BIDEN SLURPS SOUP
Biden stumbles through answer over East Palestine visit: 'Who's Zooming who?' | Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-no-plans-visit-east-palestine-points-whole-video-zoom-train-derailment-disaster

COVID LAB LEAK
The Journalists Who Smeared Tom Cotton Over Lab Leak Theory
https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-journalists-who-smeared-tom-cotton-and-tarnished-their-own-reputations-over-the-lab-leak-theory/

Assessment Covid-19 leaked from Chinese lab is a minority view within US intel community, sources say | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/27/politics/intel-community-covid-origins

CNN sets stage for rewriting of history in response to Covid lab leak news
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/02/27/cnn-sets-stage-for-rewriting-of-history-in-response-to-covid-lab-leak-news-1336093/

‘We may not ever know’: Fauci says origin of coronavirus could remain a mystery - The Boston Globe
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/02/27/metro/fauci-calls-an-open-mind-lab-leak-theory-sees-no-data-back-it/

Dr. Robert Redfield: Clearly the origin of COVID was a leak from the Wuhan lab | Fox News Video
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6321332267112

TRAINWRECKS
So far, Trump’s rollback of regulations can’t be blamed for Ohio train wreck - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/27/so-far-trumps-rollback-regulations-cant-be-blamed-ohio-train-wreck/

VIRGINIA STORIES
Virginia Dems reject curriculum on dangers of communism over fear of stoking anti-Asian sentiment | NextShark.com
https://nextshark.com/virginia-democrats-communism-curriculum-anti-asian

Virginia teachers union, Democrats oppose teaching about victims of communism | The College Fix
https://www.thecollegefix.com/virginia-teachers-union-democrats-oppose-teaching-about-victims-of-communism/

Va. Senate Democrats kill Youngkin-backed bill on school awards - WTOP News
https://wtop.com/virginia/2023/02/va-senate-democrats-kill-youngkin-backed-bill-on-school-awards/

Democrats kill Virginia bill banning schools from hiding kids' gender transition from parents - Washington, DC
https://www.americantowns.com/news/democrats-kill-virginia-bill-banning-schools-from-hiding-kids039-gender-transition-from-parents-31536918-washington-dc.html

Virginia Senate Democrats kill bill to protect infants born alive after failed abortions - Catholic Canada
https://catholicanada.com/2023/02/virginia-senate-democrats-kill-bill-to-protect-infants-born-alive-after-failed-abortions/

CHICAGO STORIES
Inmates claim jail guards are pressuring them to vote illegally in Chicago's mayoral election | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11798187/Inmates-claim-jail-guards-pressuring-vote-illegally-Chicagos-mayoral-election.html

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot faces 8 challengers in Tuesday's election : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/27/1159630201/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-faces-8-challengers-in-tuesdays-election

Chicago Mayor Lightfoot taking on 8 rivals in reelection bid | FOX40
https://fox40.com/news/political-connection/ap-politics/ap-chicago-mayor-lightfoot-taking-on-8-rivals-in-reelection-bid/

CHINAAAAAAA
Chairman McCaul Announces Hearing on Countering the CCP - Committee on Foreign Affairs
https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-release/chairman-mccaul-announces-hearing-on-countering-the-ccp/

Combatting the Generational Challenge of CCP Aggression - Committee on Foreign Affairs
https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/combatting-the-generational-challenge-of-ccp-aggression/

House Panel to Hold Hearing on Policy Toward China 'Aggression' | Newsmax.com
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/panel-china-house/2023/02/21/id/1109594/

CRIME STORIES
After violent weekend, D.C. homicides up 40 percent over last year - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/02/27/dc-homicides-up-40-percent/

Homicides in D.C., Maryland suburbs continue to increase in 2021 - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/31/2021-homicides-dc-rising/

Vandals spray-paint 'Murderer' on Central Park Columbus statue
https://nypost.com/2023/02/27/columbus-statue-in-central-park-vandalized-police/

DILBERT GUY
Scott Adams’s ‘Dilbert’ cancellation sparks comics industry reactions - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2023/02/27/scott-adams-dilbert-reactions/

THE WEATHER
Greta Thunberg joins activists' protest against a wind farm in Norway - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/greta-thunberg-joins-activists-protest-against-a-wind-farm-in-norway/

Actor Ed Begley Jr. Claims Environmental Activism Hurt Career: 'Gave People the Creeps'
https://www.mediaite.com/entertainment/better-call-saul-actor-claims-environmental-activism-negatively-impacted-his-career-gave-people-the-creeps/

OTHER THINGS
Citizens for Sanity
https://forsanity.org/

Opinion | San Francisco’s Decline Frustrates Even Democrats Like Me - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/opinion/san-francisco-democrats-board-of-supervisors.html

Cocaine Bear, Hold My Beer: Production Company Behind ‘Sharknado’ Releasing ‘Meth Gator’ Movie This Summer
https://www.mediaite.com/entertainment/cocaine-bear-hold-my-beer-production-company-behind-sharknado-releasing-meth-gator-movie-this-summer/

LAPD regulates official department displays of 'Thin Blue Line' flag - CBS Los Angeles
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/lapd-bans-official-department-displays-of-thin-blue-line-flag/

Gretchen Whitmer criticized for apparent night out while Michigan hit with severe winter weather, power loss | Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gretchen-whitmer-criticized-apparent-night-out-while-michigan-hit-with-severe-winter-weather-power-loss

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