(FREE) PAINE IN THE MORNING: 13 things you need to know this Monday – May 2, 2022

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Is Federal Censorship Coming? Biden Admin Creating ‘Disinformation Governance Board’: Report – After Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election, independent journalist Glenn Greenwald predicted that Democrats would use the force of the government to crack down on conservative reporting under the guise of combatting “national security” threats.

Now President Biden’s Department of Homeland Security is reportedly working to create a “disinformation governance board” to counter what they determine to be false information relating to national security. – READ MORE

‘It is not over’: Fauci reverses after declaring US ‘out of the pandemic phase’ – One day after saying in an interview that the U.S. is “out of the pandemic phase,” White House chief medical adviser and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci has reversed his position and insists he did not say what he said.

On Tuesday, Fauci said that the U.S. was in a good position with COVID-19 compared to the rest of the world. “We are certainly right now in this country out of the pandemic phase,” he told PBS anchor Judy Woodruff. – READ MORE

Lockdowns Drove Tens of Thousands of Kids into ‘Clinical Depression’ – Study – Tens of thousands of kids in the United Kingdom have been driven into clinical depression by coronavirus lockdowns, a study has found.

Lockdowns hoping to curb the spread of the Chinese coronavirus have driven tens of thousands of kids in the United Kingdom to clinical depression, a study published on Wednesday has suggested. – READ MORE

Student kills himself after peers mercilessly bully him over his vaccination status: Lawsuit – The family of a 15-year-old boy who committed suicide is suing the late teen’s high school, saying it failed to act after he was targeted by a false rumor about his vaccination status.

Parents Robert and Rosellene Bronstein said that their son, 15-year-old Nate Bronstein, took his own life in January after months of bullying, the Chicago Tribune reported on Tuesday. – READ MORE

Massive Food Inflation: Farm Prices Up 31% as Eggs, Meat, Vegetables, Chickens, Dairy, Corn, and Wheat Soar – The prices of U.S. farm products continued to rise in March, reflecting the inflationary pressures gripping the U.S. economy and fears that the war in Ukraine and sanctions and Russia could lead to food shortages around the globe.

The Department of Agriculture said Friday that its index of prices received by U.S. farmers increased 6.3 percent from February and 31 percent from March 2021. The index tracks prices paid by initial buyers from U.S. farms, the first step of the food production chain in the U.S. – READ MORE

Corn Prices Climbing Clear Up to the Sky – Corn and soybean prices have skyrocketed to near-record highs, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, pointing to even higher food price inflation.

The price of soybeans shot up 27 percent to $17 a bushel, the highest amount since a 2012 drought, while the price of corn rose 37 percent to $8.15. That figure is just 24 cents less than the all-time high.  – READ MORE

Spring Wheat Used In Pizza Crust Nears 14-Year High As Floods Devastate Northern Plains – U.S. spring-wheat futures are nearing the highest level since 2008, as the Northern U.S. Plains are plagued with devastating floods that prevent farmers from planting in the high-producing crop region.

Blizzards, winter storms, high winds, and extreme flooding battered the Dakotas and stalled plantings in April, raising concerns about shrinking crop yields as prevent plant dates for North Dakota are at the end of May. – READ MORE

Brazil’s Top Farmer To Slash Fertilizer Usage By 25% Amid Shortage – Soaring prices for industrial fertilizer have forced one of Brazil’s largest farmers to initiate plans to reduce nutrient spreading on fields by at least a quarter in 2022-23, according to Bloomberg.

SLC Agricola SA, which manages soybeans, corn, and cotton fields in an area larger than the state of Delaware, will reduce the use of fertilizer by 20% and 25%, Chief Executive Officer Aurelio Pavinato said. – READ MORE

Chicago Mayor Lightfoot’s $12.5 million giveaway of gas cards with her name blasted as re-election ‘gimmick’ – The Chicago City Council approved Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s proposal to give $12.5 million worth of gasoline and transit cards to city residents, with taxpayers funding the plan.

The plan, titled “Chicago Moves,” was approved by the Chicago City Council by a vote of 26-23 on Wednesday. – READ MORE

Even As Prices At The Pump Remain High, California Is Still Raising Its Gas Tax – Even as gas prices remain elevated in the United States, the state of California will fail to suspend an upcoming increase in its gas tax.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) initially supported the suspension of a 5.6% gas tax hike scheduled to occur on July 1. California lawmakers, however, will fail to pause the increase before a May 1 deadline — even though they have bill language from the governor’s Department of Finance, according to Politico. – READ MORE

‘We’re Out of Money’ — Joe Biden Asks for $33 Billion for Ukraine After Congress Passed $13.6 Billion in March – President Joe Biden announced a significantly bigger budget request to Congress for more funding for Ukraine on Monday, as Russia’s invasion of the country continues.

“Basically, we’re out of money,” Biden admitted, after a month of billions in government spending on military equipment and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. – READ MORE

In Hasty Withdrawal, U.S. Left Behind $7B Of Military Gear, Including 78 Aircraft And 12,000 Humvees, In Afghanistan: Report – During President Joe Biden’s hasty — and badly botched — withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan last year, billions of dollars in weapons and military equipment were left behind, according to a new Pentagon report.

“In all, about $7 billion worth of hardware remained in the country after the Taliban seized control, according to the report prepared for Congress which was obtained by CNN,” the Daily Mail reported. – READ MORE

Watchdog gets document of ‘mishaps’ and ‘human errors’ in nation’s handling of toxins – A government watchdog organization reports it has obtained evidence of “mishaps, human errors, animal escapes, improper and defective personal protective equipment, facility equipment failures and containment failures” at U.S. facilities that handle dangerous agents and toxins.

It is Judicial Watch that obtained dozens of pages of redacted records and communications from the Federal Select Agency Program that included the details. – READ MORE