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As President Joe Biden considers adopting a global health agreement that would turn the power of the federal government over to leaders of a world government, dozens of governors have put him on notice that they “stand united in opposition” to handing over America’s national sovereignty. Nearly every Republican governor in the country has signed a letter asking Biden to reconsider adopting a forthcoming accord enhancing the power of the World Health Organization before, during, and after global health crises. Negotiators are working around the clock to hammer out a final version of the WHO Pandemic Agreement before the World Health Assembly meets on Monday. The current text of the accord would require nations to agree with WHO regulations on “routine immunization,” “social measures” such as lockdowns and mask mandates, and require a massive global redistribution of U.S. wealth and technical information based on “equity.” The Biden administration has signaled it will accept the agreement without congressional approval. The proposed document would grant WHO “unprecedented and unconstitutional powers over the United States and its people,” which “could drastically change the role of governors,” noted the 24 governors in their May 22 letter. “The objective of these instruments is to empower the WHO, particularly its uncontrollable director-general, with the authority to restrict the rights of U.S. citizens, including freedoms such as speech, privacy, travel, choice of medical care, and informed consent, thus violating our Constitution’s core principles.” The agreement would grant WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and other leaders “unilateral power to declare a ‘public health emergency of international concern’ (PHEIC) in member nations, extending beyond pandemics to include a range of perceived emergencies,” they said. The current text of the agreement states that “a range of environmental, climatic, social, anthropogenic and economic factors may increase the risk of pandemics.” The latest details about the global health treaty are available in the Family Research Council’s updated comprehensive explainer on the WHO Pandemic Agreement. Enhancing global bureaucrats’ authority “would erode sovereignty” by “stripping elected representatives of their role in setting public health policies and compelling citizens to comply with WHO directives, potentially including mandates regarding medical treatments,” stated the two dozen governors spanning the party’s ideological spectrum, including Ron DeSantis (Fla.), Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Ark.), Glenn Youngkin (Va.), Doug Burgum (N.D.), and Chris Sununu (N.H.). The state leaders are also concerned about “a global surveillance infrastructure and requirements for member states to censor speech related to public health. Requiring Americans to share information about deadly, incurable, highly transmissible viruses with the rest of the world may “potentially facilitat[e] the proliferation of biological weapons.” “[P]ublic health policy is a matter reserved for the states, not the federal government, and certainly not international bodies like the WHO,” they point out. “We are committed to resisting any attempts to transfer authority to the WHO over public policy affecting our citizens or any efforts by the WHO to assert such authority over them.” Every Republican governor in the United States signed the letter except Govs. Mike Parson of Missouri, Mike DeWine of Ohio, and Phil Scott of Vermont. “The governors appear to be more concerned about their sovereignty than Joe Biden seems to be concerned about the sovereignty of the U.S.,” said FRC President Tony Perkins on “Washington Watch” Thursday. “I also think it is a precursor to one-world government.” The governors’ letter followed a May 1 letter led by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and signed by all 49 Republican senators branding the WHO Pandemic Agreement “unacceptable” and “dead on arrival” if it ever comes before the U.S. Senate for ratification, as required of a treaty. “Instead of addressing the WHO’s well-documented shortcomings, the treaty focuses on mandated resource and technology transfers, shredding intellectual-property rights, infringing free speech, and supercharging the WHO,” noted the senators. US Senators Drop a Bombshell on the World Health OrganizationThe tide is turning.In a shocking turn of events, all Republican senators (49), led by Senator Ron Johnson, have formally urged President Joe Biden to withdraw his support in expanding the World Health… pic.twitter.com/o2Hx3WCEyW— The Vigilant Fox ? (@VigilantFox) May 