The best party about the Runemaster Mage Mastery in Last Epoch are all the cool Runic Invocation combinations you can cast. We’ll uncover them all and what sort of spell you get with them. Runemasters can cast a combination of three Runes in different orders to cast up to 40 different Runic Invocations. Let’s go over all the combinations and how they work. Last Epoch: All Runic Invocation combinations The Runemaster has the choice to use three different elemental runes: Heo‚ Rah‚ and Gon‚ which are Cold‚ Fire‚ and Lightning‚ respectively. Choose from one to three Rune combinations and you’ll get a unique Invocation‚ which makes this a highly versatile skill to have. Screenshot: Eleventh Hour Games There’s one unique type of Runic Invocation‚ and that happens when you don’t use any Rune. This will give you an interesting buff: Wordless Invocation: Grants a burst of Ward (80 + 1 per Intelligence). Mana: 12 Cooldown: 15 seconds R...

Dying has a cost in Last Epoch. If you’re worried about losing experience points or gear when you bite the dust‚ read on as I explain what the death penalty means in Last Epoch. Last Epoch: The death penalty – Explained In most ARPGs when you die‚ you tend to lose a little currency‚ or XP‚ or your gear gets damaged. It’s a bit different in Last Epoch. Upon death‚ don’t lose any XP. So your character can get killed off as much as you’d like. I wouldn’t recommend it‚ but feel free. While you’re not losing XP‚ you’re still not gaining any either. This makes leveling a little more challenging. On top of that‚ you don’t lose gold either. Dying is more forgivable in Last Epoch than any most other ARPGs. Or most other video games in general. What’s interesting about dying in Last Epoch is that the world persists after your death. This is especially beneficial in boss fights. If you die in a boss fight‚ the boss’ health doesn’t res...

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Hollywood director Rob Reiner’s new documentary‚ “God &; Country‚” released in theaters last weekend‚ warns Americans of an impending “Christian nationalist” takeover of the country. The Associated Press declared Saturday‚ “Many believe the Founders wanted a Christian America. Some want the government to declare one now.” On Tuesday‚ Alexander Ward and Heidi Przybyla warned in Politico‚ “Trump allies prepare to infuse ‘Christian nationalism’ in second administration.” Such manufactures represent “a coordinated effort” to stoke fear before the 2024 elections‚ declared Family Research Council Action President Jody Hice‚ guest host of “Washington Watch” on Wednesday. Their purpose is not just “to rally the Left but‚ probably even more so … to intimidate and silence Christians who embrace a biblical worldview‚” he said. The purpose of Reiner’s yellow journalism is more concerning than its aim. The Left’s “definition of Christian nationalism … tends to be a coat that is cut to fit whatever it needs to fit at any given time‚” Regent University professor A.J. Nolte said on “Washington Watch.” As with donkeys and tails‚ it gets harder to pin the scare on the elephant after you’ve been blindfolded and spun in circles. Some leftist definitions of “Christian nationalism” have little in common with Christianity. Take Reiner’s perspective‚ “The idea is that America was a born as a white Christian nation‚ and these people are virulent about returning to that‚ and they’ll do it at any means necessary‚ including … violence. And we saw this happen on January 6th.” Most Christians would have difficulty recognizing themselves in this description. For starters‚ Christianity knows no ethnic barriers (Revelation 7:9); Christians are commanded to submit to the government (Romans 13:1); and violence disqualifies a man from Christian leadership (1 Timothy 3:3). Reiner’s definition wasn’t particularly concerned with scriptural accuracy‚ as the entire documentary really served as a “Trojan horse for progressive ideology‚” wrote Southern Seminary professor Andrew Walker. His documentary painted institutions as disparate as The Heritage Foundation‚ Turning Point USA and Hillsdale College with the same broad brush‚ even though the first two aren’t sectarian‚ and the third isn’t political. Reiner “gives the game away when he talks about ‘white’ Christian nationalism‚” Nolte noted‚ a mistaken “conflation of white ethnic nationalism with Christian nationalism.” Some leftist definitions simply equate “Christian nationalism” with social conservatism. Nolte described a book titled‚ “‘Taking America Back for God‚’ by two scholars named Perry and Whitehead.” In the book‚ “They took six questions‚ which are generally good questions if you’re trying to measure social conservatism” and used them as “measures for Christian nationalism.” These measures included support for prayer in schools‚ opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage‚ and an acknowledgment of Christian principles in America’s founding. “So‚ what you often find is that Christian nationalism is basically just … social conservatism‚ sort of relabeled‚” Nolte concluded. This definition becomes increasingly unrealistic as left-wing extremism puts more and more Americans on the “Right” side of social and cultural policy disputes‚ particularly where transgender ideology is at play. The coalition opposed to pornographic books in school libraries‚ for instance‚ includes not just Christians‚ but also Jews such as Ben Shapiro‚ Muslims like the parents in Dearborn‚ Mich.