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Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders acknowledged Sunday that she was inoculated against COVID-19 “months ago” — with the “Trump vaccine.” Sanders, former President Donald Trump’s spokesperson from 2017 to 2019, also railed against the “misinformation thrown at me by politicians and the media” she was pelted with before making the call, she said in an opinion piece in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. SNIP She blamed President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institutes of Health, for “misjudging” the “Trump vaccine.”

As cases continue to rise from the Provincetown Fourth of July weekend COVID cluster, Cape Cod Democratic Sen. Julian Cyr said the reason COVID-afflicted residents continue to maintain mild symptoms is due to the town’s 114% vaccination rate.How is the vaccination rate over 100%? This is comparing the number of residents who used their Provincetown address for their vaccination to the latest Census figures, which showed a lower number. The latest figures, from the 2010 Census, list the year-round population of the community at 2,642. Cyr estimate the popular summer destination currently has a population of around 60,000 and that...

....“Nearly all Americans (94%) — including 95% of both Republicans and Democrats — say it is important that people who are legally qualified to vote are able to cast a ballot, with 82% saying it is very important,” reports a new Pew Research Center poll. Then the persistent difference of opinions emerge. Another 81% overall also say it is important to prevent people who are not legally qualified to vote from doing so; 78% of Republicans and 44% of Democrats agree. Among all respondents 56% are confident that measures to achieve this already happen, though with another sharp party split...

Thousands of protesters gathered in central London on Saturday to protest government COVID-19 mandates. The London demonstration, part of a global movement against severe coronavirus restrictions known as the Worldwide Rally For Freedom, saw a large crowd forming the city's Trafalgar Square to protest mask mandates, business restrictions, and vaccine passports, among other government restrictions. Among the attendees were conspiracy theorist David Icke, media personality Katie Hopkins, and Piers Corbyn, whose brother is former Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn. Speakers rallied the crowd with comparisons to the Holocaust, arguing the government's restrictions were overly invasive. "Get their names [of doctors...

The Lancet was founded in England in 1823 and was recently considered to be second only to The New England Journal of Medicine when it comes to the magazine’s impact in the medical field. Whether its reputation will survive its conduct relative to COVID remains questionable. In 2020, it led the charge to insist that it was a conspiracy theory to blame the Wuhan lab for COVID. Now, it’s emerged that The Lancet was complicit with China in suppressing early information showing that COVID could be spread by human-to-human transmission and was already moving beyond Wuhan.In early June, Vanity Fair,...

You Must Disobey a PopeFaithful Catholics have been put in a very difficult situation by the latest official papal document published by the Vatican: Traditionis Custodes, a motu proprio aimed at eliminating the Mass of All Ages.Much can – and needs to be – said about this atrocious document; but in this brief article I limit myself to just one point. I find this to be an extremely important point, yet it has not received as much ‘press coverage’ as I think it ought.This document is yet another instance, of an ever growing list,[1] that COMPELS Catholics to disobey papal...

LISTEN very carefully right at the end when he mumbles the MOST IMPORTANT part.All but one person are fully vaccinated who are hospitalised with COVID-19….i.e. there are 141 in ICU and 140 are VACCINATED! https://www.bitchute.com/video/Nuq1wlVf5GKL

RNC Research @RNCResearch Asked about amnesty in Democrats’ reckless spending spree, Joe Biden responds with gibberish and doesn’t rule it out. Asked about amnesty, Biden responds with gibberish 6:22 PM · Jul 25, 2021

Perhaps no one has done more damage to the credibility of the scientific community over the last year and a half than Dr. Anthony Fauci. RedState has written more articles than I can count documenting his contradictions, dishonesty, and even complicity regarding COVID-19 (see here, here, and here for a sample). Yet Fauci continues to be a super-star on the left, largely because he represented a foil to Donald Trump, but also because he’s become even more overtly political under Joe Biden’s tenure. To those who crave power, Fauci is the perfect spokesman, able to parlay faux claims of scientific...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando police made an arrest after a man was shot inside a downtown Orlando restaurant just after midnight Sunday. The Orlando Police Department said officers responded to 21 S. Orange Ave. around 12:30 a.m. Sunday. The department said a physical altercation happened inside the restaurant before the suspect, identified as 32-year-old Monique Nicole James, shot at a man. The man, who is in his 30s, was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive, according to police. Officers said James faces an attempted murder charge in connection to the shooting.