3, 2024 They called on the Biden administration to “withdraw your administration’s support for the current [International health regulations] amendments and pandemic treaty negotiations” and champion “comprehensive WHO reforms that address its persistent failures without expanding its authority.” It also comes after 22 state attorneys general put the executive branch on notice that it cannot turn over U.S. health policy to any global governance body, because the “U.S. Constitution doesn’t vest responsibility for public health policy with the federal government,” the legal authorities pointed out in a May 8 letter. They added the present text of the WHO Pandemic Agreement “would lay the groundwork for a global surveillance infrastructure, ostensibly in the interest of public health, but with the inherent opportunity for control (as with Communist China’s ‘social credit system’).” Travis Weber, vice president for policy and government affairs at the Family Research Council, said the rising chorus of concern could help uphold fundamental American liberties. “We hear a lot in the press and in the culture right now about protecting democracy,” Weber told Perkins. “The Constitution leaves health care to the states. [It] certainly does not put it in the hands of the federal government to be automatically put in the hands of an international body like the WHO.” All signs show U.S. opposition to the WHO Pandemic Agreement growing among the American people, as well. Just over 93% of Republicans voted no on Question 8 in Georgia’s primary May 21, which asked, “Do you believe unelected and unaccountable international bureaucrats, like the U.N.-controlled World Health Organization (WHO), should have complete control over management of future pandemics in the United States and authority to regulate your health care and personal health choices?” Opposition has spread globally, as well. On May 8, authorities in the United Kingdom announced they would not sign on to the agreement unless it no longer required them to turn over 20% of British pandemic vaccines, therapeutics, and medications to WHO for redistribution. Slovak leader Robert Fico had also opposed the accord. The Family Research Council has set up a campaign allowing Americans to email national leaders with their opposition to the WHO Pandemic Agreement, as well. Signatories of the governors’ letter: Kay Ivey of Alabama, Mike Dunleavy of Alaska, Sarah Sanders of Arkansas, Ron DeSantis of Florida, Brian Kemp of Georgia, Brad Little of Idaho, Eric Holcomb of Indiana, Kim Reynolds of Iowa, Jeff Landry of Louisiana, Tate Reeves of Mississippi, Greg Gianforte of Montana, Jim Pillen of Nebraska, Joe Lombardo of Nevada, Chris Sununu of New Hampshire, Doug Burgum of North Dakota, Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, Henry McMaster of South Carolina, Kristi Noem of South Dakota, Bill Lee of Tennessee, Greg Abbott of Texas, Spencer Cox of Utah, Glenn Youngkin of Virginia, Jim Justice of West Virginia, and Mark Gordon of Wyoming. Originally published at WashingtonStand.com The post 24 GOP Governors Warn Biden Against ‘Unconstitutional’ WHO Pandemic Agreement appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Hotels involved in the resettlement of illegal immigrants are making lots of money through New York City’s shelter program, a former hotel worker said Monday on Fox News Channel. The average cost of a hotel room jumped from $277.92 in 2022 to $301.61 in 2023, and more than 130 hotels have joined the city’s shelter program by opening their doors to migrants, The New York Times reported. The shelter program is seen as a factor in the shortage of hotel rooms for tourists and other travelers, and Carlos Arellano, the former hotel worker, said owners are “loving this because the money is just going around and around.” “When you walk into hotels to work at them, the main hotel staff is not doing anything, they are standing around, but yet they still charge the city for any little thing they can,” Arellano told “Fox and Friends” guest host Rachel Campos-Duffy. “And when you see 10 workers on the first floor of the lobby of the hotel, only two of them are really working. Meanwhile, the hotel will still be charging the city for all 10 staff members. And you really don’t know what’s going on in there until you work in one of these places, but the costs just keep being driven up by the hotels.” WATCH: “I like to tell people when you see someone, like a politician on the news, saying, ‘Oh, we regret this, we wish this wasn’t happening,’ it’s all lies,” Arellano continued. “Everything from the politicians to the owners of the hotels, everybody is loving this because the money is just going around and around.” The hotels receive anywhere from $139 to $185 per room per night for sheltering migrants, whether or not the rooms are occupied, according to the Times. Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, announced budget cuts in November, including closing libraries on Sundays and freezing hiring for the New York Police Department, as part of efforts to address the costs of housing migrants arriving in the city. U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported that the Border Patrol had 1.6 million encounters with illegal immigrants in fiscal year 2021, 2.2 million in fiscal 2022, and 2 million in fiscal 2023, with 1.1 million encounters so far in fiscal 2024, which ends Sept. 30. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, both Republicans, began busing illegal aliens from the border to New York City and other so-called “sanctuary” cities in 2022. Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation The post ‘Money Going Around’: Worker Reveals Why Hotels Are ‘Loving’ NYC’s Shelters for Illegal Aliens appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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The Washington Post, the dominant but least credible newspaper in Washington, D.C., lost $77 million in 2023.   As the website Unleash Prosperity Hotline noted: “It seems that The Post is in a race with the Los Angeles Times and CNN (which lost $400 million last year) to see which news outlet can go bankrupt first. “ No other business operates like the journalistic establishment. TV ratings are down. Newspaper losses are up. Public trust in the media is at an all-time low as reflected in Gallup and other polls. As Pete Seeger sang in a totally different context a half century ago “We’re waste deep in the Big Muddy and the big fool said to push on.” Journalism, if we can still call what increasingly reflects advocacy and not reporting, is the only business of which I am aware that doesn’t care what a sizeable demographic thinks about it. Media elites blame the Internet and declining ad revenue for lost subscribers and dwindling viewership. That’s an effect, not the cause. When I began my syndicated newspaper column in 1984, I was able to “sell” editors on the idea that the political and religious demographic felt ignored and that if they picked up my column they might see a surge in subscribers. Many did and those who did saw a surge. Today, hedge funds own most major city newspapers. Their managers care nothing about real journalism, only the bottom line. Layoffs are common and real journalists are not what they once were. The revolving door between government and the networks and newspapers is at warp speed. Why do papers like the Post and New York Times bother with opinion pages when it appears to many that it is all opinion and mostly from the left? If I owned a restaurant (and my wife does), I wouldn’t be in business very long if the menu consisted only of the foods I liked. If customers complained and I told them I don’t care and will continue to offer food that what I like, they would go elsewhere, and I would soon be bankrupt. This is precisely what is happening in the media. Reporters are isolated from mainstream America. Few appear to attend church. Few know any conservatives except in stereotype. A prominent New York Times columnist once asked me: “Are you still writing your column?” I should have said: “Yes, are you?” but wanted to be polite. The elites only read and watch each other’s material and appear on programs that reinforce what their audiences already think. Yes, some conservatives do the same, but they have fewer outlets. A free press is the only profession mentioned in the Constitution. The Founders, some of whom were often excoriated by the newspapers of their day, still understood that freedom of the press was essential to a strong constitutional republic. With freedom comes responsibility to report the news (all of it, not just that which agrees with one’s opinion) as accurately and as fairly as possible. As radio talk show host Chris Plante has said, “The greatest power the media have is the power to ignore.” Ignoring certain stories is just as biased as slanting those that are covered through the lens of a secular-progressive worldview. While I have lost about half of the 500 newspapers that once carried me at the peak of my column’s success, I am still trying to remind readers of the economic, social, political, and foreign policies that worked within memory of most people over 40. Our challenge is to reach younger people with the importance of a free and fair press. Without it, the country will sink ever deeper into the “Big Muddy.”

