<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A pregnant woman shot a man who attacked her family during a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/memorial-day" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Memorial Day</a> visit to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/arkansas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arkansas</a>, according to a police report. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The incident <a href="https://www.kark.com/crime/family-visiting-from-out-of-state-speaks-out-in-river-market-shooting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">occurred</a> in a parking garage in Little Rock during a robbery attempt, police said. The woman, who was with her husband and two children, told police that her husband was tackled and punched by a man as he was loading something on top of their van. She said that the man then went into the car and struck her, which is when she pulled out a gun and shot him. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The man accused of attacking and attempting to rob the family was </span><a href="https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/jun/01/robbery-attempt-cited-in-shooting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">identified</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as 37-year-old Markevious King. The police were called and King was then transported to a nearby hospital.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The husband, who said his family was from Memphis, </span><a href="https://www.kark.com/crime/family-visiting-from-out-of-state-speaks-out-in-river-market-shooting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">told KARK</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that they had come to Little Rock to go to the zoo and a waterpark to celebrate his daughter’s birthday. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Ah, just a fractured rib, and my wife has a couple of knots on her forehead where he apparently punched her,” the husband said, describing the family&#8217;s injuries. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“A lot of things could’ve happened and we never know what he was really planning or anything. if he was trying to kidnap our girls or just trying to steal the car or what,” he added. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He added that the family was used to violent events because they lived around Memphis. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We live in Memphis and this kind of happens to people here all the time so I mean it’s not something we are going to let shine down or shadow down on our lives because we do like to travel,” he said. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pregnant women have used guns in self-defense in the past, including one </span><a href="https://www.cbs19news.com/story/41289877/florida-woman-8-months-pregnant-kills-home-intruder-with-ar-15-sheriff-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">high-profile incident </span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">near Tampa, Florida, in 2019 when a woman, eight months pregnant, shot an armed home intruder with an AR-15, according to officials. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“They came in heavily hooded and masked,” Jeremy King told Bay News 9 at the time. “As soon as they had got the back door opened, they had a pistol on me and was grabbing my 11-year-old daughter.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The sheriff’s office said that the rifle was legally owned and fired once, killing the intruder, during the incident. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Them guys came in with two normal pistols and my AR stopped it,” King added. “[My wife] evened the playing field and kept them from killing me.&#8221;</span></p>


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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The city of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chicago" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chicago</a> was rocked by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gun-violence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">violence</a> over the holiday weekend as more than 40 people were wounded and 11 killed, the most deadly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/memorial-day" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Memorial Day</a> weekend in eight years. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2023/5/27/23739457/memorial-day-weekend-chicago-shootings-violence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to a tally</a> from the Chicago Sun-Times, at least 45 people were injured in shootings or stabbings, while another 11 were killed. Two of the violent incidents happened not far from the home of new Democratic Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/brandon-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brandon Johnson</a>. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A woman was found dead from stab wounds two blocks from the mayor’s home, while another individual was injured in a shooting in his West Side neighborhood, according to the Sun-Times. It was the most people killed since 2015, though not the most injured. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Multiple police officers worked on their days off due to the expected increase in violence over the weekend. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Homicide victims included a 33-year-old unidentified man who was shot in the armpit, 35-year-old William Hair who was shot in the chest, 22-year-old Johnathan Salgado, a 35-year-old man who was shot in the face while standing on a sidewalk, an unidentified woman killed in a drive-by shooting, a 26-year-old shot in the back, and a 35-year-old man shot in the head while in his car. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The incidents took place throughout the city, including the Auburn Gresham neighborhood, the Heart of Chicago neighborhood, the Little Village neighborhood, the Austin neighborhood, the Lake View neighborhood, West Garfield Park, and Woodlawn. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Two non-fatal shooting incidents involved separate 2-year-olds. One involved a young girl accidentally injuring herself with a gun she found in the street, while the other involved a boy who was shot in the hand while playing in a bedroom. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The deadly </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicagos-endless-summer-violence-34-shot-8-dead-so-far-this-memorial-day-weekend" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">weekend comes as</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Mayor Johnson is rolling out a safety program that includes having more police on the ground, an increase in peace safety officers on hand to de-escalate situations, and programs for Chicago’s youth.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It’s going to take all of us, not just the police, not just city government, to ensure that our communities can live and thrive in peace and safety,” Johnson </span><a href="https://www.wbez.org/stories/mayor-brandon-johnson-unveils-safety-plan-for-memorial-day-weekend/d9eee800-fa61-484f-ba05-d49b1416d49d" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> last week. “However you decide to spend your holiday weekend in Chicago, your safety is my top priority.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chicago was not the only place that experienced excessive violence over the holiday weekend. Nine people <a href="https://apnews.com/article/hollywood-florida-beach-shooting-93dda56246a69d8913f35349c52d83c5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were injured</a> during a shooting at a beach in Hollywood, Florida. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Those injured included children. </span></p>


