A new report published on Tuesday evening alleged that numerous alleged asylum-seekers that have been released into the U.S. by Border Patrol officials quickly tested positive for the coronavirus after their release.
&#8220;Miriam Izaguirre, a 35-year-old asylum-seeker from Honduras, crossed the Rio Grande at dawn Monday with her young son and turned herself in to the authorities,&#8221; NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/after-border-patrol-release-asylum-seekers-test-positive-covid-brownsville-n1259282">reported</a>. &#8220;A few hours later she was released, and the first thing she did was take a rapid test for Covid-19 at the Brownsville bus station. They told her her test came out positive.&#8221;
Izaguirre told Noticias Telemundo Investiga that officials &#8220;separated about eight of us because we were positive.&#8221; The report said that she was waiting to catch a bus that was headed to Houston.
The report said that other migrant families that said they tested positive for the coronavirus had been waiting to go to destinations on the East Coast, including North Carolina, Maryland, and New Jersey.
&#8220;The city of Brownsville administers these rapid tests at the bus station, after migrant families are released by the Border Patrol. A spokesperson for Brownsville confirmed that, since they began doing these tests Jan. 25, 108 migrants have tested positive for Covid-19, which is 6.3 percent of those who took the test,&#8221; NBC News reported. &#8220;In response to Noticias Telemundo Investiga, a spokesperson for the city said in an email that Brownsville does not have the authority to retain these migrants who plan to travel to dozens of cities throughout the country.&#8221;
The report said that city officials recommend to those who test positive that they quarantine themselves in accordance with CDC recommendations and they suggest to those infected that they can go to &#8220;nongovernment organizations (NGOs) and nonprofits in the border area who can take them in and isolate them in order to keep quarantine.&#8221;
Some of those who tested positive for the coronavirus told Noticias Telemundo Investiga that they were planning on leaving Brownsville for their destinations although it was unclear from the report if their departure was going to be after they quarantined or if they were not taking the advice of city officials to contact NGOs and non-profit groups to get help quarantining.
&#8220;A spokesperson said in an email that CBP personnel conduct initial inspections for symptoms or risk factors associated with Covid-19 and consult as appropriate with onsite medical personnel, the CDC or local health systems,&#8221; the report added. &#8220;At the station, Martín Fernández, an Omnibus Express worker, said that the bus company where he works respects the protocols of federal authorities: passengers must wear masks on board the vehicle and use hand sanitizer gel. But they cannot, he clarified, ask passengers for Covid-19 tests before getting on buses.&#8221;
It is unclear why the asylum-seekers were being released into the U.S. as that appears to conflict with what Biden DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said at a press conference this week with regards to the situation at the southern border.
Mayorkas stated [emphasis added]:
<blockquote>I have to take this opportunity at the same time to reiterate a message that we have communicated repeatedly throughout, which is a message to those individuals who are thinking of coming to our border. They need to wait. It takes time to rebuild the system from scratch. If they come, if families come, if single adults come to the border, we are obligated to, in the service of public health, including the health of the very people who are thinking of coming, to impose the travel restrictions under the CDC’s Title 42 authorities and return them to Mexico, and we have done that. We need individuals to wait and I will say that they will wait with a goal in mind, and that is our ability to rebuild as quickly as possible a system so that they don’t have to take the dangerous journey and we can enable them to access humanitarian relief from their countries of origin.</blockquote>
The Trump administration invoked using Title 42 to curb the flow of illegal immigration into the U.S. due to the ongoing pandemic, arguing that it was in the best interest of protecting public health.
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Asylum-Seekers Test Positive For COVID After Being Released Into U.S. By Border Patrol: NBC News

