{"id":16278,"date":"2020-01-19T18:50:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T01:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=16278"},"modified":"2020-01-19T18:50:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T01:50:00","slug":"news20200119","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2020\/01\/19\/news20200119\/","title":{"rendered":"News of the Week (January 19th, 2020)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">News of the Week for Jan. 19<sup>th<\/sup>, 2020<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-77\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/news-of-the-week\/image\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77\" title=\"News of the Week\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Newsboy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Newsboy.jpg 229w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Newsboy-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 200px;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#2ndAmendment\">Gun Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#Hide_the_Decline\">Hide the Decline<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#Obamacare\">Obamacare<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#War__Terror\">War &amp; Terror<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#National\">National News<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#Economy__Taxes\">Economy &amp; Taxes<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#International\">International News<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#Opinion\">Opinion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"2ndAmendment\"><\/a>Gun Rights<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/jazz-shaw\/2020\/01\/14\/first-red-flag-gun-confiscation-request-denied-colorado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">First &#8220;Red Flag&#8221; Gun Confiscation Request Denied In Colorado<\/a><br \/>\nOn January 1st, Colorado&#8217;s new &#8220;red flag&#8221; gun confiscation law went into effect. This hasn&#8217;t resulted in the immediate stampede of requests that some gun owners feared, but there have been a handful of them processed already. Three such requests, including two in Denver, were approved. A fourth request coming from the town of Limon in Lincoln County, however, was denied by the judge hearing the petition. This represents the first such denial of a red flag complaint against a gun owner in the state. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/jazz-shaw\/2020\/01\/16\/wv-invites-virginia-2a-counties-switch-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WV Invites Virginia #2A Counties To Switch States<\/a><br \/>\nI&#8217;m not sure if this is more hilarious or serious. Probably both. But with all the news coming out of Virginia these days regarding pushback against new gun control laws, their neighbors in West Virginia have put forth an offer. Tired of the government in Richmond taxing the heck out of you and trying to infringe upon your Second Amendment rights? Perhaps you should consider switching over and becoming part of our state. Come on in&#8230; the water&#8217;s fine!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/virginia-gun-groups-sue-over-gun-ban-at-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virginia Gun Groups Sue Over &#8216;State of Emergency&#8217; Gun Ban at Capitol Rally<\/a><br \/>\nSecond Amendment supporters in Virginia are suing Democratic Governor Ralph Northam&#8217;s order that bans guns from the &#8220;Lobby Day&#8221; rally on Monday. Northam has made gun control a priority and has introduced a blizzard of bills to restrict the ownership of firearms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalfile.com\/virginia-democrat-delegate-imagines-u-s-military-crushing-citizen-gun-supporter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virginia Democrat Delegate Imagines U.S. Military Crushing Citizen Gun Supporter<\/a><br \/>\nLawmaker Taunts Layperson<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/media-and-the-left-trying-to-turn-law-abiding-gun-owners-into-frothing-racist-white-supremacists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Media and the Left Trying to Turn Law Abiding Gun Owners into Frothing, Racist, White Supremacists<\/a><br \/>\nOn Thursday, federal law enforcement officials arrested several white supremacists who, we are told, wanted to shoot up the &#8220;Lobby Day&#8221; rally in Virginia on Monday where 100,000 Second Amendment supporters will demonstrate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"Hide_the_Decline\"><\/a>Hide the Decline<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Environment &amp;<br \/>\n&#8220;Green Energy&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/greta-snaps-over-demands-we-want-this-done-now-as-in-right-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Greta Snaps Over Demands: &#8220;We Want This Done Now &#8211; As In Right Now&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\nFar-left climate extremist Greta Thunberg demanded in a new op-ed that world leaders cave to her anti-capitalist agenda &#8220;right now&#8221; as they prepare to meet in Davos for the 50th anniversary of the World Economic Forum.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/missliberty.com\/hide-the-decline-how-climate-change-data-was-faked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hide The Decline: How Climate Change Data Was Faked<\/a><br \/>\nIn this short (20 minute) film, historian Dr. John Robson takes a chronological look at the original IPCC investigation into global temperature changes, revealing how it was compromised by a desire to reach a certain conclusion, with senior scientists deliberately downplaying contradictions in the underlying data in order to present a tidy narrative.<\/p>\n<p style\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K_8xd0LCeRQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/3e975c946b66bc38a3a1e709e2bf724c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California may require beverage makers to handle recycling<\/a><br \/>\nCalifornia lawmakers are considering upending the state\u2019s struggling bottle and can recycling program by requiring beverage distributors to create a new system to take back their own containers, similar to one that has been successful in neighboring Oregon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2020-01-chemists-product-nuclear-power.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chemists report a new use for the waste product of nuclear power generation<\/a><br \/>\nChemists have found a new use for the waste product of nuclear power\u2014transforming an unused and stockpile into a versatile compound which could be used to create valuable commodity chemicals as well as new energy sources.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"Obamacare\"><\/a>Obamacare<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Government in Healthcare<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2020\/01\/14\/how-obamacare-made-things-worse-for-patients-with-preexisting-conditions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How Obamacare Made Things Worse for Patients With Preexisting Conditions<\/a><br \/>\nOne of the strange features of the national health care conversation is how it has evolved. