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145 Executives Beg Senate for Gun Control

Via American Greatness

On Thursday, 145 woke executives sent a letter to the Senate begging them to “do something” about gun violence. The letter demanded “an expansion of background checks to all firearms sales and stronger “red flag” laws.”

“Doing nothing about America’s gun violence crisis is simply unacceptable and it is time to stand with the American public on gun safety,” the heads of 145 companies, including Levi Strauss, Twitter and Uber, say in the letter, which was shared with The New York Times.

Will the demand to “do something” by gun-ignorant executives actually “do anything” about gun violence? No matter, that’s not the goal. The goal is to do what the social justice movement is pressure corporations to do in order to avoid a social media spectacle and boycott.

“To a certain extent, these C.E.O.s are putting their businesses on the line here, given how politically charged this is,” said Chip Bergh, chief executive of Levi Strauss, a company whose denim jeans have long been a symbol of America. Mr. Bergh spent the last several days trying to cajole his peers into joining him and gun control advocates like Everytown, which is funded in part by Michael Bloomberg. “Business leaders are not afraid to get engaged now,” he added. “C.E.O.s are wired to take action on things that are going to impact their business and gun violence is impacting everybody’s business now.”

Woke CEO Bergh is excited. “The tide is turning. People were starting to be much more open-minded.”

Read the entire article HERE.

Democrat Donor Ed Buck Finally Arrested After Third Overdose in His Hollywood Apartment

Via Big League Politics

Prominent Democrat Party donor Ed Buck, who gained infamy after two men suffered overdose deaths in his home, is finally in custody after a third man overdosed on drugs in his lavish West Hollywood apartment.

Gemmel Moore, 26, and Timothy Dean, 55, were found both dead in Buck’s apartment in less than two years time. The deaths of these homosexual African-American men sparked outrage and protests, but they did not result in the apprehension of Buck until a third victim was found in his home.

The office of District Attorney Jackie Lacey has announced that Buck is being charged with operating a drug house and providing methamphetamine to the 37-year-old man who overdosed last week. Buck faces three felony counts as a result of his alleged crimes.

Police believe that Buck injected meth into the individual, and the man suffered an overdose as a result but ultimately survived. Prosecutors hope to set his bail at $4 million. If Buck is convicted on all charges, Buck could be incarcerated for up to five years and eight months in California state prison.

Read the entire article HERE.

Johns Hopkins professor on child transgender trend: ‘Many will regret this’

Via The College Fix

Argues that doctors are doing treatment without evidence

A psychiatrist from Johns Hopkins University has slammed the medical and psychiatric industries for what he says is reckless and irresponsible treatment of patients who claim to be transgender.

Paul McHugh, a renowned psychiatrist from Johns Hopkins University, told The College Fix he believes transgender people are being experimented on because the doctors treating transgender patients with hormones “don’t have evidence that (the treatment) will be the right one.” He also criticized the manner of treatment given to many children who claim to be transgender.

“Many people are doing what amounts to an experiment on these young people without telling them it’s an experiment,” he told The Fix via phone.

“You need evidence for that and this is a very serious treatment. It is comparable to doing frontal lobotomies.”

Vast majority of gender minorities report mental health issues

A recent study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that 80 percent of gender minority students report having mental health problems, nearly double the rate of “cisgender” students. McHugh believes that in many cases the patient’s gender dysphoria is precipitated by mental illness.

“I think their mental problems, often depression, discouragement are the things that need treatment,” not gender dysphoria, he argued.

“I’m not positive about this. It’s a hypothesis, but it is a very plausible hypothesis, and it would explain why many of the people who go on to have treatment of their body discover they are just as depressed, discouraged and live just as problematic lives as they did before because they did not address the primary problem,” he added.

Read the entire article HERE.

Omar: God ‘Expects’ You to Vote a Certain Way

Via The Washington Free Beacon

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) said during a forum last week that God expects people to vote a certain way.

“God does not expect you to vote for people who will ultimately hurt you and other humans around you,” Omar said during a forum on the “Plight Of Black Immigrants” in Washington, D.C. Her remarks were caught on video by America Rising.

Omar was explaining to the audience the importance of being educated on the government’s policies and getting “off the sidelines.”

“And I beg of you, to really think about what is your role as a member of our community, our society, our country, our world to dealing with some of these policy challenges,” Omar said. “Make sure you’re voting. Make sure you understand why you’re voting. And make sure you know who you are voting for. And yes, God has obligations to all of us but God expects us to do the righteous work.”

Read the entire article HERE.

If Truckers Stopped Working, Grocery Stores Would Run Out Of Food In 3 Days

Via Zero Hedge

Because of the “bloodbath” ongoing in the trucking industry right now, it’s important to realize just how much Americans are dependent on trucking.

If truckers stopped working, grocery stores across the country would run out of food in just three days.

Trucking moves about 71% of the freight in the United States, according to the New Haven Register. That means that if the truckers in this country just stopped working, grocery stores would be out of food plunging the nation into an epic food crisis. It’s more important than ever to prepare yourself and your family for a possible food crisis. Hunger will bring out the worst in humanity and ensuring you can provide enough will keep your mind at ease while others fight over the last can of corn.

Read the entire article HERE.

Far Left Instagram Couple Travels to Countries that “Get a Bad Rap from the Media” … Enter Iran and Get Tossed into Prison for 10 Weeks

Via The BBC

In 2017, the couple left Western Australia to embark on a major trip driving across Asia to the UK. They were documenting their adventures on Instagram and Youtube, where they had more than 20,000 followers.

Videos of their travel through a dozen countries featured their cultural interactions and often showed drone footage of the natural landscape.

“Our biggest motivation… is to hopefully inspire anyone wanting to travel, and also try to break the stigma around travelling to countries which get a bad wrap [sic] in the media,” the pair wrote online.

Two Australian citizens detained in Iran have been identified as Jolie King and Mark Firkin.

Ms King, who also holds a UK passport, and Mr Firkin were blogging their travels in Asia and the Middle East.

They were reportedly arrested 10 weeks ago near Tehran but news of the arrest, and that of another British-Australian woman, came to light on Wednesday.

Read the entire article HERE.

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