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A mass casualty car crash that resulted in at least 13 deaths near the U.S.-Mexico border in southern California involved illegal aliens and smugglers who drove through a hole that was cut in a section of the border fence, which was not part of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s wall.
Fox News reported that Border Patrol sources informed the network that the crash involved &#8220;human smugglers and 25 illegal immigrants&#8221; who were jammed into a single Ford Expedition, which normally can only seat eight people. The area where the fence was cut was constructed between 2007 and 2009 and was not part of the Trump administration&#8217;s wall.
&#8220;Two vehicles crammed with illegal immigrants inside had driven through the ten-foot wide hole in the early morning hours of Monday&#8217;s midnight shift, sources say, somehow evading a mobile camera system set up nearby,&#8221; Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-multiple-people-killed-bus-truck-collision">reported</a>. &#8220;The sources added that the border patrol was not looking for the smugglers until they were notified by the Imperial County Sheriffs Office about the crash, which occurred about 8 miles north of where the fence was cut.&#8221;
Law enforcement officials are reportedly working with the Mexican consulate to identify the victims—who range from 20 to 55—so their families can be notified.
The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/02/california-crash-immigrants/">reported</a> that El Centro Regional Medical Center chief executive Adolphe Edward said in an interview that he believed that the victims from the crash were illegal aliens, using the term &#8220;undocumented immigrants,&#8221; but later suggested that using that term was inappropriate for a healthcare professional, saying they &#8220;don&#8217;t use the term undocumented in the hospitals.&#8221;
&#8220;To us, these folks that came to us are patients,&#8221; Edward said.
Two Democrat U.S. lawmakers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-sound-alarm-on-biden-immigration-plan-will-be-catastrophic-for-our-party-for-our-country">warned this week</a> that President Joe Biden&#8217;s immigration agenda will be a disaster for the U.S. and both specifically mentioned human smugglers who know how to work the system for their financial benefit.
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) “hopes the administration continues using a Trump-era public health order to quickly expel migrant adults and families, at least during the pandemic,” Axios reported. “He said smugglers will likely use the shift in immigration tactics from the Trump to the Biden administration to convince migrants to come to the U.S.”
“The bad guys know how to market this,” Cuellar said.
During an interview with CNN on Monday morning, Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) warned that the policies the Biden administration is pushing for could devastate the Democrat Party and the country.
“Well, my concern at this in the recent weeks in my district, migrants who made it across the border, who even pass the line of MPPs [Migrant Protection Protocols], who were 5,000 folks that have been waiting for two years across the border, made it across the Rio Grande Valley were processed and released,” Gonzalez said. “If that is the message that we send to Central America and around the world, I can assure you, it won’t be long before we have tens of thousands of people showing up to our border.”
“And it’ll be catastrophic for our party, for our country, for my region, for my district, in the middle of a pandemic, in an area where we’ve lost over 3,000 people in my small congressional district,” Gonzalez continued. “So, I think we need to have a better plan in place. I think asylum seekers should be able to ask for asylum and be processed in their home country or a neighboring country. And we shouldn’t have a policy in place that impulses people to make this 2,000 mile trek where cartels and human traffickers are enriching themselves.”
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Crash That Left 13 Dead In California Involved Illegal Aliens, Smugglers Who Entered Hole In Older Border Fence: Report

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President Joe Biden accepted a withdrawal letter from OMB Director nominee Neera Tanden late on Tuesday after Tanden faced bipartisan opposition due to snide remarks that she made online toward Senators.
&#8220;I am writing to you to withdraw my nomination for Director of the Office of Management and Budget,&#8221; Tanden said. &#8220;It has been an honor of a lifetime to be considered for this role and for the faith placed in me. I appreciate how hard you and your team at the White House has worked to win my confirmation.&#8221;
&#8220;Unfortunately, it now seems clear that there is no path forward to gain confirmation, and I do not want continued consideration of my nomination to be a distraction from your other priorities,&#8221; Tanden continued. &#8220;I am incredibly grateful for your leadership on behalf of the American people and for your agenda that will make such a transformative difference in people&#8217;s lives.&#8221;
Biden responded to Tanden removing her name from consideration by praising her and saying he still wants her to be in his administration.
&#8220;I have accepted Neera Tanden&#8217;s request to withdraw her name from nomination for Director of the Office of Management and Budget,&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;I have the utmost respect for her record of accomplishment, her experience and her counsel, and I look forward to having her serve in a role in my Administration. She will bring valuable perspective and insight to our work.&#8221;
&#8220;Tanden was facing bipartisan opposition from senators due to past intemperate comments she made on her Twitter feed,&#8221; The Washington Post reported. &#8220;Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) announced last month that he would oppose her, meaning Tanden would need the support of at least one Republican to be confirmed in the evenly divided Senate.&#8221;
Online, Twitter users who helped resurface some of her old tweets cheered, with one popular Twitter account writing: &#8220;Shout-out @neeratanden. You can&#8217;t see this because you blocked me, but I want you to know, it was truly an honor and a pleasure sinking your OMB nomination.&#8221;
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You can&#39;t see this because you blocked me, but I want you to know, it was truly an honor and a pleasure sinking your OMB nomination
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Republican strategist Matt Whitlock <a href="https://twitter.com/mattdizwhitlock/status/1366905755593449479">commented</a>: &#8220;Can&#8217;t emphasize enough how big a failure this is for Ron Klain, who should&#8217;ve been working the phones.&#8221;
Former Bernie Sanders campaign adviser David Sirota <a href="https://twitter.com/davidsirota/status/1366897791901986820">wrote</a>: &#8220;The reason to celebrate the end of Neera Tanden’s nomination has nothing to do with her late-night out-of-control rage-tweeting and everything to do with her record. She is not a victim — she is a perpetrator.&#8221;
Progressive journalist Aaron Mate <a href="https://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1366902217446461442">mocked</a> Tanden, writing: &#8220;Biden should immediately appoint Neera Tanden Special Counsel to investigate whether Russian bots were responsible for spiking her nomination.&#8221;
The Club for Growth added: &#8220;Club for Growth is proud to have helped defeat Neera Tanden’s nomination to be the next Director of OMB. Tanden is an architect of Obamacare, cheerleader for the Green New Deal, and advocate for socialism in America. Her defeat is a win for America and our economy.&#8221;
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Club for Growth is proud to have helped defeat Neera Tanden’s nomination to be the next Director of OMB. Tanden is an architect of Obamacare, cheerleader for the Green New Deal, and advocate for socialism in America. Her defeat is a win for America and our economy. <a href="https://t.co/PsU73rMOzF">https://t.co/PsU73rMOzF</a>
&mdash; Club for Growth (@club4growth) <a href="https://twitter.com/club4growth/status/1366908457878761474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Biden Nomination Of Neera Tanden To Be OMB Director Goes Down In Flames