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align:center;\"><a name=\"War__Terror\"><\/a>War &amp; Terror<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/omans-sultan-was-a-valuable-friend-to-america-11578863413\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oman&#8217;s Sultan Was a Valuable Friend to America<\/a><br \/>\nQaboos helped in the Iran hostage crisis and the Gulf War and was a voice for moderation in the region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/jazz-shaw\/2020\/01\/13\/video-irgc-fires-live-ammo-tear-gas-protesters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Iranian Police Fire Live Ammo, Tear Gas At Protesters<\/a><br \/>\nAll of the official statements coming out of Iran these days would lead you to believe that the Iranian people are angry at the United States over the killing of their beloved terrorist leader, Qassem Soleimani and supporting their government. If that\u2019s the case, they clearly don\u2019t do a very good job of showing it. Protests have been taking place in the streets of Tehran and around the country all weekend, continuing into today. And if the protesters are supposedly supporting the current regime, why are the Iranian police firing live ammunition and tear gas at them?<\/p>\n<p style\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f8B1Gd00oBo\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2020\/01\/europe-backs-nuclear-deal-as-iran-uses-deadly-force-against-protesters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">European Powers Trigger &#8220;Dispute Mechanism&#8221; Over Iran&#8217;s Nuclear Deal Breach<\/a><br \/>\nEuropean move could pave the way for global sanctions against Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/01\/15\/despite-disputes-european-allies-are-not-ready-to-kill-the-iran-nuclear-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Despite Disputes, European Allies Are Not Ready To Kill The Iran Nuclear Deal  <\/a><br \/>\nThree major signatories of the Iran Deal &#8220;served noticed&#8221; on Iran Tuesday, formally accusing the regime of violating the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). While some believe this is the nail in the coffin of the Iran Deal, declaring the infamous deal dead already is far too hasty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hisutton\/2020\/01\/15\/china-discovers-underwater-spy-drones-in-its-waters\/#535a69ed6990\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">China Discovers Underwater Spy Drones In Its Waters<\/a><br \/>\nThe secretive world of naval underwater surveys rarely breaks the surface. Now recent events are briefly shining a light into the darkness. In the Adriatic a Croatian fishing vessel caught one of the U.S. Navy&#8217;s undersea sensor systems last week. That mysterious object has largely been explained. Meanwhile, China has held an award ceremony for fishermen who alerted authorities after discovering similar devices in their nets. The devices may have been operating in international waters, but still in China&#8217;s back yard as they see it. We can infer that some of these devices may also belong to the U.S. Navy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/military\/research\/amp30533255\/navy-ufo-videos-national-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Navy Says Releasing UFO Videos Would &#8220;Gravely Damage&#8221; National Security<\/a><br \/>\nIn response to a FOIA request, a Navy spokesperson says releasing additional materials related to the Navy&#8217;s 2004 encounter with a UFO, including a &#8220;TOP SECRET&#8221; video, would &#8220;cause exceptionally grave damage to the National Security of the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/120-members-of-congress-send-letters-of-support-to-hamas-linked-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">120 Members of Congress Send Letters of Support to Hamas-Linked Group<\/a><br \/>\nYou&#8217;d think that a group with multiple ties to the jihad terror group Hamas would be shunned by elected American representatives, and even more by law enforcement officials, except insofar as it was under investigation. You&#8217;d think wrong. The Washington Free Beacon reported Thursday that despite the &#8220;more than 120 members of Congress privately issued letters of support to a controversial Islamic-American advocacy group known for its involvement in one of America&#8217;s most prominent terrorism financing cases.&#8221; And on Friday, the Daily Wire added that &#8220;in October, the Trump administration handed out $100,000 of taxpayer dollars to the terror-tied Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"National\"><\/a>National<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/shut-up-indiana-school-tries-to-silence-parents-on-facebook-with-draconian-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SHUT UP! Indiana School Tries to Silence Parents on Facebook with Draconian Policy<\/a><br \/>\nAn Indiana school district is under fire for writing a policy that parents and the ACLU say is a violation of their First Amendment rights and an attempt to shield the board from legitimate criticism. The North West Hendricks School Corporation\u2019s \u201cParent Code of Conduct \u201d says parents shall not &#8220;use Facebook or any other Social Network to make rude\/offensive comments towards individual staff members or the school in general.&#8221; It goes on to outlaw the use of &#8220;Facebook or any other Social Network to campaign against or fuel outrage against individual staff members, the school, or policies implemented by the school or district.&#8221; If a parent is in violation of these rules they can be banned from school property and events, according to the policy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/01\/13\/cory-booker-drops-out-of-presidential-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cory Booker Drops Out Of Presidential Race  <\/a><br \/>\nNew Jersey Democratic Senator Cory Booker ended his presidential campaign Monday after failing to qualify for Tuesday\u2019s presidential debate due to low polling numbers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science20.com\/news_staff\/raiders_of_the_lost_arawaks_columbus_was_not_exaggerating_about_caribbean_cannibalism-244421\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raiders Of The Lost Arawaks: Columbus Was Not Exaggerating About Caribbean Cannibalism<\/a><br \/>\nWhen Christopher Columbus discovered a continent unknown to Europeans, his accounts included harrowing descriptions of native pirates who cannibalized men and kept women as sex slaves, but more recent humanities scholars, even ones who readily accept oral histories long changed, dismissed that as myth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/accused-basketball-player-sues-u-new-mexico-for-banning-him-from-campus-without-a-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Accused basketball player sues U. New Mexico for banning him from campus without a hearing<\/a><br \/>\nSecond due process lawsuit against UNM in less than two weeks<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/teen-vogue-story-on-facebook-prompts-sponsored-content-questions-vanishes-2020-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">An uncritical Teen Vogue story about Facebook caused bewilderment about whether it&#8217;s sponsored content before the entire article vanished<\/a><br \/>\nTeen Vogue on Wednesday published and then deleted an uncritical story about Facebook that has prompted widespread bewilderment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/bernie-sanders-told-warren-woman-cant-be-president-report-2020-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bernie Sanders told Elizabeth Warren during a private meeting that a woman can&#8217;t win the presidency<\/a><br \/>\nSen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont told Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts that he didn&#8217;t believe a woman could win the 2020 election, according to multiple media reports.