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New York City Mayor Appoints City’s First Ever ‘Rat Czar’

Op-ed ContributorApril 13, 20230

Reagan Reese New York City Mayor Eric Adams appointed an employee of the Department of Education (DOE) to become the city’s first ever “rat czar,” according to a Wednesday press release. According to a Wednesday press release, Kathleen Corradi, the director of space planning for the NYC DOE, has been tasked by Adams to reduce the city’s rat infestation through coordination with government agencies and community organizations. According to the New York Post, the Adams administration first posted the job opening in December 2022, seeking to pay the city’s new director of rodent migration an annual salary between $120,000 and

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Appoints State’s First ‘Border Czar’

The Daily CallerJanuary 30, 20230

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Appoints State’s First ‘Border Czar’ Jennie Taer on January 30, 2023 Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott appointed his state’s first “border czar,” during a news conference in San Benito, Texas, Monday. Abbott chose Mike Banks for the role, which solely entails combatting the destruction he says the federal government has caused. President Joe Biden has overseen record surges in illegal migration at the southern border, with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recording more than 2.3 million migrant encounters in fiscal year 2022. “Texas, we’re standing not idly by while the Biden administration refuses to enforce

‘Painful And Racist History’: NYC Health Czar Demands That WHO Rename Monkeypox

The Daily CallerJuly 27, 20220

‘Painful And Racist History’: NYC Health Czar Demands That WHO Rename Monkeypox Harold Hutchison on July 27, 2022 New York City’s top public health official told the World Health Organization (WHO) to rename monkeypox in a Wednesday letter. “NYC joins many public health experts and community leaders who have expressed their serious concern about continuing to exclusively use the term ‘monkeypox’ given the stigma it may engender, and the painful and racist history within which terminology like this is rooted for communities of color,” Dr. Ashwin Vasan, commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, wrote

Biden Climate Czar Urges Big Tech To Censor Energy Debate

The Daily CallerJune 9, 20220

Biden Climate Czar Urges Big Tech To Censor Energy Debate Harold Hutchison on June 9, 2022 President Joe Biden’s top adviser on environmental issues called on technology companies to censor debates on environmental issues and energy policy during a Thursday event. “The tech companies have to stop allowing specific individuals over and over again to spread disinformation,” White House National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy, a former EPA Administrator, said during a virtual event, according to Axios. “We need the tech companies to really jump in.” McCarthy complained about opposition to certain environmental policies, blaming fossil fuel companies for delaying action

Biden’s Climate Czar May Have Inadvertently Revealed Deep Dysfunction In The Administration

The Daily CallerMay 12, 20220

Biden’s Climate Czar May Have Inadvertently Revealed Deep Dysfunction In The Administration Thomas Catenacci on May 12, 2022 Top White House climate adviser Gina McCarthy copied a CBS News reporter on an email chain Wednesday announcing the administration would cancel a series of oil and gas lease sales. “The Cook inlet sale was canceled. It is not proceeding,” McCarthy wrote to other White House officials in an email, CBS reported. Another official reportedly responded immediately saying that a decision hadn’t been made yet. Interior Department (DOI) officials then reiterated that sentiment to CBS, also saying the agency hadn’t decided if

Biden’s Disinformation Czar Has It In For Americans Opposed To CRT

The Daily CallerMay 5, 20220

Biden’s Disinformation Czar Has It In For Americans Opposed To CRT Kendall Tietz on May 5, 2022 The woman tapped to lead the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) “Disinformation Governance Board” called critics of Critical Race Theory (CRT) “disinformers” during a conference on disinformation. Disinformation czar Nina Jankowicz said the GOP is made up of “disinformers” who “have seized on” issues like CRT to spread “disinformation” at a speaking event at The City Club of Cleveland in October 2021 titled “Disinformation and Democracy: Civic Discourse in the Digital Age.” “Critical Race Theory has become one of those hot-button issues that

GO GREEN OR GO BROKE: Biden’s Climate Czar Threatens Airlines That Resist The Green Agenda

The Daily CallerMay 5, 20220

GO GREEN OR GO BROKE: Biden’s Climate Czar Threatens Airlines That Resist The Green Agenda Thomas Catenacci on May 5, 2022 White House National Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy hit airlines with a thinly-veiled threat Friday, warning of consequences if they don’t follow strict climate regulations. “Who would’ve thunk that [airlines would] be all in?” McCarthy, President Joe Biden’s top climate adviser, remarked during a speech at Tufts University. “But they better be or they’re gonna be out of here.” The White House has pushed policies that would increase sustainable jet fuel by three billion gallons, reducing aviation emissions 20% by

