THE SHOW NOTES: Warnock vs Walker, Progressives Fume, International Police, and The Twitter Files
Welcome! Donald Trump wants part of the constitution terminated.
HEADLINE #1: Planned Parenthood sex ed director under fire for saying kids are 'sexual beings' from birth - WGXA
HEADLINE #2: Former transgender Navy SEAL announces de-transition, says he was 'propagandized' and pulled into a 'cult': 'Everyone is converting all these kids into transgender' - The Blaze
MUST READ: Ron DeSantis is building his own media - SEMAFOR
NEW: Someone intentionally shot up a substation in North Carolina knocking out power for 45,000. Curfew and state of emergency in place.
WEEKEND QUOTE: “voting is a form of prayer” - Raphael Warnock
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Walker vs Warnock
In Georgia’s condensed runoff election, a record-setting 1.8 million early votes have been cast ahead of tomorrow’s Senate runoff. The segment of the state’s population that most concerns the Walker campaign are the 203,000 voters who supported Kemp but not Walker back in November. These voters are generally right-of-center suburbanites who typically vote Republican but are deeply skeptical of Trump-affiliated candidates.
More: While Warnock made six campaign stops in 48 hours, Walker made just one public event over the weekend with South Carolina’s Tim Scott.
Heresy: Warnock preached the Sunday sermon at Ebenezer Baptist where he unequivocally stated “voting is a form of prayer.”
Go read my Twitter thread on the race:
Progressives Hate South Carolina
The progressive wing of the Democratic Party is livid with Joe Biden’s decision to press ahead with moving South Carolina to the top of the Democrat presidential primary calendar. The concern among progressives is that a reliably conservative state leading the calendar will harm a progressive’s chance of securing the nomination. Bernie Sander’s presidential campaign manager took to the pages of The Washington Post to take it a step further:
We all know why South Carolina got the nod. President Biden, Representative Jim Clyburn and many of his top supporters were buoyed by their campaign’s comeback in February 2020 when the state delivered Mr. Biden his first victory of the season — and a big one at that. The media attention from that victory, and the consolidation of the Democratic field that it yielded, helped catapult him to winning a majority of the following Super Tuesday states. And when Covid spread through the nation shortly after, the rest of the primary contests were effectively quarantined and Mr. Biden iced his victory. None of that story is a reason to put South Carolina first, however.
The Twitter Files
The first edition of the highly anticipated Twitter Files was released on Friday that chronicled how Twitter took extraordinary steps to suppress the New York Post’s story on Hunter Biden’s laptop. I wrote extensively about the release here. Read the full thread below.
China’s International Police
Go read this exclusive piece from CNN:
Beijing has set up more than 100 so-called overseas police stations across the globe to monitor, harass and in some cases repatriate Chinese citizens living in exile, using bilateral security arrangements struck with countries in Europe and Africa to gain a widespread presence internationally, a new report shared exclusively with CNN alleges.
The rest of the news:
Firearm sales explode as Oregon awaits judge's decision on gun control law - Fox News
Why the Media Makes Musk a Villain but Lets SBF Off Easy - The Daily Beast
Georgia, Michigan, TCU, Ohio State chosen for College Football Playoff - ESPN
The IRS is coming for crypto — but it’s complicated - Axios
Google, iHeartMedia to pay millions amid settlement with FTC over Pixel 4 ads - Fox Business
FBI joins investigation into North Carolina power outage caused by ‘intentional’ attacks on substations - CNN
Hackers linked to Chinese government stole millions in Covid benefits, Secret Service says - NBC
Musk Says Apple Has 'Fully Resumed' Advertising On Twitter, Amazon Set To Follow Suit - Yahoo
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