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2020\/01\/a-bernie-sanderss-supreme-court-short-list.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Bernie Sanders Supreme Court short list?<\/a><br \/>\nThe New York Times reports that Bernie Sanders is considering releasing a list of potential Supreme Court nominees he would pick from if elected president. Sanders said this during an interview with the New York Times editorial board. He noted that his wife believes he should release such a list, as President Trump did during his 2016 campaign.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2020\/01\/bernie-sanders-pro-gulag.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bernie Sanders, Pro-Gulag?<\/a><br \/>\nI don&#8217;t know whether Bernie Sanders advocates for the Soviet Gulags, but one of his field organizers does, as documented by Project Veritas in this shocking video clip. Apparently there is more to come, as James O&#8217;Keefe has advertised a broader release within the next few minutes<\/p>\n<p style\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BernieSanders?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BernieSanders<\/a> \u201cfree education\u201d policies to \u201cteach you how to not be a f**king nazi.\u201d; &#39;There is a reason Stalin had Gulags&#39;; &#39;Expect violent reaction&#39; for speech. If Bernie doesn&#39;t get nomination &quot;Milwaukee will burn&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BFGnoCeJE7\">https:\/\/t.co\/BFGnoCeJE7<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Expose2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Expose2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Koh6UTibbe\">pic.twitter.com\/Koh6UTibbe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James O&#39;Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesOKeefeIII\/status\/1217083949693968385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/lifestyle\/7-years-later-christian-bakers-still-fighting-to-reverse-135k-fine-over-same-sex-wedding-cake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">7 Years Later, Christian Bakers Still Fighting to Reverse $135K Fine Over Same-Sex Wedding Cake<\/a><br \/>\nSeven years after Christian bakers refused to craft a cake to celebrate a same-sex wedding, the bakers are again in court, fighting to reverse a judgment that wiped out their life savings and drove them out of business. The U.S. Supreme Court sent their case back to the Oregon Court of Appeals (OCA) last year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/01\/14\/trans-activist-it-isnt-fair-that-women-still-have-periods-while-living-as-men\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trans Activist: It Isn&#8217;t Fair That Women Still Have Periods While Living As Men<\/a><br \/>\nAccording to trans activists, transmen can menstruate and become pregnant but also require acceptance as men in all traditional male activities and social roles. How is this supposed to work? <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2020\/01\/biden-would-consider-harris-for-his-administration-including-vice-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biden Would &#8220;Consider&#8221; Harris for His Administration, Including Vice President<\/a><br \/>\nA pitch to win California? Sanders leads in the latest polls, but Biden is a close second.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/anti-discrimination-police-training-under-mayor-pete-warned-against-languageism-sizeism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anti-Discrimination Police Training Under Mayor Pete Warned Against &#8216;Languageism,&#8217; &#8216;Sizeism&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\nFormer South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, now a top-tier candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, oversaw a non-discrimination police training program that claimed law enforcement did not value black lives and went on to warn against many forms of bias, including &#8220;languageism&#8221; and &#8220;sizeism,&#8221; according to documents newly released to Judicial Watch. A diversity workshop even warned against using the terms &#8220;deaf&#8221; and &#8220;dumb&#8221; because they are supposedly offensive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Health_News\/2020\/01\/13\/Pot-overuse-may-bring-on-psychosis-in-some-users-experts-say\/8381578925259\/?sl=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pot overuse may bring on psychosis in some users, experts say<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;If somebody gets too high, they use more than intended, they can have psychotic symptoms. That typically resolves as the drug wears off,&#8221; said Dr. Itai Danovitch, but warned that it may not be true for all.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/allahpundit\/2020\/01\/14\/mcconnell-trial-will-probably-begin-next-tuesday-no-mr-president-therell-no-motion-dismiss-articles-impeachment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">McConnell: The Trial Will Probably Begin Next Tuesday \u2014 And, No, Mr. President, There&#8217;ll Be No Motion To Dismiss The Articles Of Impeachment<\/a><br \/>\nTwo days later, I&#8217;m still trying to figure out if this tweet was an empty pander to MAGA Nation or if Trump really meant it. Because if he meant it, he and McConnell are waaay far apart on the optimal outcome from this trial.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/jazz-shaw\/2020\/01\/14\/california-jumps-ban-virginity-testing-bandwagon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Jumps On The &#8220;Ban Virginity Testing&#8221; Bandwagon<\/a><br \/>\nBack in December, we discussed a proposed bill in New York State that would ban the practice of what&#8217;s known as &#8220;virginity testing&#8221; by doctors. This came up after liberal outrage followed a claim by rapper TI that he had the procedure done on his daughter on an annual basis. That law still hasn&#8217;t come up for a vote (though Governor Cuomo has said he would support it), but state legislators in California are already looking to follow suit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/jazz-shaw\/2020\/01\/14\/scotus-not-fans-free-nipple\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SCOTUS Not Fans Of &#8220;Free The Nipple&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\nThis is something of a delicate case that&#8217;s been going back and forth in the courts of New Hampshire for more than three years now. Under a long-standing municipal obscenity ordinance, Ginger Pierro was arrested in 2016 for performing yoga while topless at a public beach. Days later, two more women, Heidi Lilley and Kia Sinclair were similarly arrested for going topless at a different beach in protest of Pierro&#8217;s arrest. All three women were given a suspended fine of $100 dependent on &#8220;future good behavior.