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New York Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie announced on Tuesday that they have reached an agreement to strip Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo of the emergency powers that he was given during the pandemic which comes as he faces two political scandals that threaten to end his political career.
The New York State Legislature gave Cuomo the expanded powers to allow him to respond faster to the coronavirus pandemic that devastated the state last Spring. The emergency powers granted Cuomo greater authority to issue executive orders and were already set to expire at the end of April, but the legislators moved to revoke the powers immediately as Cuomo faces a scandal over his handling of nursing homes and over allegations that he sexually harassed women at work.
&#8220;I think everyone understands where we were back in March and where we are now,&#8221; Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins said. &#8220;We certainly see the need for a quick response but also want to move toward a system of increased oversight, and review. The public deserves to have checks and balances. Our proposal would create a system with increased input while at the same time ensuring New Yorkers continue to be protected.&#8221;
&#8220;A year into the pandemic, and as New Yorkers receive the vaccine, the temporary emergency powers have served their purpose &#8211; it is time for them to be repealed,&#8221; Speaker Heastie said. &#8220;These temporary emergency powers were granted as New York was devastated by a virus we knew nothing about. Now it is time for our government to return to regular order.&#8221;
A joint statement released by Stewart-Cousins and Heastie added the following:
<blockquote>Standing directives taken by executive action which manage the spread or reduction of COVID-19, facilitate the vaccination process or require use of face coverings, will remain in effect for an additional 30 days. While these can then be extended or modified, the governor will be required to notify relevant Senate and Assembly committee chairs as well as the temporary president of the Senate and the speaker of the Assembly with the need for the extension or modification, and the threat to public health and safety, and provide an opportunity to comment. The governor cannot extend actions beyond the first 30 days unless they explicitly relate to the COYID-19 pandemic.
Directives can be modified to revise the number of individuals, businesses or entities impacted by an executive order &#8211; for example individuals eligible for vaccination or seating capacity of a business. Directives will not be continuously modified or extended unless the governor has responded to comments provided by the chairs of relevant committees.</blockquote>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: NYS Legislative leaders say they will vote to repeal <a href="https://twitter.com/NYGovCuomo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NYGovCuomo</a>’s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19</a> emergency powers. This repeal will pass. Here’s the full release ⬇️ <a href="https://t.co/z9IvURTHIs">pic.twitter.com/z9IvURTHIs</a>
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New York State Legislators To Strip Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo Of Emergency Powers Amid Scandals

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Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves, a Republican, announced on Tuesday that he was lifting the mask mandates in his state effective tomorrow and that businesses in the state would be able to return to operating at full capacity.
&#8220;Starting tomorrow, we are lifting all of our county mask mandates and businesses will be able to operate at full capacity without any state-imposed rules,&#8221; Reeves said on Twitter. &#8220;Our hospitalizations and case numbers have plummeted, and the vaccine is being rapidly distributed. It is time!&#8221;
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Starting tomorrow, we are lifting all of our county mask mandates and businesses will be able to operate at full capacity without any state-imposed rules. Our hospitalizations and case numbers have plummeted, and the vaccine is being rapidly distributed. It is time!
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&#8220;Executive orders that interfered with peoples’ lives were the worst, but the only possible, intervention for much of the last year,&#8221; Reeves said. &#8220;Now, we are putting our focus towards rapid vaccine distribution. We are getting out of the business of telling people what they can and cannot do.&#8221;
&#8220;We’ve been among the 4 or 5 most open states throughout this crisis, and we’ve been rewarded for it with more jobs and economic recovery,&#8221; Reeves continued. &#8220;That’s not because what we put in place was a light burden. It’s only because the rest of the country was so harsh. That’s good, but we need to recognize that none of these orders, in any state, are anything short of unprecedented. They have to end at the earliest possible moment. This is that moment for Mississippi.&#8221;
The announcement from Reeves came shortly after Texas Governor Greg Abbott, also a Republican, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-texas-governor-greg-abbott-ends-mandatory-mask-mandate-time-to-open-texas-100">announced</a> on Tuesday afternoon that his state was ending the state&#8217;s mask mandate and would allow businesses to return to full capacity starting next week.
“Too many Texans have been sidelined from employment opportunities,” Abbott said. “Too many small business owners have struggled to pay their bills. This must end. It is now time to open Texas 100%.”
“So today, I’m issuing a new executive order that rescinds most of the earlier executive orders,” Abbott said. “Effective next Wednesday, all businesses of any type are allowed to open 100%. That includes any type of entity in Texas. Also, I’m ending the statewide mask mandate.”
“Today’s announcement does not abandon the safe practices that Texans have mastered over the past year,” Abbott said. “Instead, it’s a reminder that each person has their own role to play in their own personal safety as well as in the safety of others. It’s a reminder that individual safety is managed every day as a matter of personal responsibility rather than by government mandate. Individual responsibility is a corollary to individual freedom, we can have both.”
“Texans should continue following medical advice on preventing COVID just as they do on other medical issues,” Abbott said. “That is exactly how Texans were able to deal with infectious diseases in the past, like H1N1. They followed safe practices, and they got medical treatment when it was needed.”
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Mississippi Ends Mask Mandates, Allows Businesses To Return To Operating At Full Capacity Starting Tomorrow

