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How bad did the Covid epidemic hit the USA? Bad enough that like humpty dumpty, all the king’s soldiers and all the king’s men couldn’t put the US economy back together again. According to a research effort to track economic stimulus efforts, we see that low wages workers suffered a 24.4% loss in employment since January 1, 2020 while high wage workers against 2.1% in employment. Despite the CARES Act and three rounds of stimulus payments. What industries suffered the most? Leisure and hospitality at -20.7% since January 1, 2020. And this was just economic stimulus from The Federal government....

""Kamala Harris Tells Activists to Knock on Doors and Harass People Who Haven’t Been Vaccinated in Desperate Push to Meet 4th of July Goal (VIDEO)"" Kamala Harris told left-wing activists to knock on doors to pressure people to get vaccinated as Biden’s July 4th vaccine goal is likely to fall short. The Biden Admin set a goal to fully vaccinate 70% of Americans by July 4th. Americans are refusing to get the Covid vaccine for many different reasons, but the Biden Admin is pushing for 70% vaccination so they can wield power over the unvaccinated.

As you can tell by reading our Live Feed, Critical Race Theory has been running rampant in schools across the country. In Leaked Documents from the Iowa School System, it shows teachers were forced to go through Critical Race Theory trainings. LEAKED DOCUMENTS from Iowa School System show Teachers are FORCED to classify ‘Make America Great Again” as a type of “racism" & “white supremacy.” This is done through MANDATORY Critical Race Theory training FORCED on teachers at taxpayer expense. Trump won Iowa by +9 points pic.twitter.com/6xEuVJpv7g — Benny (@bennyjohnson) June 22, 2021 The slide that lists “Make America Great...

(CNN)House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to appoint a select committee to investigate the deadly January 6 attack on the US Capitol after Senate Republicans blocked the creation of an independent commission to probe the insurrection, according to two sources familiar with the matter.Pelosi announced Tuesday evening to the House's Steering and Policy Committee that she will create a select committee, the sources said. She told Democrats the January 6 inquiry will be a "pursuit of truth" investigation, according to one source who heard her remarks. One of the sources said Pelosi indicated she believes a regular standing committee of several...

The Randolph Board of Education did an about-face Monday evening on its decision to remove holiday names from the school calendar following tremendous backlash from the public. Following the board’s action, all holidays will be listed by name on the school calendar, including Columbus Day. At its May meeting, the board voted to refer to Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Then on June 10 — over loud objections — the board voted to label holidays generically on its one-page calendar. Holidays including Christmas and Veterans Day were just listed as a “Day Off,” with no mention of the holiday...

Cases of the flu detected in a Wisconsin hospital system fell by over 99% this flu season, a new study findsHospital system recorded 4,800 cases every month in 2019, compared to only 12 a month in 2020Researchers say asking and social distancing mandates put in place because of COVID seem to have killed the fluExperts believe cases of the flu are likely to spike in the coming months as many restrictions around the country are lifted Cases of the flu and other seasonal viruses fell by more than 99 percent last year, a new study suggests. Researchers at the University...

Explanation: How are jets created during star formation? No one is sure, although recent images of the young star system HD 163296 are quite illuminating. The central star in the featured image is still forming but seen already surrounded by a rotating disk and an outward moving jet. The disk is shown in radio waves taken by the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, and show gaps likely created by the gravity of very-young planets. The jet, shown in visible light taken by the Very Large Telescope (VLT, also in Chile), expels fast-moving gas -- mostly hydrogen -- from...

Former Chicago Cubs star Ben Zobrist filed a lawsuit last month alleging that his former minister had a sexual relationship with his wife and defrauded his charity foundation, according to the Chicago Tribune. Zobrist is seeking $6 million in damages in the lawsuit against Byron Yawn, his former pastor and current CEO of a Nashville-area counseling firm. It was filed last month in Nashville Circuit Court. Zobrist and his wife, Julianna, started attending the Community Bible Church in 2005. Yawn, the senior pastor at that church, started serving as the couple’s pre-marital counselor that year, per the report. Yawn is...

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It’s May 2018, and Robert Hunter Biden is trawling through his favorite Los Angeles escort sites. He orders “Yanna,” a 24-year-old Russian native from Emerald Fantasy Girls. “Russian, Green Eyes, Thin Brunette, an elite courtesan,” is Yanna’s pitch, along with a menu of sex acts. “Hi, My name is Rob. I’m staying at Chateau Marmont. Are you available now?”

