Over 120 airmen at March Air Reserve Base (MARB), including their chaplain, have been denied religious exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, according to an MARB public information officer. The Air Force recognizes chaplains as one of the most important individuals in determining religious exemptions. Air Education and Training Command Public Affairs Captain Allison Kirk <a href="https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2803149/religious-accommodation-requests-what-to-expect/">clarified</a> the chaplain’s significance in early October.
“For Airmen seeking a religious accommodation request, chaplains play a critical role in ensuring each request is fully considered in accordance with DAFI 52-201, Religious Freedom in the Department of the Air Force,” stated Kirk.
Exemptions are determined through a religious accommodation request (RAR). Certain laws like the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) require the government to offer a significant reason for encroaching on religious beliefs. The RFRA act, introduced by Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) when he was a representative for the 9th District, bars the government from “substantially burdening” a person’s religious freedom without “compelling government interest.” According to Air Force policy, religious accommodations for sincerely held religious beliefs are <a href="https://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/af_hc/publication/dafi52-201/dafi52-201.pdf">denied</a> if they present a real adverse impact on military readiness, unit cohesion, good order, discipline, and health or safety. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy serves as the final appeal authority on religious exemptions for vaccination mandates.
This week, the Air Force was the first to reportedly <a href="https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-257b231698d17ab3c6aef71867520346">discharge</a> service members for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine: 27 airmen. None of the individuals sought a religious, medical, or administrative exemption.
MARB is one of three major reserve bases; it’s <a href="https://afreserve.com/downloads/AFR-Organization.pdf">responsible</a> for “strategic reach forces” and oversight of 19 subordinate units nationwide.
The Daily Wire spoke with MARB public information officer, Captain Scott Terra, who was also denied a religious exemption. He informed us that there hasn’t been much clarity throughout the accommodations process. Even some of his higher-ups haven’t known what to expect.
“The perception is if none of the requests are even being honored, was there an urgency in attempts to evaluate these claims and consider them?” asked Terra. “I haven’t always agreed with the Air Force policies, but I’ve always followed orders. This is getting to be a situation where this is possibly an illegal order.”
Terra told The Daily Wire that he decided to discuss the mandate’s implications because he’s an American citizen first and foremost.
“This is a religious freedom issue and this is a cornerstone of what the Constitution stands for,” said Terra. “As a military officer, I feel I have a responsibility to respect religious freedom, and I believe our officers in chains of command feel the same. That’s the oath I took.”
According to Terra, the letters of rejection have come from their highest authority in the reserves: Lieutenant General Richard Scobee at Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC).
At the end of August, Defense Secretary Austin Lloyd <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pentagon-chief-demands-ambitious-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-timeline">issued</a> a memo mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for the entire military. A month later, Lloyd followed up with another <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/defense-secretary-unvaccinated-national-guard-members-cannot-train-be-paid">memo</a> clarifying that the mandate extended to National Guard members and prohibited payment for those unvaccinated members. Recently, the Department of Defense <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pentagon-considering-vaccine-booster-mandate-for-military">announced</a> consideration of a booster mandate as well.
One reservist spoke to The Daily Wire on the condition of anonymity. His RAR was denied last month; as of press time, he hasn’t received word on his appeal. He explained that funds for efficient operations are already limited without the additional burden of enforcing a vaccination mandate.
“As an Air Force commander, I have a fraction of the funds necessary to prepare my unit to execute its mission. Yet what time and money I have must be used to force a handful of members to receive a highly questionable jab against their will,” stated the airman. “I can’t pay for airmen to plan our unit exercises or conduct training, but I must fund orders that force members to report for disciplinary action if they refuse the jab. In an effort to avoid a theoretical threat to readiness we have committed a completely unforced error which will incur disproportionate and real, adverse impact to national security.”
Even though they are permitted to submit an appeal, the anonymous reservist shared that they’re given only 72 hours from the time they’re notified of their RAR denial. He reported that the timeline posed a common problem: some were notified while not on duty, and didn’t receive word of their denial until the 72 hours were nearly or completely up.
Terra informed The Daily Wire that it’s unclear where the 72-hour rule originated.
Even while awaiting an unknown outcome on his religious exemption, the anonymous reservist told The Daily Wire that he’s found an unexpected silver lining to his trials.
“It’s been stressful for me and my family,” said the reservist. “As a Christian I can see a lot of good that’s come out of this: my ability to share my faith, my testimony, with people that would never want to hear it, more times in the past ten months than the past ten years. You grow with challenges, and this is a challenge that I can certainly say that there’s a lot of good that’s come out of this.”
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One hundred and fifty scientists and employees within one of the most critical government-funded energy research labs in the country are on indefinite unpaid leave after they were denied a religious exemption request for the COVID-19 vaccine. 
