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A US Capitol Police officer directed “all outside units” on the morning of January 6 to only monitor for anti-Trump agitators “who want to start a fight,” not any “pro-Trump in the crowd,” according to the findings of a newly revealed internal investigation. Rep. Zoe Lofgren described the radio broadcast, the existence of which was not previously known, during a House Administration Committee hearing on security failures around the January 6 attack. In that transmission, the officer said: “Attention all units on the field, we’re not looking for any pro-Trump in the crowd. We’re only looking for any anti pro-Trump...

Russia has ordered its troops to withdraw from the border with Ukraine after a massive military buildup that raised alarm from Western Europe to Washington. Moscow said Thursday that forces should begin returning to their permanent bases, signaling a potential end to the standoff that sparked fears of a fresh military conflict. The pullback follows massive drills conducted in the area Thursday. After overseeing the exercises, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said in a statement he believed "the objectives of the surprise check have been fully achieved," adding that the troops from Russia's southern and western commands had demonstrated the...

A Chinese takeaway is a must-have for many of us as a treat. But it can be difficult to decide what to order with so many delicious options on the menu. It doesn't even matter if you're veggie or vegan, there's a lot of tasty options available. But one mum's time-saving method of serving up Chinese food has left some people's stomachs turning. On TikTok, user Mummy Gascoigne showed how she plated up her families' takeaway by tipping it all onto a communal tray. Some viewers supported the method - with many viewers saying it was the most efficient way...

(President Trump's Operation Warp Speed Update) (Cases now heading downward at the National level - FDA/CDC may lift pause on J&J vaccine this weekend) Total Vaccine Doses Delivered: 282,183,915 (17,641,150 J&J) Administered: 218,947,643 (8,018,365 J&J) People Vaccinated, At Least One Dose: 135,791,031 Fully Vaccinated: 89,245,776

According to a startling recent study on the COVID-19 vaccinations, the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine has long-term health risks that have not historically been disclosed, including “ALS, Alzheimer's, and other neurological degenerative diseases.” The new RNA-based SARSCoV-2 vaccines were approved in the United States under an emergency order without rigorous long-term protection monitoring, according to the article. “In this study, the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine was assessed for its ability to cause prion-based disease in vaccine recipients.” According to the CDC, prion-based disorders are a type of neurodegenerative disease, which means that the Pfizer vaccine is likely to cause long-term brain injury...

Amazon is rolling out pay-by-palm technology at some Whole Foods grocery stores near its headquarters to make paying quicker and more convenient. Amazon is rolling out pay-by-palm technology at some Whole Foods grocery stores near its headquarters to make paying quicker and more convenient. The technology, called Amazon One, lets shoppers scan the palm of their hand and connect it to a credit card or Amazon account. After the initial set up, which Amazon says takes less than a minute, shoppers can scan their hand at the register to pay for groceries without having to open their wallets. Amazon first...

When I was a local TV reporter, I’d try to be the first on the scene of a DC police-involved shooting in the post Ferguson era. I was one of the few (or maybe the only) reporters who had shot a gun. I also know the use of force continuum and police training, so I could get a quick study of the situation and ask the relevant questions in the live press conference when the public would first hear the details. I tried to pre-empty the other reporters’ inevitable questions about why the officer didn’t use a taser or didn’t...

There’s long been a fierce debate about the effect of Black Lives Matter protests on the lethal use of force by police. A new study, one of the first to make a rigorous academic attempt to answer that question, found that the protests have had a notable impact on police killings. For every 4,000 people who participated in a Black Lives Matter protest between 2014 and 2019, police killed one less person. [Emphasis added] … From 2014 to 2019, Campbell tracked more than 1,600 BLM protests across the country, largely in bigger cities, with nearly 350,000 protesters. His main finding...

A Georgia mom has had it with the mask mandate for her child and other children and laced into a local school board demanding that the masks be taken off. She stood before the board and told them that she knew she would get backlash and hear “but Ms. Taylor the CDC” but the woman, Courtney Ann Taylor, was not concerned. (Video in story)

In French Pandémie = pandemic Pain de mie = soft sandwich bread The only difference in pronunciation is a nasal a in pain vs an a+n in pan that is almost indistinguishable to us. https://youtube.com/shorts/_NqCta28jvY?feature=share

Minneapolis is my home. My happiest memories are here. It’s where I learned to ride a bike, had my first date, received my high school diploma. But today, I’m too afraid to even walk in my neighborhood by myself. The ACE Hardware down the street? The one that I used to bike to in the summer? Robbed twice in the past five days. The Walgreens next to my elementary school? Molotov cocktail thrown into it. The Lake Harriet Bandshell, where we spent countless Mother’s Days? Homeless encampment popped up next door. These are the things you don’t read about in...

