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#10 How Relentless Food Inflation Is Becoming Biden’s Major Hot Potato - Shannon Thaler for the New York Post and Ygor Petrov and Prodigal on X
Inflation rose to 3.5% in March, an unexpected increase that continued to crush American’s wallets and President Biden’s approval rating. Despite repeated promises that inflation was “transitory,” inflation has remained high throughout the president’s term, and he’s backed off using the term “Bidenomics” as people have bristled at high costs, particularly in restaurants and grocery stores. The Consumer Price Index — which tracks the changes in the costs of everyday goods and services — noted surging prices for everything from gasoline to housing to car insurance. But an increase in food costs also was a major culprit, according to government data. It’s the latest uncomfortable month for President Biden, who on Wednesday accused big food manufacturers and supermarket chains for using high prices to pad their bottom lines. “I’m calling on corporations, including grocery retailers, to use record profits to reduce prices,” Biden said Wednesday... An Idaho man allegedly plotted a terror attack on nearly two dozen Christian churches for the sake of the Islamic State, but he was thwarted by FBI informants. The FBI said agents were tracking Alexander Scott Mercurio for two years after he converted to Islam against his Christian parents' wishes. Mercurio was arrested on Saturday, a day before he allegedly planned to launch his attack, coinciding with the end of the religious month of Ramadan. "Thanks to the investigative efforts of the FBI, the defendant was taken into custody before he could act, and he is now charged with attempting to support ISIS's mission of terror and violence," read a statement from Attorney General Merrick Garland... Ford is recalling nearly 43,000 small SUVs because gasoline can leak from the fuel injectors onto hot engine surfaces, increasing the risk of fires. But the recall remedy does not include repairing the fuel leaks. The recall covers certain Bronco Sport SUVs from the 2022 and 2023 model years, as well as Escape SUVs from 2022. All have 1.5-liter engines. Ford says in documents filed with U.S. safety regulators that fuel injectors can crack, and gasoline or vapor can accumulate near ignition sources, possibly touching off fires... Fox News video from the southern border shows a flood of illegal migrant activity in New Mexico, while elsewhere along the border, agents are catching sex offenders and other criminals attempting to enter the United States. Footage taken by Fox’s team in New Mexico showed men walking around the border wall in Sunland, New Mexico before one takes off into the United States. Elsewhere, coyotes and scouts could be seen monitoring Fox’s crew and Border Patrol agents. Separate footage showed Border Patrol busting migrants in the desert after they crossed into the United States. One Border Patrol agent told Fox Border Patrol has lost control of nearby Mt. Cristo Rey to human smugglers... In the past 10 days, one brave column, along with the lack of internal outrage over a separate, truly awful column, together speaks volumes about the ethical rot infecting the liberal legacy media. Let’s take the awful column first. On April 8, the New York Times published a “guest essay” on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict called “Two-State Solution is an Unjust, Impossible Fantasy.” Written by Tareq Baconi, “the president of the board of al-Shabaka, the Palestinian Policy Network,” the column clearly considers all of Israel to be “occupation of Palestinian territory” and calls for “a unity of struggle, built upon a unity of people and a unity of land,” meaning “a single state from the river to the sea” — under Palestinian control... The University of Texas at Dallas laid off about 20 employees and is closing a campus support office to comply with the state’s DEI ban, university president Richard Benson said in an email to the community Tuesday. Benson said that, effective April 30, the university’s Office of Campus Resources and Support and about two dozen workers will be eliminated. This move from UTD comes about a week after the University of Texas at Austin laid off around 60 employees in the wake of SB 17, which prohibits public colleges and universities from having DEI offices and holding diversity, equity, and inclusion activities and programs... As we approach another presidential election cycle — one of the most pivotal in our nation’s history — the issue of “election integrity” will rear its ugly head once again, no matter on which side of the aisle you stand. Without rehashing past elections (local, state, or presidential), it is clear that irregularities have occurred and perhaps determined a winning candidate. To deny this is naïve. It is no secret that many of our election