Midday rundown: Biden to visit flooded California, historic migrant influx

KARAH RUCKER: MIGRANT ENCOUNTERS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER ARE ONCE AGAIN AT A NEW HISTORIC-HIGH. AND NEW RESEARCH ON FRESH WATER FISH MAY HAVE YOU THINKING TWICE BEFORE THAT CATFISH DINNER. BUT FIRST…THE PRESIDENT’S PLANS TO VISIT CALIFORNIA FOLLOWING DEADLY FLOODING.

THESE ARE YOUR TOP HEADLINES WITH STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS. UNBIASED. STRAIGHT FACTS.

BIDEN TO VISIT CALIFORNIA THURSDAY

PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL BE TRAVELING TO CALIFORNIA’S CENTRAL COAST ON THURSDAY TO VISIT AREAS DEVASTATED BY FLOODING. THE DEATH TOLL HAS CLIMBED TO 20 AS THE STATE RECOVERS FROM STORM-AFTER-STORM OF DOWN-POURS.

THE PRESIDENT WILL MEET WITH STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS TO SEE WHAT FURTHER FEDERAL SUPPORT IS NEEDED.

250,000 MIGRANT ENCOUNTERS IN DECEMBER

IN 20-22…THE MEDIA MAY HAVE SOUNDED LIKE A BROKEN-RECORD…

CONSTANTLY REPORTING ON THE RECORD-BREAKING AMOUNT OF MIGRANTS COMING TO THE U.S. THROUGH MEXICO.

WELL THE YEAR ENDED NO DIFFERENT.

IN DECEMBER — BORDER OFFICIALS ENCOUNTERED A QUARTER-MILLION MIGRANTS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

THE MOST-EVER RECORDED.

IT SHOULDN’T COME AS A SURPRISE. IMMIGRATION REMAINED A TOP ISSUE IN OUR COUNTRY LAST YEAR.

WHILE TITLE 42 HAS BEEN USED TO DETER MIGRANTS FROM CROSSING – MIGRANTS WERE EXPECTING THE POLICY TO EXPIRE IN DECEMBER.

THEY RUSHED THE SOUTHERN BORDER BECAUSE OF IT – ACCOUNTING FOR THE HISTORIC INCREASE IN NUMBERS LAST MONTH. 250 THOUSAND MIGRANTS FROM MORE THAN 100 COUNTRIES. PLUS ANOTHER 70 THOUSAND GOT-AWAYS.

GERMAN COURT TRIES TO FORCE VACCINATION

IN THE U.S. – VACCINE MANDATES ARE SLOWLY BEING REPEALED.

BUT IN GERMANY…ONE WOMAN COULD BE FORCED TO GET DOUBLE VACCINATED AND END UP IN A PSYCH WARD.

LAWYER’S FOR AN 85-YEAR-OLD HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR FILED AN APPEAL TO SUSPEND THE VACCINATION PART OF A COURT ORDER. 

BUT THEY CAUTION SHE COULD STILL BE INSTITUTIONALIZED AT ANY TIME. THE WOMAN DIDN’T WANT THE VACCINE OUT OF FEAR FOR HER LIFE.

THE NON-CONSENSUAL TREATMENT IS BEING JUSTIFIED BY THE WOMAN’S ALLEGED MENTAL AND PHYSICAL CONDITION, BUT THOSE WHO KNOW HER SAY SHE IS OF SOUND MIND AND BODY.

A MEDIA MISS BY THE LEFT

AT STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS – WE AIM DOWN THE MIDDLE. WHEREAS OTHER MEDIA…MISS THE TARGET.

THE STORY YOU JUST HEARD HAS ONLY BEEN COVERED BY THE RIGHT. AND WAS COMPLETELY UNDER-REPORTED BY THE LEFT.

IF YOU’D LIKE TO LEARN ABOUT OTHER STORIES THAT ARE BEING UNDER-REPORTED BY ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER – CHECK OUT THE “MEDIA MISS” TOOL ON OUR WEBSITE.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE NEWS YOU’RE MISSING FROM THE MAINSTREAM.

TOXIC CHEMICALS IN FRESHWATER FISH

EATING ONE FRESHWATER-FISH CAUGHT IN A RIVER OR A LAKE IN THE U.S. – IS THE EQUIVALENT OF DRINKING A WHOLE MONTH’S WORTH OF CONTAMINATED WATER.

THAT’S ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH MEASURING TOXINS FOUND IN FRESHWATER FISH. HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS WERE FOUND INSIDE FISH WE EAT…LIKE CATFISH, TROUT, AND BASS.

A SAMPLE OF 500 FISH WERE CAUGHT FROM RIVERS AND LAKES.

RESEARCHERS SAY THE TOXIC CHEMICALS IN THE FISH COME FROM POLLUTION FOUND IN THE WATER. AND THEY CAME IN AT HIGH-LEVELS.

CHEMICAL-LEVELS IN FRESHWATER FISH WERE 278 TIMES HIGHER THAN COMMERCIALLY-SOLD FISH.

NATURE REDUCES NEED FOR MEDICATION

NOW TO SOME GOOD NEWS FOUND IN ANOTHER STUDY THAT WON’T RUIN YOUR FISH-DINNER.

THIS RESEARCH INDICATES SPENDING TIME IN NATURE HAS A DIRECT CORRELATION WITH GOOD HEALTH.

THE STUDY FROM FINLAND FOUND THAT VISITS IN NATURE…WHETHER IT BE WALKING IN A PARK OR KAYAKING AT THE LAKE…COULD REDUCE YOUR NEED FOR COSTLY MEDICATION.

THE STUDY FOUND IF YOU SPEND TIME IN THE OUTDOORS THREE TO FOUR TIMES A WEEK – YOUR LESS LIKELY TO NEED MEDICATION FOR THINGS LIKE BLOOD PRESSURE, MENTAL HEALTH, OR DEPRESSION —

BY AS MUCH AS 25 TO 36 PERCENT COMPARED TO THOSE WHO STAY INDOORS.

ALIEN HUNTING LASERS

THE HUMAN RACE IS STILL LOOKING TO FIND EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE. AND NOW WE’VE GOT A NEW METHOD TO DO IT.

A HAND-HELD LASER THAT CAN SCAN FOR AND DETECT POTENTIAL LIFE-FORMS.

THE LASER IS ONLY 17 POUNDS…SMALL BUT MIGHTY IN ITS CAPABILITIES. IT CAN ANALYZE THE CHEMISTRY-MAKE-UP OF PLANETARY MATERIALS.

IT COULD BE LAUNCHED INTO SPACE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS…AND USED ON MARS OR JUPITER’S MOON “EUROPA”.

GOOD NEWS FOR THE ALIENS THAT WE’LL BE POINTING LASER BEAMS AT – THE NEW TOOL IS APPARENTLY NON-INVASIVE AND WON’T “DAMAGE ANY SAMPLES” WE MAY FIND.

SO EVEN THOUGH A LASER MIGHT SEEM LIKE AN INTIMIDATING FIRST MEET-AND-GREET – WE DO COME IN PEACE.

THESE ARE YOUR TOP HEADLINES ON THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THANKS FOR WATCHING THE DAILY RUNDOWN WITH STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS. YOUR PLACE FOR JOURNALISM WITHOUT AGENDA.