They work at the historic Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL): the largest science and energy lab in the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) network of 17 National Laboratories, and whose management is contracted out to private companies. Mainly, the scientists object to how the available COVID-19 vaccines were either developed and tested — or in the case of the Johnson &amp; Johnson vaccine, produced — using abortion-derived fetal cell lines.
ORNL is operated by UT-Battelle, a not-for-profit limited liability company that has government contracts with 9 of the 17 National Laboratories. ORNL began in 1943 as “X-10,” part of the Manhattan Project: a secret World War II-era project to develop a nuclear bomb and counter Germany’s progress with nuclear fission.
The Daily Wire spoke with two of the UT-Battelle scientists refusing the COVID-19 vaccine because of their religious convictions — twin brothers Jordan and Rob Lefebvre. Neither of them can do their job because they’re not vaccinated against COVID-19.
While UT-Battelle approved the brothers&#8217; religious exemption, it refused to offer accommodations like frequent testing or remote work, saying it would pose an undue hardship on the company. The organization also cited the criticality of conducting on-site work as part of ORNL’s national missions.
UT-Battelle presented the future possibility of improved community conditions or their ability to accommodate without bearing undue hardships as a sort of unguaranteed silver lining.
It wasn’t just UT-Battelle’s conclusion on the matter that struck Jordan, Rob, and their colleagues — it was the process they faced. In addition to filing a request for exemption and a letter of explanation from religious leadership, employees were required to undergo interviews arbitrating those beliefs and sign a certification statement that they haven’t, wouldn’t, and don’t presently use certain medications and pharmaceutical products that use fetal cell lines for testing. Neither signed the statement.
A sample of the interview questions shared with The Daily Wire debated the validity and sincerity of the employees’ religious beliefs. They challenged the individual as to whether they’d been practicing their religion their whole life, pried to see if the individual had other non-religious thoughts or beliefs about the vaccine, and contrasted the individual’s religious beliefs to those of their leaders. Additionally, the company interrogated the individual about their past or current use of consumer and medical products that had, at some point, been tested using fetal cell lines. 
“A lot of it was kind of entrapment questions — why are you objecting to the vaccine when you don’t object to these other things?” observed Jordan.
Rob added that they aren’t opposed to vaccines — just the ones that weigh on their religious conscience. In this case, they oppose the COVID-19 vaccine due to the critical role that fetal cell lines played during testing or development.
“We’ve never challenged the mandate. It’s about reasonable accommodations. We’re not against vaccinations [just] these vaccines specifically — many of us have religious objections,” explained Rob.
Jordan added that the treatment he and his fellow employees have endured has effectively stripped them of their humanity. He asserted that their civil liberties were at stake. 
“We’re being treated as if we are COVID itself. We have no rights at our place of work. My stewardship of millions and millions of dollars of taxpayer money to effectively manage national security missions — that doesn’t matter anymore,” remarked Jordan. 
Some of UT-Battelle’s employees who were denied religious accommodations ended up suing, alleging that the company had violated Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. In that case, Jeffrey Bilyeu, et al., v. UT-Battelle, LLC, those employees were joined by those denied medical accommodations, who alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). U.S. District Judge Charles Atchley initially awarded a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) in mid-October, but couldn’t award a preliminary injunction at a subsequent hearing at the end of last month.
Although the judge said he sympathized with the employees’ plight, he didn’t find that the damages from unpaid leave met the standard of irreparable harm.
<blockquote>Much can be said about the way UT-Battelle handled their accommodation processes. For a company that prides itself on the importance of its national security mission and the role it plays in protecting the interests of the United States, it is difficult to view the treatment of employees as thoughtful or prudent. It is difficult to imagine that other accommodations aside from unpaid leave were not available for at least some individuals. But given the absence of irreparable harm, the Court need not examine whether such accommodations were reasonable. Neither is it the Court’s role to determine whether the company erred in issuing a one-size-fits-all accommodation for a group of employees with differing job duties and various time spent on campus. Regardless of the result of such findings, it is hard to fathom that conducting more individualized assessments was untenable for an entity with the resources of UT-Battelle. In this regard, Defendant’s decisions reflect a shocking indifference to some of its employees. These employees deserve better, as does everyone associated with UT-Battelle. 
Ultimately, the law requires a finding of irreparable harm for an injunction, and this harm must be concrete and imminent &#8211; not speculative or uncertain. Plaintiffs’ testimony was moving, and the Court remains sympathetic to their situation. However, the harms identified by Plaintiffs are not yet ‘irreparable.’</blockquote>
Beyond continued efforts of legal action and raising awareness, the next step for the Lefebrves and their colleagues will be finishing their discrimination charge filings with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). According to the Lefebvres, the EEOC has identified UT-Battelle’s lack of reasonable religious accommodations as a systemic complaint and has agreed to review their concerns as a group. They’re anticipating advances in the EEOC’s review process in these upcoming weeks.
