The Biden administration is reportedly shelling out $60 million per week to care for the more than 16,000 illegal immigrant minors being housed in Department of Health and Human Services shelters.
The dollar figure comes from an analysis of government data obtained by The Washington Post.
As the number of illegal immigrant unaccompanied minors pouring over the border has surged in the past several weeks, HHS swiftly filled the 7,700 available beds in its shelters. The Post noted the cost of housing each minor is about $290 daily.
In addition, about 8,500 minors are living in emergency facilities in convention centers, converted oil worker camps, and military bases.
The cost of these emergency sites is more than 2½ times higher than the more-permanent shelters “due to the need to develop facilities quickly and hire significant staff over a short period of time,” said Kenneth Wolfe, a spokesman for HHS’s Administration for Children and Families.
Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors recently purchased a “secluded mini-compound” in Topanga Canyon, California for $1.4 million in an almost entirely white city.
Topanga’s population breakdown by race is almost 90% white and less than 2% black (here, here).
MSN and News Break picked up the story which was originally published in the real estate news website, Dirt.
[Khan-Cullors] chose to live in one of the whitest areas possible.
Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors has chosen to live in one of the whitest areas of California after purchasing a $1.4 million dollar home in an area that has a black population of just 1.6 percent.
A report by real estate website Dirt reveals that Khan-Cullors, who started the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag in 2013 in response to George Zimmerman’s acquittal, has purchased a “secluded mini-compound tucked into L.A.’s rustic and semi-remote Topanga Canyon.”
“A winding 15 minute drive from The Commons at Calabasas and a slightly longer and somewhat less serpentine drive from Malibu’s Getty Villa, the pint-sized compound spans about one-quarter of an acre. The property’s not-quite 2,400 square feet is divided between the a three-bedroom and two-bath main house and a separate one-bed/one-bath apartment capable of hosting guests long term with a private entry and a living room with kitchenette,” writes Mark David.
Black Lives Matter founder buys $1.4 million home in Topanga, which has a black population of 1.4%. She's with her people! https://t.co/HIGZsV7Cj4
According to official data, non-Hispanic white people make up 82.3% of the population in Topanga Canyon while African-Americans comprise a mere 1.64% of the population.
Other counties in California boast a substantially higher black population, including Alameda (12.5 per cent) and Sacramento (10.2 per cent).
According to an L.A. Times report, Topanga Canyon is noted for its population’s “privilege” and “geographic isolation from the mellow-harshing realities of modern American life.”
Although black lives may matter to Khan-Cullors, it appears as though she isn’t too keen on living amongst black people.
Social justice hypocrites who often spout anti-white rhetoric while choosing to live in gentrified white areas are nothing new, in fact, it’s a common theme.
Celebrities and politicians who espouse pro-mass immigration sentiment routinely live in the least diverse areas possible.
— Midwin Charles, Esq. (@MidwinCharles) April 7, 2021
Charles, who had preexisting medical conditions including asthma and a severe peanut allergy, was worried about going into anaphylaxis shock when she went to get the shot.
“I have a death-causing allergy to peanuts and wanted to have my Epi-pen with me when I got vaccinated in case I went into anaphylaxis shock,” she wrote. “Turns out my ‘insurance’ wouldn’t cover it and it’s $387????”
Taking the first shot on March 1st, Charles would have been scheduled to take her second dose days before her untimely death.
Just got vaccinated (qualified because of my asthma) at a FEMA center. Everyone at the site is in uniform. It’s good to see our service men and women! Process was organized, efficient, and everyone is kind and in a good mood. Let’s do this! 💉
— Midwin Charles, Esq. (@MidwinCharles) March 1, 2021
A vaccination site in Wake County, North Carolina, paused operations on Thursday after 18 adverse reactions to the Johnson & Johnson CCP virus vaccine were reported, officials said.
Officials confirmed that the immunization site at the PNC Arena in Raleigh paused vaccine operations “out of an abundance of caution,” after 18 adverse reactions were seen out of more than 2,300 Johnson & Johnson CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus doses administered in less than two hours of appointments.
Of the 18 people evaluated by EMS, 14 had “minor reactions” and were treated at the vaccination site. Four others were transported to local hospitals for further examination.
“Wake County made the decision to pause today in partnership with the NC Department of Health and Human Services and after consulting with the manufacturer,” Wake county officials said. “Together, these teams continue to investigate the issue.”
When it comes to potential Republican challengers for Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom in a recall, Ric Grenell, the former acting director of national intelligence under then-President Donald Trump, is a name that gets mentioned frequently.
Whether or not he runs is still up in the air, although he’s reportedly been laying the groundwork. However, talking to Fox News this week, Grenell detailed a more ambitious goal: He wants to “Fix California.”
That’s at least the name of his new group, which he’s launching to bring “permanent” change to the Golden State after the Democratic Party there has lurched to the left.
Authorities have arrested one person in connection with a brutal attack on a USPS worker who was savagely beaten by two women, the Daily Mail reports.
