Environmental activists celebrated the closure of a key nuclear power facility in New York state‚ but the state’s power-sector emissions have increased in the years since the plant shuttered. State officials finally closed the Indian Point nuclear facility in 2021‚ a development that climate activist groups commended because of purported safety and environmental risks posed by it. However‚ about three years after the plant shuttered‚ the state has seen a sharp increase in the greenhouse gas emissions attributable to power generation‚ due in large part to increased reliance on natural gas to make up for the closed plant’s output‚ according to a new analysis conducted by J.P. Morgan. “In 2020 and 2021‚ New York State shut down Indian Point’s nuclear plants with the intention of replacing its generation with renewable energy‚” J.P. Morgan wrote in its analysis. “That’s not what has happened so far: Three new natural gas plants (Bayonne Energy Center‚ CPV Valley Energy Center‚ and Cricket Valley Energy Center) have filled the gap‚ along with mostly gas-fired electricity imports from states like Pennsylvania.” New York state has established goals of producing 70% of its electricity with green generation by 2030 and having its grid reach zero-emissions by 2040‚ according to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. Proponents of the Indian Point closure frequently asserted that the retirement of zero-emissions nuclear generation presented a prime opportunity for green energy to step up in the void‚ but J.P. Morgan’s analysis demonstrates that natural gas and imports have plugged the gap much more than wind or solar‚ for example. This outcome is not the one that environmental activists cheering the plant’s closure expected. “Once Indian Point is closed‚ we won’t need to rely on fossil fuels to make up for its energy. Peak demand in the region will have declined by more than the 2‚000 megawatts the plant generates‚ and the replacement power will be carbon neutral as the State further increases its clean energy investments‚” Paul Gallay‚ the president of Riverkeeper—an organization that was involved in the 2017 agreement to eventually shutter Indian Point—said in a statement after the agreement was finalized. “There will be little impact on electricity bills—between $1 and $2 dollars a month—which is a small price to pay for minimizing the risk that this plant poses. Going forward‚ new efficiency and renewable energy projects will drive still greater savings for consumers‚ thanks to aggressive energy investments by the state. It’s a new day for New York and the Metro region‚” he said. Natural gas has largely filled in the supply gap opened by Indian Point’s retirement‚ rather than the wind‚ solar‚ and hydro power projects that officials planned to pick up the slack‚ the J.P. Morgan analysis demonstrates. The change in New York’s energy profile has also altered the emissions intensity of its energy‚ especially the energy fueling New York City and Long Island‚ according to J.P. Morgan. In 2019‚ before the plant was shut down‚ the power fueling New York City and Long Island emitted less than 600 pounds of carbon dioxide for every megawatt hour (MWh) of electricity generated‚ a figure well below the U.S. average and the average carbon intensity of electricity powering Texas‚ according to J.P. Morgan. At the end of 2022‚ the electricity flowing to New York City and Long Island emitted nearly 900 pounds of carbon dioxide per every MWh generated‚ significantly more than the averages of the U.S. writ large and of Texas. “While Texas is more ‘red’ than New York City‚ it’s now more ‘green’ as well‚” the J.P. Morgan report states. The carbon intensity of the electricity keeping the lights on in New York state’s most densely populated area is not the only metric to have increased since Indian Point shut down. In March 2021‚ the month before officials shuttered Indian Point for good‚ electricity in New York City cost consumers about 15 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) on average; as of December 2023‚ the average cost per kWh of electricity in New York City had increased to nearly 18 cents‚ according to data aggregated by Y Charts. That jump represents an increase of approximately 20%. The New York Independent System Operator did not respond immediately to request for comment. Originally published by the Daily Caller News 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. Remember to include the url or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state. The post Enviros Cheered NY for Shutting Down a Nuke Plant. Then Greenhouse Gas Emissions Jumped. appeared first on The Daily Signal.

