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What used to be unobjectionable truths could now get you fired from your job or canceled in class. #SAS2021 @TPUSA pic.twitter.com/NKP1sfhWA5— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) July 19, 2021

Proponents of ivermectin for COVID-19 have long been talking about an expected review and meta-analysis led by Andrew Hill, PhD, of the University of Liverpool.These results were finally published this week in Open Forum Infectious Diseases, and they're positive -- but they haven't escaped criticism, and most researchers still want results from a randomized controlled trial.The review and meta-analysis was conducted as part of the International Ivermectin Project Team from December 2020 to May 2021. Ivermectin proponents said Hill was conducting the analysis for the WHO, but Hill recently told MedPage Today the analysis was supported by Fort Worth, Texas-based...

"The United Nations &, very especially, the United States, must strongly condemn the repressive & violent measures being taken by the Cuban government against their own people! Spread the images, spread the word!"

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on July 12 that it is updating the label on the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to include a warning about the risk of developing Guillain-Barré syndrome, (GBS) a rare and sometimes deadly autoimmune disorder in which the body attacks and damages nerves, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Anywhere between 3,000 and 6,000 people develop Guillain-Barré syndrome each year, per the CDC. For some people, a full recovery just takes a few weeks; for others, it can take a few years. “Reports of adverse events following use of...

A new study by researchers in Hong Kong has found that recipients of BioNTech’s Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine generate 10 times more antibodies than those who receive the Chinese CoronaVac vaccine made by Sinovac. The study showed that even after receiving their first BioNTech dose, recipients’ antibody levels were higher than those who had received two doses of Sinovac. The study also found that Sinovac recipients had produced “similar or lower” levels of antibodies to recovered COVID-19 patients. The research was conducted by the University of Hong Kong, based on 1,442 samples collected in Hong Kong hospitals and clinics. The findings...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) suggested that Republican U.S. senators should “leave town” to deny a voting quorum on a Democrat-led reconciliation bill that could be voted on as early as next week, arguing that the GOP should draw from Texas state Democrats’ playbook. Several days ago, Democrat state lawmakers left Texas to deny the Republican-led legislature a quorum in protest against a voting overhaul measure, prompting Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan to call for their arrests or detainment. Several dozen of the lawmakers arrived in Washington on July 12 after leaving on a private charter flight,...

In the face of the United States’ deepening engagements with Taiwan, the Chinese communist regime can do nothing but issue stern warnings, a former official of the democratic island told The Epoch Times. On July 15, U.S. Air Force C-146-A Wolfhound landed in Taiwan, delivering “diplomatic mail” to the de facto U.S. embassy in Taipei—marking the second U.S. military aircraft to land on the island in less than two months. The stopover drew anger from the Chinese communist regime, which sees Taiwan as part of its territory despite the island having been governed for decades as a separate entity. Its...

I think we can officially call the runaway Texas Democrats flight to Washington, D.C., a “super spreader” now.They announced on Saturday that three people had testing positive for the Wuhan coronavirus.Then today, it was announced from the Texas House Democratic Caucus that two more have now tested positive, including Trey Martinez Fischer, who represents San Antonio’s 116th District. So that’s five total of the group, so far. The only other person of the five identified at this point has been Celia Israel of Austin, who said she was having mild symptoms of the virus. The rest of the five similarly...

South Carolina senator joins 'Justice with Judge Jeanine' to break down the current state of the United States under Biden #JudgeJeanine #FoxNews

Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi has overtaken Apple's as the second largest smartphone-maker in the world, after Samsung, according to a new report. In the second quarter of 2021, global smartphone shipments increased by 12%, market analysis firm Canalys said Thursday, with Samsung shipping the largest number at 19%, Xiaomi coming second with 17% and Apple in third with 14%. Xiaomi's shipments increased by 83% in the past quarter with the largest gains made in Latin America, Africa and Western Europe. Its phones are not widely available in the US. The company's most recent flagship device, the Mi 11 Ultra, has an...

Every year, a lack of vaccination leads to about 1.5 million preventable deaths, primarily in developing nations. One factor that makes vaccination campaigns in those nations more difficult is that there is little infrastructure for storing medical records, so there’s often no easy way to determine who needs a particular vaccine. MIT researchers have now developed a novel way to record a patient’s vaccination history: storing the data in a pattern of dye, invisible to the naked eye, that is delivered under the skin at the same time as the vaccine. “In areas where paper vaccination cards are often lost...

