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Three cheers for Police Chief Best, who is, quite simply, a Great American. Sometimes, walking away is the only option.  

When chaos and looting and burning are acts of reparations in Chicago.

By Henderson, the Gates Cambridge Scholar: Under this framework, the success of whites and failure of non-whites is a product of centuries of systemic racism. As one scholar notes, “White privilege is an institutional (rather...

The Washington Post: “We’re going to be signing some bills in a little while that are going to be very important, and will take care of, pretty much, this entire situation,” Trump said Saturday...

From Forbes: President Donald Trump has signed executive orders to extend economic relief after lawmakers were unable to reach an agreement on a new stimulus package. The orders include extending enhanced unemployment benefits and...

Quite an admission by Dems, making Biden’s VP pick even more significant: A majority of voters, including half of Democrats, do not think that 77-year-old Democrat Joe Biden will serve all four years as...

The narrow bill (not skinny) rises as a viable option: WASHINGTON/Morristown, NJ (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said they were open to restarting COVID-19 aid...

Biden Losing Momentum by Playing Defense: Let’s assume the survey results are, broadly speaking, correct. Right now, the former vice president holds a modest lead: an average of 6.4% in the polling results compiled...

Hong Kong Tycoon Arrested by Chinese Intelligence, Confirms Worst Fears of New Crackdown: HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai became the highest-profile person arrested under a new national security law...

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From The New York Post: Start spreadin’ the news, they’re leavin’ today! However, the people packing their bags are not coming to New York City — they’re fleeing it for good. Due to increasingly squalid conditions...

By Rushworth, M.D., here: The media have been proclaiming that only a small percentage of the population have antibodies, and therefore it is impossible that herd immunity has developed. Well, if herd immunity hasn’t...

The high levels of asymptomatic infections between 88% and 92% that have been documented throughout the United States, is yet another piece of evidence in the widespread levels of infection of COVID-19, the virus...

From The Week: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) reportedly doesn’t have a slot yet, nor do any of her fellow progressive political newcomers. But the party has reportedly made room for former Ohio Gov. John...

#Breaking President @realDonaldTrump announces that he will soon unveil an Executive Order to ensure health insurance companies cover pre-existing conditions. — Judd Deere (@JuddPDeere45) August 8, 2020

Trump will sign Executive Orders on eviction moratorium, unemployment insurance, student loan deferment, and institute a payroll holiday through the end of the year, see here, from Seeking Alpha.

From CNBC.  

From FOX NEWS.  

From ABC News via the Associated Press.

CNN: Trump called the two officials three times during the meeting and urged them to continuing negotiating, Meadows said. But Mnuchin warned that the President is poised to act unilaterally if a deal isn’t...

Politico: “Right now, I would say the president only has two choices,” Schumer said. “The first is to negotiate with Democrats; he knows Republicans can’t pass a bill, you probably can’t even get a...

From the WSJ, Noonan: Everyone is worried about the future of the big cities. Crime, protests, the feeling nobody’s in charge. The historic upending of a commuter model that has, in New York at...

Upon departing the Oval Office for Ohio, I’ve notified my staff to continue working on an Executive Order with respect to Payroll Tax Cut, Eviction Protections, Unemployment Extensions, and Student Loan Repayment Options. —...

From The Hill: “They’re being drawn now,” Trump said of the orders he has sought on unemployment benefits, evictions and other issues. “We’ll see what happens. It’s possible we’ll make a deal, but it’s...

From Politico: Pelosi’s advisers are confident that if there is no deal, President Donald Trump and Republicans will be blamed, after weeks of GOP lawmakers publicly decrying what they described as overly generous benefits...

From CNBC.

Latinos have diversity of thought unlike black people who all think alike, says Joe Biden. pic.twitter.com/WRZKnUuTVU — Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 6, 2020

The CAP Memo can be found here, the text of which reads: August 5, 2020 Washington, DC Conservatives support efforts in Congress by Senators Ted Cruz and Ben Sasse, and Representatives Ted Budd and...

From the New York Post: A staggering 25 percent of mail-in ballots cast in Brooklyn for June’s primary elections were declared invalid, it was revealed on Tuesday, as Mayor Bill de Blasio called on...

Bill Stuart in HSA Talk: The next two weeks are crucial for healthcare legislation, as the 116th Congress proposes probably its last major bill prior to the November election. Buckle your seat belts. The...

From the Medium: AsJoe Biden inches closer to announcing his running mate, one thing has become clear: Because the presumptive Democratic nominee has committed to having a woman on the ticket, no one he picks...

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Friday deadline is coming up and Meadows isn't sounding optimistic: "I’ve become extremely doubtful that we’ll be able to make a deal if it goes well beyond Friday” — Lauren Fox (@FoxReports) August 5,...

Watch the video at Daily Telegraph time stamp 2:55.

From The Hill.

From The Washington Examiner.

From the White House via RCP.

From FOX NEWS: “Well I appreciate the, as always, kind of uplifting words of Senator Hirono,” Cruz said. “And I would also note that throughout her remarks she still did not say a negative word...

From Politico.

From The Daily Beast.

From the NY Post.  

So, there is this.

Wait till next week, Speaker Pelosi says.

From Just the News: After months without lockdowns, school closures and other mitigation measures widely imposed across the world, Sweden’s coronavirus cases and deaths have fallen to such minimal levels as to revive the debate...

From FOX News.