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Chicago Rocked By Violence As At Least 11 Killed Over Memorial Day Weekend

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<p>Because of my father, my family spends part of every Memorial Day at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.</p>
<p>Captain John Thomas Greenplate (1954-2017) is buried there, and while he was not killed in action, he rests alongside many who were — and many more who would have, if they had been called upon to do so.</p>
<p>Dad was the son of a World War II veteran who survived the Battle of the Bulge. He was the younger brother of an Army combat engineer who served in Vietnam. Even though the Vietnam War was all but over by the time he graduated high school in 1972, it never sat right with him that he had not also put on a uniform.</p>
<p>Throughout my childhood, two things were sacred: God and country. There was no quicker way to anger Dad than to disrespect or dishonor either – a lesson my younger sister learned when she intentionally sang the national anthem off-key in exaggerated fashion. Dad very quietly asked her never to do that in his house again.</p>
<p>It wasn&#8217;t until he was 44 — and technically too old to serve – that he applied for an age waiver and got it, and took a direct commission into the U.S. Army Reserve just three months after I enlisted. He went to his officer training course the same summer that I went through Basic Combat Training, and he deployed to Afghanistan three years later.</p>
<div id="attachment_559759" style="width: 442px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-559759" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-559759 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/05/image0-7-432x576.jpeg" alt="Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery" width="432" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/05/image0-7-432x576.jpeg 432w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/05/image0-7-225x300.jpeg 225w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/05/image0-7-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/05/image0-7-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/05/image0-7-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/05/image0-7-scaled.jpeg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px" /><p id="caption-attachment-559759" class="wp-caption-text">Photo: Virginia Kruta</p></div>
<p>Dad&#8217;s birthday was June 2nd, but he never had much interest in celebrating that. All of my life – both before and after his military service — he was more interested in celebrating Memorial Day, which often fell within a week of his birthday anyway. Now that he&#8217;s gone, it only seems fitting that we do so in his place.</p>
<p>So we go to the ceremony and we stand under the flag, flown at half staff to honor the dead – and we talk to the veterans who have come out to salute their brothers in arms. Uniform white grave stones stretch as far as the eye can see in every direction, every one of them a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who was willing to sacrifice everything for a greater cause.</p>
<div id="attachment_559757" style="width: 778px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-559757" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-559757 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/05/image2-2-768x576.jpeg" alt="Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery" width="768" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/05/image2-2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/05/image2-2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/05/image2-2-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/05/image2-2-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /><p id="caption-attachment-559757" class="wp-caption-text">Photo: Virginia Kruta</p></div>
<p>It makes you feel small to stand in such a place — and then to be hit with the realization that this military cemetery is just one of many in the United States and all over the world.</p>
<p>Almost two years ago now, I stood with my son in the middle of the Henri-Chapelle American Military Cemetery in Plombieres, Belgium – and the feeling was the same. The silence surrounded us even when crowds of people were present. White marble crosses <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/05/Video.mov" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stretched as far</a> as the eye could see. Most included the name and unit of the fallen soldier, but some simply read, &#8220;Here rests in honored glory a comrade in arms known but to God.&#8221;</p>
<div id="attachment_559755" style="width: 401px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-559755" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-559755 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/05/image0-8-391x576.jpeg" alt="Unknown soldier, Henri-Chapelle American Military Cemetery, Plombieres, Belgium." width="391" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/05/image0-8-391x576.jpeg 391w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/05/image0-8-204x300.jpeg 204w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/05/image0-8-768x1131.jpeg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/05/image0-8-1043x1536.jpeg 1043w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/05/image0-8-1390x2048.jpeg 1390w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/05/image0-8-scaled.jpeg 1738w" sizes="(max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px" /><p id="caption-attachment-559755" class="wp-caption-text">Photo: Virginia Kruta</p></div>
<p>We spend this day remembering those who fell so that we who remain can stand tall — and although it is fitting to mourn those we may have personally lost, it is also fitting to remember the words of the late General George S. Patton Jr.: &#8220;It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.&#8221;</p>
<p>Thank God that such men lived, indeed. It&#8217;s because they did that we do.</p>


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‘They Never Talked About The War’: Honoring Our WW II Fallen Heroes & Veterans On Memorial Day With Author Andrew Biggio

‘They Never Talked About The War’: Honoring Our World War II Veterans On Memorial Day With Author Andrew Biggio