‚ or Montgomery County‚ Md.‚ and agnostics like Jordan Peterson. The term “Christian nationalism” approaches meaninglessness when used to describe people who are not Christians and might not even be nationalists. Some leftist definitions of “Christian nationalism” combine biblical positions with non-biblical ones. Thus‚ Przybyla (co-author of the Politico piece mentioned above) stated Tuesday‚ “We’re talking about here not just isolationism‚ immigration. We’re talking about ending same-sex marriage‚ abortion‚ reducing access to contraceptives‚ but also surrogacy‚ no-fault divorce‚ sex education in public schools.” But not so fast! Those are “two separate issue sets‚” Nolte pointed out. Opposition to immigration and an isolationist foreign policy are the preferred policies of a populist segment of the contemporary American Right‚ but they shouldn’t be lumped together with what Nolte called “family-oriented‚ social conservative policies.” Even if both sets of positions are found on the political Right‚ they are espoused by “two separate groups of social conservatives‚” Nolte explained. Again quoting Perry and Whitehead‚ Nolte said that‚ “Among regular church attenders‚ they actually found less hostility toward those of different racial groups‚ toward immigrants … but there was more opposition to same-sex marriage‚ abortion‚” while “among those who were socially conservative‚ but did not attend church‚ what they found was the exact opposite.” At the risk of committing an overgeneralization‚ one might say there was an inverse relationship between the depth of a person’s Christian walk and their espousal of “nationalist policies.” Does that sound like “Christian nationalism?” Some leftist definitions of “Christian nationalism” simply mean that it’s bad for Christians to be involved in politics. For instance‚ “They’re all after Speaker Mike Johnson for his Christian faith‚” said Hice. “He’s a Christian statesman who is certainly influenced and guided by his faith‚” but “that’s no different from the liberal Left being guided by their secular‚ or whatever‚ worldview that they embrace.” “This really galls the Left‚ [that] Mike Johnson has the unmitigated temerity to be a fairly conventional Southern Baptist‚” Nolte agreed‚ with a touch of sarcasm. “Yes‚ he’s quite conservative on family issues. … But‚ as a conventional Baptist‚ he also stands [with] an over 200-year tradition of Baptists supporting religious liberty.” (Make that nearly 400 years in America since Baptist minister Roger Williams founded the colony of Rhode Island as a haven for freedom of conscience.) The point is‚ “If somebody is truly committed to religious liberty‚ you never have to worry about them imposing Christianity‚” Nolte argued. “They want to protect your freedom to believe or not believe as you choose.” Yet no leftist definitions of “Christian nationalism” acknowledge its presence on the political Left. Follow along‚ if you will‚ with this thought experiment Nolte set forth: Imagine a situation in which a Republican president goes to a church—a church that has been prominently associated with Republican politics in the past—on a federal holiday‚ and gives a speech where he talks about how New Testament principles ought to be the basis of our politics here in America. Would the media label that as Christian nationalism‚ do you think? Over Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend in 2023‚ President Joe Biden spoke from that man’s onetime pulpit in Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church‚ declaring that certain passages of the New Testament described “the essence of the American promise” and inspired his vision to “redeem the soul of America.” Yet‚ according to the propagandists now loudly decrying Christian nationalism‚ “that‚ somehow‚ was not considered Christian nationalism‚” Nolte observed. So‚ when defining the term‚ “it kind of depends on who is using the New Testament and whether the media outlets in question like the use to which the New Testament is being put‚” he said. Nolte suggested the entire project was political. His dissertation had examined how secularists in Turkey‚ France and other countries have used “extreme fear language” about “religious reactionaries” to “mobilize constituencies that supported … secularism.” He warned that this strategy backfired in Turkey‚ where it “generally pushed most of the Islamic believers in Turkey more toward radicalism.” Nolte argued leftists in America have made a “deliberate attempt” to craft a similar narrative. In particular‚ he pointed to “The Handmaid’s Tale‚” a tailor-made scarytale “that’s going to appeal particularly to secular educated women who do not attend church and are not familiar with Christian belief.” Nolte