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Team Biden has a persistent lying problem when it comes to the Trump administration's supposedly terrible record with the coronavirus vaccine. You could see it again in a March 11 prime-time NBC News coronavirus special, "Covid One Year Later: Life After Lockdown." On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, anchorman Lester Holt suggested to White House chief of staff Ron Klain that President Biden's team now "owns" the pandemic response and asked "what's taking so long" with the vaccines. Klain automatically blamed former President Trump, saying: "(W)e inherited a vaccine system that was moving at a snail's pace and we've...

Is there something missing from press coverage of the thousands of unaccompanied children who have illegally crossed the U.S. border from Mexico and are now in the custody of the Biden administration? Yes, there is something missing -- pictures. Descriptions of the conditions in which the children are being held indicate a worsening situation. "Hundreds of immigrant children and teenagers have been detained at a Border Patrol tent facility in packed conditions, with some sleeping on the floor because there aren't enough mats," The Associated Press reported recently from Donna, Texas, citing nonprofit lawyers who had interviewed the children but...

Watch Biden’s hands clip over the microphones; why does he need a green screen to not answer two questions? (Video)

Oscar nominees were announced this week. The AP highlighted the record number of nominations of "actors of color" and "a record year for women." Today, such declarations are important in this "woke" media world. Future Oscars will have actual quotas for minority groups. Actor David Oyelowo praised the new standards, saying, "Anyone and everyone who is on that list of marginalized groups that are now going to be represented, are cheering." No. Not all are cheering. "Black, white, Asian... none of that should matter," says musician Eric July in my new video. July, who is Black, complains that quotas cheapen...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's popularity has taken a hit since seven women came forward to accuse him of sexual harassment, but it's not enough to want him to resign, according to a new poll from the Siena College Research Institute. Fifty-seven percent of respondents say they’re “satisfied with the way Cuomo has addressed the allegations,” while 32 percent say they are “not satisfied.” And only 35 percent of those surveyed said they think the governor should resign over the sexual misconduct allegations.

The following is an excerpt from a Georgia Star News follow-up investigation into Georgia's mishandling of hundreds of thousands of absentee mail in ballots. Four months after the November 3, 2020 presidential election, state and county officials in Georgia have failed to produce chain of custody documents for an estimated 404,691 vote by mail absentee ballots deposited in drop boxes and subsequently delivered to county registrars for counting.As of March 3, only 56 of Georgia’s 159 counties have provided ballot transfer form data to The Georgia Star News. The number of absentee by mail ballots delivered to registrars in those...

More than a dozen gravestones and memorials were toppled and spray-painted in Hollywood Cemetery on Saturday, causing more than $200,000 in damage, according to the Richmond police, who are investigating the vandalism. “The desecration of graves is just a cowardly act that we cannot tolerate,” Police Chief Gerald Smith said at a Monday news conference asking the community for tips or any information about the incident. Vandals entered the cemetery shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday, he said. It appears the vandals used a sledgehammer to knock over headstones and used black spray paint on some. The graffiti was not legible,...

The Grammy Awards "TV Viewers" nose dived in 2021 down to the lowest ever, 8.8 million TV viewers. 2020 saw 18.7 million viewers...and, 2019 registered 19.9 TV viewers. The 2021 National political news Media (ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, PBS, C-Span all lost massive numbers of TV viewers in 2021. The Academy Awards of 2021 is approaching with expected TV Viewer Ratings of vast decline. The music and film industry has killed themselves. Americans of all ages across the board could care less about these "elitist blabbering,ego insane, folks!!! The only three Media TV stations to gain large number of...

Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is calling the FBI's background investigation into Brett Kavanaugh 'fake' – as he demands the bureau be held to account for its activity during the Supreme Court Justice's bitter confirmation process. Whitehouse made the claim in a blistering letter to new Attorney General Merrick Garland Monday, where he revisited the charged 2018 confirmation, when Kavanaugh's fate hung in the balance amid accusations of sexual assault. The Rhode Island Democrat accused the FBI of failing to follow its own guidelines for how to conduct probes and sort through tips of information provided by accusers and witnesses to...

William Moran split up with partner of 36 years Francine McDonald, meaning he stopped getting to see his collection of animalsWilliam Moran's horse, Elvis. (Image: Facebook.) Get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our Criminal Record newsletter. When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. A heartbroken boyfriend went on a drunken rampage after drowning his...

