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Tesla none too happy that it will have to ship its Texas-made cars out of state in order to sell them to Texans

Elon Musk dominated the news cycle in early December when he announced he was moving his Tesla company from California to Texas.

Musk cited California’s failing liberal policies that hamper successful businesses as well as the state’s refusal to allow Tesla’s factory to reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Now, Tesla is finding out that at least one Texas policy is keeping the auto manufacturer from capitalizing on selling the cars it will be building in the Lone Star State. 

Because the electric car company doesn’t have franchise outlets for in-person sales but has only company-owned outlets, Tesla has found itself in what will be a bind once the Austin-based plant is up and running in the next year, The Drive reported. 

The reason? Under Texas franchise law, automakers cannot sell cars directly to customers. Instead, they are required to sell their cars to third-party businesses — aka franchise dealerships. 

Because Tesla doesn’t have franchises, the company legally cannot sell cars in Texas — at least not in person — though many Texans have used loopholes in the past to purchase cars online and had them shipped to a Tesla service station in the state.

With the new plant that will be online soon, the situation will become more awkward and complicated: In order for a Texan to purchase a new Tesla, The Drive said, the company will have to ship the Texas-built vehicles out of state before selling and shipping back to Texas buyers.

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The ‘Woke’ Fed

President Joe Biden has ordered the Financial Stability Oversight Council to prepare a report on how the financial system can mitigate the risks related to climate change. The Financial Stability Oversight Council was created through the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory reform act and is supposed to identify and monitor excessive risk to the financial system. The council is composed of the heads of the major federal financial regulatory agencies, including the Federal Reserve.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is no doubt pleased with Biden’s order. Powell has been pushing for the Fed to join other central banks in fighting climate change. Among the ways the Fed could try to mitigate the risks related to climate change is by using its regulatory authority to “encourage” banks to lend to “green” businesses and deny capital to “polluters.” The Fed could also use “quantitative easing” to give green industries an advantage over their non-green competitors. Another way the Fed could “fight climate change” is by committing to monetizing all federal debt created by legislation implementing the Green New Deal.

Climate change is not the only area where the Fed is embracing the agenda of the “woke.” Some Federal Reserve Banks have taken the lead in a series of events called “Racism and the Economy” that are concerned with dismantling “systemic racism.” The Fed’s commitment to ending systemic racism could lead the central bank to requiring that banks and other financial institutions further relax their lending standards for minorities. The role the Community Reinvestment Act played in the 2008 housing meltdown shows that when government forces financial institutions to give loans to otherwise unqualified applicants, the recipients of those loans often are unable to make their payments, lending to foreclosures and bankruptcies.

Racial justice arguments could also justify an easy money, low interest rate policy on the grounds that curtailing money creation slows economic growth, disproportionately harming minorities.

The Fed may court favor with the Biden administration and its congressional allies by going woke. However, it will face a backlash from those who oppose expanding government power to address nonexistent threats of climate change and to promote the lie that free markets are causing systemic racism. This backlash will be fueled by rising anger over widespread price increases. This will increase the already strong public support for the Audit the Fed legislation. A complete Federal Reserve audit will provide to Congress and the American people the truth about the Fed’s conduct of monetary policy, including how politics affects the Fed’s actions.

The use of the woke agenda as an excuse to further politicize the allocation of capital and continue to expand the Fed’s easy money, low interest rate policy will hasten and deepen the next economic crisis. This crisis will either be precipitated by or result in the rejection of the dollar’s world reserve currency status. It will also likely result in the collapse of the entire Keynesian welfare-warfare system. Unfortunately, there is a likelihood that the current system will be replaced with a government even more authoritarian than the current one. But, if those of us who know the truth can educate enough people about liberty, we can make sure the next economic crisis leads to a rebirth of limited government, free markets, and individual liberty.

Pennsylvania Sends Delegation of Legislators to Tour AZ Audit Facility

Pennsylvania has reportedly sent a delegation of state legislators to tour Arizona’s election audit facility, in a sign that the state may hold its own audit of the 2020 election.

“Pennsylvania sent a delegation out here. They’ve expressed interest in the Arizona audit and replicating this in Pennsylvania,” OAN reporter Christina Bobb said Tuesday.

“So there is a delegation of state legislators from Pennsylvania that are arrive in Arizona today. They are getting a behind the scene tour tomorrow. I’m hoping to catch up with them tomorrow so hopefully we’ll have some of that.”

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Employees sue Texas hospital over COVID-19 vaccine mandate

‘It’s illegal to force someone to participate in a vaccine trial.’