Famous actor Richard Dreyfuss has never been a fan of the political correctness that’s taken over Hollywood — but it all came to a head this Memorial Day weekend at an event called "An Evening with Richard Dreyfuss and Jaws Screening," in Beverly, Massachusetts. Dreyfuss showed up on stage in a dress covering his clothes, before delivering a rant described by attendees as transphobic, sexist, and homophobic. The attendees recalled Dreyfuss calling Barbra Streisand a “genius” but calling women “passive” and saying that’s why her movie "Nuts" “sucked.” He also reportedly made disparaging remarks about the MeToo movement and spoke out against listening to transgender youth. While fans across the country are shocked, Glenn Beck spoke to Dreyfuss last year and gained real insight into the actor’s beliefs — something those fans likely don’t understand. “He was never a Hollywood insider. He’s here to sound the alarm, to protect the Constitution, to stir the healthy dissent, to protect the lone voice. He told me right before the podcast that I was the one who outed him in Hollywood,” Glenn said on "The Glenn Beck Podcast" last year. “When I apologized, I didn’t realize that, he said, ‘No, no, it was one of the best things that’s happened to me.’ He has been committed to nothing less than saving America,” he added. And Dreyfuss then confirmed this himself. “There are people who now think that opposing views are un-American. They don’t know that opposing views are entwined and threaded through the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and what we show to the world we believe in,” Dreyfuss told Glenn, noting that kids don’t learn about history these days the way they used to or should. “I certainly think that when we allow our kids to tell us what is valuable and what is nurturing, we’re going to the wrong people,” he explained. Before finishing their conversation, Dreyfuss left Glenn with a pearl of wisdom — which is a far cry from what fans angry at his performance over the weekend seem to believe he is capable of. “It infuriates me that people don’t understand what this place means, what an advance on human progress this country is all about, and how quickly we can abandon it without a second thought,” Dreyfuss tells Glenn. "I once said that we hold this pearl in our hands, and then we think, ‘Yeah who cares,’ and we toss it away, and it lands on the top of the stairs and we trip over it and we fall down through this state of constant decay — until we reach Donald Trump and the cheapening of every great thought, every great move that we gave to humanity. And it just kills me.” “It’s beyond my ability to comprehend why people who are in a position to burnish our reputation make it filth, choose to make it filth. I just don’t get it,” he finished. Want more from Glenn Beck?To enjoy more of Glenn’s masterful storytelling, thought-provoking analysis, and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

A suspected illegal alien has been arrested and charged with several crimes in Virginia after he reportedly abducted a Louisiana girl and held her "against her will."Just before 4 a.m. on Wednesday, a young Hispanic girl phoned police to request assistance at a Love's truck stop in Covington, Virginia, about 90 miles northwest of Lynchburg.The press release described Castro only as 'an adult male' and implied that he is in the U.S. illegally since ICE has issued an immigration detainer against him.Members of the Alleghany County Sheriff's Office and the Virginia State Police were quickly dispatched to the scene. When they arrived, they located the girl who had called them.Few details have been released regarding the immediate investigation into the girl's complaint, but a press release from the sheriff's office said that "the officers determined that the female was from Louisiana and was being held captive against her will."In the Love's parking lot, officers located a dark gray four-door sedan registered in Arkansas and came to believe that a man had abducted the girl and kept her inside the vehicle.Police also quickly zeroed in on a suspect: Diego Soch Castro. The press release described Castro only as "an adult male" and implied that he is in the U.S. illegally since ICE has issued an immigration detainer against him. Blaze News reached out to the sheriff's office in hopes of learning Castro's age and presumed nation of origin but have not yet received a return call.It is unclear where the alleged abduction may have occurred: Arkansas, Louisiana, Virginia, or someplace else. Whether the suspect and victim knew each other prior to the alleged abduction and how long the suspect had allegedly been holding the girl hostage are likewise unknown.Castro was arrested and charged with abduction, indecent liberties with a minor, and assault and battery. The girl was taken to an area hospital for evaluation and then placed into the care of child protective services. The press release claimed that an investigation into the matter remains "ongoing."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

