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Gov. Andrew Cuomo is now reaping what he sowed. He and his Democratic colleagues created a high standard -- a litmus test that can only be passed through a person being totally infallible. People make mistakes and do bad things, but that doesn't make them evil -- and certainly not even bad. But every person deserves to be held to the standard they create, no matter how high they make it. Today, Republicans are not asking for Cuomo's resignation because he is accused of sexual assault -- something both former President Donald Trump and Justice Brett Kavanaugh were accused of,...

DeSantis Blasts Biden and It’s Gonna Leave a MarkFlorida Governor Ron DeSantis (R-Margaritaville) had some choice words for Presidentish Joe Biden on Wednesday.Responding to an attack by Biden, accusing DeSantis (and Texas Governor Greg Abbott) of failing to do “the right thing to beat this pandemic,” the Sunshine State guv had some things to say“Why don’t you do your job? Why don’t you get this border secure?,” DeSantis asked rhetorically.“Until you do that,” he continued, “I don’t wanna hear a blip about COVID from you, thank you.”Here’s the clip:Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), whose state is experiencing record COVID hospitalizations, to...

A court in Texas has ruled that a boy at the center of a custody battle will temporarily live with his mother, who wants to have him undergo a gender transition to look more like a girl, while the father, who opposes it, will only be allowed limited visitation. For the past couple of years, Jeff Younger and his ex-wife, Anne Georgulas — a pediatrician in Coppell, Texas, and non-biological mother of James and his twin brother, Jude — have fought over who has custody over their son, James, whom Georgulas calls “Luna” and wants to see transitioned into a...

The CEO of Pfizer Albert Bourla had to cancel a trip to Israel in March, because he wasn’t fully vaccinated. The eyebrow-raising news was reported by the Jerusalem Post.“Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has canceled his expected visit to Israel after it turned out he has not been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus,” the Jerusalem Post reported, citing news channel N12.“According to the channel, Bourla, as well as members of the delegation that was meant to accompany him during his visit, have not received the second dose of the vaccine,” the report continued.“As a result, it was decided to delay the...

ne of South Carolina’s most well-known conservative activists is in an intensive care unit in the South Carolina Upstate battling the coronavirus pandemic. Pressley Stutts – leader of the Greenville Tea Party and a recently elected S.C. Republican Party (SCGOP) executive committeeman – has been hospitalized for the last five days, according to his social media. His wife has also been hospitalized with Covid-19, but is reportedly on her way home. “DETERMINED TO BEAT THIS!” Stutts posted on Facebook. “Under strict orders not to speak; need to save my breath. Can’t really return messages, but know that I deeply appreciate...

A federal judge rejected the argument that US Capitol rioters held in jail are being prosecuted for their political views and disavowed attempts to downplay the magnitude of the deadly insurrection during a sentencing on Wednesday. "You called yourself and everyone else patriots, but that's not patriotism," Judge Amy Berman Jackson said of defendant Karl Dresch. "Patriotism is loyalty to country, loyalty to the Constitution, not loyalty to a head of state. That is the tyranny we rejected on July 4." Jackson, known for her sharp criticism of the Trump administration's moves, called Dresch an "enthusiastic participant" in the effort...

Joe Biden’s choice to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is not too popular among agents who used to work for the agency.A group of them have sent a letter to the Senate urging them not to confirm David Chipman.(snip)“David’s strong personal beliefs on firearms issues will create serious and long-lasting problems for the Bureau and the effective execution of its law enforcement mission,” the agents said in the letter. “We relied on effective partnerships with industry, stakeholders, and other law enforcement agencies to execute our missions. Unfortunately, if David were confirmed, ATF partners would see someone who...

First Friday Devotion “Behold this Heart which has so loved men that it has spared nothing, even to exhausting and consuming itself in order to testify to its love! And in return, I receive from the greater part only ingratitude, by their irreverence and sacrilege, and by the coldness and contempt they have for Me in this Sacrament of Love. … “I feel this more than all that I suffered during My Passion. If only they would make Me some return for My Love, I should think but little of all I have done for them and would wish, were...

Ottawa has made progress on 24 out of 44 calls to action from the Parliamentary Black Caucus Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a knee at a Black Lives Matter rally on Parliament Hill over a year ago, after the murder of George Floyd sparked worldwide protests. Some welcomed the action as a commitment to fight anti-Black racism, while others dismissed it as a hollow gesture. Shortly after that rally, the MPs and senators who make up the Parliamentary Black Caucus issued a letter listing more than 40 calls to action to confront racism. They called on the Trudeau government to...