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, announced on Tuesday afternoon that he is signing an executive order that will lift the state&#8217;s mandatory mask mandate and will do away with limits on the number of people that businesses can serve indoors effective next week.
“Too many Texans have been sidelined from employment opportunities,” Abbott said. “Too many small business owners have struggled to pay their bills. This must end. It is now time to open Texas 100%.”
“So today, I&#8217;m issuing a new executive order that rescinds most of the earlier executive orders,” Abbott said. “Effective next Wednesday, all businesses of any type are allowed to open 100%. That includes any type of entity in Texas. Also, I&#8217;m ending the statewide mask mandate.”
&#8220;Today&#8217;s announcement does not abandon the safe practices that Texans have mastered over the past year,&#8221; Abbott said. &#8220;Instead, it&#8217;s a reminder that each person has their own role to play in their own personal safety as well as in the safety of others. It&#8217;s a reminder that individual safety is managed every day as a matter of personal responsibility rather than by government mandate. Individual responsibility is a corollary to individual freedom, we can have both.&#8221;
Abbott said that people needed to still follow the same standards in protecting themselves and others from exposure to the coronavirus.
&#8220;Texans should continue following medical advice on preventing COVID just as they do on other medical issues,&#8221; Abbott said. &#8220;That is exactly how Texans were able to deal with infectious diseases in the past, like H1N1. They followed safe practices, and they got medical treatment when it was needed.&#8221;
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Abbott said that by next Wednesday approximately 7 million vaccine shots will have been delivered in the state and that those being prioritized are those who are the &#8220;most likely to be hospitalized or lose their life because of exposure to COVID.&#8221;
&#8220;By next Wednesday, over half of our seniors will have received a vaccine shot and by the end of this month, every senior who wants a vaccine shot will be able to get a vaccine shot,&#8221; Abbott added. &#8220;To help this effort I have already announced a statewide program called Save Our Seniors, along with that I deployed more than 1,100 national guard to assist local organizations to help our seniors get the shots they need. These efforts should ensure that we keep hospitalizations low in Texas. Importantly, the number of vaccines will continue to increase rapidly with additional supplies of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines as well as the new vaccine that&#8217;s come out by Johnson &amp; Johnson, which is a one shot vaccine, that Texas began administering today.&#8221;
&#8220;The vaccine supply is increasing so rapidly, Texas will soon expand the categories of people who are able to get them and some medical professionals say that within a few months, every Texan who wants a vaccine shot will be able to get a vaccine shot,&#8221; Abbott said.
Abbott estimated that approximately 10 million Texans, which is one-third of the state&#8217;s population, have had the coronavirus and have recovered.
&#8220;Almost 2.5 million Texans were lab confirmed for having recovered from COVID,&#8221; Abbott said. &#8220;The CDC says that the real number of recoveries is typically four to five times the number of those who officially tested positive and recovered. Mathematically what that means is that approximately 10 million Texans, or really more, have recovered from COVID and have the proven ability to beat the disease.&#8221;
However, Abbott warned that Texans needed to understand that the coronavirus was not magically over and that the disease has not &#8220;suddenly disappeared.&#8221;
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott Ends Mandatory Mask Mandate: ‘Time To Open Texas 100%’