criticized the way it twisted Scripture to depict a “misogynistic‚ theocratic society” that has nothing in common with the policy goals of socially conservative Christians in America. Ultimately‚ fearmongering about the slur “Christian nationalism” says far more about those who wield it than those they aim to describe. In the “Red Scares” of the 1920s to 1950s‚ allegations that there was a communist under every rock‚ tree‚ bush‚ government desk‚ and movie script did little to inform the American public about which people really were communists. But they did inform Americans that the accusers were anti-communists. Similarly‚ accusations of “Christian nationalism” don’t inform Americans about which politicians‚ if any‚ wish to establish a theocracy; but they do help Americans understand that the people making the accusations are anti-Christian and anti-nationalist. One final accusation lobbed against Christianity came from University of California at Riverside professor Reza Aslan‚ a Christian apostate. “The biggest sin‚ if you will‚ of Christian nationalism‚ is that it sees pluralism as a weakness‚ and not what it is: the foundation of what it means to be American‚” Aslan insisted. The irony in this inverted statement is so thick you could ice it and slice it. Not only did Aslan overlook the Christian origins of American pluralism‚ but he also missed the fact that American Christians are still pleading for a pluralistic society‚ “that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life‚ godly and dignified in every way” (1 Timothy 2:2). It is totalitarian leftists who seek to de-pluralize American public life by banishing Christians from the public square—and scaremongering about “Christian nationalism” is simply their latest attempt to do so. Originally published at The Washington Stand. The Daily Signal publishes a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Heritage Foundation. Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com‚ and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. 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For more than two years‚ Sen. Ron Johnson‚ R-Wis.‚ has pushed federal health agencies for more information about adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccines—and about the agencies’ efforts to censor criticism.  Johnson said it was “beyond despicable‚” for example‚ that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could be “actively hiding information about vaccine safety signals from Congress and the American people.” In one case‚ the FDA replied that Johnson couldn’t have the requested information because of pending litigation. In other cases‚ the Wisconsin Republican got vague answers. In most‚ though‚ he got no response at all.  So‚ Johnson will hold a forum Monday with a provocative title: “What Are Federal Health Agencies and the COVID Cartel Hiding?” The event will begin at 9 a.m. in the Senate Russell Office Building on Capitol Hill.  “The COVID pandemic has opened many eyes to the failure and corruption of the global elite and their institutions‚ including government‚” Johnson‚ ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee’s permanent subcommittee on investigations‚ told The Daily Signal in a written statement. “Unfortunately‚ many eyes remain closed and the global elite will use all of their power to keep them closed.” The bulk of Johnson’s requests to the Department of Health and Human Services‚ the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ and the Food and Drug Administration pertained to what is called the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. Also known as VAERS‚ the system includes data on injuries‚ deaths‚ and other complications reported after someone gets a shot with one of the COVID-19 vaccines.  Back on June 23‚ 2022‚ Johnson wrote to then-CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky about tracking adverse events springing from the COVID-19 vaccines.   Johnson referenced standard operating procedures for the CDC and the FDA on these adverse events. Those procedures say each agency would perform “surveillance to identify potential new safety concerns for COVID-19 vaccines.”  That surveillance was to include “generating tables summarizing automated data from fields on the VAERS form for persons who received COVID-19 vaccines.”  Johnson said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention failed to produce these tables.  Johnson referred to a May 2022 response from the CDC to a Freedom of Information Act request asserting that “no PRRs were conducted” and that “data mining is outside of th [sic] agency’s purview.”  PRR refers to a proportional reporting ratio for adverse events. CDC’s standard operating procedures say the agency “will perform PRR data mining on a weekly basis or as needed.”  Just two days later‚ Johnson wrote again to Walensky‚ CDC’s director‚ referring to a story in The Epoch Times that contradicted the agency’s initial claims.  “Although CDC claimed that ‘no PRRs were conducted‚’ Dr. John Su‚ a CDC official that works on the Vaccine Safety Team‚ reportedly told a media outlet that ‘CDC has been performing PRRs since Feb 2021‚ and continues to do so to date‚’” Johnson wrote Walensky. “CDC’s assertion and Dr. Su’s statement cannot both be true.” The Wisconsin Republican’s June 25 letter asks: “Is Dr. Su’s statement that ‘CDC has been performing PRRs since Feb 2021‚ and continues to do so to date’ true?” It also states: “Please make Dr. Su available for an interview with my office to discuss the types of surveillance CDC has performed regarding COVID-19 vaccine adverse events and the data CDC has generated based on its surveillance.”  In September‚ Walensky responded to Johnson’s two June letters‚ saying the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relies on a new metric‚ the Empirical Bayes method‚ rather than proportional reporting ratios.  “CDC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) chose to rely on Empirical Bayesian (EB) data mining—a more robust technique used to analyze disproportionate reporting—rather than PRR calculations to mitigate potential false signals‚” Walensky replied to Johnson in her letter.  “CDC consistently performs extensive data collection and analysis to direct potential adverse events and safety signals and then communicates this information to the public‚” Walensky added later.  Johnson wrote back Sept. 12 about what he called the CDC director’s “inadequate and unacceptable response‚” saying she didn’t explain the “inconsistent statements about the data.” “This data should be made public immediately to better inform the American people about risks of specific adverse events relating to the COVID-19 vaccines‚” Johnson wrote. “Your lack of clarity calls into question whether CDC has and continues to sufficiently monitor COVID-19 vaccine adverse events.” On Jan. 10‚ 2023‚ Johnson again reached out to Walensky‚ noting in a letter that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “repeatedly failed to provide my office with complete data regarding its surveillance of COVID-19 vaccine adverse events.”  He also inquired about the metric‚ writing: You wrote that the ‘results from PRR analysis were generally consistent with [Empirical Bayesian] data mining‚ revealing no additional unexpected safety signals.’ Given the ‘hundreds of adverse events’ listed in the published PRR tables‚ CDC must explain how it determined what is and is not an ‘unexpected safety signal.’ On March 14‚ 2023‚ Jeff Reczek‚ director of CDC’s Washington office‚ wrote to Johnson that “EB data mining [is] performed by FDA” and that the senator should “direct future inquiries regarding EB data mining to FDA.” Afterward‚ Johnson’s staff emailed the Food and Drug Administration to inquire about the same information. About three months later‚ on June 15‚ 2023‚ an FDA staffer responded. That message‚ cited in Johnson’s email‚ said: FDA’s EB data mining analyses of adverse events contained in VAERS reports for COVID-19 vaccines are currently the subject of pending FOIA [Freedom of Information Act] litigation. FDA is unable to comment on pending litigation or provide information or data that is currently being considered in pending litigation. In a letter dated Sept. 5‚ 2023‚ Johnson told FDA Commissioner Robert Califf that the “notion that FDA is actively hiding information about vaccine safety signals from Congress and the American people is beyond despicable.” “As you are well aware‚ Congress has a right to information contained at U.S. federal agencies as it conducts its constitutional oversight responsibilities‚” Johnson wrote Califf.  “It is outrageous that FDA would assert that pending litigation‚ and particularly FOIA litigation‚ would allow your agency to obstruct my congressional oversight‚” Johnson added. “Any pending litigation FDA may have relating to its EB data mining records has no bearing on its responsibility to comply with a congressional request.” Johnson’s event Monday will include Dr. Robert Malone‚ a molecular biologist and mRNA expert‚ as well as journalist Lara Logan‚ a former CBS News and Fox News correspondent.  As of Sept. 1‚ Johnson said‚ 1.5 million adverse events and 36‚080 deaths in the U.S. have been associated with the COVID-19 vaccines.  Johnson noted that Germany’s public health agency had logged 333‚492 adverse reactions to the vaccines as of Oct. 31‚ 2022‚ and Danish officials said 13‚635 individuals had reported 43‚496 suspected adverse events. The European Medicines Agency‚ using health data for the European Union‚ reported about “1.7 million spontaneous reports of suspected side effects” related to COVID-19 vaccines in the three years from December 2020 to December 2023.  In October 2023‚ Johnson wrote what he called the “60th public letter I have sent to government agencies concerning various aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic.” He addressed it to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ the Food and Drug Administration‚ the Department of Health and Human Services‚ and the National Institutes of Health. In the letter‚ Johnson’s questions included: “Do FDA and CDC agree that parents should have complete awareness of all potential adverse health outcomes associated with the COVID-19 ‘vaccines’ before deciding whether to get their child ‘vaccinated?’”  