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Pop star and Joe Biden backer Lizzo — who signed a letter calling to defund the police last summer and quit Twitter in January due to online “trolls” — is now railing against social media trolls again after reading what she called “hurtful” comments following the release of her latest single, “Rumors,” featuring rapper Cardi B. “It’s fatphobic, it’s racist and it’s hurtful,” said Lizzo, a millionaire who lives in a stunning Los Angeles mansion with an in-home studio, in an Instagram Live video on Sunday, according to a report by NBC News. “What I won’t accept is y’all doing...

The Las Vegas Raiders are requiring all spectators at home games in the upcoming NFL season to show proof-of-vaccination documentation, or get inoculated against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus at Allegiant Stadium prior to home games. Note: To read the rest of the article you must sign in; however, the above is enough to show the insanity of it all.

Monterey Bishop Prohibits Religious Exemption from COVID Vaccine Mandates“For these reasons, I will not issue, and I have directed our clergy not to issue, any Letters of Religious exemption because it would contradict the clear objective teaching of the Catholic Church and the Holy See on this matter,” Bishop Garcia wrote.MONTEREY, Calif. — Bishop Daniel Garcia of Monterey on Friday directed clergy not to provide letters of religious exemption for Catholics wishing not to receive a coronavirus vaccine.“Pope Francis has highly encouraged the vaccination as an act of safeguarding one’s own health as well as that of others –...

White House aides on Tuesday said they did not know when President Joe Biden would return to Washington, DC, after the president left Monday to resume his August vacation at Camp David. “The president will return to the White House. I don’t have an exact time for you,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said to reporters during the daily briefing. Psaki said Biden would do an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos while at Camp David, which would be aired on Wednesday She said Biden would likely address the situation in Afghanistan in the upcoming days as well as deliver...

Please say a prayer for our troops that are in harms way. Some thoughts: They are being sent on a mission that can never be compared to victories achieved on famous battlefields. Despite that, they go willing to do their duty. They may not agree with President Biden, but this is their job, and they go willingly. They won't receive recognition from their comrades in arms, as this is not a real battle. (At least not yet and I hope it stays that way.)This mission is a retreat. Real soldiers do not like to retreat. And these are real soldiers....

The Manassas Mosque, an Islamic worship center in Northern Virginia, will be able to claim 750 pounds of ceramic tiles inscribed with Koranic verses, the Treasury Department decided in a letter revealed Tuesday. ***** Imam Abolfazl Nahidian, spiritual leader of the Manassas Mosque, is a native of Qom who was offered the tiles during a visit to his hometown. He said, “Thank God the tiles were not re-exported and the verses of the Quran were not destroyed, and they were instead released for delivery to our mosque.”

Texas Gov. Abbott has tested positive for COVID-19 Texas Governor Greg Abbott has tested positive for Covid-19, according to a statement from his office.Mark Miner, the communications director of Texas Governor Abbot, issued a statement Tuesday afternoon saying the governor is tested for the virus daily and that on Tuesday he had a positive result.Statement:“Office of the Governor Communications Director Mark Miner today issued a statement after Governor Greg Abbott tested positive for COVID-19: “Governor Greg Abbott today tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. The Governor has been testing daily, and today was the first positive test result. Governor Abbott...

I was reading a story recently about a family in Madrid, Spain. The father had had a strong conflict with his teenage boy. In their relationship, they were clashing all the time, but then the boy said some truly awful things and was making choices so that they could no longer keep him in the household. At the last minute, the father tried to plead with him to stay, but he wouldn’t. It’s the story of this horribly broken relationship. The father went throughout Spain looking for his son, then he got word that the boy might be in Madrid,...

Explanation: Except for the rings of Saturn, the Ring Nebula (M57) is probably the most famous celestial circle. Its classic appearance is understood to be due to our own perspective, though. The recent mapping of the expanding nebula's 3-D structure, based in part on this clear Hubble image,indicates that the nebula is a relatively dense, donut-like ring wrapped around the middle of a (American) football-shaped cloud of glowing gas. The view from planet Earth looks down the long axis of the football, face-on to the ring. Of course, in this well-studied example of a planetary nebula, the glowing material does...

“To me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain” (Philippians 1:21). True contentment is found only in Christ. There has never been a society in the history of the world that has had as many commodities as Americans have. We are living in affluence that is unheard of in the world’s history. The key philosophy behind it all is this: only as you accumulate enough assets to satisfy your particular lifestyle can you really be happy. Sad to say, Christians have bought into that philosophy. Now, there’s nothing intrinsically wrong with commodities, but it is wrong to think...

