{"id":1786898,"date":"2022-12-26T08:04:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T13:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1786898"},"modified":"2022-12-26T09:34:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T14:34:31","slug":"heres-every-major-story-of-2022-in-six-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-every-major-story-of-2022-in-six-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s Every Major Story of 2022 in Six Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fheres-every-major-story-of-2022-in-six-minutes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1786898&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/abortion-e1671544164325.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>The huge changes to our country that seemed <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/12\/27\/13-happenings-in-2021-that-i-never-would-have-believed-5-years-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hard to believe were happening in 2021<\/a> have only worsened and become the new norm in 2022 \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/cities-across-country-perfect-storm-crimes-carjackings-spike-higher-2020-levels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">serious crimes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6315114661112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">get a free pass<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/immigration\/migrant-border-crossings-fiscal-year-2022-topped-276-million-breaking-rcna53517\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">millions<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/12\/14\/the-end-of-title-42-caps-the-worst-year-for-illegal-immigration-in-u-s-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">illegal immigrants<\/a> flow across our borders, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/u-s-national-debt-exceeds-30-trillion-for-first-time-11643766231\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">record national debt<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/economy\/u-s-inflation-at-9-1-percent-a-record-high\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">inflation<\/a> burn away our dollars, and censorship worsens.<\/p>\n<p>This year also included Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, so add the threat of nuclear war to that list of the new awful.<\/p>\n<p>The good news from this year is brief but heartening: Covid-19 seems mostly behind us, <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> was overturned, and Elon Musk took ownership of Twitter and is exposing the Big Tech censorship so damaging to our democracy.<\/p>\n<h2>Abortion Ruling Brings Uglier Rhetoric \u2014 and Violence<\/h2>\n<p>Almost 50 years after the Supreme Court\u2019s <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> decision, the ruling was overturned by <em>Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In an unprecedented series of events, the court\u2019s decision was leaked to the press, demonstrators protested outside justices\u2019 homes, and an armed man was arrested near Justice Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s residence and charged with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/06\/08\/politics\/man-arrested-near-brett-kavanaugh-home\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attempted murder<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/10\/06\/if-peacefully-protesting-abortion-is-criminal-but-firebombing-pregnancy-centers-is-not-there-is-no-rule-of-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pro-abortion zealots attacked<\/a> dozens of life-saving pregnancy centers and churches. The FBI <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/10\/06\/if-peacefully-protesting-abortion-is-criminal-but-firebombing-pregnancy-centers-is-not-there-is-no-rule-of-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arrested a pro-life<\/a> activist at his home.<\/p>\n<h2>Extreme Partisanship<\/h2>\n<p>The abortion issue exemplified today\u2019s partisanship, but President Joe Biden used his office to further divide our nation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2022\/09\/01\/remarks-by-president-bidenon-the-continued-battle-for-the-soul-of-the-nation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disparaging<\/a> a huge number of Americans when he said in September: \u201cThe Republican Party today is dominated, driven, and intimidated by Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans, and that is a threat to this country.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>This was following up on earlier comments that Trump\u2019s philosophy is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/08\/25\/biden-trump-philosophy-semi-fascism-00053831\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201csemi-fascist.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Biden Losing Command on World Stage<\/h2>\n<p>Biden also warned of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-nuclear-risk-1d0f1e40cff3a92c662c57f274ce0e25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Armageddon<\/a>.\u201d On major international flashpoints, his administration walked back many of his panic-inducing comments. He said the U.S. would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-walks-back-taiwan-comments-china-military-three-times\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">defend Taiwan<\/a> should China invade, and that NATO would respond <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/03\/24\/biden-says-us-would-respond-to-russia-if-putin-uses-chemical-or-biological-weapons.