Anti-government <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-protesters-in-china-are-cleverly-defying-their-communist-government">protesters in communist China</a> flipped over and destroyed a COVID testing tent in the city of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Guangzhou</a> on Monday, prompting police in hazmat suits to flood the streets and disperse the crowds. 
Videos on Twitter — <a href="https://twitter.com/WilliamYang120/status/1597376001126072322" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> by journalist William Yang of the Taiwan Foreign Correspondents’ Club — showed protesters flipping over a COVID testing center while others looked on and recorded the show of defiance. The demonstrators also <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/11/29/chinese-protesters-overturn-vehicle-and-trash-covid-site/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> flipped over a vehicle before dozens of police officers swarmed the scene in riot gear and hazmat suits.
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Witnesses said police forcefully checked people’s phones, looking for footage of protests to stop the videos from spreading on social media, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/11/29/chinese-protesters-overturn-vehicle-and-trash-covid-site/">reported</a>. Authorities have also reportedly used cell phone videos as proof to take people into custody for attending a demonstration. 
Most of the protests remained quiet as protesters held up white sheets of paper, a subtle but symbolic challenge that has taken hold among dissidents throughout the country, but some protesters have become bolder in their anti-government demonstrations. In Shanghai, some have openly shouted for President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/xi-jinping" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Xi Jinping</a> to step down, while others have <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/28/china/china-lockdown-protests-covid-explainer-intl-hnk">chanted</a> “Need human rights, need freedom.” In 2018, China’s puppet legislature eliminated the president’s term limits, and Xi began his third term in October. 
Police hit the streets in full force in Shanghai and Beijing on Monday and Tuesday, attempting to prevent people from gathering again. Universities in the cities sent students home amid the unrest. While the schools said students were being sent away due to COVID precautions, fewer students in the cities also reduces the number of possible protesters, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/health-beijing-xi-jinping-shanghai-covid-5e6340710ba8b273b3be88d8844feed0">reported</a>. 
The protests that have spread to at least 16 cities across China began after 10 people died in an apartment fire in China’s western Xinjiang province. Many blame the communist regime’s draconian “zero COVID” lockdown policy for why first responders did not reach the blaze in time to save those who perished. Nearly three years since the onset of the COVID pandemic, the Chinese people are still subjected to extreme restrictions that lock them in their homes for as long as 100 days at a time.

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On June 4, 1989, student-led dissenters gathered in a Chinese city and faced soldiers armed with assault rifles as tanks rolled toward them. The protests had started two months before as the communist People’s Republic of China dealt with economic and social issues sweeping the post-Mao nation. Communist China declared martial law days before, but that didn’t stop the anti-government demonstrators from coming back to the square.
Moments later, soldiers fired into the crowd of protesters, and blood covered the street. Estimates range from hundreds to thousands who were mercilessly slaughtered by brute government force on the day remembered as the Tiananmen Square massacre.
That bloody spring day marked the last time mass protests against the communist regime hit China’s capital – until last week. China’s craving for freedom was silenced in the decades following the massacre, but not extinguished. Nearly three years since the onset of the COVID pandemic, the Chinese people are still subjected to extreme restrictions that lock them in their homes for as long as <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/shanghai-hit-by-covid-protests-anger-spreads-across-china-2022-11-27/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">100 days</a> at a time, but the frustration is boiling over.
Even living in the most surveilled society in the world, Chinese <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/28/china/china-lockdown-protests-covid-explainer-intl-hnk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">protesters</a> in at least 16 cities across the country have found subtle and clever ways to protest their authoritarian regime and “Supreme Leader” Xi Jinping. Using sheets of white paper, memes, and ironic internet word choice, the Chinese people are pushing back against their all-powerful government.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/protesters-call-for-xi-jinping-to-step-down-over-chinas-extreme-covid-lockdowns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">demonstrations</a> started when hundreds of Chinese people gathered over the weekend to mourn 10 people who lost their lives in a deadly apartment fire in the Xinjiang province. The protesters blame China’s “zero COVID” lockdown policy for why first responders did not respond in time to save those who perished in the fire. The vigil held for the 10 dead, including a 3 year old, soon turned into protests with demonstrators holding up white pieces of paper while chanting for an end to “zero COVID” lockdowns.
