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A Philadelphia food festival was condemned for banning an Israeli food truck on 'safety' grounds after telling the small business owners they feared its presence would trigger violent protests. The city's A Taste of Home event, organized by local food group Eat up the Borders, announced the food truck - Moshava Philadelphia - was no longer welcome to attend just a month after Moshava launched its business at the very same event. Moshava's cancellation triggered a huge backlash, with supporters insisting that A Taste of Home would have happily hired security to protect any other nationality that had received such...

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms blamed the city's crime wave on state Republicans lifting COVID-19 restrictions too early and lax gun laws. In an interview with MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle on Friday, the mayor attributed a 50 percent increase in homicides, in part, to lax gun laws, teenagers having too much free time on their hands and the state lifting its COVID-19 restrictions back in April. 'Remember, in Georgia, we were opened up before the rest of the country, even before the CDC said that it was safe for us to open,' Bottoms explained to Ruhle.

Dr Anthony Fauci has again claimed that people who criticize him for his COVID-19 'flip-flopping' are actually condemning science itself. The White House coronavirus tsar struck a cranky tone in an upcoming New York Times podcast interview, where he claimed any changes in his recommendations were solely based on evolving data as the COVID crisis continued. Fauci said: 'It is essential as a scientist that you evolve your opinion and your recommendations based on the data as it evolves...

The company scrapped 123 flights on Saturday and 178 flights on Sunday, with 97 more canceled for Monday. All airlines are dealing with staffing issues connected to the coronavirus pandemic; in March 2020, when air travel all but stopped, thousands of employees were laid off or accepted buyouts, and now that people are flying again, there aren't enough workers. American Airlines said its catering contractor and wheelchair operators also aren't fully staffed.

After a year of COVID-19, it is easy to hit the panic button when it comes to mini-outbreaks. But such brief surges are “completely expected,” and it is not yet time to raise a red flag, health experts told The Jerusalem Post. The audience at a performance in Beit She’an last Thursday was asked to enter quarantine after discovering that an attendee was coronavirus-positive, raising concerns. In addition, there were outbreaks – some large – at several schools.

The Internal Revenue Service denied a Christian nonprofit group tax-exempt status because the Bible's "teachings are typically affiliated with" the GOP and its candidates. “Specifically, you educate Christians on what the Bible says in areas where they can be instrumental including the areas of sanctity of life, the definition of marriage, biblical justice, freedom of speech, defense, and borders and immigration, U.S. and Israel relations,” read a letter from IRS Exempt Organizations Director Stephen Martin to Christians Engaged, a nonprofit group seeking tax-exempt status. “The Bible teachings are typically affiliated with the [Republican Party] and candidates. This disqualifies you from...

New York mom Tatiana Ibrahim and Virginia teacher Lilit Vanetsyan join Dr. Sebastian Gorka to discuss racially-charged education and what they're doing to stop it in its tracks. - via The Gorka Reality Check, Sundays at 7PM ET on Newsmax

“I can't in good conscience allow the U.S. government to destroy privacy, Internet freedom, and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they're secretly building... the NSA specifically targets the communications of everyone. It ingests them by default... they are intent on making every conversation and every form of behavior in the world known to them.” –Edward Snowden Edward Snowden might not yet be a historical figure, but he certainly is a hero. He is the whistleblower of all whistleblowers, the American who blew the lid off of Washington's spying on private citizens. But Snowden’s...

“The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD” (Proverbs 21:31).

om July 6, 2022, auto manufacturers will be obliged to fit new models destined for the European market with a kind of “black box" for recording technical data — data that can then be used in the event of an accident. But what data is involved, and who will have access to it? The European Union intends to have all new cars fitted with new data recording systems similar to the famous “black boxes" used on aircraft. The idea is to gain access to a set of specific technical data relating to the seconds preceding collisions, of varying degrees of...

Russian workers who do not get vaccinated can be suspended from work... Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin says some who have been vaccinated have developed the "Delta Variant" of COVID-19... In Israel that "Delta Variant" cited in connection with a school outbreak... A member of Uganda's Olympic team testing positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Tokyo for the Summer Olympics... Armenia's election today... French Regional Elections Low voter participation reported in the first round of French regional elections today... The news tonight as reported by major media is that "Les Republicans" (LR) the traditional party of the "Right" ran strong. Its...