When special counsel John Durham finishes his investigation into the origins of the Trump–Russia probe, his report will likely be made public, a Department of Justice official suggested in a newly released letter. Durham is investigating the department’s counterintelligence operation against the 2016 Trump campaign and associates, which was riddled with errors and malfeasance. The timeline for the probe to wrap up is unclear, but then-Attorney General William Barr indicated last year that the final report should be made public. Noting that a confidential report on what the investigation found will be produced as required by law, Durham “to the...

According to a new poll, the majority of Americans are pessimistic about the direction of the country at the sixth month mark of the Biden administration, a dramatic shift from the last time that the survey polled respondents on the matter. “A majority — 55% — of the public say they are pessimistic about the direction of the country, a marked change from the roughly one-third (36%) that said the same in an ABC News/Ipsos poll published May 2,” ABC News reported. “In the early May survey, Americans were more optimistic than pessimistic by a 28-percentage point margin. Optimism is...

Gov. Larry Hogan believes some House Republicans are “whitewashing” the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. The two-term Republican governor appeared on CBS News Chief Correspondent Major Garrett’s podcast The Takeout this week, where he shared his thoughts on the investigation into the insurrection. “We have to get to the bottom of exactly what happened [on January 6]. And there’s no whitewashing,” Hogan said to Garrett. “We need to get all the facts and find out exactly what happened. But there’s no way to just overlook this and say it didn’t happen. The nonsense about ‘these were just peaceful...

There are 716 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, up from 452 on July 16, officials said. The county also reported four new deaths, bringing the total to 24,628 fatalities since the pandemic began early last year. On Saturday, L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer warned that the Delta variant was "one of the most aggressive and infectious respiratory diseases known and currently makes up over 80% of sequenced cases in L.A. County." Although cases remain at a lower point than they have been during any of the previous surges, the rate of increase between July 3 and 16 was...

Until the vax at all cost crowd comes clean on the fact that natural immunity is much better and that those with prior infection should not risk the shot, they will have no credibility on anything they say.— Daniel Horowitz (@RMConservative) July 25, 2021

As tensions rise in neighbouring Afghanistan, the local Catholic community opens a convent dedicated to Saint John Paul II. During the inauguration, the Virgin of Luján, patroness of Argentina, was carried in procession, an unusual event for Central Asia.Buenos Aires (AsiaNews) – Tajikistan celebrated National Unity Day on 27 June. This year’s observance coincided with the opening of the country’s first Catholic monastery of contemplative life, an unusual occurrence in Central Asia. The Virgin of Luján, patroness of Argentina, was carried on a platform during a short but meaningful procession marking the event. The “religious family” of the Institute of...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday defended efforts to permit federal funding of elective abortions, and cited her own Catholic faith while doing so. A draft spending bill that was recently approved by the House Appropriations Committee would allow for federal funding of elective abortions in Medicaid. It excludes the Hyde Amendment, federal policy since 1976 which prohibits funding of most abortions in Medicaid. In remarks at her weekly press conference in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Pelosi said she supports a repeal of Hyde because it is “an issue of health, of many women in America, especially those...

Participants in the Russian Orthodox Church’s 10th General Church Congress on Social Service have proposed a plan for the phased removal of abortions by request from the compulsory medical insurance system. The Congress was held May 13-15 with the participation of representatives from 165 dioceses throughout Russia and abroad, sisters and clergy from Sisters of Mercy branches, the heads of Orthodox social projects, and social workers. The forum’s final document was approved by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and published yesterday. “Taking into account Germany’s experience, where payment for an abortion at the expense of insurance is provided only when there...

PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro has registered the first same-sex partnership in the staunchly conservative country that is striving to join the European Union, authorities said Sunday. The announcement is seen as a major step forward for the LGBT community in Montenegro, which has suffered harassment and isolation in the past. The strongly patriarchal nation last year passed a law allowing same-sex partnerships as part of reforms needed to move closer to EU membership. Government Minister Tamara Srzentic says she is proud that the law has been used. “Today is an important day for the LGBTQ community in Montenegro,” Srzentic...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signs a ban on so-called conversion therapy during a ceremony at the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., on Thursday, July 15, 2021. Walz said conversion therapy, the scientifically discredited practice of using therapy to "convert" LGBTQ people to heterosexuality or traditional gender expectations, is a "byzantine, tortuous practice." He said his order empowers state agencies to ensure that no Minnesotans under age 18 are subjected to it, and that insurance companies and state health plans don't cover it. “There’s no place for hate in this state, there’s no room for division,” Walz said at a...