Senior House Democrats on Tuesday aggressively pushed their caucus to fall in line behind next week’s key budget vote, hoping to quell a rank-and-file rebellion that threatens to at least temporarily derail President Joe Biden’s economic agenda. “We have to hold firm. We have to stay together,” Rep. Peter said … The centrists’ threat against the budget is the latest iteration of a long-running tug of war between moderates and progressives in the Democratic Caucus. And with just a three-vote margin in the House, that rift could tank Biden’s entire domestic agenda if Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team...

Israelis who were vaccinated were reportedly 6.72 times more likely to get infected after the shot than after natural infection.According to reports from Israel: recovered Covid patients are "far less likely to become infected" than vaccinated people.That data comes from Israel's Health Ministry regarding the country's latest wave of the pandemic.The data reportedly shows:7,700 new cases of Covid during wave starting in May3,000+ (40%) were reported in people who had been vaccinated72 (<1%) were reported in people previously infectedAccording to reports, 835,792 Israelis are known to have recovered from Covid. So 72 reinfections amount to 0.0086% of people who were...

New York’s first female governor, Kathy Hochul, is set to take office on Tuesday, Aug. 24, at the stroke of midnight. Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s resignation from office will be effective at 11:59 p.m. Monday, Aug. 23, Hochul’s office said Tuesday. Details of how the power transfer will take place weren’t immediately available, but Hochul, now the state’s lieutenant governor, is expected to make a public address sometime Tuesday, according to a spokesperson, Haley Viccaro. Cuomo had announced Aug. 10 that he would resign from office in 14 days, but didn’t specify exactly when he would step down. […] Cuomo filed...

Key Takeaways Researchers have developed a plant-based COVID-19 vaccine that has shown to produce a strong antibody response. The vaccine uses plants to create virus-like particles (VLPs), which are non-infectious. Phase 3 clinical trials are underway and the vaccine maker hopes the shot will be available in the U.S. and Canada soon. The first mRNA vaccine approved for human use was developed during the pandemic, and now researchers are working on another first: a plant-based COVID-19 vaccine. Researchers at Quebec-based biotechnology company Medicago and drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline have developed a plant-based vaccine for SARS-COV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. And their...

'Squad' member received between $15K and $50K in rental income last year Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib's annual financial disclosure shows that she made thousands of dollars in rental income last year, despite being a co-sponsor of a bill to cancel rent during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tlaib joined fellow "Squad" Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and other progressives in April 2020 to co-sponsor Rep. Ilhan Omar's, D-Minn., bill to "institute a nationwide cancellation of rents and home mortgage payments through the duration of the coronavirus pandemic."

It's time for The Jesse Kelly Show! Let's have some fun! Listen live at the link below. Jesse's show is now on over 200 radio stations across the nation, replacing Buck Sexton. Those of us who miss Rush very much know that no one could ever replace him, but if you give Jesse a chance, you'll find him to be a very intelligent, refreshing, naturally funny truth teller.Jesse is a former Marine. He and his beautiful wife live in the Houston area with their two young sons. He's a self-deprecating historyphile with an infectious laugh. His time slot is later...

The Biden administration’s Department of Defense spokesperson admitted in an interview with CNN on Tuesday that it does not know how many American citizens remain in Afghanistan. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby told CNN that there are “certainly thousands of Americans … we don’t have an exact count.”“Best guess … between five and ten thousand that are near Kabul,” he continued. “There was a message put out by the State Department today advising those Americans about how to queue up and how to get to the airport so that now that security’s better, they don’t need to necessarily shelter in...

A Florida nurse said seven fully vaccinated patients died from COVID-19 in the past two weeks in a situation she as "heartbreaking."Patricia Seemann, who runs All About You Home Visiting Clinicians in Saint Cloud, told Newsweek in an interview Tuesday afternoon that before the deaths, she had successfully treated hundreds of patients with COVID-19. She said she works with housebound patients who are over 60 years old and are at high-risk of COVID-19 related deaths. "We didn't lose a single patient," she said.However, an elderly couple Seeman described as among her favorite patients contracted the virus. She said she upon...

(President Trump's Operation Warp Speed Update) (Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths may have passed peak on this report, or it might still be Weekend reporting lag - Tomorrow should tell - Vaccinations moderate yesterday - Booster shots may be approved in the USA this week) Administered: 357,894,995 (13,940,856 J&J) People Vaccinated, At Least One Dose: 198,929,642 Fully Vaccinated: 168,897,604

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has tested positive for COVID-19 despite having been vaccinated, his office said Tuesday. “The governor has been testing daily, and today was the first positive test result,” Abbott’s Communications Director Mark Miner said. “The governor will isolate in the Governor's Mansion and continue to test daily.” Miner also said that Abbott is receiving Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody treatment, the same therapy that former President Donald Trump received when he was hospitalized with COVID-19 last fall.