By a vote of 209-204‚ the House passed legislation Friday to eliminate what critics call a green energy slush fund.  The Daily Signal first reported last year on the bill‚ called the Cutting Green Corruption and Taxes Act and sponsored by Rep. Gary Palmer‚ R-Ala.‚ chairman of the Republican Policy Committee.  “This is a major step towards securing American energy and reducing energy costs. This is a win for the American people‚” Palmer said Friday in a public statement.  However‚ the bill faces rough sledding in the Senate‚ where Democrats have a working majority with three independents.  The $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund was the largest grant program created in a massive spending bill‚ dubbed the Inflation Reduction Act‚ which passed in August 2022 when Democrats controlled both houses of Congress. “This is nothing more than a slush fund that does nothing to aid the environment. Instead‚ it funds special interest groups‚ climate activists‚ and political allies that make no impact on the climate‚” said Palmer‚ a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.  “This bill eliminates $27 billion of waste and shifts the focus to where it should be‚ affordable and reliable American energy‚” the Alabama Republican said after his legislation passed the House. Palmer added:  In order to help the American people and lower energy costs‚ we should be focusing on expanding access to natural gas. Unfortunately‚ the Democrats’ IRA [Inflation Reduction Act] also implemented a tax on natural gas. This tax has made energy less affordable and less reliable for Americans already struggling under the weight of inflation.  The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund was designed to set up two pots of money: $20 billion for the General Assistance and Low-Income and Disadvantaged Communities Program‚ to be divided among up to 15 recipients‚ and $7 billion for the Zero-Emissions Technology Program‚ to be divided among 60 recipients. The grants must align with the Biden administration’s Justice40 Initiative‚ which requires that 40% of overall spending in a federal initiative go to “disadvantaged communities.” The administration defines such communities as “marginalized‚ underserved‚ and overburdened by pollution.” The smaller‚ $7 billion pot is reserved for states‚ municipalities‚ tribal governments‚ and nonprofit organizations. The goal is to leverage private funding‚ according to the Environmental Protection Agency.  The $20 billion pot is reserved for nonprofits that “collaborate with community financing institutions‚” the EPA says.  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 House Votes to Stop Biden’s Green ‘Slush Fund’ appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Stupid Is as Stupid Does‚ NYT

Further Evidence the ACLU Has Lost Its Way

Syndicated radio host Dan Bongino called out a major financial advisory group for promoting Environmental‚ Social and Governance-related (ESG) investing after the group was confronted about it on national television.  During the March 21 edition of The Dan Bongino Show‚ Bongino went after the ESG-Obsessed Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) for their apparent abuse of shareholder’s trust. Bongino highlighted a moment when CNBC’s Squawk Box co-host Andrew Ross Sorkin pressed ISS Head of Governance Lorraine Kelly on her agencies’ work using shareholders to push ESG. Bongino directly blamed ISS for making companies “go woke‚” before identifying how this ESG racket operates.  “Do you want to see why we’ve been losing the culture wars and we’ve only recently turned it around?” Bongino said‚ before declaring that ISS and a similar group “basically control every public company.” Bongino ripped Kelly’s attempted denial before adding: “A lot of this DEI stuff is because these pensions that invest major money go to these two companies and they got to speak out against this stuff.”               According to The Wall Street Journal’s Editorial Board‚ ISS and Glass Lewis control a horrifying 97% “of the proxy advisory market.” The Editorial Board also provided evidence that this dominant market position translated into the power to control a substantial amount of shareholder votes. The editorial further demonstrated these entities’ support for environmentalism and “equity” at major companies.   Bongino similarly summed up how these agencies wield power through shareholders. “There are these agencies out there that proxy vote‚” Bongino said. “The long story made really short is this: These two rating agencies influence U.S. corporate policy because a lot of people don’t have time if they invest in stock to go and vote for board members and stuff like that so they take the advice of these two agencies. A lot of what’s happening in America right now — in corporate America [and] this ESG/DEI crap — is because of these two agencies.” 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 ESG.

