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… g. Those who do not comply with the Directive face potential disciplinary action, including termination of employment. h. Plaintiff has already contracted and fully recovered from COVID-19. As a result, she has naturally acquired immunity, confirmed unequivocally by two recent SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests. Her immunologist, Dr. Hooman Noorchashm, has advised her that it is medically unnecessary to undergo a vaccination procedure at this point (which fact also renders the procedure and any attendant risks medically unethical). i. Yet, if Plaintiff follows her doctor’s advice and elects not to take the vaccine, she faces adverse disciplinary consequences. In short, the...

The failure of the Biden administration to name the two Islamic State terrorists killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan on Friday has led some experts to conclude they were not high-value targets. In a press conference Saturday, Major Gen. William Taylor only referred to the dead targets as a “planner” and “facilitator,” and would not say if they played specific roles in the airport suicide attack Thursday that killed 13 American soldiers and 169 Afghans. Islamic State Khorasan, or ISIS-K, was behind the attack. “Normally if they get a high-profile guy they like to name him,” retired US...

Explanation: Taken on mission sol 180 (August 22) this sharp image from a Hazard Camera on the Perseverance rover looks out across a rock strewn floor of Jezero crater on Mars. At 52.5 centimeters (21 inches) in diameter, one of the rover's steerable front wheels is at lower left in the frame. Near center is a large rock nicknamed Rochette. Mission planners don't want to avoid Rochette though. Instead Perseverance will be instructed to reach out with its 2 meter long robotic arm and abrade the rock's surface, to determine whether it has a consistency suitable for obtaining a sample,...

A California school district is investigating a teacher after she posted a video admitting that she encouraged her students to pledge allegiance to a gay pride flag after she removed the American flag from her classroom.

Thomas Jefferson famously adapted key passages of John Locke’s Second Treatise in his draft Declaration of Independence. An 18th century gentleman could hardly regard himself as learned without the ability to quote a few Lockean passages from memory. Yet, what of the average colonial? Books were expensive imports. How were the yeomanry educated well enough in Lockean concepts to readily understand and accept this radical document, the Declaration of Independence? Through newspapers. Like modern Americans, our colonial forebears were also political junkies. Freewheeling editorials, letters to the editor that criticized parliamentary and colonial governments were standing features of public life....

The Marine captured in a photo cooing over a rescued Afghan infant last week was identified as one of the 13 US service members slaughtered in Thursday’s terror attack in Kabul. “I love my job,” Sgt. Nicole Gee, 23, captioned the Aug. 20 snap on Instagram, showing her peering down at the baby in her arms. The photo was later picked up by the Pentagon and shared on its Twitter account. Sgt. Nicole Gee had recently earned a meritorious promotion to sergeant and boasted perfect fitness score Gee was from Roseville, Calif. ...But she was fixed on the thought of...

The Biden State Department made the astounding claim Friday that the Taliban and its brother organization, the Haqqani Network, are “separate entities.” In truth, the two are tightly linked, and many of the top Haqqani leaders – including self-described “Kabul chief of security” Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani – are also high-ranking Taliban officials. Terrorism experts were thunderstruck by the State Department’s blatantly false assertion, which it appears to have made to deflect public outrage over the Biden administration entrusting the safety of Americans still trapped in Afghanistan to a U.S.- and U.N.-designated terrorist organization. The Taliban’s Kabul security chief Khalil Ur-Rahman...

New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) China is conducting the final trials of Xian H-20 strategic stealth bombers at its Hotan airbase, opposite eastern Ladakh, as the US pulls out its troops from Afghanistan and the border standoff with India continues. Top government sources said that H-20 bombers are aimed at ending the edge India acquired through the acquisition of Rafale jets. The final trials of the long-range strategic stealth bomber began on June 8 and will continue till June 22, the day that marks 100 years of the formation of the Communist Party of China (CPC). The Xian H-20 strategic...

While Afghanistan collapses, COVID rages, and the U.S. economy stagnates, you can take heart in the fact that we have an energetic, dedicated leader ready to tackle any issue that comes his way. Alright, so you can’t take heart in that — because the president is actually Joe Biden. But still, surely he can at least remain awake long enough to meet with the Israeli prime minister. I mean, it’s not like that’s a demanding assignment. Apparently, that was too much to ask, though. Biden appears to have fallen asleep at one point during the meeting, and I don’t mean...