The color white is often displayed during funerals in China, and is now used by the protesters to state their anger over the draconian COVID lockdowns. A 29-year-old film producer who attended a vigil <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/28/world/asia/china-protests-blank-sheets.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The New York Times that the white sheets of paper “means ‘we are the voiceless, but we are also powerful.’” Another demonstrator told Reuters that the white paper “represent[s] everything we want to say but cannot say.”
White paper was also used as a form of protest in Hong Kong in 2020 after China passed a national security law that strips more free speech away from those in the city. Those in Hong Kong and now protesters in Beijing and Shanghai view white paper as a symbol of defiance against China’s extreme censorship.
Last weekend, people gathered for a vigil on Shanghai’s Urumqi Road, which is named after the Xinjiang city where the deadly fire occurred. The vigil turned into a protest as people held up the white sheets of paper and <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/28/china/china-lockdown-protests-covid-explainer-intl-hnk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">chanted</a>, “Need human rights, need freedom.”
Some demonstrators didn’t hide their anger behind subtle protests. Instead, they openly shouted for Xi to step down and sang a worldwide socialist anthem popularized in the country by Tiananmen Square protesters.
Protesters also turned to a meme to continue their creative defiance of the totalitarian government. On Shanghai’s Urumqi Road, three men dressed as construction workers took down a sign for the road where protesters had gathered, but just a day later, an image of the severed road sign spread online as a meme.
“That’s the censorship mechanisms’ own doing. They created this situation,” <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/28/world/asia/china-protests-blank-sheets.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Professor Xiao, a researcher on internet freedom at the University of California, Berkeley. “When everyone is suffering from ‘zero-Covid’ restrictions and anger is so widespread, then any memes will catch.”
The protests have spread from Shanghai to the communist country’s capital in Beijing. In another clever form of protest, college students in the country’s largest city took to the streets holding signs of a math equation from Russian physicist Alexander Friedmann. Friedmann’s name in Chinese is a homonym for “free man.”
Defiance shows up even on China’s closely monitored internet. Chinese authorities quickly censor online posts that contain negative messages, but protesters have found ironic ways to get past the censorship. They post anti-government text with Chinese characters for “yes,” “good,” and “correct,” tricking the censors into thinking the posts are positive, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/28/world/asia/china-protests-blank-sheets.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Those standing up for freedom in China today might look different from the iconic photos of the Tiananmen Square man boldly standing in front of a tank in 1989, but defying the Chinese Communist Party in 2022 still requires the same amount of courage.
Whether with subtle sheets of paper or with outspoken chants of defiance, the Chinese people have made the loudest noise in the communist country in decades. A regime built on the complete control and surveillance of its citizens is finally being tested by people who have had enough of communism’s tyranny.

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fda" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Food and Drug Administration</a> (FDA) approved a $3.5 million drug treatment Tuesday, the most expensive drug in the world.
Hemgenix, manufactured by CSL Behring, is the first gene therapy that treats adults with hemophilia B, a genetic bleeding disorder resulting in insufficient levels of a protein called Factor IX that is needed to stop bleeding. Those with severe hemophilia B are required to have regular infusions, but the new multi-million dollar gene therapy is a single-dose IV infusion, carrying a gene for blood clotting Factor IX.
“Today’s approval provides a new treatment option for patients with Hemophilia B and represents important progress in the development of innovative therapies for those experiencing a high burden of disease associated with this form of hemophilia,” <a href="https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-gene-therapy-treat-adults-hemophilia-b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.
Around one in 40,000 people, mostly men, have the bleeding disorder. Those with hemophilia B can experience heavy or prolonged bleeding after injuries, surgeries, and dental procedures. Some with the hemophilia B even bleed for no apparent reason, and the disease can cause bleeding into joints, muscles, internal organs, and the brain.
“While the price is a little higher than expected, I do think it has a chance of being successful because 1) existing drugs are also very expensive and 2) hemophilia patients constantly live in fear of bleeds,” Brad Loncar, a biotechnology investor and chief executive officer of Loncar Investments, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-23/world-s-most-expensive-drug-csl-hemgenix-hemophilia-approved-by-fda" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Bloomberg. “A gene therapy product will be appealing to some.”
Hemgenix “consists of a viral vector carrying a gene for clotting Factor IX. The gene is expressed in the liver to produce Factor IX protein, to increase blood levels of Factor IX and thereby limit bleeding episodes,” the FDA explained.
