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‘PROPAGANDA’ AND ‘INDOCTRINATION’: Pennsylvania Parents Push Back Against Critical Race Theory in Schools

“It is high time this crap gets out of our kids’ schools”

National File attended a school board meeting for the Haverford School District in Pennsylvania earlier this month, where parents showed up in an overwhelming display of opposition to the instituting of Critical Race Theory in their children’s schools.

“The teaching is at best propaganda and at worst indoctrination,” remarked Angela Urso, the first parent to speak about the topic. Her main topic of concern was the inclusion of books by the radical author and ‘Critical Race Theorist’ Ibram X. Kendi on the mandatory summer reading list for her child. She viewed the inclusion of such a book as only fanning the flames of division in her community. “My family has been in Havertown for three generations. I have never seen so much hate in our community, so much division in our community,” she later told National File.

Haverford School District adopted Critical Race Theory programs as part of their ‘Anti racist plan,’ which was instituted last August. As this was during summer vacation and all business was being conducted virtually at the time, this allowed the School Board to pass the plan with out any transparency towards, or oversight from, the parents of the district.

South Texas Police Department Issues Public Health Announcement After COVID-Stricken Migrants Seen ‘Coughing, Sneezing’ At Whataburger

(CBS DFW) The La Joya Police Department issued a public health announcement after an officer approached an undocumented migrant family at Whataburger who told him Border Patrol released them because they had COVID-19.

In addition to telling the officer that Border Patrol had released them days prior due to their coronavirus status, the family said a charity group had paid for their room at the nearby Texas Inn Hotel. The officer followed up on that information, finding out that Catholic Charities of The Rio Grande Valley had booked all the rooms in the hotel to house undocumented immigrants detained by Border Patrol. He saw a group of 20 to 30 people staying at the hotel who were “out and about.” Most of them weren’t wearing masks, according to the officer.

Police said they learned that Border Patrol was quarantining other undocumented individuals who were COVID positive, or showed symptoms of illness, then handing them over to the non-profit. Catholic Charities would in turn place the undocumented individuals in hotels in the McAllen area as well as La Joya.

The police department said it contacted Hidalgo County Health and Human Services for help and was told that the agency would look into the matter. Their announcement further touched on the current border situation, saying, that the La Joya Police Department has assisted Border Patrol in catching hundreds of people crossing through their jurisdiction. And, according to the announcement, Border Patrol informed the police department that on July 25, 2021 they had surpassed 1 million apprehensions in the month of June.

La Joya also said that Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley didn’t tell them that they were placing COVID stricken people at the Texas Inn Hotel.

In response, Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez called on federal immigration officials to stop releasing infected migrants into their communities.

On July 26 the police department of the small town along the Rio Grande and Mexican border shared details of the incident. They said a concerned citizen at the restaurant waved down the officer. The citizen told him about the family “coughing and sneezing without covering their mouths and not wearing face masks.” Whataburger management also told the officer that they wanted the group to leave as well due to “their disregard to other people’s health.”

US sets new disclosure rules for Chinese IPOs coming to American stock markets

(South China Morning Post) US securities regulators plan to require additional information from Chinese companies seeking to go public on American exchanges, saying the move will protect domestic investors.

The Securities and Exchange Commission said on Friday that Chinese firms would have to disclose the listing of shares through a structure called Variable Interest Entities, or VIEs, a shell company that is outside China.

Such an arrangement has in recent years allowed Chinese companies to bypass Beijing’s restrictions on overseas listings.

“In light of the recent developments in China and the overall risks, I have asked staff to seek certain disclosures from offshore issuers associated with China-based operating companies before their registration statements will be declared effective,” said SEC Chairman Gary Gensler.The Chinese government said this month that it was planning rule changes to allow regulators to block companies from listing overseas even if the entity selling the shares is based outside China, a loophole used for years by the country’s large tech firms.“I worry that average investors may not realise that they hold stock in a shell company rather than a China-based operating company,” Gensler said.

“I worry that average investors may not realise that they hold stock in a shell company rather than a China-based operating company,” said SEC Chairman Gary Gensler.

The new disclosure requirement means Chinese firms must state clearly that their stocks will be sold through a shell company. The listing firms will describe the shell company differently from the China-based operating company and make their financial connections clear to investors.

The US will also require that the listing firms state the risks investors may face in the event of regulatory pressure from the Chinese government.

‘Inflation Storm’ Looms as Expectations Hit 13-Year High, Consumer Sentiment Sinks

Americans expect more inflaton this year and remain uneasy about the direction of the economy, the University of Michigan’s survey of consumers showed Friday.