Embattled New York governor Andrew Cuomo reportedly helped draft a letter intended to discredit and disparage one of his sexual harassment accusers. The letter began circulating after Lindsey Boylan, 36, made her accusations on Twitter in December, the first person to publicly come forward against the governor. She alleges Cuomo kissed her without warning in 2018 and asked her to play strip poker prior to that. 'Weaponizing a claim of sexual harassment for personal political gain or to achieve notoriety cannot be tolerated,' one version of the letter read, according to the New York Times.

We’ve been wearing masks during the pandemic for months and months now, so we looked at when we can take them off. As more people get vaccinated, many wonder when mask mandates will go away. “Now that we got one of our shots, we’re probably going to not wear our mask much at all anymore,” Mark Pierce said. Pierce wants his face to be free as COVID-19 cases decline. He says rules should too. “We’re just really fortunate to live in Florida where our governor has some common sense,” Pierce said. We did speak to people who explained their loved...

The director of research at a Massachusetts biotech firm has been accused searching online for deadly poisons and purchasing 800 castor bean seeds so he could extract the toxin ricin from them, federal prosecutors say. Dr. Ishtiaq Ali Saaem, 37, was charged on Tuesday with obstruction of justice after he allegedly lied to FBI agents when they were investigating why he was trying to acquire the deadly toxin. Authorities say Saaem had ordered 100 packets of castor beans, which each contained eight seeds, online.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday backed reforming, rather than scrapping, the filibuster after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell warned Democrats that ending the long-standing Senate procedure that can block partisan legislation would bring the Democratic president's agenda to a standstill. Top Democrats, including the two highest-ranking party members in the Senate, have stepped up rhetoric in recent days about the future of the filibuster, which requires support from 60 of the chamber's 100 members to pass most legislation - effectively giving power to the minority party in a closely-divided chamber. The parliamentary custom has long been seen as a mechanism...

Iran has showed off what it says is a new high-tech “missile city” with an underground stash of rockets operated by its Revolutionary Guards. The base was inspected by Guards commander Hossein Salami who boasted that it makes up only a “small section of the great and expansive missile capability” possessed by Tehran. Footage broadcast by state TV showed rows of missiles stashed in a depot at the underground base, while the head of the Guards’ naval unit said the site was equipped to detect enemy signals. The report claimed the base’s “electronic warfare equipment” included radar, monitoring, simulation and...

“Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife” (Proverbs 17:1 KJV).

President Biden on Tuesday issued a blunt message to migrants thinking about crossing the border: “Don’t come.” The president spoke about the crisis at the US-Mexico border in an interview with ABC News — in which host George Stephanopoulos asked, “do you have to say quite clearly, ‘Don’t come’?” “Yes, I can say quite clearly: Don’t come over,” Biden replied. “Don’t leave your town or city or community.”

Pfizer is looking to turn its lucrative coronavirus vaccine into an even bigger cash cow. The drugmaker sees a “significant opportunity” to charge more for the groundbreaking shot once it gets to the other side of the COVID-19 pandemic, one top executive says. Pfizer set the current prices for the vaccine it developed with its German partner, BioNTech, based on the need for governments to secure doses and get the virus under control, according to chief financial officer Frank D’Amelio. For instance, Pfizer is charging the US government $19.50 per dose — well below the $150 or $175 per dose...

Medical and religious experts urge Muslims in the UK to take the vaccineTaking the Covid-19 vaccines on offer in the UK is permissible in Islam and does not invalidate fasting, the British Islamic Medical Association said. Ramadan is expected to begin on April 12 and some Muslims have concerns about being inoculated during the holy month. Dr Salman Waqar, a board member at Bima, said Islamic opinion on the matter was fairly unambiguous. "Muslim scholars around the world, not only in Europe and the UK, have said that the Covid vaccines are religiously permissible and that taking a vaccine...

Mick Fleetwood’s all-star salute to Peter Green will premiere online April 24. The concert event, held Feb. 25, 2020 at the London Palladium, was created to honor Green’s contributions to Fleetwood Mac’s early years. "The concert was a celebration of those early blues days where we all began," Fleetwood explained via statement. "It’s important to recognize the profound impact Peter and the early Fleetwood Mac had on the world of music. Peter was my greatest mentor, and it gave me such joy to pay tribute to his incredible talent. I was honored to be sharing the stage with some of...