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Compromised scientist Peter Daszak has been removed from the Lancet’s COVID-19 commission following a number of leading exposés by The National Pulse investigative team surrounding Daszak’s work with the Chinese Communist Party. Daszak is a critical Fauci confidant and ally. In early February, The National Pulse highlighted how Daszak had collaborated with the Wuhan Institute of Virology – believed by many including former Center for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield to be the source of COVID-19 – for nearly two decades. The National Pulse also unearthed Daszak’s detailed descriptions of the research he conducted alongside his “Chinese colleagues,”...

Dolezal, 43, changed her name to Nkechi Amare Diallo after she insisted that she is African American. Now, the infamous fraud is cashing in by charging "fans" for shoutout videos on the site Cameo. Dolezal has received 175 reviews, and is rated 5 star on the app, with people saying that their friends "absolutely loved" birthday messages. According to some of her clips available on the site, Dolezal promotes podcasts, provides congratulations and even offers pep talks. It comes just months after the race-faker moaned that she can't get a job after pretending to be black. In some videos, she...

A new study finds that lockdown orders didn’t reduce overall mortality, and may have even increased it. ife under lockdown was hard for all of us. From economic destruction to social isolation, the costs of restrictive government policies intended to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 have been steep. But now, yet another study suggests that the benefits wrought by our collective sacrifice were negligible at best—and that stay-at-home orders may even have increased overall mortality. In a new paper, economists from the University of Southern California and the RAND Corporation examined the effectiveness of “shelter-in-place” (SIP) mandates, aka stay-at-home orders,...

When it comes to chicken wings-- the prices are high and the supply is low thanks to supply-chain issues. That's why a restaurant known for its wings is making a change. Wingstop says it is now selling chicken thighs along with chicken wings. The restaurant launched a virtual brand called Thighstop Monday.

"Sesame Street" introduced two gay dads and their daughter for a recent "Family Day" episode — and it was the first time the iconic children's TV program has shown a married gay couple, according to Yahoo Entertainment, which called it "a bold statement for LGBTQ visibility." What are the details?The outlet said in a separate story that the episode's two gay dads are Frank (Alex Weisman) and Dave (Chris Costa), the brother of bike-store owner Nina (Chris Costa), and their daughter is Mia (Olivia Perez). In the clip of the episode, the couple arrives onscreen at about the 2-minute mark,...

Reactions are piling up after it was reported that the International Olympics Committee had approved Laurel Hubbard, a male who identifies as a woman, to become the first trans athlete to compete in the Olympics. Hubbard, 43, transitioned in 2012 and has been competing in New Zealand and would have been on New Zealand’s last Olympics team if it wasn’t for an injury that prevented it. Hubbard’s inclusion at the Tokyo games has engendered much criticism. Belgian Olympian Anna Vanbellinghen, for instance, said it is a “bad joke” that Hubbard will advance to the Olympics as a female contestant. “I...

A Seattle man was sentenced to five years in prison Monday for helping to set a police cruiser on fire and stealing an AR-15 rifle from another police car during the May 2020 unrest in Seattle. Tyre Wayne Means, Jr., 25, will serve the sentence concurrent to a sentence in Kitsap County Superior court for burglary. At the sentencing hearing U.S. District Judge Richard A. Jones told Means, “Your conduct was reckless, destructive and extremely dangerous to those who were there for peaceful protest.” “The right to peacefully protest and gather in support of social and political causes is one...

Joe Biden defied the nation’s Catholic bishops this weekend by attending Mass just two days after they voted for a new document on communion that could be used to rebuke pro-abortion politicians like him. After the bishops overwhelming voted for the document and despite numerous bishops speaking up about the importance of the Catholic Church’s opposition to killing babies in abortion, the supposedly “faithful Catholic” went to mass anyway. According to the Daily Mail: President Joe Biden attended Mass on Saturday afternoon near his Delaware home ignoring a growing controversy as U.S. Catholic bishops try to block him receiving Communion...

Nearly 3 million people tuned in to Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show on the evening of June 2, a number equivalent to nearly 1 percent of the country. Among the things those viewers heard from Carlson that night was a staggering accusation of duplicity if not illegality on the part of the country’s top infectious-disease expert, Anthony S. Fauci. Carlson accused Fauci of lying under oath, of lying during a news conference and of being somehow implicated in criminal activity based on the contents of a number of emails released publicly under a Freedom of Information Act request. Those emails...