He also asked:  “Given the findings of the Oct. 15‚ 2023‚ FDA-funded study that revealed specific adverse health outcomes for children following COVID-19 ‘vaccination‚’ does CDC stand by its Sept. 12‚ 2023‚ recommendation that ‘everyone 6 months and older get an updated COVID-19 vaccine’?” The Wisconsin Republican did get a reply from HHS. In a five-page letter to Johnson dated Dec. 2‚ Melanie Anne Egorin‚ the HHS assistant secretary for legislation‚ contended that much of the information from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System is incomplete.  “Some reports of serious illnesses or deaths among people who have been recently vaccinated are not directly due to the vaccine itself‚” Egorin wrote. “Limitations of VAERS include the lack of a control group (e.g.‚ an unvaccinated control group) and that reports to VAERS may contain inaccurate or incomplete data.” “For example‚” she wrote‚ “VAERS reports can lack laboratory results that help establish (or rule out) a diagnosis. Thus‚ VAERS is not designed to assess causality.” Egorin told Johnson that physicians at the CDC and FDA continuously screen and analyze adverse event data related to the COVID-19 vaccines.  “During these reviews‚ FDA and CDC have found that many reports do not represent adverse events caused by the vaccine‚” she wrote.  Egorin later added: “In summary‚ FDA-approved and FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccines have met FDA’s regulatory and scientific standards for safety and effectiveness. Hundreds of millions of people in the United States have received COVID-19 vaccines under the most intense safety monitoring in U.S. history.” On Dec. 21‚ Johnson wrote to the heads of the HHS‚ CDC‚ and FDA about a study in the journal Nature by Dr. Thomas Mulroney finding that Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines may produce “off-target” or incorrect proteins.  Johnson again called on the federal health agencies to produce proportional reporting ratio data analyses and Empirical Bayesian data by Jan. 18 of this year.  On Jan. 12‚ he sent another letter to the FDA and CDC chiefs referring to troubling data obtained by the Informed Consent Action Network. It was analyzed by researchers at the OpenVAERS Project‚ a private organization founded in 1990 that tracks and analyzes HHS data on the adverse effects of any vaccine. “As a former manufacturer‚ this data provides strong evidence that the vaccine manufacturing process was not in control‚” Johnson wrote. “If these data analyses are accurate‚ then your agencies have kept this vital information hidden from Congress and the American people for years‚ despite my requests for this data beginning in December 2021.” FDA spokesperson Cherie DuvallJones said the FDA and CDC “place a high priority on vaccine safety and are committed to our vaccine safety monitoring program.”  “The VAERS website is transparent about the system’s limitations. When any member of the public opens the website‚ the user must then acknowledge reading and understanding specific information that includes among other important details‚ ‘VAERS data available to the public include only the initial report data to VAERS. Updated data which contains data from medical records and corrections reported during follow up are used by the government for analysis. However‚ for numerous reasons including data consistency‚ these amended data are not available to the public‚’ DuvallJones told The Daily Signal in a statement. The Wisconsin Republican sought answers about reports that  government agencies were coercing or encouraging private companies to censor information about the vaccines. In January 2022‚ Twitter censored a tweet that referenced adverse event data on COVID-19 vaccines.  Well over a year later‚ in May 2023‚ the social media giant’s successor‚ X‚ told Johnson’s office that “throughout 2021‚ executive branch officials‚ particularly from the Center [sic] for Disease Control (CDC) within the Department of Health &; Human Services (HHS)‚ communicated with social media companies‚ including Twitter‚ about ‘COVID Vaccine Misinformation.’”  And‚ X told Johnson’s office‚ “CDC identified ‘misleading information about VAERS reports’ as a specific subset of ‘COVID Vaccine Misinformation’ which they encouraged social media companies to address.” In an August 2023 letter‚ Johnson told CDC Director Mandy Johnson‚ Walensky’s successor‚  that “CDC’s campaign to encourage social media companies to suppress CDC’s own data appears to be a blatant attempt to mislead the public about adverse events associated with the COVID-19 vaccines.” The Daily Signal sought comment Thursday and Friday from spokespersons for the HHS‚ CDC‚ FDA‚ and NIH‚ but none of them responded to questions by publication time.  Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com‚ and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state.  