Colorado prosecutors have filed over 40 more felony charges against the man charged with killing 10 people at a Boulder King Soopers last month — including allegations he used a large capacity magazine that had been banned by state lawmakers in 2013 in response to mass shootings.The court document outlining the new charges also lists 19 new victims — including 11 law enforcement officers — that Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 21, is accused of trying to kill during the attack.

For millions of young Americans, the pandemic has been a time machine back to the early aughts. By July 2020, 52% of 18 to 29 years olds, or 26.6 million adults, were now residing with a parent, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis — the highest number since the Great Depression.. In New York, some 300,000 left the city. Many of those people found themselves living in time capsules: lovingly preserved childhood bedrooms, plastered in posters and magazine cut-outs of boy bands and James Cameron blockbusters, and tricked out with décor from the Myspace era. Many are still...

Los Angeles is set to limit the usage of disposable napkins and utensils in restaurants as part of an effort to decrease plastic waste and keep a few extra dollars in the pockets of businesses that have been hurting due to the coronavirus pandemic. The ordinance is an “easy, common sense requirement that we hope will help restaurants save money, help the city save money from unnecessary trash cleanups in our neighborhoods, and help stop piling unused stuff in our already teeming landfills,” Los Angeles Councilman Paul Krekorian said in a statement.

Stocks erased earlier gains to trade sharply lower after Bloomberg report Thursday afternoon that President Joe Biden would propose increasing the corporate tax rate on wealthy individuals. The Dow dropped 250 points, or 0.7%, following the report, after trading just slightly lower earlier. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq erased gains to trade at session lows. Biden's plan would involve increasing the capital gains tax rate on the wealthy to 39.6%, according to the report from Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter. This would apply to those earning at least $1 million. The current base capital gains tax rate is...

Black Lives Matter UK has warned that the Minneapolis Police Department “would not have survived” if former police officer Derek Chauvin had not been convicted for the murder of George Floyd in the United States.

This morning brings us the latest addition to the popular "saying the quiet part out loud" trope. On today's Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough let the cat out of the bag, saying that for fear of turning off the show's largely liberal, Trump-hating viewership, he didn't want to talk too much about the success of President Trump's Operation Warp Speed, that led to the development of safe and highly-effective Covid vaccines in record time. Said Scarborough: "I certainly don’t want to belabor the point, because I don’t want to make a lot of people that watch this show and don’t want...

Arizona has become the first border state to declare an emergency amid a surge in arrests of people crossing the border illegally. Gov, Doug Ducey declared a state of emergency in six counties in southwest Arizona Wednesday, saying the Border Patrol is "overwhelmed" and local law enforcement agencies are "crying out for help," the Arizona Republic reports. Ducey is sending 250 National Guard troops to support law enforcement at the border with Mexico. His office says the troops will help with medical operations in detention centers and will install and maintain a state-operated camera system on the border, per the...

Did you know that the number of reported UFO sightings has increased dramatically over the past two years? I didn’t realize this either until I looked up the numbers. Of course the skeptics will always find a way to explain away any facts that they do not like, but to me it appears that something very unusual is happening. According to the New York Times, more than 7,200 sightings were reported to the National UFO Reporting Center in 2020, and that represented an increase of “about 1,000” from the year before… Sightings of unidentified objects in 2020 nearly doubled in...

Actor turned London Mayoral candidate Laurence Fox has come up with yet another snappy campaign slogan… Don’t tell me what to do. F*** off. The Reclaim Party leader was being interviewed by Breitbart News, appropriately enough over a pint and cigarettes in a pub, while on the campaign trail in Sutton, South London. Woke has effectively cancelled his career as an actor. [He’s best known DS James Hathaway in Lewis]. So now he’s on a political mission to cancel woke. We’ve let the genie out of the bottle and the genie is that people will steadfastly bully people that don’t...