"Macy Gray thinks it’s time for the American Flag to get an image makeover." The Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter wants to change America’s mind about the U.S. flag and has proposed a new design that she says “represents... all of us.”

Women in the Army have the highest risk of being sexually assaulted at Forts Hood, Bliss, Riley, Campbell, and Carson, in that order.A new study released on Friday by the RAND Corporation looked at the risk of sexual assault and harassment for soldiers in the Army between August 2017 and July 2018 and found “considerable variation” for the risk to women at certain bases. Researchers said the average total sexual assault risk for Army women was 5.8% — meaning an estimated 5.8% of female soldiers were assaulted during that time — but several Army posts had a higher-than-average risk for...

The most recent straw poll for 2024 Republican candidates had these four guys as the top vote getters. Who is your top pick of the four for 2024?— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) June 21, 2021Nearly 50k votes so far in @clayandbuck poll. Desantis is dominating as the preferred 2024 candidate. https://t.co/78S0gSH7ML— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) June 21, 2021

Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib on Monday became the first active NFL player to come out as gay. “What’s up people,” Nassib said in a video posted to Instagram on Monday. “I’m at my house in West Chester, Pennsylvania. I just wanted to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay. I’ve been meaning to do this for a while now but finally feel comfortable getting it off my chest. I really have the best life, the best family, friends and job a guy can ask for. “I’m a pretty private person so I hope you guys...

Students in the class of 2021 did not have to prove they could write or do math at a basic level to earn their diplomas. A bill headed to Gov. Kate Brown would prohibit any such requirement at least until 2027. A bill to prohibit Oregon schools from requiring students to show they can read, write and do math at a basic high school level is headed to Gov. Kate Brown after lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday. The idea is to hit pause on the requirements, in place since 2009 but already suspended during the pandemic, at least until the...

The U.S. Supreme Court reined in the power of patent judges on Monday, finding the lack of ability to review their decisions inconsistent with their status as “inferior officers” under the Constitution. Written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the ruling spells an overhaul of the U.S. patent regime. The majority ruling finds that the decisions of some 250 administrative patent judges will have to be reviewable by the director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office in order to pass constitutional muster under the Appointments Clause. In a ruling with Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy...

Traditional priests in France respond after bishop kicked them out under flimsy pretextThe FSSP had always presented the priests it named in the diocese to the archbishop. All these nominations were accepted — even gratefully accepted.une 21, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — Following the statement by the French Archdiocese of Dijon, explaining why the Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP) has suddenly been kicked out of its apostolate at the Basilica of Saint Bernard where it has offered the Traditional Latin Mass for 23 years, the FSSP published a firm response last Friday, countering the reasons given for its eviction. The Fraternity is...

he Springfield Police Department released city camera footage showing an incident involving an armed suspect pointing a gun at officers Sunday night. According to Springfield Police Spokesperson Ryan Walsh, police received a ShotSpotter activation report for five rounds of gunshots on High Street around 7:25 p.m. Sunday night. A nearby city camera was able to capture the moments after shots were fired, showing the suspect, 43-year-old Jose Montanez of Springfield, running around the street with a gun in his hand, pointing it at officers. Crime analysts were able to watch in real-time this city camera and assist officers at the...

Legislation that passed last week in the Michigan House would allow patients with HIV to donate organs to HIV-positive patients. The law passed unanimously. The bill now heads to the state Senate for further approval. It would bring the state in line with the federal Organ Policy Equity Act, or HOPE Act, of 2013. The HOPE Act lifted the ban on using organs of those with HIV in transplants. Michigan already allows organs of those with HIV to be recovered and taken outside of the state. The new law will allow the organs to be given to someone in need...

Explanation: Why does this galaxy have such a long tail? In this stunning vista, based on image data from the Hubble Legacy Archive, distant galaxies form a dramatic backdrop for disrupted spiral galaxy Arp 188, the Tadpole Galaxy. The cosmic tadpole is a mere 420 million light-years distant toward the northern constellation of the Dragon (Draco). Its eye-catching tail is about 280 thousand light-years long and features massive, bright blue star clusters. One story goes that a more compact intruder galaxy crossed in front of Arp 188 - from right to left in this view - and was slung around...

CHICAGO — The woman who was fatally stabbed in the Loop Saturday afternoon was identified as a doctoral student studying criminology at the University of Maryland. Anat Kimchi, 31, was found shortly before 4 p.m. in the 400 block of South Wacker Drive with multiple stab wounds on her upper back, according to police.