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The spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry said on Monday that the US administration must know the continuation of former President Donald Trump's mentality would only result in "maximum failure." Speaking at a weekly press conference and quoted by the Xinhua news agency, the spokesman, Saeed Khatibzadeh, noted the United States should come to Vienna with a real agenda for continuing the talks over the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, and completely fulfill its commitments ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Democrats in Congress have condemned the recent election integrity law passed in Texas. In addition to the laws being extremely racist, misogynistic, and homophobic, Democrat politicians are saying that such laws will lead to a devastating decline in cheating. "Cheating is the lifeblood of LGBTQ+ culture, and ballot harvesting is the cornerstone of black American culture," said AOC in a speech to her constituents in the World Economic Forum. "In addition—like, so many women will be negatively impacted by the male gaze of partisan poll-watchers. This is literal fascism guys." Experts warn that if more states pass similar laws,...

Starting this October the City of San Francisco will pay criminals $300 per month for each person they don't shoot. The program is called the "Dream Keeper Fellowship." Executive director of the Human Rights Commission Sheryl Davis said "in addition to the bounty for not killing people, street gang members will be paired with newly hired life coaches from the Street Violence Intervention Program, known as SVIP, who will help the them make the right choices and access services." "The program will be funded by diverting funding from the police," Mayor London Breed said. "We decided that rather than trying...

The 20th anniversary of 9/11 is a solemn event for me. A friend invited me to his birthday celebration on that day. It would be nice to see him and raise a glass, but I think about that day and the devastating loss and I’m in tears. ...I’m shocked that anyone would celebrate anything on this day and I fear my attitude would be construed as self-righteous. Anonymous / Boston ... Speaking of happy news — there isn’t much these days, is there? I’m trying to grasp the death toll of COVID-19, currently more than 200 times that of 9/11....

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll, sponsored by The ANTIFA by Jack Posobiec, for Wednesday shows that 46% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Biden’s job performance. Fifty-three percent (53%) disapprove. The latest figures include 26% who Strongly Approve of the job Biden is doing and 45% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -19. (see trends) Regular updates are posted Monday through Friday at 9:30 a.m. Eastern (sign up for free daily email update). Now that Gallup has quit the field, Rasmussen Reports is the only nationally recognized public opinion firm that...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KETV) — Mark McConnaughey was a guy you could count on for anything, according to his long-time friend and doctor Mike Zaruba. "If someone was in need, he would drop whatever he was doing, even if he needed to get what he was doing done, and come help," Zaruba said. KETV reports two weeks ago, when the 57-year-old needed care beyond what the Nemaha County Hospital could provide, Zaruba, a board-certified ER doctor, said they could not find any help available in Nebraska. "That triggered an inflammatory response through his body that cause multi-organ failure," Zaruba said....

JOE BIDEN often thinks he’s his own best messenger. Many people in his own White House don’t always agree. When Biden gives public remarks, some White House staffers will either mute him or turn off his remarks, according to White House officials. It’s not that they’re indifferent to what their boss has to say. Indeed, their livelihoods are directly invested in it. Rather, they’re filled with anxiety that he’s going to take questions from the press and veer off the West Wing’s carefully orchestrated messaging. “I know people who habitually don’t watch it live for that reason,” said one current...

Joe Biden is a wild animal that can not be tamed, or at least that’s the perception White House staffers are sharing. According to Politico, some of them have gotten into the habit of muting or even turning off the president when he’s speaking because they are so anxious that he’ll go off-script, begin taking questions, or otherwise And while this is being spun as a concern that he’ll simply end up off message, I think we all know what that really means. NEW: When Biden gives public remarks, some White House staffers will either mute him or turn off...

An international collaboration led by Luk H. Vandenberghe, Ph.D., in the Department of Ophthalmology at Mass Eye and Ear, a member of Mass General Brigham, reported that a novel, gene-based COVID-19 vaccine leveraging a unique adeno-associated viral vector (AAV) platform was highly effective at eliciting neutralizing antibody responses and cellular immunity from a single dose. The vaccine provided nonhuman primates near-complete protection against a live SARS-CoV-2 viral challenge led by immunology researcher, Roger Le Grand, Ph.D., of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). With support from Novartis Gene Therapies, the AAVCOVID vaccine was shown to be producible...

Senator Rand Paul once again took aim at Dr. Anthony Fauci after a bombshell report that the career bureaucrat was instrumental in the funding of dangerous experimental research at the Chinese lab that many believe was the source of COVID-19. The Kentucky Republican took to social media and in an appearance on Fox News to double down on Fauci after release of the report, renewing a call for the Justice Department to launch an investigation over the truth of Fauci’s congressional testimony. The report was based on 900 pages of documents that were pried loose in a FOIA lawsuit by...

