The Show Notes: Disney's Indoctrination, Recession Warning, & Russia's Regroup
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BREAKING: Susan Collins will support the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson. - CNBC
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Disney Executive Admits To Gay Agenda
A Disney executive producer is admitting to a not-so-secret gay agenda to insert LGBTQ issues into children’s films. Go read this full article from National Review. Here’s an excerpt:
Latoya Raveneau, executive producer for Disney Television Animation, talked about how the studio’s treatment of her progressive ideas defied her negative expectations of the company, in a video obtained by journalist Christopher Rufo. Instead of vetoing her pitches for LGBTQ-friendly Easter eggs or overt references in her series, Disney gladly accepted and included them, she claimed.
“In my little pocket of Proud Family Disney TVA, the showrunners were super welcoming . . . to my not-at-all-secret gay agenda,” she said. “Maybe it was that way in the past, but I guess something must have happened . . . and then like all that momentum that I felt, that sense of ‘I don’t have to be afraid to have these two characters kiss in the background.’ I was just, wherever I could, adding queerness. . . . No one would stop me, and no one was trying to stop me.”
She said that when she joined, she assumed Disney would try to keep LGBTQ elements out of content for younger audiences, but she was pleasantly surprised.
Recession?
One of the most widely accepted signals of a looming recession is the inversion of the yield curve. Essentially, when short-term bonds offer a higher return than long-term bonds, it suggests a heightened risk of financial distress in the near future (here’s a better explanation). This happened yesterday when the two-year Treasury bond passed the ten-year Treasury bond for the first time since 2019.
The bad financial news doesn’t end there:
Bloomberg is reporting the average household will pay an extra $5200 because of inflation.
Gallup’s latest poll says 47% of Americans worry a great deal about access to affordable energy.
Doomberg has an in-depth piece covering the “perfect storm” that farmers are facing.
Fox News says Fauci is warning Americans to prepare for new COVID restrictions.
Bloomberg says the battered global supply chain is about to get much worse.
AP News says 7 in 10 Americans say the economy is in bad shape.
NEW: Russia To Regroup
The British Defense Ministry claims multiple Russian units have sustained devastating losses and have been forced to regroup in Russia and Belarus. Here’s the tweet:
Here are more headlines on Russia and Ukraine:
Poland to ban all Russian oil and gas imports. - NPR
Putin is being misinformed by Russian advisors about the military’s poor performance. - Fox News
Russia downplays peace talk progress. - WSJ
Mariupol says 20,000 have been forcibly deported to Russia. - NPR
Germany braces for less gas as Russia demands Ruble payment. - WSJ
The Immigration Surge
Homeland Security is preparing for an unprecedented surge in immigration when COVID restrictions will allegedly be lifted later today. The restrictions under title 42 have granted broad power to immigration authorities to simply expel migrants. DHS estimates 18,000 apprehensions per day may be required. Go deeper with NPR.
The Aging Military
The Editorial Board at The Wall Street Journal has a great piece this morning on America’s aging military and urges lawmakers to intervene. Here’s an excerpt: