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SECOND AMENDMENT

Biden’s goals
on gun control
have little hope
in Congress
Executive acts limited
for tightening rules
BY DAVID SHERFINSKI
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The White House on Thursday poured cold

water on the prospects of major gun control legisla-
tion passing Congress this year, leaving President
Biden’s narrow executive actions tightening firearms
regulations as the likely limit of his influence, de-
spite heavy pressure from his base.
Advocacy groups cast the president’s unilateral
moves as historic, though gun control advocates
were steeling themselves for disappointment after
their hopes for more
expansive restrictions
were dashed repeatedly
over the past decade.
Though Mr. Biden’s
executive actions were
limited — cracking
ASSOCIATED PRESS
down on homemade
high-tech weapons and CRAMMED IN: U.S. immigration authorities said they picked up nearly 19,000 children traveling alone across the Mexican border in March. It was the largest
firearms enhancements monthly number ever recorded. Overcrowded facilities pose a major test for President Biden as he reverses many of his predecessor’s hard-line immigration tactics.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— he called on Con-
MAKING A START: gress to take more ambi-
President Biden said, tious action, including IMMIGRATION
“We’ve got a long way to expanding background
go” on gun control. checks, banning assault-
style guns and high-ca-
pacity magazines and
repealing liability immunity for manufacturers. In
U.S. pays to reunite migrant families
a Rose Garden event, the president told supporters
that movement on gun control was “possible,” but Biden rushes to get juveniles out of federal shelters after record surge
he acknowledged the political realities.
“We’ve got a long way to go. It seems like we BY STEPHEN DINAN in March, the Department of Home- long-term challenge. 2020, and our past experiences have
always have a long way to go,” he said. THE WASHINGTON TIMES land Security revealed Thursday, Combined, the families and unac- helped us be better prepared for the
Minutes later, White House press secretary Jen doubling the number from February companied children accounted for challenges we face this year.”
Psaki said getting background check legislation Taxpayers are footing the bill for and shattering the previous record of about 72,500 of the 172,331 illegal bor- But analysts said the current trends
through Congress would be tough. illegal immigrant parents to collect about 11,500, set in May 2019. der encounters Customs and Border put CBP on track for 1.2 million en-
“I think the president is going to leave the their children from federal shelters, Although it wasn’t a record, the Protection recorded in March. counters with illegal border cross-
analysis of what’s viable and doable to all of you as the Biden administration tries to surge in families attempting to jump Troy Miller, CBP’s acting commis- ers, which would be far more than
and people on the outside,” Ms. Psaki told reporters speed up the process of getting a the border was also stunning. The sioner, suggested the situation was anything the country has seen since
at the White House. “And certainly, he’s not vote- record surge of juvenile migrants out more than 175% increase in just one under control. the Bush years.
counting himself. But he is also clear-eyed about of its custody. month suggested that the unaccom- “This is not new,” he said of the Though the fiscal year is only
Nearly 19,000 unaccompanied chil- panied children, while drawing the surging numbers. “Encounters have
» see GUNS | A6 dren were nabbed jumping the border most attention, are not the biggest continued to increase since April » see CHILDREN | A6

PUBLIC HEALTH FOREIGN POLICY

College students Biden team starts

face incentives, to fight China’s
mandates to get disinformation
full vaccine dose on COVID-19
BY TOM HOWELL JR. BY BILL GERTZ
THE WASHINGTON TIMES THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The roster of colleges saying they will require
students to be “fully vaccinated” before returning
to campus this fall is growing rapidly, posing a
high-profile test of COVID-19 mandates as some
governors block unequal treatment of those who
spurn the shots.
Rutgers University in New Jersey opened the
floodgates last month before Ivy League giants
Cornell University and Brown University and lower-
profile schools announced similar rules in recent
days. They say the requirement will allow them to
reopen classrooms, dorms and dining halls.
Other colleges decided to give students incen-
tives instead of forcing them to get immunized
from COVID-19.
Dickinson State University in North Dakota
says each student who presents a vaccination card
will receive a “Bustin’ Out” pin or bracelet to wear,
exempting them from the campus mask mandate.
Activity on college campuses was partially
blamed for the spread of the virus last spring, so
administrators are hoping to avoid a repeat while
bringing back social life for their students.
» see COLLEGE | A5
CLASS INSTRUCTION: Pierce College in Los Angeles and other schools across the country are trying to
make it easy for students, faculty and staff to be immunized for COVID-19 before the next academic year.
PERU
Peruvians hear invitation to come
to U.S. for coronavirus vaccination
BY STEPHEN DINAN
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The U.S. Embassy in Peru ap-
peared to be giving the nod to
foreign citizens to come to the
U.S. to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
The embassy posted a mes-
sage on Twitter late last month
letting people know they can
travel to the U.S. during the
pandemic for medical reasons
and indicating that some states
are allowing nonresidents to be
vaccinated.
“Visitors can visit the US
on a B-1/B-2 visa for a variety
of reasons, including medical
treatments,” the embassy said in
Spanish. “Eligibility to receive a
vaccine remains under the au-
thority of the health services of
each state.”
The March 25 message was
posted while there was intense
interest in Peru over the U.S.
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vaccination policy, and it set off
a feverish discussion on Twit-
ter about how citizens of other
countries can take advantage of
the situation.
“Who has information on
which states do not require res-
idency?” one person asked in
Spanish. Several others rushed
to provide answers, including
one who posted an article making
» see EMBASSY | A5
The Chinese government is engaged in a global
disinformation campaign regarding the origin of the
COVID-19 pandemic, and the State Department has
been quietly working to neutralize the campaign
around the world, according to the department’s
Global Engagement Center.
The confirmation of the campaign by the center
marks the first time the Biden administration has
publicly accused China of spreading disinformation
about the coronavirus origin and disclosed efforts
to neutralize Beijing’s narrative.
“The department has been pushing back against
Beijing’s disinformation and other manipulative
tactics in the information space since the start of
the pandemic,” the center said in a statement to
The Washington Times. “While the U.S. govern-
ment takes a holistic approach to identifying and
countering COVID-19 disinformation regardless
of the source, we remain concerned by baseless
conspiracy theories about the origins of the virus
amplified by officials from the People’s Republic
of China.”
A Chinese Embassy spokesman did not respond
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Reps. Jim Banks of Indiana and Tony Gonzales of Texas. The group
MEDIA FIXATES ON BIDEN REPUBLICANS, REAGAN DEMOCRATS

Well, it’s always something, and it’s all in the timing. At the mo-
ment, the news media and progressive commentators say “Biden
Republicans” are now emerging, driven by distaste for former Presi-
dent Donald Trump and shock over the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6.
This is not a new phenomenon. The notion of “Biden Repub-
licans” was broached in early March by Politico, which caught up
with veteran political strategist and demographic guru Stanley
Greenberg.
“The pollster who identified ‘Reagan Democrats’ in the 1980s
sees the emergence of a mirror image voting bloc. And it spells
trouble for a GOP dominated by Donald Trump,” Politico said at the
time.
And voila: The Biden Republicans were born. The premise has
staying power, though. The hashtag #BidenRepublicans trended
several times on social media this week.
“The GOP can’t be saved. Center-right voters need to become
Biden Republicans,” counseled columnist Max Boot in a Washing-
ton Post op-ed on Thursday.
MSNBC, meanwhile, produced an entire special report on Biden
Republicans, predicting they would surely cause a “GOP panic.”
Indeed, Democrats are now using the “Reagan Playbook” noted
MSNBC analyst Ari Melber.
“Could Biden be to the Republican Party what Reagan was to the
Democratic Party — a leader who found a way to build a following
with some of the other party’s voters, regardless of the D.C. politi-
cians?” Mr. Melber asked, noting that 8% of Republicans voted for
Mr. Biden in 2020.
Yes, well. It is important to remember that a group called “Demo-
crats for Trump” was among the 38 interest coalitions who signed
on to support Mr. Trump’s reelection bid in 2020.
Here is how they described themselves at the time: “Coastal
elitists and left-wing radicals have taken over the Democrat Party
and are dictating everything from a sham impeachment process
to the outright embrace of socialism. While lifelong Democrats no
longer recognize the Democratic Party and feel forgotten by their
party, President Trump has been keeping his promises to fight for
ALL Americans,” the group advised in a public proclamation.
WHERE OH WHERE IS VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS?
Vice President Kamala Harris is in charge of immigration issues.
But inquiring minds want to know: Shouldn’t Ms. Harris visit the
southern border on a fact-finding mission — or something?
“Where is Vice President Harris?” asks Republican National
Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel.
“She traveled to California — a border state — Easter weekend
with no plans whatsoever to make an appearance at the border.
Instead, she spent time in Los Angeles and Oakland, without
BELTWAY
INSIDE THE
BY JENNIFER HARPER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The hashtag #BidenRepublicans trended several times on social
media this week. The premise seems to have some staying power.
scheduling public events. This comes after border state governors
have openly pleaded with her to show up in person and help solve
the problem,” Mrs. McDaniel wrote in a new op-ed for Fox News.
“Harris hasn’t even taken the time to hold a press conference
since allegedly taking charge of the border situation. Taking a Cali-
fornia vacation on the taxpayer’s dime when there’s a humanitarian
crisis raging mere miles to the south is cynical, weak and funda-
mentally uncaring,” she continued.
“Harris’ failure to do even the bare minimum — just showing up
— is an insult to the people working overtime at the border to care
for the thousands of unaccompanied children that are here due to
her administration’s policies,” Mrs. McDaniel advised.
“It would have been incredibly easy for Harris to add a stop on
her trip to show her support and to console, comfort and lead on
the ground. She has her own plane. The flight time from LA to San
Diego is about 30 minutes,” she noted.
REPUBLICANS TO THE RESCUE
The southwestern border is a mighty busy place for some. Eight
GOP lawmakers journeyed to Eagle Pass, Texas, this week, led by
met with U.S. Border Patrol officers and local law enforcement, they
visited a detention facility and much more.
“The scenes on the southern border are a national embarrass-
ment. It is our duty to confront the Biden administration for creat-
ing this crisis and hold them accountable for all the many people
they’re hurting through open borders policies,” Mr. Banks said,
noting the Republican Study Committee has some solutions for
“Biden’s Border Crisis.”
But wait, there’s more. Minority Whip Steve Scalise also led a
delegation of 10 U.S. House members to the southern border near
Mission, Texas. Their visit included a ride-along tour with Border
Patrol agents and a tour of the unfinished border wall.
The group intended to see firsthand “the devastating national
security, humanitarian, and health crisis that President Biden has
created with his disastrous immigration policies,” a statement
noted.
BESTSELLING BREAM
A round of applause, please for Fox News anchor Shannon
Bream, who has brought biblical content to national attention. Ms.
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New York Times bestseller list on Thursday and No. 3 on Amazon
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POLL DU JOUR
⦁ 72% of U.S. voters think the tax system in the U.S. is “too
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Democrats agree; 69% of women and 76% of men also agree.
⦁ 13% of U.S. voters overall think the tax system is not too com-
plex; 12% of Republicans, 11% of independents and 15% of Demo-
crats agree; 12% of women and 14% of men also agree.
⦁ 15% overall have no opinion or do not know the answer; 12% of
Republicans, 17% of independents and 15% of Democrats agree; 20%
of women and 9% of men also agree.
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GUN RIGHTS

POLITICS
INSIDE
2022 ELECTIONS — NEW YORK
Zeldin announces run for governor
Rep. Lee Zeldin, New York Republican, an-
nounced Thursday that he will run for governor
against Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, point-
ing to scandals, rising taxes and crime that he
said are causing residents to take flight.
“Everyone’s frustrated. You want to do some-
thing about it while people flee. Let’s stay here.
Let’s fight. Let’s return New York to its glory,” said
Mr. Zeldin on “Fox & Friends.” “We absolutely
have to. People are fleeing.”
He also cited the scandals that have dogged
Mr. Cuomo, starting with his order last year to
return coronavirus-positive patients to nursing
homes and allegations of sexual harassment by
numerous women.
“Listen, on so many different levels, everyone
is coming to the conclusion — whether you’re
Republican, Democrat, anywhere in between —
that this guy has been there too long. It’s time to
go,” Mr. Zeldin said.
The election will be held in November 2022.
An Iraq War veteran, Mr. Zeldin, 41, was
elected to Congress in 2014 after serving in
the state Senate, one of a dwindling number of
Republicans in a state increasingly dominated
by Democrats. The GOP lost control of the state
Senate in the 2018 election.
— Valerie Richardson
SECOND AMENDMENT
Abbott wants Texas as sanctuary state
Gov. Greg Abbott has a warning for President
Biden: Don’t mess with Texas when it comes to
gun rights.
The Texas Republican blasted Mr. Biden on
Thursday for a “liberal power grab to take away
our guns” after a White House speech on the
issue.
Mr. Biden told Americans in his speech that
he planned to end an “epidemic” of violent crime
linked to firearms while stressing “no amend-
ment to the Constitution is absolute.”
The president told the nation that his first
steps to curb violence are to sign executive or-
ders on ghost guns.
“Biden is threatening our 2nd Amendment
rights,” Mr. Abbott countered on Twitter. “He just
announced a new liberal power grab to take away
our guns. We will NOT allow this in TX.”
“It’s time to get legislation making TX a 2nd
Amendment Sanctuary State passed and to my
desk for signing,” the governor tweeted.
— Douglas Ernst
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sen. Joe Manchin III, West Virginia Democrat, said he will not support getting rid of the filibuster. He
said it “is a critical tool to protecting that input and our democratic form of government.”
SENATE
Manchin to remain stout in defense of filibuster, calls for bipartisanship
Sen. Joe Manchin III is making it crystal bipartisanship where we find common ground
clear that he will not support scrapping the on the major policy debates facing our nation.”
legislative filibuster — putting him at odds with The legislative filibuster requires 60-votes
progressives and throwing a big hurdle in front for legislation to survive the Senate. Without it
of President Biden’s legislative wish-list. in place, bills could pass with the support of a
The West Virginia Democrat said the fili- simple majority of senators. That would have
buster “is a critical tool to protecting that input made it easier for Democrats to pass legisla-
and our democratic form of government.” tion in the 50-50 Senate, where Vice President
“That is why I have said it before and will Kamala Harris holds the tie-breaking vote.
say it again to remove any shred of doubt: But Mr. Manchin’s op-ed appears to be the
There is no circumstance in which I will vote final nail in the coffin of the public push to
to eliminate or weaken the filibuster,” he said in scrap it. Democratic opponents of the rule say
a Washington Post op-ed. it has been abused, preventing the passage of
Mr. Manchin said it is time to “end these bills that are popular with the American public.
political games, and to usher a new era of — Seth McLaughlin
FEDERAL COURTS SOCIAL MEDIA
Paxton sued for blocking Twitter users Twitter won’t host Trump-posts archive
Nine individuals and a free-speech advocacy Twitter plans to further enforce its ban on
group sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton former President Donald Trump by preventing
on Thursday, accusing him of violated their First the U.S. government from using its platform to
Amendment rights by blocking them on Twitter. host an archive of posts made from his defunct
“He has blocked many people from the ac- personal account.
count because they criticized him or his policies. A spokesperson for Twitter confirmed Thurs-
This practice is unconstitutional,” read the 34- day that the social media company has been
page complaint. working with the National Archives and Records
The plaintiffs were blocked after telling Mr. Administration, or NARA, to preserve tweets
Paxton should resign or go to jail and calling him originally posted by @realDonaldTrump.
names such as “ghoul.” All are Texas residents. But, the spokesperson said, “given that we
“Multiple courts have recognized that gov- permanently suspended @realDonaldTrump,
ernment officials who use their social media the content from the account will not appear
accounts for official purposes violate the First on Twitter as it did previously or as archived
Amendment if they block people,” said Katie administration accounts do currently, regardless
Fallow, an attorney with the Knight First Amend- of how NARA decides to display the data it has
ment Institute, which is a plaintiff in the case. preserved.”
— Alex Swoyer — Andrew Blake
NRA boss says he
didn’t tell leaders
before bankruptcy
BY JAKE BLEIBERG
ASSOCIATED PRESS
DALLAS | Wayne LaPierre, the embattled leader of
the National Rifle Association, said Wednesday that
he put the powerful gun-rights group into bankruptcy
without first informing most of its board members
and top officials.
Mr. LaPierre took the witness stand in the NRA’s
high-stakes bankruptcy trial over whether it should
be allowed to incorporate in Texas instead of New
York, where a state lawsuit is trying to put the group
out of business.
Mr. LaPierre testified that he consulted with the
NRA board’s three-member special litigation commit-
tee before filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January.
But the notoriously secretive executive acknowledged
he did not inform most of the 76-member board and
the NRA’s other top leaders.
Mr. LaPierre did not explain the secretiveness, and
a lawyer for the state of New York did not ask about
it during his initial questions. However, the lawyer
did prompt Mr. LaPierre to explain the bankruptcy.
“We filed this bankruptcy to look for a fair legal
playing field where NRA could prosper and grow
in a fair legal environment,” Mr. LaPierre said, “as
opposed to what we believed had become a toxic, po-
liticized, weaponized government in New York state.”
The testimony came on the third day of the trial,
which is being held virtually before a federal court
in Dallas.
The NRA’s lawyers have framed the bankruptcy as
a legitimate effort to move to a more friendly political
environment and avoid a legal death blow. New York’s
attorneys have argued it’s an effort by Mr. LaPierre
and other executives to duck accountability for using
the nation’s most politically influential gun-rights
group as a piggy bank.
As the hearing on New York’s request that the case
be thrown out resumed Wednesday morning, Judge
Harlin Hale called it “the most important motion I’ve
ever heard as a judge.”
The NRA declared bankruptcy five months after
New York Attorney General Letitia James sued seeking
the group’s dissolution. The Democratic official alleged
top NRA executives illegally diverted tens of millions
of dollars for lavish personal trips, no-show contracts
for associates and other questionable expenditures.
The bankruptcy process freezes pending litigation.
Among the allegations is that Mr. LaPierre sailed
in the Bahamas on the yacht of Hollywood producer
David McKenzie, whose company has done business
with the NRA. But Mr. LaPierre did not pay for the
trips nor mention them on financial disclosures as
required by NRA policy, according to the suit.

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suggests that the first reform
he may pursue is the elimina-
tion of legislative institutions
(known as People’s councils)
at the district level,” claims
Pau Schuler, Assistant Pro-
fessor at the School of Gov-
ernment and Public Policy,
University of Arizona.
The goal of the reform, pro-
posed by the Central Com-
mittee in 2008, is to increase
efficiency in policymaking
and reduce the costs of bu-
reaucracy. A piece of Chinh’s
slated possible reforms may
be an effort to merge party
and state positions at the local
level. The goal of this policy is
to ensure that party secretar-
ies at the commune level are
concurrently People’s Com-
mittee chairs. Though this
policy has been implemented
to varying degrees across Vietnam, the 13th Party
Congress draft Political Report proposes its expan-
sion across the country.
While the new positions are to be again confirmed
at the first session of the New National Assembly in
July, the government is expected to place Vietnam
into a new era that includes the adoption of new
technologies in knowledge-based industries, includ-
ing a 5G network, which enables the nation to har-
ness cutting-edge technology.
Geo-political Relationships with China
and U.S.
The time has come for Vietnam to pay attention to its
complex and troubled relationship with its neighbor,
China, especially with respect to the contested East
Sea (South China Sea) sovereignty claims. Hanoi’s
leaders, past and present, continue to engage in a
delicate balancing act with Beijing by keeping diplo-
matic channels open but also when needed, asserting
and advocating for its own sovereignty and rights.
Clashes between vessels from Vietnam and China
killed people aboard in 1974 and 1988. In the 1970s
China took control of the sea’s Paracel Islands, which
Vietnam also claims. The incidents have mounted,
notably with China’s ramming in 2014 of Vietnamese
boats over the placement of an offshore oil-rig.
While Vietnam continues to experience Chinese
coercion in the maritime domain, it has led Hanoi
leadership to engage in more outreach to Washington
and elsewhere in quest of a law-based and peace-
ful settlement of the disputes. In a visit in July 2015,
when the General Secretary, Nguyen Phu Trong trav-
eled to Washington to meet with President Obama,
improvement and expansion of U.S-Vietnam rela-
tions were further accelerated. The significance of the
visit was a clear marker of improved relations given
that June 2015 was the 20th anniversary of the es-
tablishment of diplomatic relations between the two
former enemies.
President Obama visited Vietnam in May 2016, and
in 2017, Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc
made his first trip to Washington to meet with Presi-
dent Donald Trump. While there are signs that the
new Biden administration may deepen Washington’s
comprehensive partnership with Hanoi, it’s still early
in the new White House administration. Yet, it appears
that Hanoi will be more than satisfied if the Biden
team does continue to strengthen U.S. international al-
liances and partnerships since that includes Vietnam.
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Politics
“Even though he has not yet announced that he is running, and I certainly
hope he does, I am giving my Complete and Total Endorsement to Senator Ron
Johnson of Wisconsin … He will protect our Second Amendment, and everything
else we stand for. He has no idea how popular he is. Run, Ron, Run!”
— former President Donald Trump in a statement

CONGRESS

Democrats ‘likely’
to add drug pricing
plan to legislation
Medicare would be required to
negotiate prices under proposal
BY KERY MURAKAMI
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

House Democrats are “likely”

to include a controversial provi-
sion in the upcoming infrastruc-
ture bill that would require Medi-
care to negotiate down the prices
it pays drug companies, a senior
Democratic aide told The Wash-
ington Times.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
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has raised the idea previously but
had only described it as “under “If we were able to do that, we
consideration.” The aide’s com- could save almost half a trillion
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ments are the strongest indication dollars, like $450 billion?” said
Georgia’s new election law has drawn a lot of criticism from Democrats. It even led to the MLB moving the All-Star Game from Atlanta. yet that Democrats could add the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
proposal, bitterly opposed by the
ELECTIONS drug industry, to what’s already
shaping up to be a heated debate would actually cost $2.7 trillion
over the infrastructure bill. over a decade. Letting Medicare

New Georgia election law allows To proponents, the benefits are

clear. They say the measure would
lower the prices that Medicare
negotiate drug prices could be
used to offset some of the ad-
ditional costs that would come

various IDs for casting ballot
Other forms of identification able to be used for mail-in voting
BY ROWAN SCARBOROUGH
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Georgia voters who lack state-issued
photo ID cards can still obtain mail-in
ballots and vote by providing one of a
host of other identification documents,
according to a Washington Times analysis
of the state’s new election law.
Democrats have lambasted the Re-
publican-backed regulations and the
photo ID requirement as racist. President
Biden called it “Jim Crow on steroids” as
he incorrectly characterized the bill as
shortening voting days and hours when
it actually does the opposite.
Major League Baseball, quoting Mr.
Biden’s criticism, decided to protest by
moving the All-Star Game from Atlanta
to Denver.
A close look at the law, Senate Bill
202, shows that a person lacking either
a driver’s license or a state-issued photo
ID can turn to other forms of identifica-
tion — some with photos, some without
— and affix facsimiles to the mail-in ballot
application.
In that sense, the new Georgia elec-
tion law is similar to those in a number
of states. New York, for example, lists
photo ID as a requirement, but also lists
other documents that will allow a person
to vote.
The big change made by Georgia
Gov. Brian Kemp, Secretary of State Brad
Raffensperger and the Republican-led
legislature was to end the practice of
verifying mail-in ballots by matching
signatures on the envelopes with those
on file.
The secretary of state’s office said
there was no discernible fraud in the
2020 election. But the somewhat sub-
jective chore of registrars comparing
handwriting samples and coming to a
conclusion was time-consuming.
“It has been a problem for counties
and both political parties because it
is subjective,” a state election official
told The Washington Times. “A simpler,
quicker and more definitive approach is
a number. Either it is correct or it isn’t.
We’re not the first state to do this.”
The new procedure: Compare ID
numbers — those on the application with
those on file with the state. The assump-
tion is that the vast majority of adults have
either a driver’s license or state-issued
photo ID since they are necessary to
conduct the routines of life.
The move, however, enraged the po-
litical left, which invoked Jim Crow, the
now-extinct laws in the South that kept
Black people disenfranchised.
SB 202’s key section states: “Any per-
son applying for an absentee-by-mail
ballot shall make application in writing on
the form made available by the secretary
of state. In order to confirm the identity
of the voter, such form shall require the
elector to provide his or her name, date
of birth, address as registered, address
where the elector wishes the ballot to
be mailed, and the number of his or her
Georgia driver’s license or identification
card … If such elector does not have a
Georgia driver’s license or identification
card … the elector shall affirm this fact in
the manner prescribed in the application
and the elector shall provide a copy of a
form of identification listed [in a related
election law] … The form made available
by the Secretary of State shall include a
space to affix a photocopy or electronic
image of such identification.”
The bottom line: Georgia voters with-
out state photo ID can still vote.
The related election law activated
under SB 202 lists non-photo alternative
forms of identification: a current utility
bill, a bank statement, paycheck or “other
government document that shows the
name and address of such elector.”
Two election officials affirmed to The
Times that voters who attach those non-
photo documents will receive a mail-in
ballot from the state.
“They would get a live ballot,” one of-
ficial told The Times. “Those documents
should satisfy the local absentee-ballot
clerk in his or her duties to verify the
identity of the voter.”
There are four other acceptable photo
IDs in addition to a driver’s license or a
state-issued ID: a government employee
ID, a passport, a military ID or a tribal ID.
If an applicant has none of these, the
voter may still submit a provisional ballot.
In addition, Georgia has been a “no-
excuse” mail-in ballot state since 2005. A
voter simply needs to request the ballot
without providing a reason. New York
state, for example, requires that a voter
provide an “excuse” to obtain the ballot.
Mr. Raffensperger issued a statement
defending the law: “There’s no rational
argument against requiring state ID —
provided for free to those who don’t have
a driver’s license — for absentee ballots.
I implemented our first version of that
last year; every absentee ballot request
that came in through the state website
was cross-referenced with the driver’s
license database and other records. This
also requires counties to offer more
weekend voting and puts drop boxes into
law for the first time. The State Board of
Elections adopted them as an emergency
measure last year in response to the
pandemic and would have gone away
without direct action by the General
Assembly.”
pays for dozens of drugs, creating
$456 billion in savings, according
to the Congressional Budget Of-
fice. The negotiated prices would
also apply to private insurance.
Congressional Democrats
could use the money on other
aspects of the infrastructure plan,
including one of Mrs. Pelosi’s top
priorities, to expand the number of
community health centers.
“If we were able to do that,
we could save almost a half a
trillion dollars, like $450 billion?”
Mrs. Pelosi said at a recent press
conference.
But the $456 billion would
come out of the pockets of drug
companies, who do not want to
be used as a piggy bank to fund
Democratic priorities. The in-
dustry is warning that Americans
would ultimately suffer because
drug companies would have less
money to spend on developing
new treatments.
“Threatening hundreds of
thousands of jobs, jeopardizing
access to medicines and upending
an innovative biopharmaceutical
industry to pay for unrelated gov-
ernment programs is the wrong
approach,” said Brian Newell,
spokesman for Pharmaceutical
Research and Manufacturers of
America, or PhRMA.
Mr. Newell called the idea “an
irresponsible scheme.”
The idea is expected to be an-
other reason for Republicans to
vote against the infrastructure
plan. Top Republicans including
House Minority Leader Kevin Mc-
Carthy of California did not return
requests for comment. It’s also
uncertain whether the idea could
pass the evenly divided Senate.
A Penn Wharton Budget Model
estimated Wednesday that the first
phase of Mr. Biden’s proposal,
which would focus on physical
infrastructures like roads, bridges
and electric-car charging stations,
with a second-phase bill that Mr.
Biden will soon propose, focusing
on “human infrastructure.”
The proposal would funda-
mentally change how the price
for drugs covered by Medicare
is determined for 44 million ben-
eficiaries. Congress, in creating
Medicare Part D — which covers
part of the cost of seniors’ pre-
scriptions — did not allow the
government to negotiate prices
with drug companies.
Under the Democratic pro-
posal, Medicare would be required
to negotiate the price of at least 25
brand-name drugs that have no
generic competitors. And it would
give the government all the lever-
age in the negotiations.
Drug companies could accept
the lowest price for the drugs in
Australia, Britain, Canada, France,
Germany and Japan. Or it could
negotiate with Medicare, but the
average price of the drugs in those
six countries would be the most
the government would be allowed
to agree to. And the government
could insist on paying even less.
If the drug companies do not
agree to a price, the government
would tax the revenue for the
drug in question, beginning at
65% and rising each quarter until
it hits 95%.
“Manufacturers effectively
have to accept the price dictated
by the [Health and Human Ser-
vices] Secretary,” said a report
by the Commonwealth Fund, a
left-leaning health care policy
foundation.
The 2019 CBO report said
there would be some impact on
the development of new cures. It
estimated that eight fewer drugs
would be introduced in the U.S.
over the next decade, about —
about 3% fewer than the 300 drugs
approved by the Food and Drug
Administration, on average, every
decade.

TECHNOLOGY

Web companies courting conservatives while cracking down on content

BY RYAN LOVELACE
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Several of the largest internet
companies are courting conser-
vative allies, even as they crack
down on content from the right
after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S.
Capitol.
Some have recruited employ-
ees from conservative groups
while others are donating to
Republican candidates.
After the Capitol riot by
supporters of President Trump,
Google paused political dona-
tions, removed the social media
platform Parler — which was
popular with conservatives —
from its app store, and Google-
owned YouTube booted Mr.
Trump off its service.  giving to others.  viously invested in conservative
Google resumed its political
donations before the end of Jan-
uary and has since contributed
$15,000 to Republicans. Federal
Election Commission filings
show Google’s NetPAC gave
the maximum contribution to
leadership PACs for Republican
Sens. Rob Portman of Ohio and
Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania,
both of whom have announced
they will not run for re-election
next year. It also gave $5,000 to
Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska,
who is facing a primary chal-
lenge in 2022 if she runs for
re-election.
Google spokesman Jose
Castaneda said the company
stopped giving to lawmakers
who voted against certifying the
2020 election but has continued
YouTube, meanwhile, intends
to provide a path back to the web
for Mr. Trump and is looking to
make new inroads on the right.
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki
said last month at an Atlantic
Council event that the site would
lift its suspension of Mr. Trump
when it determined the risk of
violence had decreased.  said YouTubve spokeswoman
YouTube also is hiring a new
strategic partner manager for
conservative civics partnerships
in Washington. The job involves
driving “political entities on the
conservative side of the aisle” to
use the site and “working with
principals and their staff ” to
build a presence on YouTube,
according to a listing for the
position.  tor of technology and innova-
The company says it has pre-
outreach and is continuing those
efforts this year.  platforms have sought out lib-
“Like most companies, we
have experts for many of our
content categories and are con-
tinuing to grow the partnerships
team that works specifically
with a variety of civics creators,
across the political spectrum,”
Ivy Choi in an email.
Other tech companies that
have cracked down on Mr.
Trump or his supporters have
added right-leaning staffers.
Apple, which removed Parler’s
app alongside Google, recently
hired a key Koch Network
staffer: Jesse Blumenthal, former
Charles Koch Institute direc-
tion and Stand Together vice
president.
Other Trump-averse tech
ertarian-leaning or free-market-
oriented conservatives, too. For
example, Reddit recently added
Billy Easley, former senior policy
analyst at Americans for Pros-
perity, the Koch Network’s main
political arm.  but are increasingly aligning
While Google and Apple’s
outreach to the right has been
more overt, Facebook’s critics
have accused the social media
giant of taking a more inconspic-
uous approach. The liberal out-
let Popular Information accused
Facebook of routing $50,000 to
the Republican State Leader-
ship Committee after suspend-
ing political donations, which
Facebook has disputed.  donation from Google and said it
Facebook, which previously
paused all PAC spending through
at least the first quarter of 2021,
told The Washington Times it
has not lifted that suspension. 
While large technology com-
panies have different strategies
to court conservatives, their ac-
tions make clear they have not
written off Republicans entirely
themselves with those who have
distanced themselves from Mr.
Trump. 
Some of tech’s conservative
outreach in Washington has been
limited by the chilly reception
it has received amid the com-
panies’ crackdown on content
coming from the right. For ex-
ample, the Heritage Foundation
in October rejected a $225,000
would return an $150,000 contri-
bution from Facebook, in letters
obtained by Axios.
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An attorney for Joel Greenberg, a friend and supporter of Rep, Matt Gaetz, has indicated Mr. Greenberg will cooperate with
investigators who are looking into trafficking allegations against the Florida Republican. Mr. Gaetz has denied the accusations.
INVESTIGATION
Gaetz associate facing sex-trafficking
charges agrees to cooperate with feds
BY JEFF MORDOCK
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Rep. Matt Gaetz’s legal woes deepened
Thursday after an attorney for a political
backer of the congressman indicated his
client will cooperate with investigators
probing sex-trafficking allegations against
the Florida Republican.
Testimony from Joel Greenberg, a
friend and supporter of Mr. Gaetz, could
offer key details to Justice Department
investigators looking into whether Mr.
Gaetz broke trafficking laws or had sex
with a 17-year-old girl.
“I’m sure Matt Gaetz is not feeling
very comfortable today,” Mr. Greenberg’s
defense attorney Fritz Scheller, told re-
porters after a hearing in the case.
Mr. Gaetz has vehemently denied the
accusations and he has not been charged
with a crime. He says he is the victim of
an extortion scheme.
Mr. Greenberg, the former Seminole
County, Florida, tax collector, faces 33
criminal charges arising from a sex-traf-
ficking investigation, including trafficking
of a child, stalking, aggravated identity
theft, and defrauding the pandemic-
related Paycheck Protection Program.
COLLEGE
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Anticipating some pushback, the in-
stitutions are offering religious exemp-
tions. But COVID-19 plans outlined on
paper could run into challenges in the
real world, notably state-issued bans
on “vaccine passports” at institutions
receiving public funds.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republi-
can, signed an order April 2 prohibiting
government entities and businesses from
requiring vaccine verification docu-
ments. That forced Nova Southeastern
University to reexamine the require-
ments it announced one day earlier. The
private, not-for-profit institution wants
students at any of its Florida campuses
to be fully vaccinated as of Aug. 1.
“Since our April 1st announcement
concerning vaccinations there has been
an executive order issued by the gover-
nor on the subject and we are currently
reviewing all sections of that order,”
university President and CEO George L.
Hanbury II said Thursday. “Additionally,
the president’s office has been hearing
from the NSU community in the past
few days — some expressing support
and others sharing your questions and
concerns. All of this is being considered
thoughtfully, and we will have more
details for you by next week.”
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republi-
can, issued an order forbidding vaccine
passports at entities that receive “public
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clear that Texas doesn’t require state
residency or U.S. citizenship.
Others asked the embassy when they
could schedule an appointment for a
visa.
“USA No. 1. Thank you Mr. Biden!”
one wrote.
At least one Twitter commenter sus-
pected that the embassy’s account had
been hacked, but that was not the case.
The State Department confirmed that
the embassy’s account was correct and
seeking medical treatment in the U.S.
“is a permissible purpose of travel for
individuals holding a valid visa.”
An official said they were not, how-
ever, extending an invitation.
“We are focused, first and foremost,
Both Mr. Scheller and federal prosecu-
tor Roger Handberg said a plea deal could
be reached soon.
“I expect this case to be resolved with
a plea,” Mr. Scheller told a federal judge
in court in Florida on Thursday, adding it
was not realistic for a plea to be resolved
this month.
If a deal is reached, the government
would likely drop at least some of the
charges against Mr. Greenberg in exchange
for his testimony against other defendants.
Mr. Gaetz was not mentioned during
the hearing and has not been charged in
the investigation, but the efforts to secure
a plea deal suggest Mr. Greenberg will co-
operate with investigators. Speaking with
reporters after the event, Mr. Scheller
remained vague about whether his client
has already offered up information about
the congressman to lawmakers.
“He’s uniquely positioned,” the de-
fense lawyer.
Earlier this week, Politico reported
that Mr. Gaetz introduced Mr. Greenberg
to women he found through a website for
women seeking “sugar daddy” relation-
ships with wealthy men.
Mr. Gaetz denied the claim, telling
Politico that he has never paid for sex.
Some colleges and universities have set deadlines for full COVID-19 immunization,
which is considered to be 14 days after injection of the final dose of any of the
vaccines. Campus activity last spring is blamed for spreading the coronavirus.
funds through any means,” including
many universities and colleges.
The order might be moot for the
University of Texas, which said it does
not plan to require proof of vaccination.
Mr. Abbott asked the state Legislature
to “address this important privacy issue”
on providing safe and effective vac-
cines to the American people. To be
clear: We are not encouraging foreign
nationals to travel to the United States
to attempt to secure a vaccination,” the
official said.
The official said the tweet was posted
because the embassy in Lima was getting
“numerous questions from prospective
visa applicants” about whether they
could apply for a medical visa.
“The response was an effort to trans-
parently clarify the regulations govern-
ing specific types of travel under a visitor
visa,” the official said.
The embassy posted its tweet after
Hernando de Soto, an economist run-
ning in Peru’s presidential election this
weekend, acknowledged that he traveled
to the U.S. and got a vaccine.
Peruvians have debated whether he
was breaking laws to make the trip
ORLANDO SENTINEL VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS
Also on Thursday, a group of female
staffers issued a statement in support of
the embattled congressman. Saying they
were “morally obligated” to speak out,
the women fiercely defended Mr. Gaetz.
“Congressman Gaetz has always
been a principled and morally grounded
leader,” the statement said. “At no time
has any one of us experienced or wit-
nessed anything less than the utmost
professionalism and respect. No hint of
impropriety. No ounce of truthfulness.
“On every occasion, he has treated
each and every one of us with respect.
Thus we uniformly reject these allega-
tions as false,” the statement continued.
One day earlier, CBS News reported
that investigators also are looking into a
Bahamas trip Mr. Gaetz allegedly took in
late 2018 or early 2019 with Jason Piroz-
zolo, a marijuana entrepreneur and hand
surgeon, who paid for travel expenses,
accommodations and female escorts.
A spokesman for the congressman
slammed those reports.
“What began with blaring headlines
about ‘sex trafficking’ has now turned into
a general fishing exercise about vacations
and consensual relationships with adults,”
the spokesman told CBS News.
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in its current session.
“I am not sure if the governor has
the power to act unilaterally here. That
would be the basis to halt it,” said Josh
Blackman, a professor at South Texas
College of Law. “States have elaborate
statutes that discuss vaccinations for
and how he obtained a vaccine. Some
speculated that he bought it on the black
market.
The tweet, while seemingly putting
those claims to rest, did confirm the
legality of what has become known as
“vaccine tourism,” with wealthier people,
unable to get a vaccine where they live,
traveling to jurisdictions that can give
them the shots.
Rep. Michael T. McCaul of Texas,
the top Republican on the House For-
eign Affairs Committee, called the
embassy’s tweet “odd, and potentially
troubling.”
“I have reached out to the State De-
partment and asked them to clarify that
there is no new policy of encouraging
foreign nationals to come to the United
States to receive a vaccine,” he said.
“The U.S. has given more than $15
billion to help fight this virus around the
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CONGRESS
GOP seeks records on
EPA’s ‘politicized’ firing
of Trump appointees
BY HARIS ALIC
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Top Republicans on the House Over-
sight and Reform Committee are de-
manding the Environmental Protection
Agency turn over any documents relating
to the abrupt firing of 40 outside science
advisers appointed by former President
Donald Trump.
Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, the
committee’s ranking Republican, told
The Washington Times the dismissals
warranted further scrutiny as they ap-
peared to be politically motivated.
“President Biden’s political purge of
40 appointed science board members is
jeopardizing the credibility of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency and shows
this administration is fast-tracking their
radical far-left agenda,” Mr. Comer said
Thursday.
Mr. Comer and a Republican col-
league on the oversight committee, Rep.
Ralph Norman of South Carolina, have
sent a letter to the EPA requesting any and
all “documents and communications”
related to the matter.
The action comes after EPA Admin-
istrator Michael Regan surprised many
earlier this month by announcing the
removal of 40 outside science consultants
from two of his agency’s high-profile
advisory panels.
Mr. Regan’s dismissals targeted
Trump-era appointees to the Science
Advisory Board and the Clean Air Sci-
entific Advisory Committee. Both panels
have significant sway in promulgating
environmental regulations by deciding
which information and data the EPA uses
for such decisions.
The Clean Air Scientific Advisory
Committee, in particular, plays a large
role in determining regulations on air
quality and pollution.
Mr. Regan has defended his actions,
arguing that the Trump administration
stacked the panels with energy executives
and other individuals friendly to the fossil
fuel industry.
When announcing the firings, the
EPA administrator claimed it presented
a return to a “time-tested, fair, and trans-
parent process.”
Trade industry groups, including the
K-12 and universities.”
Experts say it isn’t surprising that
colleges are looking to seal off their
campuses from COVID-19 after a tu-
multuous year of virtual learning and
hybrid models.
“It’s something that’s completely pre-
dictable. Do I think it will run afoul of
political objections? Yes. Do I think
those objections will hold up? Not a
chance,” said Arthur Caplan, director
of the division of medical ethics at the
New York University Grossman School
of Medicine.
He said the courts likely will point
to colleges’ long history of requiring
proof of vaccination for sicknesses such
as meningitis and some state leaders
will decide it isn’t worth meddling in
campus affairs.
“It’s a little bit like deferring to mayors
when you’re dealing with colleges,” Mr.
Caplan said. “They’re little cities, and
they set their policies.”
A New York Times survey has re-
corded more than 500,000 COVID-19
cases and over 100 deaths tied to col-
leges and universities, mostly of campus
employees.
Colleges are establishing vaccine
rules as the U.S. rollout enters a criti-
cal phase. Governors are opening ap-
pointments to younger adults and must
make the shots available to all adults by
April 19.
“I have every reason to believe that
students will be able to access one of
the three approved COVID-19 vaccines
world and is participating in COVAX.
The vaccines in the U.S. that have been
paid for by the federal government
should be prioritized for Americans
first,” Mr. McCaul told The Times.
There is no public count available of
how many U.S.-administered vaccines
may have gone to foreign visitors, and
such a calculation may be impossible,
given how some communities are dol-
ing out doses.
Mexican television host Juan Jose
Origel posted a photo of himself getting
a shot at a drive-thru in Miami in January,
sparking vehement criticism.
In Peru, vaccinations are lagging
for behind. Foreign Policy magazine
reported that just 2% of the population
has been inoculated.
Neighboring Chile is doing much bet-
ter — a fact that popped up in the online
debate started by the U.S. Embassy’s
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American Chemistry Council, pushed
back on Mr. Regan’s characterization
of the panels’ work during Mr. Trump’s
term in office.
“The [two] standing committees have
consistently offered objective, balanced
and science-based advice,” a representa-
tive for the American Chemistry Council
said recently, adding that the firings were
“irregular.”
In making the argument, the repre-
sentative noted the panels under Mr.
Trump approved strong regulations and
guidelines on air pollution and fracking.
The Biden White House has done
little to qualm doubts that it is politicizing
policy-making.
Mr. Regan, in fact, has only contrib-
uted to the uneasiness by reversing a
Trump-era directive barring “academics
and non-government officials who re-
ceived EPA research grants” from serving
on the agency’s advisory panels.
Governmental watchdog groups have
praised those initiatives for expanding
transparency throughout the EPA and
limiting conflicts of interest.
Mr. Comer argued those develop-
ments forced Republicans on the over-
sight committee to act.
“Past Administrations ensured the En-
vironmental Protection Agency’s Clean
Air Scientific Advisory Committee and
Science Advisory Board remained bipar-
tisan and free from day-to-day political
pressure,” he said. “The politicization of
the EPA raises serious concerns and the
administration must answer questions
about this decision.”
Neither the White House nor the EPA
responded to requests for comment.
The firings of Trump appointees and
Mr. Comer’s potential probe into whether
the action was partisan is playing out
as Democrats are urging the EPA to ex-
pand its enforcement of environmental
regulations.
“For the EPA to fully realize its mis-
sion, the protection can’t just be on the
books,” Rep. Kathleen Rice, New York
Democrat, said recently.
Democrats, in particular, are hoping
that Mr. Regan will mobilize the full weight
of the EPA’s regulatory power to combat
climate change and reach Mr. Biden’s goal
of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
in time for the fall term,” Fort Lewis
College President Tom Stritikus wrote
to students on April 2, the same day
Colorado opened eligibility.
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention considers someone to be
fully vaccinated 14 days after receiving
the one-shot version from Johnson &
Johnson or the second dose of the Pfizer-
BioNTech or Moderna vaccine. Pfizer’s
vaccine is authorized for use in those 16
and older, and the others are approved
for 18 and older.
The Biden administration is hopeful
that the vaccination campaign will begin
to wrangle the virus to manageable levels
by the summer, but health officials are
worried about rising case counts fu-
eled by variant-fueled outbreaks among
young athletes and adults in their 20s
through 50s.
Many universities are offering the
vaccines on campus.
Oakland University in Michigan,
which is mandating vaccination for on-
campus students by Aug. 27, set up im-
munization sites this week for students,
faculty and staff.
“We are fortunate that Oakland is
receiving these vaccines at a time when
Michigan is experiencing a dramatic
increase in both the number of COVID-19
cases and COVID-19 variants,” university
President Ora Hirsch Pescovitz said.
“The most effective way to prevent in-
fection and transmission of this virus is
vaccination. I expect everyone will do
their part and get vaccinated.”
tweet.
Peru’s trouble has become a major
issue in the presidential campaign, which
explains why Mr. de Soto’s trip to the U.S.
drew so much attention.
Mr. de Soto, according to local press
reports, said he was eligible for the vac-
cine under Peru’s guidelines, so he didn’t
feel he was jumping any lines when he
got it in the U.S.
Several counts estimate that 20 states
don’t impose residency requirements on
those showing up for the vaccine. Even
in states that do, enforcement is often
nonexistent.
In the District of Columbia, those
getting vaccines are supposed to live or
work in the city and meet demographic
criteria such as age, risk factor or job.
As of last week, 102,531 out of the city’s
240,899 doses administered, had gone to
nonresidents.
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GUNS
From page A1
the challenges in moving forward with
legislation with the current makeup of
the Senate.”
As it stands, House-passed legislation
to tighten background checks has essen-
tially no chance of clearing the 60-vote
threshold needed to thwart a filibuster
in the 50-50 Senate.
Sen. Joe Manchin III, West Virginia
Democrat, has said he does not support
the House-passed legislation.
Gun control groups were growing
impatient with Mr. Biden, who said during
the presidential campaign that he would
send Congress a bill to repeal liability
for gun manufacturers on the day he was
sworn into office.
“It is the role of Congress, of course,
to push legislation forward to vote on it,
to move it through committees, and he
certainly is hopeful they will do exactly
that on this issue,” Ms. Psaki said.
On Thursday, Mr. Biden announced
that he would direct the Justice Depart-
ment to issue a rule within 30 days to
regulate “ghost” guns that can be manu-
factured from do-it-yourself kits. The
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosive said more than 30% of the
illegal weapons confiscated in California
last year had no serial numbers and were
untraceable.
The Justice Department, within 60
days, is also supposed to issue rules to
more clearly define stabilizing braces,
which many shooters attach to pistols to
help guide their aim.
The department is also tasked with
crafting model “red flag” legislation,
which many states have adopted on their
CHILDREN
From page A1
halfway over, the number of border ar-
rests has already surpassed all in 2020.
“Children are being abandoned in
harsh conditions, smugglers are using
groups of children to divert border patrol
agents, all while known gang members
and those on the terrorism watch list
are exploiting Biden’s weak policies,”
Republicans on the House Homeland
Security Committee said in a memo on
the numbers. “President Biden and Vice
President [Kamala] Harris are nowhere
to be found. This IS the Biden Border
Crisis.”
Unaccompanied children are sup-
posed to be sent to shelters run by the
Health and Human Services Department,
which looks for sponsors to take them.
HHS had lacked capacity to take many
of the children, leaving them mired in
Border Patrol holding cells, but a rush
effort by the Biden administration has
begun to turn the corner.
As of Wednesday, Customs and Bor-
der Protection had 4,107 unaccompanied
children in its custody — still crisis levels
— but an improvement from the 5,767
who were being held on March 28.
Children are now being transferred
out faster than others are coming in to
the Border Patrol.
That does, however, leave HHS man-
aging a staggering population of children
— about 16,500 as of Tuesday.
Desperate to place those children
with sponsors, HHS is offering to pay for
flights for family members in the U.S. to
come pick up the children, even in the
frequent cases when those relatives are
in the country illegally, administration
CHINA
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to a request for comment.
After initially stating that the virus
began from an infection at a wild animal
market in Wuhan, China’s government
spokespeople have launched a global
information offensive claiming the coro-
navirus came from outside the country.
First, Chinese state media claimed the
virus was brought to Wuhan by U.S. Army
soldiers who took part in a conference in
Wuhan in October 2019. That claim was
denied by U.S. government spokesmen but
amplified by Zhou Lijian, deputy Chinese
Foreign Ministry spokesman, in a tweet
asserting that the U.S. Army launched
the pandemic.
The outspoken Mr. Zhou, regarded as
part of Beijing’s aggressive “wolf warrior”
diplomatic corps, tweeted about a recent
Chinese study that, he said, provided
“further evidence that the virus originated
in the U.S.”
Next, the Chinese Communist Party-
affiliated CGTN state-controlled network
produced a video asserting that the virus
was created at the U.S. Army’s biological
warfare research center in Fort Detrick,
Maryland.
That narrative was recently amplified
by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokes-
woman Hua Chunying, who issued a
call last month for the United Nations’
World Health Organization to conduct
an investigation of claims that the virus
originated at the military lab in the U.S.
China’s public diplomacy regarding
Vice President Kamala Harris joined President Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland to speak out against gun violence
during the White House event Thursday. She could be the one to cast a tiebreaking vote on legislation in the 50-50 Senate.
own in recent years. The laws allow
families to petition law enforcement or
the courts to temporarily seize guns
from people judged to be a danger to
themselves or others.
The Justice Department is also sup-
posed to issue an annual report on fire-
arms trafficking, and federal agencies
are expected to look for ways to redirect
money into community violence inter-
vention programs.
Mr. Biden said Thursday that he was
nominating David Chipman, a prominent
gun control advocate and former federal
agent, to lead the ATF.
Mr. Chipman would be the agency’s
first permanent confirmed director since
2015.
Asked whether the White House is
confident Mr. Chipman will be confirmed,
Ms. Psaki said it’s up to the Senate.
RECORD-BREAKING
The nearly 19,000 illegal immigrant youths caught jumping the border smashed the previous record of almost 11,500, set in May 2019.
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15,000
10,000
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officials said this week.
HHS has not responded to requests
from The Washington Times for details
on how much is being spent.
Administration officials also have said
they will not use legal status against any-
one as they push to move the children
through the process.
Officials announced this week that
they have stopped doing background
checks on all people in homes when
they place children with relatives such as
uncles or cousins. That had been policy
when placing children with parents.
Expanding the policy can get children
out of custody faster, but it also may put
some children into dangerous situations,
such as with a housemate with a serious
criminal record. During previous surges,
children were placed in situations in
Fort Detrick appeared designed to deflect
from growing U.S. and Western reports
suggesting that the virus leaked from the
Wuhan Institute of Virology, based on
similar virus work conducted at the lab
and covert cooperation between the lab
and the Chinese military.
A more recent propaganda theme
promoted by Chinese scientists is that
the virus entered China on frozen food
packaging. Many virus experts dismissed
that idea as extremely unlikely.
A joint WHO-Chinese report on the
coronavirus origin failed to pinpoint the
cause of the outbreak but said the frozen
food theory deserved study and dismissed
the Wuhan lab leak theory as “extremely
unlikely.”
Countering disinformation
The Global Engagement Center state-
ment did not identify specific actions the
State Department and other agencies were
taking in the counterdisinformation effort.
A GEC spokeswoman declined to answer
questions beyond the statement.
The Biden administration has identi-
fied countering foreign disinformation as
an element of its interim national security
guidance.
According to the GEC, the U.S. gov-
ernment is urging all nations, including
China, “to undertake any necessary scien-
tific studies and to rapidly and transpar-
ently share all relevant information that
is needed to better understand the origins
and spread of this pandemic.”
“This will enable the global com-
munity to better prepare to prevent and
respond to future pandemic threats,” the
Reaction from Republicans to Mr.
Biden’s executive actions offered a glimpse
of the long odds that more substantial leg-
islation would face in Congress.
Republicans said the president’s ac-
tions amounted to executive overreach
and wouldn’t do much to prevent mass
shootings such as the recent killings in
South Carolina, California, Colorado and
Georgia.
Hours after Mr. Biden spoke, law en-
forcement in Bryan, Texas, said they were
responding to a shooting incident that left
at least one person dead and involved at
least several other victims.
House Minority Leader Kevin Mc-
Carthy, California Republican, said Mr.
Biden was trying to trample over Second
Amendment rights via “executive fiat.”
“House Republicans will strongly
oppose and pursue every option, be it
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which they were forced to labor on farms
or faced abuse.
Sen. Rob Portman, Ohio Republican,
has been tracking those issues for years.
“The U.S. federal government should
not repeat the mistakes of prior admin-
istrations and hand these vulnerable
children off to traffickers or other abusive
situations, and there must be account-
ability to ensure the government can
keep track of the children as they make
their way through the legal system,” he
said Thursday.
The Biden administration has refused
to use the “crisis” label, though Homeland
Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
visited the border Thursday, his third trip
during his short tenure, to get a look at
the latest developments.
He did not allow press access to his
GEC said.
The center has shifted existing coun-
terdisinformation programs to target false
pandemic information and propaganda
being spread around the world among
“susceptible audiences,” the statement
said.
“The GEC aims to increase societal re-
silience to disinformation and champion
independent media,” the statement said.
The GEC has been working with State
Department officials to support local
organizations in nations in Africa, Eu-
rope and South America to provide and
promote accurate information about the
pandemic. The center also works with
independent and nongovernmental orga-
nizations that track disinformation and so-
cial media manipulation by governments,
including the Chinese government, as well
as non-state actors, the statement said.
State Department officials are con-
tinuing to work with American and in-
ternational partners “to provide a global
response to countering disinformation.”
The statement did not provide specific
examples of Chinese disinformation on
the virus origin.
A congressional commission focused
on China stated in its latest annual re-
port that Beijing had adopted aggressive,
Russian-style disinformation practices to
discredit democracy, promote Chinese-
style authoritarianism and deflect inter-
national focus on the coronavirus origin.
“Beijing launched a wide-ranging dis-
information campaign seeking to blame
the United States and others for originat-
ing the virus while distracting global at-
tention from its actual origins in Wuhan,”
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legislative or judicial, to protect the right
to keep and bear arms from infringement
by this administration,” Mr. McCarthy
said.
Gun rights advocates said the regula-
tions on pistol braces and do-it-yourself
firearms kits could unwittingly turn law-
abiding gun owners into criminals.
“[We] will spare no expense to defeat
Biden’s tyrannical agenda and will rally
gun owners and Second Amendment
supporters nationwide to defend the right
to keep and bear arms,” said Erich Pratt,
senior vice president of Gun Owners of
America.
Groups like Mr. Pratt’s are trying to
carry the weight as the National Rifle As-
sociation, long the most powerful Second
Amendment advocacy group, fights for
its survival in bankruptcy court in Texas
this week.
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trip.
Of the 172,331 border jumping encoun-
ters reported in March, about 168,000
were nabbed trying to sneak into the U.S.
between the ports of entry by the Border
Patrol. That was the highest monthly
number in 20 years. The rest were en-
countered as they presented themselves
at border crossings without permission
to enter.
March’s numbers challenge Mr.
Biden’s claim that the surge is typical and
happens “every year.” They also undercut
his assertion at a March 25 press confer-
ence that the “vast majority” of families
are sent back to their home countries.
In reality, the March data shows a
majority of families are processed and
released into communities.
The total encounters at the border
said the report by the U.S.-China Eco-
nomic and Security Review Commission.
Learning from Russia
Joshua Kurlantzick, senior fellow with
the Council on Foreign Relations, said
Beijing has stepped up its disinformation
efforts in a bid to discredit democracies
and promote Beijing policies. The Chinese
information campaign has had limited suc-
cess, he stated in a recent report.
“Although China once shied away from
the aggressive, conspiratorial type of disin-
formation favored by Russia, it has increas-
ingly turned to this approach during the
coronavirus pandemic,” Mr. Kurlantzick
said. “Beijing is both manipulating factual
information and spreading disinforma-
tion — or willfully false information —
to distract from the origins of the virus,
highlight the failures of the United States,
and promote China as a global leader.”
Chinese propagandists have promoted
the notion that authoritarian regimes,
including China, Russia and Iran, have
handled the pandemic better than demo-
cratic nations as part of a broader effort to
discredit the U.S.-backed postwar global
international order.
Chinese messaging campaigns have
used thousands of fake social media
accounts in the West to spread its
disinformation.
The social media giant Twitter in June
removed some 23,750 highly active ac-
counts and about 150,000 related accounts
that the social media company said pro-
moted and amplified pro-Beijing messages
related to the pandemic.
Twitter said in a statement that about
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John Feinblatt, president of Everytown
for Gun Safety, said the president’s actions
should be considered only a start.
“Today, President Biden proved that
he is committed to leading the strongest
gun safety administration in history,” Mr.
Feinblatt said.
Mr. Feinblatt said the political calculus
has changed since the 2012 Sandy Hook
school shooting and that there are 50
Democratic votes in the Senate for “gun
safety” measures.
“I believe that a bipartisan bill in 2021
can pass the Senate,” he said.
Sen. Patrick J. Toomey, a Pennsylvania
Republican who worked with Mr. Man-
chin on background check legislation after
Sandy Hook, opened the door a crack to
working with Democrats on the issue.
“If done in a manner that respects the
rights of law-abiding citizens, I believe
there is an opportunity to strengthen
our background check system so that we
are better able to keep guns away from
those who have no legal right to them,”
Mr. Toomey said.
Chuck Rosenberg, a former acting
administrator of the Drug Enforcement
Administration, expressed skepticism
about major action on Capitol Hill.
“We need Congress. I doubt we will
have them,” Mr. Rosenberg said on
MSNBC. “They haven’t had the guts in
the past, and I doubt they’ll have the
guts now.”
Shannon Watts, the founder of Moms
Demand Action, said Republican retire-
ments could be an avenue for votes.
“We have overwhelming support
among Democrats,” Ms. Watts said.
“There are retiring Republicans who can
vote their conscience. And I think there’s
probably a lot more support for this than
you would imagine in Congress.”
last month double-count some people
who made multiple attempts during the
month, having been caught and expelled
yet tried again. Officials said the recidi-
vism rate was 28%.
Officials also acknowledged that mi-
grants are gaming the new system by
bringing younger children. Families with
children younger than 6 who show up
in southern Texas are usually admit-
ted, while those with older children are
expelled.
Those without younger children are
sometimes splitting up and sending their
children over the border alone, as unac-
companied juveniles, to take advantage
of leniency implemented by the Biden
administration.
Border Patrol agents have recorded
shocking instances of treatment of chil-
’21 dren in recent weeks.
Two children, ages 3 and 5, were
dropped by smugglers from the top of
a 14-foot border wall late last month.
Earlier this week, smugglers pushed two
other children, ages 5 and 6, across some
boulders at the border and then fled back
into Mexico.
On Thursday, agents said they found
an 8-year-old who had been abandoned
and was walking aimlessly in the desert,
miles from the nearest road.
A migrant woman found the boy and
took him along as they made their way,
where they were nabbed by agents.
“We find that Transnational Crimi-
nal Organizations routinely attempt to
smuggle people in groups but often end
up abandoning the women and children
in remote areas, where they are left in
great danger and to fend for themselves
when they can’t keep up with the group,”
said Gloria I. Chavez, chief patrol agent
in the Border Patrol’s El Paso Sector.
170,000 accounts linked to China were
using “manipulative and coordinated” ef-
forts to spread narratives favorable to the
Chinese Communist Party.
Mr. Kurlantzick said U.S. intelligence
agencies have reported that Chinese intel-
ligence agents or those linked to the spy
services used text messaging and messag-
ing apps to sow panic in the United States
about the virus.
“U.S. officials had not previously no-
ticed Chinese intelligence agents trying to
spread disinformation by texting citizens’
mobile phones, a strategy that requires
significant knowledge of U.S. infrastruc-
ture,” he said.
The impact of the Chinese disinfor-
mation on the virus has been “modestly
effective,” Mr. Kurlantzick said.
“Beijing has spread some COVID-19
rumors, but Chinese leaders appear wary
of fully following Moscow’s path of out-
right trolling,” he said. “Doing so could
undermine China’s simultaneous efforts
to portray itself as a responsible global
leader.”
However, Mr. Kurlantzick said some of
Beijing’s disinformation about the virus is
hitting home.
China and Russia are coordinating ef-
forts in the battle for global information
control. The result is “more dangerous
messaging almost surely will increase,”
Mr. Kurlantzick said.
In addition to virus origin disinforma-
tion, China has spread false, critical infor-
mation about American-made COVID-19
vaccines in a bid to sow distrust in the
use of vaccines, said Hannah Bailey at the
Oxford Internet Institute.
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NEW YORK
Legal fight over Maxwell’s jail conditions heating up
Lawyer says British socialite’s
health is declining in facility
BY LARRY NEUMEISTER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK | The rancorous
fight over jail conditions for Ghis-
laine Maxwell is reaching new
lows, with prosecutors blaming
the British socialite and Jeffrey
Epstein’s ex-girlfriend for creat-
ing a stink by failing to flush her
toilet and her lawyer saying her
health is declining in a facility so
mucky that even her salad has
mold in it.
The latest exchange in let-
ters to a Manhattan federal court
judge came this week as the 2nd
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
scheduled oral arguments for late
April on Ms. Maxwell’s appeal of
her thrice-rejected application to
be freed on bail before her July 12
sex trafficking trial.
Ms. Maxwell has been at a
Brooklyn federal jail since her
July arrest on charges she re-
cruited three teenage girls for
Epstein to sexually abuse in the
During the trial of Derek Chauvin on Thursday, medical expert Dr. Martin Tobin analyzed a graphic presentation of the three Minneapolis police
officers restraining George Floyd. Dr. Tobin said that Mr. Chauvin’s knee was “virtually on the neck” more than 90% of the time.
MINNESOTA
Medical expert testifies lack of oxygen
killed George Floyd in Chauvin trial
BY AMY FORLITI, STEVE KARNOWSKI
AND TAMMY WEBBER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MINNEAPOLIS | George Floyd
died of a lack of oxygen from
being pinned to the pavement
with a knee on his neck, a medical
expert testified at former officer
Derek Chauvin’s murder trial
Thursday, emphatically rejecting
the defense theory that Floyd’s
drug use and underlying health
problems were what killed him.
“A healthy person subjected to
what Mr. Floyd was subjected to
would have died,” said prosecu-
tion witness Dr. Martin Tobin, a
lung and critical care specialist at
the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital
and Loyola University’s medical
school in Chicago.
Using easy-to-understand lan-
guage to explain medical concepts
and even loosening his necktie to
make a point, Dr. Tobin told the
jury that Floyd’s breathing was
severely constricted while Mr.
Chauvin and two other officers
held the 46-year-old Black man
down on his stomach last May
with his hands cuffed behind
him and his face jammed against
the ground.
The lack of oxygen resulted
in brain damage and caused his
heart to stop, the witness said.
Dr. Tobin, analyzing a graphic
presentation of the three officers
restraining Floyd for what pros-
ecutors say was almost 9½ min-
utes, testified that Mr. Chauvin’s
knee was “virtually on the neck”
for more than 90% of the time.
He cited several other factors
that he said also made it difficult
for Floyd to breathe: officers lift-
ing up on the suspect’s handcuffs,
the hard surface of the street, his
prone position, his turned head
“I just like what I do. We’re not the greatest but we’re not bad. We’re not superstars. We’re a lot of people’s
fifth favorite band. They say, ‘I’ve got Led Zeppelin, Ozzy Osbourne, the Beatles.’ But I don’t mind being fifth.”
— Rick Nielsen, lead guitarist and chief songwriter for the rock band Cheap Trick, who release their 20th album on Friday
1990s. Charges recently were ex-
panded to allege the sex traffick-
ing of girls for Epstein to abuse
in the early 2000s. Ms. Maxwell
has pleaded not guilty.
Attorney Bobbi Sternheim
wrote in a letter late Wednesday
that an effort by prosecutors “to
publicly embarrass and humiliate
Ms. Maxwell in the hostile court
of public opinion further erodes
the likelihood that her case will
be tried by a fair and impartial
jury.”
She says Ms. Maxwell has
been mistreated, including over
1,400 physical searches and
flashlight checks to ensure she’s
breathing every 15 minutes while
she sleeps, as jail officials over-
react to Epstein’s August 2019
self-inflicted death in a Manhat-
tan jail as he awaited trial on sex
trafficking charges.
The letter came a day after
prosecutors got specific about Ms.
Maxwell’s jail conditions as they
refuted claims Sternheim made
“A healthy person subjected to what Mr. Floyd was subjected to would
have died,” said Dr. Tobin, a lung and critical care specialist at the
Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital.
and a knee on his back.
Mr. Chauvin kept his knee
on Floyd’s neck for 3 minutes, 2
seconds, after Floyd had “reached
the point where there was not one
ounce of oxygen left in the body,”
Dr. Tobin said.
As prosecutors repeatedly
played a video clip of Floyd on
the ground, Dr. Tobin pinpointed
what he saw as a change in the
man’s face that told him Floyd
was dead.
“At the beginning you can see
he’s conscious, you can see slight
flickering, and then it disappears,”
the witness said. He explained:
“That’s the moment the life goes
out of his body.”
Mr. Chauvin, 45, is charged
with murder and manslaughter in
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A lawyer for Ghislaine Maxwell said that her client’s health is
deteriorating and that the conditions in the federal jail are so mucky
that even her salad has mold in it. Prosecutors say Ms. Maxwell has
failed to flush her own toilet and has created the stinky conditions.
in February that her 59-year-old that Ms. Maxwell was physically
client was “withering to a shell of abused when she was shoved into
her former self — losing weight, her cell by a guard prior to a pat-
losing hair, and losing her ability down search and then was retali-
to concentrate.” ated against for reporting it when
Ms. Sternheim also had alleged she was ordered to clean, sanitize
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Floyd’s respiration as seen on
body-camera video and explained
that while fentanyl typically cuts
the rate of respiration by 40%,
Floyd’s breathing was “right
around normal” just before he
lost consciousness. Similarly, he
said people with severe heart
disease have very high respira-
tory rates.
Dr. Tobin also said the high
blood level of carbon dioxide mea-
sured in the hospital emergency
room can be explained by the fact
that Floyd was not breathing for
nearly 10 minutes before paramed-
ics began artificial respiration, as
opposed to his breathing being
suppressed by fentanyl.
The doctor explained that
just because Floyd was talking
and shown moving on video, it
doesn’t mean he was breathing
adequately. He said a person can
continue to speak until the airway
narrows to 15%, after which “you
are in deep trouble.”
Officers can be heard on video
telling Floyd that if he can talk, he
Floyd’s death May 25. Floyd was can breathe.
arrested outside a neighborhood Dr. Tobin also reviewed video
market after being accused of try- that showed Floyd’s leg moving
ing to pass a counterfeit $20 bill. upward at one point, and he ex-
Bystander video of Floyd cry- plained that it was involuntary.
ing that he couldn’t breathe as The doctor used simple lan-
onlookers yelled at Mr. Chauvin guage, with terms like “pump
to get off him sparked protests handle” and “bucket handle” to
and scattered violence around describe the act of breathing for
the U.S. the jury. He explained that when
Defense attorney Eric Nelson the airway narrows, breathing
has argued that the now-fired becomes “enormously more dif-
White officer did what he was ficult” — like “breathing through
trained to do and that Floyd’s a drinking straw.”
death was caused by illegal drugs The expert calculated that at
and underlying medical problems times when Mr. Chauvin was in
that included high blood pressure a near-vertical position, with his
and heart disease. An autopsy toes off the ground, half of Mr.
found fentanyl and methamphet- Chauvin’s body weight — 91.5
amine in his body. pounds — was directly on Floyd’s
But Dr. Tobin said he analyzed neck.
and scrub the walls of a shower.
In their letter, prosecutors said
an investigation of the pat-down
search complaint proved Ms.
Maxwell’s complaint unfounded.
They wrote that Ms. Maxwell
was directed to clean her cell, not
in retaliation, but because it had
become “very dirty.” They noted
that Ms. Maxwell “frequently did
not flush her toilet after using it,
which caused the cell to smell.”
Prosecutors said jail staff re-
ported Ms. Maxwell, fully vac-
cinated against the coronavirus,
to be physically healthy.
They said the jail’s medical
staff monitor the 5-foot-7 Ms.
Maxwell daily and weigh her
weekly, finding her weight fluc-
tuates between the 130s and the
140s, normal for her height. They
said staff has not observed any
noticeable hair loss.
In Wednesday’s letter, Ms.
Sternheim criticized the gov-
ernment, calling it “debatable
whether the public has a ‘right
to know’ about Ms. Maxwell’s
conditions of confinement.” She
said prosecutors violated her cli-
ent’s privacy rights by releasing
medical information related to
TRAVEL
New airlines await
Americans looking
to fly somewhere
BY DAVID KOENIG
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Americans are traveling in the
greatest numbers in more than a
year, and soon they will have two
new leisure-oriented airlines to
consider for those trips.
Both hope to draw passengers
by filling in smaller strands on
the spider web of airline routes
crisscrossing the United States.
Avelo Airlines said Thursday
that it will begin flying later this
month to 11 destinations from
Burbank, California. The startup
plans to add other routes in the
West as soon as it grows its fleet
of three Boeing 737 jets.
Avelo was started by a long-
time airline executive who thinks
there is room for another low-fare
carrier besides the several budget
airlines already in the market.
“There are too few seats in
the United States being offered
by low-cost carriers. That’s why
we think the opportunity is huge,”
said Avelo Chairman and CEO
Andrew Levy. “Customers want
a really inexpensive way to get
from Point A to Point B.”
Waiting in the wings is Breeze
Airways, the latest creation of
David Neeleman, who helped
start Canada’s WestJet before
founding JetBlue Airways and the
Brazilian airline Azul.
Breeze plans to fly to “ne-
glected, forgotten” markets, in-
cluding many that larger airlines
have abandoned. Breeze is cur-
rently running proving flights for
the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion and could announce details
about routes and fares as soon
as next week and be carrying
passengers in May.
The planning for both airlines
started before the coronavirus
pandemic hit, but they are start-
ing up just as long-homebound
Americans look to break out and
travel like it’s 2019 again. More
than 1 million Americans have
been flying each day for nearly
a month now, and numbers are
expected to rise even more this
summer.
The last new U.S. airline was
Virgin America, which began fly-
ing in 2007 and disappeared after
Alaska Airlines bought it for $2.6
billion in 2016.
Avelo
Mr. Levy is a former Allegiant
Air and United Airlines executive
who has finally achieved a years-
long dream to start an airline.
Avelo’s strategy is straight
NATION | A7
weight and vaccination status.
“She is weighed while clothed
on scales that are erratic and not
set to zero,” Ms. Sternheim said.
“Her eyesight is failing, and her
hair is thinning. The guards are
far from qualified to assess Ms.
Maxwell’s physical condition.”
As for Ms. Maxwell’s toilet,
Ms. Sternheim said her client
avoids using it in a cell closely
observed by video and guards but
flushes it frequently, as directed
by guards, to help alleviate a
stench from overflowing toilets
in the cellblock above.
“Blaming Ms. Maxwell for the
filth of her severely restricted
environment is utterly misplaced.
To suggest she willingly lives in
squalor is absurd,” the lawyer
said.
Ms. Sternheim said the build-
ing where Ms. Maxwell is held
is permeated with mold and
vermin, and even a salad she
was given earlier this week had
mold in it.
“Cockroaches and rodents are
plentiful and glue tracks have
been placed in Ms. Maxwell’s
day area to help remediate the
problem,” she said.
out of the low-cost-carrier play-
book that was first written by
Southwest Airlines in the 1970s
and copied by others including
Allegiant. Part of that strategy
involves sticking to secondary
airports that have lower costs and
less congestion — planes land,
take on new passengers, and take
off quickly, spending more time
in the air and less on the ground.
“It’s not that it hasn’t been
done before, it’s just that it hasn’t
been done in a really long time —
staying away from the really big
airports wherever it is possible,”
Mr. Levy said.
One of Avelo’s first destina-
tions, Ogden, Utah, “is a nice,
convenient, easy-to-navigate air-
port,” he said. “There are a lot of
those around the country that
have been unserved or at least
underserved. Those are the mar-
kets we’re going to target.”
Allegiant is the only airline
currently flying to Ogden, and
only from Phoenix, while nearly a
dozen carriers compete at nearby
Salt Lake City.
Avelo’s first flight on April 28
will be from Burbank to Santa
Rosa, in the Northern California
wine country. No other airline flies
that route, although Alaska Air-
lines goes to Santa Rosa from John
Wayne Airport, about a 90-minute
drive from Burbank.
The airline will fly 189-seat Boe-
ing 737-800 planes, which are plen-
tiful and, Mr. Levy says, a bargain
on the used-plane market. The
planes won’t have on-board Inter-
net access, at least not this year.
Breeze
Breeze hasn’t detailed where
it will begin operations, although
the airline has hinted it will be in
the Southeast including Florida,
a popular destination for leisure
travelers. Mr. Neeleman says the
timing is right.
“Leisure traffic is crazy right
now. A lot of people have vac-
cines, and younger, healthier
people are like, ‘I’m good,’ ” Mr.
Neeleman said in an interview.
“There is a lot of pent-up demand,
probably more than the seats that
are available.”
In contrast to Avelo, Breeze
will start out using smaller
planes, 118-seat Embraer E-190s
that it will lease, including some
from Azul. Mr. Neeleman said
the lower operating costs of the
smaller planes will help his new
airline succeed on routes that
others are passing up or have
abandoned.
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American Scene
OHIO Qinxuan Pan, 29, on charges of
EDUCATION murder and larceny related to
Authorities: 1 dead, 8 hurt the killing of Kevin Jiang.
in blast at paint plant
COLUMBUS | One person was
With new aid, schools seek solutions to problems Mr. Pan is accused of shoot-
ing Jiang, 26, multiple times on
killed and eight others were Feb. 6 in New Haven.
injured in an explosion and fire BY COLLIN BINKLEY neighborhood, officials said. Jiang was a graduate student
Thursday at a paint manufac- ASSOCIATED PRESS “We plan to use this moment at Yale’s School of the Environ-
turer’s plant in Ohio’s capital to consider how we can bring ment. He was an Army veteran
city, firefighters said. With a massive infusion of fed- about lasting change for our hailing from Washington state
Authorities in Columbus eral aid coming their way, schools school district,” Superintendent who had recently become en-
were investigating what caused across the U.S. are weighing how Deborah Gist said. gaged. Mr. Pan also is accused of
the explosion shortly after to use the windfall to ease the School officials in Hartford, stealing a car in Massachusetts
midnight at the Yenkin-Majestic harm of the pandemic — and to Connecticut, say they have lined that he drove to Connecticut.
Paint facility. tackle problems that existed long up a list of “must-win” spend- He is a graduate of the Massa-
They said some of those before the coronavirus. ing areas. Superintendent Leslie chusetts Institute of Technology,
hurt were able to get out of the The assistance that was ap- Torres-Rodriguez said the district whose last known residence was
plant. Others were rescued and proved last month totals $123 plans to “radically expand” learn- in Malden, Massachusetts. He is
ASSOCIATED PRESS
taken to the hospital. billion — a staggering sum that ing options outside the school day, a U.S. citizen who was born in
All of the injured were in will offer some districts several The $123 billion in federal aid for schools to ease the harm of the cultivate a pipeline of new teach- Shanghai, China.
stable condition later Thursday, times the amount of federal pandemic will help districts reopen, expand summer programs and ers and expand the role of schools — Associated Press
including two initially listed in education funding they receive help pursue projects that had long been seen as too expensive. in their communities.
critical condition, according to in a single year. The district also hopes to NEW JERSEY
the Columbus Division of Fire. The aid will help schools buy new curriculum materials
The fire eventually was reopen and expand summer pro- Cardona said the assistance al- but they expect to have wide across all grades and subjects,
State settles claims by
extinguished and the deceased grams to help students catch lows schools to “hit the reset flexibility in how to use most a goal that was previously out women inmates for $21M
employee was found in the up on learning. It also offers button” and confront challenges of the aid. With more than three of reach. “It is something that TRENTON | New Jersey and
rubble of the collapsed build- a chance to pursue programs that have long plagued the na- years to spend the new money, we’ve never been able to do,” women incarcerated in the
ing, Battalion Chief Steve that have long been seen as tion’s education system. He said school leaders are thinking big. Ms. Torres-Rodriguez said. “All state’s only women’s prison have
Martin said. too expensive, such as intensive schools can train teachers in Officials in Boston say the that we’ve been able to afford reached a nearly $21 million
The employee was identi- tutoring, mental health services social and emotional learning aid will be used to reopen, re- is a little bit here and a little settlement over longstanding
fied as Wendell Light, 44, a and major curriculum upgrades. and work to close persistent cover and “reimagine what is bit there.” allegations of abuse and harass-
press room supervisor for the “This feels like a once-in-a- racial disparities in education. possible for our students,” Mr. Even though the funding ment at the facility, embattled
company, which makes paints, generation opportunity for us to “With successful implemen- Kuder said. The money will brings a bonanza for some dis- Corrections Commissioner
resins and other coatings. be able to make critical invest- tation, our students are going help update aging buildings, tricts, questions loom around Marcus Hicks told lawmakers on
— Associated Press ments,” said Nathan Kuder, chief to have a better experience than but it could also be used to start other sources of financial sup- Thursday during a hearing.
financial officer of Boston Public they did before the pandemic,” new dual-language programs or port. Some states have already Mr. Hicks also said the
CHICAGO Schools, which is expecting $275 Mr. Cardona said in an interview. revamp the curriculum, he said. slashed education budgets as Department of Corrections has
million. Districts with higher con- Ultimately, officials plan to ask they face steep revenue losses, reached a “tentative” agreement
Charges filed in road rage But the spending decisions centrations of poverty will get residents what changes they and other states are likely to with the Department of Justice
shooting that hurt boy carry high stakes. If important the largest sums. Public schools want to see. follow, which could diminish over reforming the Edna Mahan
CHICAGO | A man has been needs are overlooked — or if the in some cities are expected to In Tulsa, Oklahoma, where the effect of the federal dollars. Correctional Facility for Women
charged with unlawful use of money does not bring tangible receive more than $1 billion, 83% of students come from To keep future costs in check, in Clinton, though the details of
a firearm by a felon in con- improvements — schools could including Los Angeles and low-income families, the dis- many schools are avoiding big the deal aren’t public yet.
nection with a shooting that face blowback from their com- Philadelphia. The new money trict expects to get $120 mil- hiring increases, and few are The settlement covers 20 law-
critically wounded a 21-month- munities and from politicians joins more than $67 billion lion — nearly three times the pursuing programs that carry suits filed by current and former
old boy who was riding in a car who influence their funding. made available to schools in amount it gets in federal educa- heavy personnel costs. In- inmates who say they were direct
with him on Chicago’s famed At the same time, schools other relief packages during the tion funding in a typical year. stead, many will consider add- victims of sexual misconduct, as
Lake Shore Drive, police said must be wary of dreaming too pandemic. Along with building upgrades, ing teachers under short-term well as all inmates incarcerated
Thursday. big and taking on long-term Schools must reserve 20% the aid will help achieve a goal agreements or hiring contrac- since Jan. 1 2014.
Jushawn Brown, 43, of costs they cannot sustain. for summer programs and other to provide summer programs tors to provide social and mental The state will provide
Chicago, fired shots at another Education Secretary Miguel efforts to address learning loss, and after-school care in every health services. $20,835,600 in damages and
vehicle “during a road rage attorney’s fees to the women
incident” about 11 a.m. Tuesday in what the Department of
and was arrested later that day, No other arrests have been care unit, where he was on CONNECTICUT international warrant for the Corrections called an “unprec-
police said. reported. a ventilator and in a medi- man suspected of fatally shoot- edented” amount of compensa-
Police have said shots were The wounded boy re- cally induced coma to protect
Warrant issued for suspect ing a Yale graduate student who tion aimed at providing relief
fired at the car Brown was in, mained in critical condition his brain, said Dr. Marcelo in student’s death was also an Army veteran. from well-documented culture
which crashed after the boy Thursday at Lurie Children’s Malakooti. NEW HAVEN | The U.S. The Interpol “red notice” of accepting abuse.
was shot in the temple. Hospital’s pediatric intensive — Associated Press Marshals have secured an asks member countries to arrest — Associated Press

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GAO report finds military readiness slipping
Biden facing pressure as budget
for defense expected on Friday
BY MIKE GLENN
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
As President Biden prepares
to release the outlines of his first
budget request to Congress, a
just-released report from the
Government Accountability Of-
fice says America’s military ser-
vices are not falling short of their
readiness goals.
The congressional watchdog
report shines an even brighter
spotlight on Friday’s expected
budget unveiling, with Mr. Biden
facing conflicting pressures from
within his own party on whether
to build on former President
Donald Trump’s Pentagon bud-
get increases, maintain current
spending levels or heed cries
from liberals to slash defense
money to pay for domestic social
programs.
Even after nearly two decades
of unrelenting combat, the Army
came out on top compared to the
other services in the new GAO
survey. Meanwhile the Navy is
picking up the rear, largely as a
result of persistent maintenance
issues that have kept much of the
fleet in port.
“Every warfighting domain
NORTHERN IRELAND
Leaders in Northern Ireland
call for calm as violence rises
BY PETER MORRISON AND JILL LAWLESS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND |
Authorities in Northern Ireland
sought to restore calm Thurs-
day after Protestant and Catholic
youths in Belfast hurled bricks,
fireworks and gasoline bombs at
police and each other. It was the
worst mayhem in a week of street
violence in the region, where
Britain’s exit from the European
Union has unsettled an uneasy
political balance.
Crowds including children as
young as 12 or 13 clashed across
a concrete “peace wall” in west
Belfast that separates a British
loyalist Protestant neighborhood
from an Irish nationalist Catholic
area. Police fired rubber bullets
at the crowd, and nearby a city
bus was hijacked and set on fire.
Northern Ireland has seen
sporadic outbreaks of street
violence since the 1998 Good
Friday peace accord ended “the
Troubles” — decades of Catholic-
Protestant bloodshed over the
status of the region in which more
than 3,000 people died.
But Police Service of Northern
Ireland Assistant Chief Constable
Jonathan Roberts said Wednes-
day’s mayhem “was at a scale we
have not seen in recent years.” He
said a total of 55 police officers
AFRICA
African health chief slams COVID-19 vaccine passports as discriminatory
BY RODNEY MUHUMUZA
ASSOCIATED PRESS
KAMPALA, UGANDA | The head
of the Africa Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention on
Thursday slammed the idea of
COVID-19 vaccine passports as
“inappropriate” while poor coun-
tries lag behind others in acquir-
ing the shots.
Vaccine passports are docu-
ments that show that travelers
have been vaccinated against
COVID-19 or recently tested
negative for the virus. While
the Biden administration has
rejected the idea of an official
U.S. document, technology com-
panies and travel-related trade
groups in some wealthy countries
are developing and testing out
“Thank you for keeping people calm and protecting our land. You are a real example
of heroism and dedication. We remember every soldier who died defending our state.”
— Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, on a visit Thursday with front-line government troops battling Russian-backed separatists in the country’s
eastern half, as the U.S. and European governments express alarm about a surge in fighting and a major buildup of Russian troops across the border
... is now contested as potential
adversaries, most notably China
and Russia, have developed and
enhanced their own capabilities,”
according to the report. “The
GAO found that reported domain
readiness did not meet readiness
recovery goals identified by the
military services.”
The Pentagon defines “readi-
ness” as the ability of U.S. mili-
tary forces to fight and meet the
demands of assigned missions.
The GAO investigators reviewed
readiness recovery plans from
the Pentagon and the individual
military services for fighting on
land, sea, in the air, in outer space
and even in cyberspace. A global
mission and lengthy deployments
in Iraq, Afghanistan and else-
where have taken their toll, the
GAO reported.
“We found that the military
services had reported persis-
tently low readiness levels,
which they attributed to emerg-
ing and continued demands
on their forces, reduced force
structure and increased fre-
quency and length of deploy-
ment,” the authors wrote.
The investigators analyzed
two factors the Pentagon
had been injured over several
nights of disorder and it was
lucky no one had been seriously
hurt or killed.
Britain’s split from the EU has
highlighted the contested status
of Northern Ireland, where some
people identify as British and
want to stay part of the U.K.,
while others see themselves as
Irish and seek unity with the
neighboring Republic of Ireland,
an EU member.
Unrest has erupted over the
past week — largely in loyalist,
Protestant areas — amid rising
tensions over post-Brexit trade
rules and worsening relations
between the parties in the Prot-
estant-Catholic power-sharing
Belfast government.
U.K. Prime Minister Boris
Johnson condemned the unrest,
saying “the way to resolve dif-
ferences is through dialogue, not
violence or criminality.” He sent
Northern Ireland Secretary Bran-
don Lewis to Belfast for talks with
the region’s political leaders.
President Biden, a staunch
supporter of the Good Friday
accord, appealed for calm and is
monitoring the situation closely,
White House spokeswoman Jen
Psaki said Thursday.
Meanwhile, Northern Ire-
land’s Belfast-based assembly
and government held emergency
unofficial passports to encour-
age travel.
“Our position is very simple.
That any imposition of a vacci-
nation passport will create huge
inequities and will further exac-
erbate them,” Dr. John Nkengas-
ong told a briefing.
“We are already in a situation
where we don’t have vaccines,
and it will be extremely unfor-
tunate that countries impose a
travel requirement of immuni-
zation certificates whereas the
rest of the world has not had
the chance to have access to
vaccines.”
The matter of vaccine pass-
ports has been a hotly debated
topic around the world, includ-
ing in the U.S. and Israel. One
question relates to whether
President Biden is facing pressure from all sides on the Pentagon’s
budget. Some fellow Democrats want him to increase military spending
while others want to slash it to pay for domestic social programs.
considers: resource readiness and
mission readiness. U.S. ground-
oriented forces fared best in the
GAO study, including everything
from Army infantry brigade com-
bat teams to Marine Corps artil-
lery battalions.
According to the report, the
Army is ahead both in resource
readiness ratings and mission-
capability readiness ratings. The
meetings Thursday and called for
an end to the violence.
First Minister Arlene Foster,
of the pro-British Democratic
Unionist Party, warned that
“Northern Ireland faces deep
political challenges ahead.”
“We should all know that
when politics are perceived to
fail, those who fill the vacuum
cause despair,” said Ms. Foster,
who heads the Northern Ireland
government.
Deputy First Minister Mi-
chelle O’Neill, a member of Irish
nationalist party Sinn Fein, called
the violence “utterly deplorable.”
Despite the united message,
Northern Ireland’s politicians
are deeply divided, and events
on the street are in many cases
beyond their control. As many
predicted it would, the situation
has been destabilized by Britain’s
departure from the EU — after
almost 50 years of membership
— that became final on Dec. 31.
A post-Brexit U.K.-EU trade
deal has imposed customs and
border checks on some goods
moving between Northern Ire-
land and the rest of the U.K. The
arrangement was designed to
avoid checks between Northern
Ireland and Ireland because an
open Irish border has helped
underpin the peace process.
But unionists says the new
governments, employers, and or-
ganizers of large gatherings have
a right to know about a person’s
virus status. Many disagree over
what the right balance is between
a person’s right to medical pri-
vacy and the collective right of
groups of people not to be in-
fected with a dangerous disease.
Dr. Nkengasong joined a
growing number of developing
world critics who warn that such
vaccine passports will enable dis-
crimination against poor nations
that do not have ready access to
vaccines.
Only 2% of all vaccine doses
administered globally have been
in Africa, according to the World
Health Organization.
The Africa CDC warned last
week that the continent is unlikely
☆R
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Army has made a push in recent
years to modernize its arsenal of
armor and artillery systems, with
varying degrees of success.
But, it’s a mixed bag for the
other services.
The Navy’s readiness capa-
bilities both dipped from FY
2017 through FY 2019. The air,
space and cyber domains each in-
creased their resource readiness
A Nationalist youth throws a projectile at a police line blocking a road
near the Peace Wall in West Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Thursday. It
was the worst mayhem in a week of street violence in the region.
checks amount to the creation
of a border between Northern
Ireland and the rest of the U.K. —
something they fear undermines
the region’s status within the
United Kingdom.
The latest disturbances fol-
lowed unrest over the long Easter
weekend in pro-British union-
ist areas in and around Belfast
and Londonderry, also known
as Derry, that saw cars set on
fire and projectiles and gasoline
bombs hurled at police officers.
Some politicians and police
have accused outlawed paramili-
tary groups — which remain a
force in working-class communi-
ties — of inciting young people to
cause mayhem. They expressed
outrage that a new generation
was being exposed to, and pulled
into, violence.
to meet its vaccination targets amid
supply delays from a key manu-
facturer. Africa has been mostly
reliant on the global COVAX ini-
tiative, which aims to ensure that
low- and middle-income countries
have fair access to the shots. But the
Serum Institute of India recently
announced that as many as 90 mil-
lion doses of the AstraZeneca vac-
cine destined for COVAX world-
wide will be delayed through the
end of April as India’s government
grapples with a spike in infections
at home.
Amid delays in COVAX ship-
ments, the African Union’s Vac-
cine Acquisition Trust signed a
deal last week with U.S. producer
Johnson & Johnson for 220 mil-
lion doses of its vaccine to be
delivered by the third quarter
rating but lost ground on being
able to carry out the missions
expected of them.
“The Navy identified limited
maintenance capacity at public
and private shipyards as the pri-
mary challenge for recovering
ship and submarine readiness,”
the authors stated.
The national defense portion
of Mr. Biden’s “topline” budget
is expected to be largely flat and
spark a fierce battle on Capitol
Hill between Republicans and
pro-defense Democrats and Mr.
Biden’s left-wing supporters.
Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe,
the ranking Republican on the
Senate Armed Services Commit-
tee, said he’s pushing for a 3% to
5% increase in real growth for the
Pentagon’s budget each year for
the foreseeable future, saying the
money is needed given China’s
rapid increase in defense spend-
ing and aggressive behavior in
the hotly contested Indo-Pacific
region.
“If we really want to send
the right signal to Beijing, a sig-
nal that says you can’t ever win
against us, we need a sustained
investment in our defense,” Mr.
Inhofe argued last month. “Chi-
nese military modernization has
been nothing short of astounding.
Their ability to move fast and in-
crease production rates is leaving
us in the dust.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Northern Ireland Justice
Minister Naomi Long, from the
centrist Alliance Party, said she
was horrified to watch footage of
adults “standing by cheering and
goading and encouraging young
people on as they wreaked havoc
in their own community.”
Both Britain and the EU have
expressed concerns about how
the Brexit agreement is working,
and the Democratic Unionist
Party wants it to be scrapped. But
any long-term solution will re-
quire political commitment that
appears in short supply. Britain
and the EU are squabbling over
the new trade arrangements and
show little of the goodwill needed
to make their new relationship
work. Sinn Fein and the DUP
have blamed one another for the
deteriorating situation.
of this year, with an option to
acquire an additional 180 million
doses through 2022.
Africa’s target is to vaccinate
60% of its 1.3 billion people by the
end of 2022. That goal still may
not be met without widespread
use of the AstraZeneca vaccine,
which is widely seen as key to
the global strategy to stamp out
the coronavirus pandemic. The
vaccine from the Anglo-Swedish
drugmaker is cheaper and easier
to store than many others.
Africa has confirmed more
than 4.3 million cases, includ-
ing 114,000 deaths, representing
about 3.3% of the global caseload.
But some experts worry that the
continent will suffer greatly in the
long term if more of its people
are not vaccinated in efforts to
WORLD | A9
BRIEFLY
THE WORLD
ISRAEL
‘War crimes’ probe
of Palestinians rejected
JERUSALEM | Israel on
Thursday said it would formally
reject the International Crimi-
nal Court’s decision to launch
a probe into potential war
crimes against the Palestinians,
denying that it has committed
such crimes and saying the
court lacks the jurisdiction to
investigate.
A panel of judges at the ICC
ruled in February that the court
does have jurisdiction, allowing
the investigation to proceed.
Israel’s response to a formal
notification sent out last month
is not expected to reopen that
debate, though judges may
reconsider the issue of jurisdic-
tion later in the process.
The Palestinians have hailed
the probe as a rare opportunity
to hold Israel to account for
what they say are serious, long-
standing violations of interna-
tional law. Israel says the court
is biased against it and has no
right to investigate.
— Associated Press
MOZAMBIQUE
Regional leaders worry
about jihadist offensive
JOHANNESBURG | Five south-
ern African leaders expressed
their concern at the extremist
violence in northern Mozam-
bique and said they will con-
sider “a proportionate regional
response” at another summit in
three weeks.
Issuing a communique in
Mozambique’s capital, Maputo,
Thursday, the African leaders
“noted with concern, the acts of
terrorism perpetrated against
innocent civilians, women and
children” in the Cabo Delgado
province and “condemned the
terrorist attacks in strongest
terms; and affirmed that such
heinous attacks cannot be al-
lowed to continue.”
The presidents of Botswana,
Malawi, South Africa, and
Zimbabwe met with President
Filipe Nyusi, following the
prolonged assault on Mozam-
bique’s northern city of Palma.
— Associated Press
RUSSIA
Lavrov: Russia not cowed
by ‘dumb’ U.S. policies
MOSCOW | Russia’s top dip-
lomat on Thursday described
U.S. policy toward Moscow as
“dumb” and warned that his
country will retaliate if the
Biden administration imposes
new sanctions.
Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov said that all attempts by
the U.S. to pressure Russia are
bound to fail. He described U.S.
policy on Russia as “deadlocked
and even dumb,” emphasizing
that past rounds of U.S. sanc-
tions -- over the annexation of
Crimea and alleged hacking of
the U.S. political process -- have
failed to achieve their goals.
— Associated Press
achieve so-called herd immu-
nity, when enough people are
protected through infection or
vaccination to make it difficult
for a virus to continue to spread.
That means about 1.5 billion vac-
cine doses for Africa, or fewer if
the one-dose Johnson & Johnson
vaccine is widely used.
“In terms of trade and travel,
the world will be watching to
see which nations achieve herd
immunity and are safe,” Ugan-
dan health entrepreneur Dr. Ian
Clarke wrote in a recent col-
umn in the local Sunday Vision
newspaper. “If Uganda stays as a
pocket of COVID-19 while other
countries have developed herd
immunity, we can expect travel
advisories from embassies that it
is not safe to visit Uganda.”
A10 | METRO ☆R FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021

Metro “Last year, Virginia passed a number of gun violence prevention measures … and I’m
so glad to see the @POTUS-@VP Administration following suit at the federal level.”
— Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring, on Twitter

VIRGINIA
BRIEFLY
Northam endorses McAuliffe for next governor THE METRO AREA

Gubernatorial primary slated for June
BY EMILY ZANTOW
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam an-
nounced Thursday that he is endorsing
his predecessor Terry McAuliffe among a
field of diverse candidates for the state’s
Democratic gubernatorial primary in
two months.
“Let’s all get behind him. Let’s keep
Virginia blue, and let’s win in November,”
Mr. Northam said during an event at the
Norfolk waterfront.
Mr. Northam said in a press release
that Mr. McAuliffe, who governed the
commonwealth from 2014 to 2018, has the
“plans and experience” to keep building
on Democrats’ progress and orchestrate
the state’s post-pandemic recovery.
Mr. McAuliffe, who is a major Demo-
cratic fundraiser and confidant of former
President Bill Clinton and former Secre-
tary of State Hillary Clinton, said he was
honored to add Mr. Northam to his grow-
ing list of more than 250 endorsements.
“The road of our continued recovery
is long, but with our unmatched coali-
tion and bold plans, I know we will get
it done,” he said in a statement. “We will
accelerate Virginia’s minimum wage
increase to $15 by 2024, make sure all
Virginians have access to paid sick,
family, and medical leave, invest in small
businesses, and give every child access
to a world-class education.”
The 64-year-old former chairman of
the Democratic National Committee ap-
pears to be the front-runner among the
five candidates vying for the Democratic
nomination in the June primary. His
rivals are Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, state
Sen. Jennifer McClellan, Delegate Lee
Carter and former Delegate Jennifer
Carroll Foy.
If elected, either Ms. McClellan or
Ms. Carroll Foy would become Virginia’s
female governor, and they or Mr. Fairfax
would be the state’s second Black chief
executive. L. Douglas Wilder served as
governor from 1990 to 1994.
Delegate Kirk Cox, a Republican who
is running for governor, criticized Mr.
Northam’s decision.
“If Virginians had any doubt about
what they could expect from a Demo-
crat in the Governor’s Mansion, Ralph
Northam just eliminated it with his en-
dorsement of Terry McAuliffe,” Mr. Cox
said in a statement. “Northam’s time as
Governor has been marked by scandal
VIRGINIA
ASSOCIATED PRESS
“Let’s all get behind him. Let’s keep
Virginia blue, and let’s win in November,”
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said of Terry
McAuliffe whom he endorsed.
and poor leadership.”
He pointed out that Mr. McAuliffe
called for Mr. Northam to resign in 2019
amid a controversy over a photo of a
person in a blackface and another in Klan
garb in his school medical yearbook.
Mr. Northam initially said he was in
the photo then retracted the statement.
He did admit, however, that he wore
blackface when he entered a dance con-
test in the 1980s.
Mr. Northam apologized but declined
to step down, saying he would dedicate
the rest of his tenure to addressing prob-
lems related to inequity.
Mark Bergman, senior political ad-
viser for Mr. Northam, told The Associ-
ated Press that the governor met with all
but one of the candidates before making
his decision. Mr. Carter, the sole socialist
in the state House, reportedly did not
seek his support.
Earlier this week, the Democratic can-
didates squared off in their first televised
debate, with Mr. McAuliffe highlighting
his successes during his term as governor
and some of the other contenders taking
jabs at him.
Both Ms. Carroll Foy and Ms. McClel-
lan attacked Mr. McAuliffe’s record on
gun legislation, criticizing a 2016 com-
promise deal that strengthened some
gun control measures while reversing a
policy that would have invalidated con-
cealed handgun permits in Virginia held
by residents of 25 other states.
Mr. McAuliffe responded that the
bill was a bipartisan attempt at progress
on gun control when Republicans con-
trolled the legislature.
The Democratic primary is set for
June 8. The general election will be
held Nov. 2.
⦁ This article is based in part on wire
service reports.
MARYLAND
Thousands of students return
to Prince George’s classrooms
Thousands of students returned to
classrooms in Prince George’s County
Public Schools on Thursday for the
first time since last March despite
pushback from some teachers.
A group of parents, students and
teachers had gathered Wednesday
outside Eleanor Roosevelt High School
in Greenbelt for the “Only When it is
Safe” rally hosted by the PG Change
Makers Coalition.
“We know our buildings aren’t ready.
We know [Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention] guidance isn’t being
followed. We know schools should be
opening #OnlyWhenItsSafe,” the coali-
tion posted on its Facebook page.
The county school system, how-
ever, pushed ahead with Phase 1 of its
optional two-day hybrid instruction
schedule.
A schoolwide survey shows nearly
42,000 students have chosen the
hybrid option versus online-only
instruction.
The first phase includes pupils in
pre-kindergarten through sixth grade
and 12th grade, as well as those in spe-
cial education at all grade levels. Phase
2, which includes students in seventh
through 11th grades, begins April 15.
Prince George’s County Public
Schools has more than 130,000 students
and is the second largest school district

Teacher of Year: ‘I just wanted to do something big’ in Maryland, according to its website.
— Emily Zantow

Impact on students,
community earns awards
BY SHANNON KELLY
THE NEWS & ADVANCE
BEDFORD, VA. | A Bedford County teacher is being
recognized with state-level awards for her contribu-
tions to career and technical education.
Elizabeth Wendland, a teacher at Bedford’s Susie G.
Gibson Science and Technology Center who instructs
two dual enrollment classes — Early Childhood Educa-
tion and Teachers for Tomorrow — was named the Vir-
ginia Association for Teachers of Family and Consumer
Sciences (VATFACS) Teacher of the Year for 2021.
The distinction from VATFACS advances Ms. Wend-
land to a regional competition through the Virginia As-
sociation of Career and Technical Education, which, if
she wins, will make her eligible for national recognition
from the ACTE.
This award recognizes teachers “who are providing
outstanding educational programs for youth and/or
adults in Family and Consumer Sciences and commu-
nities,” according to the VATFACS website. Candidates
for the award are required to have made “significant
contributions toward innovative, unique” programs
geared toward improving and promoting career and
technical education.
The 32-year-old teacher has done just that over her
eight years teaching at the Susie G. Gibson Science
and Technology Center.
At first, Ms. Wendland didn’t see herself becoming
a teacher. However, she always knew she wanted to
make an impact.
She began an undergraduate degree program in
intercultural studies in with the intention of working
overseas, but said she quickly realized the field was
not what she expected.
After reflecting on her life and thinking about who
made the greatest impact on her, she realized it was
teachers and coaches. It was then she changed her
major to elementary education and, following her
undergraduate degree completed in 2011, she earned
her master’s in teaching and learning English from
Liberty University, graduating in 2014.
“I just always wanted to do something big,” Ms.
Wendland said. “To some people, success means a
big salary, or a big reputation, but for me, it always
Elizabeth Wendland was named the Virginia Association for Teachers of Family and Consumers Sciences
Teacher of the Year for 2021. Ms. Wendland teaches Early Childhood Education and Teachers for Tomorrow.
meant impact. I felt like the biggest impact for me
would be education.”
Through her education and career journey, Ms.
Wendland found herself teaching high school students.
She teaches the dual enrollment courses at the
Susie G. Gibson Science and Technology Center in
conjunction with two local institutions of higher
education: “Teachers for Tomorrow” is in partner-
ship with the University of Lynchburg, and the “Early
Childhood” class is offered with Central Virginia
Community College.
The Early Childhood program offers practical ex-
perience in teaching for students through internships
and volunteer work at Bedford County preschool and
elementary schools, in addition to classroom learning.
Practical experience teaching can have a positive
impact on students’ self-esteem, Ms. Wendland said.
In an age where going viral online is held as important
and perceptions of self-worth can rely heavily on the
amount of social media “likes” and followers one has,
she said many teens might feel like they do not make
a difference if they are not popular or visible enough.
Through teaching, Ms. Wendland hopes teens will
TAKOMA PARK
Off-duty Pentagon officer
fires gun at suspects
Authorities say that two people are
dead after an off-duty Pentagon Force
Protection Agency officer fired his
gun at the scene of an attempted car
break-in.
The Washington Post reported
that the incident occurred Wednesday
morning in Takoma Park.
Takoma Park police said officers re-
sponded to “multiple reports” of shots
fired in a parking lot.
The officers arrived and encoun-
tered the off-duty officer. He said he
had engaged with suspects of a car
break-in who failed to follow his direc-
tion and attempted to flee.
A short time later, two people with
gunshot wounds arrived at a hospital.
NEWS & ADVANCE VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS
Both died, police said.
Takoma Park Police spokeswoman
Cathy Plevy said the incident remains
under investigation.
— Associated Press
recognize they can all have an impact on others even
in small circles.
“When they come into my class, I’ve always told
VIRGINIA
them that, ‘Hey, it’s not a matter if you influence. It’s a RICHMOND
matter of, what kind of influence are you?’” she said.
“Because no matter where you are in your life, you
Ex-owner of assisted living
are influencing people every day.” home faces fraud charges
Ms. Wendland’s students also are active in the national Feds accuse former owner of as-
Educators Rising Club, which seeks to guide United sisted living home of fraud
States high school and college students interested in The former owner of an assisted
pursuing work as educators into their chosen careers, living facility has been charged with
offering support like networking opportunities and ways fleecing the government out of more
to engage with and grow their skills in teaching along the than $800,000.
way, including through club competitions. The Richmond Times-Dispatch re-
Over the past eight years, Ms. Wendland’s group ported Wednesday that Mable B. Jones,
has traveled to multiple states for education-focused 77, of Richmond, faces 13 counts of
events and competitions hosted by the club, including wire fraud and two counts of making
public speaking and debate competitions on education false statements.
topics, lesson planning and delivery competitions, Federal authorities allege that the
and essays or studies on topics such as the impact on government benefits were intended for
poverty and education, or remote learning on the spe- the care of residents but were instead
cial education population. Many of her students have used for gambling trips and other per-
won awards at these state and national competitions. sonal expenses.
— Associated Press

Baltimore’s Mfume waiting on federal cash

B
altimore calculates that it
expects to receive $670 mil-
lion from President Biden’s
American Rescue Plan — and
for a city whose pre-pandemic unem-
ployment rate stood at 12% for Black
residents compared to 4% for Whites, it
can surely use some help.
Is a rehash of the Lyndon Baines
Johnson’s Great Society the most effec-
tive and efficient road to travel?
Rep. Kweisi Mfume, who’s taking his
second go-round in the House, seems
to think so.
Born in poverty and dedicated to the
proposition that there’s almost always
a government solution to a human
problem, Mr. Mfume, 72, appreciates
governmental largesse.
In a piece he authored and was
published this to employment opportunities and fair child care facilities and expands a tax children don’t grasp academics merely
week in The wages for workers with disabilities. credit that will incentivize employers by osmosis — as the pandemic and
Afro-American That it also “invests in job training to co-locate day care facilities in the virtual learning prove on a daily basis.
newspaper, Mr. for returning citizens and at-risk youth workplace.” In fact, virtual learning has been so
Mfume detailed to provide employment alternatives to The problem, however, isn’t so ineffective in so many “learning” envi-
why he supports crime.” much where child care facilities are lo- ronments that teachers and administra-
Mr. Biden’s plan. Now, that latter wish-list item could cated as their hours of operation. That tions don’t even want to grade instruc-
For example, simply mean doling out higher summer is, from 6 or 7 a.m. until 6 p.m. or so — tors or test students.
Mr. Mfume likes jobs salaries or upping the age to 30 as America is still a 9-to-5 society. Said Mr. Mfume: “President Biden’s
DEBORAH that “it allocates years old. Who knows? Mr. Mfume supports so much in unveiling of the American Jobs Plan is
SIMMONS
$40 billion for Youths aren’t punished for breaking Mr. Biden’s plan, and you can be sure just the beginning of the process. I look
CAN WE worker retraining the law these days. It’s “racists’” fault he’ll support much of what comes forward to taking part in the debates on
TALK… in emerging job they’ve been charged in the first place. down the Congressional Black Caucus this historic legislation and doing the
markets such as He also said the plan even addresses and Democrats’ pike — especially if difficult work ahead.”
clean energy, as child care, “an often-overlooked need he runs for re-election to the House in However, he, too, seems to have
well as helping to retrain people for in our society. Lack of access to safe 2022. either forgotten or thinks Mr. Biden has
new opportunities in fields like manu- and affordable child care makes it Pushing for more federal dollars to a magic wand that President Obama
facturing and caregiving.” harder for parents to fully participate in cover the costs of public school facili- couldn’t grasp.
And “It eliminates sub-minimum any workforce. The Biden-Harris pro- ties and faculties, and parents and other ⦁ Deborah Simmons can be contacted
wage provisions and expands access posal provides $25 billion to upgrade taxpayers must also keep in mind that at dsimmons@washingtontimes.com.
 ▶ Editorial: Pot is growing like a weed / B2

COMMENTARY
LEGAL ADS INSIDE B5

FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021 ☆ R SECTION B

Low-watt Joe Building on the Trump administration’s

Biden tries to victories to advance American freedom
‘smarten up’ Posterity will recognize the Trump-Pence administration
For nearly five decades as one of the most consequential in American history
Joe Biden has been getting By Mike Pence rejoining the Paris Climate Accord, and bowed to environmental extrem-
ists by cancelling the Keystone Pipeline, all at the expense of the Ameri-
everything wrong in Washington

S
ince my service as vice president concluded, I have taken
the time to reflect on all that America achieved over the last
By Charles Hurt four years, and I believe that posterity will recognize the
Trump-Pence administration as one of the most transforma-
can worker.
And instead of working to unite all Americans as one national family,
Democrats have embraced the divisive dogma of radical progressivism,
which fractures our nation along the lines of race, ethnicity, sex, class and

P
oor Joe Biden. tive, and most consequential, in American history. a never-ending list of grievances that grows longer by the day.
For nearly five decades, Mr. Biden has In four short years, our administration proved beyond If unchallenged, the radical left will squander America’s future with
been getting everything wrong in Wash- a shadow of a doubt that the American Experiment in self- more government, more regulation, more illegal immigration, more limits
ington. He has always been a low-watt governance still works — when elected leaders’ decisions on individual freedom and a steady march toward socialism. For conserva-
thinker with verbal dysentery. are guided by putting the tives and reasonable people
But harmless. interests of the American of all political persuasions,
Which is why he wound up as vice president people first. now is the time to stand up for
in the first place — White Privilege Joe. Under our administration, freedom.
Poor guy, he is so slow he was the last person we revived our economy, That is why I launched a
to realize that nobody took him seriously. He rebuilt our military, returned new advocacy organization
thought all the eye-rolls were just how every- respect for the U.S. Constitu- called Advancing American
body said: “Yeah, Joe, we love hearing the sound tion to our federal courts, and Freedom, https://advancin-
of your voice restored America’s stand- gamericanfreedom.com. The
as much as you ing on the world stage. We AAF exists to defend and build
do!” slashed unemployment to upon the successful policies
NUCLEARR
OPTION
Droning record lows, passed historic of the Trump-Pence adminis-
on and on, the tax relief, raised working tration that yielded unprece-
insufferable lo- class wages, liberated millions dented prosperity at home and
BY CHARLES HURT quacity would of families from welfare, restored American strength
have shamed repealed a record number of abroad. By keeping Democrats
even the Great Buffoon himself, John Kerry. job-killing regulations, and and their allies in the media
But if you are dumb enough, extravagantly in- replaced colossal trade give- from erasing our historic
effective and willing to blow with any wind, you aways with fair and reciprocal record of achievement, and by
can make yourself quite a living in Washington. trade deals that brought jobs developing bold new policies,
Joe Biden might have arrived in Washington a and factories back home to strategies and coalitions, AAF
half century ago as “Middle Class Joe.” But he is America. will help defeat the radical left
“Millionaire Joe” today. So is his dirtbag junkie We defended free speech, agenda and advance American
son, Hunter. religious liberty and the freedom long into the future.
White Privilege pays, baby! It might even right to life of every precious Advancing American
make you the king. unborn child. We secured our Freedom is dedicated to the
The problem with blowing with the wind and borders, shut down illegal proposition that our nation
running off with every loud mob is that you just immigration, established the must conserve that which mat-
never know when and where the mob might turn Space Force, signed historic ters most: the right of every
next. Especially if you were never all that swift Middle East peace deals, and American to live, to work and
to begin with. launched the largest national to worship in freedom — the
Which perhaps explains Mr. Biden’s obses- mobilization since World War very thing that has always
sion with saying the word “smart.” II in response to the corona- made our country great.
Mr. Biden’s junkie son Hunter is “the smart- virus pandemic. Now, more To achieve this objective,
est guy I know,” claims the elder Mr. Biden. That than 100 million Americans the AAF will advocate for
very well may be possible. After all, he has lived have been vaccinated, our conservative, common sense
in Washington since before the invention of nation is healing and as state policies that serve the needs
color television. after state returns to normal of everyday Americans rather
But Hunter is “the smartest guy I know” life after a year of hardship than special interests and
ILLUSTRATION BY LINAS GARSYS
also sounds like something the family therapist our economy is roaring back. outdated philosophies shaped
suggested Mr. Biden say during their last junkie In four years, the Trump-Pence administration laid a foundation of for a world that has long since passed away. Great nations are built by the
intervention after Hunter got strung out smok- prosperity and innovation that is driving a great American comeback. sweat, strength and values of a thriving middle class — not by the edicts of
But from their first day in office, the Biden administration and con- a self-proclaimed ruling class.
gressional Democrats adopted a radically different approach — one that The policies of the Trump-Pence administration set our nation on the
expands the power of the federal government and elevates left-wing ideol- path of freedom. With the support of patriots across this country, and
ogy over common sense, and threatens America’s future like never before. God’s grace, Advancing American Freedom will help ensure that we con-
In just two-and-half months, President Biden has single-handedly cre- tinue to boldly forge a future of freedom for all the American people.
ated the worst border crisis in American history. Democrats are planning
to decimate our economy with the largest tax increase in half a century, Former Vice President Mike Pence is chairman of Advancing American Free-
a mountain of new job-killing regulations and a massive expansion of the dom, a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at The Heritage Foundation, and the
welfare state. Mr. Biden has bent the knee to international bureaucrats by Ronald Reagan Presidential Scholar at Young America’s Foundation.

Common sense conservative reforms can prevail

Leaders like Brian Kemp and Ron DeSantis, who stand up to the radical left, must be supported
By Scott Walker of Atlanta is Black while less than
10% of Denver is Black. This was
e stand with never really about race. Sadly, it

President Joe Biden

ASSOCIATED PRESS

ing cheese whiz in a crack pipe. I mean, there

really was not any other positive reinforcement
Mr. Biden could offer.
“Gee, son, you are the best at not sleeping
with your dead brother’s widow,” was obviously
not an option.
Neither was, “Man, you are so good at not
grifting millions from corrupt foreign govern-
ments off your daddy’s name.”
Nor was, “Hey, kid, nobody is better at ignor-
ing his illegitimate child in his memoir.” Okay,
well at least that last one would have been actu-
ally true.
Now Mr. Biden tells residents of the Great
State of Georgia that they need to “smarten up.”
Now take that with a grain of salt. It’s entirely
possible that Mr. Biden simply means Georgians
should take up smoking cheese whiz from a
crack pipe.
Mr. Biden was talking about the new Geor-
gia legislation requiring people to present valid
identification in order to vote in elections —
obviously a racist attack on Black people.
We are talking fire hoses, snarling Ger-
man Shepherds and insurmountable poll tests.
“Jim Crow on steroids,” Mr. Biden said — in all
seriousness.
On second thought, it is entirely possible
that Joe Biden’s deadbeat junkie son really is the
smartest person Joe Biden knows.
Charles Hurt is opinion editor of The Washington
Times. He can be reached at churt@washington-
times.com.
“W Walker.” That
phrase was spray
painted on giant
pieces of plywood that were posted
in farm fields along the interstate
on my way home from Madison to
Milwaukee. It was a reaction to the
tens of thousands of protesters who
were occupying the Wisconsin
State Capitol in
opposition to our
common sense
conservative
reforms.
The support
was organic.
When it was time
to print yard signs
SCOTT for the recall elec-
WALKER tion that followed
the protests, we
used the same
phrase. It was prophetic as we won
with more votes than in the original
election. We stood up to the bullies
and the people stood with us.
Now, we need to do the same for
leaders standing up to the radical
bullies today. I stand with Geor-
gia Gov. Brian Kemp who signed
comprehensive election integrity
legislation. The radical left is trying
to intimidate them, but they must
not back down.
Unfortunately, the lies of
Stacey Abrams and Joe Biden
cost Atlanta the Major League
Baseball’s All-Star Game. The Cobb
County Travel and Tourism Bureau
estimates a loss of more than $100
million. Many minority-owned
businesses would have benefited
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from the money spent on the game.
Ironically, Colorado has 15 days
of early voting while Georgia now
has 17. Both states require identi-
fication to vote. More than 50%
is all about politics: The governor
of Georgia is a Republican while
the governor of Colorado is a
Democrat.
If this was really about race
and voting, why did Democrats
pick Milwaukee for their national
convention in 2020? I signed into
law a requirement to show photo
identification to vote. Wisconsin
even has fewer days of early voting
than Georgia. Again, the difference
is that the state has a Democratic
governor and the city a Democratic
mayor.
Apparently, voter ID laws
are only bad when you are a
Republican.
Even The Washington Post gave
President Biden four Pinocchios
for his lie about the Georgia law
requiring polls to close early. It is
simply not true – yet the Biden ad-
ministration continues to repeat the
lie,even after the error was reported
by the mainstream media.
Moving further south, we see
the successes of Florida Gov. Ron
DeSantis. He kept his state largely
open, while aggressively moving to
vaccinate seniors and other vulner-
able groups. The left and many in
the media attacked him, yet the
facts clearly show the success of his
actions.
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B2 | EDITORIAL ☆R FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021

COMMENT & ANALYSIS

Pot is growing like a weed

Normalization of psychoactive substances inevitably
victimizes the young

T
here is a time in life
when human beings
have a chance to feel as
if they can conquer the world
and reach for the stars. Hopes
come to fruition for a fortu-
nate few, but obstacles inter-
vene for others, leaving them
to look back later and regret
the day they surrendered their
goals. The frivolous decision
to become involved with psy-
choactive substances is that
moment for many. Thanks
to the upsurge of marijuana
legalization across the nation,
millions more are destined for
a future of dashed dreams.
Pot use is not a victimless
habit. A study funded by the
National Institutes of Health
weed. Making it a big business
also means big state revenue,
and every politician worthy
of the title know it’s easier
to commoditize and tax vice
than virtue.
Last week, New York be-
came the 15th state to legal-
ize marijuana for recreational
use. Tokers 21 and older can
immediately possess up to
three ounces, though it may
take a year before rules are
ready for the regulation of
commercial sale of cannabis. Legislation, not nuisance-based
New Jersey beat New York to
the pot patch by a month, and litigation, is the best solution
Virginia only needs the gov-
ernor’s signature on approved
to the opioid epidemic
legislation to join the party. By John Swallow during this crisis, when it comes to the rule
of law, the “ends” never justify an uncon-
The libertarian, and lib-