The newly-approved drug has been in the works for over 20 years, and the agency approved it after “two studies of 57 adult men 18 to 75 years of age with severe or moderately severe Hemophilia B.”
Sitting at $3.5 million, Hemgenix is now the most expensive drug in the world, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/23/health/hemophilia-drug-hemgenix/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, CNN reported. CSL Behring revealed the drug’s price tag shortly after the FDA approved it. Hemgenix topped Novartis&#8217; Zolgensma gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) which sits at $2 million for a single-dose treatment.

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Former President Donald Trump reportedly met with <a href="https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1196604409607794688" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1196604409607794688&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1669487223000000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3G1yjarbpmc95ag2rvj4O9">white supremacist and Holocaust denier</a> Nick Fuentes this week at Mar-a-Lago.
The news comes after <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11466021/Kanye-West-spotted-white-nationalist-Holocaust-denier-Nick-Fuentes-Trumps-Mar-Lago.html" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11466021/Kanye-West-spotted-white-nationalist-Holocaust-denier-Nick-Fuentes-Trumps-Mar-Lago.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1669487223000000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Mu6TWhcQnLym_MfQRx5oo">video</a> emerged early in the week showing Fuentes with rapper Kanye West, whose recent anti-Semitic tirades have upended many of his business pursuits, in an airport in Miami.
West posted a video to his Twitter account Thursday night titled, “Mar-a-Lago Debrief,” in which he says that Trump was “really impressed with Nick Fuentes,” adding that Fuentes is a “loyalist” to Trump. Other reports <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/11/25/trump-dined-at-mar-a-lago-with-white-nationalist-holocaust-denier-nick-fuentes-alongside-kanye-west/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/11/25/trump-dined-at-mar-a-lago-with-white-nationalist-holocaust-denier-nick-fuentes-alongside-kanye-west/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1669487223000000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1lCL8eFgAFsjl05iDsqBad">said</a> that Trump was “dazzled” by Fuentes, according to people who were present.
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West later tweeted a screenshot of a text message group purportedly between himself, Fuentes, Milo Yiannopoulos, and another unidentified person whose name was blurred out.
In the screenshot, the unidentified person asks Fuentes if he told Trump that Gettr CEO Jason Miller &#8220;didn&#8217;t like&#8221; him.
“Nick, didn’t you tell the President at dinner that he Jason didn’t like you?” the person asked.
A person identified as “Nicholas YE24 Fuentes” responded, “Yes. I told him that Jason Miller had me banned on Gettr.”
West then responded, “I told Nick to tell the former president that Nick hated his speech.”
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After news of the meeting went viral online, Trump responded by claiming that he knew nothing about Fuentes when they met.
“Kanye West very much wanted to visit Mar-a-Lago,” Trump said in the statement. “Our dinner meeting was intended to be Kanye and me only, but he arrived with a guest whom I had never met and knew nothing about.”
Trump also posted to social media platform Truth Social, explaining the meeting with Fuentes.
&#8220;This past week, Kanye West called me to have dinner at Mar-a-Lago,&#8221; Trump wrote. &#8220;Shortly thereafter, he unexpectedly showed up with three of his friends, whom I knew nothing about. We had dinner on Tuesday evening with many members present on the back patio. The dinner was quick and uneventful. They then left for the airport.&#8221;
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Seventeen days since voters went to the polls to cast their ballots in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/2022-midterms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">midterm elections</a>, two U.S. House races remain undeclared. 
Republican John Duarte <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3749302-just-two-house-races-remain-undeclared-and-republicans-lead-in-both/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leads</a> by fewer than 600 votes in California’s 13th district against Democrat Adam Gray with 99% of the votes in, according to the Associated Press. In Colorado, incumbent Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert declared victory after her Democratic opponent Adam Frisch <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rep-lauren-boeberts-opponent-concedes-razor-thin-house-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conceded</a> last week, but only 550 votes sit between them, triggering a recount and more delayed results. 
Both races that are holding up the final results of a tumultuous midterm election season sit in blue states with lax rules on mail-in ballots, marking a stark contrast between the laws that allow for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/florida-gets-voting-results-fast-heres-what-they-do" target="_blank" rel="noopener">quick results</a> from some Republican-led states.
