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The mayor of Dodge City – the legendary town known as a lawless Wild West frontier in the 1800s, complete with saloons and gunfights – abruptly resigned after comments she made in support of a mask mandate provoked a backlash.
“Life has dealt out many challenges in our world that have perhaps caused many people to act inappropriately, but I do not feel safe in this position anymore and am hopeful, in removing myself, this anger, accusations and abuse will not fall on anyone else and will calm down,” Mayor Joyce Warshaw said Tuesday in her resignation letter. Her resignation was effective immediately. Continue reading “Flashback 2020: Time to get outta Dodge? Kansas mayor resigns in FEAR FOR HER SAFETY after comments favoring mask mandate led to threats”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Bristol County, MA – As TFTP reported, in 2018, Family Court Judge Katherine Field denied a motion to stop the use of electric shock on disabled students, a form of punishment that has been controversial for years after news of the practice first reached the public in 2013 when video surfaced of an 18-year-old student receiving dozens of shocks for refusing to take off his jacket.
“(The state) failed to demonstrate that there is now a professional consensus that the Level III aversive treatment used at JRC does not conform to the accepted standard of care for treating individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities,” Judge Field wrote in her decision. Continue reading “Federal Court Rules School Can Use Electric Shock as Punishment for Special Needs Children”
The Daily Progress – by Bryan McKenzie
The George Rogers Clark statue at the University of Virginia will begin to come down Sunday from its pedestal in a park at the intersection of West Main Street and Jefferson Park Avenue, officials confirmed Saturday.
The statue was erected in 1921 on property that once housed the university’s coal bins and pharmacy. It was paid for by Paul Goodloe McIntire, who also paid for the statues of Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee in Market Street Park and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson in Court Square Park, as well as a statue at Fifth and Main streets honoring the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Continue reading “UVa’s George Rogers Clark statue to begin coming down Sunday”
Comedian Rob Schneider has stirred up controversy on social media after seemingly endorsing the idea that Americans should use their Second Amendment rights to defend themselves against the country’s Covid-19 vaccination drive.
On Saturday, Schneider fumed over the news that Pfizer wanted to introduce a new Covid-19 booster shot, making full vaccination against the virus a three-dose procedure. On Twitter, the comedian urged his followers to “just say no” to the vaccine. Continue reading “Comedian Rob Schneider roasted for idea that right to arms should be used against ‘coercive’ vaccination”
CNN’s @JReinerMD: “I do think it’s time to start mandating vaccines.” pic.twitter.com/qyOQymp2Ot
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) July 9, 2021
CNN's @DrLeanaWen: The Biden Admin should say to unvaccinated Americans: "Hey, you can opt out, but if you want to opt out, you have to sign these forms, you have to get twice weekly testing." pic.twitter.com/Gsu34HG6jz
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) July 10, 2021
“If everything is reopened, … how are we going to incentivize people to actually get the vaccine? The CDC and the Biden administration needs to come out a lot bolder and say if you’re vaccinated you can do all these things, here are all these freedoms that you can have.” pic.twitter.com/EqWwUowgns
— Tara LaRosa (@TaraLaRosa) April 1, 2021
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), which is the second-largest teachers union in the country, recently announced their new “campaign to ‘stamp out racism.'” While that sounds innocent enough — we should all oppose racism, of course — the details are quite troubling.
The centerpiece of their campaign is the release of an AFT edition of the book Stamped, by the well-known activist Ibram X. Kendi and writer Jayson Reynolds. In the announcement, the AFT notes that they “will distribute hundreds of copies of Stamped to NAACP youth councils and advisors.” They go on to say that “Giveaways will continue throughout the year,” and that “Free classroom collections will go out to AFT members, educators, and youth mentors during the AFT’s TEACH conference.” Continue reading “Teachers Union Announces Campaign to Bring ‘Every Student’ Ibram X. Kendi’s Radical Teachings”
Statesman Journal – by Zach Urness
The Bootleg Fire burning in southern Oregon exploded for the fifth day in a row Saturday afternoon, leading to the rare step of police citing and arresting people attempting to enter or stay in the evacuation zone northeast of Klamath Falls.
The fire was mapped at 143,607 acres Sunday morning after massive smoke plumes brought life-threatening risk and hazardous air quality across southern Oregon on Friday, according to fire crews. Pictures from the area showed darkened skies similar to those witnessed during last September’s Labor Day Fires. Continue reading “‘The most extreme you can find:’ Bootleg Fire explodes, police arrest people in evacuation zone”
DENVER – Police feared a “Las Vegas-style shooting” during the All-Star Game in Denver after receiving a tip from a housekeeper working at a hotel not far from Coors Field. The hotel employee discovered more than a dozen weapons and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition inside one of the rooms Friday night.
Multiple informed law enforcement sources connected with the investigation told Denver7’s Liz Gelardi and Denver7 chief investigative reporter Tony Kovaleski that they found the weapons inside a room on the eighth floor of the Maven Hotel as All-Star Game celebrations got underway. Continue reading “4 arrested at Maven Hotel, police feared a ‘Las Vegas-style shooting’ during All-Star Game in Denver”
How a little-known rule could alter your neighborhood and endanger your health.
The federal government has ensured that 5G can come to your neighborhood whether you like it or not. A recent rule change allows the telecoms industry to turn consenting private residences into cell towers, endangering the health of the neighborhood. The only way to fight back is to talk to neighbors who may be considering adding an antenna to their house to inform them of the facts that industry is conveniently leaving out. Continue reading “Microwave Neighborhoods Coming”
SPRAGUE RIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bootleg Fire that broke out earlier this week on the Fremont-Winema National Forest nearly doubled in size yet again on Friday, to nearly 77,000 acres, and Klamath County officials expanded the evacuation zones as a result.
Here’s Saturday’s report:
The Bootleg Fire continues to burn on the Fremont-Winema National Forest and on private lands. Hot and dry weather conditions have continued overnight and are forecast through today. Additional resources have been ordered and continue to arrive. Continue reading “Bootleg Fire doubles in size yet again, to nearly 77,000 acres; evacuation areas expand”