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxan.com\/news\/local\/austin\/congressional-candidate-says-she-was-assaulted-by-anti-voting-protesters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Congressional candidate says she was assaulted by anti-voting protesters<\/a><br \/>\nA small group of masked protesters often show up at city hall, campaign events, and large gatherings to protest against participating in elections. A local candidate for Congress, Heidi Sloan, accused members of the group of assaulting her Sunday after a campaign event. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/nsa-windows-10-vulnerability-disclosure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windows 10 Has a Security Flaw So Severe the NSA Disclosed It<\/a><br \/>\nIn a shift toward transparency, the National Security Agency announced a bug that could have left over 900 million PCs vulnerable to attack.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/news\/478247-delta-flight-makes-emergency-fuel-dump-near-california-playground-23-possibly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Delta flight makes emergency fuel dump near California playground, 23 possibly injured<\/a><br \/>\nAt least 17 children and six adults suffered minor injuries after a Delta Air Lines flight reportedly made an emergency fuel dump Tuesday near a school playground near Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/equal-rights-amendment-passes-in-virginia-37-years-after-the-deadline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Equal Rights Amendment Passes in Virginia&#8230; 37 Years After the Deadline<\/a><br \/>\nOn Wednesday, Virginia&#8217;s House of Delegates and state Senate passed the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), more than 37 years after the deadline for its ratification. Virginia became the 38th state to pass the amendment, which required 38 states to become part of the U.S. Constitution. Activists are likely to push for Congress to extend the deadline and have it enshrined in law. If the amendment becomes part of the Constitution, it could force women to register for the draft, require government funding for abortion, and bolster the transgender movement&#8217;s push against sex-segregated restrooms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/university-suspended-college-republicans-because-someone-said-they-practiced-nazism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University suspended College Republicans because someone said they practiced &#8220;Nazism&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\nMust re-apply for recognition after faculty advisor quits to protest their views<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/campusreform.org\/?ID=14215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Student loan debt soars as colleges spend millions on diversity efforts, illegal aliens<\/a><br \/>\nA recent study found that student loan debt has nearly doubled in the past ten years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/campusreform.org\/?ID=14212\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UConn students arrested for &#8216;ridiculing&#8217; speech are now suing<\/a><br \/>\nTwo UConn students who were arrested for using a racial slur are now suing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2020\/01\/elizabeth-warren-to-bernie-after-debate-i-think-you-called-me-a-liar-on-national-tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elizabeth Warren to Bernie after debate: &#8220;I think you called me a liar on national TV&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;You called me a liar,&#8221; Sanders responded. &#8220;You told me \u2014 all right, let\u2019s not do it now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2020\/01\/senate-drafts-rules-for-impeachment-trial-no-mobile-phones-no-talking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senate Drafts Rules for Impeachment Trial: No Mobile Phones, No Talking<\/a><br \/>\nMcConnell and Schumer warned that they will strictly enforce the rules.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2020\/01\/house-approves-to-send-articles-of-impeachment-to-senate-trial-managers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">House Approves to Send Articles of Impeachment to Senate, Trial Managers<\/a><br \/>\nOne Democrat voted against the resolution. No Republicans defected.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/6ff6e65f4d4d397458464edd7d2bb263\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;OK, Boomer&#8221; makes a Supreme Court appearance in age case<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;OK, Boomer&#8221; made its first appearance in the Supreme Court Wednesday, invoked by baby boomer Chief Justice John Roberts 12 days before he turns 65.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/jazz-shaw\/2020\/01\/15\/latest-brilliant-liberal-plan-fix-constitution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Latest Brilliant Liberal Plan To &#8220;Fix&#8221; The Constitution<\/a><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s no secret that many liberals are still having a hard time coping with the results of the 2016 election, showing particularly strong disdain for the fact that President Trump didn&#8217;t garner a majority of the popular vote. This same crew has also been on a bit of a tear over the &#8220;unfairness&#8221; of how members of the Senate are elected and the power that the GOP majority there is able to use to thwart their legislative agenda. Well, never fear, you angry mob! A new savior has arrived with a crackerjack plan to set all of these matters to rights.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/01\/16\/gay-activist-dies-by-suicide-after-lgbt-mob-hounds-him-for-protesting-drag-queen-story-hour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gay Activist Dies By Suicide After LGBT Mob Hounds Him For Protesting Drag Queen Story Hour  <\/a><br \/>\nThe LGBT mob and media simply cannot see that they are the source of hatred and bullying. Their movement has built a toxic culture of political dissent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/where-do-campus-lgbt-orgs-get-their-training-material-they-wont-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Where do campus LGBT orgs get their training material? They won&#8217;t say.<\/a><br \/>\nMultiple classes with no material citation<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/klobuchar-claims-she-will-take-on-pharma-has-taken-400000-from-the-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Klobuchar Claims She Will Take on Pharma, Has Taken $400,000 From the Industry<\/a><br \/>\nSen. Amy Klobuchar (D., Minn.) on Monday told attendees at the We the People Summit in Washington, D.C. that she would take on the pharmaceutical industry, despite the fact that she has taken hundreds of thousands from the industry during her career in politics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2020\/01\/dershowitz-for-the-defense.