&#8220;If every state ran elections like Florida or Texas, we’d know the total House count within 24 hours of the polls closing, or less,&#8221; Cook Political’s Dave Wasserman <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/slow-as-molasses-five-house-races-uncalled-two-weeks-after-election">told</a> the Washington Examiner. &#8220;But between late ballot return deadlines and slow ballot processing, CA’s results look more like molasses than well-functioning machinery.&#8221;
The New York Times election tracker explained that the news outlet stopped updating its House forcast in the California and Colorado House races the day after the election due to the delay in counting mail-in ballots. California still has more than 250,000 uncounted ballots across the state, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-still-has-more-than-250000-uncounted-ballots" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> Thursday. 
“We stopped updating these forecasts at 4 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, Nov. 9, as the bulk of the remaining races will be decided by mail ballots that will take days to count. These graphics and estimates will no longer be updated,” the Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-california-us-house-district-13.html">said</a>. 
Republicans will take control of the House by nine seats, 222-213, if the GOP holds onto both leads in California and Colorado. A nine-seat advantage for Republicans would be the exact opposite of Democrats’ margin of victory in the 2020 election, but the GOP’s small lead in the House fell short of the expected red wave as Democrats maintained control of the Senate.

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A 53-year-old man was charged with reckless homicide with a motor vehicle after allegedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/one-dead-nearly-20-injured-after-suv-driver-crashes-into-apple-store" target="_blank" rel="noopener">driving his SUV</a> into a Massachusetts <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/apple" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apple</a> store Monday, <a href="https://twitter.com/PlymouthCtyDAO/status/1595039386277740552">according</a> to the district attorney’s office. 
Bradley Rein of Hingham, Massachusetts, was <a href="https://www.wcvb.com/article/hingham-massachusetts-vehicle-crashes-into-apple-store/42025703" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> Monday and spent the night in jail after one person was killed and at least 19 more were injured when he allegedly drove a black 2019 Toyota 4Runner into an Apple store in Hingham Monday morning. 
According to a police report, Rein said his &#8220;right foot became stuck on the accelerator and his vehicle accelerated,&#8221; WCVB <a href="https://www.wcvb.com/article/hingham-massachusetts-vehicle-crashes-into-apple-store/42025703" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The police report added that &#8220;Rein stated that he used his left foot to try to brake but was unable to stop the vehicle and the vehicle crashed through the front of the Apple store.&#8221;
Two years ago, Rein was taken into custody and cited for driving under the influence after crashing in Vermont, according to the Vermont State Police. He has no criminal history in Massachusetts.
Emergency responders arrived on the scene about 20 miles southeast of Boston, where the SUV had driven through the storefront and onto the sales floor, causing multiple traumatic injuries. The injured were transported to local hospitals.
Dr. Jason Tracy, Chief of Emergency Medicine at South Shore Hospital, said he treated the injured, which included victims with head wounds, lower extremity issues, and “mangled limbs.” Some sustained life-threatening injuries, according to the hospital’s trauma chief Dr. Chris Burns.
“We had multiple resources respond to the hospital including additional surgeons and additional support staff,” Tracy added. “We were very well staffed at this time considering the day of the week and the time of the day.” 
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In a statement, Apple said the person killed was a construction worker who was on the job at the shop. That person was later identified as 65-year-old Kevin Bradley of New Jersey. 
“We are devastated by the shocking events at Apple Derby Street today and the tragic loss of a professional who was onsite supporting recent construction at the store,” Apple wrote. “Our hearts go out to our team members and customers who were injured and all of those who were affected by this terrible incident.”
During a news conference following the incident, Hingham Fire Chief Steve Murphy said that crews arrived on the scene to find “multiple patients injured out in front of the store and in the store, including a few patients that were pinned against the wall by the vehicle.”

Man Charged With Reckless Homicide By Motor Vehicle In Fatal Crash At Apple Store In Hingham

Man Suspected Of Driving SUV Into Apple Store Arrested, Charged With Reckless Homicide

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At least 19 people were injured and one person was killed after a vehicle barreled into an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/apple" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apple</a> store in Hingham, Massachusetts, Monday morning.
Emergency responders arrived on the scene about 20 miles southeast of Boston, where a black SUV had driven through the storefront and onto the sales floor causing multiple traumatic injuries. The injured were transported to local hospitals. The driver of the SUV was taken into police custody, <a href="https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/unthinkable-1-killed-19-hurt-after-suv-barrels-through-front-apple-store-hingham-da-says/MY4QFLYZBNCZPFUOMTWX6OYMQE/">according</a> to local <a href="https://www.wcvb.com/article/hingham-massachusetts-vehicle-crashes-into-apple-store/42025703#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news</a>. 
