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After George Floyd died in May 2020, countless school districts, businesses, and individuals rushed to affirm their support for the black community and express how they would create more equitable spaces. Now that the jury has found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all charges, school districts and even higher education institutions around the nation are scrambling once again to appeal to the mobs screaming that conviction isnt enough with woke messages affirming more critical race theory-driven actions.

In Naperville, Illinois, parents and teachers were notified by Naperville Community Unit School District 203 Superintendent Dan Bridges that the district will create spaces that are equitable, inclusive, and focused on [students] social-emotional needs following Chauvins conviction.

It is our duty to respond to traumatic events that might impact student learning, behaviors, and relationships at school, Bridges wrote in a statement obtained by The Federalist. The deaths of George Floyd and others and the recent verdict require us to be responsive to the emotional well-being of students and staff. Emotional responses from students could manifest in different ways. As educators, we are uniquely positioned to serve as allies and advocates. A trauma-sensitive school environment can benefit all students.

Families and educators in Arlington Public Schools in Virginia were alerted by Superintendent Francisco Durn on Tuesday that not only would counseling be provided for students who have many feelings that need to be processed about Floyds death, but the district would also continue to combat systemic racism in our justice system by encouraging so-called equity.

I want to take this opportunity to affirm our commitment to anti-racism and social justice, and to our continued work in schools and in our community, Durn wrote.

Another school district in Virginia, notorious for its history with critical race theory and extended school shutdowns, released a statement on Tuesday promising that Fairfax County Public Schools is continuing to grow and will bring forth change to ensure that our students and staff can learn and work in an environment where racism and hate are not tolerated, and all feel safe, valued, and included.

There is no justice in the loss of loved ones. Let us choose love and creation of a just environment. Let us choose hope and commitment to actions that breed hopefulness. Let us create brave and safe spaces for students and staff today and every day, the statement concluded before offering a list of counseling and other resources provided by organizations such as Facing History and Ourselves and the Center For Racial Justice In Education.

Spokane Public Schools in Washington issued a similar statement on Tuesday acknowledging that everyone in our system has not experienced this equitably and that the current events unfolding across our nation are highlighting the need for change across all systems and notifying students of opportunities to receive counseling.

We will continue our commitment to put our vision of excellence for everyone into practice with measurable action steps for systemic change, the district promised.

Cleveland Metropolitan School District CEO Eric Gordon released a statement to staff and students on Tuesday claiming that Chauvins conviction should be used to reevaluate and restructure institutions within the United States.

We must use this moment to critically examine the systems and structures in communities across this nation and in our own community in Cleveland, and challenge ourselves again to address the longstanding inequities that, together, form the public health crisis of racism and racial injustice, Gordon wrote. As I said at the time of George Floyds murder, each of us is either part of the problem or part of the solution. What we do or dont do today will truly determine whether George Floyds life and the lives of so many others will be honored.

In addition to providing staff and students with resources to address the racial trauma and repeated exposure to stories of violence and inequalities, Hamilton Southeastern Schools outside Indianapolis released a list of statements affirming anti-racism, equity, and the Black Lives Matter movement shortly after Chauvins verdict was read.

We also understand the pain that many of our students and teachers feel when discussing the inequities in the current judicial system, the statement read. We have heard from parents who have described the task of preparing their children for the two Americas. The racial division that we see today is not a new phenomenon; it is centuries-old, embedded in the fabric of our country.

Jordan Davidson is a staff writer at The Federalist. She graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism.

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After a noteworthy two weeks as Jeopardy! guest host that featured one contestant trolling him in his first episode, and several other contestants not knowing the history of his team, pro football quarterback Aaron Rodgers concluded his stint at the lectern April 16. In his place, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper took over beginning last Monday for a two-week run.

As part of the gig, Cooper will also raise funds for the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Haiti; Jeopardy! will match the contestants winnings from his hosting stint, and donate them to the hospital instead of an honorarium.

Cooper has competed in four separate episodes of Celebrity Jeopardy!, so he knows the game fairly well. In prior years, his name often arose as someone who could succeed Alex Trebek as the shows permanent emcee, so giving Cooper a tryout as guest host made some sense.