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<p>With Memorial Day upon us, summer is unofficially here and that almost certainly means another season of mayhem in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chicago" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Windy City</a>.</p>
<p>As of early Sunday morning, there were already 34 individuals shot with eight dead in Chicago over <a href="https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-shooting-breaking-news-today/13311022/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Memorial Day Weekend</a>.</p>
<p>The deadly weekend comes as Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is rolling out a safety program that includes having more police on the ground — which he&#8217;s accomplished by canceling days off, an increase in peace safety officers on hand to de-escalate situations, and events and programs for Chicago&#8217;s youth.</p>
<p>“It’s going to take all of us, not just the police, not just city government, to ensure that our communities can live and thrive in peace and safety,” Johnson <a href="https://www.wbez.org/stories/mayor-brandon-johnson-unveils-safety-plan-for-memorial-day-weekend/d9eee800-fa61-484f-ba05-d49b1416d49d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> earlier this week. “However you decide to spend your holiday weekend in Chicago, your safety is my top priority.”</p>
<p>Last year, Chicago had its deadliest Memorial Day in half a decade. More than <a href="https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-weekend-shootings-at-least-48-shot-8-fatally-in-memorial-day-weekend-gun-violence/2845854/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">50 were shot and nine were killed</a>. Based on those numbers in comparison to this year, it doesn&#8217;t really seem like Johnson&#8217;s having a major impact in curbing crime. The weekend is not over, and Monday&#8217;s Memorial Day events will likely only bring more bloodshed.</p>
<p>Perhaps those inclined to commit such recklessness in Chicago don&#8217;t exactly fear Johnson or his soft-on-crime policies. Readers should keep in mind what happened after one <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bedlam-as-hundreds-of-teenagers-inundate-downtown-chicago" target="_blank" rel="noopener">April weekend</a> during which throngs of teenagers rampaged in the streets, jumped on cars, and beat up at least one innocent couple. Johnson effectively dismissed it as youthful shenanigans. He even compared the behavior to his young child jumping down the flight of stairs.</p>
<p>He even told the press that it &#8220;is not constructive to demonize youth who have otherwise been starved of opportunities in their own communities.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Have you ever taught middle school? I have,&#8221; Johnson <a href="https://news.grabien.com/story-chicago-mayor-elect-defends-looters-demonizing-children-is-wrong" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a>. &#8220;Have you ever raised young people? Do you understand the risk that young people take just because they&#8217;re young? Do you know that home plate is at the bottom of my stairs? I found that out when my son was sliding down those stairs trying to score.&#8221;</p>
<p>He went on to say that youngsters &#8220;make silly decisions! They do. So we have to make sure that we are investing to make sure that young people know that they are supported.&#8221;</p>
<p>Here is part of what those &#8220;silly&#8221; kids were doing:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">🚨<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: Chaotic Scene Unfolds in Downtown Chicago as Teenagers Vandalize Cars and Gunfire Erupts </p>
<p>📌<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chicago?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chicago</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Illinois?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Illinois</a> ⁰<br />There is currently a significant police response taking place in downtown Chicago due to a large group of teenagers causing chaos. They have been… <a href="https://t.co/n7xhBpsTKs">pic.twitter.com/n7xhBpsTKs</a></p>
<p>&mdash; R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) <a href="https://twitter.com/rawsalerts/status/1647457314494971910?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Johnson&#8217;s solution to this disarray, as well as the near-daily shootings in Chicago, is more government funding for programs often unrelated to the enforcement of the law. He should be doing more to back the police so that they can feel confident they have the support needed and authority to actually enforce the law.</p>
<p>Of course, the real answer to this chaos can&#8217;t just come from government funding or improved policing. He must, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chaos-rules-in-chicago-the-lack-of-two-parent-homes-is-to-blame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">as this author has previously observed</a>, advocate that fathers stay in the home and encourage mothers and fathers to stay together. Fatherlessness in Chicago, especially in the black community, can explain much of the city&#8217;s crime.</p>
<p>Until a true shift toward focusing the family on happens, Chicago will likely have many more deadly summers.</p>
<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<br />
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Chicago’s Endless Summer Violence: 34 Shot, 8 Dead So Far This Memorial Day Weekend

Chicago's Endless Summer Violence: 34 Shot, 8 Dead So Far This Memorial Day Weekend

