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New York Times At Least 1,200 Protesters Arrested in Brazil After Riots: Latest News https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/01/09/world/brazil-congress-riots-bolsonaro The Washington Post Live updatesLula promises prosecution in aftermath of Brazil capital insurrection https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/09/brazil-assault-insurrection-bolsonaro-lula/ USA Today Brazil investigates after storming of Congress by backers of Bolsonaro https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2023/01/09/brazil-riots-bolsonaro-arrests-storming-congress-government/11016618002/ .

Jim Jordan to chair 'Weaponization of Government' Select Committee Jan 9, 2023 This investigative panel will demand emails and correspondence between the Biden administration and big tech companies, and follows the massive revelations that came to light through the recent release of the Twitter Files. The 118th House of Representatives will see the formation of a new select committee, headed by Jim Jordan, to dig into the abuse of power and the Weaponization of Government. This investigative panel will demand emails and correspondence between the Biden administration and big tech companies, and follows the massive revelations that came to light through the recent release of the Twitter Files. Newly minted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who was elected to Speaker after a hard-fought, contentious battle on the House floor last week as power and priority struggles played out in his own party, was asked to form the committee as part of the negotiations that brought him to power, Axios reports. Jordan was one of the 15 members of Congress who nominated McCarthy for Speaker last week, just as many in his party nominated and voted for him. "The probe into communications between tech giants and President Biden's aides will look for government pressure that could have resulted in censorship or harassment of conservatives — or squelching of debate on polarizing policies, including the CDC on COVID," Axios reports. If government personnel and agencies do not comply, subpoenas are likely to be issued, per a GOP source. The GOP is committed to digging into "the politicization of the FBI," which not only includes the work done to discredit accurate reporting from the New York Post in the lead-up to the 2020 presidential election, but the allegations of Russian election interference in the lead-up to the 2016 election. The use of Biden's Department of Justice to go after parents who spoke out angrily at school board meetings will be investigated as well. Ohio's Jordan was instrumental in the discovery that the letter requesting a DOJ investigation into these parents, issued by the National School Boards Association, was actually requested to be written by Merrick Garland's DOJ in the first place. The head of the NSBA was then given a plum post in the administration. Biden's Covid czar Dr. Anthony Fauci will also be a focus of this new GOP investigation. The Twitter Files revealed that social media companies were pressured to toe the Democratic Party line on Covid and Covid treatments. https://www.axios.com/2023/01/01/house-gop-republicans-judiciary-subcommittee https://www.axios.com/2023/01/09/kevin-mccarthy-house-gop-big-tech-targets

C'mon offense !! We can't depend on Leslie.

No. It would reflect on the Biden Administration, So any protests will be kept in check. .

It's Happened: A Trans Athlete Goes the Other Way, Beats a One-Armed Man For any who’ve challenged transgenderism in sports by pointing out that no biological female has migrated to the men’s league, there’s now news of that very thing. Back in February, ESPN published the article “University of Pennsylvania Swimmer Lia Thomas Makes Her Ivy League Championships Debut in 800-Yard Freestyle Relay.” In it, the outlet observed Lia’s largesse from the Lord: University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas made her Ivy League championships debut on Wednesday night, leading off for the Quakers in the 800-yard freestyle relay. … Thomas enters the Ivy League championships as the top seed in the 200-yard, 500-yard and 1,650-yard freestyle events. She posted some of the best times in the country in all three events at the Zippy Invitational in Akron, Ohio, in December. Meanwhile, some critics claimed there was a peculiarity at play: In the world of transgender sports, you never hear of an alternatively-identifying biological female switching teams. But just in time for the new year comes Iszac Henig, a Yale senior who competed in the men’s division in November. Now the fallopian-tubed freestyler is swimming with athletes who produce their own reproductive swimmers, and one might say it’s a different ball game. As noted by the New York Post, “As a high-schooler, Henig…competed in the 2016 Olympic trials and was one of the top 100 female swimmers in the country two years later.” Iszac — who had a double mastectomy in 2021 — finished last year as an all-American womanly water warrior. Fast-forward past eight months of hormones, and the revised racer contended in November in the men’s division — perhaps topless for the first time at a meet. {snip} During [the] meet in November among 83 swimmers, [Iszac] finished in 79th place. Slots 80-83 in the 50-yard freestyle, as outlined by Outkick: Two Ohio State swimmers that specialize in the breaststroke 79th place finisher Ilija Tadic, a Serbian who was born without a left forearm and has competed in the Paralympic Games https://redstate.com/alexparker/2023/01/08/its-happened-a-trans-athlete-goes-the-other-way-beats-a-one-armed-man-n685308

FBI Underreports Defensive Gun Use to Congress by Mark Chesnut In mid-December, Dr. John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) and a world-recognized expert on guns and crime, testified before a Congressional subcommittee on violence and made some startling revelations. Perhaps one of the most important was that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) covered up the fact that armed citizens use their guns quite frequently to stop active shooter attacks. According to Lott’s testimony before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, the FBI grossly underreported the number of times armed citizens had stopped active shooters. https://www.firearmsnews.com/editorial/fbi-underreport-defense-gun-congress-testimony/467858 https://crimeresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/How-to-stop-another-Uvalde-Massacre-from-Occurring-4.pdf More FBI intentional lying to Congress .

Of Course. Crisis, what crisis? El Paso clears migrant camps ahead of Biden's first trip to border on Sunday by Rob Crilly When President Joe Biden makes his first visit to the border with Mexico on Sunday, he will hear from aid workers helping manage the immigration crisis and from local officials desperate for more support. What he won't see are the miserable makeshift camps dotted around El Paso that triggered headlines last month about migrants taking over the streets. On Tuesday and Wednesday law enforcement teams moved through the downtown area, picking up migrants who had entered the country illegally. As a result, he may get a view of the border but not of the crisis, say infuriated border agents Last week Yesterday https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11609673/El-Paso-clears-migrant-camps-ahead-Bidens-visit-border-crossings-drop-trickle.html

Will Kevin McCarthy Be The Speaker Of The House? -- Yes Or Mitch Senate Majority Leader? --- No End thread. .

