Thursday, July 1, 2021

News in brief

 Ilhan Omar Derided for ‘Bigoted’ Comments Directed at Jewish Colleagues in Congress | The Jewish Press  ... "They also rejected Omar’s attempts to once more walk back her comments. “Her tweets this morning with examples of individual Jews and Jewish organizations that she finds noteworthy do not mitigate her bigoted comments."

HOT TAKES: Old Pic of Gwen Berry Has Trump, Jr, Others Asking if Anthem Response Was Act – RedState  ..".Whatever her intent, it’s clear that she was aiming for attention and she got it."

Gallup Poll: Third of Americans Say Pandemic is Over  ..."When broken down by demographic, the findings from Gallup’s June 14-20 survey show that 57 percent of Republicans say the pandemic is over compared to 4 percent of Democrats."...

Romney: I Trust President Biden - I Take Him at His Word..."Tapper said, “How many Republicans in the Senate do you have committed to vote for this bipartisan infrastructure deal?” "Romney said, “Well, I believe we will have enough to get it passed. I don’t know exactly where everybody is after the weekend."...


Nolte: Homophobe Joy Reid's MSNBC Ratings Are Collapsing 

..."MSNBC is still television’s best-produced cable news network, but none of that can paper over the fact that joyless Joy Reid has no charisma, isn’t terribly bright, is a painfully predictable ideologue, vindictive, and an intolerant bigotLeftists were willing to put up with anyone to get their fix of Trump Hate, but now that Trump’s gone, it’s just Reid and her endless flaws.

 SoundCloud Blacklists Conservative Journalist Andy Ngo, Won't Say Why (breitbart.com)   ..."SoundCloud did not respond to Breitbart News’ request for comment and did not inform Ngo which of its policies he had violated or how.

“The list of violations Sound Cloud accuses me of violating include incitement to violence and terrorism,” Ngo told Breitbart News in a comment."...

Trump Dunks on Biden, and Acosta Gets What He Deserves During Border Visit – RedState  

..."Psaki alleged that President Biden ran on a platform to boost funding for law enforcement “after Republicans spent decades trying to cut the COPS program.”

"The Dispatch fact check unearthed evidence to the contrary:  

The 2019 COPS budget, according to the Congressional Research Service, was $304 million, which although up from its 2018 budget of $276 million, is lower than it’s been in years past. In 1995 the budget was $1.3 billion and in 1998 it was around $1.6 billion, which was the highest it has ever been. . . .


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