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April 6, 2022
Republican leaders blasted Vice President Kamala Harris for taking a maskless photo with several elementary schoolchildren from Washington, D.C., all of whom were masked.
The Republican National Committee posted a video of Harris, who was on a visit to Neville Thomas Elementary School on Monday to promote the Biden administration’s “Action Plan for Building Better School Infrastructure.” The program would seek to upgrade public school facilities and transportation systems to make them more energy-efficient.
As Harris walked up on stage to give remarks on the plan, she paused and encouraged several children to gather around her and posed for photos. The students were all masked, but Harris was not.
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“Lmfao why do they all keep doing this,” conservative digital media strategist Greg Price tweeted, including photos of Harris and other prominent politicians who had previously been photographed maskless: New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, who were also photographed with masked children, and Michigan Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin, who was pictured with masked attendees at a campaign rally in February.
It’s a symbolic reminder of the elite/non-elite power structure, along the lines of Harris wondering why the “White House staff was not standing up… when she entered the room the way they did for Biden. ‘The vice president took it as a sign of disrespect,’ according to the excerpt.” And it plays well with the left’s anti-science base when it comes to covid and the resiliency of kids:
Flashback: The Masking of the Servant Class: Ugly COVID Images From the Met Gala Are Now Commonplace.
DISPATCHES FROM THE MEMORY HOLE: The Federalist’s Rachel Bovard hopes you’ll ‘remember when Joe Biden voted for an actual Don’t Say Gay bill.’
While consistency isn’t necessarily the hallmark of lifelong politicians like Biden, it’s worth noting this 1994 vote for two reasons. First, to demonstrate just how far the Democratic [Party has] evolved on cultural questions in the two decades since, but second, to highlight just how far Biden actually exists outside of his positioning on the campaign trail as a moderate.
From his support for repealing the prohibition on federal funding for abortion – a policy he routinely supported while in the Senate – to forcing nuns to buy birth control and charging his Department of Justice to “do everything in its power to stop the rash of state laws that . . . violate the constitutional right to an abortion,” Biden has emerged as a willing handmaiden to the progressive jihad in the culture wars.
This is true in the area of gender ideology as well. On his first day in office, Biden issued an executive order directing his administration to ensure all regulations prohibit discrimination on, among other things, sexual orientation or transgender status – including allowing access by biological males to female restrooms, locker rooms, and school sports.
Biden has followed through on that commitment. His administration’s new Title IX rules will expand the definition of discrimination beyond sex to also include sexual orientation and gender identity. In his State of the Union address, Biden demanded that Congress pass the radical Equality Act, which would use sexual politics to erase the First Amendment.
Even before he entered his Trunalimunumaprzure phase, Biden has always been a cypher for whatever Democrats believe they need to say that year in order to maintain power, eventually resulting in as many “for it before he was against it” moments as his fellow former senator, John Kerry. QED: Biden’s recent repudiations of his 1994 crime bill, the 1996 welfare reform bill, and his past views on the dangers of illegal immigration.
WHEN I SAW THEY WEREN’T MAKING A BIG DEAL ABOUT IT ON THE NEWS I KNEW WHO THE SHOOTERS WOULD BE: Politicians and the Gun Control Industry Are All Out of Answers After the Sacramento Shooting.
UPDATE: D.A.’s Office Letter That Opposed Parole for Man Now Arrested in Connection with Sacramento Killings of Six: The letter is dated April 29, 2021, when Martin was three years into a 10-year sentence for a brutal assault on his girlfriend; he was released in February. “The Parole Board initially denied Smiley Allen Martin parole but then released him in February—he has now been arrested (as have his brother Dandrae Martin and Daviyonne Dawson) in connection with the shootings that killed six and wounded twelve. Note that the letter’s statement that the offense for which he was serving time was not ‘violent’ simply reflects the definition of ‘violent felony’ in a particular California sentencing enhancement statute, which generally doesn’t include assault; in ordinary language, of course, the crime was highly violent.”
HEALTH: Scientists Have Discovered a Brand-New Type of Cell Hiding in The Human Body. “The new RAS cells are similar to stem cells – ‘blank canvas’ cells that can differentiate into any other type of cell in the body – and are capable of repairing damaged alveoli cells and transforming into new ones.”