Singer Chloe Bailey put out a rendition of Nina Simone’s famous song “Feeling Good” for Juneteenth.It caused some controversy, because some thought it overly sexualized the song in the video. But, Simone’s granddaughter, RéAnna Simone Kelly, came to Bailey’s defense, saying her grandmother would have loved the rendition.thank you so much. your grandmother!! what a legacy!!! i will forever x always love Ms. Simone. she has always inspired me 🖤🤎 https://t.co/kfANrRy1ZX— Chlöe (@ChloeBailey) June 19, 2021But, there was a surprising reaction from Simone’s granddaughter in the back and forth about her grandmother on Twitter. Someone asked about who was behind...

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.”- Friedrich NietzscheAlmost every tyranny being perpetrated by the U.S. government against the citizenry - purportedly to keep us safe and the nation secure - has come about as a result of some threat manufactured in one way or another by our own government.Think about it.Cyberwarfare. Terrorism. Bio-chemical attacks. The nuclear arms race. Surveillance. The drug wars. Domestic extremism. The COVID-19 pandemic.In almost every instance, the U.S. government (often spearheaded by the FBI) has in its typical Machiavellian fashion sown the seeds of terror...

Some of the artists of the 60s are revising their hits with new lyrics to accommodate aging baby boomers who can remember doing the "Limbo" as if it were yesterdayThey include: Bobby Darin --- Splish, Splash, I Was Havin' A Flash Herman's Hermits --- Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Walker Ringo Starr --- I Get By With A Little Help From Depends The Bee Gees --- How Can You Mend A Broken Hip? Roberta Flack--- The First Time Ever I Forgot Your FaceJohnny Nash --- I Can't See Clearly Now Paul Simon--- Fifty Ways To Lose Your Liver The...

A recent research report published by AfrAsia Bank listed the top 10 countries in the world that had the largest outflow of high-net-worth individuals (HNWI) in 2019. China topped the list with the most millionaires leaving for other countries in that year, followed by India.The study only covered HNWIs with a net worth of $1 million to $9.9 million who have settled in a new country for at least six months. The report also listed the top destinations for millionaires.China saw 16,000 millionaires leave in 2019, much more than India in second place, which saw 7,000 of its financially wealthy...

The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the “Delta” variant of COVID-19 could become the most common strain of the virus in the United States.“It’s more transmissible than the Alpha variant, or the UK variant, that we have here,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky told ABC News last week. “We saw that quickly become the dominant strain in a period of one or two months, and I anticipate that is going to be what happens with the Delta strain here.”Health officials, including Walensky, have said that current COVID-19 vaccines remain effective against the strain.The Delta variant,...

Iran’s sole nuclear power plant has undergone an unexplained temporary emergency shutdown, state TV reported on Sunday. An official from state electric company Tavanir, Gholamali Rakhshanimehr, said on a talk show that the Bushehr plant shutdown began on Saturday and would last “for three to four days.” Without elaborating, he said that power outages could result. This is the first time Iran has reported an emergency shutdown of the plant, located in the southern port city of Bushehr. It went online in 2011 with help from Russia. Iran is required to send spent fuel rods from the reactor back to...

Click here to read the full articleIn ear­ly June, Red­State edi­tor Jen­nifer Van Laar broke an exclu­sive sto­ry: Sources with­in the intel­li­gence com­mu­ni­ty had con­firmed to the out­let that a high-rank­ing offi­cial from the Chi­nese Com­mu­nist Par­ty had defect­ed to the Unit­ed States in Feb­ru­ary and has been qui­et­ly work­ing with the Defense Intel­li­gence Agency.How­ev­er, the DIA did not dis­close the defector’s exis­tence to any indi­vid­u­als out­side of its Clan­des­tine Ser­vice net­work until recent­ly, the sources alleged, over con­cerns that “Chi­nese spies or sources” may have infil­trat­ed oth­er U.S. intel­li­gence agen­cies, includ­ing as the FBI or the CIA,Accord­ing to the...

Statistical analysis of the “Delta Variant” of Covid-19 compared to vaccinations in India, the United Kingdom, and the United States points to a narrative that runs contrary to what mainstream media and governments have been promoting. A closer look at the numbers reveals the Delta Variant may actually be strengthening as a result of increased vaccinations.First, here’s an important note. The last year has made me a “prudent conspiracy theorist.” My former self would often disregard nearly all conspiracy theories because I found them to be wanting. But things have clearly changed for me, millions of Americans, and the world...

Nearly half a year into the Biden administration and narrow Democratic control of both the Senate and House of Representatives, conservatives have essentially had to hold our collective breaths and hope that Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin continues to hold back the wildest of the insanity leftists had in store for us. And while the damage has indeed been bad - with multi-trillions down the drain and countless executive orders gutting everything possible about what was good and right about America - it could definitely have been worse. Thankfully, the damage done so far can mostly be reversed, IF...