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A fight and a gunshot forced one of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-welcomes-new-leftist-mayor-with-vision-of-a-safer-and-more-equitable-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chicago</a>’s most popular summer spots to close just hours after opening for Memorial Day weekend. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Up to 100 teenagers gathered at the North Avenue beach around 1:30 p.m. on Friday when a fight broke out and someone fired a gun, according to police, Fox 32 </span><a href="https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/police-activity-north-avenue-beach-chicago-memorial-day-weekend"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Video of the incident showed the group of teens taunting each other before a single gunshot is heard and the crowd disperses.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">No one was injured by the gunfire, and police took a 15-year-old boy and one other person into custody. Chicago’s beaches, which stretch along Lake Michigan, officially opened at 11 a.m. Friday for the summer. </span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Today, on the first day beaches were opened for the season in Chicago, a shooting takes place at the popular North Avenue Beach as about 80 to 100 teenagers gathered. <a href="https://t.co/tEJeSW0kNj">pic.twitter.com/tEJeSW0kNj</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Marie Oakes (@TheMarieOakes) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheMarieOakes/status/1662218100627079169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;The person who fired the weapon was observed,&#8221; Interim Chicago Police Department Supt. Fred Waller </span><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/north-avenue-beach-shot-fired/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. &#8220;He was taken into custody after a very, very short foot pursuit. Another subject in the same area was also observed running away with a weapon and he was taken into custody. Two weapons were recovered from him.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Claire Nelson, who was at the beach with a group of friends from DePaul University, was only 200 feet away from the group of teenagers at the time of the fight and subsequent gunfire, CBS News </span><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/north-avenue-beach-shot-fired/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;We were really close, actually. We were having fun, and then all of a sudden these people started fighting, and the police came out, and then we heard a gunshot, and we just ran away to safety,&#8221; Nelson said.</span></p>
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<p>The beach <a href="https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-beaches-north-avenue-beach-closed-shots-fired/13304202/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reopened</a> a few hours after the incident, and the 15-year-old was charged with two felonies: one count of aggravated assault discharge of a firearm and one count of criminal damage to property worth $500 to $10,000.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The city, led by its new leftist mayor Brandon Johnson, </span><a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/midwest/chicago-peacekeeping-force-holiday-weekend/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">prepared</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for another weekend of potential violence by increasing police presence across the city and deploying 30 “peacekeepers” trained in de-escalation and conflict intervention. The Chicago PD also said it would be conducting bag checks of large gatherings at beaches. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Last year in Chicago, nine people were killed and 40 were injured in </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/violent-weekend-starts-off-summer-in-chicago-with-at-least-five-dead"><span style="font-weight: 400;">shootings</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> across the city over Memorial Day weekend.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It’s going to take all of us not just the police, city government to ensure our communities can live and thrive in peace and safety,” Johnson said while discussing the city’s safety plan for the holiday weekend.</span></p>


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Gunfire Forces Popular Chicago Beach To Close Hours After Opening For Holiday Weekend

Gunfire Forces Chicago Beach To Close Hours After Opening For Holiday Weekend

<p><em>This article is adapted from today’s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</em></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The House of Representatives passed a resolution to overturn President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan this week. Two Democrats joined the Republicans in voting to cancel the $400 billion plan. The bill now goes to the Senate — where even if it passes, it will likely be vetoed by the president. Biden’s proposal to pay off up to $20,000 in debt for college borrowers is currently being debated by the Supreme Court.</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michigan-state-professor-sued-for-forcing-hundreds-of-students-to-pay-99-to-join-her-radical-leftist-group" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>MSU Professor Sued</strong></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Michigan State University (MSU) professor is being sued by students after she allegedly compelled hundreds of her students to donate to her Left-wing political group as a course requirement. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Amy Wisner, a former marketing professor at MSU, allegedly </span><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12114999/Amy-Wisner-MSU-politics-professor-sued-making-students-pay-99-fee-join-left-wing-group.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">required</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 600 students to pay $99 each to join a Left-wing group known as The Rebellion Community, an outside group run by Wisner. Students Nolan Radomski and Nathan Barbieri are suing Wisner, claiming she used the money from students to donate to Planned Parenthood, as well as buy an RV for a trip around the U.S. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">By doing so, the pair of students claimed in the suit that Wisner “forced them to materially support the homicide of innocent children.”</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> MSU has fired Wisner after complaints, and the school offered students a refund for the roughly $60,000 they paid to the leftist group.</span></p>
<p><a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/25/burger-king-ordered-to-pay-whopping-8m-to-man-who-fell-on-foreign-substance/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Burger King Owes Nearly $8 Million After Lawsuit</strong></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Burger King franchise in Hollywood, Florida, has been ordered to pay a whopping sum to a 48-year-old man over a slip and fall that occurred more than two years ago. </span></p>
<p><b></b><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Burger King franchise must pay $8 million to Richard Tulecki, who claimed that he slipped on a “foreign substance” in the restaurant’s bathroom and &#8220;suffered lower back injuries resulting in surgery.” Tulecki’s attorneys said the fall caused &#8220;serious injuries,” which </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">required</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> surger</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">y that then turned into a postoperative perforated colon. The lawsuit was filed in 2021. The sum — totaling $7.68 million, including earnings lost and medical expenses  — is one of Florida’s largest slip and fall verdicts on record.</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/7-year-old-arrested-arson-west-virginia-fire-house/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Seven-Year-Old Boy Arrested Over House Fire</strong></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jackson County Sheriff&#8217;s Department in West Virginia arrested and placed a 7-year-old in custody Wednesday after authorities say the young boy intentionally set his house ablaze while his parents were inside. Two people suffered minor burns. A photo posted online showed the house completely engulfed in flames. In West Virginia, minors can be arrested and charged for most crimes.</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/25/commercial-real-estate-refinancing-office-space/c995aae0-fb07-11ed-bafc-bf50205661da_story.html#:~:text=In%20the%20first%20quarter%2C%20the,1991%2C%20according%20to%20Moody's%20Analytics." target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Commercial Real Estate In American Cities Going Vacant</strong></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">American cities are still struggling to find commercial real estate tenants in the wake of a surge in remote work after COVID. The latest data show that </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">in the first quarter of 2023, the vacancy rate for office properties across the nation’s 50 largest metropolitan areas was about 19%. Moody’s analytics reports that is the highest rate in 33 years.</span></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/25/us/turks-and-caicos-shark-attack/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>American Tourist Bitten By Shark</strong></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">An American tourist was seriously injured in a </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">shark attack</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in the Turks and Caicos islands on Wednesday. Police say the 22-year-old Connecticut woman was snorkeling.</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/expect-big-crowds-for-the-summer-travel-season-and-big-prices-too/3573517/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Memorial D</strong><strong>ay Weekend Travel Will Be Big</strong></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And Memorial Day weekend is the</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> un</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">official start of the summer travel season — and this weekend will be busy. AAA predicts that 37 million people will hit the road this weekend, driving an average of 50 miles. The TSA expects to screen 10 million travelers between Friday and Monday. And the price tag is also getting higher. The average cost of a hotel room is up $7 a night week-over-week to $157, while short-term rentals like Airbnb and VRBO are also up, but just slightly. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Have a safe and fun holiday weekend, everyone.</span></p>
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Friday