That said, one word generally described Coopers first week of hosting duties: Meh. Unlike most of the other guest hosts, few notable traits or characteristics jumped out during Coopers time behind the lectern.

Ken Jennings had an earnestness about him, but also a nervousness that sometimes approached timidity. Katie Couric reprised her effervescent morning show personality. Dr. Mehmet Oz seemed confident, to the point of appearing brash. And Rodgers most closely emulated Trebeks mannerisms, but with a monotone voice so soothing that it almost became soporific.

Call his efforts workmanlike, or call them boring, but Cooper lacked many unique mannerisms while behind the lectern. He often seemed to take a moments pause before calling a contestants response correct perhaps waiting to see if the shows producers would speak into his earpiece to advise him on a ruling.

But other than those occasional pauses, Cooper did little to add to, or detract from, the play of the game. Whether that style generates plaudits or criticism may depend on ones view of the role of a Jeopardy! host or perhaps ones view of Coopers political views, and those of the network he currently represents.

On Wednesday, Jeopardy! announced what it said was its full lineup of guest hosts through the end of the shows 37th season. The lineup of guest hosts including former Jeopardy! champion Buzzy Cohen, who will host the Tournament of Champions, set to air during the May sweeps period will run through mid-August. At that point, the show will likely air a few weeks of reruns until the start of its 38th season, presumably with a new permanent host, in mid-September.

Two items stand out from the announcement: First, to the great delight of the many who had signed a petition seeking his appearance on the Jeopardy! soundstage, former Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton will host a series of episodes in July. He joins ABC morning personalities George Stephanopoulos and Robin Roberts, CNBC anchor David Faber, and Fox sportscaster Joe Buck among the last group of guest hosts.

But to accommodate all these guests, Jeopardy! had to shorten the duration of their hosting stints. Thus far, and continuing through mid-July, guests appeared on two weeks of shows which, given the shows taping schedule, made a great deal of sense. The show normally tapes five episodes (a weeks worth) in one day, two days per week (normally Tuesdays and Wednesdays). That tape schedule allows each guest host to tape two weekss worth of shows within a relatively brief two-day window, allowing easy travel for out-of-town guests.

But beginning with Stephanopoulos in mid-July, guests will only host one weeks worth of shows, taped within a single day. The compressed schedule explains why this space decided in January to review guest hosts after their first weeks appearances, thinking some would not have longer hosting stints.

All told, 16 individuals will guest host Jeopardy! episodes during the second half of its 37th season. Only time will tell if one of these 16 individuals is named as the permanent host, or another individual takes the coveted hosting gig.

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Hollywoods China problem can be summed up neatly in one series of events from Sundays disastrous Academy Awards. In her acceptance speech for Best Director, Chlo Zhao was sure to cite her experience growing up in the Middle Kingdom and reflect on a Chinese proverb. The Chinese Communist Party still blacked her out.

For background purposes, Chinas notoriously sensitive censors have sought to blackout Zhaos success largely because she once said there were lies everywhere in the country during a 2013 interview with an obscure magazine. (Another interview initially contributed to the controversy, but as The Federalist reported this month, Zhao was genuinely misquoted.) This is hugely problematic for Disney, which tapped Zhao to direct Eternals, a big-budget film the company needs to succeed in China, where the CCP exerts extreme control over content. I went into more detail on this messy controversy here.

Observers have buzzed over how Zhao and Disney can right the ship with China since the country took measures to suppress discussion of the director in the wake of her success for Nomadland. Zhaos decision to use her precious time on stage accepting the most coveted award in her profession to cite a Chinese proverb and mention her childhood in the country was subtle, but seemed in this context like a very intentional appeal to the CCP.

Her reward? Another blackout. Liza Lin reported on Monday [t]wo state media reporters told The Wall Street Journal that they had received orders from Chinas propaganda ministry not to report on Ms. Zhaos victory, despite what they described as her status as a Chinese national, because of previous public opinion.'

