Virtually every conservative in America knows the title of this column is true. Virtually every leftist knows it, too, but lying for the cause is what the left does (think “Russian collusion”). And those liberals who have become increasingly indistinguishable from leftists know it’s probably true but won’t say so — lest they side with conservatives and, more importantly, be branded “racist” by the left. How the left brands a person now determines many people’s moral and political positions.

If the left cared about blacks, leftists would work to raise blacks to universal academic standards, not lower and abolish standards as they have done for decades, most recently in abolishing the SAT exam at the University of California. Read Full Story

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Republican New York Rep. Lee Zeldin admonished more than 70 Democrats who voted by proxy during Wednesday’s legislative session in Congress. 

Speaking outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Zeldin criticized Democrats who elected not to be present because of the coronavirus pandemic and submitted their votes through Democratic House members assembled in the chamber. 

“I have a lot of colleagues who will be giving their votes to other members to vote for them,” Zeldin said. “But I think one of the keys to leading is to actually show up.” Read Full Story

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• Axios: Coronavirus Dashboard

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Tuesday that “a lot of states” have offered to host the party’s convention in August after President Donald Trump threatened to move it from North Carolina.

McDaniel, speaking on “Fox & Friends,” said that the RNC wants to hold the convention in North Carolina but agreed with Trump in faulting that state’s Democratic governor, Roy Cooper, for not providing assurances that the large-scale event would be able to go on as planned amidst concerns about the spread of the novel coronavirus. Read Full Story

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• Axios: Coronavirus Dashboard