L
ost in the shadow of the worldwide stitutional “means.” Indeed, if successful,
and published last week by ertine, argument in favor of battle against the COVID-19 Oklahoma’s strategy will promote the future
the Journal of the American pot says individuals ought pandemic has been America’s use of public nuisance laws with economi-
Medical Association found to be free from government fight against opioid addiction, cally devastating results in politically-driven
which has taken hundreds of thousands cases.
that marijuana users between interference to make their of American lives. Laws are created by legislatures for
the ages of 12 and 25 open the own decisions, including According to the National Institute on a reason. Public nuisance laws prevent
door to substance abuse disor- whether to ingest mind-al- Drug Abuse, in 2018 alone my home state bona-fide nuisances or annoyances. Now,
ders. Adolescent users, those tering chemicals. After all, of Utah tragically lost 437 to drug overdose at the urging of an elected attorney general,
deaths involving opioids. Unfortunately, an Oklahoma judge has redefined public
12 to 17, are twice as likely to alcohol is legal, so tetrahydro- because of the distractive pressures of the nuisance to include politically unpopular,
descend into drug abuse as cannabinol, or THC, should COVID-19 pandemic, we will see much but otherwise legal products. This alarm-
young adults, ages 18-25. be as well. Following the same higher numbers in 2020. Sensible work ing precedent will grant to other courts
must be done to finally end this plague. a license to kill lawful products and even
Researchers found 15.4% of vein of thought, a person who Solving the opioid crisis will require manufacturers.
the younger set and 51.5 per- has fractured one leg is free an all hands-on-deck effort and attorneys The Oklahoma litigation is creating a
cent of the older cohort had to break the other. But why general in states across the country play slippery slope. Its formula could negatively
used cannabis. The results would anybody in his right an important role, by upholding laws and impact any industry falling out of favor with
pursuing those who violate them by, for the media, such as energy, agriculture and
confirm the troubling con- mind want to? instance, importing illicit opioids. However, even domestic manufacturing, because no
clusions of previous studies: Normalizing the use of an- in their zeal to conquer the scourge of one wants an industrial plant in their back-
Individuals who begin using other psychoactive substance addiction, they must guard against going yard. Indeed, it is no secret that environ-
marijuana during adolescence for adults inevitably encour- too far, which is always a risk when mixing mental activists across America have sued
law enforcement with politics, particularly oil and gas companies on public nuisance
are twice as likely to develop ages its abuse among adoles- when over-enforcement could bring ad- grounds but have so far been unsuccess-
a substance abuse disorder as cents. It means generations ditional state revenues. ful. However, if this case is successful in
the young adults. of young Americans are des- In addition to their prosecution roles, energy-rich Oklahoma today, tomorrow
state attorneys general have been involved the precedent could be used to bankrupt
The federal government tined for dependency, overuse in a number of high-profile civil cases national energy companies with a presence
still regards cannabis a con- and overdose on other, more against pharmaceutical manufacturers for in the Sooner State, crippling our domestic
trolled substance, meaning it potent chemicals. It means their alleged role in contributing to the energy industry.
has an extreme potential for millions of young Americans opioid epidemic. Many have combined This is largely why both the U.S. Cham-
their legal actions into a manageable multi- ber of Commerce and the American
dependency, no legitimate use are destined to be turned district litigation that is working its way Tort Reform Association, have serious
in medicine and its distribu- aside from their hope-fueled through the courts in Ohio, while other concerns about using public nuisance
tion is a federal offense. Un- life plans, leaving them to states have decided to go it alone. laws to address claims of crisis. I there-
deterred, state governments wonder with heavy hearts Oklahoma in particular has stood out fore urge any judge, attorney general, or
for lawsuits against three pharmaceutical lawyer involved in this case — or any
are racing to earn their trendy what might have been. That’s companies producing prescription opioids. similar to it — to consider the unin-
credentials by legalizing the not the American dream. While Purdue Pharma and Teva Pharma- tended ramifications as they pursue
ceutical settled for $270 million and $85 further action.
million, respectively, Johnson & Johnson Oklahoma Attorney General Mike
defended its case in court and now faces a Hunter’s statement, “we did it in
judgment of $465 million, not for violating Oklahoma. You can do it elsewhere,”
any law specifically related to opioids, but confirms to those who understand the
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR for creating a “public nuisance.”
In its lawsuit Oklahoma claims that
principles of our American republic
the fundamental problem with Okla-
Johnson & Johnson “created a public nui- homa’s litigation. Arbitrary government
The cover-up continues sance launching an aggressive and mislead-
ing marketing campaign that overstated
power should be limited by “checks and
balances,” meaning that laws defining
Joe Biden’s meeting with Chinese the facts and fabricated untruths at Information about Hunter how effective the drugs were for treating the legality of products and industries
leaders in Alaska was really not “the will in favor of their own choices. Biden’s collusion with the Chinese chronic pain and understated the risk of reside with legislatures, not attorneys
first tangible sign that something Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg re- is non-existent. Mike Lindell’s video, addiction.” These claims appear over- and judges.
had gone wrong (“Biden showing portedly spent $400 million in swing “Absolute Proof,” contains momen- blown when one considers that Johnson & The opioid crisis is serious and
weakness both at home and abroad,” states to influence the election — yet tous evidence of election fraud — Johnson’s opioid medications accounted for to end it will require a serious and
Web, March 27). It has been obvious American author and film producer well-researched, well-documented less than 1% of total opioids prescribed by deliberative response by the legislative
for years that Biden was not a viable Dinesh D’Souza was sentenced to and well-informed. More than 4.3 doctors in Oklahoma as well as the United branch, which represents us. Those
candidate for the most important job five years work release for contrib- million votes in six states remain States. laws can then be enforced by the courts.
in the world. uting $20,000 to a candidate. Why in question, but this fact has been As a former attorney general and state Together, through this constitutional
But it is not the voters who have is that? rejected out of hand and buried, lawmaker, I am concerned by government’s process, we will work to end the opioid
“given the reins to a senescent career Most voters have no direct con- even scorned by the Supreme Court. attempt to address a societal problem, crisis once and for all without sacrificing,
politician and a junior senator,” but tact with candidates and can only Seventy-five million voters are not deserving of a deliberative solution, by on the altar of expediency or convenience,
rather the deliberate censorship go by what they read and hear. They happy with that. asking a court to expand the meaning of our core constitutional protections.
of print media, TV and big-tech are easily manipulated by the vicious public nuisance to include legal products
algorithms that have deliberately media sources responsible for this ELIZABETH WARD NOTTRODT prescribed by licensed physicians. This is John Swallow is the former attorney
misinformed the public, withheld debacle. Baltimore being done “after the fact” giving no notice general of Utah. Earlier in his career he
to a company that provides otherwise law- served as the state’s chief civil deputy A.G.,
ful medications. overseeing seven divisions and all litiga-
Biden’s abysmal presidential record While this may seem applaudable tion involving the State of Utah.

I just turned 76, I’m a lifelong inde-
pendent voter and I’m not in the best
of health. I have voted for Democrats
and Republicans in my 55 voting
years, but our current president’s
stance on immigration has left me
totally beside myself.
President Biden came into office,
stopped the almost-completed build-
ing of the border fence, reinstated
Catch and Release and has caged
illegal youth in a manner far worse
than what he accused President
Trump of doing. He has restricted
the media in accessing the border
facilities and has remained totally
silent about the children being
dropped over the fence.
Our president has forgotten that
he works for the American citizens.
His political tenure spans so many
years that he has probably voted for
many of the laws he now ignores. It
is unfathomable to think that our
president cannot seal the southern
border of the most powerful nation
in the world. For me, the last remain-
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Why not ban cars, too?
There has been a recent rash of
people using their cars to attack, hurt
and kill innocent civilians. Where
is the outrage? Why aren’t the gun-
control advocates going after our
cars? Anyone can own or rent one and
no background checks are required.
Anti-gun activists should be filing
legal action against the big three car
makers and all of the imports as well.
The sad reality is that the idiot
behind the trigger is the same idiot
behind the wheel. The focus of leg-
islation needs to be targeting the nut
jobs who are a danger to society.
STEPHEN MOUNGELIS
Mt. Airy, Md.
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Respect the intelligence in charting Afghanistan’s murky way forward

Biden administration should be clear about America’s interest in denying ISIS and al Qaeda a base of operations
By Daniel N. Hoffman agreement would be null and void if Washington
does not honor the May 1 date.

W
hen I served as
director of the CIA’s
Near East Division
at Langley, I traveled
each month to Tampa
to brief then-Central
Command chief Gen.
Lloyd Austin. The
general even then was a voracious and highly
sophisticated reader of what U.S. intelligence
analysts were learning.
Now as President Biden’s new secretary of De-
fense, Mr. Austin no doubt will be heavily relying
again on the intelligence community as the Pen-
tagon charts
a course
forward on
THE BI
THE BIIGG
BIG
PICTURE
the wickedly
complex
challenge of
BY DANIEL N. HOFFMAN
Afghanistan.
With a
long history of being invaded and fighting outsid-
ers as ruthlessly as they fight among themselves,
Afghanistan is more a failed than functioning state.
Al Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahiri remains at large
and Islamic State has a significant and growing pres-
ence, particularly in eastern Afghanistan. On top
of all that, Afghanistan continues to be the world’s
opium hub.
The Taliban, which halted targeting U.S. and
coalition forces in a 2020 deal with the Trump
administration, have amped up attacks on what
they call the “puppet government” in Kabul. But it’s
important to remember that the Taliban movement
is not a monolith. A sizeable portion of the Islamist
group’s leaders, including Sirajuddin Haqqani,
designated a “global terrorist” by the U.S. govern-
ment in 2008, are indeed irreconcilable. The notori-
ous Haqqani Network has a history of granting al
Qaeda operatives safe haven on its territory and for
conducting violent suicide attacks against coalition
forces, civilians and the Kabul government.
Under the February 2020 Doha Accord, the U.S.
and Taliban agreed to a full American troop with-
drawal by May 1 of this year in return for the Taliban
reducing violence, engaging in power-sharing talks
with the Afghan government and ensuring Afghani-
stan does not become a haven for outside terrorists.
But the words in the agreement do not jibe with the
reality on the ground.
For the U.S. intelligence community, three issues
are vital to focus on — whether Mr. Biden and Mr.
Austin stick to the May 1 withdrawal date or not.
First is the risk of civil war, with the potential for
the Afghan government in Kabul to collapse in the
wake of a full U.S. and NATO pullout. The congres-
sionally appointed Afghan Study Group, led by
former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph
Dunford, warned that a U.S. withdrawal could result
in Afghanistan once again becoming a base for
terrorists to plan attacks against the U.S. within “18
months to three years.”
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Ruthlessly targeting Afghan security forces, the
Taliban is stronger today and controls more terri-
tory than at any point since the 2001 U.S.-led inva-
sion. Continued fighting only serves as a magnet
attracting more ISIS and al Qaeda terrorists, leading
to more threats to American security interests in the
region and beyond.
Second is the impact on intra-Afghan dialogue
and the threat to remaining U.S. and NATO forces
if the Pentagon delays or stops the withdrawal.
The Taliban have already warned that the Doha
The third big question is how regional powers
will influence or exacerbate Afghanistan’s eco-
nomic, political and security challenges through
proxy conflicts. Having long provided safe haven
and material support to the Taliban, for example,
Pakistan competes with Iran for influence over
Pashtun and Shia areas inside Afghanistan. For Paki-
stan, Afghanistan represents “strategic depth” in its
far more important rivalry with India.
Maintaining close relationships with ethnic Ta-
jiks and Uzbeks in Afghanistan, Russia has supplied
arms to the Taliban with an eye toward bleeding its
“main enemy” — the United States. The Kremlin
wants to be perceived as having induced U.S. with-
drawal to enhance its own standing in the region.
And while mounting counterterrorism opera-
tions directed against Uighurs in Xinjiang and the
East Turkistan Islamic Movement, China is also
interested in exploiting Afghanistan’s vast natural
resources, including copper, iron, coal, marble,
lithium, gemstones and hydrocarbons.
Mr. Biden said in his first press conference late
last month that he “can’t picture” still having U.S.
troops in Afghanistan next year, but that it would
also be difficult logistically to meet the May 1 dead-
line for a full pullout.
The Biden administration, which is conducting
a review of Mr. Trump’s deal while pressing Afghan
President Ashraf Ghani to engage in serious talks
about the country’s future, should be clear about
America’s fundamental security interest: denying
ISIS and al Qaeda a secure base of operations in
a largely ungoverned land — the very conditions
under which the 9/11 attacks in 2001 were first con-
ceived and executed.
Cognizant that the Obama administration’s
precipitous withdrawal from Iraq in 2011 helped
create the conditions for ISIS to flourish, Mr. Biden
should keep firmly in mind the distinction between
an “endless war” and a forward-deployed U.S. pres-
ence — strictly limited in personnel and scope and
buttressed by allied contributions — that defends
our clear national interests and doesn’t outsource
them to unreliable partners or hostile actors.
Daniel N. Hoffman is a retired clandestine ser-
vices officer and former chief of station with
the CIA. His combined 30 years of govern-
ment service included high-level overseas and
domestic positions at the agency. He has been
a Fox News contributor since May 2018. Fol-
low him on Twitter @DanielHoffmanDC.

By Alex Muresianu
f President Biden’s trying to improve the job
Why is Biden’s infrastructure plan investment in manufacturing. The framework al-
locates $300 billion toward supporting American
heavy industry, through general subsidies for the

I outlook in the U.S., he doesn’t need to get in

the economy’s way. Unfortunately, his new
infrastructure plan, called the American Jobs
Plan, is going to do just that.
While unveiling the huge amount of govern-
ment spending in the new plan, the president
is urging for private investment to deal with
specific issues like climate change, manufactur-
ing and housing. But, despite what he thinks,
paying for infrastructure by tax-
ing private capital investment
won’t help that along.
First of all, Mr. Biden’s
proposal would increase the
corporate tax rate to 28%. Of
course, that’d make firms much
less likely to undertake certain
projects because they’d simply
earn a lower after-tax return.
Mr. Biden’s proposed 15% mini-
mum tax based on a different
measure of corporate income
could prevent firms from im-
mediately deducting the cost of
their capital expenditures and
could claw back many provi-
sions geared toward incentiv-
izing research and investment
within the infrastructure plan
itself.
If Mr. Biden’s plan is realized,
the U.S. economy is certainly
going to feel it in the long run.
A Tax Foundation analysis from
last year found paying for infra-
structure with a major corpo-
rate tax increase would reduce
our economic output. But there
are other, superior ways to
finance infrastructure, such as
raising the gas tax. It might not
be ideal, but it’d have a smaller
negative effect on the economy
than this potential corporate tax
increase would.
The American Jobs Plan includes sev-
eral types of new public spending. Matthew
Yglesias, author of the Slow Boring newslet-
ter, neatly categorized the spending into four
punishing private investment?
The president’s ‘American Jobs Plan’ gets in the economy’s way
buckets. First, transportation infrastructure:
$621 billion for roads, bridges and trains, as
well as support for electric vehicles and a few
other items. Second, general infrastructure: $650
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billion for water systems, broadband, the electri-
cal grid, affordable housing, and school facilities.
Third, it has $580 billion in support for R&D, man- istration wants to create or expand.
ufacturing and workforce development, and lastly,
it spends $400 billion on support for caretakers.
Public investment in infrastructure cannot
completely replace the returns provided by the
private sector, especially when funded by corpo-
rate increases. According to
the Congressional Budget Of-
fice, the typical rate of return
on public investment is 5%,
as opposed to 10% for private
investment. That doesn’t mean
that infrastructure spend-
ing can’t increase economic
growth. Some specific policies
in the plan seem
particularly benefi-
VOICES
cial — for example,
the social return on
investment in lead-
removal programs
looks quite good. In
aggregate, though,
the returns on infrastructure
tend to be lower than the re-
turns to private investment.
On top of the corporate tax
increases, the plan’s reliance
on tax credits for very specific
kinds of investments in clean
energy is a mistake. Instead,
policy should start with fair
and even treatment for all
capital investment, where it
can be deducted immediately.
That would broadly favor
making investments in new
technology, which tend to be
more efficient and climate-
friendly than the old, dirtier
they would replace. This may
be a better approach to tackling climate change
than the many clean energy tax credits the admin-
Mr. Biden’s tax proposal also punishes private
manufacturing sector, along with targeted sub-
sidies for certain types of research and develop-
ment, federal procurement for electrical vehicles,
and a tax credit for semiconductor production.
However, the tax increases, including his proposed
15% minimum book tax, would end up hurting the
manufacturing sector.
Basing a tax on book income would effectively
disallow or limit legitimate deductions for major
capital investments common in manufacturing.
Industries that invest heavily in physical capital
would bear the burden. Indeed, a paper from
Princeton University found that the minimum
book tax would increase taxes the most on utility
companies and manufacturers.
Similarly, a study from the right-leaning
American Enterprise Institute found that Mr.
Biden’s tax plan in its entirety would raise taxes on
manufacturing — more
than almost any other
YYOUNG
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industry. A Treasury De-
partment report released
yesterday featured some
changes to the minimum
book tax proposal Mr.
Biden supported during
the campaign, but it is still unclear how the mini-
mum tax would treat accelerated deductions for
capital investment.
It’s ironic that the tax portion of the proposal is
called the Made in America Tax Plan, given how
it would raise taxes on domestic production and
decrease American competitiveness. When includ-
ing state taxes, the effective average U.S. corporate
tax rate was 24.6% in 2019, which was still slightly
above the median tax rate for developed countries.
Increasing the federal corporate tax rate to 28%
would put the U.S. at the top combined statutory
tax rate in the OECD. That’s not a recipe for reviv-
ing American industry.
The goal of the Biden plan to increase produc-
tivity in the United States and grow the economy
is a worthy one. But the choice to fund the plan
by punishing private investment is definitely
not how he’s going to do it.
Alex Muresianu is a federal policy analyst at
the Tax Foundation and a contributor at Young
Voices. Find him on Twitter @ahardtospell.