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dershowitz for the defense<\/a><br \/>\nToday comes the news that President Trump is adding Judge Kenneth Starr and Professor Alan Dershowitz to his defense team in the Senate impeachment trial. Both men are greatly to be admired. Judge Starr is the distinguished former appellate judge, special prosecutor, and recent author of the excellent impeachment memoir Contempt. Professor Dershowitz is a man of high principle who has shed many old friends in his defense of free speech and President Trump.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/judge-stops-uconn-from-punishing-students-for-yelling-n-word-in-a-parking-lot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Judge stops UConn from punishing students for yelling n-word in a parking lot<\/a><br \/>\nStudents accuse university of violating 30-year-old court order<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/sanity-at-last-court-refuses-to-kowtow-to-personal-pronouns-like-xemself-faerself\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sanity at Last: Court Refuses to Kowtow to Personal Pronouns Like &#8216;Xemself, Faerself&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\nOn Wednesday, a panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals refused a male prisoner&#8217;s motion that the name on his order of confinement be changed and that he be addressed by female pronouns on account of his female gender identity. The ruling on personal pronouns sets an important precedent for free speech, judicial impartiality, and the basic meaning of pronouns against the transgender movement&#8217;s bastardization of language.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200117192444\/https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/ed-morrissey\/2020\/01\/17\/wapo-ipsos-poll-eight-ten-african-americans-think-trump-racist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WaPo\/Ipsos Poll: Eight In Ten African-Americans Think Trump Is A Racist<\/a><br \/>\nCan Donald Trump and his campaign win a significant share of the African-American vote in 2020? His campaign insists that they are making inroads in this key Democratic demographic, and the president has gotten some celebrity help in this effort as well. The White House and Trump routinely focus on the historically low unemployment rate among black workers as a key message that his economic policies are paying off for these voters in particular. And although Infrastructure Week has become a kind of running joke, the projects that Trump\u2019s infrastructure agenda will address will likely focus mainly on urban decay, which would benefit these voters most.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/ed-morrissey\/2020\/01\/17\/dream-team-trump-adds-starr-dershowitz-ray-impeachment-defense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dream Team? Trump Adds Starr, Dershowitz, And Ray To His Senate Impeachment Defense<\/a><br \/>\nI&#8217;m reminded of Nicol Williamson&#8217;s line as Merlin in Excalibur: &#8220;A dream to some &#8230; a nightmare to others!&#8221; Donald Trump&#8217;s attorneys added three high-profile attorneys to their impeachment bench, including one member of the original O.J. Simpson Dream Team. The addition of Alan Dershowitz and former special prosecutors Ken Starr and Robert Ray adds celebrity power to Trump\u2019s defense in the Senate trial, but also plenty of baggage &#8211; including connections to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/court-battles\/478839-supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-faithless-electors-cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Supreme Court agrees to hear &#8216;faithless elector&#8217; cases<\/a><br \/>\nThe Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a pair of cases on the issue of &#8220;faithless electors,&#8221; members of the Electoral College who choose not to support the presidential candidate picked by the voters in their state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/01\/18\/trump-impeachment-response-house-charges-100791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Brazen and unlawful&#8217;: Trump team attacks House impeachment effort in first formal response<\/a><br \/>\nThe president&#8217;s initial reply comes on the same day House managers previewed their own opening arguments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200119225423\/https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/opinion\/opinion-columns\/victor-joecks\/victor-joecks-ccsd-magnet-schools-are-disproportionately-female-asian-1938614\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CCSD magnet schools are disproportionately female, Asian<\/a><br \/>\nBy the Clark County School District\u2019s logic, racism and sexism are running amok in its high school magnet programs. That\u2019s because female and Asian students are vastly overrepresented in those offerings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/conservative-street-artist-mocks-ex-royals-meghan-and-harry-in-latest-hit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conservative Street Artist Mocks Ex-Royals Meghan and Harry in Latest Hit<\/a><br \/>\nOn Friday night, conservative street artist Sabo put up some new street art, mocking royals (or ex-royals I guess) Harry and Meghan Markle. Sabo tells PJ Media he was inspired by a meme comparing  Meghan Markle to Yoko Ono, the second wife of John Lennon, who&#8217;s often blamed for breaking up the Beatles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2020\/01\/elizabeth-warren-how-could-the-american-people-want-someone-who-lies-to-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elizabeth Warren: &#8220;How could the American people want someone who lies to them?&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\nWe have a Lack of Self-Awareness Award Winner<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theothermccain.com\/2020\/01\/18\/governor-northam-couldnt-be-setting-up-a-reichstag-fire-event-could-he\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Governor Northam Couldn&#8217;t Be Setting Up A &#8220;Reichstag Fire&#8221; Event, Could He?<\/a><br \/>\nThe whole Charlottesville disaster was bad enough, and Stacy covered it here and here. Given the Left&#8217;s need to control the conversation coupled with the pending implosion of the impeachment disaster, makes the Democrats more of a rabid, injured, cornered animal than usual. The following clip of the Democrat event planners captures it all<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/disrn.com\/news\/south-dakota-republicans-introduce-bill-banning-puberty-blockers-transgender-surgeries-on-minors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South Dakota Republicans introduce bill banning puberty blockers, transgender surgeries on minors<\/a><br \/>\nA bill introduced this week in the South Dakota&#8217;s Republican-dominated Legislature would make it a felony for medical providers to perform transgender operations or administer hormone therapy to minors for the purpose of changing their gender.