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If he hadn’t already with most people, I think it’s safe to say that with his new mask mandate for kids in schools and day care, Gov. Tom Wolf has finally worn out his welcome as Pennsylvania’s chief executive with the state’s residents. He’s been in over his head for years, and the last 18 months have made that situation painfully clear to anyone with the willingness to look beyond partisan politics and the fear machine created by those who have crippled this state, this nation and the entire world because they, themselves, are afraid – irrationally afraid – of...

A bail fund once backed by Vice President Kamala Harris helped free an alleged domestic abuser who is now accused of murder. George Howard, 48, allegedly became involved in a road rage altercation on an Interstate 94 entrance ramp before he shot another driver, according to Minneapolis police – weeks after bailing out on domestic assault charges. Surveillance video recorded the moments when the driver of a blue BMW confronted Howard, who was driving a white Volvo, according to St. Paul’s KSTP-TV. The victim can be seen punching Howard, then collapsing. The victim, later identified as Luis Damian Martinez Ortiz,...

Earthquake, preliminary info: M 7.0 - 4 km ENE of Los Órganos de San Agustín, Mexico

Seven US civilians carrying firearms on a private plane were arrested in Dubai last week after trying to enter Afghanistan during the US evacuation, a report said. The would-be vigilantes wanted to assist the deadly military-led evacuation efforts from Kabul’s airport, before they were caught with firearms by United Arab Emirates officials on August 31, the last day of the pullout, according to Newsweek. “The passengers reportedly planned to assist Afghanistan evacuation efforts but had no approved onward travels plans,” a State Department cable obtained by the magazine reportedly read. The US Consulate General in Dubai was reportedly “engaging with...

Britney Spears’ estranged father, Jamie Spears, filed a petition Tuesday to end the conservatorship that has controlled her life for the past 13-plus years, Page Six can confirm. Jamie, 69, chalked his sudden change of heart up to “recent events related to this conservatorship,” seemingly referencing court hearings earlier this summer in which Britney, 39, spoke out against her legal situation. Jamie indicated that his daughter’s “circumstances have changed to such an extent that grounds for establishment of a conservatorship may no longer exist. “Ms. Spears has told this court that she wants control of her life back without the...

In one of the most disgustingly inhumane acts to recently come out of the U.S. military's occupation of Afghanistan, Erik Prince, head of private military contractor Blackwater, announced toward the end of August that he planned to charge $6,500 per person for flights out of Kabul, per Business Insider. Like gold-guzzling villains pulled straight from capitalist dystopian fiction, he and other private military companies and defense contractors have made literal billions off of the U.S.'s "extended military engagement" (not an icky "war," as Time outlines) in the Middle East. In the end, the funding for this havoc and bloodshed —...

Sam "Bam" Cunningham, a member of the New England Patriots Hall of Fame and a legendary college player at USC, has died at age 71. USC announced Cunningham passed away Tuesday in Inglewood, California. The cause of death is still pending. Cunningham was the 11th overall pick of the 1973 NFL draft and went on to play nine seasons with the club, and remains the Patriots' all-time leading rusher with 5,453 yards. After rushing for a career-high 1,015 yards in 1977, Cunningham earned a Pro Bowl nod in 1978 as part of a rushing attack that set an NFL record...

China is considering deploying military personnel and economic development officials to Bagram airfield, perhaps the single-most prominent symbol of the 20-year U.S. military presence in Afghanista The Chinese military is currently conducting a feasibility study about the effect of sending workers, soldiers and other staff related to its foreign economic investment program known as the Belt and Road Initiative in the coming years to Bagram, according to a source briefed on the study by Chinese military officials, who spoke to U.S. News on the condition of anonymity. A spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday issued a carefully crafted...

Modern history can be divided into two time frames: before 9/11 and after 9/11.This five-part docuseries from director Brian Knappenberger is a cohesive chronicle of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., offering illuminating perspectives and personal stories of how the catastrophic events of that day changed the course of the nation.From the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 to the country’s breathtaking collapse back into the hands of the Taliban just weeks before the twentieth anniversary of the attacks, history continues to be made.The September 11, 2001 attacks changed the world in ways that have taken decades to...