Walker was the only outlet ready to vaccinate

From page B1
Unlike New York, where Gov. Andrew
Cuomo’s policies led to COVID-19
patients being placed in nursing homes,
Mr. DeSantis’ actions saved lives and the
state’s economy. Instead of giving him an
Emmy or book deal, the press hounded
him.
The worst of the worst was CBS
News’ “60 Minutes.” The show aired
selective footage of Sharyn Alfonsi
confronting Mr. DeSantis at a news
conference. Even though others taped the
exchange where Mr. DeSantis said Publix
people in Palm Beach County and that he
had consulted local officials, they edited
out most of his response.
Even the mayor of Palm Beach
County, Dave Kerner, a Democrat, called
the story intentionally false. He said his
comments were excluded from the “60
Minutes” piece.
Ron DeSantis is easily the most ef-
fective governor in America right now.
Unlike the false narrative that lifted
Mr. Cuomo up last year as the “Gold
Standard,” Florida’s governor has actu-
ally produced positive results. That’s
why the media and Mr. Biden are out to
get him.
Increasingly, members of the media
have become agents of misinformation
for radical activists. NBC News anchor
Lester Holt said last week, “I think it’s
become clear that fairness is overrated.”
It was a clear sign that the media does
not want to provide balance, they want
to push their own agenda.
Beyond the simple question of fair-
ness, the larger problem with that mind-
set is that the legacy media so often get
things wrong. Mr. Biden announced this
week that every adult will be eligible to be
vaccinated by April 19. Before the election,
The Washington Post ran the headline,
“Trump says, without evidence, every
American will get coronavirus vaccine
by April.” They were wrong and Donald
Trump was right.
Mr. Holt’s own network did a fact-
check on the statement that a vaccine
could come by the end of the year. They
declared that it would take a “miracle.”
Then, in December, they ran a story about
how the FDA authorized Pfizer’s COVID-
19 vaccine for emergency use. They were
wrong and Donald Trump was right.
Bottom-line: We need to stand up for
conservatives who call out the lies and
speak the truth. Our republic depends
on it. I stand with Mr. DeSantis and Mr.
Kemp. Despite the bias of many on the
left, their common sense conservative
approach will continue working and win-
ning for their states.
Scott Walker was the 45th governor
of Wisconsin. You can contact him at
swalker@washingtontimes.com or fol-
low him @ScottWalker.
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Postseason incentives reveal expectations of Turgeon
BY ANDY KOSTKA
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
For much of Mark Turgeon’s
10-year tenure at the helm of
Maryland basketball, the major
sticking point has been his post-
season success — or lack thereof.
Turgeon has led the Terra-
pins to the Sweet 16 just once,
in 2016. And while Turgeon has
brought his team to the NCAA
Tournament in five of the last six
seasons there have been postsea-
son competitions, Maryland has
never beaten a team seeded sixth
or higher.
So Turgeon’s new contract —
which the university announced
Wednesday night — comes with
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teams. He joined the 49ers in 2010
as a seventh-round draft pick out of
South Carolina State, and though he
rarely started, he went on to play
for New England, Seattle, Oakland
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wrapping up their rounds of 69
about the time Rose began on a
course that was dry and crusty,
on greens that were so fast there
were splotches of brown.
Among those at 70 were for-
mer Masters champion Patrick
Reed and Masters newcomer Will
Zalatoris. Jordan Spieth overcame
a triple bogey from the trees on
No. 9 for a 71.
Missing were a slew of red
numbers on the leaderboard in
conditions so difficult that Garcia
said after a 76, “I feel like I just
came out of the ring with Evander
Holyfield.”
Five months ago, in the first
Masters held in November be-
cause of the COVID-19 pandemic,
the turf was so soft that 53 players
were under par after the opening
round.
British Open champion Shane
Lowry chipped from the back of
the 15th green into the water in
front of the green. He escaped
with bogey and managed a 71. U.S.
Amateur champion Tyler Strafaci
hit a 60-foot putt from behind the
ninth green that wound up 75 feet
away on the other side.
Defending champion Dustin
Johnson, who set the record last
year at 20-under 268, failed to
break par for the first time since
the opening round in 2018. He
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Rodriguez started this season
on the injured list after experi-
encing a dead arm during spring
training.
Rodriguez (1-0) gave up four
hits, including two-run homers
by Ryan Mountcastle in the first
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falling into that category. And
with over 1,000 players already
in the transfer portal just days
after the championship game,
next season could be shaped even
more by the kind of player move-
ment college basketball hasn’t
seen before.
“It’s free agency — college ver-
sion,” ESPN analyst and former
NBA player LaPhonso Ellis told
The Washington Times.
The NCAA is expected to
pass another one-time trans-
fer waiver, allowing athletes to
switch schools without the re-
quirement of sitting out a season.
According to Verbal Commits, a
site that tracks transfer portal
information, there have never
been more players in the transfer
portal.
The transfer portal debuted
in 2018 and was designed by the
NCAA to help facilitate player
movement from one school to
the next. Once a player enters the
transfer portal, schools around
the country can see their intent to
move and can contact the athlete.
That’s how Teague, Mitchell
several postseason incentives, un-
derlining what the school expects
moving forward.
According to a copy of the
contract obtained by The Wash-
ington Times through a public
record request, Turgeon would
earn a one-year extension for
either a Big Ten regular season
or tournament championship;
those extensions are cumulative.
If Turgeon brings the Terra-
pins to their second Sweet 16 ap-
pearance since 2003, he’d receive
another one-year extension. That
extension bumps to two years
should they make the Elite Eight,
while a Final Four run would earn
Turgeon an additional six years
(though the remaining length
and the New York Jets before fin-
ishing his career with the Atlanta
Falcons in 2015. As a rookie late
in the 2010 season, Adams suf-
fered a severe ankle injury. He
never played for the 49ers again,
getting released just before the
2011 season began. Later, with the
Raiders, he had two concussions
Justin Rose hits his tee shot on the 17th hole. Rose tied a Masters
record by taking at least a share of a first-round lead for the fourth time.
three-putted for double bogey on
the 18th for a 74.
“I feel sorry for the guys’ first
and Pedro Severino in the fourth
— the first home runs allowed
by Boston this season. Rodri-
guez struck out seven and walked
none, throwing at up to 94.7 mph.
Orioles third baseman Rio
Ruiz was hit on the left elbow by
Rodriguez in the fourth, but the
plate umpire Jeremie Rehak ruled
he swung at the pitch. Baltimore
manager Brandon Hyde angrily
and Flagler wound up at Bay-
lor, becoming major parts of
the team’s championship run.
Teague led UNC-Asheville in
scoring (16.7 points per game)
as a sophomore. Mitchell played
34 games as a freshman at Au-
burn. Flagler was named Big
South Freshman of the Year at
Presbyterian, scoring 15.9 points
per game.
“It allows teams to go, ‘OK,
this is the type of player that we
need, but we want that player to
actually have some experience,’ ”
Ellis said. “This high school kid
fits the mold but doesn’t have
the experience. Whereas this kid
here — Davion Mitchell, MaCio
Teague, Adam Flagler — that
guy fits our mold and has expe-
rience, so we’re going to go with
that guy.”
Particularly for Teague and
Flagler, those strong perfor-
mances at lower-tier schools put
them on the map, convincing the
Bears they could compete — and
excel — at the higher level.
Other players from smaller
conferences are following the
trend, including Jamir Harris.
He averaged 20.5 points per
game at American in 2021. Now,
he’s headed to Seton Hall as a
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
of Turgeon’s deal can’t
exceed six years).
After Maryland
dropped its second-
round NCAA Tour-
nament matchup to
Alabama, pressure on
Turgeon
Turgeon from outside
the athletic depart-
ment grew, but a buyout would Maryland wouldn’t owe Turgeon
have cost the university the re- anything.
mainder of his base salary and
supplemental income had they postseason success, rising by $1
parted ways — about $6 million. million any time the Terrapins
Under the new deal, Turgeon’s win a Big Ten regular season or
long-term viability at Maryland is tournament title. A Sweet Sixteen
more closely tied to postseason appearance increases Turgeon’s
success.
Turgeon’s buyout is now set making it to the Final Four would
at $5 million if he’s fired before increase the buyout to 75% of
over three games in 2012.
Whether he suffered long-last-
ing concussion-related injuries
wasn’t immediately clear. Adams
would not have been eligible for
testing as part of a broad settle-
ment between the league and its
former players over such injuries,
because he hadn’t retired by 2014.
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Masters in November, and then
they’re walking out there today
wondering what the hell is going
emerged from the dugout to pro-
test the call and was ejected.
Matt Harvey (0-1), who didn’t
get a decision in his Orioles debut
last week at Fenway Park, allowed
four runs and seven hits in five
innings with five strikeouts and
a walk,
Boston took a 4-3 lead in
the sixth on an RBI ground-
out by Christian Arroyo and a
graduate transfer.
To Ellis, it’s a development
that could have a downside. For
unheralded recruits, scholarship
opportunities might be more dif-
ficult to come by as top-level
programs retool their rosters
each offseason with experienced
transfers. That could push some
players to smaller colleges, prov-
ing their ability before a transfer
elsewhere becomes possible.
“It almost sounds like the G
League vs. the NBA, right?” Ellis
said. “You may have to go and
serve your time and play well
and develop to get yourself on
the radar of high majors.”
Other Final Four teams ben-
efited from an influx of transfer
activity too. The Houston Cou-
gars rolled to a 28-3 record with
four transfers in their starting
lineup throughout the NCAA
Tournament.
Quentin Grimes led Houston
in scoring two years after trans-
ferring from Kansas. DeJon Jar-
reau began his career at UMass
before heading to Houston, Justin
Gorham made the transition from
Towson to the Cougars and Reg-
gie Chaney received a waiver
last offseason to be immediately
eligible following his move from
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May 1, 2022. That total
drops half a million
before May 1, 2023,
before dropping an-
other million in 2024
to leave Turgeon’s
buyout at $2.5 million.
If he’s fired during the
final year of his deal,
But the buyout changes with
buyout by another million and
Adams’ father told a Charlotte
television station that he blamed
football for problems his son had,
and which might have led him to
commit Wednesday’s violence.
“I can say he’s a good kid — he
was a good kid, and I think the
football messed him up,” Alonzo
Adams told WCNC-TV.
on,” Kevin Kisner said after a
hard-earned 72.
This was no surprise. Augusta
National has not had rain in more
than a week, and players could
not recall the last time greens
were this fast during practice
rounds, much less with a score-
card in hand on Thursday.
“It’s my 10th year, but I’ve
never seen the greens so firm and
fast,” Matsuyama said. “So it was
like a new course for me playing
today, and I was fortunate to get
it around well.”
And what to say of Rose? Even
in more forgiving conditions, he
had never done better than 67.
“I didn’t feel like today was
the day for a 65, if I’m honest,”
Rose said.
No one needed convincing,
least of all Bryson DeChambeau
and Rory McIlroy, among top
players who struggled with the
wind and had just as many prob-
lems when the ball was on the
ground.
DeChambeau, the U.S. Open
champion who has been lick-
ing his chops about bringing his
super-sized game to Augusta
National, didn’t make a birdie
until the 15th hole and shot 76,
his highest score as a pro at the
Masters. Patrick Cantlay hit into
the water on both par 3s on the
back nine and shot 79.
“Guys are going to shoot them-
selves out of the golf tournament
on day one,” Webb Simpson said
run-scoring single by Franchy
Cordero off Paul Fry, who was
pitching for the second straight
day and third time in four games.
J.D. Martinez had an RBI dou-
ble in the seventh and scored
on Marwin Gonzalez single off
Shawn Armstrong. Hernandez
homered off Tyler Wells in the
eighth.
The game drew 10,150. The
Arkansas.
“That’s just the way it is today,”
Houston coach Kelvin Sampson
said in March, via the Associated
Press. “Thirty years ago, people
that didn’t know what they didn’t
know turned their nose up at
transfers. They thought some-
thing was wrong with them. It
shows you how little they knew,
though. Now, if you’re not taking
transfers, you’re behind.”
The model works, allowing
teams to reload more quickly
than traditional recruiting routes
tend to allow. Take Maryland,
for example. The Terrapins had
obvious holes at point guard and
center, but coach Mark Turgeon’s
incoming recruits next season
weren’t filling those.
Instead, Turgeon landed for-
mer Rhode Island point guard
Fatts Russell and former George-
town big Qudus Wahab. Those
additions have propelled a team
that exited in the second round of
the NCAA Tournament this sea-
son to one with building hype for
next year. In way-too-early pre-
season rankings, Stadium, ESPN
and the NCAA all have Maryland
listed in the top 10.
For other schools, though, the
transfer portal can create issues
his remaining base salary and
supplemental income.
The three-year extension runs
through the 2025-26 campaign
with a base salary of $725,000. But
Turgeon’s supplemental income
drives the value of the deal to
about $17 million over the next
five years.
The contract defines supple-
mental income for Turgeon’s
appearances on university-pro-
duced television and radio shows,
for apparel contracts and for mak-
ing promotional and fundraising
appearances for Maryland. The
supplemental income starts just
shy of $2.58 million and rises in
$100,000 increments for the re-
maining five years of his contract.
A neighbor said authorities
spent hours negotiating with
Phillip Adams, using a loud-
speaker and sending in a robot
to scan the house. She said au-
thorities repeatedly asked Adams
to come out, and promised to get
his disabled mother out safely,
before Adams shot himself.
after a late double bogey forced
him to settle for a 70.
McIlroy, needing a green
jacket to complete the career
Grand Slam, hit his father with
a shot on the seventh hole. That
was about the most interesting
moment in his round of 76. Lee
Westwood, who had a pair of
runner-up finishes in the Florida
Swing, had a 78.
Rose looked as though he
might be headed that direction.
He made a soft bogey on No. 1.
He three-putted across the green
on No. 7. He was 2 over, though
not ready to panic. He knew it
was tough. He also knew he was
headed in the wrong direction.
“You can’t win the golf tourna-
ment today. Even with a 65 you
can’t win it today,” Rose said. “You
can only probably lose it today,
obviously. I reset just prior to that
and thought if I can get myself
back around even par, that would
be a good day’s work.”
He hit 5-wood into 10 feet for
eagle and a 9-iron to the danger-
ous left pin on No. 9 to 4 feet for
birdie. He holed a 25-foot putt on
the 10th and hi 8-iron to 6 feet
on No. 12. It never stopped. Even
from the first cut of rough on the
17th, his wedge settled 4 feet from
the hole.
He finished going over the
details of that incredible stretch,
smiled and said, “Sounds easy.”
It looked that way. But only
for him.
Orioles are allowing up to 11,000
to attend games under coronavi-
rus restrictions, about 25% of the
capacity at Camden Yards.
After a day off, the Orioles and
Red Sox face off again Saturday,
with Garrett Richards (0-1, 27.00
ERA) on the mound for Boston
and Bruce Zimmermann (1-0,
4.50 ERA) making his third career
start for Baltimore.
when a flood of players enters
at once. Penn State, for instance,
saw six players enter the portal at
once on March 16, one day after
the program hired former Purdue
assistant Micah Shrewsberry as
its new coach.
To better regulate the system,
Ellis recommends the NCAA in-
corporate a more defined win-
dow for players to enter the trans-
fer portal. Currently, the portal is
open all year long.
But Ellis feels an April 15 dead-
line to enter the portal would give
coaches a chance to survey the
scene around college basketball
to fill whatever unexpected holes
might have appeared on their
roster while still offering players
the flexibility to move.
For now, though, the college
basketball landscape is shifting to
one resembling something more
akin to NBA free agency — just
without the money involved. And
for the teams who can navigate
the portal, filling positions of
need with experienced play-
ers, there’s a clear path toward
success.
“That whole concept of, ‘Get
old, stay old?’” Ellis said. “It’ll be
a whole lot easier for programs
to do that.”
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Turgeon can also receive
competitive bonuses worth up
to $545,000. Winning a share of
the Big Ten title — as the Terra-
pins did in 2019-20 — would earn
Turgeon an additional $50,000,
while an outright conference
title win would draw $75,000.
Should Turgeon secure a confer-
ence tournament championship,
he’d make $75,000 more, although
Maryland has won just three Big
Ten tournament games in the
six seasons the team has been
involved.
A longer run in the NCAA
tournament yields a maximum
bonus of $250,000 (for a national
championship), with a Sweet 16
appearance totaling $75,000.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Mets win home opener
on disputed hit by pitch
NEW YORK | Jeff McNeil
launched a tying homer in the
bottom of the ninth inning on
his 29th birthday and the New
York Mets were handed the
winning run on a disputed hit
by pitch for a 3-2 victory Thurs-
day over the
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Miami Marlins
in front of the
BRIEFS first crowd at
Citi Field in 557
days.
With the bases loaded and
one out, a scuffling Michael
Conforto appeared to stick out
his right elbow pad just enough
to get it grazed by a 1-2 breaking
ball from closer Anthony Bass
that looked to be in the strike
zone.
Plate umpire and crew chief
Ron Kulpa ruled Conforto
was hit by the pitch, and he
headed toward first base as Luis
Guillorme scored as the Mets
celebrated a bizarre comeback
win in their home opener.
Marlins players and manager
Don Mattingly argued with
Kulpa before a replay review
was initiated. The review lasted
58 seconds, and the call was
upheld.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Lawsuit claims retaliation
over Miles allegations
BATON ROUGE, LA. | In a $50
million federal racketeering
lawsuit, an associate athletic
director at Louisiana State Uni-
versity accuses university of-
ficials of retaliating against her
for reporting racist remarks and
inappropriate sexual behavior
by former head football coach
Les Miles.
Sharon Lewis’ lawsuit said
she was denied pay raises
and subjected to verbal abuse
after going to officials with the
allegations against Miles —
including her accusation that
he told her there were “too
many Black girls” employed in
athletics and an incident when
a female student accused him
of “getting on top of her” on
his office couch. It also accuses
LSU officials of working with a
law firm to cover up allegations
against Miles, including one
that he engaged in “explicit sex
acts” with a student.
TENNIS
French Open delayed one
week due to pandemic
PARIS | For the second
year in a row, the traditional
French Open schedule is being
disrupted by the coronavirus
pandemic.
The clay-court Grand Slam
tennis tournament said Thurs-
day it will push back the start of
this season’s event by one week
because of surging virus cases
in France.
The French Open was
scheduled to start on May 23,
but first-round matches will
now get underway on May 30.
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Authorities: Former NFL player Adams kills 5, himself
Suspect’s father says ‘I think
the football messed him up’
BY MICHELLE LIU AND MEG KINNARD
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ROCK HILL, S.C. | Former NFL
player Phillip Adams fatally shot
five people including a prominent
doctor, his wife and their two
grandchildren before later killing
himself, authorities said Thursday.
Rose among the thorns
Two-time runner-up out to four-shot lead after Masters’ first round
Justin Rose tees off on the 12th hole during the first round of the Masters on Thursday in Augusta, Georgia. Rose shot a 7-under 65 to end the day with a four-stroke lead.
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Transfer portal a version
of ‘free agency’ for teams
Colleges reload with players of need
BY ANDY KOSTKA
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
In the moments immediately
after the final horn sounded on
Monday night’s NCAA cham-
pionship game, Baylor players
ran to the edge of the court and
leaped onto tables, soaking in the
moment.
Among those players stood
MaCio Teague, Davion Mitchell
and Adam Flagler, all three of
York County Sheriff Kevin
Tolson said investigators had not
yet determined a motive in the
mass shooting Wednesday.
“There’s nothing right now
that makes sense to any of us,”
the sheriff said.
Dr. Robert Lesslie, 70, and
his wife, Barbara, 69, were
Hideki
Matsuyama
chips to the 10th
green during
the first round.
Matsuyama sits
tied in second
place on the
leaderboard
behind Rose.
whom ranked among the Bears’
top four scorers this season. They
all have something else in com-
mon, too: Teague, Mitchell and
Flagler started their college bas-
ketball careers elsewhere before
moving to Waco, Texas, and win-
ning a title.
The rise of impact transfers
came into focus during the Final
Four, with several top performers
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pronounced dead in
their home in Rock Hill
Wednesday along with
was in critical condition
“fighting hard for his life,”
said a cousin, Heather
in a bedroom, he said.
Both a .45-caliber and 9mm
weapon were used in Wednes-
grandchildren Adah
Lesslie, 9, and Noah
Smith Thompson.
Authorities said
day’s shooting, the sheriff said.
A person briefed on the in-
Lesslie, 5, the York evidence left at the vestigation told The Associated
County coroner’s of- scene of the shoot- Press earlier Thursday that Adams
fice said.
Adams
ing led authorities to had been treated by Mr. Lesslie,
A man who had Adams as a suspect. who lived near his parents’ home.
been working at the Lesslie home, The sheriff said they went to The person spoke on condition
James Lewis, 38, from Gaston, was Adams’ parents’ home, evacu- of anonymity because he wasn’t
found shot to death outside. A sixth ated them and then tried to talk authorized to speak publicly.
victim, Robert Shook, 38, of Cher- Adams out of the house. Eventu- He’d worked for decades as an
ryville, North Carolina, was flown ally, they found him dead of a emergency room doctor, includ-
to a Charlotte hospital, where he single gunshot wound to the head ing as emergency department
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Brian Harman
hits from the first
fairway. Harman,
who was the
last player to get
into the 88-man
field, finished
the round tied
for second with
a 3-under 69.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Orioles’ home opener spoiled by the Red Sox
BY TODD KARPOVICH
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BALTIMORE | Eduardo Rodri-
guez won in his return from heart
inflammation that caused him
to miss the 2020 season, allow-
ing three runs over five innings
Thursday to lead the Boston Red
Sox over Baltimore 7-3 Thursday
in the Orioles’ home opener.
Rafael Devers and Kike Her-
nandez homered for the Red Sox,
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who have won four consecutive
Home plate umpire Jeremie Rehak ejects Orioles manager games for the first time since Aug.
Brandon Hyde in the fourth inning Thursday. Hyde argued 14-18, 2019. Boston has scored 33
against a call on a pitch that hit the Orioles’ Rio Ruiz but wasn’t runs in the four wins after manag-
given first base on a check swing strike. The Red Sox won, 7-3. ing five while getting swept by the
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medical director for nearly 15
years at Rock Hill General Hos-
pital, according to his website.
A biography page said he and
his wife raised four children and
were actively involved with their
church, as well as with Camp Joy,
which works with children with
disabilities and where Mr. Lesslie
served as camp physician for a
week each summer.
Adams, 32, played in 78 NFL
games over five seasons for six
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BY DOUG FERGUSON
ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUGUSTA, GA. | Even before the
Masters began, it was obvious Au-
gusta National in April was noth-
ing like it was in November. Far
less clear was which course Justin
Rose was playing Thursday.
Rose made seven birdies and
an eagle during a torrid 10-hole
stretch for a 7-under 65 and a
four-shot lead, his lowest score
at Augusta National in one of its
toughest opening rounds.
It started with a nice hop off
the mounds left of the green
on the par-5 eighth that set up
a 10-foot eagle. Only two of his
birdie putts were outside 8 feet.
He holed a 12-foot par putt on the
one green he missed. Not bad for
a 40-year-old from England play-
ing for the first time in a month
while resting an ailing back.
His 65 looked even better on
a day so tough only 12 players
broke par, and the average score
was 74.5.
“Listen, I didn’t know where
my game was going into this
week,” Rose said. “I’ve been work-
ing hard. I could have played the
last two tournaments, but I was
really trying to prepare hard for
this Masters.”
Twice a runner-up, including a
playoff loss to Sergio Garcia four
years ago, Rose tied a Masters
record by taking at least a share
of first-round lead for the fourth
time. The other to do that was
Jack Nicklaus. The difference?
Nicklaus went on to win two of
his six green jackets from that
position.
Rose likes to say he’s only had
one arm in the jacket.
Brian Harman, the last player
to get into the 88-man field,
and Hideki Matsuyama were
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Orioles in a three-game series at
Fenway Park.
A day after his 28th birth-
day, Rodriguez made his first big
league appearance since Sept. 29,
2019, against the Orioles at Fen-
way Park. He started last season
on the injured list, and the Red
Sox announced Aug. 1 that Ro-
driguez was going to miss the en-
tire pandemic-shortened season
because of myocarditis related
to COVID-19. At the time, Red
Sox chief baseball officer Chaim
Bloom said he was optimistic
Rodriguez would pitch in 2021.
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