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/campusreform.org\/?ID=14220\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prof: &#8220;Freedom of speech is implicated in racism&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\nIn a recent speech, a Univeristy of North Carolina professor suggested that freedom of speech was responsible for racism in the United States.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/campusreform.org\/?ID=14228\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conservative group has enough, sues New Jersey school over &#8216;unconstitutional&#8217; policies<\/a><br \/>\nMontclair State University is being sued over its &#8220;unconstitutional&#8221; free speech policy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"Economy__Taxes\"><\/a>Economy &#038; Taxes<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/trump-administration-rolls-back-obama-era-joint-employer-rule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trump administration rolls back Obama-era &#8216;joint employer&#8217; rule<\/a><br \/>\nThe White House has rolled back one of the Obama administration&#8217;s most ambitious attempts to rewrite federal labor law to benefit unions, the so-called &#8220;joint employer&#8221; rule. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2020\/01\/13\/ny-gov-cuomo-is-wrong-the-gig-economy-isnt-like-a-sweatshop-at-all\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Cuomo Is Wrong. The Gig Economy Isn&#8217;t Like a Sweatshop at All.<\/a><br \/>\nIn his State of the State address on Jan. 8, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo likened 21st-century gig-economy corporations to late 18th- and early 19th-century sweatshops, the latter characterized as such for their poor working conditions, exploitation of workers, and violations of labor laws. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/campusreform.org\/?ID=14209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Economics prof. teaches students &#8216;Why and How Capitalism Needs to be Reformed&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\nAn economics professor at the College of the Holy Cross requires students to read &#8220;Why and How Capitalism Needs to be Reformed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/commentary\/gig-economy-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California&#8217;s new gig worker law is disrupting the music industry and threatening all performing arts<\/a><br \/>\nCalifornia has overreached in its effort to address the challenges in today&#8217;s tech platform gig-work economy. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/opinion\/opinion-columns\/victor-joecks\/victor-joecks-cceas-tax-initiatives-a-slap-in-the-face-to-sisolak-1937309\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nevada: CCEA&#8217;s tax initiatives a slap in the face to Sisolak<\/a><br \/>\nThe Clark County Education Association no longer trusts Gov. Steve Sisolak to deliver on his education promises. That&#8217;s just one of the interesting takeaways from the two tax hike initiatives that the union proposed this week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-7897219\/HALF-Manhattans-new-luxury-skyscraper-condos-sit-unsold.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HALF of Manhattan&#8217;s new luxury skyscraper condos sit unsold and empty after foreign oligarchs appear to lose interest in the New York property market<\/a><br \/>\nData shows half of Manhattan condos built since 2015 have never been sold<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"International\"><\/a>International<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2020\/01\/11\/mogolia-music-china-hu-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why Does China Have 1.4 Billion People and No Good Bands?<\/a><br \/>\nMongolia rocks out while its giant neighbor slumbers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalfile.com\/university-professor-promises-an-f-to-any-student-who-cites-jordan-peterson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University Professor Promises an F to Any Student Who Cites Jordan Peterson<\/a><br \/>\nThe assistant professor, Ted MaCoy, tweeted that any work submitted to him which cites Jordan Peterson will receiving a failing grade.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/prof-university-diversity-trainings-not-helpful-to-minorities-reinforce-white-privilege\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prof: University diversity trainings not helpful to minorities, reinforce &#8220;white privilege&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\nA professor of education and social justice at the University of Birmingham says college trainings designed to help minorities advance are ineffective, and may even bolster &#8220;white privilege.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fee.org\/articles\/liberty-is-on-the-rise-in-brazil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liberty Is on the Rise in Brazil<\/a><br \/>\nWe are confident that if those who love liberty continue to work hard and smart, Brazil&#8217;s best days are ahead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spectator.co.uk\/2014\/01\/the-mandela-files\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What a lost prison manuscript reveals about the real Nelson Mandela<\/a><br \/>\nNew light is shed on the president&#8217;s politics, smoothed over in &#8216;Long Walk to Freedom&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/australia-slaughtering-10000-camels-combat-global-warming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Australia Slaughtering 10,000 Camels To Combat Global Warming<\/a><br \/>\nNearly 10 years after Australian camels (and their methane emissions) were identified as a factor in climate change, 10,000 of the country&#8217;s wild dromedaries now face a slaughter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/panampost.com\/hector-schamis\/2020\/01\/12\/the-battle-for-bolivia-and-a-bolivarian-spain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Battle for Bolivia and a Bolivarian Spain<\/a><br \/>\nSpain&#8217;s Podemos Party&#8217;s &#8220;organic&#8221; connection to Castro-Bolivarianism is well-documented. And this is just the tip of the iceberg<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/john-s-2\/2020\/01\/14\/manchester-police-knew-ring-pakistani-men-abusing-young-girls-nothing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester Police Knew A Ring Of Pakistani Men Were Abusing Young Girls And Did Nothing <\/a><br \/>\nIn 2017 Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham commissioned a report on the police response to the abuse of young girls in the early 2000s. Mayor Burnham was inspired by a BBC special called The Betrayed Girls (see below) which focused, in part, on the death of 15-year-old Victoria Agoglia. Victoria had died of a drug overdose in 2003 after complaining that she was being abused and drugged by a group of Pakistani men. The report, which was released today, found that Manchester police launched an investigation into the situation. The investigation identified dozens of other victims and nearly 100 suspects but funding for the effort was pulled and almost no one involved was ever punished.