News and Views: April 22, 2025

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Have You Heard of This 'Dark Woke' Phenomenon?  Instead of looking inward and figuring out where they went wrong, the left is jumping headfirst into the definition of insanity, thinking things might just be different next time.

   And this, ladies and germs, is where the “dark woke” phenomenon has emerged. The New York Times, as well as other media outlets, have touted this supposed change as a way for the left to “get their groove back.”

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Paging Chris Van Hollen: Two More 'Maryland Men' Arrested Over Murder of 23-Year-Old Mother While the Democratic Party continues to fight for 'Maryland Man' Kilmar Abrego Garcia, another Maryland woman -- this time a 23-year-old mother -- has been murdered by illegal immigrants

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Progressive Minnesota Prosecutor Lets State Employee Off with No Charges for Alleged Tesla Vandalism   Progressive County Attorney Mary Moriarty took office in 2023 and has faced strong criticism for her soft-on-crime approach. On several occasions, Moriarty has shown leniency to violent criminals, including suspects charged with murder and sexual assault, leading to disputes with prosecutors and outrage among victims’s families.

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CCP-Tied Entity Bankrolled Anti-Trump Boston Mayor Michelle Wu The Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF) says that the Gary Yu who founded Boston International Media Consulting and raised $300,000 for Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is the same Gary Yu — or rather, Yu Guoliang — who is part of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) intel United Front Work Department (UFWD). Yu is also apparently a recruiter for the CCP. Is Wu one of his recruits doing pro-CCP work, perhaps?

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Betting on the Next Pope? You Might Have a Gambling Problem  But nowadays people can (and will) bet on anything, and now we’re seeing odds on who will become the next pope. Would-be bettors are taking to search engines to find out how to plunk their money down.

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Alarming reversal: UCSF study reveals vaccinated 6x more likely to be hospitalized than unvaccinated   The study’s authors analyzed data from nearly 30,000 participants, comparing hospitalization rates among two groups: vaccinated individuals with no prior infection and unvaccinated individuals who had recovered from COVID-19. The results were stark: Vaccinated people had a 5.89 risk ratio (RR) for hospitalization, with a 95% confidence interval of 4.80 to 7.22, meaning those in the vaccinated group were 5.8 to 7.2 times more likely to be hospitalized than the unvaccinated group.

   “This didn’t happen by chance,” emphasized Steve Kirsch, an early pandemic advocate and critic of vaccine policies, who reviewed the study. “The odds [p-value of 4e-15] are astronomical, and the effect size is monstrous. The medical community needs to explain why a signal this huge didn’t surface in clinical trials.”

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