More than 100 employees are suing Houston Methodist Hospital over its requirement that all of its employees get the COVID-19 vaccine by June 7.

The lawsuit claims it’s illegal to force people to get a vaccine when the Food and Drug Administration hasn’t officially approved it yet, saying employees are being used as “guinea pigs.”

The FDA has cleared three COVID-19 vaccinations developed by Moderna, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson for emergency use.

Jennifer Bridges, a nurse who has worked at the Texas hospital for six years, is the lead plaintiff in the case. She said she wants more time for the FDA to gather more research on the vaccine before she gets it.

“People trying to force you to put something into your body that you’re not comfortable with, in order to keep your job, is just insane,” Ms. Bridges told KHOU-11, Houston’s CBS News affiliate.

Lawyers representing the employees have asked the court to rule the policy illegal and also halt any firings for refusing to comply.

“You can’t fire someone for refusing to do something illegal, and if you look at federal law, it makes it very clear that it’s illegal to force someone to participate in a vaccine trial,” Jared Woodfill, a Houston attorney representing the employees, told KHOU.

Mr. Woodfill did not immediately return a request for comment from The Washington Times.

Houston Methodist is the first hospital system in the United States to mandate that employees be vaccinated with a COVID-19 shot, according to The Hill.

About 99% of the hospital’s employees have complied with the vaccine mandate.

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Anthony Fauci and Chinese CDC Director’s Email Exchanges Exposed: ‘We Will Get Through This Together’

Dr. Anthony Fauci and Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention Director George Gao’s email exchanges were exposed Tuesday by the Washington Post, depicting a cozy relationship with his Chinese counterpart.

“I saw the Science interview, how could I say such a word ‘big mistake’ about others? That was journalist’s wording. Hope you understand,” Gao wrote to Fauci March 28, 2020.

“Lets work together to get the virus out of the earth,” he added.

“I understand completely. No problem,” Fauci responded. “We will get through this together.”

On April 8, 2020, Gao wrote, “I saw some news (hope it is fake) that [you] are being attacked by some people. Hope you are well under such a irrational situation.”

Fauci wrote back three days later. “Thank you for your kind note. All is well despite some crazy people in this world.”

The Post obtained emails from a Freedom of Information Act request, exposing Fauci’s working relationship with China early in the pandemic. This is despite former President Donald Trump pointing to intelligence that said China was responsible for the coronavirus outbreak.

The Post wrote about the 866-page discovery:

The released emails show that Fauci indeed tried to answer many queries, sometimes hitting “send” well after midnight. And even as Trump ratcheted up attacks on China for not containing the virus after it was first discovered there, Fauci sought to maintain ties with Gao, a well-regarded Chinese scientific leader — and Gao with him.

Meanwhile, Dr. Anthony Fauci admitted May 25 the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded the Wuhan lab, but he still denies gain of function research support in relation to the origin of the flu.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) stated May 25 that Dr. Fauci committed perjury May 12 over his gain of function comments related to Communist China’s lab.

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‘Not Here, Not Ever’: Gov. DeSantis on Challenge to Florida’s Girls Sports Fairness Law

Remaining on the cutting edge of conservatism, public policy, and Title IX protections, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ensures girls and women in Florida sports will not have to compete with transgender females who were biologically born male, even in the face of lawsuits or cancel culture calls.

He signed into law Tuesday the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, which bans transgender athletes in girls and women’s sports from middle school through college, including intramural competitions in the state.

“We’re going to go based off biology, not based off ideology when we’re doing sports,” DeSantis said during Tuesday’s press conference at Trinity Christian Academy in Jacksonville, Florida. “The bill defines a student’s biological sex based on the student’s official birth certificate at the time of birth.

“And as part of the bill we’re signing today, we’re not only making sure women have opportunities for scholarships and competition at the highest level, we’re also putting in statute ways to actually vindicate the rights of any women athletes who may be discriminated against.”

DeSantis added the act gives girls who are discriminated against “the right to civil remedies,” and also gives schools and sports teams the ability to pursue civil lawsuits in the event they are subjected to opposition for following the law.

“In Florida, we’re going to do what’s right,” DeSantis said. “We’ll stand up to corporations. They’re not going to dictate the policies in this state. We will stand up to groups like the NCAA that think they should be able to dictate the policies in different states.

“Not here, not ever.”

DeSantis tweeted Tuesday after a press conference announcing the ban:

“The Fairness in Women’s Sports Act will empower Florida women & girls to be able to compete on a level playing field. This will help ensure that opportunities for things like college scholarships will be protected for female athletes for years to come.”

The ban will face a legal challenge from the Human Rights Campaign, an advocacy group for LGBTQ rights.