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/john-s-2\/2020\/01\/14\/jessica-yaniv-attacks-reporter-outside-courthouse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jessica Yaniv Attacked Reporter Outside Courthouse<\/a><br \/>\nYesterday, Canadian transwoman Jessica Yaniv was in court on weapons charges stemming from a YouTube interview. During the interview, Yaniv pulled out a taser and demonstrated that it worked. Tasers are not legal for the public to own in Canada so Yaniv was arrested.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/1647bca321cf26021aa6f2d3b38cca72?utm_medium=AP_Europe&#038;utm_campaign=SocialFlow&#038;utm_source=Twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Russian prime minister submits resignation to Putin<\/a><br \/>\nRussian President Vladimir Putin proposed a constitutional overhaul Wednesday to boost the powers of parliament and the Cabinet, a move signalling Putin&#8217;s intention to carve out a new position for himself after his current term ends.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fossbytes.com\/european-union-wants-smartphones-standard-charging-port\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">European Union Wants All Smartphones To Have A Standard Charging Port<\/a><br \/>\nEuropean Lawmakers have made a demand to develop a common charging port for all the smartphones available in the market. The practice of introducing a common port for all portable devices like smartphones, e-readers, tablets and a few more will reduce the generation of electronic waste on a high scale. This initiative also intends to make consumers&#8217; life a bit easy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2020\/01\/14\/post-brexit-britain-will-like-nazi-germany-claims-lib-dem-peer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Post-Brexit Britain will be like Nazi Germany, claims Lib Dem peer<\/a><br \/>\nPost-Brexit Britain will be &#8220;reminiscent&#8221; of Germany under the Nazis, a peer has said, as he claimed people are crying themselves to sleep over the UK&#8217;s exit from the EU.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/john-s-2\/2020\/01\/15\/cuba-routinely-imprisons-antisocial-government-critics-highest-incarceration-rate-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cuba Routinely Imprisons &#8220;Antisocial&#8221; Government Critics, Has Highest Incarceration Rate In The World<\/a><br \/>\nA former high-ranking Cuban judge named Edel Gonz\u00e1lez Jim\u00e9nez criticized the communist nation saying it routinely manufacturers charges against government critics in proceedings run by state security services. The NY Times reviewed documents the judge took with and says they reveal Cuba has the highest rate of incarceration in the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/experimenters-pay-mexican-women-to-get-pregnant-and-abort\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Experimenters Pay Mexican Women to Get Pregnant and Abort<\/a><br \/>\nWomen in Mexico were paid $1400 to be hyperstimulated so their ovaries released bountiful eggs instead of one during their cycle. They then underwent artificial insemination, resulting in early pregnancy with multiple embryos, which were then flushed out of their bodies for study. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2020\/01\/14\/police-officers-knowingly-neglected-girls-exploited-grooming\/?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Asian grooming gang free to roam streets because officers were told to &#8216;find other ethnicities&#8217; to investigate, detective claims <\/a><br \/>\nAn Asian grooming gang was free to roam the streets and abuse young girls because police officers were told to &#8220;find other ethnicities&#8221; to investigate, a detective has claimed. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/politics\/article-conservative-party-leadership-candidate-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canada: Who&#8217;s running for the Conservative Party leadership? The list so far<\/a><br \/>\nOn June 27, Conservatives will choose Andrew Scheer&#8217;s successor and a new direction for the party. Here&#8217;s what we know about confirmed and possible candidates, and key dates to watch<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/panampost.com\/mamela-fiallo\/2020\/01\/15\/chavez-and-evo-morales-bolivians-destroy-socialist-monuments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ch\u00e1vez and Evo Morales: Bolivians Destroy Socialist Monuments<\/a><br \/>\nAfter Evo Morales called for a militia to guard his return to Bolivia, protesters destroyed a bust of the former president<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2020\/01\/chinas-second-cultural-revolution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">China&#8217;s Second Cultural Revolution<\/a><br \/>\nChina&#8217;s Cultural Revolution (1966\u201376) occupies a place high in the annals of human savagery. Mao Zedong&#8217;s purges sought to purify Chinese communism and ended in catastrophic failure, leaving as many as 20 million Chinese dead and the nation&#8217;s stability in doubt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/education-51098539?fbclid=IwAR2KQeVHoU-A0J74hhmhMFhnxmu4jSX05y3oRqWAzZ8xWvX9apk36YZ9G3g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sheffield students paid to tackle racist language on campus<\/a><br \/>\nA university is to hire 20 of its own students to challenge language on campus that could be seen as racist.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2020\/01\/rotherham-and-race.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rotherham and Race<\/a><br \/>\nYou probably remember the Rotherham child sex abuse scandal that came to light several years ago. Investigations have been ongoing since then, and one just-completed inquiry has made headlines in Great Britain. This is from the London Times: &#8220;Rotherham police chief: we ignored sex abuse of children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2020\/01\/18\/time-action-school-13-year-olds-couldnt-read-clock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Time for action at school where 13-year-olds couldn&#8217;t read a clock<\/a><br \/>\nIt has long been a rite of passage for young children; the moment they first begin to grasp how to tell the time as their parents patiently explain the significance of the &#8220;big hand&#8221; and the &#8220;little hand&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"Opinion\"><\/a>Opinion<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/01\/13\/in-the-past-5-years-the-transgender-explosion-has-wounded-more-and-more-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In The Past 5 Years, The Transgender Explosion Has Wounded More And More People  <\/a><br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s changed in the last five years is the explosion in the number of children and adolescents diagnosed with gender dysphoria and the lack of help for them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/cancel-culture-comes-to-science-11578867753\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Cancel Culture&#8221; Comes to Science<\/a><br \/>\nA scholar with an agenda targets as &#8220;dangerous&#8221; our conference on filtering out faulty research.