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — A man is accused of threatening the daughter of a South Florida police chief with a gun after the woman, who works at Starbucks, neglected to put cream cheese on his bagel, authorities said. Omar Wright, 38, was arrested Thursday and charged with aggravated assault with a firearm and armed robbery with a firearm, according to Miami-Dade County online court records. Wright posted $10,000 bail on Saturday, online records show. According to police, the 23-year-old woman, the oldest daughter of Miami Gardens Police Chief Delma Noel-Pratt, was working as a barista at a Starbucks drive-thru window...

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives could vote as early as Wednesday on a bill that would outlaw strict COVID-19 vaccination requirements at all state or local government and higher education facilities. The bill barring so-called “vaccine passports” appeals to those who want to bury all vestiges of the now-defunct coronavirus pandemic restrictions in Pennsylvania. But it faces an almost certain veto if and when it hits Gov. Tom Wolf’s desk. Sponsored by Sen. Kristin Phillips-Hill, R-York County, Senate Bill 618 originated as a bill that would bar any governmental entities or colleges and universities that receive “regular state appropriations” from...

Former Pope Benedict XVI warned in a 2004 memo that high profile politicians who persist in their public support for abortion should be denied Communion. Benedict wrote the memo when he was known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and when former presidential candidate John Kerry, a pro-abortion Catholic, was running for president. Ratzinger warned that “not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia” and said that though Catholics may have diversity of opinion on some topics, there is no “legitimate diversity of opinion” when it comes to abortion and euthanasia. Ratzinger’s comments are particularly relevant now...

DETROIT — When it was new, the window sticker price on a typical 2019 Toyota Tacoma SR double cab pickup was just under $29,000. Two years later, dealers are paying almost $1,000 more than that to buy the same vehicle, even though it’s used. Then they’re selling it to consumers for more than $33,000. Welcome to the wacky world of U.S. car and truck sales, where the pandemic and a global shortage of computer chips have pushed prices to record levels. In the past year, used vehicle prices on average have climbed 30%, according to Black Book, which tracks car...

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — A Florida man was arrested after he intentionally did a “burnout” across a Pride-themed street mural earlier this week. Witnesses said Alexander Jerich, 20, peeled out in his white Chevrolet Silverado around 8 p.m. Monday through the recently painted intersection, WPBF reported. “This is a deliberate act of violence against the LGBTQ community,” Rand Hoch, founder and president of the Palm Beach Human Rights Council, told WFOR. “We’ve made such progress here in the last 30 years on LGBTQ issues. To see someone do something like this took me by surprise.” Jerich was participating in a...

LAKE WALES, FL. – Polk County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Lake Wales city commissioner Kristen Fitzgerald, 41, on Thursday, and charged her with one count of interference with child custody (F-3) and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon (F-3). Deputies say Fitzgerald removed an 11-year-old child from his home without permission and threatened him with a firearm. According to the arrest affidavit, on June 2nd, around 10:50 pm, Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Lake Wales police responded to an armed disturbance in Lake Wales. Once on the scene, law enforcement learned that Fitzgerald took the 11-year-old boy, without...

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Mandatory Critical Race Theory (CRT) training materials for one of Iowa’s largest school districts classifies “Make America Great Again” as a form of ‘white supremacy,’ according to leaked documents obtained by Turning Point USA’s Benny Johnson. Also listed as examples of white supremacy (both ‘overt’ and ‘covert’) are; Columbus Day, American immigration law, the belief that America is “post racial,” and mass incarceration. Johnson reports that hundreds of educators have been forced to to participate in the training, which will be taught to children across the district next semester. Teachers of Iowa are being INSTRUCTED to classify the vast majority...

A bill allowing municipal police across Pennsylvania to use radar guns for speed enforcement details passed the state Senate Tuesday on a 49-1 vote. Pennsylvania is currently the only state in the nation that limits the use of radar exclusively to its state police. That’s a sore spot for many municipal officials and police chiefs, who feel they are handicapped in monitoring speeding in residential zones and local roads where speeders can really raise the risk of an accident. But it’s also been a treasured, 60-year-old safeguard for some motorists. Critics have worried that those same municipal officers would take...

Senate Republicans Tuesday blocked sweeping legislation on election and campaign finance reforms that Democrats said is crucial is ensuring voting rights and saving democracy but Republican blasted as a partisan federal takeover of elections. The "For the People Act" needed 60 votes to clear a procedural vote in the Senate Tuesday, but Republicans filibustered and killed the legislation from advancing to debate. No Republicans joined with the 50 Democrats on the motion to proceed.