Authorized Destruction of Nord Stream Pipeline
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Daily Mail: Specialized U.S. Navy diving teams carried out the bombing attack against the underwater Nord Stream pipelines which supply Russian gas to western Europe during a top secret mission overseen by President Joe Biden, a bombshell report claims. Divers planted C4 explosives on three Nord Stream pipelines in June 2022 which were detonated three months later using a sonar buoy which broadcast a signal that triggered the bombs. The attack was carried out in response to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and designed to force Germany and other European nations to end their reliance on Russian gas, it is claimed ( Daily Mail). Charlie Kirk: So Biden authorized the destruction of Nord Stream Pipeline, lies about it, blames Russia, and then demands billions $$ more from Congress to fight a proxy war in Ukraine that he just escalated ( Twitter)?
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CVS Purchases Oak Street Health
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Wall Street Journal: CVS Health Corp. agreed to acquire Oak Street Health Inc. for about $10.6 billion including debt, in the latest sign of the growing tie-ups between health insurers and primary-care doctors. The acquisition would widen CVS’s healthcare offerings, adding about 600 physicians and nurse practitioners and Oak Street’s network of 169 senior-focused clinics to the Covid-19 vaccinations, strep tests and other medical services that CVS provides through its pharmacies. It would also further the consolidation of firms that manage health benefits, pay for medical care and provide the treatment ( Wall Street Journal).
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Earthquake in Turkey, Syria Death Toll Hits 11,000, Destroys 10,000 Buildings
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National Review: A pair of earthquakes that rocked southern Turkey and northern Syria earlier this week had claimed the lives of at least 11,000 people as of Wednesday morning. In quick succession Monday morning, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck followed shortly thereafter by a magnitude 7.5 tremor, destroying over 10,000 buildings in the area ( National Review). Wall Street Journal: Turkey has deployed 60,000 personnel with hundreds of thousands of tents, mattresses, blankets and pillows. Turkish Airlines aimed to fly 30,000 people out of southern Turkey on Wednesday. International aid agencies were struggling to help survivors in rebel-held territory northern Syria ( Wall Street Journal).
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Dennis Prager comments on the State of the Union speech, a testament to America’s deterioration under Biden’s feckless leadership
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Dennis Prager: Because I am committed to my job, I’ve gone through every word of President Biden’s State of the Union address, and we’ll be playing and analyzing clips from it.
I have to admit, in having done this now for about 30 years, analyzing the speeches of presidents, Democrat and...
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Mike Gallagher breaks down Biden’s State of the Union address — the good, the bad and the mostly ugly
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Mike Gallagher: What we suffered through last night. Biden screaming about “Name me one world leader who would trade places with Xi Jinping! Name me one!” — and no one knew what the heck he was talking about.
And then Sarah Huckabee Sanders with her tremendous Republican response afterwards...
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Brandon Tatum cheers on surfer superstar Bethany Hamilton for standing up for her sport and for women athletes everywhere
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Officer Tatum: I wanted to talk about this young woman who’s a surfer. I think we got a clip on this. But it says, “U.S. female surfer icon slams World Surf League for allowing trans-identified biological men to compete against women.”
So let me see. Bethany Hamilton. I want you to hear what...
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Hugh Hewitt and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discuss how the China spy balloon was an incursion not only on our national security but on our collective psyche
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Hugh Hewitt: Welcome back, America. I’m Hugh Hewitt, joined by former Secretary of State, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Mike Pompeo. Mr. Secretary, welcome back to the Hugh Hewitt Show.
Mike Pompeo: Hugh, it’s great to be with you this morning.
Hugh Hewitt:...
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Charlie Kirk and his pastor, Rob McCoy, discuss the importance of the Judeo-Christian worldview in producing a thriving, ethical society
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Pastor Rob McCoy: Charlie, we just had the privilege to be with some pastors, especially some that stood in defiance of the tyranny of Governor Newsolini there in LA County. We had some up in Ojai, which, you know, that’s no conservative bastion up there. And they came here tonight, they traveled...
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Eric Metaxas talks with David Horowitz about the ideologues of the left who seek to undermine the United States of America
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Eric Metaxas: Folks, I’m talking to David Horowitz, who now I’m proud to say is a friend and who really has had an extraordinary journey in his own life, from genuine communism to, what shall we call it, anti-communism, which is to say love of the American Founders’ vision for the Republic...
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Dinesh D’Souza analyzes the political wrangling and final outcome of the latest committee battle, a win for the House Speaker and fair-minded Americans
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Dinesh D’Souza: It looks like today, Ilhan Omar is going to be kicked off the House Foreign Affairs Committee. And this also means that Ilhan Omar will no longer be the top Democrat on the subcommittee on Africa. This is something that she has taken great pride in. And so this is a kind of a blow...
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Sebastian Gorka talks with Lauren Chen, AKA “The Roaming Millennial,” about the current state of the culture war
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Dr. Sebastian Gorka: Lauren, you had a show on CRT called “Roaming Millennial Uncensored.” I have to ask you because there’s a little bit of a difference in age between us. Where are we in the effort to win the culture war or just to convince people of the veracity of our arguments when it...
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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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