Nothing. Its a joke about McCarthy. Trump supported his re-election. Whatever string you are grasping at is all you. 😄 The House Democrats previously elected Rep. Hakeem Jeffries as their leader, and after Republican Kevin McCarthy was finally voted in as Speaker, Jeffries immediately demonstrated the kind of thing we might be subjected to for the next couple years. It’s the Democrat ABC’s, or something: Jeffries’ slam on “kangaroo courts” was pretty rich coming from a big fan of the January 6th Commission. But at least Jeffries’ letter “E” word wasn’t a slam on “election deniers,” so maybe that’s a self-awareness baby step. https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2023/01/07/hakeem-jeffries-democrat-alphabet-house-speech-breaks-cringe-meters-everywhere/

LOL. And (of course) he gets his first demand. Zelenskyy congratulates Kevin McCarthy & is counting on ‘further assistance’ https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2023/01/07/zelenskyy-congratulates-kevin-mccarthy-is-counting-on-further-assistance/

According to our President, the title of this thread is wrong. Please change to "July" 6th. 😎

BillStime ignores the Mods instructions (again). . . . . . . . . . . . . what a surprise. 😆 This topic is OLD. A NEW topic should be started unless there is a very specific reason to revive this one. .

CHINA IS FACING A COVID-19 ‘NUCLEAR WINTER’. THE CCP CAN’T STOP IT. Perhaps as many as 90% of China’s 1.41 billion people will come down with COVID-19, said Feng Zijian, former deputy chief of China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention, to Bloomberg News. Feng predicts 60% of the population will be infected in the first wave. China did not have to wait long. There is now a fast-moving wave ripping through Beijing. The capital city was not prepared. “We have a child with a high fever but all the pharmacies are out of ibuprofen,” said a Beijing resident surnamed Lin to the Financial Times. “It came too fast, we didn’t have time to prepare.” Shortages are widespread. “Beijing is running out of medical supplies,” the London paper notes. The situation is so bad, Peking University’s Michael Pettis reports on Twitter, that Beijingers are thinking of deliberately exposing themselves to the disease, so they won’t get it later when the public health care system has completely broken down. There are also outbreaks across the country, including in Guangzhou, the capital of southern Guangdong province, the country’s factory floor. Some are calling the nationwide situation China’s “nuclear winter.” During the winter, the forecast is one million Covid deaths. Some estimate the toll could reach 2.1 million. The Communist Party, as a result, faces one of its most severe tests ever. https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/12/china-is-facing-a-covid-19-nuclear-winter-the-ccp-cant-stop-it/

Aged poorly. (and wrong thread again) 😄

This wasn't dementia (this time) It is a deliberate lie to prop up their ridiculous 'insurrection' propaganda.

Torrent of Taxes Sends New Yorkers Fleeing on Southbound Expressway EJ Antoni / January 05, 2023 How the mighty have fallen. The latest Census Bureau data show the Empire State’s population drain continues, as people flee New York in droves. From July 2021 to July 2022, 300,000 more people moved out of the state than moved in. New York had the largest population loss—in both percentage and absolute terms—experienced by any state during that period. Sadly, this was both predictable and preventable. In March 2021, a study of New York found that its already staggeringly high tax burden had worsened due to an increase in the top marginal tax rate to almost 15% for those in New York City. The study projected that the flood of people leaving would only accelerate—and it did. Even before that study, the Empire State lost so many people that it cost New York a seat in Congress after the 2020 census. This exodus is a direct response to New York’s obscenely high taxes. Just how bad is it? Compared with other states, New Yorkers: Pay the highest total tax burden and highest share of personal income (14%) in taxes. Endure the second-worst overall business-tax climate. Face the highest individual income-tax rate and income-tax collections per capita. Pay the second-highest state and local corporate income tax collections per capita. Have the fourth-highest property taxes and local sales-tax rate (on average). Pay the highest cigarette taxes and ninth-highest gasoline taxes. Pay the sixth-highest capital-stock tax rate. Are tied for third-highest estate-tax rate. And what do New Yorkers get for all these taxes? Roads smooth as glass? The best airports in the world? Trains running on time? Bulletproof electric grid and water infrastructure? Ample police to maintain safety and order? Not even close. https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/01/05/torrent-of-taxes-sends-new-yorkers-fleeing-on-southbound-expressway/

Reminder: Kathy Hochul’s call for 5.4M Republicans to leave New York is dangerous and disgusting Gov. Kathy Hochul, who hasn’t proven shy about issuing orders, had one for the state’s Republicans this week — all 5.4 million of them: “Just jump on a bus and head down to Florida where you belong, OK?” she said. “You are not New Yorkers.” If you can move beyond the frankly disgusting political partisanship and intolerance, her message is fiscally irresponsible, even dangerous. The governor probably already knows this, but the state’s extensive public sector is heavily reliant on personal income taxes paid by residents, and with nearly $14 billion in projected budget gaps over the next five years, it can’t afford to lose any taxpayers, let alone 5.4 million of them. The Empire State has already lost 1.5 million residents in the past decade, and there’s no sign of that trend letting up. In fact, more than 350,000 New Yorkers relocated during the 12 pandemic-plagued months leading up to July 1, 2021. https://nypost.com/2022/08/25/kathy-hochuls-call-for-5-4m-republicans-to-leave-new-york-is-dangerous/