The Democratic Party is rolling out its left-wing big guns to go to California to support Gov. Gavin Newsom in the recall election scheduled for Sept. 14. In California, the bluest of blue states, where, in 2020, challenger Joe Biden defeated incumbent President Donald Trump by a margin of almost 2-1, the polls are within the margin of error showing Newsom holding on in the recall. Why are Vice President Kamala Harris and Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar putting it on the line to campaign for Newsom? They know that what is going on in California is a laboratory...

A three-star U.S. Army lieutenant general caught some attention over the weekend when she referred to British troops as Americans. In a now-deleted tweet on Saturday, Lt. Gen. Maria Gervais tweeted a photo of dozens of troops crammed together while sleeping in tight confines. “This picture is worth 1000 words—thanks to these American hero’s #Grateful.” Gervais’ tweet quickly caught attention from social media commentators who soon noticed that the troops crammed together in the picture were not in fact Americans. Instead, the troops pictured were British. Gervais deleted the erroneous tweet, but not before it was archived and the post...

There was an absolute shocker in today's JOLTs report.While consensus was expecting the BLS to report a print of 10MM in July job openings, nobody - not even the most optimistic whispers - was prepared for the shocking 10.934 million job openings that hit the tape at 10am ET sharp. This unprecedented number of job openings was made possible as more than 4.2 million openings were added in the past 7 months, with every single month of 2021 seeing an increase in job openings, the longest such stretch in history.Looking at the details, the increase in job openings was driven...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s archbishop is defending a pro-life law that went into effect in Texas and doubling down on his previous assertions that Catholics in good standing cannot support abortion. Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco wrote an op-ed piece for The Washington Post illustrating “Our duty to challenge Catholic politicians who support abortion rights.” Cordileone, who oversees territory that includes the area Pelosi represents in the Congress, called her out as one of several Catholic politicians who support a practice that directly contradicts the church’s teaching. “I find it especially disturbing that so...

Many White House staffers will mute their television or turn it off completely when President Joe Biden is speaking, administration officials said according to a Tuesday evening report. The staffers say they are anxiety-filled when their boss makes public remarks, Politico reported, because they are worried he will take questions from the press or veer off message. 'I know people who habitually don't watch it live for that reason,' a current official said. Biden has become known for being prone to gaffes – especially when he was on the campaign trail. During his Senate tenure, Biden also was long-winded with...

Pastor Max Lucado has asked for prayers after announcing he has been diagnosed with an ascending aortic aneurysm. The author said he is “trusting our heavenly Father” in the days ahead as he battles the “serious” condition. Lucado, leader of ​​Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas, recently shared the news on his website : “I want to take a moment to share with you some personal medical news. Recently I was diagnosed with an ascending aortic aneurysm. Because this is a serious condition, I wanted you to hear from me personally.” “Though surgery is a possibility, none is planned...

If the question is, “Could China take over Bagram now that we’ve left?” then the answer is “Yes.”If the second question is, “But will they?” then the answer to that is, “Probably.”US News & World Report revealed late on Tuesday that China’s military planners are “conducting a feasibility study about the effect of sending workers, soldiers and other staff” related to Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative.That’s according to Chinese officials who spoke to USN&WR on the condition of anonymity. But you can be sure that they had been authorized to speak from on high, signaling Communist China’s true intentions regarding...

Celebrity singer Britney Spears may be finally free by her 40th birthday in December after her father, Jaime Spears, petitioned to end his daughter’s conservatorship Tuesday.In the surprise move by her father, who has fought to keep Britney under guardianship for more than a decade, the petition to the Los Angeles Superior Court argues the pop star’s circumstances have changed to the point that the arrangement may be doing more harm than good.“Recent events related to this conservatorship have called into question whether circumstances have changed to such an extent that grounds for establishment of a conservatorship may no longer...

The National Archives Records Administration placed a “harmful content” warning on the Constitution, labeling the governing document of the United States as “harmful or difficult to view.” The warning applies to all documents across the Archives’ cataloged website, including the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence.“NARA’s records span the history of the United States, and it is our charge to preserve and make available these historical records,” the administration said in a statement. “As a result, some of the materials presented here may reflect outdated, biased, offensive, and possibly violent views and opinions. In addition, some of the...

Measles is a childhood infection caused by a virus. Once quite common, measles can now almost always be prevented with a vaccine. Also called rubeola, measles can be serious and even fatal for small children. While death rates have been falling worldwide as more children receive the measles vaccine, the disease still kills more than 100,000 people a year, most under the age of 5. As a result of high vaccination rates in general, measles hasn't been widespread in the United States for more than a decade. The United States had about 30 cases of measles in 2004 but more...