<\/p>\n<p style\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IzNGkwGYE4E\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/news-and-politics\/im-saddened-by-the-white-mans-emasculation-an-african-sets-the-record-straight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;I&#8217;m Saddened by the White Man&#8217;s Emasculation&#8217;: An African Sets the Record Straight<\/a><br \/>\nIn what follows, Michele Antaki\u2014a former UN interpreter, journalist, and translator\u2014offers an exclusive summary of a recent speech given in French by Ernest Tigori, an Ivorian intellectual and political activist, exiled in France, and winner of the Nelson Mandela Prize for Literature in 2017.  In his new book &#8220;L&#8217;Afrique \u00e0 d\u00e9sintoxiquer&#8221; (&#8220;Detoxifying Africa&#8221;), he explains why it is crucial to lead Europe out of repentance for its alleged crimes in Africa, and lead Africa out of infantilization. He presented it to great acclaim at a recent patriotic forum in Paris. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2020\/01\/15\/why-america-must-recommit-to-religious-freedom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why America Must Recommit to Religious Freedom<\/a><br \/>\nWe celebrate Thursday, Jan. 16, as Religious Freedom Day, the anniversary of the passage in 1786 of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. Unfortunately, the percentage of Americans who have heard of the law, or the day that commemorates it, is shockingly small.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2020\/01\/15\/the-perpetual-intersectional-revolution-eats-its-own\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Perpetual Intersectional Revolution Eats Its Own<\/a><br \/>\nIn 2008, Democrats nominated for president a first-term U.S. senator with no serious legislative experience, Barack Obama. They nominated him over the long-championed, long-celebrated presumptive heir apparent to the Democratic leadership, Hillary Clinton. Obama was, of course, the first black Democratic nominee, and he would be the first black president. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2020\/01\/15\/what-to-know-about-democrats-7-impeachment-managers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What to Know About Democrats&#8217; 7 Impeachment Managers<\/a><br \/>\nLongtime Trump-hunters were joined by far less familiar faces, including a former police chief, a former judge, and a former Army Ranger, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi named impeachment managers. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/01\/15\/why-hollywoods-cozy-relationship-with-china-could-face-an-ugly-reckoning-in-the-2020s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why Hollywood&#8217;s Cozy Relationship With China Could Face An Ugly Reckoning In The 2020s  <\/a><br \/>\nFrom the Golden Globes to &#8216;Mulan,&#8217; the foreshocks of a fight over Hollywood&#8217;s cozy relationship with China are trembling beneath our feet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200116155117\/https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/allahpundit\/2020\/01\/15\/chance-impeachment-will-state-union-iowa-caucus\/#discussion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Is There Any Chance Impeachment Will Be Over By The State Of The Union \u2014 Or The Iowa Caucus?<\/a><br \/>\nSeems reeeeeeally unlikely. Iowa votes on Monday, February 3, amd Trump delivers the SOTU a day later. McConnell said yesterday that the trial&#8217;s likely to begin next Tuesday with a Senate vote on the rules that&#8217;ll govern the proceedings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/rising-college-tuition-costs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Guarantee Higher College Tuition Costs<\/a><br \/>\nLike many public universities, Boise State illustrates how federal and state funding create incentives to spend more money\u2014and pass the cost on to students.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thecampofthesaints.org\/2020\/01\/16\/red-china-is-evil-unleashed-in-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Red China Is Evil Unleashed In The World<\/a><br \/>\nThe leaders of the Red China Regime and many of it&#8217;s citizens encompass both kinds of Evil.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/podcast\/why-lbjs-great-society-flopped-and-what-it-means-for-the-2020-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why LBJ&#8217;s Great Society Flopped\u2014and What It Means for the 2020 Election<\/a><br \/>\nAmity Shlaes&#8217;s new history of the late 1960s explains the failure of the last time the federal government tried to fix all that was wrong with America.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/scottish-nationalism-and-europe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scottish Nationalism and Europe<\/a><br \/>\nScottish independence is the single focus for the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP). But is independence really what they&#8217;re asking for?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2020\/01\/18\/roger-scruton-greatest-conservative-thinker-age\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roger Scruton was the greatest conservative thinker of our age  <\/a><br \/>\nOver the past 18 months, all the men who had the greatest influence on me at the beginning of my adulthood have died. First my old Oxford tutor, Jeremy Catto. Then Michael Spicer, who showed me that you can achieve anything in politics provided you give others the credit. Then that restless, romantic genius Norman Stone. Now Roger Scruton.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/opinion\/opinion-columns\/debra-saunders\/debra-j-saunders-donald-trump-and-the-company-he-keeps-1938626\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Donald Trump and the company he keeps<\/a><br \/>\nIn the first half of January, Americans saw President Donald Trump at his best.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/xGpSU#selection-1343.0-1403.242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Without Civilizational Taboos, Eugenics and Cannibalism Are Simply Matters of Opinion<\/a><br \/>\nCrossing the first red line is always harder than the second. Victoria Taft&#8217;s article notes how the promotion of assisted suicide in Canada is moving its rationale from alleviating the suffering of the dying to providing human spare parts for the seriously ill and provides a clear example of a cascading collapse of restraint.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"News of the Week\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Here is the 'News of the Week' compilation of the News for Jan. 19th, 2020.\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Newsboy.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; News of the Week for Jan. 19th, 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-16278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-of-the-week","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16279,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16278\/revisions\/16279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}