laws and practices were manipulated by the Democrat party under the guise of mandated “social distancing” during the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Well, the pandemic is by all accounts over, and life appears to have returned to “normal,” yet the loosened requirements for voter registration and voting remain in many jurisdictions. Why have we not returned to the pre-pandemic laws and regulations? The answer is obvious: the laws benefit the voting habits and practices of one political party over the other... Nineteen Congressional Republicans helped tank a procedural vote on Wednesday, preventing the House from advancing a bill — backed by “Republican” Speaker Mike Johnson — that would renew government spying on American citizens without a warrant. The 193-228 vote blocked Rep. Laurel Lee’s, R-Fla. Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, which would have extended Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for five years. Section 702 has allowed the government to carry out warrantless surveillance of American citizens in violation of the Fourth Amendment and will expire on April 19 without further action from Congress. A whopping 193 Republicans voted to advance the bill and thus the rogue security state... Back in 1978, Moriarty, while teaching his "Earth Science" class, distributed worksheets detailing the trajectories of upcoming eclipses. As he highlighted the one expected to pass near their hometown, Moriarty boldly declared to his students, "Hey, circle that one on April 8, 2024. We're going to get together on that one." His students chuckled at the thought, finding it challenging to fathom such a distant future event. Nevertheless, Moriarty persisted, reminding all of his classes over the next 16 years to mark their calendars for the anticipated gathering. Fast-forward to two years ago. Moriarty, fueled by nostalgia and determination, created a Facebook event and reached out to his former students. To his surprise, hundreds responded enthusiastically, expressing interest in joining the reunion.
#9 18-Year-Old Plotted Terrorist Attack on 21 Churches in Idaho After Swearing Allegiance to ISIS During COVID, FBI Says - Carlos Garcia for Blaze Media
#8 World-First ‘Cybercrime Index’ Ranks Countries by Cybercrime Threat Level - University of Oxford for Tech Xplore
Following three years of intensive research, an international team of researchers have compiled the first ever "World Cybercrime Index," which identifies the globe's key cybercrime hotspots by ranking the most significant sources of cybercrime at a national level. The Index, published in the journal PLOS ONE, shows that a relatively small number of countries house the greatest cybercriminal threat. Russia tops the list, followed by Ukraine, China, the U.S., Nigeria, and Romania. The UK comes in at number eight...
#7 Ford Recalls Nearly 43,000 SUVs Due to Gas Leaks That Can Cause Fires, but Remedy Won’t Fix Leaks - AP Business and Mario Nawfal on X
#6 Exclusive Fox Video Shows Illegal Immigrants, Smugglers Swarming New Mexico Hotspot: ‘It’s Theirs' - Fox News and Laura Ingram Angle
#5 Radical Staffers at NPR and New York Times Risk Professional Self-Destruction - Quin Hillyer for Washington Examiner and Jesse Watters and Paul Sperry on X
#4 House Republicans Demand Investigation Into DOE’s $37M Fine To Largest US Christian University - Henry Rodgers for The Daily Caller and Rep. Andy Biggs on X
A group of House Republicans, led by Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs, sent a letter Monday to the Department of Education demanding an investigation into their $37.7 million fine recently imposed against Grand Canyon University (GCU), the largest private Christian school in the U.S. The Daily Caller first obtained a copy of the letter, which was sent to Sandra Bruce, the Inspector General of the Education Department. In the letter, the lawmakers say the department is “using its unchecked power to inappropriately target” the Christian university and call for the “evidence” supporting the Education Department’s allegations to be investigated...
#3 UT Dallas Lays off 20 Staffers, Closes Office to Comply With DEI Ban - Marcela Rodrigues for The Dallas Morning News and Amuse on X
#2 Election Integrity Returns to the National Conversation - James Poplar for American Thinker andEduardo Barranco on X
#1 19 Republicans Resist Deep-State Efforts To Keep Spying On Americans Without A Warrant - Brianna Lyman for The Federalist and Thomas Massie and Glenn Greenwald on X
And Now for Something Special
In 1978, A Teacher Told His Students They Would Get Together For The 2024 Eclipse. He Fulfilled His Promise - Sunny Skyz
In a heartwarming reunion 46 years in the making, Patrick Moriarty, a retired science teacher from Upstate New York, fulfilled a promise he made to his students decades ago by watching the 2024 solar eclipse together.
