N.Y. Times Admits COVID Deaths Overcounted by One-Third

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N.Y. Times Admits COVID Deaths Overcounted by One-Third

(Ezekiel Loseke, Headline USA) The New York Times, after having previously denounced  the observation that U.S. COVID-19 deaths were systematically over-reported, finally admitted the truth in a recent article, but buried it in paragraph 17.

“The official number is probably an exaggeration because includes some people who had virus when they died even though it was not the underlying cause of death,” the paper confessed in the Monday morning “Newsletter” item titled “A Positive Covid Milestone.”

“Other C.D.C. data suggests that almost one-third of official recent Covid deaths have fallen into this category,” it added. “A study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases came to similar conclusions.”

Although the mortality padding was widely recognized at the time from anecdotal reports about the inconsistent and overly broad standards being applied by medical officials, few were willing to acknowledge it.

Based on the fraudulent data, states including New York destroyed small businesses, encroached on civil liberties in an unprecedented manner, and locked many citizens in their homes, as noted by Breitbart columnist John Nolte.

In 2020, however, the “newspaper of record” attacked then-President Donald Trump and other skeptics for suggesting that COVID numbers were inflated by an over-diagnosis of the crisis.

In an article titled “Right-Wing Media Stars Mislead on Covid-19 Death Toll,” it even labeled the claim a “QAnon conspiracy theory,” while attempting to shame popular conservative radio host Mark Levin.

The article trotted out Anthony Fauci, the then-director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, to clarify the subtle distinction between truth and wild online fabulism.

“The point that the C.D.C. was trying to make was that a certain percentage of them had nothing else, but just Covid,” Fauci said. “That does not mean that someone who has hypertension or diabetes who dies of Covid didn’t die of Covid-19—they did.”

Unhinged Rep. Rosa DeLauro Calls GOP Counterparts ‘Terrorists’ in Committee Hearing

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Unhinged Rep. Rosa DeLauro Calls GOP Counterparts ‘Terrorists’ in Committee Hearing

(Corine Gatti, Headline USA) Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., a top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, compared Republican members of Congress to “terrorists” at a Tuesday committee hearing. 

During the meeting on Fiscal Year 2024 funding for the departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., the committee chairman, proposed an amendment to remove earmarks for three LGBT community centers, the Daily Caller reported.

DeLauro, the previous committee chair, fumed at the committee’s decision to challenge a Democrat project. The 32-year House veteran argued that, in the past, committees had always allowed each party to pursue their own projects.

She detailed several community projects supporting the LGBT community that she claimed were at risk of being dismissed due to a partisan amendment.

“Is there no limit on how low you will go to break the faith and trust on which this committee is supposed to operate?” said the purple-haired lawmaker.

“All to placate the whims of some who, I might add, and looking historically, do not ever vote for appropriations bills,” she continued. “You are negotiating with terrorists.”

Republicans aimed to have her words stricken from the record.

Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., pushed back against some of the Democrat’s criticisms, noting that the centers provided counseling services for “hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgeries.”

Republicans have regularly raised issues with the controversial transgender procedures, questioning their safety and propriety, particularly when it comes to underage children.

“So, the question is, should taxpayers pay for this? The answer is no,” Zinke said.

“Appropriation also should be appropriate,” he continued. “This has nothing to do with discrimination over a class of citizens or people or race; it has to do with an ideology and whether or not the taxpayers should have to pay for it.”

U.S. Power Grid Faces Threat from Chinese Hackers, Security Expert Warns

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U.S. Power Grid Faces Threat from Chinese Hackers, Security Expert Warns

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) According to testimony from Manny Cancel, senior vice president of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, the American power grid may face rising threats from Chinese Communist Party.

Cancel detailed the possibility of a Chinese cyberattack on the American power grid, which would push civilian and military sites offline and leaving the U.S. vulnerable to attack, the Daily Caller reported Tuesday.

“The Chinese activities are … quite alarming,” Cancel testified Tuesday to the House Energy Committee.