Friday Afternoon Update: Burger King Owes Nearly $8 Million After Lawsuit, American Tourist Bitten By Shark, GOP Takes Action Against Biden’s Student Debt Plan

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<p>New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) kicked off Memorial Day with a World War II history lesson – and then promptly deleted his tweet when critics noticed he had gotten the facts wrong.</p>
<p>Adams recognized the holiday aboard the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid – also known as &#8220;The Fighting I&#8221; — a World War II era Essex-Class carrier. The Intrepid was decommissioned in 1974 and now rests in Hudson Harbor as a part of the Intrepid Sea, Air &amp; Space Museum.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Join us on the U.S.S. Intrepid as we honor Memorial Day. <a href="https://t.co/5QzhVvbNf4">https://t.co/5QzhVvbNf4</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/1531276691548643328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Adams attempted to add historical context in another tweet — now deleted — that read, &#8220;The U.S.S. Intrepid is an amazing symbol of resilience. Under attack at Pearl Harbor, it endured. It stands for the sacrifice of our armed forces and our nation’s power to recover from tragedy. We still need that spirit today, and I honor the sacrifices that made it possible.&#8221;</p>
<p>And while Adams&#8217; attempt to recognize the nation&#8217;s bravest heroes should not be discounted — and as critics pointed out, the USS Intrepid certainly had a rich history worth remembering — but they also noted that Adams had gotten that history all wrong.</p>
<p>First of all, the USS Intrepid could not have been at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked – mainly because it was not launched until late April of 1943, and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor took place over a full year earlier on December 7, 1941. The Intrepid was part of achieving several key objectives in the Pacific after its launch, however, taking part in the Battle of Leyte Gulf and the fight to gain control of Okinawa.</p>
<p>And second, historians have noted that the one blessing with regard to the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor was that none of the aircraft carriers assigned to Pearl were present during the attack. The USS Enterprise, the USS Lexington, and the USS Saratoga were all assigned to Pearl at the time, but were not present on that Sunday morning when the Japanese attacked.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Because I grew up near the Norfolk Navy Base and my Dad fought in the Pacific in WWII, I thought everyone knew the only positive that horrible day was all 3 Pacific-based carriers &#8211; Enterprise, Lexington and Saratoga &#8211; weren&#39;t at Pearl that day. Intrepid didn&#39;t even exist yet. <a href="https://t.co/YX1M2LV9d0">https://t.co/YX1M2LV9d0</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Dave Scarangella (@DullesDistrict) <a href="https://twitter.com/DullesDistrict/status/1531407619147059203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Intrepid did see some extraordinary action (and it did go, at one point, to Pearl Harbor). From the <a href="https://twitter.com/IntrepidMuseum?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IntrepidMuseum</a> website: <a href="https://t.co/hIp4HroQji">pic.twitter.com/hIp4HroQji</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Greg Young (@GregoireNYC) <a href="https://twitter.com/GregoireNYC/status/1531373218786906122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The Intrepid was also on the receiving end of several kamikaze strikes in 1944 — three in the space of just one month — that resulted in the losses of 79 men in total. The first, on October 29, killed ten as a gun crew of African American sailors continued to fire on the plane as it crashed into their position. On November 25, two planes crashed into the Intrepid in the Philippines. Striking the carrier within minutes of each other, those two kamikaze strikes killed another 69 men.</p>


