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NEW YORK (AP) — A 16-foot-tall bronze bust of a Black woman by artist Simone Leigh has been installed in the heart of the University of Pennsylvania’s campus, and is being called an “impressive and challenging” addition to the Ivy League school.

The bronze, 5,900-pound sculpture, “Brick House,” was lifted by crane Tuesday from a flatbed truck and lowered to its new home at the corner of 34th and Walnut streets, the gateway to College Green. Continue reading “Massive Simone Leigh sculpture now greets University of Pennsylvania students”

Foreign Policy – by Joshua Mitnik

TEL AVIV, Israel—For nearly four years, U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East policy—from axing the Iran nuclear deal to marginalizing Palestinians to brokering normalization deals between Israel and Gulf Arab states—has been the gift that keeps on giving for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The policies have helped endear Trump to his evangelical base and allowed Netanyahu to advance his hard-line agenda. Continue reading “How Trump’s Defeat Could Mean More Policy Favors for Israel”

Daily Wire – by Ryan Saavedra

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has reportedly drafted “anti-mob” legislation that would expand the state’s Stand Your Ground law to allow armed citizens defend themselves against violent rioters and looters.

Written after violent rioters caused billions of dollars of damage to America’s cities over the summer, the proposal would expand the list of under Florida’s self-defense law to justify the use of force against rioters who engage in looting or arson that “results in the interruption or impairment of a business operation.” Continue reading “DeSantis Pushes To Expand Stand Your Ground Law To Allow Citizens To Defend Against Rioters, Looters: Reports”

Breitbart – by Kristina Wong

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday said he expects there to be a second Trump administration when the outcome of the election is final.

A reporter asked Pompeo if the State Department was preparing to engage with the Biden transition team and whether not doing so would delay or hamper a “smooth transition” or pose a national security risk. Continue reading “Pompeo: ‘There Will Be a Smooth Transition to a Second Trump Administration’”

“If the money’s there for America to fight endless wars for Israel, you’d think the money would be there to take care of their own?”
— Blogger Serb

“They have erected a police state behind the facade of freedom. … If honoring veterans means perpetuating a cycle of endless war, we must stop. Better to honor the dead by abolishing wars. We can do this by nationalizing private central banks, and making the bankers answer for their crimes.”
— Henry Makow Continue reading “Veteran’s Day Quotes”

Daily Mail

What a difference 24 hours makes! In a glorious surge of joy and relief, the mood worldwide has turned following the announcement by pharma giant Pfizer of what we hope and pray is a successful vaccine against Covid-19.

Global share prices have rocketed, many of us are daring to think about travelling abroad next year, and the prospect of a normal family Christmas seems within reach. Continue reading “Anti-vaxxers aiming to boycott Covid jab ‘dangerous’ and ‘reckless’”

Newsmax – by Sandy Fitzgerald

Joe Biden is not getting top-level national security information until the General Services Administration ascertains that he officially defeated President Donald Trump, the office of Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe has confirmed.

“ODNI follows the statutory direction provided in the Presidential Transition Act, which requires ascertainment of the candidate by the administrator of GSA prior to supporting a potential presidential transition,” Ratcliffe’s office said in a statement to NBC News Tuesday.  “ODNI would not have contact with any transition team until notified by the GSA administrator.” Continue reading “ODNI: No National Security Info for Biden Until Win Confirmed”

New York Post – by Aaron Feis

A former spokesman for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign has been touting an apparent attempt to blacklist allies and staffers of President Trump and his administration, drawing criticism as President-elect Joe Biden has called for unity and healing.

Hari Sevugan — also the former national press secretary for the Democratic National Committee and, earlier this year, a deputy campaign manager on Pete Buttigieg’s failed White House bid — on Friday tweeted a link to the Trump Accountability Project. Continue reading “Trump administration ‘blacklist’ pushed by ex-Obama spokesman is panned”

CNBC

The coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. will face its darkest period so far over the next three to four months as cases continue to surge above 100,000 per day, a newly appointed coronavirus advisor to President-elect Joe Biden said on Monday.

“What America has to understand is that we are about to enter Covid hell,” Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center of Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, told CNBC’s “Squawk Alley.” “It is happening.” Continue reading “Biden coronavirus advisor Osterholm says U.S. is ‘about to enter Covid hell’”

MSN

The night before she almost ruined her life, Melissa Rein Lively couldn’t sleep.

She had gotten into a fight with her husband, Jared, and though they had never spent more than a few nights apart during their nine-and-a-half-year marriage, they both needed space. It had been a difficult few months. So here she was, alone in a hotel room on the night before July 4, her favorite holiday, one she and Jared traditionally spent in Greece. She felt trapped. And she couldn’t sleep. Continue reading “She fell into QAnon and went viral for destroying a Target mask display. Now she’s rebuilding her life.”

Dr. Mercola

“It seems gene editing is going to eliminate all disease,” said HBO’s John Oliver, “Or kill every last one of us.”1 He’s referring to gene-editing tools such as CRISPR, or Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat, and TALEN (Transcription Activator-Like Effector Nuclease), which are being used for everything from disease treatment to agriculture.

Unbeknownst to many, CRISPR technology has already been used to tinker with crops, including both plants and animal farming. In addition to altering the taste of foods, CRISPR is being used to extend shelf life and create foods that resist certain bacteria and viruses.2 Continue reading “Do You Like Your Chicken Extra ‘CRISPR’?”