Not all vaccine mandates have held up to scrutiny as of late. In the wake of a recent federal court ruling against the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for companies with over 100 employees, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was forced to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/biden-admin-suspends-vaccine-mandate-but-the-fight-is-just-beginning">suspend</a> the mandate pending a final court ruling.
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The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) required training that incorporated key tenets of Critical Race Theory (CRT) for its employees, a whistleblower shared with Republican gubernatorial candidate Don Huffines. The whistleblower, who opted for anonymity, provided materials associated with a required course for DFPS employees, “Knowing Who You Are.” Upon completing the course, employees were instructed to take a survey where they were rated based on how much they agreed with statements acknowledging institutional racism and white privilege, as well as their level of commitment to being a good social justice activist. DFPS has over 13,000 employees.
“A whistleblower inside the Texas government came to us to help end Critical Race Theory indoctrination that is being forced on state employees and is being paid for by you, the Texas taxpayer,” stated Huffines in a <a href="https://donhuffines.com/news/huffines-reveals-critical-race-theory-in-state-agency-training-materials">video</a>. “They were told this was required as part of their employment [&#8230;.] The people pushing this crap need to be fired, and on day one of my administration.”
While the <a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dzhm4vope/image/upload/v1635886707/DonHuffines/CRT%20Training%20Material.pdf">training materials</a> do not explicitly say “Critical Race Theory,” they do <a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dzhm4vope/image/upload/v1635887345/DonHuffines/CRT%20Power%20Point.pdf">incorporate</a> some of its tenets. Summarily, the course pushes the idea that race and ethnicity are essential to every aspect of life. It taught that the most improper level of racial and ethnic identification (REI), “relative unawareness,” doesn’t prescribe meaning or importance to racial or ethnic differences and doesn’t identify in a particular racial or ethnic group, while the most proper level of REI, “commitment,” is keenly aware of racial and ethnic differences, identifies as a member of a particular racial or ethnic group or groups, and understands that each group has its own positive and negative aspects. 
The employee training also focused on shaping the perspectives and attitudes of children. It taught that the “building blocks” for creating a healthy REI in youths are promoting racial and ethnic pride, developing multicultural competence, and preparing them for facing racism and discrimination.
The course also claims the existence of institutional or systemic racism. In making its point, the course claimed that race and gender determine everything, including wages, home loans, welfare reliance, and even length of stay in foster care.
The ongoing resources and opportunities advertised to employees included “Woke Wednesday!” and “Implicit Bias in Child Protection Webinar.”
A TedX Talk video within the required training was a 2014 presentation titled, “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNhcY6fTyBM">Allegories on race and racism</a>” given by Dr. Camara Jones, an anti-racism activist that helped <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/4149999?origin=crossref">pioneer</a> the idea of <a href="https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.90.8.1212">institutionalized racism</a> and claims that racism is a public health crisis.
“For any of us, it’s difficult for us to recognize any system of inequity that is privileging us. For example, it’s difficult for men to recognize male privilege and sexism. It’s difficult for white people in this country to recognize white privilege and racism,” said Jones. “Like institutionalized racism, it can be through acts of doing as well as acts of not doing. But even more important, [sic] it can be unintentional, as well as intentional. You don’t have to intend it to have a racist impact to do something racist, to have a racist impact.”
The training also discussed a work from the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, the Allegory of the Cave. In the allegory, men trapped in caves represent intellectual darkness. Plato posited that learning was like men making their way out of that dark cave into the light, or achieving enlightenment &#8212; the “good.” The training implied that the “good” was perfect REI awareness; in other words, a deep and abiding understanding of CRT.
In an exclusive statement to The Daily Wire, Huffines said that Governor Greg Abbott needed to have a better awareness of the actions of his administration. 
“Given that DFPS is a state agency under the direct purview of the governor, Abbott should have been aware that CRT training was being forced on state employees,” asserted Huffines. “And if he wasn’t aware, that in and of itself is a serious problem. What other radical left-wing initiatives are our tax dollars funding, without the governor having the will or desire to stop them?”
Abbott didn’t respond to The Daily Wire by press time. Neither did DFPS. Huffines claimed that, as the state’s leader, the governor bears the burden for DFPS’ actions.
“Greg Abbott is forcing hard-working Texans to subsidize mandatory Critical Race Theory for state employees,” added Huffines. “Critical Race Theory is Marxist, racist poison being used to indoctrinate and divide Americans. It has no place in the State of Texas.”
This wasn’t Huffines’ first time exposing DFPS. In August, Huffines <a href="https://twitter.com/IsaiahMitch_tx/status/1432796579136737291">publicized</a> that DFPS advocated for transgenderism and the sexualization of children. DFPS removed that webpage and all associated resources within hours of Huffines’ remarks, for which Huffines claimed responsibility. DFPS email records <a href="https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/Prompted-by-Abbott-primary-challenger-Texas-16525826.php">corroborate</a> Huffines’ claim.