Expected inflation over the next year rose to 4.7 percent from 4.2 percent in June. That’s the highest level in over a decade.

At least for now, however, Americans still believe that inflation will remain tame over the long term. Expected inflation over the next five years is just 2.8 percent, down from 3 percent in May.

“While most consumers still expect inflation to be transitory, there is growing evidence that an inflation storm is likely to develop on the not too distant horizon. The improved finances of consumers have greatly reduced consumers’ resistance to price increases,” said Richard Curtin, the chief economist of the survey.

Curtin explained the possible dynamic for inflation lasting longer than thought:

 Consumers and firms currently justify their actions as temporary adjustments due to the pandemic. However justified, such changes act to generate an upward spiral in prices and wages. Moreover, the fiscal and monetary policies already in place, and the likely increases and continued accommodation now contemplated, will only increase the willingness of consumers and firms to act in ways that accelerate the upward spiral in prices and wages.

LA Public Schools to Require COVID Tests for Staff, Students Regardless of Vaccination Status

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) announced this week it will require weekly tests for COVID-19 when students, teachers, and employees return to school in mid-August.

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Mike Lindell Pulls FOX Ads for Not Airing Election Fraud ‘Symposium’

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell pulled his ads because Fox News refused to run an ad promoting an event linked to claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

QUICK FACTS:
  • The chief executive of MyPillow Inc. said he is pulling his ads from the network after a disagreement over a proposed commercial that would have aired his claims of widespread election fraud, according to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
  • Lindell is one of Fox News’ biggest advertisers, notes WSJ.
WHAT MIKE SAID:
  • The MyPillow CEO said he “wanted to cancel the ads as soon as possible and that he had told his ad buyer to inform Fox News,” according to WSJ.
  • He also said he had “asked the network to air a commercial promoting a cyber symposium, which he is scheduled to live stream next month.”
  • Mr. Lindell said the commercial “wouldn’t specifically mention claims of election fraud. But he has said the symposium will prove the 2020 election was stolen from President Donald Trump through manipulation of election machines,” notes WSJ.
WHAT FOX SAID:
  • Fox said in a statement, “It’s unfortunate Mr. Lindell has chosen to pause his commercial time on FOX News given the level of success he’s experienced in building his brand through advertising on the number one cable news network.”
BACKGROUND:
  • Lindell’s Sioux Falls, South Dakota cyber symposium is scheduled for August 10-12.
  • Lindell is also offering $5 million to any symposium attendee who can prove that his cyber data from the November 2020 election is not valid.
  • Lindell said in an interview that he is in possession of “packet captures” (or “PCAPs,” which log activity over a computer network, for example showing votes being “flipped” from Trump to Biden by hackers, as Lindell alleges) from the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
  • “Our country was attacked by China. The election was hacked and we’re gonna have a cyber symposium,” Lindell vowed during a press conference outside a Washington federal court. “And we have all the packet captures for the whole election.”
  • Mr. Lindell says he’s bringing his case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Capitol Police Are Told To Arrest Any Staffers And Visitors Who Don’t Have Masks On

U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) have been ordered to arrest visitors and staffers not wearing masks on the House side of the Capitol complex.

Police Told To Arrest Maskless Visitors And Staffers

USCP Chief Thomas Manger announced this in a new police memo that was obtained by a member of Congress, according to Fox News.

While officers were told not to arrest members of Congress who refuse to wear masks, they will instead be directed to report the lawmakers’ noncompliance to the House sergeant-at-arms.

Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) posted the memo to Twitter on Thursday after she was given it by an unnamed Capitol Police officer.

“This is such an overstep of Speaker Pelosi’s authority to basically make our Capitol Police arrest staff members and report on members [of Congress],” Cammack said of the memo. “It’s absolutely unconscionable that this is where we’re at.”

Cammack and many of her fellow Republican lawmakers have been furious over Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) new mask mandate in the House.

“I cannot comply with this tyrannical order,” Cammack said of it. “This is the people’s house, not Nancy Pelosi’s house.”

Capitol Police Defend Memo

The Capitol Police have defended the memo, claiming that this rule had already been in place and that there’s “no reason” any situation should escalate to the point where someone should be arrested for not wearing a mask.

“Regarding the House rules about masks, there is no reason it should ever come to someone being arrested,” the USCP said. “Anyone who does not follow the rules will be asked to wear a mask or leave the premises. The Department’s requirement for officers to wear masks is for their health and safety.”