Tulsi Gabbard Says Biden’s New Disinformation Czar is a Dictatorial Propaganda Effort

Conservative TimesApril 29, 20220

Tulsi Gabbard just called Joe Biden’s new disinformation czar and Disinformation Government Board the “Ministry of Truth” and said it’s the things you see in dictatorships because they’re afraid of the people who might actually want to think for themselves. “Every dictatorship has a propaganda arm—a “Ministry of Truth.” The Biden Administration has now formally joined the ranks of such dictatorships with their creation of the so-called “Disinformation Governance Board,” Gabbard said.

Biden’s New Disinformation Czar Once Called Hunter Biden Laptop Story a Repair Shop Fairy Tale

Conservative TimesApril 29, 20220

When the Department of Homeland announced Thursday, they will be creating a Disinformation Governance Board and appointing a woman who once called the Hunter Biden Laptop story by the New York Post a “Russian Hoax” and “Far-Right Conspiracy”, reporters began asking questions. DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified Wednesday that the Department of Homeland Security is creating a “Disinformation Governance Board” to combat misinformation ahead of the 2022 midterms, Fox News reported Thursday. Nina Jankowicz was slated to head that board had previously believed that the Hunter Biden laptop story was a Russian hoax. “Back on the “laptop from hell,” apparently-

White House COVID czar says hard to ensure no one – including the president – gets COVID

ReutersApril 26, 20220

WASHINGTON – White House COVID-19 response chief Ashish Jha said on Tuesday that it’s hard to ensure no one gets COVID – including U.S. President Joe Biden – and that the goal is to minimize infections and hospitalizations. Jha’s comments came as Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday. Biden tested negative on Monday, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki told reporters on Tuesday. (Reporting By Nandita Bose and Jarrett Renshaw; editing by Jonathan Oatis)

Obama WH Climate Czar Slams Biden Admin Probe Into Alleged Solar Industry Tariff Violations

The Daily CallerMarch 29, 20220

Obama WH Climate Czar Slams Biden Admin Probe Into Alleged Solar Industry Tariff Violations Thomas Catenacci on March 29, 2022 The Biden administration initiated a probe into whether Asian solar panel makers have violated tariffs, a move widely opposed by clean energy industry groups. The administration will investigate whether solar firms outside of China have used Chinese components for products then shipped to the U.S., according to a memo from the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration. Companies in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam allegedly circumvented 2012 tariffs on Chinese products, the memo stated. The investigation was requested by California-based

Not ‘sitting on its hands,’ U.S. to up pressure on China, trade czar Tai says

ReutersMarch 25, 20220

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON – The United States is done “sitting on its hands” and will more actively pressure China, the world’s second largest economy, to change trade practices that Washington believes distort the market, top U.S. trade negotiator Katherine Tai said. Tai, a trade lawyer and former congressional staffer appointed by President Joe Biden, inherited difficult talks with Beijing over a “Phase 1” trade deal negotiated by former President Donald Trump. In an interview with Reuters this week, Tai said the United States was preparing a new approach to China trade policy. Without offering specifics, she said Washington needed

‘Obviously Insane Czar’: Navalny Urges Russians To Protest Ukraine Invasion Every Day

The Daily CallerMarch 2, 20220

Sebastian Hughes on March 2, 2022 Jailed Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny called early Wednesday for Russians to protest Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, and he labeled President Vladimir Putin an “obviously insane czar.” “Let’s at least not become a nation of frightened silent people. Of cowards who pretend not to notice the aggressive war against Ukraine unleashed by our obviously insane czar,” Navalny said Wednesday in a statement published on Twitter by his spokesperson. “We cannot wait any longer,” Navalny said. “Wherever you are, in Russia, Belarus or on the other side of the planet, go to the main square

Border Czar Harris says border crisis can’t be fixed overnight, can’t just flip a switch

Conservative TimesNovember 18, 20210

Vice President Kamala Harris was put in charge of the U.S. border crisis eight months ago and when asked what is being done to resolve the crisis, she didn’t give much insight. “It’s not something that’s going to be solved overnight, you can’t just flip a switch to make it better,” Harris said. In January, the crisis began when President Joe Biden signaled to Central American and South American immigrants that America is now open for immigrants. That decision, accompanied by Biden’s switch flipping turn on the border crisis when he put an end to the Trump administration’s Remain in