New York City Celebrates Memorial Day Weekend

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<p>Actor Chris Pratt issued two posts on Memorial Day to honor our fallen military men and women, keeping in line with his past Memorial Day posts.</p>
<p>Pratt is routinely a target for the Left, mostly over his open Christianity and love of country.</p>
<p>&#8220;Today we pay tribute and remember all of the brave men and women who have laid down their lives in service of our nation,&#8221; Pratt captioned an Instagram post. &#8220;I urge you all take a moment today to remember those who fought for us. <a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/memorialday/">#MemorialDay</a>.&#8221;</p>
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<p>In a follow-up post, the &#8220;Jurassic World&#8221; actor told his followers he was doing the &#8220;Murph challenge,&#8221; which is typically done for charity in honor of Navy Seal Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy, who was killed in Afghanistan in June 2005.</p>
<p>&#8220;Just completed this year’s <a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/murphchallenge/">#MurphChallenge</a>,&#8221; Pratt captioned the video.</p>
<p>The workout typically includes a mile run, 100 pull-ups, 200 pushups, 300 squats, and closes with another mile run. It was apparently one of Murphy&#8217;s usual workouts.</p>
<p>&#8220;The 2014 movie &#8216;Lone Survivor&#8217; features Murphy’s story as his character was played by Taylor Kitsch,&#8221; KSNT <a href="https://www.ksnt.com/news/local-news/lpd-officers-go-through-murph-challenge-to-honor-veterans/">noted</a>.</p>
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<p>Last year, Pratt told his followers on Memorial Day to please show “support for our fallen” and told people who might “b**** and moan about America” in the comment section to “never forget your right to free expression is paid for in blood.”</p>
<p>“America’s exceptional armed forces have altered the course of the world for the better,&#8221; Pratt continued the post. &#8220;From the Union Army defeating slave owning confederates, to the Greatest Generation and her Allies vanquishing the Nazis or our special operators hunting down the perpetrators of 9/11. We count the names of each fallen soldier lest they be countless. They are the good guys. They run to the sound of gunfire. They know pain and suffering we never will. They have given us the most free and decent society planet earth has ever seen. We run the risk of losing that decency when we fail to instill gratitude in the minds of our youth or the perspective of what it actually means to be free- should they never learn of the selfless sacrifice of our armed service members in the face of oppressive evil. So join me in showing support for our fallen. Take a quiet moment to really consider the sacrifice.”</p>
<p>“And if you use the comments section on posts like this to b**** and moan about America please understand there are countries in the world where criticizing your government will get you killed or imprisoned,” he added. “Criticism is a right and necessity in amending the flawed systems of man. So by all means, let your voice be heard. But never forget your right to free expression is paid for in blood. May God give their souls rest, and may they live in our memories this weekend and always.”</p>
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<p>The actor has a number of other patriot posts on his Instagram, too. Back in 2019, on Veteran&#8217;s Day, he paid tribute to his brother and other veterans.</p>
<p>&#8220;We have the greatest armed forces the world has ever seen,&#8221; Pratt wrote. &#8220;It’s made up of real people who joined for myriad reasons. Brave men and women who sacrifice a whole hell of a lot. Today is their day. So celebrate a veteran today. Today I celebrate Cully, as well as my cousin Curtis, Uncle Steve, Uncle Skip, second Cousins, Joey, Ryan and Alex, besties Jared and Jeffrey, all those I’ve fished for hunted with, those who’ve blessed me with their challenge coins as I’ve encountered them on press junkets and in my travels, the many in the film industry working both in front of and behind the cameras. To those currently serving and those out thanks for your service. We appreciate you!&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-pratt-honors-the-fallen-those-who-b-and-moan-about-america-your-right-to-free-expression-is-paid-for-in-blood">Chris Pratt Honors The Fallen: Those Who ‘B**** And Moan About America,’ ‘Your Right To Free Expression Is Paid For In Blood’</a></strong></p>


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Chris Pratt Continues Tradition Of Honoring The Fallen In Memorial Day Posts

Chris Pratt Continues Tradition Of Honoring The Fallen, America In Memorial Day Posts

