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When Tony Coelho wrote the American with Disabilities Act 31 years ago, his goal was to ensure that people with disabilities could participate in the workforce with equal opportunities of inclusion and success. Three decades later, people with disabilities — the largest minority group in the country — remain underrepresented in the workforce, particularly within the federal workforce. But Biden’s administration went one step further! They even fired their ASL interpreter after her support for former President Donald Trump was uncovered in videos posted online. An online petition called for the removal of American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter Heather Mewshaw...

The AR-15 — the deadliest abomination known to man. A gun so terrible it’s killed more people than net neutrality and Trump’s tax cuts combined. And to demonstrate how awful this weapon is, I did something foolish: I tried firing one. And the experience was so horrible I have not stopped crying and soiling myself since. Yes, even as I type this, tears fill my eyes at the remembrance of pulling that trigger and the terrible things that followed. And my pants... my pants are so soaked. How to describe the experience of firing that monstrosity? When I pulled the...

Now you see why they had “essential and non essential” https://twitter.com/MelanieMusey/status/1423374938740826119

Tetra's Mk5 personal eVTOL is set to start deliveries in 2022Tetra Aviation VIEW 3 IMAGES Japan's Tetra Aviation won a hundred-grand "disruptor award" at the GoFly personal flight contest last year, and has now presented its first commercial product at OshKosh: a 33-rotor Mk5 personal eVTOL it hopes to begin delivering to buyers in 2022. The Mk5 is a lightweight single-seat lift-and-cruise-style aircraft running 32 vertical lift rotors distributed across long, thin wings at the front and rear of a small cabin, with a single pusher prop on the rear for cruise flight. Its frame is mainly aluminum, and the...

Her heart whispered that she could and should runA Marin County vaccine skeptic has joined a crowded field running to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom in next month’s recall election. Holly Baade, a single mom, former Miss California, and yoga instructor at a shaman school in Fairfax, is running as a disenchanted Democrat. Baade supported the Newsom recall from the beginning, but didn’t see any candidate she could support among the contenders. “So I felt a little dispirited. I felt a sensation of disappointment,” Baade told the Marin Independent Journal days ago. “Then all of a sudden in that same moment,...

He woke up to a police officer arresting him for violating the city’s ban on lying down in public places. At least that’s what Spriestersbach thought. The officer actually arrested him because he believed Spriestersbach was a man named Thomas Castleberry, It was the first mistake of many that led to Spriestersbach spending two years and eight months in jail and a mental institution for crimes he didn’t commit, For speaking out, Spriestersbach was deemed “problematic” and given antipsychotic medications, including Haldol, which made him despondent and catatonic. “The more Mr. Spriestersbach vocalized his innocence by asserting that he is...

- Chuck Schumer blamed the GOP for slowing down the passage of the infrastructure bill.- The $1 trillion package would see spending on high-speed internet, new roads, and other projects.- Sen. Bill Haggerty, a Republican who opposes the bill, blocked efforts to fast-track it.Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer accused Republicans of slowing efforts to pass President Joe Biden's $1 trillion infrastructure bill after a GOP Senator scuppered efforts to speed up the timeline.Biden's infrastructure bill would see billions of dollars spent on new roads, bridges, highways, high-speed internet, and improvements to drinking water.He initially proposed a much bigger package, but...

Cindy McCain, the spouse of the late Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), said Friday on ABC’s “The View” that she was “proud” she helped President Joe Biden win the 2020 presidential election with her endorsement. Co-host Joy Behar said, “You famously crossed party lines and took a lot of heat to endorse Joe Biden for president in 2020. Were you surprised by how much pushback you got, and how big a leap was it for you to put yourself out there like that? That must have been rough.”

Arizona state senator Tony Navarrete, a Democrat from Phoenix, was arrested on Thursday, on charges including multiple counts of sexual conduct with a minor. NEW – Arizona state senator Tony Navarrete, a Democrat from Phoenix, was arrested on Thursday, on multiple charges including counts of sexual conduct with a minor. pic.twitter.com/TDU798ze9K — Disclose.tv 🚨 (@disclosetv) August 6, 2021 AZ Dem State Senator and LGBTQ Caucus Member Tony Navarrete Arrested for Sexual Conduct with a Minor https://t.co/n85WORnwf0 — Media Right News (@MediaRightNews1) August 6, 2021

International award winning journalist and former Assistant Treasury Secretary Dr. Paul Craig Roberts says the evidence is clear Covid vaccines are not safe and effective. Dr. Roberts says, “So, why the push for overriding everyone’s civil rights to vaccinate when you have information it doesn’t protect. It doesn’t reduce infections, and we have all these cases of illnesses caused by the vaccine. We also see Biden saying, quick, let’s give it full approval. Why do they want to give it full approval? If they have to admit there are cures after all, they have to stop using the vaccine. This...

Before the pandemic, many associates at professional service firms — e.g., consulting, financial, legal and accounting — spent long hours in the office. They often tried to maximize face time by staying late at their desks to impress their boss. During the pandemic, however, these associates worked from home. The practice of face time broke down since the boss could not see the associates slaving in their offices late at night. Yet, foreshadowing the future, the work at these firms was done well at home. To continue to attract top talent and improve productivity, professional service firms must shift away...

