{"id":1978929,"date":"2023-07-20T19:30:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T23:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-rundown-dems-still-love-censorship-plus-more-evidence-of-biden-corruption\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T19:31:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T23:31:54","slug":"the-rundown-dems-still-love-censorship-plus-more-evidence-of-biden-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-rundown-dems-still-love-censorship-plus-more-evidence-of-biden-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems&#8217; Affection for Censorship Persists, Alongside Further Biden Corruption Proof"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fthe-rundown-dems-still-love-censorship-plus-more-evidence-of-biden-corruption%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=1978929&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--><p><em>Come for Morning Wire\u2019s Afternoon Update\u2019s straight news, but stay \u200cfor the Rapid Reactions The following\u2063 five stories, and more, can\u2063 be heard on\u200b today\u2019s Morning Wire\u2063 Afternoon Update podcast. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/podcasts\/morning-wire\/biden-administration-appeal-twitter-threatens-legal-action-afternoon-update-7-6-23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to \u2064listen<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>1. \u2063Dems Try To \u200cCensor\u2063 In Censorship Hearing<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Congress hosted\u200d a House\u200c Weaponization of \u200dthe Federal Government hearing today featuring testimony from Democratic Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and\u2063 other public figures. Almost \u2062immediately, Democratic members on the committee motioned to \u200beffectively censor\u2063 RFK, Jr. from speaking:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Debbie Wasserman\u200b Schultz Has Just Put a Motion Forward to Censor Robert F. Kennedy\u200b Jr from Further Testimony<\/p>\n<p>This is wild\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/buNN8NeKCj\">pic.twitter.com\/buNN8NeKCj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheChiefNerd\/status\/1682028671870320644?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A vote ensued after Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) moved to \u2064table the motion, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and \u2064another Republican, \u200cRep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), made\u200d a point of order to ask, \u201cIs it the custom of this committee to censor viewpoints that we disagree with \u2063from witnesses?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By\u200b a 10-8 vote, the GOP majority\u2019s motion to table succeeded,\u200b allowing the hearing to continue as\u2064 planned. Here\u2019s Rep. Massie:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepThomasMassie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepThomasMassie<\/a> denounces censorship attempts, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertKennedyJr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RobertKennedyJr<\/a> responds \u2063to attacks <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yDM3D9Ru2i\">pic.twitter.com\/yDM3D9Ru2i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Olohan (@tolohan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tolohan\/status\/1682035027830505472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That hearing <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">led by Chairman Jim Jordan \u2063(R-OH) was,\u2062 according to\u2064 the Weaponization \u200dpanel, convened to \u201cexamine the federal\u200d government\u2019s role in \u200ccensoring Americans, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-administration-scores-victory-against-order-blocking-contact-with-social-media-companies\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Missouri v. Biden<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  case<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and Big Tech\u2019s collusion with out-of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-threads-colluding-with-feds-to-censor-americans-like-facebook-did-judiciary-chair-jordan-asks-zuckerberg-for-answers\/\" title=\"Did Threads collude with feds to censor Americans, similar to Facebook? Jordan, Judiciary Chair, seeks answers from Zuckerberg.\">-control government agencies<\/a> to silence\u2063 speech.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The two other witnesses at the hearing were Breitbart News Politics Editor Emma-Jo Morris and\u200b D. John Sauer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-house-panel-holds-hearing-to-examine-biden-administrations-weaponization-of-social-media-companies\/\" title=\"WATCH LIVE: House panel holds hearing to examine Biden administration's weaponization of social media companies\">special assistant attorney general<\/a>\u200c at the Louisiana Department \u200dof Justice. \u2064Morris, then with the \u2063New York Post, broke the Hunter Biden laptop story, which was \u200bcensored\u200b on social media under suspicion of being \u201cRussian disinformation.\u201d It has since been verified.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Emma Jo Morris:&#8221;I can&#8217;t even believe this is a conversation. This is not controversial or taboo. We live in the United States of America, and\u200b you have the right to say whatever you want, to print whatever you want, and to read\u200c whatever you want!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Robert Kennedy Jr: &#8220;A govt that\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CtXYWRfOZ7\">pic.twitter.com\/CtXYWRfOZ7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Becker\u2063 News (@NewsBecker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsBecker\/status\/1682074705464012800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Rapid Reaction: <\/strong>They just can\u2019t help themselves. Democrats get\u2063 in a room for a hearing about Big Tech \u200band Big Government working together to censor\u2064 President Joe Biden\u2019s opponents, and what happens? They rush right out of the gate to censor Biden\u2019s top political opponent.