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It’s always important to keep things in proper perspective. That is particularly important as the nation grapples with the fallout from the novel coronavirus, which has infected 100 Americans and killed six people. Sadly, more people died last night from the tornadoes that ripped through Tennessee. But just so you know, the yearly flu has already infected at least 32 million Americans, caused 310,000 hospitalizations and 18,000 deaths. The left’s delusional reaction to the coronavirus is more of a public threat than the virus itself. Seriously, friends, let’s just look at how the left has responded to this crisis.

The United States Catholic Conference of Bishops on Wednesday urged "people of faith" to pray that the Supreme Court upholds a Louisiana law regulating abortion. "The Catholic Church encourages all people of faith to pray about the outcome to this very important case," USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities Kat Talalas wrote in a statement. "We also ask all to pray for the women who are compelled to seek abortion: that they may find alternatives that value their health and well-being, and the lives of their precious children." The case, June Medical Services v. Russo was argued before the court Wednesday...

Ventilators in short supply. Intensive care beds already overflowing. Some health workers buying their own face masks or hoods. And if cases of the deadly coronavirus surge in anything like the numbers some experts have predicted, doctors say they would have to consider denying lifesaving care to the frailest patients to prioritize those with better chances of surviving. “If we haven’t got ventilatory support to offer them, it’s going to end in death,” said Dr. George Priestley, an intensive care doctor and anesthesiologist in Yorkshire in northern England. “I don’t want to be alarmist. I just want someone to pay...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infects host cells through ACE2 receptors, leading to coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-related pneumonia, while also causing acute myocardial injury and chronic damage to the cardiovascular system. Therefore, particular attention should be given to cardiovascular

...Arguably the best attack angle on Biden is one that must be handled carefully. It’s becoming more and more evident that he’s lost a mental step or two. To put it bluntly, he appears to be senile. It’s terrifying, at least it should be, but there’s an important caveat to note about this weakness to exploit against Biden. We can’t just hammer the fact that his mental acuity is fading. That in and of itself is not necessarily a gamechanger in the minds of many voters. The important part we need to highlight is that the country will be run...

Tech giant Apple has warned its retail stores that supplies of replacement iPhones are running low as the coronavirus outbreak puts a strain on the company’s supply chain. Bloomberg reports that Apple has warned its retail stores that replacement iPhones are in short supply as the coronavirus outbreak puts a strain on the company’s supply chain. The firm recently told technical support staff at stores that replacement iPhones for heavily damaged devices will be in short supply for between two and four weeks. In a memo to Apple retail employees, called Apple Geniuses, the firm advised that they should offer...

At a pro-abortion rally this week, Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan gave a master class in how not to talk about abortion. "This past year I realized: My, my, my, are they obsessed with our bodies," Tlaib cooed, mocking Republican legislators, "how we talk, how we look, what we stand for!" She repeated a popular talking point about Republicans "policing" women's bodies, and later added that anti-abortion legislation tries to "commercialize" women or "profit" from them, making them "less than." "This obsession with our bodies," she said, "you know I — in the legislature, in the Michigan legislature for...

The city council of Spokane, Washington, passed a noise ordinance that allows police officers to cite anti-abortion activists singing and praying outside a Planned Parenthood in the city for noise violations. The measure, introduced by Councilwoman Lori Kinnear, passed in a 6-1 vote, but anti-abortion activists say it infringes upon their First Amendment rights. "The city will now be empowered to use police officers to shut up the hundreds of pro-life Christians who regularly pray outside a local Planned Parenthood abortion facility," the Students for Life of America said. Kinnear said the bill’s purpose is to protect healthcare facilities in...

Nothing like a little bad publicity to get a business to change its mind. After Hallmark scrubbed all mentions of the pro-life film Unplanned from a recent broadcast, pro-life advocates grew outraged. The star of Unplanned, Ashley Bratcher, first revealed that all references to the film had been removed from Hallmark's broadcast of the Movieguide Awards, even though Unplanned was nominated for awards in three categories. "This is completely UNACCEPTABLE," she tweeted on Sunday. Note that not only had the broadcast eliminated Bratcher's speech — which, as she told me, "happens all the time" — it had also scrubbed the...