“A few months ago, my campaign uncovered Leftist transgender ideology being promoted by DFPS,” stated Huffines. “I promised Texans I would get the webpage taken down and within hours of my announcement it was removed. This Critical Race Theory training material must meet the same fate.”
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It’s offensive to see <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GregAbbott_TX</a> use our tax dollars to advocate for transgender ideology. This must end. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/txlege?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#txlege</a> <a href="https://t.co/gQiAEJZ8YR">pic.twitter.com/gQiAEJZ8YR</a>
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) deactivated a 23-year-old woman from the transplant list, where she had been waiting since June 2018 on dialysis for a lifesaving kidney transplant, because she isn’t vaccinated against COVID-19. The woman, Codie Samuelson, now has six months to get listed for the transplant at another hospital or be removed entirely.
Samuelson was born with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) and diagnosed at two months old with end-stage kidney failure. Samuelson’s father was the first to give her a kidney, but her body rejected it; it was the kidney from her mother that took, ultimately lasting her 18 years. Then, three and a half years ago, Samuelson’s body began rejecting that kidney. Samuelson has been on dialysis three times a week since then. Though she is considered high-risk for COVID-19, Samuelson decided not to get the vaccine based on the advice of three of her nurses and her own medical concerns.
In an interview with The Daily Wire, Samuelson and her mother, Christy, explained that the dialysis process has been going well but is very exhausting. Even as she endures the taxing effect of the life-sustaining treatment, which takes around four or more hours, Samuelson manages some days to work as a DoorDash driver.
Christy says that they’re confident the setback is a part of God’s greater plan.
“I just say that everything is going to happen in God’s time &#8211; He’s going to be doing things the way He needs to in his time,” asserted Christy.
VUMC spokesman Craig Boerner confirmed that unvaccinated individuals may not be eligible for a transplant. He said that this requirement was just one of many for transplant patients. Boerner also indicated that an exemption process was in place for those with medical, religious, or personal objections to the vaccine.
“We are requiring COVID vaccination as an eligibility for adult solid organ transplant,” VUMC said last month in an official statement on the matter. “However, we do have an exemption process in place for medical or religious/strongly held personal beliefs.”
Yet, the Samuelson family told The Daily Wire that VUMC never offered them the exemption process as an option.
“If there’s a chance we have an exemption, we can apply for it. We’ve already spoken with the transplant surgeon and he was adamant that she [Codie] needed the vaccine,” explained Christy. “Who would be the one to approve [the exemption]? If it’s the surgeon we spoke with, we know that he was completely adamant about having the vaccination.”
The Daily Wire also asked VUMC what would occur if the donor or recipient experiences adverse effects to the vaccine, such as myocarditis. VUMC didn’t respond to our follow-up question by press time.
There are more than 90,200 individuals awaiting kidney transplants nationwide, according to the <a href="https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/data/">Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)</a>. The HRSA estimated that patients wait an average of four to five years for an organ transplant.
VUMC isn’t the only hospital system to remove patients from the organ transplant list recently. The University of Colorado Health (UCHealth) system denied a kidney transplant to at least one patient last month, Leilani Lutali, for refusing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Lutali’s friend, Jaimee Fougner, would have been the donor. Both Lutali and Fougner refused the vaccine based on religious concerns.
Tennessee Stands, a nonprofit focused on conservative activism, first publicized Samuelson’s story as told by Codie’s mother, Christy:
<blockquote>My daughter’s name is Codie and she is 23 years old. She was born with ARPKD (autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease) and was diagnosed with end-stage kidney failure at the young age of 2 months old. At that time, she had a feeding tube for failure to thrive and several medications and injections became our daily routine. Her entire life has been about medications, doctor appointments, and monthly lab work. All while being immunosuppressed. She received her first ‘gift of life’ from her dad at age 17 months. This transplant was considered a success although the kidney only lasted 5 days due to complications of blood clots. Her 2nd ‘gift of life’ came from me (her mother) 14 months later. We have been blessed that the transplant lasted for 18 years before going into rejection 3 1/2 years ago. She was then put on the transplant waiting list and had a fistula placed into her arm. Thus dialysis began, she is currently going 3 days a week.
With all the controversy of Covid-19 and the vaccines that may or may not be more harmful than beneficial to an immunosuppressed individual. After 3 of her nurses even warned against taking the injection, and her own concerns, Vanderbilt hospital has deactivated her from the transplant list because she has chosen not to take the jab. Instead [of] helping someone to have a chance to live, they have turned her away from the chance to receive another ‘gift of life.’ Does that sound fair in any way? I don’t think so. 