“Chinese cyber activities are one of the most dynamic cyber threats,” he added. “China continues to demonstrate increasing sophistication, including new and adaptive techniques to gain access to networks.”

A threat assessment report from February detailed China’s cyber capabilities, and arrived at the conclusion that China was “almost certainly” able to attack infrastructure such as railways and oil and gas pipelines.

Chinese hackers infiltrated email accounts of several employees in the State Department. as well as Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.

The hackers also attacked 13 private companies that owned oil and gas pipelines between 2011-2013, stealing sensitive data concerning the operations of the internal workings of the organizations.

“[CCP hackers continue] to demonstrate how patient they are, how stealthy they are, and, as you’ve seen during recent attacks, they’re actually quite adept at obfuscating what they’re trying to do,” Cancel testified.

Recently, actor Dennis Quaid released a documentary about the fragility of the American power grid and the cataclysm that would take place if it failed, titled Grid Down, Power Up.

“There have been several attacks on substations. I heard about one a couple of months ago,” Quaid said. “Just 30 days without electricity, it would take us back to 1880. You wouldn’t be able to get gas. You wouldn’t be able to get food.”

In the documentary, Quaid explained that China manufactured and imported the majority of American electrical equipment, such as transformers and generators.

“This is something that if it does happen, it’s going to make COVID look like a kids show,” Quaid said. “We keep talking about it, but nothing ever gets done.”

CMT Removes Jason Aldean’s Pro-America, Pro-Law Enforcement Music Video

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CMT Removes Jason Aldean’s Pro-America, Pro-Law Enforcement Music Video

(Headline USA) Country Music Television yanked country star Jason Aldean’s latest music video from its streaming service this week over concerns that the values represented in it were too conservative.

Aldean released the video for “Try This In A Small Town” earlier this month. The song’s message is pro-law enforcement and pro-America, and its music video features news coverage from the 2020 Black Lives Matter riots to correspond with the lyrics, “Cuss out a cop, spit in his face, stomp on the flag and light it up.”

The chorus of the song reads,  “Well, try that in a small town, see how far ya make it down the road. Around here, we take care of our own. You cross that line, it won’t take long for you to find out. I recommend you don’t try that in a small town.”

Leftists claimed the video was “pro-lynching” — an accusation that Aldean dismissed as “meritless” and “dangerous.”

“There is not a single lyric in the song that references race or points to it — and there isn’t a single video clip that isn’t real news footage — and while I can try and respect others to have their own interpretation of a song with music, this one goes too far,” he said in a statement.

However, CMT removed the video anyway without comment.

A top gun control activist who had criticized Aldean over the song took credit for CMT’s response. Shannon Watts claimed on Sunday that Aldean’s new song was “about how he and his friends will shoot you if you try to take their guns.”

“Proud to have had a hand in getting CMT to reject this racist and violent song,” she said on Tuesday.

Ironically, the backlash has caused Aldean’s song to soar to No. 1 in the music charts.

Biden Appears to Nap on Camera During Meeting w/ Israel’s President

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Biden Appears to Nap on Camera During Meeting w/ Israel’s President

(Corine Gatti, Headline USA) President Joe Biden appeared to be nodding off during his Tuesday White House meeting with Israel President Isaac Herzog.

Biden began the meeting with a clumsy moment when he told Herzog he couldn’t recall “two-thirds” of the past 75 years since Israel’s establishment, Townhall reported.

As Biden began speaking, it became evident that he was relying heavily on prepared notes, glancing down at his lap time and again. There was little eye contact between the two leaders.

“We brought Israelis and Palestinians together at a political level, and uh and at the uh, and uh …” Biden said, his voice becoming increasingly unintelligible as he continued to speak.

Herzog turned to the cameras in front of him, appearing uneasy while trying to figure out if Biden was still awake or talking in his sleep.

Biden faced criticism before the meeting for snubbing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and inviting Herzog instead, sparking backlash from Republicans.

