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May 21, 2021
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HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Report reveals UC-Berkeley’s ‘Equity and Inclusion’ budget is $25 MILLION.
ROBERT BERG: Why Is the U.S. Army Abandoning Due Process?
At a time when the United States is facing worldwide threats and the first near-peer adversary in a generation, the Army is purging commanders without due process. For the Army to work, there must be trust among different levels of commands. But our current General Officers (GOs) no longer support commanders under their authority and are happy to throw away any semblance of due process to shield themselves from scrutiny. GOs hide behind investigations that remove fundamental elements of the rights of the accused and rely on “administrative actions” that are actually punitive in nature. Unsupported complaints are enough to launch full-scale investigations, lacking even basic due process.
When unscrupulous GOs disguise their witch hunts behind the veil of “administrative actions,” the Army can turn a blind eye to the procedural due-process rights of the accused. Currently, any member of a unit can levy a complaint — more accurately, a laundry list of complaints — without providing any evidence besides the allegation alone. If the allegations are part of the sacred trinity of racism, sexism, or bullying, a higher-level commander will not even question the veracity of the claims and instead will immediately appoint an investigating officer under the authority of Army Regulation 15-6 (AR 15-6).
While AR 15-6 investigations have been around a long time, their current use to circumvent due-process rights and avoid full Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) proceedings, where robust due process is afforded, is a recent trend.
Sadly, the surest way to purge this debilitating leftism is by losing a major war.
HILL’S LEAST-VISIBLE, MOST POWERFUL INFLUENCE GROUP: There are thousands of them working behind-the-scenes for individual senators and representatives, as well as for congressional committees, agencies and offices.
Capitol Hill staffers have immense power by virtue of doing the day-to-work that enables Congress to function. They also have tremendous influence by way of their direct relationships with and service to individual lawmakers. Change how and what staffers think and you can go a long way toward changing their bosses’ conduct on the Senate and House floors.
A lot of folks on the Right will instantly dismiss Hill staffers as irrelevant, but in some important respects that’s a huge mistake, one that’s been made for decades. Former Scalise Chief of Staff Lynnel Ruckert’s recent testimony before the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress offers multiple insights about this obscure power center.
THEY TOOK SIDES WITH TERRORISTS: AOC, Bernie Sanders Try to Undermine Israel’s Ability to Defend Itself Amid Hamas Rocket Attacks.
ALAS, I’VE LOST COUNT ON THESE: Confirmed: Black Female Was Behind Racist Instagram Hoax Account.
DEEP STATE UPDATE: Report: USPS ‘Internet Covert Operations Program’ Is ‘Much Broader in Scope Than Previously Known.’ “The program ‘includes analysts who assume fake identities online, use sophisticated intelligence tools, and employ facial recognition software.’ . . . Based on what is now known about the surveillance program, however, it would appear that iCOP’s scope has gone way beyond merely monitoring potential threats to employees and infrastructure and has understandably raised serious privacy concerns.”
Why is the Postal Service, which can’t seem to do its actual job, functioning as an internal security agency surveilling American citizens?
TERRIBLE RETAIL POLITICIAN UNEXPECTEDLY UNPOPULAR: Democrats Bewildered at the Unpopularity of Kamala Harris. “If you live by identity politics, you will die by identity politics. In urban and suburban America, identity politics will get you elected, or at least, not prevent you from winning. But in the rest of the nation, it’s a different story. Most Americans in Middle America hate identity politics and what it’s doing to the United States. And they don’t trust politicians who promote identity above all. Until Democrats learn that lesson, they will continue to be ‘surprised’ by election results.”
NO WONDER DEMOCRATS ARE PREPARING LAWFARE ATTACKS ON HIM: Trump rising: 73% GOP want him to run, beats Harris 49%-45%.
Related: Questions about Cyrus Vance, Jr.
YOU’RE GONNA NEED A MUCH BIGGER BLOG: Why the Right Hates Fauci.
Related: Fauci Must Be Held to Account for His Role in Funding Wuhan Lab Research.
More: Report: Chinese paper discussed weaponization of SARS coronaviruses in 2015.
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Mainstream Media Is OK With Biden’s Russia Collusion. “The formerly Russia-obsessed mainstream media has now lost all curiosity about any possible buddy-buddy action between the president and Moscow. Maybe the hacks are exhausted from the three years they spent writing all of that fiction during Trump’s time in office.”
CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: Menendez Received Thousands of Dollars in Wedding Gifts From Scandal-Linked Friends.
STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS v. HARVARD: As many of you know, SFFA, the organization that is accusing Harvard of discrimination against Asian Americans, has petitioned the Supreme Court to take up its case. If the Court agrees to do so, that would allows it to reconsider its decision in Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)–the case that permits colleges engage in race discrimination to pursue “diversity” in admissions.
Earlier this week, Harvard filed its brief in opposition to SFFA’s petition. In it, Harvard argues (among other things) that race-preferential admissions policies are popular with the American people. As this article shows, that’s nonsense.
SFFA has filed a “waiver of reply,” which will allow the case to proceed toward a conference quickly. It’s possible we will learn whether the Court will take the case as early as June 14. Alternatively, this could drag out a while. We’ll see.
THIS IS CNN: Chris Cuomo Advised Andrew Cuomo On Sexual Harassment Allegations: CNN Won’t Punish Him.
Flashback: ‘It’s Good TV:’ CNN’s High-Drama Coverage of the Pandemic Hits Close to Home: “But another current CNN employee who spoke with THR criticized Cuomo’s appearances, particularly the dramatic moment last Monday when he was filmed leaving the basement where he was quarantined to reunite with his family, as ‘reality TV.’ ‘Him coming out of the quarantine with the cameras there, that’s all Jeff Zucker reality TV, and that screams Zucker,’ the person says, referring to the network president who brought The Apprentice to NBC and helped make Trump a star.”
NO BIAS HERE: Roll Call reports that the House “Ethics” Committee has absolved Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) and Rep. Harold Rogers (R-KY) of violating Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s rule requiring every Member of Congress to pass through a magnetometer before entering the House chamber.
The rule — known informally around the Capitol as the “Boebert Dome,” after Israel’s anti-missile defensive system — is a response to Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert’s insistence on packing a Hog Leg everywhere she goes, including on the House floor. Pelosi reportedly worries that the petite Boebert, who has years of experience running a bar frequented by rowdy cowboys, is known for having a short temper, a quick trigger finger and perfect aim.
First offense fine is $500 and a second offense is $2,500. Do it a third time and you are detained by FBI Director Christopher Wray, strapped to a chair in Pelosi’s dank, dark Capitol basement chambers and forced to listen to recordings of her weekly news conferences, over and over and over and ….
Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-FL) and Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-TX), who have refused to pay their fines, may be asking who among their Republican colleagues on the committee, which is evenly divided with five members of each party, joined Democrats on the Clyburn and Rogers votes.
Clyburn, it should be recalled, is the House Majority Whip whose support during the 2020 Democratic presidential primary was crucial to rescuing Joe Biden’s then-faltering campaign. Rogers is a veteran member of the Washington Establishment by virtue of his long tenure on the House Appropriations Committee, including multiple years as chairman when the GOP had the majority.
DON’T HAVE A COKE (BUT SMILE ANYWAY): Coke Tempers Its Politics Amid ‘Woke Capitalism’ Ad Campaign.
RAND PAUL WARNS AMERICA: Time to ‘Wake Up’ to ‘Profound Repercussions’ of Biden’s Spending Binge.
“When the [Federal Reserve] says this [inflation] is transitory, I think that’s an excuse for government spending and borrowing,” the senator said. “It’s sort of from the same kind of lexicon of ‘deficits don’t matter.’”
But our spending levels aren’t sustainable. “We added four or five trillion dollars’ worth of debt last year,” Paul added. “We’re probably going to do the same again this year.”
It’s more than just bad budgeting, the senator warned. “What you’ve caused is a massive misallocation of resources, a massive infusion of cash into the stock market.”
“There is [going to be] a time in which people wake up and say ‘the emperor has no clothes,’” Paul said. “And at that moment in time, you will discover that there’s a lot of capital that’s gone in the wrong direction, that demand is exceeding supply… because we’ve disrupted the normal marketplace.”
Rand’s point about misdirected capital is a reference to the Austrian Business Cycle Theory, which explains how the creation of new money (generally by central banks like the Fed) causes distortions in the economy that must eventually be ironed out by a corrective “crash.” (For more on this, check out this FEE article by economist Jonathan Newman.)
What could go wrong?
JOE BIDEN’S RETURN TO DECENCY: Two Migrant Facilities Closed After Allegations of Misconduct, Unwanted Hysterectomies.
FIGHT THE POWER: NCLA Files Joint Amicus Brief Asking Kentucky Supreme Court to Uphold Constitutional Governance. “NCLA filed a joint amicus brief in the Kentucky Supreme Court criticizing Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s attempt to bypass the Kentucky Legislature and hold onto temporary executive powers.”