We are looking for anyone that might be able to help us fight this fight. I don’t know where to even start. Thank you for reading and God bless. </blockquote>
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Since their story went public, Christy reported that they’ve received “a lot” of messages from strangers across the country offering to give Codie one of their kidneys.
“We have people willing to go to their personal doctors so they can get in contact with our dialysis clinic to see if they’re a match,” shared Christy. “Maybe this is God’s way of putting us in contact with them. Maybe we needed to be tested.”
Codie may have willing and ready matches out there &#8211; but it’s a waiting game. For now, she’ll continue treatments until her clinic grants her a referral to another hospital.
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As more U.S. natural gas pipelines shut down due to climate concerns and the regulations prompted by them, the country is becoming increasingly reliant on foreign natural gas resources. One of the main importers of natural gas, Massachusetts, is reportedly increasing its liquid natural gas (LNG) imports from Trinidad and Tobago in South America over 2,300 miles away, at an estimated <a href="https://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/hist/n9103td3m.htm">cost</a> of over $8 per thousand cubic feet (MCF). The nearest American oil field, Marcellus Shale, is several hundred miles away and much <a href="https://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/hist/n3035us3m.htm">cheaper</a>: under $5 per MCF.
The Daily Wire asked one of the largest energy providers in the Northeast, Boston Gas (National Grid), about the natural gas imports. We also asked them what additional costs would be passed onto customers. Spokesman Bob Kievra didn’t offer specific answers to our inquiries. Instead, he relayed that natural gas service would be reliable and uninterrupted.
“We’re confident in our ability to deliver safe, reliable natural gas service to our customers this winter,” stated Kievra. “We have robust plans in place to ensure the gas supply needs of our customers are fully met.”
The Biden administration has moved to cut off further development of new pipeline projects while imposing increased burdens on existing ones. Immediately after President Joe Biden took office, the administration paused all new oil and gas leasing on federal lands; they are currently <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-administration-appeals-federal-court-decision-block-oil-gas-leasing-pause-2021-08-16/">appealing</a> a federal court’s ruling against those suspensions. Additionally, the Biden administration omitted any mention of pipelines in their proposed <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/24/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-support-for-the-bipartisan-infrastructure-framework/">infrastructure plan</a> fact sheet.
Climate concerns over the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/environmental-groups-cheer-keystone-shutdown-now-demand-biden-shut-down-all-pipelines">pipelines</a> include the adverse effects of fracking, such as increased global warming from air pollutants, or groundwater pollution from spills. As a result, activists want the Biden administration to shut down all pipelines &#8212; not just natural gas pipelines. Several key natural gas pipelines have shut down recently: the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, PennEast Pipeline, STL Pipeline, and the Constitution Pipeline.
Those aren’t the only pipelines facing the possibility of shutting down. In May, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gretchen-whitmer-orders-canadian-pipeline-to-shut-down-amid-gas-shortage">ordered</a> the shutdown of Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline over spillage concerns &#8212; though that line hasn’t had that issue in its 67-year existence. Another major pipeline, the Mountain Valley Pipeline, has been held back from completion due to costly regulations, delays, and challenges. The pipeline’s estimated cost of completion sat around $3 billion but has now increased to over $6 billion. 
Toby Rice &#8211; the CEO of one of the largest natural gas producers, EQT Corporation &#8211; told The Daily Wire that this pattern of increased reliance on a foreign supply and “green” energy is leading the country down a road toward a power crisis. He emphasized that reliable energy sources are key to quality of life and to progress, and countered the emissions concerns over fossil fuels with the argument that “green” energy sources weren’t nearly as reliable.
“I think energy is probably one of the most misunderstood aspects of modern life. One thing that&#8217;s important to understand [is that] energy consumption provides for human progress,” said Rice. “Unfortunately, people miss that. There’s a lot of public negative sentiment because of the emissions profiling when using fossil fuels, and they ignore the benefits.”
Not all Americans rely on natural gas to heat their homes &#8212; a small percentage rely on heating oil. According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), approximately 5.5 million households still <a href="https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/heating-oil/use-of-heating-oil.php">relied</a> on heating oil to heat their homes last year &#8212; about 4 percent of all households in the country. Over 81 percent of those homes were in the Northeast, concentrated in five states (ranked from highest percentage of homes who used heating oil to lowest): New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Maine.
Europe is currently in the throes of an energy crisis, with natural gas prices up to over six times what they were last year. They’ve transformed their power grid to prioritize green, renewable solutions, such as solar and wind power. Over the last few months, however, there was about 20 percent less wind power produced than anticipated, leaving the continent scrambling for gas to offset the loss. One major benefactor from Europe’s energy crisis will likely be Russia.
Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) has been outspoken about the impact of pipelines and the need for transitioning to renewable energy. His office didn’t respond to The Daily Wire’s request for comment by press time. 