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cin kind\u201d<\/a> to any Russian use of weapons of mass destruction against Ukraine. His handlers also walked back comments regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/25\/joe-biden-says-us-troops-will-be-in-ukraine-in-apparent-gaffe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sending U.S. troops to Ukraine<\/a> and saying Putin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/white-house-walks-back-biden-comment-that-putin-cannot-remain-power-1692175\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201ccannot remain.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But when Biden tried to blame Russian President Vladimir Putin for inflation too (we <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/12\/27\/13-happenings-in-2021-that-i-never-would-have-believed-5-years-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">knew more than a year ago<\/a>, before Russia\u2019s invasion, that inflation was at a 40-year high), the White House didn\u2019t walk that back. On the issue of the year that arguably affects Americans more than any other, their loss of income due to inflation, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-06-10\/biden-says-he-s-focused-on-inflation-but-again-blames-putin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">repeatedly<\/a> blamed Putin. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20161026-how-liars-create-the-illusion-of-truth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Dissent Blocked by Big Tech<\/h2>\n<p>While Musk\u2019s takeover of Twitter has revealed Big Tech\u2019s suppression of free speech, many other events in 2022 highlighted ongoing threats to our First Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p>In February, podcaster Joe Rogan <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/02\/07\/spotify-ceo-daniel-ek-says-company-wont-cancel-joe-rogan-after-n-word-controversy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">almost<\/a> got canceled for using the \u201cn-word\u201d but also because he discusses ideas that corporate media consider untouchable, such as doubting Covid-19 vaccine efficacy. Since Rogan is not a conservative, a designation that makes people more subject to such cancellation, he brought national attention to how the left won\u2019t tolerate dissent. In a compromise, Spotify deleted many of his past episodes.<\/p>\n<p>The next month brought a major crackdown by Big Tech: Social media companies banned so-called \u201cmisgendering,\u201d or accurately referring to people by their sex. Fox News\u2019s Tucker Carlson, Turning Point USA\u2019s Charlie Kirk, The Federalist\u2019s John Daniel Davidson, satire site The Babylon Bee, and others were <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/22\/twitter-bans-babylon-bee-staff-charlie-kirk-for-saying-men-are-men-and-mocking-censorship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blocked<\/a> from Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>That same month, YouTube removed a video of speeches by former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/youtube-cpac-trump-speech-removed-b2044277.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lankford.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/lankford-wants-answers-for-googles-censorship-of-conservative-speech-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a U.S. senator<\/a> at a major conservative conference, CPAC. YouTube representatives said the content violated their policy on misinformation regarding election integrity. Ironically, a topic of the conference was Big Tech censorship.<\/p>\n<h2>Information War Heats Up<\/h2>\n<p>Also in March, more than a year after Big Tech blocked the New York Post for publishing news of a laptop that detailed President Biden\u2019s son Hunter\u2019s cashing in on the family name with foreign business deals, The New York Times\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/17\/the-times-finally-admits-hunter-bidens-laptop-is-real\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">finally admitted<\/a> the laptop was real and not Russian disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>Then in May, the Biden administration\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/05\/03\/6-dystopian-things-bidens-disinformation-board-pick-nina-jankowicz-has-done\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">launched<\/a>\u00a0a \u201cDisinformation Governance Board\u201d as part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Following criticism, it was shut down.<\/p>\n<p>However, DHS and the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/12\/16\/fbi-treated-twitter-as-subsidiary-flagged-tweets-for-misinformation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FBI<\/a> continue monitoring social media for speech they consider dangerous and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/11\/01\/how-the-surveillance-state-and-big-tech-colluded-to-make-twitter-disinformation-the-new-terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pressuring tech platforms<\/a> to censor viewpoints that contradict the official narrative. Musk\u2019s recently released \u201cTwitter Files\u201d have <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/12\/12\/did-twitter-suppress-covid-lockdown-protests-elon-musk-should-find-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">proven<\/a> the government collaborated with tech giants to suppress free speech by censoring disfavored news stories and speakers, including using fabrications to block Trump\u2019s account and coverage of the Hunter Biden laptop (Twitter said Trump violated its policy of inciting violence and the laptop went against its policy on publishing hacked materials, but staff acknowledged in internal deliberations that these were just excuses to do what they wanted).<\/p>\n<h2>Left Embraces LGBT Ideology, Some Resist<\/h2>\n<p>Along with Big Tech\u2019s \u201cmisgendering\u201d ban, this year saw the Biden administration push its radical leftist ideology even further.