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US Supreme Court Justice, Louis Brandeis, 1932: “It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.” You governors are now seeing, whether you like it or not, a competitive situation developing among the states. Some states are loosening the COVID restrictions; others are tightening them.

Province of Ontario is being killed off by its own government The pre-Covid-19 scandalous state of hospitals and long-term care homes in the Province of Ontario led to the utter devastation of the province that was, until not long ago, Canada’s economic engine. “Doctors in the Canadian province of Ontario may soon have to decide who can and cannot receive treatment in intensive care as the number of coronavirus infections sets records and patients are packed into hospitals still stretched from a December wave. (Reuters, April 12, 2021)

Anti-American brainwashing starts early The Left’s unceasing efforts to turn the young against America will be supercharged with your tax dollars if a radical new plan devoting $6 billion to leftist educational indoctrination becomes law. The proposed “Civics Secures Democracy Act,” introduced in Congress last month would authorize $1 billion per year in federal grants over six years for K–12 curriculum development, teacher training, and research on the teaching of history and civics.

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Chauvin Trial Day 11 Wrap-Up: BREAKING: Trial Expected to End Testimony This Week Welcome to our ongoing coverage of the Minnesota murder trial of Derek Chauvin, over the in-custody death of George Floyd. I am Attorney Andrew Branca for Law of Self Defense. 210412 Show.mp4 from Andrew Branca on Vimeo. Today the prosecution presented three of its final witnesses, as the state closes in on the end of its case in chief. I’ll get to those witnesses in a moment but I don’t want to bury the lede, so here it is: At the end of court today Judge Cahill...

Julian Edelman was a dog for the Patriots for years. ‘Wes Welker 2.0’ retires with 620 receptions for 6822 receiving yards and 36 touchdowns. Edelman was a three-time Super Bowl champion and Super Bowl LIII MVP. He was the last crucial position player from the dynasty left in New England. With the dynasty officially over how will the team respond?

A study from Tel Aviv University found that a South African variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus affects people vaccinated with the Pfizer shot more than unvaccinated people. The study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, indicated that the B.1.351 variant of the virus—also known as the novel coronavirus—was found eight times more than individuals who were unvaccinated, or 5.4 percent against 0.7 percent. Clalit Health Services, a top Israeli health-care provider, also helped in the study. “We found a disproportionately higher rate of the South African variant among people vaccinated with a second dose, compared to the...

(President Trump's Operation Warp Speed Update) (CDC and FDA Recommend a Pause in Administering the J&J Vaccine, over one in a million blood clot concern) Total Vaccine Doses Delivered: 245,364,805 (17,429,650 J&J) Administered: 192,282,781 (7,164,152 J&J) People Vaccinated, At Least One Dose: 122,295,530 Fully Vaccinated: 75,322,283

In what may have been the most explosive interview we've done to date, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell drops bombshell after bombshell, including an exclusive explanation of evidence his team has found regarding the 2020 election. There is a direct correlation between the vote 'drops' that occurred in the morning hours after election day and Chinese cyberattacks. And he's bringing receipts. As a nation, we are faced with multiple major threats. Voter fraud, Covid-19 vaccines, mainstream media censorship, and Big Tech tyranny are just a few of the things challenging the nation and the Constitution. They all happen to be associated...

The alleged Israeli attack on Iran's Natanz nuclear facility targeted an electrical substation located 40 to 50 meters underground and damaged "thousands of centrifuges," Iranian officials revealed in recent days. Fereydoon Abbasi-Davani, former head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, told Iranian media on Monday that the attack hit an electrical substation located deep underground and managed to damage both the power distribution system and the cable leading to the centrifuges in order to cut power to them. The Iranian official stressed that such an operation takes years, saying "the design of the enemy was very beautiful." Davani added that the...

Time to prepare for yet another shortage. According to new reports, pork products could be hard to come by this summer. While some products are already experiencing shortages, these may be made worse as restaurants reopen and people start having more social gatherings. Some experts are predicting that outdoor events, like BBQs and cookouts, will be extremely popular this summer. Some experts are predicting that outdoor events, like BBQs and cookouts, will be extremely popular this summer. (iStock) Some experts are predicting that outdoor events, like BBQs and cookouts, will be extremely popular this summer, Business Insider reports. This is...