BEWARE: Wikipedia’s Dirty Little Secret.
I NEVER DO: Nobel economists were dead wrong on inflation: Don’t expect an apology. “The laureates seemed to have overlooked that previous COVID benefits had often exceeded what tens of millions of workers regularly earned and that recipients displaced by COVID were never required to look for other work. While the high priests of economic “science” were cheering on higher federal spending, larger deficits and increased taxes, employers were and are continuing to deal with inflation face-to-face. They are forced to bid up wages, sometimes doubling them, to keep and get employees even as overall labor force participation seems unlikely to return to pre-COVID levels anytime soon.”
JIM TREACHER: Stacey Abrams Proves Losing Is the New Winning. None of the responsibility, all of the fun! “I applaud Stacey Abrams’ newfound fame and financial success, especially if the alternative would’ve been to put her in elected office. If a bunch of dimwits want to cheer her on because she lost, that’s none of my concern. Now I look forward to Abrams painting herself as a victim yet again. Sure, she’s a millionaire who is worshipped by libs wherever she goes, but some people still oppose her. What’s up with that? Can’t a black woman lose an election in America without somebody making fun of her for whining about it? Let’s hope she loses again so she can really get rich. You go, girl!”
DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: Father Claims UPenn Told Female Swimmers to ‘Get Over’ Seeing Lia Thomas’ Male Genitalia in the Locker Room.
MEGAN FOX: Patriarchy Alert! ‘International Asexuality Day’ Is an Attempt to Erase Female Sexuality. “Before you head to your celebratory feasts I thought I’d drop in here to mention that the LGBTQWTF squad is attempting, once again, to groom your daughters into their cult through pathologizing normal female sexuality.”
DEMS TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN: Stacey Abrams Goes From Poor Politician to Multimillionaire by Losing an Election.
HOW’S THAT WELCOME WAGON PROGRAM COMING ALONG? Get outta town: Why majority of New Yorkers would rather be anywhere else.
K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: The D.C. Public Charter Schools Where Masks Are Still Mandatory. “People’s irrational fears are taking over these policy decisions,” says one parent.
OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY: Will Deadbeat Students Ever Be Forced to Repay Their College Loans?
GET YOUR REST: Skipping sleep can lead to increased belly fat.
KURT SCHLICHTER: Adios, Dad.
THE JOURNOLIST IS HOPPING: Liberals Freak out Over Being Called ‘Groomers.’
I wonder if French believes that the ratio here is “one of the blessings of liberty.”
Related: Several Conservative States Look To Mirror Florida’s Parental Rights Bill.
DISPATCHES FROM THE PARTY OF THE WORKING MAN: Biden’s New Budget Includes Massive (Sneaky) Tax Hike On Workers.
The Biden administration recently released a $5.8 trillion-plus budget proposal. The president’s “billionaire tax” proposal and its terrible economics have received the most attention.
Yet there’s also a big tax hike on workers slipped into the fine print of President Joe Biden’s new budget. That pesky fact didn’t stop the president from repeating his big lie that only “the rich” will pay more under his plans.
But consider the facts. The plan includes a proposal for raising the corporate tax rate from 21% to 28%, which Biden said “ensures that corporations pay their fair share.” I know what you’re thinking: Boohoo, who cares if corporate bigwigs have to pay Uncle Sam more?
In reality, however, most economists agree that the corporate tax is in part born by the working class through lower wages. Studies have consistently found that more than 50% of the burden comes out of workers’ wallets. As for Biden’s corporate tax hike proposal specifically, a Tax Foundation analysis found that it would lead to lower wages, lower economic growth, and 159,000 fewer jobs.
Biden’s plan would also make us less competitive internationally. We would have one of the highest corporate tax rates among developed countries, making the United States less attractive for investment and encouraging offshoring. A tax hike on workers that further handicaps American industry and empowers global competitors—how’s that for “Build Back Better,” folks?
Biden’s plan has all these downsides, but it’s unclear what, if anything, it would actually accomplish.
Oh, that’s an easy one: Don’t pretend that high prices and American suffering are a ‘bug’ for the establishment — it’s a historic feature.