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On Tuesday, a group of Arizonans launched the Arizona Coalition of School Board Members (ACSBM) as an alternative to the Arizona School Boards Association (ASBA): a 73-year-old monopoly held by the National School Boards Association (NSBA). That’s the very government lobbying group that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/school-boards-demand-biden-deploy-federal-law-enforcement-to-meetings-claim-they-are-under-domestic-terrorism-threat">requested</a> President Joe Biden&#8217;s DOJ use the PATRIOT Act to investigate individuals including parents for behavior that they claimed could rise to the level of &#8220;domestic terrorism,&#8221; a call that the Biden administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-blasted-for-weaponizing-doj-against-parents-speaking-out-against-critical-race-theory">heeded</a> in recent weeks. 
NSBA’s request <a href="https://www.nsba.org/-/media/NSBA/File/nsba-letter-to-president-biden-concerning-threats-to-public-schools-and-school-board-members-92921.pdf?la=en&amp;hash=642B7B91E0029BA4427D0F38D7054A007537160F">cited</a> an arrest at a school board meeting earlier this year involving Loudoun County, Virginia, parent Scott Smith. Earlier this month, Daily Wire reporter Luke Rosiak revealed in an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/loudoun-county-schools-tried-to-conceal-sexual-assault-against-daughter-in-bathroom-father-says">explosive investigative report</a> that Smith’s arrest happened at a school board meeting discussing a plan to expand a gender-neutral bathroom policy, all while the district may have covered up the alleged rape of Smith&#8217;s daughter by a boy in a girls bathroom. 
Unlike NSBA and its Arizona chapter, ASBA, this <a href="https://azcoalition.org/">new association</a> claims it will put students first.
“Students should always be at the forefront of policy considerations &#8211; not unions and not special interest groups,” <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trrV1Wtg9OM">asserted</a> ACSBM’s first promotional video.
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Just as with ASBA, ACSBM is a non-profit, non-partisan organization. Unlike ASBA, though, ACSBM will offer services to more than just school board members. In doing so, ACSBM promises to prioritize school choice and parental rights. School board members are eligible for “active memberships,” while parents, educational staff, school board candidates, and other community members are eligible for “associate memberships.”
In an interview with The Daily Wire, ACSBM Executive Director Katie Ward explained that their organization’s goal is to untie the hands of school board members who see ASBA and its will as their only option.
“Right now the school boards tend to focus on what they’re being told to do, which is by their association,” explained Ward. “What we’re pushing is to help school board members focus on more student-centered policy instead of focusing on adult issues. It’s what’s best for the kid that matters.”
Ward explained that school board members can establish membership with both ASBA and ACSBM if they wish. 
“Choice is always a good thing &#8211; it makes all of us [strive to] be better,” reiterated Ward. “I think the most important thing is that we’re focused on the students. Our main mission is the kids.”
<a href="https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/15/00342.htm">Arizona law</a> allows school governing boards to choose if they will join an association with other governing board members.
ACSBM said it will provide training and development, policy training and guidance, and advocacy. Their first training event will occur the first weekend in December. An agenda will be published in the near future. 
In ACSBM’s <a href="https://azcoalition.org/media">first press release</a>, the governing board president of Dysart Unified School District, Dawn Densmore, expressed her relief at finally having a choice.
“I want to be a part of a school board association that listens to all of its members. We live in a society that values choice, and we have never had one,” stated Densmore. “I am looking forward to growing with the Coalition and all of our Arizona school board members having a choice in associations.”
ACSBM Board Member Matt Nielsen told The Daily Wire that they are most interested in representing what parents have been requesting: patriotism and traditional American values.
“We’re giving school board members an option, those who know there’s something wrong and feel that the positions that [ASBA] is taking on &#8211; things like critical pedagogy, critical race theory, and all those different ideologies &#8211; have no place in the classroom,” explained Nielsen. “They can still receive the services they rely on [ASBA] for without all of the social engineering that they pack in along with it.”
As of this report, Ward shared that they’ve been flooded with requests for membership.
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Ben &amp; Jerry’s founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield admitted in an interview with Axios that money is the main reason they don’t boycott sales in states whose policies they disagree with, in the context of their Israel boycott enacted in July.
Axios reporter Alexi McCammond pressed Cohen and Greenfield on their decision to not sell in Israel, but to continue selling in states that have been deemed problematic by Democrats, such as Georgia with its new voting laws, or Texas with its ban on abortions after a heartbeat is detected.
“I don’t know,” shrugged Cohen. “I mean &#8211; It’s an interesting question. I don’t know what that would accomplish. We’re working on those issues, of voting rights, and&#8230; I don’t know. You know, I mean &#8211; I think you ask a really good question. And, I think, I’d have to sit down and think about it for a bit [&#8230;.] By that reasoning, we should not sell any ice cream anywhere. I’ve got issues with what’s being done in most every state and most every country.”