The post What Federal Health Agencies Aren’t Disclosing About COVID-19 Vaccines appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach called out the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for prioritizing diversity‚ equity and inclusion (DEI) over passenger safety and employee competence. During a Feb. 22 appearance on Fox Business’s The Big Money Show‚ Kobach said that the FAA is proudly "making passenger safety take back a seat to diversity” by prioritizing DEI initiatives. Kobach told Fox Business that he hopes the FAA “will change its hiring practice‚ go back to what it did before and that is hire‚ simply based on skill.” Kobach went on to point out that ignoring merit is particularly dangerous for complex jobs: “I think all of us would probably agree‚ that whether it’s flying the plane‚ or the FAA air traffic control guiding the plane into the runway—or for that matter‚ a doctor performing a complicated surgery—we don't care what race the person is; we just want the most skilled person doing it because lives depend on it and the FAA seems to be turning away from that commonsense way of thinking.” Kobach's remarks echoed previous concerns raised in his letter to FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker. Co-signed by 10 attorneys general‚ the letter linked the FAA's DEI hiring and training to recent safety lapses‚ demanding the federal agency focus on its core mission: safety. “[T]he Biden FAA‚ under your administration‚ appears to prioritize virtue-signaling ‘diversity’ efforts over aviation expertise‚” the attorneys general wrote‚ calling into question the FAA’s commitment to safety. “Under the Biden Administration‚ the FAA appears to no longer emphasize merit in its hiring decisions. Instead‚ you appear to be singlemindedly focused on hiring a ‘diverse’ workforce.” The letter to the FAA also mentioned several discriminatory practices employed by the FAA to reach this goal‚ including a “biographical assessment.” Even more outrageously‚ the letter continued: “This includes circulating buzzwords to racial-affinity groups that would help minority candidates rise to the top.”  Next‚ the attorneys general provided an example of the FAA wasting its employees’ time with training pushing this noxious ideology‚ before suggesting that this ideology left the FAA unfocused‚ undermanned and incompetent. To make this point‚ the letter cited a 2023 FAA incident resulting in thousands of delays‚ as well as an astonishing rise in “near collisions” by planes in the air.  Kobach and the other signatories also noted that the FAA has acknowledged that there are “1‚002 fewer fully certified air traffic controllers in August 2023 than in August 2012‚ despite increasing complexity of operations.” This statement‚ paired with the existence of qualified applicants rejected for these positions‚ is a scandal.  The attorney general letter lacerated the FAA‚ citing a moment when the agency acknowledged there were tradeoffs between diversity goals and job performance. “‘How much of a change in job performance is acceptable to achieve what diversity goals?’” the attorneys general rhetorically asked‚ before adding: “The answer should have been none. But unfortunately‚ under your leadership‚ the agency appears to be willing to sacrifice safety and job performance to meet race-based hiring targets.” Conservatives are under attack. Contact ABC News (818) 460-7477‚ CBS News (212) 975-3247 and NBC News (212) 664-6192 and demand they report on the dangers of leftist DEI ideology infecting corporate America

This is what happens when we foster a culture that gives absolutely no value towards the lives of kids. An Ohio mom pled guilty to murdering her 16-month-old daughter after leaving her home alone in a playpen last summer while taking a vacation. Back in June of 2023‚ Candelario took a trip to Detroit and Puerto Rico but didn’t want to bring along her daughter‚ Jailyn. Rather than asking a family member to babysit or hiring a nanny or something‚ the mother left her daughter home alone. Again‚ she was only 16-months old. “The 16-month-old child was extremely dehydrated at the time of death. The 16-month-old child was discovered in a Pack-N-Play pen on a liner soiled with urine and feces with soiled blankets‚” the prosecutors office said‚ according to Daily Mail. An autopsy confirmed that the baby died of starvation and severe dehydration.   The abandonment of Candelario’s daughter apparently wasn’t a new thing. “We keep telling her not to leave her by herself‚ not just me‚ my friend across the street too‚ but she always leave her by herself‚” an acquaintance told News5 Cleveland at the time of the death. A female neighbor also insisted that baby Jailyn was “always a happy baby” and was “always smiling.” She also added that she would have happily watched the baby if Candelario needed it. “She could have knocked on any of our doors and asked us to take care of Jailyn and we would have" watched her. Even so‚ the local Child and Family Services insisted that there were no records of previous cases involving Candelario. On Thursday‚ Candelario pled guilty‚ faces a lifetime in prison and is set to be sentenced on March 18.