<\/p>\n<p>It kicked off the year pushing for more insurers to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/01\/31\/under-biden-proposal-everyone-including-kids-could-more-easily-get-transgender-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cover transgender surgeries<\/a>. It announced it would <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/13\/the-left-has-chosen-to-prioritize-sex-over-solidarity-with-tragic-consequences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">take lunches away from poor kids<\/a> if schools did not accept the transgender agenda. Men were put in <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/02\/bidens-trans-policies-are-putting-men-in-womens-prisons-and-kicking-christians-out-of-law-enforcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">women\u2019s prisons<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/02\/bidens-trans-policies-are-putting-men-in-womens-prisons-and-kicking-christians-out-of-law-enforcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">law enforcement<\/a> was purged of those who disagree with radical trans ideology.<\/p>\n<p>Disney was found to be \u201cqueering\u201d its movies and shows, and parents started to push back. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinajournal.com\/n-c-parents-bill-of-rights-passes-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">States<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/flgov.com\/2022\/03\/28\/governor-ron-desantis-signs-historic-bill-to-protect-parental-rights-in-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">passed<\/a> legislation to keep <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/policy-politics\/beyond-dont-say-gay-other-states-seek-to-limit-lgbtq-youth-teaching\/2022\/04\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sexual education<\/a> from being taught too young or advocating transgender ideology, banning schools from keeping children\u2019s sexual confusion from parents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some states passed laws to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/espn\/story\/_\/id\/32117426\/state-policies-transgender-athlete-participation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">protect female athletes<\/a> after transgender-identifying male Lia Thomas defeated female college swimmers.<\/p>\n<h2>Other Firsts in 2022<\/h2>\n<p>In other firsts, Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed as the first female, black Supreme Court justice. Showing how much transgender issues have come to dominate our debate, she was also the first Supreme Court nominee to be asked to define what a woman is.<\/p>\n<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/29\/redacted-mar-a-lago-affidavit-confirms-bidens-doj-fished-for-a-crime-to-pin-on-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unprecedented<\/a> event that occurred in 2022 was the FBI searching Trump\u2019s Florida home, Mar-a-Lago. The Department of Justice is <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/17\/in-latest-anti-trump-operation-doj-and-media-deploy-same-old-russiagate-tricks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">once again<\/a> targeting a political enemy in what will likely become a lengthy, drawn-out investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Ending the year in a fitting tone, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/11\/17\/what-to-know-about-mega-democrat-donor-sam-bankman-fried-and-his-busted-crypto-scam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried<\/a>\u00a0was arrested for allegedly defrauding investors of millions of dollars. He was the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-crypto-politics-of-sam-bankman-fried-ftx-cryptocurrency-crash-democrats-11668551213\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0second-largest individual donor<\/a>\u00a0to the Democrat Party during the 2022 midterm election cycle, giving away about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/sam-bankman-frieds-dirty-political-donations-ftx-alameda-cryptocurrency-crime-democrats-scandal-billions-11671144012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$40 million<\/a>. FTX executive Ryan Salame gave about $20 million, mostly to Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, it\u2019s unlikely 2023 will see Big Tech ending censorship, Biden finding his footing, or transgender radicalism fading away.<\/p>\n<p>With the November elections behind us, we may feel incapable of changing any of these things, but sharing the truth is our greatest power \u2014 when Big Tech allows it.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">\n  Eleanor Bartow is the features editor at The Federalist. Bartow received a Fulbright grant in journalism and was a fellow with the Claremont Institute and the National Review Institute. She was editor-in-chief of the American Enterprise Institute\u2019s magazine, an editor and investigative reporter at the Daily Caller, and a reporter for Congressional Quarterly. Her articles have been published with The New York Times, The Washington Post, Real Clear Policy, American Spectator, and others. She has been interviewed on C-SPAN, Fox News Radio, XM, NPR, OANN, and more. Follow her on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elliebartow\">@elliebartow<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The huge changes to our country that seemed hard to believe were happening in 2021 have only worsened and become the new norm in 2022 \u2014 serious crimes get a free pass, millions of illegal immigrants flow across our borders, record national debt and inflation burn away our dollars, and censorship worsens. 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