March 1 2023
 
Good morning from Washington, where a renewed interest in the origin of COVID-19 shames the media and its so-called experts. Jarrett Stepman has particulars. Meanwhile, the CDC doesn’t want to talk about tracking why Americans refused a vaccine, Tyler O’Neil writes. On the podcast, what China’s lock on minerals in Africa means for Americans. Plus: Fred Lucas on holding Ukraine accountable for U.S. aid, Tom Jipping on the return of the ERA, and Virginia Allen on what killed two illegal aliens at the border. On this date in 1971, a   bomb explodes in the U.S. Capitol, hurting no one but doing about $300,000 in damage in what the radical Weather Underground calls a protest of American foreign policy. 
 
 
 
COMMENTARY
Department of Energy’s Lab Leak Bombshell Exposes the Utter Bankruptcy of ‘Experts’ and the Media
By Jarrett Stepman

According to the standard set in 2020, the Department of Energy this week came out as a racist purveyor of misinformation. The story reveals a great deal about the media and Big Tech.
NEWS
CDC Refuses to Answer House GOP Questions About Codes to Track Reasons Why Americans Turn Down the COVID-19 Jabs
By Tyler O'Neil

“Two weeks ago, we sent a letter to the CDC demanding answers about its new COVID-19 vaccine database,” Rep. Josh Brecheen said. “The CDC is stonewalling us and refusing to respond.”
ANALYSIS
How China Is Dominating African Minerals, and Why Americans Should Care
By Samantha Aschieris

Although the U.S. has “vast mineral reserves worth trillions of dollars, we are now 100% dependent on imports for 17 key minerals, and China is a significant source for them," an expert warns.
NEWS
‘This Is War,’ Mother of 2 Sons Killed by Fentanyl Testifies, Telling Congress to ‘Do Something’
By Virginia Allen

Michigan resident Rebecca Kiessling struggles to speak as she tells a House committee that fentanyl brought across the southern border killed her two adult sons in 2020.
NEWS
'The More That Is Spent, the More That Oversight Is Needed,' Ex-USAID Chief Says of US Aid to Ukraine
By Fred Lucas

The humanitarian aid chief under Trump says Ukraine funding is “too important to screw up” and “nobody or no cause should get a pass.”
COMMENTARY
Appeals Court Steals Show on ERA Amid Senate Panel’s Bid to Resurrect Dead Amendment
By Thomas Jipping

As a Senate panel debates whether to resurrect the dead Equal Rights Amendment, a federal appeals court throws a monkey wrench into Democrats’ efforts.
COMMENTARY
ICYMI: Something Worse Likely After Ukraine War
By Victor Davis Hanson

Just like the Spanish Civil War before World War II, a lineup of eventual adversaries is emerging from Ukraine in what may be a preview for a larger, scarier war to come.
 
     
 
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