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President Joe Biden&#8217;s nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Xavier Becerra, reportedly rejected a request from a human rights organization to bring humanitarian aid to Cuba during a trip that he took to the communist nation in 1996 to meet with dictator Fidel Castro.
&#8220;Before Xavier Becerra&#8217;s trip as part of a &#8216;fact-finding&#8217; congressional delegation to Cuba, the former California lawmaker was asked by Freedom House to bring an aid package including medicine and coloring books for the Cuban people,&#8221; The Washington Free Beacon <a href="https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/becerra-declined-to-bring-humanitarian-aid-on-1996-cuba-trip/">reported</a>. &#8220;Becerra refused, according to a December 1996 column by journalist and author Robert Novak.&#8221;
The column <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72414121/marshfield-news-herald/">stated</a>:
<blockquote>Two California members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus declined a request from Freedom House, the respected organization supporting democracy worldwide, to carry medicine and published material on their recent &#8216;fact-finding&#8217; visit to communist Cuba.
The visit was made by by Reps. Xavier Becerra and Esteban Edward Torres. The materials they were asked to distribute contained no anti-Castro propaganda but publications as inoffensive as a Christian coloring book for children.
The congressmen themselves did not respond to repeated requests by this column to explain their decision, and their aides said they had no answer. Both Becerra and Torres oppose the long-standing embargo against Fidel Castro&#8217;s regime and are regarded as hostile to the to the Cuban-American community.</blockquote>
The trip came as Becerra was running to lead the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, a race that he eventually won. After he won, all Republican members who paid dues to the caucus <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=72415189&amp;fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjQzMTgwMzIyNiwiaWF0IjoxNjE0Njk2MTQ1LCJleHAiOjE2MTQ3ODI1NDV9.tIKrnhJuZpcmdrOHyyMnRns1tSg1XxxHAdlX_F0rRAs">quit</a>.
&#8220;The issue was not going to Cuba, the issue was going and not saying anything,&#8221; Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL) said at the time. &#8220;He flouted his disregard for our deeply held views on what for us is an ultimately sensitive issue.&#8221;
The Miami Herald reported in January 1997 that Becerra&#8217;s trip to Cuba was organized by Alicia Torres, whom the Free Beacon described as a &#8220;pro-Castro activist.&#8221; The Miami Herald reported that Becerra met with Castro for four hours one night and had dinner with the murderous dictator.
The Free Beacon added:
<blockquote>Even Becerra’s fellow Democrats questioned his motivations at the time of his trip. Then-congressman Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, said that Becerra &#8220;didn’t give me an indication that he was going there to challenge the dictatorship,&#8221; adding that &#8220;it seemed to me his focus was more on finding ways to justify his view that U.S. policy is wrong.&#8221; Bringing American supplies to Cuba would have undercut Becerra’s pro-Castro perspective.</blockquote>
Becerra has faced intense questioning during his confirmation hearings for his actions as California&#8217;s attorney general, which he made <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/becerra-tells-congress-he-never-sued-any-nuns-despite-californias-little-sisters-of-the-poor-lawsuit">false claims</a> about during the hearings, and has been grilled by local media publications.
The San Diego Union-Tribune&#8217;s Editorial Board <a href="https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/story/2020-12-09/editorial-why-xavier-becerra-is-a-very-dubious-choice-to-run-hhs">said</a> it was &#8220;difficult to grasp&#8221; why Biden tapped Becerra to lead HHS during a pandemic considering the fact that Becerra has &#8220;no public health experience&#8221; and that Becerra has been &#8220;a sharp disappointment&#8221; as California&#8217;s attorney general. The editorial board added that Becerra also engaged in the &#8220;ugly tradition of state attorneys general writing grossly misleading ballot language on propositions put before voters.&#8221;
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Senate Finance Committee Considers Xavier Becerra For HHS Secretary

Biden HHS Pick Xavier Becerra Rejected Request To Bring Humanitarian Aid On 1996 Cuba Trip To Meet Castro: Report

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President Joe Biden&#039;s nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Xavier Becerra, reportedly rejected a request from a human rights organization to bring humanitarian aid to Cuba during a trip that he took to the communist nation in 1996 to meet with dictator Fidel Castro.

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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) snapped at a reporter this week who asked him if he would ever consider ending the filibuster after he has repeatedly stated that he is not open to it.
&#8220;Pressure on Democrats from progressives to kill the filibuster is sure to mount as the party’s unfulfilled promises pile up,&#8221; Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2021/03/02/biden-campaign-promises-head-for-the-senate-graveyard-491948?nname=playbook&amp;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&amp;nrid=0000014e-f100-dd93-ad7f-f905cbc20000&amp;nlid=630318">reported</a>. &#8220;But lest we need a reminder, Sen. Joe Manchin, when asked Monday whether he’d ever change his mind on changing the supermajority rule, barked &#8216;NEVER!&#8217; in response.&#8221;
&#8220;JESUS CHRIST! What don’t you understand about NEVER?!” Manchin continued, according to Politico.
Manchin slammed President Joe Biden last month over the way that he has begun his administration, saying that the party &#8220;started wrong&#8221; and that Biden was going in the &#8220;wrong&#8221; direction by being &#8220;strictly partisan.&#8221;
When <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-manchin-on-eliminating-crucial-filibuster-id-be-no-on-that">asked</a> during a CNN interview earlier this year whether he would support ending the filibuster, Manchin responded that he would &#8220;be no on that.&#8221;
Manchin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/abolish-the-senate-trends-on-the-left-after-democrat-senator-joe-manchin-makes-pledge-during-interview">told</a> Fox News in an interview last year that he was not open to eliminating the filibuster, remarks that he made in advance of the Senate runoff races in Georgia.
“So, I commit to you tonight and I commit to all of your viewers and everyone else that’s watching, I want to lay those fears, I want to rest those fears for you right now, because, when they talk about whether it be packing the courts or ending the filibuster, I will not vote to do that,” Manchin continued. “I will not vote to pack the courts. I think — and I will not vote to end the filibuster. Bret, this system, the Senate, this so unique body in the world, it was made to work together in a bipartisan way. And once you start breaking down those barriers, then you lose every reason that we are the institution that we are, the most deliberative body.”
“So, I want to lay those fears to rest, that that won’t happen, because I will not be the 50th Democrat voting to end that filibuster or to basically stack the court,” Manchin added. “And then all the other things you’re hearing about, Bret, also, is — defund the police. I don’t know of any of the Democrats in the caucus that are for defunding the police. We are not for that whatsoever. And when they talk about basically Medicare for All, we can’t even pay for Medicare for some. It doesn’t make any sense at all. We have got to fix the Affordable Care Act we have. And I think our Republican — moderate Republicans will work with us to now repair what needs to be repaired.”
Sen. Krysten Sinema (D-AZ) also <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/senate-gridlock-threatens-biden-agenda/2021/01/23/6119e512-5cf3-11eb-b8bd-ee36b1cd18bf_story.html">opposes</a> ending the legislative filibuster, which would allow bills to be passed with a simple majority instead of 60 votes, and &#8220;is not open to changing her mind about eliminating the filibuster.&#8221;
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Sen. Manchin Snaps At Reporter Asking If He’ll End Filibuster: ‘What Don’t You Understand About Never?’