Republican presidential candidates took the opportunity to slam Biden for his diplomatic foibles.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vigorously criticized the Biden administration for their disrespectful treatment towards Netanyahu, considering it a disgraceful act toward a valued ally.

Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley said during a speech Monday to the Christians United for Israel summit that Biden’s lack of leadership made the longtime U.S. ally more vulnerable to its enemies in the Middle East.

“Joe Biden has weakened America and failed to stand by Israel,” Haley said.

“It doesn’t have to be like this,” she continued. “And we can’t afford four more years of weakness—or even a year and a half.”

Biden suggested Netanyahu’s policies—such as limiting government oversight and expanding settlements in the West Bank—were extreme in an interview with CNN last week.

He also referred to members of Netanyahu’s cabinet as being amongst the most radical he had encountered.

Biden’s remarks came shortly before Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., condemned Israel as a “racist state” on Saturday. The congresswoman received bipartisan criticism for her initial comments. House Democratic leadership and 43 of her Democratic colleagues expressed their deep concerns and labeled her remarks as unacceptable.

Senate RINOs Threaten to Leave GOP if Populist Base Doesn’t Fall in Line

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Senate RINOs Threaten to Leave GOP if Populist Base Doesn’t Fall in Line

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Several RINO senators have threatened to leave the Republican Party and join the Democrats if the larger GOP base does not soon fall into line with their own opinions, The Hill reported.

Leading the charge is Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, who condemned her voting base as “extremist” and unable to win respectability in the polite company of Washington, D.C.

“We should be concerned about this as Republicans,” claimed Murkowski, who narrowly won re-election last year after facing a challenge from pro-MAGA candidate Kelly Tshibaka.

Only by taking advantage of Alaska’s new—and controversial—ranked-choice voting was the liberal Murkoski able to weather the primary and general election matchups.

Facing six years until she will again be accountable to voters, Murkowski appeared to be banking on the fact that her constituents would have short memories.

“I’m having more ‘rational Republicans’ coming up to me and saying, ‘I just don’t know how long I can stay in this party,'” she said. “[O]ur party is becoming known as a group of kind of extremist, populist over-the-top [people] where no one is taking us seriously anymore.”

According to Murkowski, other GOP senators are likewise toying with the idea of going independent or switching sides.

“You have people who felt some allegiance to the party that are now really questioning, ‘Why am I [in the party?]” she noted.

Murkowski said the upcoming primary debates were likely to prove an inflection point for long-suffering NeverTrumpers like herself, who are no longer willing to let the former president and current GOP frontrunner speak on their behalf.

Other senators, who requested anonymity when speaking to The Hill, fretted that the populist movement of the party could cost Republicans in future elections.

The new direction of the Republican Party “makes it a lot more difficult to govern, it makes it difficult to talk to constituents,” one senator said.

“There are people who surprise me—I’m surprised they have those views,” he continued, slamming his constituents for believing that the 2020 election was fraudulent.

The anonymous lawmaker then seemed to lament that such beliefs had spread not just to deplorables who could be readily ignored, but also to potential donors, forcing him to humor them in public.

“It’s amazing to me the number of people, the kind of people who think the election was stolen,’ he said.

“I don’t want to use this word but it’s not just a ‘redneck’ thing,” he continued. “It’s people in business, the president of a bank, a doctor.”

Another anonymous senator accused fellow Republicans of being responsive to the voters on issues like immigration.

“In my state, there are a lot of folks who see Washington as disconnected—they see their way of life threatened,” the senator said. “There’s something that generates discontent that elected officials take advantage of.”

Hunter Biden Allowed to Keep $125k in Unpaid Taxes, House Committee Hears

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Hunter Biden Allowed to Keep $125k in Unpaid Taxes, House Committee Hears

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley testified Wednesday at a House Oversight Committee hearing that the U.S. Attorney for Delaware, David Weiss, allowed the statute of limitations to expire on tax crimes Hunter Biden allegedly committed in 2014 and 2015.