Lin added more important context, writing, China has long sought the soft-power prestige that comes with awards like the Oscars, which makes the official silence surrounding Ms. Zhaos accomplishment particularly noteworthy.

The reticence comes amid a surge in digital nationalism, fanned by Chinas ruling Communist Party, which has led to explosions of online anger at Swedish clothing retailer Hennes & Mauritz AB, the National Basketball Association, and others for perceived insults to Chinas national honor, she noted.

Thats all true, and it does not bode well for Eternals, a film reportedly made on a budget north of $200 million. The Chinese box office is now more lucrative than the American box office. That will, of course, mean more of our big-budget films will be watered down to appeal to both audiences, and Hollywood in general will be even more deferential to the CCPs extremely sensitive censors, which punish any dissent from the partys values in scripts or red carpet interviews or anywhere else with blacklisting.

Its too early to say what the CCP will do when Eternals heads to theaters later this year. Disney is enormously powerful and has shown a pathetic willingness to toe the party line for the sake of profit. (See: Mulan.) But Zhaos acceptance speech and the subsequent blackout is illustrative of a larger point: pleasing the CCP is nearly impossible, and Hollywoods unpatriotic efforts to secure Chinas blessings do not guarantee success but they do guarantee the utter corruption of its integrity and its art.

Lets not forget, it is an understatement to describe this years Oscars ratings as a disaster. The last decade of ratings have been a disaster. Sundays fractional ratings leave the Academy in a hole out of which it may never be able to climb. The industry could move the ceremony to Beijing, or restore its integrity and start focusing on meaningfully reprioritizing the American audience.

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April 26, 2021

Lake Bluff, Illinois-based Terlato Wines has expanded its partnership with Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits to 10 additional states. Strengthening the link between the two multi-generational, family-owned companies, the expansion is effective May 1 and will give SGWS the rights to distribute Terlatos portfolio in New York, Texas, Louisiana, and Colorado plus control states across the U.S.

This is a highly strategic move that will not only streamline our business, but will provide our company an unparalleled opportunity for significant and sustained long-term growth by improving our reach, accelerating retail development and ensuring we rebuild and win in the critically important on-premise segment, said CEO Bill Terlato.

Southern Glazers CEO Wayne Chaplin said, Terlatos portfolio of iconic luxury brands is an ideal fit for our business and our new fine wine and artisanal spirits strategy, adding that he sees strong long-term growth potential in the luxury wine and spirits segment in which Terlato competes.

The move brings Terlatos entire portfolio, including wines like Terlato Vineyards, Gaja, M. Chapoutier, Champagne Lanson, The Federalist, Dueling Pistols, and Cecchi, and spirits brands like Bunnahabhain Scotch whisky and Aperitivo Nonino, among others, into the SGWS fold.

Commenting briefly on market conditions, Terlato told SND, Before Covid the on-premise comprised close to 50% of our business. Very early on in the pandemic, we took immediate and decisive action to ensure continuity of the business by pivoting our channel priorities and changing our daily focus. Our pivot to retail happened very quickly and successfully. With restrictions loosening up all over the country, we not only expect to retain our off-premise gains, but to recover and win in the on-premise once again.Shane English

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The law has spoken. On Tuesday, a jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on counts of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and the second-degree manslaughter of George Floyd. After weeks of lawmakers and commentators chiming in and expressing a desire for Chauvin to be convicted, this wish has finally been granted, barring a retrial.

Yet the jurys decision will not be enough for the left. It never was meant to be. To Democrats, Chauvin represents a systemic racism woven into the fabric of the United States white supremacy that can only be quelled by restructuring the entire American system.

The cases coverage was rarely truly about Chauvin, Floyd, or what really occurred on May 25, 2020. The left molded it into yet another example it claims proves black people are categorically murdered by American police. Still, data from 2017 to 2021 shows police shot whites to death in higher numbers, and regardless there is no proof that recent police shootings of black people have been racially motivated.

Vice President Kamala Harris said this loud on behalf of the race-obsessed Democratic Party after the verdict came in.

We still must reform the system The president and I will continue to urge the Senate to pass this legislation, not as a panacea for every problem but as a start, Harris said. This work is long overdue. America has a long history of systemic racism. Black Americans and black men, in particular, have been treated throughout the course of our history as less than human.

Note the attempt by Harris to sensationalize Floyds death to hold it up as a social justice torch to give Democrats an excuse to pass almost anything. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., also weighed in upon the verdict.

So no, this is not justice, Ocasio-Cortez said. I also dont want this moment to be framed as this system working, because it is not working and that is what creates a lot of complexity in this moment.

Ocasio-Cortez claims the judicial system was not working regardless of the conviction she preferred. Thats further telling about the extent to which the left seeks to reconstruct America as a place without local police or law and order, in addition to communicating endlessly to your children they were born in a land with no opportunity, no prospects, and no hope of ever succeeding because of systems created to discriminate against them.

Racism happens in America, just like in every place. The left uses this to construct the myth that the United States as a whole is systemically racist, and that the only way to counterbalance this false premise is to riot against the men and women who put their lives on the line every day to protect our communities. This could not have been better depicted than in Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., latest outburst this weekend.

Weve got to stay on the street, and weve got to get more active, weve got to get more confrontational. Weve got to make sure that they know that we mean business, Waters told street activists in Minnesota while they awaited the Chauvin verdict. After facing criticism from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., Waters blamed systemic racism.

Any time they see an opportunity to seize on a word, so they do it and they send a message to all of the white supremacists, the KKK, the Oath Keepers, the [Proud] Boys and all of that , Waters said. This is a time for [Republicans] to keep telling our constituents that [Democrats] are the enemy and they do that time and time again. But that does not deter me from speaking truth to power. I am not intimidated. I am not afraid, and I do what needs to be done.

What specifically do Waters and the Democrats believe needs to be done?

What happened to Floyd is sad. What happened to Ryan Whitaker, a white man, this summer is also sad. We all know why weve been faced with the past year of repeated violence over Floyds death and not over Whitakers.

You do not need to be brilliant to understand this game by now. Regardless of what happened with Chauvin, the lefts efforts to racialize and segregate the United States based on sex, color, and creed show no sign of stopping.

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Former President Donald Trump released a statement Thursday ridiculing NBA player LeBron James after the Lakers star threatened a Columbus, Ohio police officer who saved the life of a teenage girl on the verge of being stabbed. James tweeted Youre Next #ACCOUNTABILITY on Tuesday, but deleted it after backlash.

LeBron James should focus on basketball rather than presiding over the destruction of the NBA, which has just recorded the lowest television RATINGS, by far, in the long and distinguished history of the League, Trump said.

Indeed, NBA ratings have been down for years. The Athletic reported last week that the league has an average of 2.83 million viewers for premium network games this season, compared to the all-time low of 2.95 million last season. The NBA Finals had ratings down 51 percent, with the final game down 70 percent year-over-year. In September, a poll showed 39 percent of respondents thought the league was overly political.

After deleting his tweet, James wrote, Im so damn tired of seeing Black people killed by police. I took the tweet down because its being used to create more hate This isnt about one officer.its about the entire system and they always use our words to create more racism. I am so desperate for more ACCOUNTABILITY.

The Federalist contacted the Staples Center arena where the Los Angeles Lakers play to see if they would condemn Jamess words. Not only did the company decline to do so, but it also declined to say it maintains respect for the law enforcement who work in its arena.

His RACIST rants are divisive, nasty, insulting, and demeaning, Trump added. He may be a great basketball player, but he is doing nothing to bring our Country together!

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Republican Sen. Josh Hawley was the only senator to vote against legislation introduced by Democrat Sen. Mazie Hirono which seeks to condemn and punish anti-Asian American hate crimes in the U.S., specifically those stemming from what Democrats have labeled as racist COVID-19 characterizations.

The bill would expand funding for states to report crimes and would designate a Justice Department official to evaluate COVID-motivated hate crimes.

Its too broad. As a former prosecutor, my view is its dangerous to simply give the federal government open-ended authority to define a whole new class of federal hate crime incidents, Hawley said in a statement to The Federalist on Thursday.