Newly released documents confirm that the Biden administration coordinated with a UK group to trample free speech. The Biden White House “partnered with” the UK- and US-based Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) as part of its strategy to combat alleged “domestic terrorism.” New emails obtained by America First Legal (AFL) expose the administration’s Orwellian project to crush online content with which it disagrees. It seems it was no coincidence that former White House press secretary Jen Psaki used a CCDH report‚ the “Disinformation Dozen‚” to insist on increased COVID-19 censorship in July 2021. Biden’s “National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism” endorsed the anti-free speech Christchurch Call to Action and turned to research conducted by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) like the CCDH‚ the initially UK-based group that is now also incorporated in America‚ AFL explained. CCDH calls itself a “not-for-profit” NGO that “works to stop the spread of online hate and disinformation.” Leftist British politician Imran Ahmed is the CEO. As a Labor Party staffer‚ Ahmed reportedly coordinated with leftist outlet The Guardian to accuse UK Conservative Party figure Grant Shapps falsely of editing his Tory rivals’ Wikipedia pages‚ according to Twitter Files journalist Matt Taibbi. After CCDH released the “Disinformation Dozen” report‚ the Biden White House used it to urge Big Tech companies‚ especially Facebook‚ to deplatform the highlighted COVID-19 vaccine critics.  The co-chair of the now-defunct Disinformation Governance Board (DGB)‚ Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under secretary Robert Silvers‚ also took an interest in the organization. Silvers messaged Eva Hartshorn-Sanders‚ who at the time was CCDH’s Head of Policy‚ to arrange a meeting to discuss the organization’s work‚ AFL noted. He was then invited to CCDH’s Global Summit by Hartshorn-Sanders‚ who has pushed anti-free speech legislation. But the Biden administration’s ties to CCDH do not end there. CCDH also met with Biden officials after the White House Task Force to Address Online Harassment and Abuse debuted‚ per AFL. CCDH submitted recommendations to the task force on addressing “gender-based violence.” When the White House released a 2023 blueprint on “Online Harassment and Abuse‚” Hartshorn-Sanders claimed credit for policy development. Twitter Files journalist Michael Shellenberger slammed the government censorship collusion revealed by AFL. He accused CCDH of “hyp[ing] hate” to “demand Facebook and other social media platforms to remove content and people they don't like.” He added‚ “For the government to decide what is extreme is a way of labeling someone as a potential terrorist threat.” Ultimately‚ Shellenberger argued‚ “There is no reliable connection between people's beliefs and violence. Attempting to stop violence by censoring speech is totalitarian and Orwellian. It effectively criminalizes speech and creates a whole new category of pre-crime.” Conservatives are under attack. Contact your representatives and demand that Big Tech be held to account to mirror the First Amendment while providing transparency and an equal footing for conservatives. If you have been censored‚ contact us at the Media Research Center contact form‚ and help us hold Big Tech accountable.

By now everyone has heard that former President Donald Trump threatened U.S. democracy or something by predicting a “bloodbath” if he didn’t win re-election in November. Trump didn’t actually do that‚ as we know: His “bloodbath” comment‚ delivered at a campaign rally in Ohio‚ referred to tariffs on Chinese electric cars potentially being made in Mexico‚ as a brief perusal of what Trump actually said at the rally in Ohio will confirm. But that didn’t stop PBS NewsHour co-anchor Amna Nawaz from stating Monday evening: “A look at former President Donald Trump’s violent language on the campaign trail.” PBS thought the fake “bloodbath” worthy of two segments‚ both taking Trump far out of context‚ just like the Biden campaign wanted. Co-anchor Geoff Bennett launched his own segment thusly: Former President Donald Trump is under fire again for comments made during a controversial speech at a campaign event for a Republican Ohio Senate candidate. Extremism experts say it's the latest example of Donald Trump using violent rhetoric to appeal to his supporters. Bennett‚ who worked the Monday-Friday evening shift‚ wasn’t available to comment on Trump’s remarks on Saturday evening‚ which was for the best‚ as the truth of what Trump said slowly seeped into the mainstream press coverage‚ so that by Monday night