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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) snapped a reporter this week who asked him if he would ever consider ending the filibuster after he has repeatedly stated that he is not open to it.

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White House adviser Cedric Richmond said in a recent interview that President Joe Biden intends to start taking action &#8220;now&#8221; on reparations and could support measures including giving free college tuition to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
&#8220;We have to start breaking down systemic racism and barriers that have held people of color back and especially African-Americans who were enslaved,&#8221; Richmond said in an interview with Axios. &#8220;We have to do stuff now to improve the plight, status, future, and empowerment of Black people all around the country.&#8221;
&#8220;We don&#8217;t want to wait on a study that we even support,&#8221; Richmond said. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to start acting now.&#8221;
Business Insider noted that Richmond was unsure about what a potential timeline could look like for getting some sort of reparations bill passed but pointed to education-related measures that could be put into effect.
&#8220;If you start talking about free college tuition to HBCUs and you start talking about free community college in Title I and all of those things, I think that you are well on your way. Those are doable.&#8221;
The push for reparations is widely <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/news/504511-1-in-5-supports-reparations-in-new-poll">unpopular</a> in the U.S., with only 20 percent of Americans backing the idea and only half of the black community supporting it.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-open-to-considering-reparations-depending-on-progress-congress-makes-on-study-white-house">signaled</a> during a press conference last month that Biden was open to considering reparations depending on the actions of Congress.
“Does the president support the legislation?” a reporter asked Psaki. “He stopped short of saying that during the campaign. Would he sign that if it came to his desk?”
“Well, he’s supported a study of reparations, which is I believe is what’s being discussed, and studying the continuing impacts of slavery, which is being discussed in this hearing on H.R. 40, I believe it is,” Psaki responded. “And he continues to demonstrate his commitment to take comprehensive action to address the systemic racism that persists today.  Obviously, that is — having that study is a part of that, but he has signed an executive order on his first day, which would begin to deliver on his commitment to having an across-government approach to addressing racial inequality and making sure equity is a part of his entire policy agenda.”
When the reporter further pressed Psaki on why Biden doesn&#8217;t create a commission by executive order, Psaki responded, “He actually signed a number of actions on racial equity in — on his first day or his first couple of days in office because he felt it was essential to send the message to the American people and the world that having an across-government approach, ensuring that equity is a central part of his policy agenda was, you know, not just a single — a singular issue but something that would be a part of every policy issue he approaches, whether it’s healthcare, whether it’s economic inequality, a range of issues.”
She added, “That’s his approach and how he’s trying to, you know, change — address the root causes of racism in our country today.”
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Biden ‘To Start Acting Now’ On Reparations, Admin Supports Free College Tuition To Historically Black Colleges: WH Adviser

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White House adviser Cedric Richmond said in a recent interview that President Joe Biden intends to start taking action &quot;now&quot; on reparations and could support measures including giving free college tuition to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

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Michigan Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer gave a large taxpayer-funded payout to her state health department director shortly after he resigned in a deal that requires both sides to maintain confidentiality about what led to his resignation.
&#8220;The agreement is the clearest evidence yet that the split between Gordon, a central figure in the state&#8217;s response to COVID-19, and Whitmer was not amicable, and it shows the Democratic administration used taxpayer funds to ease his departure,&#8221; The Detroit News <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/01/former-michigan-health-director-got-payout-confidentiality-deal/6874254002/">reported</a>. &#8220;On Feb. 22, one month after Gordon resigned without explanation, he and Mark Totten, Whitmer&#8217;s chief lawyer, signed the four-page agreement. The state agreed to pay Gordon a total that represents nine months of salary and health benefits, and he released the state from any potential legal claims.&#8221;
The Michigan Republican Party responded to the news by calling it &#8220;inexcusable,&#8221; and <a href="https://twitter.com/MIGOP/status/1366569768698998788">asking</a>, &#8220;What is @GovWhitmer trying to hide?&#8221;
Top state-level Republicans sounded the alarm over the move in statements provided to Fox News.
&#8220;We&#8217;re still investigating the things the Whitmer Administration has done during COVID in plain sight, when we find out about a secret payoff behind closed doors,&#8221; state Rep. Steve Johnson, chair of the Michigan House Oversight Committee, said. &#8220;While it doesn&#8217;t surprise me, the deception is shocking and shows how badly this Administration needs oversight so they can be held to account.&#8221;
&#8220;Robert Gordon was the state&#8217;s health director and played an instrumental role in the state&#8217;s COVID-19 response,&#8221; Ted Goodman, spokesman for the Michigan GOP, told The Daily Wire in a statement. &#8220;Michigan taxpayers deserve to know the circumstances surrounding the resignation of Mr. Gordon in the middle of a public health crisis. Why is Gov. Whitmer refusing to explain this secret deal?&#8221;
Rep. Matt Hall, R-Marshall, said that he was &#8220;stunned&#8221; by the news, adding, &#8220;The people of Michigan deserve to know what was going on here.&#8221;
The story comes as Republican lawmakers in the state have called for an investigation into Whitmer’s handling of nursing homes during the coronavirus pandemic.
Michigan State Sen. Jim Runestad (R-White Lake) sent letters to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and the U.S. Department of Justice demanding an investigation.
“Gov. Whitmer’s regional hub policy placed patients with and without COVID-19 in the same facilities and may have exacerbated the death toll in those facilities,” Runestad <a href="https://www.senatorjimrunestad.com/lawmakers-to-nessel-u-s-doj-time-to-investigate-michigans-coronavirus-nursing-home-policies/">said</a>. “Questions remain regarding the accuracy of data, compliance with CDC guidelines and compliance with our state’s Freedom of Information Act. There is a critical need for a full investigation into these matters.”
“Michiganders understand there are many, many similarities between Gov. Whitmer’s handling of the virus and Gov. Cuomo’s: their unilateral overreach (both struck down by the courts), their allusion to vague metrics and data, their questionable vaccine distribution plans, and their outright defiance to losing their emergency powers,” Runestad added. “The alarming similarities with New York raise serious questions about what really happened in Michigan.”
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‘What Is Whitmer Trying To Hide?’: Whitmer’s Health Director Got Payout In Confidential Deal After Resignation