At their June 16, 2021, summit in Geneva, Presidents Joseph Biden and Vladimir Putin agreed to return their previously recalled ambassadors: Anatoly Antonov to Washington and John Sullivan to Moscow. Antonov stayed in Moscow for over three months in an unprecedented demonstration of anger. Sullivan was pressed by the Russian authorities to leave. In addition, both presidents agreed to form multiple joint working groups to deescalate tensions and solve outstanding problems in arms control, the manning of respective diplomatic missions, cyber security and exchange of prisoners (see EDM, June 17). The working groups have met while diplomats discuss ways to...

The Capitol protester whose feet were pictured on Nancy Pelosi’s desk is now claiming, through his lawyer, that he was subjected to inhumane treatment and torture while being imprisoned in a DC jail earlier this year. Richard ‘Bigo’ Barnett, 61, claimed he was ‘tortured’ at the DC jail, citing episodes in which he was pushed head first into the concrete floor and held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day. In one incident, when he felt he was having a heart attack in jail, the Capitol rioter who put his feet up on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s desk said...

The first organized protest is scheduled for Monday, August 9th at Noon EST. The Location is: New York City Hall, 52 Chambers St, New York, NY 10007 The protest is being organized by Tina Forte (https://twitter.com/RealTina40) a candidate for NY CD-14.

There are so many simple questions that are being raised around Covid-19 and the supposed need for different policies at this moment, and no one is capable of explaining them to you. Why is that? Despite the fact that they claimed the previous administration refused to follow the science—and were proven wrong—they now find themselves in the odd position of desperately embracing solutions they actually campaigned against - HARD! They do so while dishonestly mischaracterizing even the current challenge. With the media’s help they are getting away with these fake science assumptions. Don’t believe me? Try these on for size:...

Around 300 Australian Defence Force (ADF) soldiers were deployed alongside police over the weekend in New South Wales to help police enforce strict new coronavirus lockdowns. Police helicopters have also been seen in the area, ordering residents to comply with lockdown restrictions. Australian broadcaster ABC reported the soldiers arrived in the city of Sydney over the weekend and underwent training and would begin going door to door in Sydney by Monday to check that residents are complying with the lockdown orders. The Daily Mail reported in Sydney’s western suburbs residents saw police helicopters hovering overhead while sounding sirens and broadcasting...

[H/T TurkeyLurkey]Formatting is better on Twitter:https://twitter.com/Johnheretohelp/status/1423348635845210117A current FBI agent has told @JohnHereToHelp to cease and desist posting about the January 6 'insurection' which the government staged to frame conservatives as dangerous terrorists. They have ordered him to not to talk and threatened him and his family. Given they have tortured him in the past, the threats are real.@JohnHereToHelp is identifying suspect #250, Most Wanted regarding the Jan 6 'insurrection', as Judge Emmet Sullivan's eldest son. ransomnote: Here's @JohnHereToHelp's response below to active FBI agent demands that he stop telling people what he knows.https://twitter.com/Johnheretohelp/status/1423348635845210117 Jon-US Senate candidate MD 2022 @Johnheretohelp·15h Everyone...

Wisconsin State Election Committee Chair Janel Brandtgen issues subpoenas to Brown (Green Bay) and Milwaukee Counties for election evidence. Audit The Vote rally in Wisconsin happening right now… HAPPENING NOW: Audit the vote rally in Wisconsin pic.twitter.com/yzsXWt8HQm — Christina Bobb (@christina_bobb) August 6, 2021 BREAKING: Wisconsin Election Committee Chair @RepJanel issues subpoenas to Brown (Green Bay) and Milwaukee Couties for election evidence to complete and audit. pic.twitter.com/kcI9U1WDtF — Christina Bobb (@christina_bobb) August 6, 2021

1,3-butadiene produced from bacteria. Credit: Yokohama Rubber The future environmental footprint of the tire industry could be substantially shrunk thanks to a new ecofriendly way found by four RIKEN researchers that harnesses bacteria to make a chemical used in synthetic rubber. Each year, factories around the world churn out more than 12 million metric tons of the organic chemical 1,3-butadiene, which is used in tires, adhesives, sealants and other plastic and rubber products. They produce it by an energy-intensive process that relies on petroleum, which contributes to climate change. Scientists have tried for many years to create 1,3-butadiene from more...

Fashion designer Kenneth Cole defended his brother-in-law Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his "exemplary public service" following a New York attorney general investigation that found Cuomo had sexually harassed multiple women. "Do we all not remember the extraordinary clarity @govnycuomo brought everyone at a time of such confusion & despair and light at a time of such darkness," Cole, who is married to the Democratic governor’s younger sister Maria Cuomo Cole, wrote on Twitter Thursday. "Do people really feel that after 40 yrs of exemplary public service, ones legacy should be extinguished without due process?" the fashion mogul of Kenneth Cole...