Dr. Jason Tracy, Chief of Emergency Medicine at South Shore Hospital, said he treated the injured, which included victims with head wounds, lower extremity issues, and “mangled limbs.” Some sustained life-threatening injuries, according to the hospital’s trauma chief Dr. Chris Burns.
“We had multiple resources respond to the hospital including additional surgeons and additional support staff,” Tracy added. “We were very well staffed at this time considering the day of the week and the time of the day.” 
In a statement, Apple said the person killed was a construction worker who was on the job at the shop. &#8220;We are devastated by the shocking events at Apple Derby Street today and the tragic loss of a professional who was onsite supporting recent construction at the store,&#8221; Apple <a href="https://www.wcvb.com/article/hingham-massachusetts-vehicle-crashes-into-apple-store/42025703#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. &#8220;Our hearts go out to our team members and customers who were injured and all of those who were affected by this terrible incident.&#8221;
Video captured after the deadly crash showed a hole in the front of the store where the vehicle had busted through the glass. 
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During a news conference following the incident, Hingham Fire Chief Steve Murphy <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/21/us/massachusetts-apple-store-car-crash/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that crews arrived on the scene to find &#8220;multiple patients injured out in front of the store and in the store, including a few patients that were pinned against the wall by the vehicle.&#8221;
No charges have yet been filed against the driver, but a criminal investigation is underway, according to Plymouth District Attorney Timothy Cruz.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gun-control" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gun control</a> is on the docket for Michigan’s Democratic leaders and lawmakers after the party boasted <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michigan-moves-left-as-dems-celebrate-wins-up-and-down-the-ballot/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">historic wins</a> in the state’s midterm elections last week.
Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer <a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/gov-gretchen-whitmers-do-list-gun-control-tax-cuts-right-work-repeal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> news outlet Bridge Michigan in an interview published Wednesday that gun control is a top priority heading into her second term, now with Democratic majorities in both chambers of the state’s legislature. Democrats in the state previously introduced a “red flag” law along with other gun regulations, and Whitmer believes the measures are within reach for lawmakers to pass.
“I think that these are each individually proven policy solutions that could mitigate the likelihood of a future shooting, and so I think that&#8217;s where we need to start,” Whitmer said.
The governor pointed to the recent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michigan-high-school-shooting-suspect-faces-murder-and-terrorism-charges" target="_blank" rel="noopener">school shooting</a> in Oxford, Michigan, as a reason to push forward with gun control. Four students at Oxford High School were killed by a classmate who opened fire on the school on November 30, 2021.
“I do believe that you will all of a sudden see a very different environment in Lansing where the Oxford families and advocates will have the ability to make their voices heard and to inform and drive the policy change that this current legislature has completely shut the door to,” she commented.
The most troubling legislation for many conservatives is a proposed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michels-slams-red-flag-laws-says-left-just-wants-to-take-away-guns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">red flag law</a>, <a href="http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billintroduced/Senate/pdf/2022-SIB-0856.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate Bill No. 856</a>, that would allow a judge to authorize the seizure of guns from someone who is believed to be a risk to themselves or others. The bill proposes to “provide for the issuance of restraining orders prohibiting certain individuals from possessing or purchasing firearms and ordering the surrender and seizure of a restrained individual&#8217;s firearms.”
Along with the red flag law, Whitmer is pushing to stop people from buying guns from a private seller without going through a background check and wants to force gun owners with children in the home to secure firearms in a lockbox.
After last Tuesday’s election, Democrats gained control of the state’s legislature for the first time since 1983. The party will hold a one-vote majority in the state House and believe they will win a two-seat majority in the Senate as votes are still being counted in some races. Republicans conceded their control of both chambers last week, <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/michigan/2022/11/09/michigan-democrats-poised-to-win-control-of-legislature-for-1st-time-in-decades/69632790007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Detroit News. With slim majorities, Democrats will likely have to stay fully united to pass any gun legislation, as Republicans have blocked previous attempts from Democratic lawmakers to send gun control legislation to Whitmer’s desk.
Incoming state Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt told Bridge News that “it’s unfortunate that Democrats are trying to look for ways to limit individuals’ liberty and freedom.”
