Today’s Top Choices:
Classical Music’s Suicide Pact (Part 1): Succumbing to specious charges of racism, America’s orchestras, opera companies, and conductors are abandoning the Western canon. cityjourn.al/2TOFjx5 via @HMDatMI
The New York State Assembly has informed Governor Cuomo that, if he has any additional evidence in his defense to present to its impeachment inquiry, he must do so by next Friday, August 13. | By @AndrewCMcCarthy
“The vast majority of the app’s self-diagnosis videos appear to provide little possibility of disconfirmation. And if you like one clip, dozens more will pop up on your feed”
Six months into Joe Biden’s presidency, the opposition to his sweeping agenda is practically nonexistent. | Opinion by @philipaklein
L.A. can't figure out how to license hot dog vendors. Do city leaders really think they can introduce vaccine passports?
7 Ways The Conservative Movement Should Fight Critical Race Theory thefederalist.com/2021/08/04/7-w… #education #ParentalChoice
Coronavirus:
Tough luck, WHO. Countries should offer a third dose to those most vulnerable to the Delta variant, if they deem it necessary. | Opinion by @jimgeraghty
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky's statements about the likelihood that vaccinated carriers will transmit the virus likewise have been inconsistent, confusing, and sometimes stronger than the evidence supports.
American intelligence agencies have begun reportedly deciphering genetic data from the Wuhan Lab to confirm the origin of the Chinese coronavirus.
But the media didn’t strong-arm the CDC into drawing sweeping conclusions from new figures from a week of partying at gay bars in Provincetown, Mass.
General News:
Technology and changing tastes played a role in the decline of urban amusement parks. Just as people no longer want group tours and package vacations, we want our entertainment individualized. cityjourn.al/2WxM0V3 via @katrinagulliver
Planned Parenthood Sues Indiana in Attempt to Avoid Reporting Botched Abortions. The Lawsuit Backfires.
"Camping on public land is illegal in D.C. But since the beginning of the pandemic, both city police & the NPS have stopped enforcing this prohibition, citing CDC guidance to 'allow people who are living unsheltered ... to remain where they are.'"
"The new order covers any renter making up to $99,000 ($198,000 per couple)..."
If you earn $90k and can't pay your rent, you do not need government assistance. You need to make better financial decisions.
The latest Jane Mayer column is, even by her standards, a scattershot stew of every last thing she could think of to say about any Republican dating back to the 1940s. | Opinion by @baseballcrank
Pope Francis made his first public appearance Wednesday since being hospitalized for colon surgery on July 4, telling crowds the gospel of Jesus Christ must be accepted exactly as it is.
Track And Field Legend Carl Lewis Rips U.S. Team For Performance In Men’s 4×100 Relay dlvr.it/S55vKW
‘She Made Them Up Out Of Whole Cloth’: Republican Congressman Sues Rachel Maddow Over Russian Allegations dlvr.it/S55tC6
NBC’s TV audience for the summer Olympics is down 45% from the Rio games in 2016, and viewership in prime-time is down 51%, according to new report
Democrats are now pleading with their crazies to aim the tirades at the Supreme Court instead of the White House. | Opinion by @AndrewCMcCarthy
Economics:
We estimated that the higher marginal tax rates due to the CTC expansion would reduce FTE employment by roughly 300k.
EITC and CDCTC would offset some of the losses (not modeled).
There's A Way You Can Beat The Best Investors. You've Just Got To Know When To Sell. via @planetmoney realclearscience.com/2021/08/05/to_…
Healthcare:
Immigration:
Health Officials in Mexico Vaccinate Migrants And Asylum Seekers Waiting At Tijuana Border dlvr.it/S55z0G
The 42-year-old man who beheaded a woman in Minnesota last week is an illegal immigrants, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Foreign Policy:
There's been a lot of talk lately (inside and outside of China) about the prospect of Beijing's instigating a military conflict with Taiwan. How likely is it?-
Today’s Morning Dispatch (🔒):
— China’s growing nuclear ambitions
— Teachers’ unions start hedging about the fall morning.thedispatch.com/p/the-morning-…
From Vlad Kobets and David J. Kramer: Biden’s Meeting With Tsikhanouskaya Boosts Belarusian Democracy
Education:
President of the American Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten claimed that 90 percent of AFT members have been vaccinated. The actual number isn't quite so clear. A fact check for @thedispatch:
Defense:
India deploys warships in South China Sea as part of 'Act East' policy reut.rs/3A8B6DY by @sanjeevmiglani
Big Tech:
Crime and Policing:
Police Release Video Of Four People Wrestling Victim To Ground At Gas Station, Taking Turns Robbing Him
Given today's news, here's a reminder of how much "defund the police" Democrats, including Cori Bush, have spent on private security so far this year.
Climate Change:
Senate Democrats are planning to release legislation that would tax the energy companies responsible for the high greenhouse gas emissions to pay for the costs associated with climate change
Cancel Culture:
James Gunn's THE SUICIDE SQUAD is a gory, funny, over-the-top, subversive, and largely successful attempt to make Troma-style shock-horror accessible to the masses.
It's also an amusing, not-so-subtle riff on Gunn's experience with cancel culture.
SJW News:
Gallup's findings make sense: "Latinx" is a term created not for the Hispanic community but for white performative wokeness.
Tlaib, AOC Want Treasury to Deny Tax-Exempt Status to Groups Aiding Israel’s ‘Illegal Settlement Enterprise’