A ruling by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Wednesday mistakenly said Fusion GPS, the opposition research firm which hired British ex-spy Christopher Steele in 2016, was looking for dirt on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton rather than on then-candidate Donald Trump. The court fixed the glaring error only after the Washington Examiner brought it to its attention. Judge James Boasberg, the court’s presiding judge, cited the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act applications against former Trump campaign associate Carter Page in a Wednesday opinion and, in the midst of pointing out the multitude of flaws, omissions, and factual errors in...

WASHINGTON — The Office of Attending Physician notified some congressional staff members on Wednesday in an email of a possible coronavirus exposure that may have occurred among attendees at the recent American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington, D.C.

Republican Gov. Jim Justice today signed into law a bill to protect babies who survive abortions from infanticide. The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (HB 4007/SB 231)now becomes state law to provide further protection for abortion survivors at a time when no Democrat running for president and Democrats in Congress have refused to do so. The Senate voted 32-0 in favor of the bill on February 10, 2020. The Born-Alive Bill’s overwhelming House passage by a 93-5 margin on January 15 was bipartisan as well. The Born-Alive Bill will enact requirements that a baby born alive during an abortion must...

He’s never heard of Prozac? Bill Clinton waves off his tawdry affair with then-White House intern Monica Lewinsky in a new documentary — by saying it was something he did “to manage my anxiety.” The ex-president, in the upcoming Hulu series “Hillary” about his wife, likens working in the Oval Office to being a boxer “staggering” around after a 15-round prize fight that’s been extended to 30-rounds. “And here’s something that’ll take your mind off it for a while,” Clinton, 73, says of his two-year tryst with Lewinsky that began in 1995 when she was 22. “Everybody’s life has pressures...

Wednesday, the hosts of The View were so thrilled by 2020 Democrat candidate Joe Biden dominating Super Tuesday, that one host claimed Biden’s wife, who is an English professor, should become the leading medical authority in the country. Not only that, but she floated the possibility of Barack Obama becoming Biden's pick for Vice President. Co-host Whoopi Goldberg began the show by patting themselves on the back for shilling for Biden for weeks now. “Well, you heard it here first really, but let me start as it's written. Super Tuesday played out a lot differently than many polls predicted that...

CHEROKEE NATION—Having dropped out of the presidential race, Elizabeth Warren rode in solitude back to her reservation, having failed to take the land back from the pale faces. "I am sorry, my people. I have failed," she said somberly, a single tear rolling down her cheek. "The white man still holds our land, and the very trees cry out against them. May Great Spirit grant us another chance in 4 harvests." The Cherokee people looked confused, so she clarified: "That means years according to the Indian talk book I picked up." The Cherokee expressed mixed emotions at seeing Warren return,...

<p>“There’s no question but that the appearance of looking into Burisma and Hunter Biden appears political,” Romney told reporters Thursday. “And I think people are tired of these kind of political investigations and would hope that if there’s something of significance that needs to be evaluated that it would be done by perhaps the FBI or some other agency that’s not as political as perhaps a committee of our body.”</p>

Release the Home Office's Grooming Gang Review in full The Government is refusing to release official research on the characteristics of grooming gangs, claiming it is not in the “public interest”. We, the British public, demand the release of the official research on grooming gangs undertaken by the Government in full. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300239

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A federal judge on Monday granted a conservative watchdog's request to depose Hillary Clinton about her use of a private email server when she was secretary of State, extending the controversy into her mishandling of classified information. The order signed by U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth allows Judicial Watch "to depose Secretary Clinton on matters concerning her reasons for using a private server and her understanding of State's records management obligations.” The court also will allow questions about the 2012 Benghazi attack if they specifically pertain to “knowledge of the existence of any emails, documents, or text messages related...

CDC estimates* that, from October 1, 2019, through February 22, 2020, there have been: 32,000,000 – 45,000,000 flu illnesses 14,000,000 – 21,000,000 flu medical visits 310,000 – 560,000 flu hospitalizations 18,000 – 46,000 flu deaths *Because influenza surveillance does not capture all cases of flu that occur in the U.S., CDC provides these estimated ranges to better reflect the larger burden of influenza. These estimates are calculated based on CDC’s weekly influenza surveillance data and are preliminary.