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Morning Joe on Tuesday ripped into Ron DeSantis for perceived Covid sins. Washington Post editor and MSNBC analyst Eugene Robinson said Republican Florida Governor DeSantis' prohibition of localities mandating masks, and talk of withholding the pay of school officials who try to mandate them, was "criminal." Mike Barnicle passionately agreed, saying that DeSantis is "going to roll the dice with children’s lives . . . under the guise of ambition, his political ambition, running for higher office, AKA the presidency." No word from the Morning Joe crew on the dangers posed to Americans by the Biden policy of letting countless...

American drivers could soon trade paying taxes on gas at the pump for owing the government annual 'per-mile user fees,' under a new pilot program recently passed by the Senate in Joe Biden's $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal. The bill passed a Senate vote on Tuesday and will go on to the House of Representatives. The massive deal puts $125 million toward exploring the possibility of a federal vehicle miles traveled tax (VMT) by funding the launch of federal, state and local VMT pilot programs. It gives Transport Secretary Pete Buttigieg the ability to award grants to local and regional...

President Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill nears certain passage in the Senate with the blessing of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), even though he strongly opposed a trillion-dollar spending program proposed by President Donald Trump in 2016. “What I hope we will clearly avoid, and I’m confident we will, is a trillion-dollar stimulus,” McConnell said in December 2016 after Trump won the presidential election. Trump campaigned on the idea of massive infrastructure spending, a proposal that McConnell was not eager to endorse. “We need to do this carefully and correctly, and the issue of how to pay for...

Dominion Voting Systems, a technology company that was targeted with disinformation by former President Donald Trump and allies, filed lawsuits on Tuesday against two right-wing television channels, alleging they aided the spread of baseless conspiracy theories about its role in the 2020 election. The lawsuits, which are the latest in a string of legal action from the company, name Newsmax and One America News as defendants. The lawsuit against OAN also named two of the network's far-right personalities, Chanel Rion and Christina Bobb, as well as the network's owners, Robert and Charles Herring. John Poulos, the chief executive of Dominion,...

Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday that he plans to travel to his Italian estate for 10 days beginning this week as COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and other metrics continue to rise in New Jersey. Murphy said he was planning to leave on Tuesday evening to join his wife and children at their multimillion-dollar estate about two hours north of Rome. The State Department has issued an advisory recommending that travelers reconsider going to Italy due to COVID-19. Anyone coming to the U.S. from Italy must provide a negative COVID-19 viral test taken within three calendar days of travel.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation on Tuesday under threat of impeachment, following the release of a scathing state Attorney General report in which investigators concluded that he sexually harassed several women in violation of state and federal law. “I think that given the circumstances, the best way I can help now is if I step aside,” Cuomo said from his Manhattan office. After disputing the report’s findings and apologizing for some behavior he insisted didn’t amount to sexual harassment, Cuomo said the wasted time and money from the impeachment process would hurt New Yorkers during a time of crisis....

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Protesters gathered at Boulder County Public Health (BCPH) to make a statement against requiring masks in county schools. "I think kids have lost probably the most in these last couple of years and I think we've put the burden of responsibility on them," Allison Stransky, parent and protester, said. BCPH issued a public health order late Monday night that requires facial coverings in schools PK-12 and childcare settings. Public health officials said they would meet with the Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) on Tuesday to discuss a decision on whether masks will be required in schools before classes start next...

When Chicago Police officer Ella French was murdered after a traffic stop on another bloody weekend in the city of anarchy, Mayor Lori Lightfoot made her “big speech.” Mayors always make “the big speech” when a police officer is killed in the line of duty. And the one Lightfoot delivered on Sunday was typical of others I’ve seen. It was somber and sought to bridge the divide between police critics and supporters and protect her own flanks. And it was deeply political, because she used it to cover her own flanks. But Lightfoot forgot an important part. She forgot to...

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring Potential Tropical Cyclone 6, which is set to become Tropical Storm Fred as early as Tuesday. As of 0500 ET, Potential Tropical Cyclone 6 is 65 miles southwest of Guadeloupe, an island group in the southern Caribbean Sea. NHC states the storm has a 90% chance of developing into a tropical storm over the next 48 hours. WFTV Orlando’s Meteorologist Brian Shields expects Potential Tropical Cyclone 6 to be upgraded to Tropical Storm Fred “soon.” He expects the storm will soon “impact Puerto Rico as a tropical storm, and then move into the Dominican...