The Pentagon is looking into better screening recruits’ and service members’ social media as part of its effort to get rid of “extremism” in the United States military, according to a recent memo from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar is the first Somali American and African refugee in the United States Congress. She was born in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. After spending four years in a Kenyan refugee camp to which Ilhan Omar and her family fled as Somalia descended into civil war, she and her family moved to America. They settled in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in downtown Minneapolis, which is nicknamed “Little Mogadishu” because of its high concentration of Somali American residents. Ilhan Omar became a U.S. citizen in 2000 and was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018. She was re-elected...

The 2021 Prometheus Awards slate of Best Novel finalists, just announced, reflects an interesting first in the four-decade-plus history of the award. See if you can identify this first – hint: a reflection of a long-term trend in modern publishing – from scanning this list of the finalist novels, their authors and publishers: * Who Can Own the Stars? by Mackey Chandler (Amazon Kindle) * Storm between the Stars, by Karl K. Gallagher (Kelt Haven Press) * The War Whisperer, Book 5: The Hook, by Barry B. Longyear (Enchanteds) * Braintrust: Requiem, by Marc Stiegler (LMBPN Publishing) * Heaven’s River,...

The Ingenuity team has identified a software solution for the command sequence issue identified on Sol 49 (April 9) during a planned high-speed spin-up test of the helicopter’s rotors. Over the weekend, the team considered and tested multiple potential solutions to this issue, concluding that minor modification and reinstallation of Ingenuity’s flight control software is the most robust path forward. This software update will modify the process by which the two flight controllers boot up, allowing the hardware and software to safely transition to the flight state. Modifications to the flight software are being independently reviewed and validated today and...

FREEDOM CAR CARAVAN AND RALLY!!! Saturday, April 17th Join the Patriots of Contra Costa for a car caravan from the Sunvalley Mall in Concord (in front of Sears) to Los Gatos for a Freedom Rally. Decorate your cars, attach your flags, bring signs and banners. Come out and celebrate Freedom!!!Meet: 8:00am (1001 Sunvalley Blvd., Concord , CA 94520 – Sear’s parking lot at the intersection of Sunvalley Blvd. and Contra Costa Blvd.) and be on the road by 8:30am Drive: To the Bear Creek Overpass at Highway 17 and the Bear Creek exit overpass Bring: Items to decorate your cars,...

Hank Azaria has apologized to Indian-Americans for his portrayal of convenience store owner Apu on The Simpsons The character has appeared in hundreds of episodes of The Simpsons since its debut in 1990 In 2017, a documentary The Problem With Apu claimed the character promoted racist stereotypes about Indian immigrants Azaria told The Armchair Expert podcast he didn't want to make a 'knee-jerk reaction' to what could've just been '17 hipsters' in Brooklyn He says he spent a year 'doing the work' to learn why Apu was offensive, and now believes it has contributed to structural racism

Mitch McConnell and his wife, Elaine Chao, have operated for decades at the highest levels of American government. As the Senate Republican leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has long been a part of the power elite. His wife has been a member of the cabinets of two Republican presidents: secretary of labor in the George W. Bush administration and, most recently, as transportation secretary under President Donald Trump. In the past dozen years, McConnell's and Chao's wealth has grown dramatically. In 2004, the couple was worth an average of $3.1 million, according to their required financial disclosures. Ten years...

On Monday, New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Hicks became the face of what so many other Black Americans were feeling. Distraught at the news that yet another Black man, this time Daunte Wright, had been killed by police in a Minneapolis suburb, Hicks approached manager Aaron Boone and begged out of the night's lineup, when the Yankees were set to face the Toronto Blue Jays. Thankfully, Boone supported Hicks, and defended him against those who inevitably would and did question Hicks' decision, telling reporters that "my consideration is with Aaron and his well-being, and making sure that as best we...

Journalists' brains show a lower-than-average level of executive functioning, according to a new study, which means they have a below-average ability to regulate their emotions, suppress biases, solve complex problems, switch between tasks, and show creative and flexible thinking. The study, led by Tara Swart, a neuroscientist and leadership coach, analysed 40 journalists from newspapers, magazines, broadcast, and online platforms over seven months. The participants took part in tests related to their lifestyle, health, and behaviour.