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There’s a gin joint in Denver by the name of Bar Max, and the owner has been up and running for more than a month after the government shutdown orders were lifted. Getting out ahead of the curve, owner Marshall Smith has been requiring proof of vaccination to drink indoors at his establishment since he reopened. And now, after the confusing new guidelines issued by the CDC, he’s allowing customers to go maskless in the bar, though again, they have to prove they’ve been vaccinated. To hear both Mr. Smith and his customers sharing their stories with the local CBS...

Police are now searching for 25-year-old Brittany Kennedy after she brutally attacked a white woman in a Little Caesars restaurant in Augusta, Georgia on Monday.

...One of the challenges people foresaw with vaccines for a virus that mutates a lot like the flu is that the immunity against the spike protein might not work against mutant strains. But studies thus far have show that natural immunity is even more robust. A new preprint study from French researchers tested blood samples from health care workers who never had the virus but got both Pfizer shots against blood samples from those health care workers who had a previous mild infection and a third group of patients who had a serious case of COVID. They found, "No neutralisation...

The ABC, CBS and NBC evening networks didn’t seem to mind New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) monetizing the disastrous way he handled the pandemic in his state. The Associated Press (AP) reported that Monday disclosures revealed Cuomo was “paid a $3.1 million advance to write his COVID-19 leadership book last year.” In addition, “under his publishing contract[, Cuomo] will make another $2 million on the memoir over the next two years.” AP stated that the windfall “inflamed critics who have said it was inappropriate for Cuomo to personally enrich himself with a self-congratulatory book, published just as the state...

My home state is no stranger to election fraud: New Jerseyans will remember well just last August when Paterson, New Jersey – the state’s third-largest city – had to hold a new election for a City Council seat due to massive mail-in voter fraud. Nonetheless, Phil Murphy and the Democrat administration in Trenton plowed ahead with their plans to conduct elections in New Jersey almost entirely by mail in November, ignoring pleas from local election boards to put safeguards in place to prevent the kind of widespread fraud seen in Paterson from occurring throughout the state. Proponents of gutting election...

AEI scholar Peter J. Wallison has a new book out today titled “Hidden in Plain Sight: What Really Caused the World’s Worst Financial Crisis and Why It Could Happen Again.” Though the standard narrative is that the 2008 financial crisis was caused by Wall Street greed and insufficient regulation, Wallison argues that US government housing policies played a crucial role. On January 14th, AEI is hosting an event on “Hidden in Plain Sight” — more details here. Below, Wallison answers questions on the future of Fannie and Freddie, the effect of government involvement in the financial crisis, the bankruptcy of...

There has finally been a decision on Florida’s lawsuit against the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Biden Administration on restarting cruise operations. However, it’s not a clear decision, and the two parties will have to work things out between them due to the judge ordering a mediation. Judge Orders Mediation Between CDC and Florida After several days since the CDC and the State of Florida, with the support of Alaska and Texas, had their day in Federal Court on May 12, we now have a new development. Judge Steven D. Merryday has not chosen to...

President Joe Biden will waive some American economic sanctions on Russia in order to streamline construction on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Germany, according to Axios. Citing “two sources briefed on the decision,” Axios reporter Jonathan Swan reports the State Department will include the Nord Stream 2 pipeline Russian company and CEO on its list of Russians who deserve sanctions, but the Biden administration will waive them, citing American interests.

President Biden is currently driving a F-150 Lightning through an empty lot, with a Secret Service agent in the passenger seat. "This sucker's quick," he told reporters. Kaitlan Collins Twitter

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a popular governor among Democrats and a Donald Trump antagonist, now finds herself the subject of a federal investigation. The Federal Aviation Authority is investigating a flight the governor took to Florida in March to visit her ailing dad, WDIV-TV reported.

This past weekend was Petersburg, Alaska's Little Norway Festival. We took a stroll around town and shot some video. Then we went out to Sandy Beach for lunch with friends from other cruising boats in the harbor. This is the real world we live in. VIDEO: https://youtu.be/fscOHDMzs-E

Some $5.8m (£4.2m) recovered by UK agencies that was stolen by a Nigerian former governor and laundered in Britain have now been returned to Nigeria, the Nigerian authorities say. Former Delta state Governor James Ibori was convicted of money laundering in the UK in 2012. Prosecutors say he stole an estimated $165m (£117m) from the oil-rich state. A Bombardier Challenger jet is among the items listed in court documents for a confiscation order against Ibori.

Fox Sports host Clay Travis blasted Colin Kaepernick after the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback’s publishing company announced a release date for his new book calling for police and prison abolition. Kaepernick’s book “Abolition For The People: The Movement For A Future Without Policing & Prisons” is set to be released in October.

@RandPaul Dr. Fauci claims the NIH “never” funded 'gain of function research (the creation of superviruses). This document obtained through the freedom of information act shows that the NIH in 2014 stopped 19 ‘gain-of-function’ experiments. Linkincluding the NC lab that collaborated with the Wuhan Virology Institute. Strange, that the NIH stopped funding that Dr. Fauci claims never existed . . . . Link

After Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier was relieved of his duties by the U.S. Space Force—for the 1984-esque crime of speaking out against Marxist ideology—his self-published book shot to number one on Amazon's charts Monday before selling out. *snip* The unceremonious ouster of Lohmeier for daring to call out the dangers of the Left's ideas in a book—a project of which the military was previously aware—is only the latest incident in our military's accelerating descent into woke inanity that's taken place as critical race theory-based trainings and the wild claims of the 1619 Project go mainstream under the Biden administration.

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“Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you” (1 Peter 4:12). We can be certain of God’s love for us, no matter how unexpected or difficult any trial might be. Reassuring words are vital as we strive to deal in a godly fashion with trials and sufferings in our Christian lives. In today’s verse, Peter opens with a pastoral term (“beloved”) that conveys tenderness, love, and concern for his audience. It reinforces in a single word the concepts of fervent love...

Former Republican Rep. Lou Barletta will be running to be Pennsylvania’s next governor. Barletta, 65, announced his candidacy for the 2022 gubernatorial elections on social media Monday morning. He served as mayor of the town of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, from 2000 to 2010 and then spent four terms in the House of Representatives before he lost a Senate bid in 2020, despite obtaining former President Donald Trump’s endorsement. In his announcement video, Barletta rebuked Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, for his handling of the coronavirus. Wolf is not eligible to run for reelection again due to a two-term limit.The solutions aren’t...

The Church of Sweden has published an open letter signed by a long list of priests, deacons, and other church staff, proudly announcing that it is “trans.” Whatever that means. The Church of Sweden represents Europe’s largest Lutheran denomination and the letter was published on the Västerås diocese’s official website. “We write to you from a church that is also trans. A church is made up of people. People are different. We have confirmees, employees, churchwardens, elected representatives, non-profits, and other parishioners who define themselves as trans people. The church also consists of trans people. Therefore, the church could be...

Elections officials in Fayette County are working to solve a problem dealing with voting machines not accepting ballots. Numerous voters have contacted KDKA, reporting that their Republican ballots were not accepted.The Fayette County Bureau of Elections has confirmed that precincts across the county are having issues with machines not scanning bar codes on all ballots, for both Republicans and Democrats. Hutchison Elementary School, the polling location for South Union Township’s 3rd voting district, was among those having issues on Tuesday morning. Chris Varney, Judge of Elections says they were initially under the impression that it was a problem with all...