“Any (areas) where they&#8217;re going to limit individual freedom, I’m going to fight against,” he added. “If there’s going to be ways they expand individual freedom, I’ll partner with them.”

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A new study from the Hebrew University of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jerusalem" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jerusalem</a> found that sperm concentration has fallen drastically among men worldwide since the 1970s, and the drop is accelerating.
The <a href="https://academic.oup.com/humupd/article/23/6/646/4035689?login=false" target="_blank" rel="noopener">study</a> published in the Human Reproduction Update built on data from a study published five years ago that gathered information on sperm concentration in men from Western countries, The Guardian <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/15/humans-could-face-reproductive-crisis-as-sperm-count-declines-study-finds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The newest study looked at data from 57,000 men in 53 countries around the world, finding that sperm concentration dropped 51% between 1973 and 2018, from 101.2m per ml to 49.0m per ml.
Sperm counts dropped 1.2% per year between 1973 and 2000, but the rate accelerated to 2.6% per year from 2000 to 2018, which the study’s lead author, Professor Hagai Levine, called “an amazing pace,” <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/11/15/sperm-counts-decrease-men-health-exposure-fertility/10668233002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to USA Today.
“The key point that needs to be made is that this is desperately bad news for couple fertility,” said Professor Richard Sharpe, an expert in male health at the University of Edinburgh.
Sharpe added, “These issues are not just a problem for couples trying to have kids. They are also a huge problem for society in the next 50-odd years as less and less young people will be around to work and support the increasing bulge of elderly folk.”
While it remains unclear what’s causing sperm counts to fall so drastically in less than 50 years, experts have a few theories. Some point to fossil fuel <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/environmentalism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pollution</a> as the reason for lower sperm concentration, saying that the pollution even affects unborn children, while others point to health issues related to obesity, poor diet, drinking, and smoking as possible factors.
Levine said the numbers should spark the world into crisis mode. “I think this is another signal that something is wrong with the globe and that we need to do something about it. So yes, I think it’s a crisis, that we [had] better tackle now, before it may reach a tipping point which may not be reversible,” he remarked.
As leftist climate activists argue that the globe is facing an existential crisis of overpopulation, some experts are warning about a decrease in fertility and births, even <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/26/falling-sperm-counts-human-survival" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arguing</a> that falling sperm counts could “threaten human survival.” Troubling drops in birth rates in some of the planet’s largest countries like the U.S., Japan, and China have caused alarm over the past year. The U.S. fertility rate has dropped by about 2% per year since 2014, hitting record lows in 2020, 2019, and 2018, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/overpopulation-fears-give-way-to-another-bogeyman-a-fertility-slump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> in July. Meanwhile, Japan saw a record natural population <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/03/japan-low-births-population-decline-2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decline</a> in 2021, and China’s birth rate fell to a record low the same year.
The issue made <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/civilization-is-going-to-crumble-musk-on-chinas-plummeting-birth-rate-and-the-need-to-repopulate-the-planet/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">headlines</a> again over the summer when billionaire Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk commented on what he sees as a global underpopulation problem.
“A collapsing birth rate is the biggest danger civilization faces by far,” he <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1545046146548019201?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a>.
“Far too many people are under the illusion that Earth is overpopulated, even though birth rate trends are so obviously headed to population collapse,” Musk <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1545050496230051844" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>.

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‘Huge Problem For Society’: New Study Finds Sperm Concentration Has Halved Worldwide, Problem Accelerating

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An aid worker and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tennessee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tennessee</a> native was murdered in the streets of Baghdad, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/iraq" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Iraq</a>, in front of his family earlier this week.
Stephen Troell, a 45-year-old husband and father of four, was killed Monday night by a group of terrorists while driving in Iraq&#8217;s capital city with his wife and one of his children. Troell&#8217;s car was <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iraq-american-aid-worker-murdered-baghdad/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> cut off by another car before assailants in a third vehicle shot and killed him. His wife and child were unharmed in the attack, according to police.
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قديش حبينا الزيارة على بغداد!!! كنز العراق هو الشعب. <a href="https://t.co/ehBx3zPdDW">pic.twitter.com/ehBx3zPdDW</a>
&mdash; Stephen Troell (@stephentroell) <a href="https://twitter.com/stephentroell/status/1006159467434659840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 11, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Iraqi authorities initially believed the shooting was a part of a failed kidnapping attempt on Troell, but later ruled that theory out, The Associated Press reported. A group unknown to officials claimed responsibility for the killing, saying it was retaliation for a 2020 U.S. airstrike in Baghdad that killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani and another military commander.