Chris Pratt

Veterans

<p>In Memorial Day remarks on Monday afternoon, President Joe Biden reflected on the lives and sacrifice of American soldiers who have fallen in the line of duty.</p>
<p>“They chose a life of purpose,” the commander-in-chief said. “It sounds corny, like a Memorial Day speech, but I mean it from the bottom of my heart. They chose a life of purpose.”</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/05/30/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-154th-national-memorial-day-observance/">remarks</a> — delivered at Arlington National Cemetery — occurred on the first Memorial Day after the two-decade conflict in Afghanistan ended which, combined with the Iraq conflict, claimed the lives of 7,054 American service members.</p>
<p>“They lie here in glory and honor … in graves across our country, in towns large and small — America’s beloved daughters and sons who dared all, risked all, and gave all to preserve and defend an idea unlike any other in human history: the idea of the United States of America,” Biden said. “And today, as a nation, we undertake a sacred ritual: to reflect and to remember.”</p>
<p>Biden noted that May 30 marks the seven-year anniversary of the death of his eldest son, Beau Biden, who served in the Delaware Army National Guard and deployed to Iraq while serving as the state’s attorney general.</p>
<p>“He didn’t die in the line of duty. He came home from Iraq with cancer. It was a horrific cancer that stole … him from us,” Biden said. “But still, it always feels to me on Memorial Day — I see him, not as he was the last time I held his hand, but the day I pinned his bars on him as a second lieutenant. … Days like this bring back, before your eyes, their smile and their laugh. And the last conversation you had.”</p>
<p>Biden emphasized that Americans have a duty to care for the families of service members “when they return home and when they don’t.”</p>
<p>“This is an obligation that unites Americans and brings us together — to make sure the women and men who are willing to lay down their lives for us get the very best from us in return,” Biden said, adding that lawmakers are seeking to provide healthcare services for veterans impacted by toxic exposures overseas. “We don’t know how many Americans and service members may have died because of what they were exposed to on the battlefield. The toxic smoke from burn pits near where they were based — burn pits that incinerated the wastes of war, medical and hazardous material, jet fuel, and so much more.”</p>
<p>Biden also paid tribute to the Ukrainians currently fending off an invasion from Russian forces.</p>
<p>“Freedom has never been free. Democracy has always required champions,” he said. “And, today, in the perennial struggle for democracy and freedom, Ukraine and its people are on the frontlines fighting to save their nation.”</p>
<p>“But their fight is part of a larger fight that unites all people. It is a fight that so many of the patriots, whose eternal rest is here in these hallowed grounds, were part of,” Biden continued. “A battle between democracy and autocracy, between liberty and repression, between appetites and ambition of a few who forever seek to dominate the lives and liberties of many.”</p>
<p>Biden told listeners that “the soul of America” is “worth the sacrifice.”</p>
<p>“Our memorial to them must not be just a day when we pause and pray, it must be a daily commitment to act, to come together, to be worthy of the price that was paid.”</p>


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Biden Gives Thanks For Fallen Soldiers, Mourns Deceased Son In Memorial Day Remarks

Biden Delivers Memorial Day Remarks At Arlington National Cemetery

Beau Biden

Joe Biden

<p>Inflation is plaguing American households amid the recovery from COVID-19 and the lockdown-induced recession. On Memorial Day — more than two years after the onset of COVID-19 — rising price levels are still making Americans’ wallets much lighter.</p>
<p>According to the most recent year-over-year (April 2021-April 2022) Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) data from the <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.t02.htm">Bureau of Labor Statistics</a>, prices for food, travel, and other expenses necessary for a Memorial Day gathering are significantly higher than they were in 2021.</p>
<p>Want to fire up the grill? Before you even get to the food itself, brace yourself for 27% more expensive propane and firewood. Then, expect to pay 16% more for chicken, 14% more for pork chops, and 12% more for beef steaks. Want to garnish your burgers and add some fries on the side? Get ready to shell out 13% more for lettuce and 7% more for potatoes.</p>
<p>Even recreation will likely dig into your pocketbook more than it did last year. Sporting goods are 7.5% pricier, and musical instruments are 6.7% more expensive. If shelling out this much money is making your head spin, grab an ice-cold beer from the cooler — but remember, it will cost you 5% more than the one you had last year.</p>
<p>If you are traveling to see friends and family, get ready to stretch your budget further. Gas is 44% more expensive, car and truck rental is 10% more expensive, and airfare is 33% more expensive.</p>
<p>Thinking about nixing some of your summer plans? You’re not alone — there are already signs that inflation is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/summer-canceled-inflation-kills-vacations-summer-camp-for-kids-poll-finds">giving consumers pause</a> from their recreation plans.</p>
<p>A poll from Echelon Insights found that 75% of parents are “extremely” or “very” concerned about the “rising cost of everyday purchases like food or gas.” When asked if their families have “changed or canceled plans for a family trip” because of inflation, 51% answered in the affirmative — and 41% said they “changed or canceled activities for my children like camp or extracurricular activities.”</p>
<p>But as the summer months unfold, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/americans-draw-from-their-savings-to-fuel-summer-costs-new-inflation-report-says">do not expect much relief</a> from rising price levels. “I expect the year-over-year inflation numbers to vary considerably this year, but the month-over-month numbers will show continued inflation,” Heritage Foundation research fellow E.J. Antoni told The Daily Wire last week.</p>
<p>Despite many <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/united-states-economy-shrinks-in-the-first-part-of-2022">signs to the contrary</a>, President Joe Biden recently denied that the United States is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-sounds-off-on-whether-he-thinks-another-recession-is-inevitable">bound for another recession</a>. In addition to pointing toward lower unemployment rates, he argued that his team is doing what they can with respect to gas prices and other phenomena.</p>
<p>“The price of gas at the pump is something that I told you — you heard me say before — it would be a matter of great discussion at my kitchen table when I was a kid growing up. It’s affecting a lot of families,” Biden explained.</p>
<p>Indeed, American consumers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/consumers-disliked-2021s-economy-more-than-2020s">rated</a> the economy of 2021 even lower than the COVID-19-stricken economy of 2020. The most recent Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking showed that 24% of respondents thought national economic conditions were good or excellent. That figure marks a decrease from 50% in 2019 — as well as a slight decrease from 26% in 2020.</p>
<p>Some economists have compared the present economy to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/economy-on-the-cusp-of-stagflation-seen-in-under-jimmy-carter-warns-asset-management-exec">stagflation</a> — stagnant growth and high inflation — that characterized the late 1970s, in which an oil shock occurred under the leadership of President Jimmy Carter and induced a recession amid rising price levels.</p>