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Donald Trump Jr. highlighted the double standard of the political Left on Monday evening by calling out the publisher of Andrew Cuomo&#8217;s book and asking if they would be canceling the governor&#8217;s book contract in light of the recent scandals that have threatened to topple New York&#8217;s governor.
&#8220;With everything that is coming to light, when will @CrownPublishing be cancelling @andrewcuomo ’s contract?&#8221; Trump Jr. tweeted alongside a screenshot of a press release that stated: &#8220;Crown to Publish NY Governor Andrew Cuomo’s AMERICAN CRISIS: Leadership Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic.&#8221;
The tweet from Trump Jr. comes after Simon &amp; Schuster canceled the book contract of Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) following the events that unfolded on January 6.
&#8220;Cancel culture is awful, but all I’m saying is that the rules should be applied equally,&#8221; Trump Jr. told The Daily Wire in a statement. &#8220;Simon &amp; Schuster cancelled their contract with Josh Hawley, but Crown is going to stick by a credibly accused serial sexual harasser just because he’s a Democrat? What kind of message does that send? What are the rules? That’s all I’m asking.&#8221;
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With everything that is coming to light, when will <a href="https://twitter.com/CrownPublishing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CrownPublishing</a> be cancelling <a href="https://twitter.com/andrewcuomo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@andrewcuomo</a>’s contract? <a href="https://t.co/GVkHWEiJh9">pic.twitter.com/GVkHWEiJh9</a>
&mdash; Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href="https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1366565698479210498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Cuomo has faced a growing hot seat over the way that he handled nursing homes in his state during the coronavirus pandemic and over the way that deaths were counted. The hot seat has become even hotter in recent days after multiple women have come forward and accused the governor of sexually harassing them at work.
The Cut <a href="https://www.thecut.com/2021/03/andrew-cuomo-scandal-everything-we-know.html">highlighted</a> the workplace allegations that Cuomo is facing:
<blockquote>Now, Cuomo is facing a firestorm stemming from serious allegations: that he exhibited harassing and sexually inappropriate behavior toward two of his former aides, including one instance of forcible kissing. Lindsey Boylan first came forward to say Cuomo “sexually harassed [her] for years” via Twitter in December but did not go into detail about what transpired. (A representative for Cuomo said there was “simply no truth to these claims” at the time.) The accusations snowballed this month after New York State assemblyman Ron Kim accused Cuomo of calling him at home, berating him, and telling him he would “destroy him” in response to statements Kim gave to the press. Multiple reports have quoted anonymous and on-the-record government officials stating Cuomo has long managed via intimidation and bullying tactics.</blockquote>
The floodgates opened against Cuomo after New York Attorney General Letitia James released a report in January that said that estimated the coronavirus deaths that had been counted from the nursing homes was undercounted by roughly 50 percent.
The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/02/11/cuomo-aide-admits-they-hid-nursing-home-data-from-feds/">reported</a> last month that Cuomo&#8217;s top aide, Melissa DeRosa, had apologized to Democrat lawmakers in the state for the situation that the scandal put them in, saying that they &#8220;froze&#8221; in fear because they were scared that there would be a criminal investigation into the way the administration had handled the nursing home data.
This report has been updated to include additional information.
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Don Jr. Calls On Book Publisher To Cancel Cuomo’s Book Amid Scandal: ‘Rules Should Be Applied Equally’

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Donald Trump Jr. highlighted the double standard of the political Left on Monday evening by calling out the publisher of Andrew Cuomo&#039;s book and asking if