“This upcoming lawsuit in Florida to be filed by the Human Rights Campaign comes amid a rash of anti-transgender sports ban legislation being taken up and passed in states across the country,” the HRC statement read. “Today’s bill signing by Gov. DeSantis took place on the first day of LGBTQ Pride Month and within 12 days of the anniversary of the Pulse shooting in Orlando, Florida.”

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UK Records Zero COVID Deaths, Pro-Lockdown Adviser Told to “Shut Up”

Scientists still refusing to admit restrictions should be lifted.

On the day that the UK recorded ZERO coronavirus deaths for the first time since before the first lockdown over a year ago, a government adviser who wants lockdown restrictions to remain in place says he is being told to “shut up”.

Maybe he should take their advice.

After recording just one COVID death yesterday, the whole of the UK reported no deaths whatsoever today.

“The last time there were no deaths was on 7 March 2020, before the first lockdown,” reports Sky News.

However, despite deaths having been plummeting fast for weeks, lockdown grifters who have made a name for themselves by continuing to insist the country remains under restrictions are loathe to give up their power.

One such individual, Professor Adam Finn, from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), is demanding that the final stage of “unlocking” on June 21st be delayed.

Prof Finn said: “There are a lot of people who are very fed up about the idea of us even worrying about this.”

“Since I’ve been saying in the last 24 hours that we should be cautious I’ve been getting lots of messages from people telling me to shut up basically,” he added.

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White House dodges on whether Tulsa ‘Black Wall Street’ massacre survivors should get reparations

The White House declined to support a push for three survivors of the 1921 race massacre in Tulsa and other descendants affected by the riots to receive financial reparations, a recommendation made by a state commission into the incident.

For President Joe Biden, what survivors of the Oklahoma massacre endured 100 years ago was “tragic and devastating,” but his focus was on raising awareness about the violence rather than seeking to compensate those adversely affected, according to White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre.

“He also supports a study, as we’ve said before, into reparations, but believes that, first and foremost, the task in front of us is to root out systemic racism where it exists right now,” Jean-Pierre told reporters Tuesday on Air Force One en route to Tulsa.

Biden is visiting on Tuesday to mark the 100th anniversary of the massacre, the first president to travel to the city to commemorate the devastating riots. 

As many as 300 black Tulsa residents died and another 10,000 were left homeless when white residents destroyed houses and businesses in the city’s historically black and then-thriving Greenwood District, once described as “Black Wall Street.” A 2001 Oklahoma commission recommended that reparations be paid to black residents affected by the massacre after decades of the unrest being omitted from the state’s history.

White House aides equivocated late Monday when asked by reporters when Biden learned of the Tulsa massacre. But on Tuesday, Jean-Pierre boarded the presidential jet better prepared, saying the president had “been long familiar” with the riots.

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Biden To Direct $100 Billion To ‘Disadvantaged’ Businesses To Help Close ‘Racial Wealth Gap’

President Biden on Tuesday will announce new actions meant to help close the ‘racial wealth gap,’ including directing $100 billion in federal contracts to “disadvantaged businesses.”

The announcement is being made to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, described by the Oklahoma Historical Society as “the single worst incident of racial violence in American history.”

The President will announce multiple initiatives that, as Axios reports, will “target homeownership and small business ownership” which the administration describes as “two key wealth-creators” for minority communities.

“Today … the Biden-Harris Administration is announcing new steps to help narrow the racial wealth gap and reinvest in communities that have been left behind by failed policies,” a statement from the White House reads.

Funding Businesses Based On Race

President Biden’s announcement will include wide-ranging efforts to help close the ‘racial wealth gap.’

One such initiative will include “using the federal government’s purchasing power to grow federal contracting with small disadvantaged businesses by 50 percent,” according to the White House website.

This would “translate to an additional $100 billion over five years” being allocated to “helping more Americans realize their entrepreneurial dreams.”

Other initiatives will include:

  • A pair of rules designed to “end discrimination in housing” and “rethink established practices that contribute to or perpetuate inequities.”
  • A $10 billion community revitalization fund meant to target communities “that suffer from the effects of persistent poverty, historic economic disinvestment, and ongoing displacement of longtime residents.”
  • $31 billion in small business programs that “will increase access to capital for small businesses and provide mentoring, networking, and other forms of technical assistance to socially and economically disadvantaged businesses.”
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America Is The Land Of The Free Because Of The Brave

Memorial Day weekend is stacked with activities and filled with celebrations, but it’s also a time to honor those lost fighting for our freedoms. One America’s Camryn Kinsey shares the meaning embedded in Memorial Day.

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