Category: News

Daily Mail

The head of New York City’s firefighter union is telling members to go to work whether they’re vaccinated or not ahead of Friday’s mandate deadline, as the police union continues to fight the rule in court.

New York could face a serious shortage of firefighters, sanitation workers and cops Friday evening – the deadline for all city workers to get their first shot or get sent home without pay on Monday. Continue reading “FDNY union tells members to show up for work and defy mayor’s Friday deadline”

Daily Mail

Queenslanders who received fines for breaking Covid-19 rules risk having their homes seized and bank accounts frozen in a government crackdown to collect $5.2 million in repayments.

The State Penalties Enforcement Register is expected to collect 3,046 unpaid fines from the pandemic on behalf of Queensland Health. Continue reading “Thousands of Australians with unpaid fines for breaking Covid rules have their homes seized, bank accounts raided and licences cancelled as government chases $5.2million”

New York Post – by Suzy Weiss

Rachel Diamond looks like most of the moms at the Park Slope café where we meet. She’s wearing a green T-shirt under a black corduroy jumper, sensible shoes and carries a smart, leather bag. She sips a four dollar iced chai. Except the 31-year-old isn’t a mom. And she never will be.

“You know,” Diamond says cheerily, “I never expected to be the poster child of sterilization.”  Continue reading “‘Humans are a mistake’: Why more young women are getting sterilized”

Epoch Times – by Isabel van Brugen

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Thursday confirmed for the first time in 40 years the presence of American troops on Taiwanese soil, saying that she is confident the United States would defend the self-ruled island if it were attacked by China.

“I do have faith given the long-term relationship that we have with the United States. and also the support of the people of the United States as well as the Congress,” she told CNN in an interview aired Wednesday evening U.S. time. “The administration has been very helpful.” Continue reading “President Tsai Confirms Presence of US Troops on Taiwanese Soil”

Fox News

A mother of six in Fairfax County, Virginia said Wednesday that federal agents, including unmarked vehicles and a helicopter, were present at a recent local school board meeting.

“This is something that is incredible in America and it’s ridiculously un-American,” said Stacy Langton during an appearance on “Fox & Friends.” Continue reading “Virginia mother says feds, helicopter showed up at school board meeting and she’s received ‘daily threats’”

AP

(RNS) — In a scene from a recently released movie, three older women in a small room slowly walk clockwise around a table covered in candles, chanting curses softly.

A scene from the latest “Macbeth” remake? Not exactly: It’s a moment from indie film “A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff,” a musical exploration of spirituality, Jewish identity and the Bernie Madoff case.

Continue reading “How some ‘Jewitches’ embrace both Judaism and witchcraft”

Press TV

A Utah man who drove his car into a group of Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters in 2020 is now running for mayor in the city of Provo.

On June 29, 2020, when Ken Dudley was driving through downtown Provo, he came across a crowded intersection during a protest against police brutality in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. Continue reading “Man who drove into BLM protest runs for mayor in Provo”

The New American – by James Murphy

The United States has officially issued its first “gender neutral” passport. The State Department announced the milestone on Wednesday. Citizens can now choose an “X” on their passport application to show that they don’t “identify” as the customary “F” for female or “M” for male.

Secretary of State Anthony Blinken first announced the changes to the passport application back in June, but today marks the first time a person has received a passport with the “X” designation. Continue reading “U.S. State Department Issues First “Gender Neutral” Passport”

Daily Mail

Gaffe-prone President Biden stumbled his way through a line on universal pre-K during a stump speech for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe on Tuesday night and Republicans were quick to take notice.

‘In fact, we’re taking a page from Terry’s book when he was governor and when he’d be governor next time,’ Biden told a crowd in Arlington, Va.  Continue reading “President Biden is mocked for stumbling through a line about universal pre-K during campaign event for Terry McAuliffe”

Daily Mail

China has carried out its first-ever demolition of a port using underwater explosives, a tactic that state media said could be used against the US in the event of a war.

Beijing‘s military carried out the test on Saturday, using underwater charges to destroy a dummy wharf at an undisclosed location somewhere in China. Continue reading “China carries out first successful test of underwater explosives that could destroy US ports”

The Expose

On October 26th 2021, the Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) held a meeting of the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) to review the safety and efficacy of the Pfizer mRNA Covid-19 injection and decide whether or not to extend the Emergency Use Authorisation of the Pfizer vaccines for children aged 5 to 11. Continue reading “FDA experts ask why Kids are “dropping like flies” right after getting the Covid-19 Vaccine as they meet to debate authorization of the Pfizer jab for 5-11-year-olds”

Daily Mail

Los Angeles city workers who’ve refused to get vaccinated must now pay $130-a -week for COVID tests after the deadline for staff to have the shot was extended.

Under a new plan approved by LA city council on Tuesday, city workers have until December 18 to get their COVID-19 vaccine, and those who have not met the requirements by the deadline will face ‘corrective action.’ The original deadline was October 20.  Continue reading “Unvaccinated Los Angeles city workers will have to PAY $130 per week to have COVID tests, as council extends jab mandate deadline for cops and firefighters”

Ammoland – by Jeff Knox

USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- In his final, answering brief submitted to the US Supreme Court (embedded below, must-read) in the case of NY State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, attorney for the NYSRPA, Paul Clement makes a statement which I believe undermines his position and perpetuates the problematic attitudes that keep us fighting for our rights decade after decade. Continue reading “Our Gun Rights Are GOD Given, A Quibble with Clement”

MSN – Business Insider

Los Angeles is launching a universal-basic income (UBI) pilot program, set to be the biggest in the US so far.

The scheme will give about 3,000 families in poverty $1,000 a month for a year, and there are no rules for how the families spend the money. Continue reading “Los Angeles is launching the US’ biggest universal basic income pilot. The scheme will pay $1,000 a month to 3,000 families.”

MSN – Washington Post

The Chicago City Council is poised to vote this week on what would be one of the nation’s largest basic income programs, giving 5,000 low-income households $500 per month each using federal funding from the pandemic stimulus package enacted this year.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) has proposed the more than $31 million program as part of her 2022 budget, which the city council is scheduled to consider on Wednesday. The one-year pilot program, funded by the nearly $2 billion Chicago received from the Biden administration’s American Rescue Plan, is supported by most of city’s 50 aldermen. But it has received pushback from the 20-member Black Caucus, which has urged Lightfoot to redirect the money to violence prevention programs.  Continue reading “Chicago poised to create one of the nation’s largest ‘guaranteed basic income’ programs”