<\/p>\n<p>RFK,\u2062 Jr. has been called every \u200dname under the sun \u2014 including fascist. Yet \u2062the Left has a strange \u2064definition of \u201canti-fascist\u201d these \u200cdays.<\/p>\n<p>To a progressive, if you are anti-fascist, you must express your solidarity with the\u2063 government and big\u200d corporations on the social justice issue <em>du jour \u2014 <\/em>in Kennedy\u2019s case, vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone\u200b who fails to do so \u2014 according to the Left\u2019s logic \u2014 must be subjected to browbeating, cancelation, and intimidation. \u200bThose who don\u2019t fall in line must be doxxed and have \u200ctheir employers contacted, and anybody sponsoring their business or\u2062 paying for their product is to be skewered as a bigot worthy of societal banishment \u2014 all in the \u200bname of tolerance, freedom, and\u200c justice.<\/p>\n<p>It makes\u200d no sense. And unfortunately, that is the point.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/five-ridiculous-attempts-to-cancel-conservatives-and-one-major-solution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Bombshell Evidence Of Biden Family Corruption<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senator Chuck Grassley\u2062 (R-IA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/newsfront\/chuck-grassley-fbi-joe-biden\/2023\/07\/20\/id\/1127877\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released<\/a> a bombshell document on Thursday detailing an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rio-tinto-to-pay-15-million-to-settle-u-s-sec-investigation\/\" title=\"Rio Tinto to pay  million to settle U.S. SEC investigation\">alleged bribery scheme involving<\/a> then-Vice President Joe Biden and a Ukrainian business executive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to Grassley, the document\u2064 shows that a Ukrainian oligarch claimed he\u200d was \u201ccoerced\u201d\u200d into making a payoff to the president and his son. The New York Post reported that the owner of Ukrainian\u200b gas company Burisma Holdings, Mykola Zlochevsky, told the FBI informant in 2016 during a meeting that \u201cit cost 5 [million] to pay one Biden, and 5 \u2064 [million] to another Biden.\u201d House GOP members had previously \u200dthreatened FBI Director Christopher Wray with contempt of Congress for not sharing this document earlier, forcing Wray and the FBI to release it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rapid Reaction:<\/strong> Writer Julie Kelly had a great reaction to this \u2063unbelievable news: \u201cI know this is hard to believe, but Joe Biden and the media lied about this (and many\u200c other \u2063related stories.)\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I know this is hard to believe \u2062but Joe Biden and the media lied about this (and many other related\u2062 stories.)<\/p>\n<p>VP Biden used US tax dollars to blackmail Ukrainian president into\u200b firing the state prosecutor investigating Burisma bc \u200bowner was bribing Joe and \u200bHunter Biden to do so: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UxXiGp3hbJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/UxXiGp3hbJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Julie Kelly \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 \u200d(@julie_kelly2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/julie_kelly2\/status\/1682073382676840471?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This evidence also calls into question just why exactly former President Donald Trump was impeached for inquiring \u200cabout Biden family corruption\u200d in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative\u2064 communications professional Greg Price laid out the timeline \u2064as follows, based on \u200cthe whistleblower\u2019s claims:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>2015: Burisma pays a $10,000,000 bribe to VP Joe \u200dBiden and Hunter Biden to have prosecutor Viktor\u2062 Shokin fired.<\/p>\n<p>2018: Biden brags\u2063 publicly about getting\u200c Shokin fired.<\/p>\n<p>2019: Trump gets \u2064impeached over a phone call with Zelenskyy asking him what happened to the prosecutor.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2015: Burisma pays a $10,000,000 bribe to\u200b VP Joe Biden\u200c and Hunter Biden to have prosecutor Viktor Shokin fired<\/p>\n<p>2018: Biden brags publicly about getting Shokin fired. \u2062  <\/p>\n<p>2019: Trump gets impeached over a phone call with \u200dZelenskyy asking \u200bhim\u2064 what happened to the prosecutor. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3LCMffERk0\">pic.twitter.com\/3LCMffERk0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg \u200dPrice (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1682102521056186368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, \u200c2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Here\u2019s the video\u2062 referenced by\u2062 Price:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here\u2019s Joe Biden bragging about getting a Ukrainian prosecutor fired when he was VP. \u2062The\u200d FBI doc alleges that Burisma paid Biden &#038; \u2064Hunter millions to get this prosecutor fired, among other things. \u200dThis feels like a smoking gun admission. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/28bIvlHSw2\">pic.twitter.com\/28bIvlHSw2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1682124792873246721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>3.