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The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), which is hosted by the American Conservative Union (ACU), slammed Hyatt Hotels in a statement on Monday for allegedly lying about a situation that occurred during the event involving the shape of CPAC’s speaker’s stage
Far-left activists online claimed that the shape of the stage at CPAC resembled a Nazi symbol despite there being no evidence that the stage was designed to resemble anything related to Nazi imagery or that organizers were even remotely aware of the connection.
CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp initially responded to the claims, which even left-wing journalists <a href="https://twitter.com/jonathanvswan/status/1365857277199200256">dismissed</a> as <a href="https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/status/1366506219133947911">conspiratorial</a> nonsense, by calling the allegations &#8220;outrageous and slanderous.&#8221;
&#8220;We have a long standing commitment to the Jewish community,&#8221; Schlapp <a href="https://twitter.com/mschlapp/status/1365765584810565636">said</a>. &#8220;Cancel culture extremists must address antisemitism within their own ranks. CPAC proudly stands with our Jewish allies, including those speaking from this stage.&#8221;
Hyatt released two statements on Sunday the weekend on the issue saying that it took concern that the stage could be a hate symbol &#8220;very seriously as all such symbols are abhorrent and unequivocally counter to our values as a company.&#8221;
&#8220;The CPAC 2021 event is hosted and managed by the American Conservative Union that manages all aspects of event logistics, including the stage design and aesthetics,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;We discussed directly with ACU leadership who told us that any resemblance to a symbol of hate is unintentional. We will continue to stay in dialogue with event organizers regarding our deep concerns. Any further questions can be directed to CPAC.&#8221;
Later on Sunday, Hyatt issued a much harsher statement attacking CPAC, claiming that attendees had to be reminded &#8220;to wear masks and socially distance, even while colleagues occasionally faced hostility from attendees who did not support our policies.&#8221;
&#8220;Further, we were extremely disappointed by the disrespect many individuals involved in the event showed to our colleagues, as it is reflective neither of our own commitment to care for members of the Hyatt family nor of how we wish to conduct business,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;When we learned that CPAC 2021 stage design had been compared to a symbol of hate, we promptly raised this concern with meeting organizers who strongly denied any connection to such symbols. Had we initially recognized the potential connections to hate symbolism, we would have proactively addressed it prior to commencement of the event. Unfortunately, this became clear to us only after the event kicked off. With CPAC’s denial of any intentional connection to hate symbols and our concerns over the safety of guests and colleagues in what could have been a disruptive situation, we allowed the event to continue.&#8221;
CPAC responded to the statement by saying that Hyatt&#8217;s words ran contrary to its own mission statement because they were attacking their customer &#8220;by caving into the pressures of the politically motivated social media agitators who seek to destroy CPAC, our attendees and speakers from across the country, and the millions of Americans who support our work.&#8221;
CPAC said that Hyatt&#8217;s statements appeared to &#8220;validate demonstrably false and malicious claims&#8221; that were made being made against CPAC by far-left activists. CPAC said that senior management at the hotel &#8220;acknowledged that these claims were false and agreed to share any statement before its release,&#8221; which CPAC said was crucial so that the public would know the truth about the situation. The statement also said that Hyatt Hotels had &#8220;recruited&#8221; CPAC.
&#8220;For months we have collaborated with your team on logistics, including sharing, reviewing, and approving the stage design that was created by one of our subcontractors,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;The fact that no one on the Hyatt staff ever raised concerns during the process shows the ridiculous nature of your statements. Moreover, your statements falsely conceal your oversight role. In fact, the Hyatt Hotel, with our organization and subcontractors, approved and worked collaboratively to build this stage. Only after a coordinated far-left assault to destroy our conference arose did you succumb to lies and compound them with your own.&#8221;
&#8220;Our Jewish Board Members, staff, speakers, and attendees are appalled by the Hyatt leadership for not standing with us as we fight against antisemitism (a term that Hyatt fails to use in its statements),&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;We would have hoped that our 10th annual Shabbat Dinner, daily Jewish prayer services, and speeches on the main stage from Jewish leaders, such as Ambassador David Friedman, Former Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel, and Rabbi Yitz Tendler would be enough to put an end to these outrageous falsehoods.&#8221;
Schlapp tweeted on Monday afternoon, &#8220;Just leaving the Hyatt in Orlando. The valet thanked me for bringing @CPAC to this hotel. He said it was the first time the hotel felt back to normal. He also said the patriotism was amazing. The NYC Comms consultants for Hyatt should talk to their employees. #AmericaUncanceled&#8221;
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Just leaving the Hyatt in Orlando. The valet thanked me for bringing <a href="https://twitter.com/CPAC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CPAC</a> to this hotel. He said it was the first time the hotel felt back to normal. He also said the patriotism was amazing. The NYC Comms consultants for Hyatt should talk to their employees. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AmericaUncanceled?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AmericaUncanceled</a>
&mdash; Matt Schlapp (@mschlapp) <a href="https://twitter.com/mschlapp/status/1366526378175299586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2021</a></blockquote>
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CPAC Unloads On Hyatt Hotels For Allegedly Lying About Stage Debacle: ‘You Recruited Us,’ Helped Build Stage

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The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), which is hosted by the American Conservative Union (ACU), slammed Hyatt Hotels in a statement on

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