Some Pittsburgh residents may have been wondering why some stars in the night sky have been more difficult to see in recent years. Or why evenings seem less tranquil than they used to? It could be that excessive use of artificial light, called light pollution, is adversely affecting the health of people in the Pittsburgh area. Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto is attempting to do something about it. On Tuesday the mayor announced a new “Dark Sky Lighting” ordinance for all city parks, facilities and street lights. The term refers to the use of technology to minimize the use of outdoor...

Q is the result of the sacrifices and commitment of countless patriots to win back our captured country from the Deep State and achieve the transformation President Trump promised in this campaign video. President Trump has said the awakening of the public is key to this transformation.Q describes this awakening as follows: "The Great Awakening ('Freedom of Thought’), was designed and created not only as a backchannel to the public (away from the longstanding 'mind’ control of the corrupt & heavily biased media) to endure future events through transparency and regeneration of individual thought (breaking the chains of ‘group-think’), but,...

At the time, some of us familiar with the rules governing police use of force raised concerns over the shooting. Those concerns were heightened by the DOJ’s bizarre review and report, which stated the governing standards but then seemed to brush them aside to clear Byrd.The DOJ report did not read like any post-shooting review I have read as a criminal defense attorney or law professor. The DOJ statement notably does not say that the shooting was clearly justified. Instead, it stressed that “prosecutors would have to prove not only that the officer used force that was constitutionally unreasonable, but...

I have been getting more requests for advice on starting homeschooling. The first thing to do/consider is joining Home School Legal Defense Association - HSLDA. Here's a link to their website. https://hslda.org/ They provide state by state advice here regarding regulations. https://hslda.org/legal If anyone can help with finding homeschool support groups by state, that would be great.

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The GOP needs a liberty-centered, populist revolution. Republicans such as Sen. Rand Paul, Gov. Ron DeSantis, and Rep. Thomas Massie have become some of the most prominent voices of the party during the embrace of this mindset. If Republicans center their populist momentum on liberty, they will see victories as they have never seen before. In 2008 and 2012, the Republican Party was upturned when a controversial congressman named Ron Paul took center stage as one of the top candidates for its presidential nomination. A former Libertarian Party nominee, Paul began to share opinions that leaned far away from the...

Many US Presidents come to be defined by their reactions in times of national crisis.During those times, Americans seek Presidential strength and resolve. Let’s take a look at various Presidents at moments of great adversity:1986 President Ronald Reagan speaks in the wake of the Challenger space shuttle explosion:1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares war on Japan subsequent to the bombing of Pearl Harbor:2001 President George W. Bush with workers at Ground Zero three days after the September 11 attacks:...2021 President Joe Biden realising he doesn’t belong on this list following the slaughter of 13 Marines in Kabul:

"Till this day I still can't comprehend how someone who possesses everything I've prayed for, has finally come into my life," her post read. "Our growth together exceeds what the dates on a calendar show. I fall in love with you more and more each day off of the strength of your faith." Sydney McLaughlin Luke Gentile Fri, August 27, 2021, 10:59 AM·1 min read In this article: Sydney McLaughlin American female hurdler American Olympic gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin is engaged to former National Football League player Andre Levrone Jr. McLaughlin, the 22-year-old hurdler who won gold at the Tokyo...

The U.S. military is warning both active duty and retired service members that no “disrespect” of President Biden will be tolerated. The Office of Naval Intelligence’s Chief of Staff recently emailed service members to remind them of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The UCMJ prohibits the public questioning of the President, the Vice President, Congress, or the Secretary of Defense, among others. The email was obtained by the Daily Wire on Friday. It reads as follows: Given the heightened political and social atmosphere surrounding Afghanistan, it is important to remind our uniformed personnel (active duty and reservists on temporary...

Rebecca Firlit says that Cook County Judge James Shapiro blindsided her when he stripped her of custody of her son because she has not gotten her vaccine She says he made the decision during an August 10 court hearing via Zoom along with her ex-husband who she currently splits custody of her son with Judge Shapiro asked her about her vaccination status and she told him she had not gotten the COVID-19 vaccine because she has had bad reactions to vaccines Shapiro then ruled that Firlit relinquish all of her parenting time with her son until she gets vaccinated. Firlit...

Afghan War veteran and GOP Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana says terrorists in Afghanistan were waiting for a president like Joe Biden to come along in order to strike. Banks, who serves on the House Armed Services Committee, told Fox News host Harris Faulkner on Thursday that the day's deadly bomb attacks on U.S. military personnel and Afghan civilians outside of Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport could have been avoided.