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Our planet cannot afford four more years of Donald Trump. — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) April 23, 2020

The United States has assessed that Iran successfully launched a military satellite into orbit for the first time on Wednesday, two US Defense Department officials said, according to CNN. The move is seen as a significant step because the country's space program utilizes the same technology that would be needed to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile, which would increase Tehran's capability to strike enemy targets. US Space Command is tracking two objects in orbit that were launched from within Iran, one of the officials said, according to CNN. One is a rocket body and the other is assessed to be...

A protest of statewide policies intended to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus was planned in downtown Rochester today, according to social media posts. The call to block downtown streets, including four blocks of South Broadway and streets outside the city-county Government Center, for up to three hours echoes similar protest events around the U.S. the past week. Local law enforcement officers and Mayo Clinic did not immediately respond to calls seeking comment. Greg Gallas, who shared the post on social media, said he doesn’t know who is planning or organizing the protest, but added that he supports...

This week the Washington Post published a study that made the media downright giddy. A study on Veterans Affairs patients concluded that hydroxychloroquine was not all it's cracked up to be, as more COVID-19 patients died on the drug than not.  “An association of increased overall mortality was identified in patients treated with hydroxychloroquine alone,” the study concluded. “These findings highlight the importance of awaiting the results of ongoing prospective, randomized, controlled studies before widespread adoption of these drugs.”The reason so many reporters jumped on the study and confronted the White House task force with it, is because President Trump...

Trump says coronavirus 'may not come back at all' © Getty President Trump on Wednesday expressed confidence that the coronavirus will not hit the U.S. with the same severity if it returns in the fall, suggesting that the disease that has killed tens of thousands of Americans "may not come back at all." The comments came as part of a broader diatribe against a Washington Post headline that he felt unfairly characterized the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) warning that a second wave of the coronavirus could coincide with flu season. But Trump's assertion that the virus would...

This nation was totally shut down for ONE reason. That is what we were told at the time. That reason was to "flatten the curve", meaning to enable time for our medical capabilities to catch up with the need for treatment. There is ample evidence that even in our worst hit area of New York City that this in fact has been accomplished. The USS Comfort, provided as an overflow hospital option to the city in the heat of the battle, has been sent packing and according to New York is no longer needed.Across the country, hospitals have plenty of...

SNIP The 65-year-old patient, who was Italy’s first confirmed case, showed signs of conjunctivitis, or pink eye, after being admitted Jan. 23 to a hospital, according to a report in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. On the third day she was at the hospital, she submitted an eye swab which found detectable levels of viral particles, the researchers said. SNIP The virus remained detectable in her eyes until at least day 20, only to go away and reappear seven days later, researchers said.

Patrick Rooney interviews immigration control expert Rick Oltman (NoBorderNoNation.org) about the connection between sanctuary cities, counties and states, and coronavirus (COVID-19). 2:20 Trump E.O. pausing ALL immigration 6:10 Trump re-elected? 8:50 Key books: Flu Pandemic of 2018-2019 / The Viral Storm 10:30 Will spring / summer heat slow the virus? 24:00 Illegal voting led to the defeat of Congressman Bob Dornan in California 27:45 Trump vs. Globalists 31:45 Ezola Foster—late California teacher fired for protecting her black students / Terry Anderson (a black immigration control activist who "always" wore overalls!) / Jesse Lee Peterson, and other black fighters 35:02 Coronavirus...

Two days after the Rev. Shane Harris called on San Diego police to cite organizers of Saturday’s “freedom rally” downtown against COVID-19 orders, a San Diego woman has been notified she’s facing a $1,000 fine or jail time. Naomi Israel, 27, on Wednesday publicly confirmed she was an organizer — and the woman facing penalties for the downtown protest that drew hundreds. On Facebook, Israel posted that she would be arrested for exercising her constitutional rights. “I have attorneys ready and an entire team here to protect me but I need your help,” she said. “Centers for American Liberty is...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he “totally disagrees” with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s phase 1 plans to reopen tattoo parlors, bars, hair salons and other nonessential businesses this week. Trump said Kemp’s decision violates the phase 1 guidelines the White House announced last week that recommends states wait to ease social distancing restrictions until there’s widespread testing and a low level of community transmission. Trump said he respects Kemp’s right as a governor to make his own decision.