A Public Letter from Italian Laity: Francis, enough! Stop the ideological Civil War on the Church This heartfelt letter by several Italian lay people was published today in Italian daily IL FOGLIO. The laity are exhausted after 8 years of war conducted from on top: we want peace. Stop, Francis, just stop.Holy Father,The latest book by Andrea Riccardi, founder of Sant'Egidio and a well-known voice of the progressive Catholic world is entitled "The Church is Burning: Crisis and the Future of Christianity ”.We have not written any books, we have not conducted any detailed analysis, but we see every...

LGBTQIAXYZ (and some Marxists I’m sure) held a symposium to discuss transgender and critical race applied philosophies to Lord of the Rings. (Some believe this is a quasi-marketing campaign for the Amazon Lord of the Rings series coming out next year which looks to upend Tolkien’s Christian worldview and woke-ize it with lots of sex and strong wahmen. Just Some Guy rips them a new one here easily destroying one of their arguments.

WASHINGTON, Sunday, Aug. 4. The two ladies who went to carry supplies to our sick and wounded in the rebel hospitals, returned to Washington this morning. They were only permitted to go as far as Fairfax Courthouse. Here they were required to leave their supplies with the officers in command, who gave them a receipt for the money, medicinal supplies, clothing, &c., and who promised that all should be distributed among our wounded soldiers in their charge, and under the direction of our surgeons. Major EMORY has been nominated to the Senate for a Lieutenant-Colonelcy, as per the original list...

Was Joe Scarborough ever a good ol' Southern boy, as he still likes to portray himself? In any case, that persona has definitively disappeared. On today's Morning Joe, Scarborough exposed himself as the worst kind of condescending Upper West Side snob. The show devoted much of its opening segment to attacking Florida Governor Ron DeSantis over his Covid stance. At one point, after playing a clip of DeSantis's remarks on the subject, Scarborough referenced an ignorant Simpsons character, mocking: "I mean, who was he talking to? Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel?"Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

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New Yorkers aren’t going to take any more of their authoritarian mayor. Louis Rossmann, the owner of a computer repair shop in New York City, has gone viral after saying that he will not be Mayor Bill de Blasio’s “f***ing vaccination police” and enforce Mayor Bill de Blasio’s vaccine passport requirements. “It’s not my job as a f***ing laptop repair shop owner to decline [customers’] business based on their medical decisions,” Rossmann said in a video shared Tuesday on YouTube. “And if you want to inspect my store and you want to go through sh*t and you want to try...

Recently, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) aggressively rejected the call of the World Health Organization (WHO) for a fresh investigation into the deadly global virus. But a closer look raises more questions and serious problems for the CCP. Anyone who watches the television series Forensic Files knows that the criminal hides his crimes in order to escape punishment. Such actions as hammering of phones, destroying emails, scrubbing the online archives, and forcing medical experts to change or delete publications all make cover-ups possible. But, as in TV, the criminal leaves a trail, and any determined reporter can uncover the tailings....

Repeat after this sharp woman ... NO! https://twitter.com/_RedWalrus_/status/1422726567793360904

A new poll released Wednesday shows that 51% of likely voters in California would vote to remove incumbent Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) from office, while only 40% would vote to retain him, spelling trouble for the embattled liberal. The poll, conducted by SurveyUSA for the San Diego Union-Tribune, KGTV 10News in San Diego and KABC-TV in Los Angeles, came one day after an Emerson College poll showed a dead heat on whether Newsom should be recalled. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported: 51 percent of those asked indicated they would vote to remove Newsom from office. Forty percent of respondents said...

Isaac Yoder admitted to entering and exiting Capitol through 'west facing door' He stormed the US Capitol dressed in George Washington costume on Jan. 6 FBI got anonymous tip man entered Capitol in colonial-era costume on Feb. 26 More than 535 people face charges arising from the riot seven months later Supporters repeated Trump's false claims that the election was stolen from him through widespread voting fraud

WASHINGTON—Roughly half of all cars and light trucks sold in the U.S. by 2030 would be electric, hydrogen-fuel cell and plug-in hybrid vehicles under voluntary targets set to be announced Thursday by the Biden administration and backed by auto makers, contingent on government support. In a joint statement, General Motors Co. , Ford Motor Co. , and Chrysler maker Stellantis NV said their commitment hinges on federal funding for manufacturing and supply-chain research and development, purchase incentives and an EV-charging network. The auto makers said the voluntary targets for EV sales “can be achieved only with the timely deployment of...