Bennett was obliged to hedge‚ at least in comparison to the insanity on the networks’ newscasts. But even in playing Trump's comments in full context‚ Bennett still clung to narrative: BENNETT: As his use of the word bloodbath during an extended riff on the auto industry and Chinese automakers sparked fresh controversy and criticism. TRUMP: We're going to put a 100 percent tariff on every single car that comes across the line. And you're not going to be able to sell those cars -- if I get elected. Now‚ if I don't get elected‚ it's going to be a bloodbath for the whole -- that's going to be the least of it‚ It's going to be a bloodbath for the country. That will be the least of it. BENNETT: In a social media post today‚ Mr. Trump said his threat had been taken out of context and turned the defense of his comments into a fund-raising appeal. Former President Trump also facing criticism for his dehumanizing anti-immigrant rhetoric at that same rally. TRUMP: If I had prisons that were teeming with MS-13 and all sorts of people that they have got to take care of for the next 50 years‚ right‚ young people‚ they're in jail for years and‚ if you call them people. I don't know if you call them people. In some cases‚ they're not people‚ in my opinion. Does Bennett really want to defend the humanity of murderous MS-13 gang members? Bennett even used a professor’s comment that admitted Trump was using a metaphor into a danger. BRENDAN NYHAN (Dartmouth College): In this case‚ it may have been a metaphor. It's hard to tell‚ with him. He was using that language in the context of a discussion of the auto industry‚ but his meaning was ambiguous. Given the way he so frequently calls for or endorses violence‚ I think it's appropriate to be concerned when he invokes it even in a seemingly metaphorical way. It's with noting that PBS’s own reporter Paul Solman referred to “a bloodbath for the economy” in a May 2020 story on the collapse of U.S. retail due to COVID edicts. PBS NewsHour co-anchor Amna Nawaz piled on during the “Politics Monday” segment that followed‚ taking another tack: Republicans who defend Trump’s statement are as awful as Trump himself.     She spoke to Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report‚ and was even more aggressive than her co-host Bennett. NAWAZ: So‚ you saw Geoff's report earlier on that violent rhetoric we're hearing from former President Trump. Even after Mr. Trump is confronted about the fact that some of his language echoes‚ the language of Hitler‚ in an interview‚ he doubles down. This weekend‚ he said there would be a bloodbath if he didn't win….Speaker Mike Johnson said that Mr. Trump was just referring to the auto industry‚ and that he's 100 percent correct and Americans agree with him. The decision by fellow Republicans to not unequivocally call out violent rhetoric‚ what does that say to you? These grossly misleading anti-Trump segments were brought to you in part by BDO.

Friday’s White House press briefing was largely dominated by anti-Israel-leaning questions directed toward John Kirby‚ but there was still time for the ever-inept Karine Jean-Pierre to make a fool of herself with exchanges such as ones with ABC’s MaryAlice Parks and Fox’s Peter Doocy over the viral video from our friend Jennie Taer at the New York Post and freelance videographer James Breeden of illegal immigrants overrunning a border fence. To her credit despite being a lefty‚ Parks went first as the second reporter called on: “Has the President seen that dramatic video of migrants surging past National Guardsmen in Texas — in El Paso?”     Jean-Pierre not surprisingly admitted she had “not spoken to the President about that video”‚ but what she would say was it’s the fault of Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) because Biden “has worked with Congress...about getting an immigration bill done” whereas Abbott has “politicize[d] this” and the reason the border has become “chaotic” and “dangerous”. She even seemed to take disgusting and classless potshots at Texas National Guardsmen as weaklings. Parks wouldn’t push back on this‚ but wondered if this means Americans should “continue to” accept another “standoff” (click “expand”): JEAN-PIERRE: I do want to say we are grateful for the Border Patrol’s quick work to get the situation under control and apprehend the migrants‚ so that’s important‚ but congressional Republicans need to move on this what they’re doing instead‚ and this is the bipartisan agreement‚ obviously‚ is listening to the former President — President Trump tell them not to get involved in moving forward with this bipartisan agreement because of his own personal politics‚ because it will help this President. You all reported that. It’s not coming from us. You all reported that. And it is on full — unfortunate that Congress — Republican [sic] are not getting on board with what majority of Americans care about and you have a governor in — in — in Texas — Governor Abbott who is continuing to make this — make this sadly a dangerous situation a chaotic situation. Let’s not forget who they pass by to — to — to pass by the razor wires. They passed by the Texas National Guards that the Republican governor put — put — put at the border. PARKS: But are — are you saying that Americans should just expect that they will continue to be a standoff between the — JEAN-PIERRE: There shouldn’t be — PARKS: — National Guardsmen and the border agents? JEAN-PIERRE: — but — but — PARKS: What is the resolution there? JEAN-PIERRE: The resolution is — is pushing forward with the bipartisan agreement that came out of the Senate with Republicans and Democrats. That’s the solution. When Parks called her out for pushing something that’s not “going anywhere”‚ a flustered Jean-Pierre reiterated her previous answer. Thankfully‚ Parks gave it one more try: “[I]t sounds like‚ right now‚ the White House and the President‚ the administration is not considering anything else to stop future events like that right now. The blame is to the Texas Governor and Congress.” Jean-Pierre upped her rhetoric‚ twice saying it’s a “fact” that Abbott “has politicized this issue” and the White House doesn’t care about partisanship but instead “helping the American people.” A few minutes later‚ it was a textbook Doocy Time‚ starting with this short and biting but respectful and important question: “[W]hat does President Biden think should happen to adult men who are assaulting and overpowering U.S. National Guardsmen?” Jean-Pierre refused to denounce the attacks on American soldiers‚ solely because they serve in Texas under a Republican governor. Instead‚ she thanked “Border Patrol agents for their — to — quickly — to quickly work and get the situation under control and apprehend the migrants” and again blamed Abbott for “politicizing” the border. Doocy then called out the Biden administration for “talk[ing] so much about having a more humane immigration system‚” but the video showed the opposite with “adult men landing haymakers on U.S. troops in uniform” as opposed to “helpless women and children begging for a safe place to come in”. “If that was happening anywhere else in the world‚ wouldn’t President Biden sent reinforcements‚” he asked. When Jean-Pierre initially replied “[e]veryone was apprehended‚” Doocy followed up: “Were they deported?” Of course‚ Jean-Pierre refused to answer (because‚ as Taer reported Friday morning‚ they were released into the U.S.) other than more Abbott blaming. Doocy pivoted last to the latest example of how Chinese-owned TikTok and its algorithm interfere with our national security: “There is a Venezuelan migrant with half a million followers on TikTok‚ who’s telling border crossers they can live in empty houses in this country. Would President Biden support a law that would make that kind of squatting illegal?” Jean-Pierre didn’t bit‚ saying she had “not seen that...so I can’t comment”. In between Doocy and Parks‚ a reporter in the McClatchy Newspapers seat lobbed a softball at Jean-Pierre to attack Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) (click “expand”): MCCLATCHY REPORTER: Today‚ Governor Ron DeSantis said that he’s also looking at implementing also like Texas that would allow Florida to arrest migrants as soon as they cross the Florida border. Are you concerned that other governors will be looking into kind of stricter immigration laws like this? JEAN-PIERRE: I’m concerned about the politics that’s being played here‚ instead of dealing with the issue. Instead of the governor in Florida‚ saying‚ “hey‚ senators — my senators in my state‚ we need to work on the issue at hand here. There is a bipartisan agreement that is in your chamber right? That is in the Senate that was agreed upon in a bipartisan way. Can you guys move forward with that‚ instead of playing politics?” That’s what we want to see. We want to see an issue actually dealt with that majority of Americans care about. There is a bi — I cannot say this enough. There is a bipartisan agreement that came out of the Senate. Republicans were asked to reject it because of the former President — because of — helping his own politics. That’s not how we should be moving forward as a country. That is just not. And that’s not what the President believes. To see the relevant transcript from the March 22 briefing‚ click here.