Democrats like Hirono hailed the bill as an incentive for the federal government to make informed decisions about biases against Asian Americans even when peoples hearts and minds wont change. Hawley, joined by other Republicans, expressed concerns that the legislation was too broad and susceptible to government overreach.

Hugely broad it mandates all this data collection in expansive categories that the federal government will collect the power to define crimes, incidents, going forward. It seems hugely open-ended, Hawley said when he voted against advancing the bill.

When it came time to vote on the bill, however, Hawley was the only senator to reject it. Sens. Marsha Blackburn, Amy Klobuchar, Mike Lee, Rand Paul, and Tina Smith abstained from the vote while others such as Sen. Ted Cruz appeared to flip from formerly criticizing Hironos bill as a Democrat messaging tactic to suddenly supporting it.

[The legislation] is not designed to do anything to prevent or punish actual crimes. It is instead a Democratic messaging vehicle designed to push the demonstrably false idea that it is somehow racist to acknowledge that Covid-19 originated in Wuhan, China and that the Chinese Communist Party actively lied and suppressed information about the outbreak, allowing it to become a global pandemic, Cruz said last week before introducing an amendment to pull federal funding from universities that discriminate against Asian Americans in admissions processes.

Even after Senate Democrats blocked Cruz and Kennedys amendment, however, the Republicans voted yes to move forward with passing the legislation and toss it over to the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives where it is likely to pass.

Jordan Davidson is a staff writer at The Federalist. She graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism.

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On April 21, America held its collective breath. When the news broke that the jury in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin had arrived at a verdict, the fate of the nations cities was hanging in the balance. As the boarded-up storefronts in urban areas and suburbs from coast to coast showed, there was little doubt that if a Minneapolis jury didnt produce the verdicts many people wanted, riots would ensue.

When Judge Peter Cahill read the verdicts, the nation heaved a sigh of relief. The conviction on all three counts against the former Minneapolis police officer second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree murder for the death of George Floyd, means Chauvin faces up to 40 years in prison. But more was at stake in the trial than just his future.

The widespread outrage generated by the appalling nine-minute video that depicted Chauvin kneeling on Floyds neck set off a summer of mostly peaceful protests orchestrated by the Black Lives Matter movement. The BLM movement and advocates of critical race theory about white privilege used Floyds death at the hands of a white cop to justify their assertions that not only was there an epidemic of police shootings of black men but that America was guilty of institutional racism.

The demonstrations they orchestrated in response to the case transformed Floyd into a martyr for civil rights. Millions attended demonstrations in the weeks and months that followed. Hundreds of these mostly peaceful protests around the country turned into riots in which neighborhoods were burned. Stores were looted, resulting in casualties and deathsinvolving law enforcement personnel and civilians.

Worries about more riots should Chauvin be acquitted were not theoretical. Threats from activists and politicians demanding a conviction had created an atmosphere in which anything less than a guilty verdict would have been used as an excuse for more rioting.

President Joe Biden said he was praying for the right verdict. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., told demonstrators to get more confrontational with police if the Chauvin jurors didnt give them what they demanded. Not long after, some protesters committed a drive-by shooting of National Guardsmen in the area to protect against riots. Indeed, Waters was chided by Judge Cahill for having given the Chauvin defense possible grounds for appeal although he denied a motion for a mistrial.

But thanks to the Chauvin jury, that nightmare was not repeated on the evening of April 21. There had been some justified fears that riots might occur even if the former cop was convicted. But as it turned out, the reaction to the verdict was one of general jubilation. Celebrations, rather than angry demonstrations, were held around the country.

Biden weighed in with rhetoric about the trial being a reckoning and a wake-up call for the nation. Vice President Kamala Harris also claimed what happened to Floyd, who died after being arrested for passing a counterfeit bill at a convenience store, epitomized the truth about widespread racial injustice in the United States.

Despite nonstop claims that the United States is an irredeemably racist society, the feeling that the system had worked to punish someone who had committed an egregious act produced happiness, not more anger. While those intent on keeping the anger churning, like former President Barack Obama and various BLM activists, sought to dispel any idea that the verdict should inspire confidence in American justice rather than serve as a reason for more protests, it was hard for even the most determined race-baiter to dispel the good feelings the verdict produced.