\u2062 ICE Released 80% Of \u201cParoled\u201d Illegal Aliens Into U.S. Without Immigration Summonses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Homeland Security <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ice-didnt-issue-summonses-to-over-80-of-migrants-released-under-bidens-parole-program-before-title-42-ended-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">admitted<\/a> in a \u2064court filing that prior to the expiration of Title 42, 80% \u200bof illegal aliens apprehended and released into the U.S. under the Biden administration\u2019s \u201cparole\u201d program were not given <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-rundown-dems-still-love-censorship-plus-more-evidence-of-biden-corruption\/\" title=\"Dems' Affection for Censorship Persists, Alongside Further Biden Corruption Proof\">immigration hearing summonses<\/a> by ICE. These illegal immigrants \u200bwere told to check in with ICE within 60 days but were never\u2063 actually given a legal notice. Data show that of those given a summons, roughly 40% of illegal immigrants actually go back to check in with \u200bICE.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rapid Reaction: <\/strong>As this author wrote yesterday, once \u200billegal immigrants are in \u2063the country, they\u2019re hard to track down \u2014 even \u200dif they are\u200c given a free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/white-house-defends-giving-smartphones-to-illegal-aliens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">smartphone<\/a> and told to pinky-promise they\u2019ll come back for their court date.<\/p>\n<p>In April of 2023, it was reported that the immigration system is so \u200coverwhelmed, there is a \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/immigration-courts-wait-54bb5f7c18c4c37c6ca7f28231ff0edf\">10-year waiting \u200blist<\/a> for illegal aliens to appear in court. By that time, it\u2019s likely \u2063that the D.C. Establishment will have passed an amnesty for the millions of illegal aliens in the country already.<\/p>\n<p>Millions have flooded the country in the past two and a half years alone. \u200dDeportations have been at\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/03\/27\/jim-jordan-ice-deportations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">record lows<\/a> for much of the Biden presidency.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2063fact, the Biden administration has made it a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/supreme-court-immigration-deportation-a03ef5cc1b5468b396c0ff4688ff186d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">priority to only deport<\/a> \u201ccriminal\u201d illegal aliens. So, rather than be proactive and deport all illegal aliens, authorities are advised to wait for illegal aliens to commit crimes before nabbing them. If those illegal aliens don\u2019t get busted for\u2064 committing crimes, then they\u2019re virtually able to stay\u2063 forever.<\/p>\n<p>Read \u200cmore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/no-bueno-machete-mayhem-leads-to-arrest-of-three-illegal-alien-brothers-ice-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>4. Parental Rights Victory \u200cIn Virginia<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A big win for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/education\/2023\/07\/18\/virginia-transgender-student-model-policies-youngkin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">parental rights<\/a> in Virginia this week: T<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">he Virginia Department of Education is moving to prohibit school staff from \u200cusing a different name or pronoun\u2064 for students without parental permission. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The new policies revealed on \u2064Tuesday also mandate that students must be on athletic teams and use bathrooms that\u2063 correspond with their\u2064 biological sex. GOP Governor Glenn Youngkin has made parental rights a cornerstone of his administration:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovernorVA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovernorVA<\/a> Glenn Youngkin:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy message to \u2064parents: You\u200d have a fundamental right, enshrined in law by this General Assembly, to make decisions with regard to your child\u2019s upbringing, education and care. And we\u2064 will protect and reassert that right\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xsxsQHNtao\">pic.twitter.com\/xsxsQHNtao<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 American Principles \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u2064 (@approject) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/approject\/status\/1483207092370563076?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, \u20642022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Rapid\u2063 Reaction: <\/strong>Youngkin, \u2062of course, made battling the Left\u2019s disastrous policies that degrade Virginia\u2019s quality of education \u2064a core part of his 2021 campaign late\u200d into\u2063 the game. That pivot\u200b helped him win the\u200b gubernatorial office. So far, he\u200d has delivered as promised. He has also taken a chainsaw to DEI initiatives in his state.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dei-is-dead-glenn-youngkins-diversity-officer-nukes-woke-diktats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>To listen to the audio version\u200b of Afternoon\u200c Update, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/morning-wire\/id1576594336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>. And for more in-depth discussion of the biggest stories of the day, listen to \u200dthe latest full episode of Morning Wire every morning.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The\u200d views \u2062expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own \u2064and do\u200c not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s Morning Wire Afternoon Update podcast covers straight news in the form of the Rapid Reactions segment. 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