Because of this, the U.S. President’s son is not criminally liable for some $125,000 in taxes he failed to pay from those years, according to Shapley. Nor does he have to pay those taxes, which stem from some $400,000 in payments Biden received from the Ukrainian energy company Burisma during that time, Shapley said.

Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, said Shapley’s disclosures underscore America’s two-tiered justice system.

“He didn’t just get out of criminal [charges]. He got out of having to pay the tax. So he has $125,000 in money that should have gone to federal taxes,” Turner said.

“In Ohio, the average family earns about $62,000 a household. That’s like two full households that Biden got to keep in his pocket.”

Turner then pointed out that Biden could rectify this situation by paying his taxes voluntarily.

“He could pay that today, right? Perhaps Mr. President—who’s supposed to be in charge of taxes coming to our nation, and who so frequently tells us the American people aren’t paying enough taxes—might want to wander down the hall at the White House and tell Hunter to pay his taxes for 2014,” he said.

Wednesday’s hearing is the latest development in the House GOP’s investigation into alleged Biden family corruption.

To date, the House Oversight Committee has revealed that Joe Biden’s family received millions of dollars from foreign nationals—allegedly laundered through a complex scheme entailing more than 20 companies, 12 banks and nine Biden relatives.

Some of the core evidence is presented in a 36-page report the committee released in May.

The report outlines, among other things, that in one instance, Bladon Enterprises Ltd.—owned by Romanian official Gabriel Popoviciu, who was convicted of bribery in 2016—transferred $3 million to Robinson Walker LLC, which was controlled by Hunter’s business partner, Rob Walker. Walker then made a series of payments totaling about $1 million to Hunter between November 2015 and May 2017, according to Comer.

In another instance, Hunter’s company, Owasco P.C., received $100,000 from Chinese national Gongwen Dong through an apparent intermediary shell corporation.

The two IRS whistleblowers testifying Wednesday were mostly speaking about the Justice Department’s alleged sabatage of the Biden investigation. They were still testifying as of the publication of this article.

Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s $1M ‘Prize’ from Leftist Billionaire Shrouded in Mystery

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s $1M ‘Prize’ from Leftist Billionaire Shrouded in Mystery

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Although Marxist plutocrats are currently bankrolling a strategic smear campaign against Justice Clarence Thomas and other conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court, with the hope of discrediting it and undermining its legal authority, liberal justices have likewise enjoyed the benefit of wealthy friends.

The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg allegedly accepted a $1 million “prize” from one such leftist billionaire, globalist investor Nicolas Berggruen.

But after Gingburg promised to send it to various charities of her choice, the money was never actually accounted for, the Washington Free Beacon reported.

Nearly four years since her receipt of the Berggruen Institute’s Philosophy & Culture award in December 2019, it remains unclear to which charities Ginsburg—who died in September 2020—sent the money.

Though some of the money went to the American Bar Foundation and the American Cancer Society, Ginsburg appears to have directed the Berggruen Institute, which handled the distribution of funds, to keep most of the 60-plus charities secret.

“That list, per her wishes, is not for publication,” the institute’s Rachel Bauch said.

The secret list has led to much concern on the part of those who would like to see the high court remain above reproach and to transcend partisan political disputes.

But according to Mark Paoletta, a former general counsel for the federal Office of Management and Budget, the lack of transparency is deeply problematic from an ethical standpoint.

“Ginsburg required that her list of entities she showered with funds be confidential and we don’t know how many of them appeared before the Court when Justice Ginsburg was serving,” he noted, adding that the left’s hypocrisy has been exposed.

“With all of the Left’s wailing about transparency, this is the antithesis—but crickets from the Left. … They just want to attack the Court because it is no longer acting like a super legislature to enact unpopular progressive policies like affirmative action.”

Former IRS tax law specialist Patrick Sternal noted that the Berggruen Institute engaged in some advanced accounting maneuvers in order to conceal the final destination of the Ginsburg funds, calling it a “workaround.”