At that point, Greenfield attempted to distinguish Israel’s actions from those of other states by claiming that Israel’s actions were illegal under international law. Perspectives on the legality of Israel’s settlement along the West Bank have long been divided. In 2019, previous Secretary of State Mike Pompeo <a href="https://2017-2021.state.gov/secretary-michael-r-pompeo-remarks-to-the-press/index.html">assessed</a> that their settlement wasn’t inconsistent with international law entirely, citing perspectives from strong leadership in the past such as previous President Ronald Reagan.
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Cohen had made it clear earlier in the interview that a total boycott against all things they disagreed with politically wasn’t an option. McCammond had asked Cohen and Greenfield why they didn’t stop selling their product completely to protest Israel. Though Cohen said that wasn’t feasible, he didn’t offer any further explanation as to why.
“I disagree with the U.S. policy [but] we couldn’t stop selling in the U.S.,” said Cohen.
Cohen also disagreed with McCammond’s assertion that their boycott impacts Israel’s economy adversely.
“I don’t view it as withholding money &#8211; it’s just saying we don’t want our ice cream sold in the occupying territories,” stated Cohen. “[It doesn’t affect the economy] much. It’s a drop in the bucket.”
Ben &amp; Jerry’s <a href="https://finance.walla.co.il/item/3442683">made up</a> over 75 percent of Israel’s premium ice cream market share.
“So then is that really a big stand?” asked McCammond.
“It’s not a financial stance, it’s a policy stance,” asserted Cohen.
Greenfield then insinuated that Ben &amp; Jerry’s political stances were influenced by their money-making potential. 
“Ben &amp; Jerry’s publicly supported Occupy Wallstreet, Black Lives Matter [&#8230;] but over the years, the company continues to sell more ice cream and thrive,” explained Greenfield.
Greenfield also took issue with the characterization of their decision to stop selling their product in Israel as a “boycott,” which he says has caused states like <a href="https://3aa0b5fb-bb2e-4872-9184-5e5295e8fb3c.filesusr.com/ugd/8bb536_e2cfd32637a64f96bbaf8b5a9c2a4ecd.pdf">Arizona</a> and <a href="https://www.state.nj.us/treasury/news/2021/09152021.shtml">New Jersey</a> to divest millions from Unilever.
“I think it’s largely based on misinformation,” asserted Greenfield. “I think Ben &amp; Jerry’s and Unilever are being characterized as ‘boycotting Israel,’ which is not the case at all.”
Their initial <a href="https://www.benjerry.com/about-us/media-center/opt-statement">announcement</a> to end sales in “Occupied Palestinian Territory” does include the distinction that they aren’t boycotting Israel. The company justified its claim that their decision wasn’t a boycott by promising that it would “stay in Israel through a different business arrangement.” They have yet to announce this arrangement. However, their actions are a boycott by definition.
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Two Tennessee Tech University (TTU) professors are suing TTU after the university punished them for “threatening, harassing, and intimidating” a Turning Point USA (TPUSA) advisor and students. TTU found the two professors, Dr. Julia Gruber and Andrew Smith, at fault for posting flyers that singled out TTU’s TPUSA advisor, a fellow TTU professor named Andrew (A.J.) Donadio, and accused him and TPUSA of racism and hate group activity.
As punishment, TTU barred Gruber and Smith from serving as faculty advisors to any student organization, participating in study abroad or faculty-led trips, receiving non-instructional faculty assignments or awards, accepting salary increases for one year. Additionally, the two were ordered to meet with the dean before and after the semester, attend behavioral meetings, and have their classes observed. TTU warned the professors they would be fired for any further violations.
Gruber and Smith <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/530376660/Gruber-and-Smith-v-Tennessee-Tech-University">filed suit</a> Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. Judge Waverly Crenshaw, Jr., will preside over the case. Gruber and Smith asked the court to declare that TTU had denied them their constitutional right to free speech and to reverse TTU’s disciplinary action.
The pair made <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tennessee-tech-professors-post-fliers-calling-colleague-turning-point-usa-adviser-racist">national headlines</a> over their flyer earlier this year, which stated:
<blockquote>This racist college professor thought it would be a great idea to help start a Tennessee Tech chapter for this national hate group, where racist students can unite to harass, threaten, intimidate, and terrorize persons of color, feminists, liberals, and the like, especially their teachers.
Their organization created a national ‘Professor Watchlist’ to harass and intimidate progressive educators, including many women, African-American, and Muslim professors.
Professor Donadio and Turning Point USA. You are on our list. Your hate and hypocrisy are not welcome at Tennessee Tech. No unity with racists. Hate speech is not free speech.</blockquote>
Gruber, an associate German professor, and Smith, a senior English instructor, claimed that the flyers were protected speech under the First Amendment. The professors claimed the flyers addressed a public concern, not a personal grievance, and were a commentary on the perception that TTU was tolerating racism.