WARNING! GRAPHIC CONTENT/LANGUAGE:
MLive reported that the Flint, Michigan, police department continues to investigate the incident, which took place recently and was caught on camera.
In stunning video of the attack, two women can be seen pummeling a postal worker for what one bystander says is stimulus checks.
“Bruh, y’all hit the mailman, they trying to get that stimulus!” the bystander can be heard shouting.
The Daily Mail reports, “[Video] [f]ootage shows the two women pounding the postal worker over the back of the head as they wrestle with her in the street, just yards away from a USPS truck which has a badly dented hood.”
What wasn’t funny was Biden’s outright assault on the Second Amendment…
In another sign stumblin’ Joe Biden is losing it, the former Vice President bungled the acronym of the federal agency at the center of his press conference Thursday.
In addition to his announcement of executive orders on gun control, Biden also nominated gun control advocate David Chipman to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — which he mislabeled the “AFT.”
CLASSIC BIDEN: Biden calls the Department of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms the "AFT"…. TWICE! pic.twitter.com/ihNub9HuTS
“Today, I’m proud to nominate David Chipman to serve as the Director of the AFT,” Biden declared. “David knows the AFT well. He served there for 25 years.”
The half-expected gaffe sent ripples of laughter throughout social media.
(Baptist Standard) Federal courts recently delivered victories to student faith-based groups that were kicked off state university campuses for requiring their leaders to be Christians.
Wayne State University in Detroit violated the First Amendment rights of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship by revoking its status as a religious student organization, a federal judge in Michigan said in an April 5 opinion.
On March 22, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis ruled administrators at the University of Iowa were personally liable for violating the free speech and expressive-association rights of Business Leaders in Christ.
Southern Baptist religious freedom specialist Travis Wussow said the cases “highlight just how far outside the bounds of the Constitution these university administrators were acting in both cases.”
“I’m glad that these federal courts ruled what is plainly obvious—that government officials cannot target students and discriminate against their groups because they are religious,” said Wussow, general counsel and vice president for public policy of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.
“Such double-standard viewpoint discrimination is as incoherent of a policy as it is injurious to a university community. I know firsthand how valuable a Christian campus ministry is to one’s college career and character formation.”
Top-line discretionary request provides bigger boost for domestic spending
The White House on Friday released its initial framework of President Biden’s proposed budget for fiscal 2022, which gives only a slight boost in funding for the Pentagon and a bigger increase for domestic spending programs in areas such as housing, climate change and gun control.
The total discretionary request includes $769 billion for spending on domestic priorities and $753 billion for defense — increases of 16% and 1.7% respectively compared with 2021.
The proposal includes $715 billion for the Pentagon — a slight uptick from the 2021 enacted level of $704 billion, but undoubtedly less of a boost than Republicans and defense hawks want to see.
“We certainly hope people look at the full scope here,” an administration official told reporters on a call previewing the request. “The focus will be on investments on non-defense but also ensuring the Defense Department can continue its strategic goals as we out-compete China and as we ensure that the men and women in uniform have everything that they need.”
Every so often, the discussion of boycotts is presented to conservatives after a business or corporation plunges too far into liberal grandstanding. The question now comes to Major League Baseball, and it comes at a time when conservatives feel more cornered than ever.
MLB’s decision to move its All-Star Game out of Georgia was nothing less than a full surrender to a silly voter suppression narrative fabricated by the Democratic Party. Democrats lied about Georgia’s new voting law, and rather than avoid partisan politics and focus on honoring MLB legend Hank Aaron in Atlanta, MLB leaders decided to make the league a pawn of the Democrats.
The question of what conservatives should do is not a simple one. After all, if conservatives had to boycott every form of entertainment that declared its support for liberal politics, there wouldn’t be many options left. In the end, it comes down to how willing each individual is to put up with an organization that is opposed to their values for a few weekly hours of entertainment.
Some people decide it’s worth it, but for sports, that number is continuing to drop. Roughly 35% of people say they are watching fewer games on television as a result of multiple sports leagues joining social justice campaigns last summer. The most political sports league, the NBA, has seen its ratings drop for nearly two years now. MLB wasn’t immune to that last year, seeing the 2020 World Series bring in 32% fewer viewers than the previous low point in 2012.
Some will continue to watch baseball. For many, watching games on TV or at the ballpark is a generational tradition, one that no one can blame them for wanting to continue on. But many conservatives are becoming increasingly unforgiving toward the encroachment of politics in entertainment as those organizations become more aggressively liberal.
Some conservative boycotts are dumb, such as when former President Donald Trump led an outrage cycle against the filmThe Hunt because he and others couldn’t understand that the liberal elites hunting the “deplorables” were actually the bad guys. But Major League Baseball has launched an openly partisan shot to its conservative fans. When, or if, many decide to tune out, it will be justified.
Conservatives rarely organize boycotts or pressure campaigns. The truth is that it’s hardly necessary. While social justice mobs on social media can push companies into liberal circles, conservatives typically speak with their pocketbooks and move on. Major League Baseball is going to find out how many people decide to do just that.