For those living in neighborhoods that were torched or looted last summer like many in Minneapolis there were expressions of relief about the threat of violence and unrest having been averted.But the fact that violence wasnt the result this time,shouldnt inspire confidence that last summers riots were a one-off that wont be repeated.

Police shootings, however justified they might have been, in AtlantaandKenosha, Wisconsin also provoked riots last summer.And only a week before a jury convicted Chauvin in Minneapolis, a police shooting of Duante Wright led to the violencewhich Waters had helped cheer on.

The Chauvin verdict was not the first time in the last year riots had been forestalled, not by cooler heads prevailing, but because those who might have rioted had gotten what they wanted. That was true last November when the same storefronts were boarded up throughout the country in anticipation of violence had Donald Trump won the presidential election.

We now know that any time the BLM movement can highlight a case that they think proves their point about racism, whether accurate or not, riots will follow. As the aftermath of the presidential race proved, the same may be true of the outcomes of elections.

In Minneapolis, the possibility of riots had hung over the trial from the beginning. Indeed, the agitation for Chauvins conviction regardless of how heartrending the dismal spectacle that unfolded in the videotape of Floyds death might have been resembled the way Jim Crow racists intimidated juries into acquitting those accused of killing blacks.

The events of the past year have proven that in post-George Floyd America, political violence over anything that can be claimed to prove racism is something to be expected, rather than a shocking occurrence. Indeed, its those instances where riots dont follow, like the Chauvin trial outcome, that are the outliers.

Democrats are content to excuse or rationalize riots when they occur, as happened throughout last summer when the mainstream media tried to claim they were mostly peaceful. They are actively opposing efforts, like the law passed by Florida to increase the penalties for rioting while still preserving the right to peacefully protest.

Protests are a justified reaction to the way most of those who engaged in the BLM violence either werent charged or got off lightly after being bailed out by funds supported by Biden and Harris. The fact that the same people rationalizing BLM riots are still demonizing the pro-Trump mob that took part in the Capitol riot and demanding that they be convicted on serious charges think left-wing rioters should get a pass illustrates their hypocrisy and lack of principle.

While Americans were pleased to avoid another round of riots over Floyds death, its obvious that riots or the threat of them, are now a permanent feature of American life. Going forward, anytime an incident that can be framed, either fairly or not as racist, or a trial produces an unpopular verdict, or the left loses power, riots are likely.

Even if Chauvin deserved to be convicted, no one should be happy about the way the trial confirmed again that we are now living in a country where political violence is no longer considered beyond the pale.

Jonathan S. Tobin is a senior contributor to The Federalist, editor in chief of JNS.org, and a columnist for the New York Post. Follow him on Twitter at @jonathans_tobin.

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An editorial employee at Twitter told his 65,000 followers on the platform to block and quit engaging with conservatives and let them shout into the void.

Their entire business model is built off of your engagement, attention, and outrage, wrote Sam Stryker, whose LinkedIn profile identifies him as the editorial lead for the companys division on entertainment content. Block them and go!

Stryker was writing in response to Fox Nation Host Tomi Lahren trending on the platform for remarks following the verdict in the high-profile murder trial of George Floyd Tuesday. Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts. In response, leftist activists re-emphasized their demands to defund the police, attempting to paint Chauvin as an illustrative of law enforcement nationwide.

Its still abolish the police, Stryker wrote.

Lahren began trending on Twitter for unclear reasons. The trending topic descriptor on the website merely reads, People react to comments by political commentator and Fox Nation host Tomi Lahren following the Derek Chauvin trial.

When clicked, the first post to appear is the post from Twitters employee, followed by another below calling Lahren a racist.

Users must scroll down to find out what Lahren said to cause the online uproar. After scrolling down, a user mocks Lahren suggesting that riots this week have anything to do with the Floyd saga.

Strykers call to block conservatives on the platform echoes comments from Nicola Keaney, whose profile bio identifies her as behind managing Twitters trend.The pinned post on her profile makes clear Keaneys opposition to the idea of agree to disagree.