Troell taught English at a language center in one of Baghdad’s dilapidated neighborhoods where he also served. The aid worker&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/stephentroell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter feed</a> was filled with photos of his family, statements of his devotion to God, and posts about his desire to reach out to those he felt he&#8217;d been called to serve in the Middle East.
In 2017, 16 years after radical Islamic terrorists killed thousands of Americans on September 11, 2001, Troell <a href="https://twitter.com/stephentroell/status/907277549738381312" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a>, &#8220;It was 16 years ago today that my life forever changed and God began to take me on a wonderful journey to learn to love my &#8216;enemies.'&#8221;
Clarence Sexton, president and founder of the The Crown College where Troell <a href="https://www.wate.com/news/tennessee/tennessee-native-identified-as-teacher-killed-in-baghdad/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">graduated</a> around 20 years ago, posted a statement from Troell’s family Wednesday after reports of his death.
“On Monday, November 7, 2022, Stephen Troell met his Savior face to face. Jocelyn, the girls, and little Stephen are currently safe and will return to the U.S. in the next few days,” the statement read.
“Stephen often quoted the words of two Moravian young men who gave their lives for the cause. We echo them again: &#8216;May the Lamb that was slain receive the reward of His suffering,'&#8221; the statement concluded.
Sexton directed people to a donation page for the family set up by The Crown College.
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Stephen Troell was a great man. He gave his life to helping the Iraqi people. He leaves a wife and four beautiful children. If you would like to help his family, you may make your tax-deductible donation at <a href="https://t.co/P1p2aVVRdF">https://t.co/P1p2aVVRdF</a> for the Stephen Troell Family. <a href="https://t.co/CrPwDe5lez">pic.twitter.com/CrPwDe5lez</a>
&mdash; Clarence Sexton (@ClarenceSexton) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClarenceSexton/status/1590349971626205184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Michigan Republicans were hopeful for a repudiation of the state’s current leftist trajectory Tuesday night. They were met with the opposite.
Democrats are projected to win key races and ballot measures across the board in the Great Lakes State, led by Gov. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michigan-governor-gretchen-whitmer-hangs-on-despite-late-republican-surge-projection/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gretchen Whitmer&#8217;s re-election victory</a>. The party is also set to win multiple tight U.S. House races, enshrine a right to abortion in the state’s constitution, and take control of the state legislature for the first time in 40 years.
“We have come a long way, Michigan,” Whitmer <a href="https://www.fox17online.com/news/election-2022/gretchen-whitmer-beats-tudor-dixon-will-serve-4-more-years-as-governor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> a crowd of her supporters early Wednesday morning. “We are thrilled at the unexpected high turnout, we are thrilled that the three ballot initiatives got passed.”
Michigan <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/us/abortion-rights-ballot-proposals.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joined</a> California and Vermont in passing ballot initiatives to add a right to abortion in their states’ constitutions. The approved measure now supersedes a 1931 Michigan law that bans all abortions unless the mother’s life is at risk. Whitmer campaigned heavily on the issue of abortion, pointing at her opponent Tudor Dixon as too radical in her opposition to abortion.
The approved amendment recognizes a “right to make and effectuate decisions about all matters relating to pregnancy, including but not limited to prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, contraception, sterilization, abortion care, miscarriage management, and infertility care.” Opponents of the proposal <a href="https://www.heritage.org/life/commentary/michigans-radical-proposition-3-ballot-measure-would-go-far-beyond-just-codifying" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argue</a> it goes beyond codifying abortion rights by erasing Michigan’s protections of those born alive after a botched abortion and “pav[ing] the way for eugenic abortions, or abortions based on sex, disability, or race.”
U.S. House results from Michigan were another bright spot for Democrats as the party looks to hold onto more seats than what many expected. In the state’s 7th congressional district toss-up race, Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) is projected to defeat GOP challenger Tom Barrett. Democrats <a href="https://results.decisiondeskhq.com/2022/general/states/Michigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appear poised</a> to flip the state’s 3rd district, with current vote counts showing Democrat Hillary Scholten up by 13 points on Trump-endorsed Republican John Gibbs. Democrats poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into Gibbs’ primary race to boost his run against Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI). Current results also show incumbent Democrat Dan Kildee holding onto a 5-point lead against Republican Paul Junge in what was considered another toss-up race.
