NATION
The Political Castration of Joni Ernst
Lara Trump suggests federal streamlining of electoral process is next in election integrity fight
IRS Expands Its Armed Wing To Highest Level In Nearly A Decade
Let Democrats Have Their Blanket Pardons, It’ll Screw Them In The End
Just in Case You Hadn’t Heard the Woman Prosecuting Daniel Penny
Outgoing DCN Chair: Keep Racist Identity Politics as Party Central
Restoring Equality in Employment: Sinking the DEI Ship
Politics of Economic Redistribution, RIP
Millions of Entries Erased from World’s Largest Obituary Database
Deleting random records to reduce the overall count
Given the intense scrutiny of various databases to try to figure out the numbers of excess deaths around the world after the rollout of the mRNA shots, someone might be deleting large numbers of obituary records simply to lower the overall death count.
This explanation makes the most sense to me, considering what csofand has found in terms of key words. It also makes sense because if millions of recent records were removed, the friends and relatives who commemorated the deceased on Legacy.com might notice. But if millions of much older records (say from the late 1990s and early 2000s) were deleted, it’s less likely that anyone would notice.
WORLD
From Trump and Turkey, to Russia and Iran — Syria’s regime change has huge global consequences (Mainstream)
Syria live updates: Putin to give Assad asylum in Russia, Kremlin says (Mainstream)
Trump, Biden Administration signal US will stay out of Syria’s rapidly changing conflict
Update to Above Story: US pounds ISIS camps in Syria after Assad flees (Mainstream)
Iconic Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens 5 years after fire
South Korea’s president avoids an impeachment attempt over short-lived martial law
HEMISPHERE
Alberta tops economic freedom ranking among Canadian provinces
Javier Milei: Madman? Or Savior?
Peru: A Stable Latin American Hub
HEALTH
Be Strong And Breathe Well (YT) Apologies for linking to a short, but this is good.
MACRO
Questioning the Housing Crisis:
Manufacturing is a war now, and the democracies are losing
It’s Not Conservative for Conservatives To Spend the Money of Others
MICRO
Urgent Call for Deer Hunters in These 5 States (Mainstream)
Why Are Family Farms in Trouble?
Dollar stores are struggling to win over bargain hunters — here’s why
WORTH ANOTHER LOOK
Read Ratcliffe’s letter accusing career analysts of underplaying Chinese influence in 2020 election (PDF posted by “The Washington Post”)
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Exclusive: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Describes the War With the US and How to End It (Rumble)
CULTURE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
Election Night Meltdown Of Talk Show Hosts Getting Mad At Donald Trump Winning (YT)
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