United States District Judge Aileen Cannon recently rejected special counsel Jack Smith's request to place a gag order against former President Donald Trump.On Friday, Smith's team asked Cannon to modify Trump's conditions of release to prohibit him from making "statements that pose a significant, imminent, and foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents participating in the investigation and prosecution of" the classified documents case against Trump.'Failure to comply with these requirements may result in sanctions.'Smith's team claimed the gag order was "necessary because of several intentionally false and inflammatory statements recently made by Trump that distort the circumstances under which the Federal Bureau of Investigation planned and executed the search warrant at Mar-a-Lago."Trump is facing 40 felony charges for allegedly maintaining classified documents and obstructing the federal government's attempts to seize those records. The charges pertain to a raid conducted by the FBI at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in 2022. Earlier this month, Cannon moved to postpone the trial due to several unresolved pretrial motions. The decision came shortly after Smith's team admitted that the federal government did not properly maintain the evidence gathered at Trump's property. His team conceded that some documents were no longer in the same order. The prosecution also admitted that the colored cover sheets that indicated various classification levels were brought in by investigators.Trump shared posts on Truth Social regarding recently released court filings that stated federal agents who raided Mar-a-Lago were authorized to use deadly force.Smith's team claimed Trump's posts made a "grossly misleading impression about the intentions and conduct of federal law enforcement agents" and "falsely suggest[ed] that they were complicit in a plot to assassinate him."Trump's defense team responded to the prosecution's gag order motion, arguing it "willfully disregard[ed] required procedures.""The Government has contacted counsel for defendant Trump, who stated that they object to the Motion and the timing of the conferral on a holiday weekend; it is their position that the Government has not provided an opportunity for meaningful conferral," Smith's team wrote in its motion. "They do not believe that there is any imminent danger, and asked to meet and confer next Monday."Trump's attorneys claimed that Smith's team had demonstrated "bad-faith behavior" by filing the motion just ahead of the holiday weekend. On Monday morning, Cannon rejected the prosecution's request and threatened Smith's team with sanctions."[T]he Court finds the Special Counsel's pro forma 'conferral' to be wholly lacking in substance and professional courtesy," Cannon wrote in her decision. "It should go without saying that meaningful conferral is not a perfunctory exercise.""Because the filing of the Special Counsel's Motion did not adhere to these basic requirements, it is due to be denied without prejudice. Any future, non-emergency motion brought in this case -- whether on the topic of release conditions or anything else -- shall not be filed absent meaningful, timely, and professional conferral," Cannon continued. "Failure to comply with these requirements may result in sanctions."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

CNN legal analyst Randy Zelin told host Kate Bolduan the prosecution in former President Donald Trump's case in New York City was far from proving beyond a reasonable doubt that he was directly involved in paying off Stormy Daniels.Both the defense and prosecution gave their closing arguments on Tuesday after the weeks-long trial that has limited Trump's ability to actively campaign in the 2024 election. “The burden of proof is an important one to remind everyone: It’s on the prosecution, right? They need to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he commit — that Donald Trump broke the law. And you think after listening to all of this, you think they fell short. How?” Bolduan asked Zelin. 'It’s simply about: Did the former president know that books, his records, false entries for legal fees, Michael Cohen was his lawyer ...' “They fell way short because let’s start with reasonable doubt. What is reasonable doubt? And it’s not simply a doubt based upon reason. Any time a human being needs to make an important decision in life, if you have enough information, for example, doctor says you need open heart surgery. ‘Doc, go ahead and schedule. I don’t have a reasonable doubt.’ Conversely, if I say, ‘I appreciate it, but I need a second opinion, I need more information,’ that is having a reasonable doubt. There is reasonable doubt all over this case," Zelin explained."Where is Keith Schiller? Where is Allen Weisselberg? How did Michael Cohen get away with stealing $30,000? Hold a pity party for him — made $4 million on this, thought he’d be chief of staff. He’s a fixer! If the plumber comes to my house to fix my leak, I could be home. That doesn’t mean I know how he’s doing it and what it’s taking to be fixed," he continued."Stormy Daniels, let’s hold a pity party for her. Why do we need to know whether or not the former president wore a condom or not?" he asked. "It’s simply about: Did the former president know that books, his records, false entries for legal fees, Michael Cohen was his lawyer, getting intent to cover up the election or to protect his family? It’s everywhere. Everywhere!" — (@) While Trump's defense team was in the middle of its closing arguments, President Joe Biden's campaign held a press conference outside the courthouse to highlight the "contrast." Actor Robert De Niro was brought to the presser and went on a lengthy rant, claiming Trump winning the election will be worse than 9/11 because he will not only destroy the country, but possibly the world.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!