In another show of Democratic dominance in Michigan on Tuesday night, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson soundly defeated Republican Kristina Karamo, and Attorney General Dana Nessel appears set to win her election against Matthew DePerno, leading by seven points with an estimated 92% of the vote counted.
Democrats are also projected to gain control of the state’s legislature for the first time since 1983. The party said Wednesday morning that they will hold a one-vote majority in the state House and believe they will win a two-seat majority in the Senate. Republicans conceded their control of both chambers, <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/michigan/2022/11/09/michigan-democrats-poised-to-win-control-of-legislature-for-1st-time-in-decades/69632790007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Detroit News.

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Democrat Governor Tim Walz has won the gubernatorial election in Minnesota, according to a projection, defeating Republican Scott Jensen. 
The <a href="https://twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/1590235643933650944">projection</a> was made by DecisionDeskHQ at 1:51 a.m. EST.
&#8220;We know there&#8217;s been a lot of division, the last few years have been challenging. Minnesotans made a conscious choice tonight to chose a positive future, to chose one where better days lie ahead,&#8221; Walz <a href="https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-2022-election-dfl-governor-tim-walz-republican-scott-jensen-race-results/600222708/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the crowd gathered at his watch party.
Jensen conceded the race to Walz early Wednesday morning. &#8220;I have called Governor Walz and conceded,&#8221; Jensen tweeted. &#8220;From the beginning, we said we would trail-blaze the issues &amp; give Minnesotans an alternative choice. We fell short of our goal, but I am immeasurably thankful for the relationships that formed and the passion of our supporters!&#8221;
Walz, 58, was favored in polling for the entirety of the race, even reaching double digit support in some polls, but the governor faced a late surge in polling from Jensen, a doctor and former state senator who focused on Minnesota’s rising crime rate. 
The governor positioned himself as a staunch defender of abortion rights and frequently criticized 67-year-old Jensen for shifting his position on the issue after launching his campaign. The Republican candidate previously said he supported a total abortion ban, but then agreed with exceptions for rape, incest, and the mother’s mental and physical health. 
&#8220;Scott either in May blatantly lied to his supporters to get the endorsement of the Republican party by saying, &#8216;Of course we’re going to ban abortion,&#8217; or he’s flipped on it now,&#8221; Walz <a href="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/10/28/walz-jensen-clash-in-final-debate-before-election-day">accused</a> weeks before the election. 
Home to some of the nation’s largest retailers like Target and Best Buy, Minnesota’s economy was at the forefront of voters’ minds, especially as consumers faced rising prices. Going into the race, Walz boasted “a strong economy in Minnesota” as one of his biggest accomplishments, even as inflation continued to affect households in the state. 
Jensen jumped on Walz’s record on the economy, pointing to his proposal for more taxes amidst the Biden administration’s “reckless spending binge” as a reason for new leadership in Minnesota. He accused Walz of threatening to take more money out of the pockets of hardworking Minnesotans even as inflation wreaks havoc across the country. 
The governor claimed in a debate that he has never raised taxes on Minnesotans, but earlier this year, Walz wanted to hike taxes on the rich and raise the gas tax in his <a href="https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/SessionDaily/Story/15504">2022-2023 budget proposal</a> only to scrap the ideas after negotiations. 
Jensen also took shots at Walz’s record on crime, calling him “the godfather of the crime epidemic.” The state’s violent crime rate<a href="https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/ooc/news-releases/Pages/BCA-Releases-2021-Uniform-Crime-Report.aspx"> jumped</a> 21.6% in 2021 after a 17% increase from 2019 to 2020.
In the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of police, parts of Minneapolis were burned and looted in violent riots under Walz’s watch. Since the spread of anti-police sentiment during the black lives matter movement in the city, there has been a <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/hundreds-officers-quit-minneapolis-police-135604068.html">massive exodus</a> of Minneapolis police officers, and the city struggles to recruit new officers.
As crime rates jumped in the state, Walz made an effort as governor to push for more police accountability and reform, claiming there were “systemic inequities in Minnesota’s criminal justice system.” Two months after Floyd’s death, Walz signed the “<a href="https://mn.gov/governor/news/?id=1055-441356">Minnesota Police Accountability Act</a>,” banning training that equips officers with deadly tactical maneuvers to use when threatened.

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