“There is some legal gray area here, but the foundation should probably have treated the prize as a grant, not a line-item other expense,” Sternal said. “It’s strange that [Ginsburg] didn’t want to make the recipients’ names public.”

ASU Megadonor Pulls $400K Donations over Conservative Censorship

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ASU Megadonor Pulls $400K Donations over Conservative Censorship

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) A major donor to Arizona State University pulled his large annual endowment after the school’s woke administration fired a professor for hosting an event on campus that featured conservative speakers, Red State reported.

The donor, Tom Lewis, discontinued his $400,000 annual funding of the T.W. Lewis Center for Personal Development at ASU’s Barrett Honors College following the unceremonious dismissal of the center’s executive director, Ann Atkinson.

“After seeing this level of left-wing hostility and activism, I no longer had any confidence in Barrett to adhere to the terms of our gift, and made the decision to terminate our agreement, effective June 30, 2023,” Lewis wrote in a statement soon after Atkinson was fired.

The event organized by Atkinson featured conservative personalities such as Charlie Kirk and Dennis Prager.

However, the guest list sent Barrett’s leftist professors into a fury, culminating in public calls to stop Kirk and Prager from visiting and the devotion of classroom lecture time aimed at mobilizing undergraduates to disrupt the event.

Lewis, who had been donating to ASU for more than 20 years, said he pulled his funding due to the school’s censorship of all views that are not far-left.

“I regret that this decision was necessary, and hope that Barrett and ASU will take strong action to ensure that free speech will always be protected and that all voices can be heard,” he said.

The incident also sparked an investigation into the school on the part of the GOP-led state Senate, which formed a committee to look into the status of free speech on campus.

In response to her firing, Atkinson penned an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal documenting the school’s failures to protect free speech.

According to the former professor and ASU alumna, the school as been infected by a “deep hostility toward divergent views.”

She also noted that, despite the institution’s attempts to protect the First Amendment and foster a place of genuine inquiry, “the faculty mob always wins against institutional protections for free speech.”

Zelenskyy Mocks Western Taxpayers’ Request for Gratitude

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Zelenskyy Mocks Western Taxpayers’ Request for Gratitude

(Abdul–Rahman Oladimeji Bello, Headline USA) Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently mocked British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace for suggesting that the war-torn country should show more gratitude for Western support instead of treating its benefactors like “Amazon,” the National Pulse reported.

Zelenskyy’s comments come as NATO members—including the United States—are reportedly depleting their ammunition supplies to support the embattled Ukraine against Russia’s invasion.

On Tuesday, CNN reported that the U.S. was approaching the point where it could no longer supply Ukraine with weapons.

“There is a set level of munitions in U.S. stockpiles around the world, essentially an emergency reserve, that the military is not willing to part ways with,” CNN said, citing an unnamed Defense Department official. “The levels of those stockpiles are classified.”

Speaking at a news conference at NATO’s annual summit in Vilnius, Wallace suggested that Ukraine should show more appreciation for the Western support. He recalled an incident last year when he visited Ukraine only to be given a shopping list for new military aid. 

“Whether we like it or not, people want to see a bit of gratitude,” Wallace said, according to the Telegraph. “You know, my counsel to the Ukrainians is sometimes: Look, you are persuading countries to give up their own stocks.” 

Responding to Wallace’s remarks at a later press conference, Zelenskyy said: “Let him write to me [about] how else I should express my words of gratitude, or we could get up in the morning and express our words of gratitude to the minister.”

The comments came as Kyiv and Western powers debated whether NATO would grant Ukraine entry—a position that seems unlikely as it would draw other nations fully into the conflict with Russia and likely instigate World War III.

Though Zelenskyy declared the NATO summit a “meaningful success,” he had blasted the organization’s “absurd” failure to offer him a clear timeline for membership until “allies agree and conditions are met.”

Photos of the displeased-looking Ukrainian president, appearing out of place and underdressed at the summit, went viral on social media shortly after the event.

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