They also disagreed with TTU’s characterization of the flyers as “threatening, intimidating, and harassing.” Instead, they argued the flyers actually promoted TTU’s goals of diversity and fair treatment by calling out racism, hatred, and bigotry.
Smith created the flyers in early February after Gruber told him she’d witnessed Donadio clap in support of a local school board’s decision to keep its Native American-themed mascot, the Redskins. Gruber and Smith both thought the mascot was racially insensitive; Gruber had even <a href="https://ca.gofundme.com/f/replace-algoodracist-school-mascots">created</a> a GoFundMe to launch a campaign for replacing the mascot. It only raised $400 of its $5,000 goal. Gruber’s <a href="https://www.change.org/p/the-school-board-change-the-algood-middle-school-mascot">associated petition</a> received over 4,000 signatures.
Even as TTU was investigating Gruber and Smith for the flyers, the two professors doubled down on their decision to target Donadio and TPUSA. The pair <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=external&amp;v=935076647319921">appeared</a> on The Rude Pundit, a left-leaning podcast, to defend their actions in April. They claimed that they would be open to debating TPUSA over their differences, despite the flyer’s assertion that TPUSA’s speech was intolerable hate speech. Their main argument was that the flyer was a protected form of free speech.
Both <a href="https://www.professorwatchlist.org/professor/juliagruber">Gruber</a> and <a href="https://www.professorwatchlist.org/professor/andrewsmith">Smith</a> are now listed on TPUSA’s “Professor Watchlist,” a database of professors who “discriminate against conservative students and advance leftist propaganda in the classroom.”
TTU didn’t respond to The Daily Wire’s request for comment by press time.
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Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters walked viewers down a typical San Francisco, California, street for his latest campaign ad. In the fifty second video, masked pedestrians stroll by tent encampments lining sidewalks, while the homeless and drug addicts either shuffle past or slump over with heads hung. Masters suggested that Arizona would turn into the streets of San Francisco if Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) gets re-elected. 
“This is San Francisco; it’s disgusting. This is what Mark Kelly wants Arizona to look like: high taxes, crime, drugs through the roof &#8211; it’s insane. Kamala Harris wants to talk about the root causes of illegal immigration. They don’t want to talk about the root causes of urban squalor: Democrat policies,” asserted Masters. “[W]e’ve got to make sure that California stops at the Arizona border.”
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Masters didn’t spend anything on this campaign video &#8212; or the others. He <a href="https://twitter.com/bgmasters/status/1445487801676414980">revealed</a> Tuesday on Twitter that one of his friends made all of his videos “for free.”
In an interview with The Daily Wire, Masters expressed how surprised he was by the current state of San Francisco. He assessed that it’s become much worse since he’d lived there.
“They basically legalized crime,” stated Masters. “There were cars with shattered windows. It&#8217;s just smash and grab [for criminals]. They&#8217;ve legalized drugs on the streets. As you saw in the video, it&#8217;s just like tent cities everywhere. There was always some of that before, but it was a lot more than what I expected.”
Masters shared that none of the locals interrupted them while filming. According to the <a href="https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/stay-safe/crime-data/crime-dashboard">San Francisco Police Department</a>, overall crime rates for the area have increased this year compared to last year.
The senate candidate also remarked on the disparity between so-called middle-class neighborhoods and those areas where the more wealthy live. Masters opined that the squalor was the fault of governance &#8212; not a lack of income or opportunity.
“The crazy thing is the contrast between there and Pacific Heights &#8211; Pacific Heights is still a nice place. It has picturesque views of the Golden Gate Bridge, [and] 30 million dollar houses,” said Masters. “It’s the failed government. And I think most of the city is quickly becoming what you saw in my video and less like Pacific Heights.”
The Daily Wire asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) when she last walked the streets of San Francisco. Pelosi didn’t respond by press time. 
Pelosi’s last publicized visit to San Francisco was in February of last year when she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-pelosi-attacks-trump-dont-fiddle-while-people-die">visited</a> Chinatown to encourage tourism in the earliest stages of the COVID-19 outbreak. After that, Pelosi made various stops for her personal needs &#8211; such as her <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/san-francisco-salon-owner-says-nancy-pelosi-broke-lockdown-order-for-blowout-just-disturbing">clandestine, maskless trip to a hair salon</a> in September.
Masters informed The Daily Wire that he would likely be releasing a testimonial video from one of the locals living on the streets: an aspiring rapper named “T-Bone” who explained what it’s like living under the current Democratic policies.
“He’s trying to get back to doing gigs and my sense is, with the high cost to succeed, it’s really hard to break out of [that environment] once you’re in it. I think it’s really telling when there’s no one there who thinks it’s working well,” explained Masters.
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‘California Stops At The Arizona Border’: Senate Candidate Blake Masters Visits San Francisco For Latest Campaign Video

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