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This Memorial Day, Double-Digit Inflation Is What’s For Dinner

Americans Brace For Memorial Day Amid High Inflation

Gas Prices

Inflation

<p>As Americans brace for high Memorial Day temperatures, they will also have to contend with high prices at the pump.</p>
<p>Gas prices hit $4.62 per gallon on Monday — marking the highest Memorial Day gas prices in <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/27/energy/gas-prices-memorial-day/index.html">more than a decade</a>, as reported by <a href="https://gasprices.aaa.com/">AAA</a>. Americans are thus paying nearly 11% more than the $4.18 prices that prevailed a month ago — as well as 53% higher than the $3.03 prices from Memorial Day last year, according to the <a href="https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&amp;s=emm_epmr_pte_nus_dpg&amp;f=w">U.S. Energy Information Administration</a>.</p>
<p>“Against a backdrop of gas prices that have continued to set new records ahead of Memorial Day, Americans have been resilient in their desire to hit the road, but we’re certainly seeing increased hesitancy due to rising prices at the pump,” Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, told <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/19/gas-prices-just-hit-a-new-record-high-here-are-a-few-ways-to-save.html">CNBC</a>.</p>
<p>Gas prices for Memorial Day 2022 are even more severe than those seen in recent memory. Americans were paying $1.96 on Memorial Day 2020 when driving activity was still depressed due to COVID-19 lockdowns — meaning that Americans are paying 136% more for gas than they were two years ago. Even before the lockdowns, gas prices were roughly $2.85 on Memorial Day 2019 — meaning that today’s prices are 62% higher than equivalent pre-pandemic levels.</p>
<p>A <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/gas-prices-66-americans-are-making-significant-habit-changes-says-survey-180821426.html">poll from Yahoo</a> released earlier this month showed that 66% of American drivers would make “significant changes to their driving patterns” if the national average cost of gasoline lies between $4.12 and $4.35 per gallon.</p>
<p>“I started riding my motorcycle as my main mode of transportation, instead of just recreationally,” Alexis Hornickel of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, told <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-have-a-very-limited-budget-americans-forced-to-drive-less-as-gas-prices-soar">The Daily Wire</a> last week. “I’m a student, so I have a very limited budget. My gas expenses just weren’t justifiable anymore.”</p>
<p>The poll likewise showed that 62% of Americans are willing to limit their vehicle usage to necessities — such as doctor visits and grocery shopping — if the price of gasoline hits $4.35 per gallon. While 41% plan to only fill their gas tanks with what is affordable, 35% are increasing their reliance on public transportation and 29% are canceling summer road trips.</p>
<p>The Biden administration — which has nixed expansions to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/peter-doocy-asks-for-a-straight-answer-on-keystone-gets-the-runaround-from-jen-psaki">Keystone XL Pipeline</a> and dragged its feet on issuing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/unacceptable-cruz-gop-senators-demand-end-to-oil-and-gas-lease-permit-delays">oil and gas permits</a> — claims that higher fuel costs may help the United States transition more quickly to renewable energy.</p>
<p>When asked about “enormously high gas prices” at a press conference last week, President Joe Biden said: “When it comes to the gas prices, we’re going through an incredible transition that is taking place that, God willing, when it’s over, we’ll be stronger and the world will be stronger and less reliant on fossil fuels when this is over.”</p>
<p>Biden also pointed to his decisions to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-raid-on-critical-strategic-petroleum-reserve-leaves-lowest-level-in-35-years">release millions of barrels</a> from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as successful in stopping gas prices from “getting even worse.”</p>
<p>“The price of gas at the pump is something that I told you — you heard me say before — it would be a matter of great discussion at my kitchen table when I was a kid growing up. It’s affecting a lot of families,” Biden said.</p>
<p>Likewise, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm contended last week that soaring gas prices are an “exclamation point” to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/energy-sec-granholm-soaring-gas-prices-are-an-exclamation-point-that-u-s-must-accelerate-green-energy-push">transition away from fossil fuels</a>.</p>
<p>“No one has ever weaponized access to the sun,” Granholm said, referencing Russia’s move to cancel energy exports or demand that shipments be paid in Russian rubles. “No one has ever weaponized access to wind. The way we are energy secure is to build homegrown clean energy, and other countries are looking to that as well.”</p>


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