From The Scientist: A pair of studies published this week is shedding light on the duration of immunity following COVID-19, showing patients lose their IgG antibodies—the virus-specific, slower-forming antibodies associated with long-term immunity—within weeks or...

From The Wall Street Journal: The Covid-19 shutdowns have been based on the premise that the disease would kill more than two million Americans absent drastic actions to slow its spread. That model assumed...

I guess it is tiny progress that Dr. Birx admitted the virus is “widespread.”  (No denying the obvious.) My calculations put 21.4% of the U.S. population that has already been infected. Here is the...

Roll Call: Obama’s characterization of the filibuster as racist — “a ‘Jim Crow’ relic” — and Senator Sander’s immediate statement citing his agreement with Obama, signals a change deep and wide among the Democrats...

From the NY Post: There have been more shootings so far this year in New York City than in all of 2019. A 24-year-old man who walked bleeding into Lincoln Hospital in The Bronx...

KARE TV 11: When a man was shot and killed on 19th street in Minneapolis late afternoon Saturday it was the 41st homicide in Minneapolis this year. Last year by the point, the city...

WH: No deal in sight on pandemic relief bill.

From the NY Post: “Larry Van Horn, a Vanderbilt University health economist, found that discounted cash prices across our country, even in the same facilities, are on average 39 percent lower than the insurance-negotiated...

A surprisingly good and accurate up-to-date description of the state of play in DC.

From the New York Times: “Once we pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, we should keep marching,” Mr. Obama said, referring to legislation Democrats are pushing on Capitol Hill in the face of...

Speaker Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader: a flamingo and a giraffe can’t mate.

From The New York Post: President Trump tweeted Thursday that federal troops will remain in Portland — while slamming Oregon Gov. Kate Brown for failing to arrest the “anarchists & agitators.” The commander in chief’s message...

From The Hill: The Senate on Thursday rejected two competing proposals for coronavirus relief as the deadline for extending enhanced unemployment benefits looms and Congress struggles to break an impasse over a fifth stimulus...

Heritage Action on the Cruz Decoupling Bill.

From the NY Post.

From the Seattle Times by Elise Takahama: Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and Police Chief Carmen Best revealed at a Wednesday news conference that police discovered explosives, smoke bombs and other weapons in a van...

More repression of free speech with violence, by the left.

Alfredo Ortiz in RCP.

I have a friend who grew up in Africa, who says, of people like Aaron Mak, are the same people who would put you opponents in a re-education camp in Africa, if they could....

NPR:

From CBS News.

From This Week.

From the Washington Examiner.

From Issues and Insights: The upsurge in rioting, looting, destruction and violence in cities across the country won’t just peter out, as many hope. Sadly, mainstream media outlets refuse to cover the actual news,...

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

AG Barr: “Since when is it okay to try and burn down a federal court?"pic.twitter.com/0MLPD9EYU0 — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) July 28, 2020

Let the Dems reap what they sow.

From the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

From WBEZ in Illinois.

Such a threat to the lamestream media narrative on COVID-19, Twitter bans Donald Trump Jr.

From Breitbart.

From the Detroit Metro Times.

Watch it here.

By Craig Keohan in Benefits Pro: Health savings accounts (HSAs) were enacted in 2003 to help Americans cope with the increasingly popular high deductible health plans that offer low premiums, but higher out of...

From Miller in the NY Post: Three federal agents who were sent to Portland, Ore., to try to help quell the city’s violent protests were “likely left permanently blinded” from clashes, White House officials...

Trump issues drug pricing rule.

So, there is that.

From The New York Times by Ralph Blumenthal and Leslie Kean: People working with the program, however, said it was still in operation in 2017 and beyond, statements later confirmed by the Defense Department. The program was...

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Congress should pass @tedcruz @reptedbudd legislation to allow Americans to pay for their healthcare tax free during the pandemic: https://t.co/ALErwBogUH — Grover Norquist (@GroverNorquist) July 21, 2020

Great piece by @GroverNorquist highlighting my Pandemic Healthcare Access Act, a crucial piece of legislation that will help Americans pay for their health care tax-free during the duration of the pandemic by expanding Health...

A simple, one-page piece of legislation will allow Americans to pay for their health care tax-free during the Coronavirus pandemic. @GroverNorquist https://t.co/nwvCUHGFyF — Ted Budd (@RepTedBudd) July 21, 2020

"The next coronavirus relief bill should allow Americans to pay for their health care tax-free during the duration of the pandemic by expanding Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)." — @GroverNorquist @taxreformer@FoxBusiness cc #HSAsForAll #HSAsFTW https://t.co/pz2tnTnkDr...

Democrats want to spend trillions of dollars in the next coronavirus relief bill. Republicans should contrast this by pushing the Pandemic Healthcare Access Act, legislation to expand HSAs, reduce taxes and increase healthcare choice:...

We know Democrats will propose spending more money. Republicans should contrast this by pushing proposals to cut taxes and increase health care freedom by expanding HSAs and allowing Americans to pay for health care...

Brian C. Blase and Lanhee J. Chen in the WT: First, Mr. Trump should ensure that every American has a health savings account (HSA). Currently, only people with certain types of health insurance can benefit from...

Kellyanne Conway on President Trump: "He's the health-care president." pic.twitter.com/Hnzruu4MUh — The Hill (@thehill) July 22, 2020

From The Hill.

From FOX NEWS.

Apparently, the symbols predate the Nazis because they allegedly represent “the Sun.” I’ve seen a whole lot of sun symbols from deep into history, but have never seen any that look like this. Plain...