When sixth grader Emil Lev-Twombly made a fake lost pet poster for laughs, he didn't expect it to go viral in his neighborhood of Carmichael, California. The student, who is social distancing with his family due to the coronavirus pandemic, was inspired by his own boredom to create an amusing poster for his fake pet, Charlie the fish. It reads: -Responds to "Charlie" -Do not chase -May act aggressive -50 REWARD

Most of you have probably already seen this, but I enjoy this dance video and thought I would share with those who have not seen it.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) is under fire again, after a controversy surrounding contracts for consultants hired to run data for the state of Michigan during COVID-19. Gov. Whitmer announced on Monday that a $200,000 no-bid contract would be signed and would allow subcontractors to be hired to help track data surrounding COVID-19, mainly those who have contracted the virus and who they may have interacted with. After Gov. Whitmer announced the contract, Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services revealed that the data collection program would be spearheaded and overseen by Great Lakes Community Engagement, which specializes in data...

Theodora Aidoo is a young woman who is passionate about women-related issues. Her Love: To bring to fore the activities of women making a global impact. This stems from her journalism background from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism and Ghana Institute of Journalism. Reports say that was the first time in the country’s history that a 68-year-old primigravida (pregnant for the first time) has given birth to twins following an In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). The Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, took to Twitter to announce the news. Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, Wasiu Adeyemo, Chairman,...

Former CIA Moscow station Chief Daniel Hoffman laid into his former boss at Central Intelligence Agency, John Brennan, during an interview with Just the News. "One of the things that bothers me the most is when someone kind of starts with their answer, and then they try to twist the facts to fit it," Hoffman said Tuesday. "I saw Brennan do that when I served under him CIA. And I saw him do it when he was, you know, a contributor at MSNBC accusing the president of treason with nothing whatsoever to back it up." "If he had concerns about...

It’s time Gov. Roy Cooper hears from North Carolinians about his Executive Order 121, which was never constitutionally sound in the first place. Many businesses that followed the order are now bankrupt. To make matters worse, Cooper has compounded the problem of arbitrarily designating businesses as “essential” by arbitrarily policing those that are not. I know because I recently challenged his unlawful order and got away with it. Here is an email letter I sent to Roy Cooper on April 18th: Governor Cooper: I am sending this brief message to inform you that I have decided to violate executive order...

Theodora Aidoo is a young woman who is passionate about women-related issues. Her Love: To bring to fore the activities of women making a global impact. This stems from her journalism background from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism and Ghana Institute of Journalism. Controversial rapper, producer and fashion designer Kanye West has disclosed that he will vote for Donald Trump in 2020. “I’m definitely voting this time. And we know who I’m voting on. And I’m not going to be told by the people around me and the people that have their agenda that my career is going to be...

The common (and usually false) opinion is that modern doctors still take the ancient Hippocratic Oath. In part, it states: “First, do no harm.” Unfortunately, not all medical schools administer this non-binding oath. Note, “do no harm” was never a part of the original Hippocratic Oath oddly. However, it can be found in another epic work attributed to Hippocrates, titled “Of the Epidemics.” Well, we are certainly facing an epidemic in front of us. This makes the words of the wise ancient philosopher relevant. How can the novel coronavirus epidemic in the United States be viewed from the “do no...

I sent this letter to Florida Governor DeSantis: ------- Dear Governor DeSantis, Fear is the real pandemic. Serious cases of coronavirus per capita are a statistical zero. And yet we have shut down our economy as if the Black Death had swept in to kill half the population. With the successful treatment protocol of hydroxychloroquine + azithromicin + zinc, if given early, the danger is further reduced from near zero to near absolute zero, per capita. It is time to end the panic. America and the world were spooked by China's Hubei quarantine and by Italy's medical failures. We were...

Chris Cuomo's 14-year-son has tested positive for coronavirus two days after the CNN host emerged from quarantine following his own recovery. Cuomo's wife Cristina, who has also recovered from the illness, revealed her son Mario has been diagnosed in a somber Instagram post paying tribute to late photographer Peter Beard and remembering Earth Day. 'After 10 days of ups and downs, feeling good one-day and terrible the next, I am now working hard to get my son, Mario, through the virus,' the 50-year-old magazine editor wrote. 'My heart hurts more than my head over his infection. This virus does not...