RICHMOND, VA—A local 5th-grade class started classes this morning by standing and reciting the pledge of allegiance to Dr. Fauci, as is now the cherished custom. "Ritual is important for a sense of security and normalcy, and also to ensure these kids swear their undying allegiance to Dr. Fauci, who is the living embodiment of science and our hope for the future," said 5th-grade teacher Mrs. Scuttlebumm. "We will start every day this way until science hears us and saves us all." With their hands over their hearts, the class recited the pledge together in perfect monotone unison: "I pledge...

For the next five years, an Oregon high school diploma will be no guarantee that the student who earned it can read, write or do math at a high school level. Gov. Kate Brown had demurred earlier this summer regarding whether she supported the plan passed by the Legislature to drop the requirement that students demonstrate they have achieved those essential skills. But on July 14, the governor signed Senate Bill 744 into law. Through a spokesperson, the governor declined again Friday to comment on the law and why she supported suspending the proficiency requirements. Brown’s decision was not public...

On Monday, residents of a condo in Miami were ordered to evacuate by 8 am Tuesday morning after the building was deemed 'unsafe' by city officials Hundreds of residents of the 138-unit building were evacuated as the city works to relocate them until they can come home The building was first placed on the unsafe structure list back in May and was ordered to undergo repairs City of Miami officials claim that instructions for proper repairs where given to the building's engineer for weeks but were not followed The city of Miami currently has 2,439 buildings on its unsafe structure...

Hey, are you guys detecting a pattern here? Every time things start to look better, all of a sudden the news is like, “Oh my God, Delta, we’re all gonna die!” Look at the surge, mask mandates are back. Oh my God! Who’s getting paid for that? The news, they love that, they love that stuff, you guys. But here’s an interesting truth. Look what happened in Great Britain. All right, I’m linking here to an article by David Wallace-Wells, where he lays this out. So, the vaccines do what they’re supposed to do, which is prevent you from dying...

It seems justice is finally going to be served to Gov. Andrew Cuomo... Yes, it’s great to watch a man whose thuggish character was apparent throughout his tenure finally being called to account. But there’s something troubling about the way Cuomo is being hustled out of office: Obscured amid the details about his gross behavior and the way his aides and liberal feminist enablers tried to discredit the victims is the fact that Cuomo remains responsible for the deaths of perhaps thousands of elderly New Yorkers during the early months of the pandemic — and for his administration’s ongoing, illegal...

Here is relevant part about UK: The United Kingdom is also seeing more deaths and hospitalizations among the vaccinated too. According to a recent report, titled “SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and variants under investigation in England, Technical briefing 16″, the death rate was 6.6 times higher than the unvaccinated death rate (0.636% compared to .0957%). The report stated that it examined 60,624 Delta infections between February 1 and June 14, of which 35,521 cases were observed in unvaccinated individuals and 4,087 cases were seen in fully vaccinated individuals who got infected at least 14 days after their second dose. The...

The father the male Chicago police officer wounded in Saturday night’s attack reportedly “excoriated” Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) face to face when she arrived at the hospital where the officer was being treated. Breitbart News pointed out Chicago PD officer Ella French and her partner were shot Saturday night during a traffic stop just after 9 p.m. French was killed in the attack and her male partner was wounded and hospitalized in critical condition.

In an attempt to have “equitable graduation standards,” the state of Oregon is doing away with the requirement that high school seniors demonstrate proficiency in reading, writing, and math before graduating. Quick Facts Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, D, signed Senate Bill 744 on July 14. The bill drops the graduation requirement requiring students to show that they can read and write proficiently and do high school-level math. Charles Boyer, the governor’s deputy communications director, claimed the change would benefit minorities. The subjects of reading, writing, and arithmetic used to be the three foundational pillars of education and have long been...

Washington, D.C. – Club for Growth issued the following statement in response to the Senate passage of the “infrastructure” bill. “The fact is the so-called infrastructure bill will be an enormous liability to everyone who voted for it, not just Republicans,” said David McIntosh, Club for Growth President. “A majority of Democrat voters want tax and regulatory relief, a plurality want a balanced budget amendment and to end deficit spending, and the numbers are even stronger among Republicans. Meanwhile in Washington, liberals and moderate Republicans are trying to sell what amounts to a climate bill with $50 billion more in...

Hey! I had to be the FIRST to say it. By 2024 he will be tanned, rested, and ready!