Doctors and health officials rave “This is the golden goose, okay, this is what we need, and we’ve got a short window to get these people treated,” said Dr. David Thrasher, a pulmonologist from Alabama. “This is the only thing in COVID that I’ve seen that is not controversial.” “It is incredibly effective if given early enough,” Dr. Overton said of the antibody treatment, adding that the care is “lifesaving.” Dr. Sujesh Pillai, Chief of Staff for Huntsville Memorial, said the hospital administered more than 50 infusions in a matter of two weeks, and only one person had to be...

Biden asked Congress to authorize billions of dollars in emergency funding to resettle nearly 100,000 Afghans across the country (especially swing states). Joe Biden allowed tens of thousands of unvetted Afghans into the United States. We have no idea who these people are. Biden just packed the cargo planes and flew the Afghans to the United States as he left Americans stranded behind enemy lines. Now the American taxpayer is being forced to pay at least $6.4 billion to resettle the Afghans. CBS News reported: The Biden administration on Tuesday called on Congress to pass tens of billions of dollars...

As we reported recently, Israel is now warning citizens will need a fourth booster shot for the government’s Covid-19 vaccination program. This development comes after a multitude of evidence the ‘vaccines’ are actually forcing the virus to spread and develop ‘breakthrough’ variants. In other words – a mutant escape virus, which is inevitable according to some scientists who warn against high vaccination rates during a pandemic.Curiously, you don’t hear the Israeli government pushing therapeutics like Ivermectin which has shown great success in India and other nations against the ‘Delta variant’.Perhaps investigators should look at relationships between Israeli government officials and...

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Story at a glance A Washington Post-ABC News poll asked unvaccinated workers whose employers have yet to impose a vaccine mandate what they were likely to do if being vaccinated was required. The poll found 16 percent of unvaccinated workers would get the shot, 35 percent would ask for a medical or religious exemption and 42 percent would quit. Without an exemption, 18 percent said they would comply and 72 percent said they would quit.

As part of the upcoming Triller Fight Club event on Sept. 11, former President Donald Trump will serve as a guest commentator for the upcoming card headlined by Evander Holyfield vs. Vitor Belfort. Trump’s special “unfiltered boxing commentary” will be broadcast as part of the pay-per-view airing through FITE TV with the event taking place at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Fla. “I love great fighters and great fights,” Trump stated in a Triller press release. “I look forward to seeing both this Saturday night and sharing my thoughts ringside. You won’t want to miss this...

People who received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine had “slightly higher” antibody levels than those who received the Pfizer, now formally called Comirnaty, shot, according to a new small study. While both vaccines insert molecules called mRNA that teach our bodies how to produce coronavirus antibodies, the Moderna shot uses more than three times the amount of mRNA than the Pfizer vaccine. This, the University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers say, could explain their findings. So, does that mean the Moderna vaccine offers better protection against COVID-19? The study was published Sept. 2 in the journal JAMA. “The thing that...

Pro-life groups in Michigan, including Right to Life of Michigan, have called for the repeal of Roe v. Wade. "The Michigan abortion industry is afraid of what the future will hold for them," the organization said on Facebook last week. "Well here is a little hint, the future is prolife." In a statement to Fox News, the pro-life group says it is confident Whitmer will not be able to repeal the law.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho public health leaders announced Tuesday that they activated “crisis standards of care” allowing health care rationing for the state's northern hospitals because there are more coronavirus patients than the institutions can handle. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare quietly enacted the move Monday and publicly announced it in a statement Tuesday morning — warning residents that they may not get the care they would normally expect if they need to be hospitalized.

A historically African-American parish in Denver was robbed Monday night of a number of valuables, most notably the tabernacle and several consecrated hosts. Thieves plundered Curé d'Ars Catholic Church and made off with all the church's vessels used for Mass from the vestry, which they accessed by kicking in a wooden door. They also took a laptop used for livestreaming Masses, and a sound board used to connect to the church's microphones. Father Joseph Cao, the church's pastor, said he has no idea who could have carried out the robbery, which took place sometime during the night of Aug. 30-31....