When John McAfee was found dead in his cell last month, reportedly due to suicide by hanging, the Internet was quick to doubt that. McAfee died in his prison cell in Spain, not long after a court ruled he could be extradited back to the United States. There's been another update, though. The man who founded the anti-virus protection company, and was once a millionaire, died broke, as reported by Keith Griffith with the Daily Mail. The piece also points to McAfee's tweets. In fact, the pinned tweet to McAfee's account, from June 16 claims "I have nothing."The US believes...

Francis Pronounces Judgment on HimselfFrancis’ words at his July 18 Angelus sounded like a parody when confronted with his merciless Motu Proprio Traditionis Custodes, published two days earlier, through which he attempts to “forbid” the Roman Rite.“Jesus tenderly extends an invitation,” Francis said, while personally he doesn’t rely on “tenderness” but on tyranny and cruelty to the point that his tenure can be called the Stalin era of the Catholic Church.Francis evoked “compassion” adding that “God's style is closeness, compassion and tenderness.” Every time, he repeats these buzzwords, he puts a mirror in front of himself which reflects not “compassion”...

The forensic audit in Maricopa County, Ariz., is complete. The forensic audit in Fulton County, Georgia, is underway. Another forensic in Pennsylvania has just begun.And yet another forensic audit could be coming to Wisconsin—another battleground state just barely won by Joe Biden where there were allegations of election irregularities.“We need to create transparency and settle the debate of truth vs. conspiracy,” Rep. Timothy Ramthun (R-Campbellsport) said in a statement. “There is nothing of greater importance than ensuring that we uphold our constitutional rights to have a government of, by, and for the people.”Ramthun has called for a full forensic audit...

It seems the Biden administration will listen to the public when the rejection of their ideas is clear and loud. On April 19, 2021, the Department of Education (DOE) proposed a new regulation to promote culturally responsive teaching and information literacy skills under the American History and Civics Education programs. Under the first priority, the DOE proposal would give preference to grant applications for a curriculum that incorporates ideas laden with critical theories (emphasis added):American History and Civics Education programs can play an important role in this critical effort by supporting teaching and learning that reflects the breadth and depth...

Trump slams Biden on slowdown of COVID-19 vaccine distribution "He's not doing well at all," former President Trump wrote in a statement. Former President Donald Trump is a Sunday statement slammed President Joe Biden over the slowdown of the COVID-19 vaccine distribution.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) traveled to Tampa on Sunday to deliver a speech at Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit where he said sales for his “Don’t Fauci My Florida” merchandise are “through the roof.” “Let me just give you a personal welcome to the free state of Florida,” DeSantis told the crowd of young conservatives. “Here in Florida, we believe in lifting people up, not locking people down. We believe in the rights of kids to get an in-person education, and the right of people to earn a living — the right of people to maintain their businesses....

Two of Wall Street’s top CEOs have differing views on inflation, but both diverge from the Federal Reserve’s predictions that price increases are transitory and will fade once supply shocks and other pressures ease. Larry Fink, chairman and CEO of BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, is convinced that inflation isn’t temporary, as he believes deglobalization will lead to “systematically more inflation” in the future. “It is my view that inflation is going to be more systematical,” Fink told CNBC on July 14. “I believe it is a fundamental, foundational change in how we navigate economic policy.” The focus that...

General Flynn, a self-proclaimed “old school Democrat” is emerging as a major organizing force for liberty-seeking groups, most of whom are on the right, supporting the US Constitution. Flynn’s unshakable defense of America, his support of Populist-Conservative President Donald J. Trump, and the ruthless persecution he went through for these things have endeared him to Americans on “both sides of the isle”. Key Point: Flynn came into national focus, after years of serving quietly behind the scenes, as a member of the administration of Barck Obama, when he crossed Obama over the ridiculous assessment of Obama’s that ISIS was the...

A California appeals court struck down as unconstitutional a state law that penalized elder-care workers for using pronouns inconsistent with elderly long-term care patients’ claimed gender identity. Gender identity is a disputed concept. A lack of linguistic clarity has clouded the issue in recent years as the concepts of sex and sexual identity, or gender, a politically and scientifically contentious concept whose definition isn’t universally agreed upon, have become difficult to separate. Despite the distinct meanings of the two words, many institutions and individuals use “gender” to mean biological sex, especially on fillable forms and documents. Failing to use gender...