Cross-Examination

• Biden coaches colleges: The Supreme Court be damned — that’s clearly the attitude of the Biden administration as it seeks to undermine the recent ruling ending discriminatory affirmative action in college admissions. Joe Biden’s Education and Justice Departments have issued new guidelines to colleges and universities on how they can effectively and “legally” continue the practice of race-based admissions. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona justified the administration’s underhanded effort by asserting without evidence that ending affirmative action will result in bad things: “Fewer students of color applied, and fewer students of color were admitted. We cannot afford that kind of backpedaling on a national scale.” The Biden administration’s workaround is to encourage schools that can no longer consider any racial demographic data when considering an applicant for admission to consider how race may have impacted an applicant’s life. In other words, coach prospective students to highlight their own racial identities when applying. It’s Harvard’s new tack.

• More Hunter Biden corruption: It is clear that the Hunter Biden scandal is much more than an embarrassing mess of an individual, making it that much harder for the Washington deep state to paint it with the veneer of just a personal family issue that “loving father” Joe is attempting to navigate. No, covering up the Biden family corruption only breeds more corruption. And as more and more whistleblowers come forward from the federal agencies involved in covering for the Bidens, the scandal is only growing. In response to the Justice Department’s actions to keep the cover-up going with Attorney General Merrick Garland naming David Weiss as special counsel to “investigate” Huntergate, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability released a transcript from its investigation. The transcript is from an interview with a former FBI agent who testified that back in December 2020 he notified the Secret Service of his plan to interview Hunter over tax crime allegations. That interview never happened, however, as the Biden team had apparently been tipped off. This FBI agent’s account corroborates the testimony of IRS whistleblower Gary Shapely.

• Obama’s brother endorses Trump … again: Back in 2016, Barack Obama’s half (and full black) brother Malik Obama famously endorsed Donald Trump for president. Well, Malik is back at it again, releasing a video endorsing Trump for president on X. Wearing a red hat emblazoned with the message “F BIDEN,” Malik explains: “I wore the hat because … you know, Sloppy Joe, he’s not a fan of mine. I’m not a Democrat. I’m a Republican.” Malik not only expressed his objection to Biden, but he also weighed in on his brother, calling him “a big disappointment” and “not the same person that he used to be when we were together.” In fact, he said: “It seems like once he became a big shot, it got to his head. And now he thinks that he’s god.”

• A beer offer: The heir of Anheuser-Busch, Billy Busch, has an offer to the current owner of Bud Light, AB InBev. “If they don’t want that brand any longer, sell it back to the Busch family,” Busch stated. “Sell it to me. I’ll be the first in line to buy that brand back from you, and we’ll make that brand great again.” Since AB InBev’s stock value has take a massive tumble thanks to Bud Light’s disastrous marketing decision to partner with “transgender” activist Dylan Mulvany, the beer company has been selling off a number of its smaller beverage brands. With sales of Bud Light, the decades-long top-selling beer in the U.S., continuing to crater, it will be interesting to see if AB InBev takes Busch up on the offer.

• YouTube’s new censorship: Under the guise of preventing the spread of “medical misinformation,” YouTube on Tuesday announced its latest censorship campaign. Issuing changes to its ever-evolving “Community Guidelines,” the Google-owned social media platform claimed to have “learned critical lessons” from the COVID pandemic: “We’re taking what we’ve learned so far about the most effective ways to tackle medical misinformation to simplify our approach for creators, viewers, and partners.” YouTube further explained its means for deciding what it will censor: “To determine if a condition, treatment or substance is in scope of our medical misinformation policies, we’ll evaluate whether it’s associated with a high public health risk, publicly available guidance from health authorities around the world, and whether it’s generally prone to misinformation.” In other words, YouTube will engage in the tyranny of the “experts” to justify censoring information it does not want shared. No debate or free thinking allowed. Meanwhile, not a shred of concern or commitment to upholding the principle of free speech whatsoever. But we’re not surprised.

• Good news: Arkansas cancels CRT history: Arkansas is following the example set in Florida by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis: No more woke indoctrination in public schools. In January, Arkansas Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee ordered a ban on the teaching of critical race theory in the state’s K-12 public schools. In light of that order, the state’s Department of Education has canceled a new AP African American History course. Communications Director Alexa Henning explained: “The AP African American Studies pilot course is not a history course and is a pilot that is still undergoing major revisions. Arkansas law contains provisions regarding prohibited topics.” Henning further noted: “The state cannot give AP credit for a course that has not yet been finalized. Once the pilot is completed and AP releases the final course, ADE will review the final submission at that time.” The fact of the matter is, simply calling something “history” does not make it so.

Headlines

• Videos put scrutiny on downed power lines as possible cause of deadly Maui wildfires (AP)

• Biden skewered for claiming he witnessed a Pittsburgh bridge collapse (Fox News)

• Biden touts record on inflation as Americans spend hundreds more per month (Daily Wire)

• White House touts taxes over spending cuts for deficit reduction, hits GOP (Washington Examiner)

• Global wealth drops for first time since 2008 (Fox Business)

• Homelessness rises 11% in just one year as pandemic spending fades (PJ Media)

• Montana judge sides with youth activists in landmark environmental case (National Review)

• Maryland school district allowed to keep child gender transitions from parents, court rules (Daily Caller)

• 6.5 million students chronically absent after the pandemic, new study shows (Fox News)

• Target sales dipped in last quarter due to pride backlash (National Review)

• New details leaked on Biden administration’s upcoming background check power grab (NRA-ILA)

• Policy: Deadly Hawaii fires are result of political and policy failures — not climate change (Daily Signal)

• Humor: Eight subtle signs you might be playing against a trans athlete (Babylon Bee)

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