We can agree to disagree, Keaney wrote in a mix of upper- and lower-case letters to emphasize mockery. Yes it the subject is pizza toppings. NOT about peoples right to live as the person they are without fear of violence and discrimination.

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Confronted with an unknown virus from a foreign land last spring, governors and mayors acted quickly to implement lockdowns they promised to last two weeks, then 30 days, and then until theres a vaccine and now beyond. Some of these adaptations in combating the pandemic included re-examining barriers to health care access and ways to ease the toll on small businesses.

The effort prompted states worldwide to reconsider a wide array of government rules and regulations and to reevaluate whether they were even necessary in the first place. The answer has been consistently no.

People realized there were a lot of regulations that would just get in the way of this new method of living, Iain Murray, a senior fellow and vice president for strategy at the libertarian-leaning Competitive Enterprise Institute told The Federalist. And then they realized if those regulations arent appropriate during a pandemic, are they really appropriate during normal times?

The Competitive Enterprise Institute was among the several organizations proactive in efforts to make the rollbacks of pandemic regulations permanent. The group released a report one year ago this week identifying an entire laundry list of regulations policymakers ought to repeal amid the pandemic and make such changes permanent.

We have already seen that many regulations have proven to hinder or delay appropriate policy responses. Other regulations are or were making things worse than they otherwise would be, Murray wrote. In many cases, it is now clear that these regulations were never needed, or that whatever justification they once had has been superseded.

Murrays recommendations stretched from streamlining processes for drug approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ending bans on plastic bags. While some temporary rule suspensions have outlasted others, such as Hawaiis pause on its plastic bag ban reinstated earlier this month, other regulations appear on track to be statutes of a bygone era, and politicians appear to be taking note.

If a regulation needs to be suspended during a crisis, we have to ask ourselves, why was it there in the first place? asked Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy at his state of the state in January. And can we live without it?

Of all the temporary rule changes to come with the pandemic, Murray told The Federalist, a revolution in telemedicine is most promising to last. At both the state and federal level, pandemic policy changes have allowed health care providers to offer services from home rather than a professional medical setting, with appointments given to remote patients.

I do think telemedicine is here to stay, Murray said, optimistic the public, along with state and federal lawmakers have found utility in the technology already in the pipeline pre-pandemic.

Mei Kwong, the executive director of the Center for Connected Health Policy, told The Federalist she agrees, though states she said, would be quicker to enact changes as is historically consistent.

Some states have already started to make some of these policies permanent, Kwong said.

According to a state tracker of pandemic rules by the Center for Connected Health Policy, permanent policies aimed to expand telemedicine have been either passed or proposed in at least California, Washington D.C., Maryland, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin.

Kwong said temporary rules broadly implemented across much of the country such as removal of geographic barriers and opening up audio-only avenues for mental health services have been significantly beneficial to allow people to continue to receive needed care.

Can you imagine going a year without services that you might have needed? Kwong said. The expansion of telehealth, she added, also likely brought more people to seek health care because of ease of access.

While restaurants have suffered the brunt of pandemic closures, often targeted as the first to be shut down by politicians and health officials, the National Restaurant Association declared alcohol-to-go a magic potion for struggling businesses.

An industry already operating on razor-thin profit margins was ripe for devastation in the face of a pandemic maneuvered by people in power who declared it non-essential. The removal of red-tape barriers which prohibit alcohol pick-up and delivery, however, has been a lifeline to keep many struggling enterprises afloat with extra income.

According to the National Restaurant Association regulation tracker, 45 states plus Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. implemented rules for legal alcohol delivery and/or pick-up at some point during the pandemic. Forty of these rules are still in place, and at least seven have become permanent. Several states, including California, Connecticut, and Arkansas are exploring legislation to expand outdoor dining spaces permanently after the pandemic pushed indoor dining outside.

In Denver, the city council approved permanent delivery for marijuana sales on the cannabis holiday April 20, also known as 4/20. The state had already approved laws for marijuana delivery in 2019, though municipalities had to opt in to participate.

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