Sarah Blaskey‚ an "investigative reporter" at the Miami Herald‚ has a history that her readers may want to know about.Typically covering political news‚ Blaskey often covers stories that paint Republicans in a bad light‚ especially Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez (R). In fact‚ Blaskey has written numerous stories about allegations of ethical violations involving Miami Mayor Francis Suarez (R)‚ which have been thoroughly investigated and summarily dismissed.But absent from Blaskey's Miami Herald bio is any mention of her connection to the Occupy movement and history of writing for socialist and far-left publications.When she was a student at Madison College in 2011‚ Blaskey was a leader of the Occupy Madison movement and boasted about participating in the Occupy Wall Street and Occupy D.C. protests. At the time‚ she called the Occupy movement "very inspiring.""I think the Occupy movement is incredibly important because it can help link all of these causes together in a really important way. It's the idea of the 99% versus the 1%‚ and that simple fact permeates through these other basic struggles we're having‚" she told the Capitol Times‚ a local newspaper in Wisconsin.In the subsequent years — which included graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Columbia University — Blaskey became a prolific writer for socialist and far-left publications.Blaskey‚ for example‚ wrote numerous articles for Socialist Worker‚ a now-defunct publication of the International Socialist Organization. Interestingly‚ Blaskey wrote her Socialist Worker articles under the pseudonym Sarah Lynne. It's not clear why she chose not to use her legal last name at the publication. Moreover‚ four of Blaskey's articles at Socialist Worker were co-written with professor Phil Gasper‚ editor of "The Communist Manifesto."Blaskey also wrote for the International Socialist Review‚ Dollar &; Sense‚ Progressive Magazine‚ TruthOut‚ and Upsidedown World.Blaskey's failure to disclose her connections to socialist publications and the far-left Occupy movement raises an important question: Are reporters obligated to disclose previous partisan connections?The answer to that question does not assume that personal beliefs do not evolve or that a journalist's personal beliefs must infect their work. However‚ for the sake of transparency‚ it's generally a good practice to be honest about your background and biases‚ especially in an industry that is built on fairness and relies on the public trust. A spokesperson for Mayor Suarez told Blaze News that Blaskey's "bias against the mayor makes much more sense" in light of "the truth" about her background."We were surprised to learn that the Miami Herald employs a political reporter with an extensive history of socialist advocacy‚" a spokesperson said. "This reporter has treated our office dishonestly‚ making false disproven allegations‚ and continually ignoring the facts when we provide contradictory evidence or statements. We've called her an activist in the past because that was the only explanation we have for her inaccurate reporting."The spokesperson‚ moreover‚ explained that it is personal for Suarez‚ a first-generation Cuban-American."The mayor‚ like most members of our South Florida community‚ has a tragic family history with socialism and is one of socialism's most staunch opponents‚" the spokesperson told Blaze News. "While we have no way of knowing if the Miami Herald was aware of this reporter’s past or‚ if they did and hired her anyway‚ we certainly hope that in light of recent reports‚ they will re-evaluate the motivations and biases clearly displayed in their reporting about the city of Miami and take the appropriate action‚" the spokesperson added.Blaze News reached out to Blaskey multiple times‚ but she did not return our messages.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Yet another race obsessive on faculty at Harvard University has been exposed for alleged plagiarism. While scholars might take satisfaction that grifters are being outed‚ this latest revelation concerning assistant sociology professor Christina Cross has left one leftist professor "actually shaking with rage." Quick background Harvard University has been rocked in recent months by plagiarism scandals. Claudine Gay resigned her post as Harvard's 30th president on Jan. 2 after nearly 50 complaints had been filed against her‚ implicating seven of her 17 published works‚ including her 1997 doctoral thesis. Despite disgracing the institution‚ Gay was able to remain on faculty. Later that month‚ affirmative action expert Sherri Ann Charleston‚ the university's chief diversity and inclusion officer‚ was slapped with a complaint identifying 40 examples of alleged plagiarism in two of her academic works‚ including her 2009 dissertation. A complaint submitted to the chair of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences' professional conduct committee in February accused Harvard Extension School administrator Shirley R. Greene of 42 instances of plagiarism — just in her 2008 University of Michigan dissertation. Critically plagiarized race studies The latest Harvard plagiarism scandal concerns Christina Cross‚ an assistant professor of sociology and a faculty affiliate of the Department of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. Cross — like Greene‚ a University of Michigan graduate — is apparently an up-and-comer in the field of critical race studies. In addition to having an impactful article attributed to her in the New York Times‚ which downplayed the importance of the two-parent family‚ Cross has enjoyed support from the National Science Foundation. Manhattan Institute fellow Christopher Rufo reported Tuesday that a new complaint has been filed with Harvard's office of research integrity‚ this time against Cross‚ claiming her work suffers multiple instances of plagiarism‚ including "verbatim plagiarism‚ mosaic plagiarism‚ uncited paraphrasing‚ and uncited quotations from other sources." Rufo indicated Cross did not respond to his request for comment. According to Rufo‚ Cross is accused of lifting "an entire paragraph nearly verbatim from a paper by Stacey Bosick and Paula Fomby — the latter of whom was her dissertation advisor — without citing the source or placing verbatim language in quotations" in her 2019 dissertation. The most serious allegation in the complaint is that Cross lifted an entire paragraph nearly verbatim from a paper by Stacey Bosick and Paula Fomby\u2014the latter of whom was her dissertation advisor\u2014without citing the source or placing verbatim language in quotations. — (@) In addition to apparently appropriating this entire paragraph without attribution‚ Cross allegedly plagiarized another full paragraph from Bosick and Fomby later in the paper‚ making only slight alterations. The complaint indicates that again‚ Cross failed to place the copied content in quotation marks or properly cite the actual authors. Elsewhere in the dissertation and another paper‚ Cross allegedly lifts work from a number of sources‚ with minor word substitutions‚ without placing the copied language in quotation marks or properly citing the authors. — (@) Rufo stressed that "Cross cannot plead unfamiliarity with the source: Fomby served on Cross's dissertation committee‚ making the offense even more egregious." Throughout the paper‚ the prospective CRT star ostensibly passed off others' ideas and language as her own. In one instance‚ she allegedly lifted a passage from a paper coauthored by another academic who served on her dissertation committee‚ again without using direct quotations. When allegedly adopting real scholars' language as her own‚ it appears Cross‚ who has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants‚ did not even bother to change their unique use of parenthetical notes or italics. Rufo noted that Cross' apparent trouble expressing herself without adopting the language of others is not limited to her dissertation. The complaint suggests that Cross also plagiarized in a 2018 paper published in the journal Population Studies. The Manhattan Institute fellow highlighted that Cross' alleged improprieties constitute plagiarism according to Harvard's own definition. The "Harvard Guide to Using Sources" states that "it is considered plagiarism to draw any idea or any language from someone else without adequately crediting that source in your paper." According the university's latest student handbook‚ "Students who‚ for whatever reason‚ submit work either not their own or without clear attribution to its sources will be subject to disciplinary action‚ up to and including requirement to withdraw from the College." The fact that Gay‚ Greene‚ and Charleston have not been ousted bodes well for Cross‚ as it appears faculty and staff are not held to the same standard as students. Literally shaking Heba Gowayed‚ an associate professor of sociology at CUNY Hunter College‚ was devastated to hear about her peer's possible bout of plagiarism — not that Cross had allegedly engaged in it but that she had been caught. Gowayed‚ a race-obsessive critic of Israel who has advocated for abolishing border policing and the U.S. citizenship exam‚ tweeted Thursday‚ "So today I sat down to work‚ to write a talk. I then got a text from a friend that a colleague is being attacked purely &; solely because she's Black by the same assholes who attacked Claudine Gay. And now it's an hour and a half later. These months have seen so much stolen time." While evidently more concerned about stolen time than stolen ideas‚ Gowayed exhausted more time persevering on Cross' forthcoming fall from grace. "I am actually shaking with rage‚" continued Gowayed. "I cannot stop obsessing over it. It's KKK level s**t. And I don't know what to do about it. I've never been more worried about what the near future has in store." @victorerikray I am actually shaking with rage. I cannot stop obsessing over it. It's KKK level shit. And I don't know what to do about it. I've never been more worried about what the near future has in store. — (@) Gowayed was not the only academic left trembling by Cross' outing as a likely plagiarist. Karen Benjamin Guzzo‚ professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill‚ wrote‚ "I'm just absolutely livid about this." @kbguzzo @hebagowayed @victorerikray @donmoyn The name's Karen‚ huh? — (@) Guzzo added‚ "What a nightmare for her to have to go through." Gowayed and Guzzo were both apparently fired up by Georgetown University professor Don Moynihan's Substack article alleging that exposés such as Rufo's "are examples of backlash‚ of a post George Floyd Politics" aimed at feeding "a culture of fear within research institutions." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!