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President Joe Biden marked a belated labor day at the White House Wednesday by speaking about how intimately he knew unions. 'By the way, of course, I sleep with a NEA member every night,' Biden told a crowd gathered in the East Room. 'Same one. same one,' he added as attendees applauded. As a teacher, first lady Jill Biden belongs to the National Education Association labor union. 'Jill had her first day of full time teaching yesterday - this year, back to school,' Biden also added.

The Biden Admin’s National Economic Council Director Brian Deese said rising food prices are nothing to be alarmed about because it’s only chicken, beef and pork. Poultry, beef and pork are only the three major protein staples in nearly every American household. “If you take out those three categories [beef, pork, and poultry], we’ve actually seen prices increases that are more in line with historical norms,” Brian Deese said.

CHINA has lashed out after being warned over its lack of transparency over its "nuclear arsenal". It comes following comments made by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday saying that "China's nuclear arsenal is rapidly expanding" and "all of this is happening without any limitations or constraints… and with a complete lack of transparency." The NATO chief is said to have imitated comments made by Washington, accusing China of a lack of transparency over their nuclear policy and the number of weapons held in their arsenal. The scrutiny comes as China has not publicized the number of its nuclear...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Wednesday attributed recent weather events to anthropogenic climate change and determined that “Mother Nature is not happy” with mankind. “On another note, we see the wildfires in the West. We see that at home. The smoke — it’s so devastating,” Pelosi said during Wednesday’s press conference. “As you see the floods of Ida, the storms of Ida in the South and in the Northeast, Mother Nature is not happy with us in terms of how we recognize the challenges [that] face us,” the 81-year-old speaker said.

Sensus infidelium: How the synodal docs could fuel conflict between laity and bishopsThe Vatican launched on Tuesday its preparatory document and handbook for the Church’s two-year synod on synodality process, which is set to begin next month. Vatican officials were well aware that plans for a two-year process of consultation and discernment have prompted skepticism among both laity and clergy. While some predicted that the release of the synod’s documents might have assuaged critics, the contents of the texts released on Tuesday seem certain to exacerbate criticism, rather than resolve it. Dr. Myriam Wijlens at the launch of the Permanent...

It doesn’t matter how badly they botch their jobs, or how much misery they cause, our ruling class is immune from accountability.It must be nice to work for the Biden administration. No matter how badly you mess up, or lie, or mislead the American people, you will never be forced to resign or be held accountable. You can lie and dissimulate about the most serious matters facing the country, and nothing will happen to you.Take two recent examples: the origins of COVID-19 and the botched Afghanistan withdrawal.When news broke this week that the U.S. National Institute Of Allergy and Infectious...

Video sharing platform TikTok promotes sexual content to underage users through its suggestion algorithm, according to an investigation by The Wall Street Journal. Investigators for The Wall Street Journal set up 31 fake TikTok accounts registered to users between the ages of 13 and 15 and studied their “For You” feeds, which consist of videos recommended to users by TikTok’s suggestion algorithm.

Corporate media have found no story angles that call into question Biden’s leadership as we watch scores of children fall sick and in need of critical care.One day last year, back when Donald Trump was president, CNN displayed an on-screen graphic that blared the devastating headline: “CHILDREN COVID HOSPITALIZATIONS HIT ALL-TIME HIGH.” The anchor leading the segment astutely noted that this is happening under Trump’s watch and that he was not taking the pandemic seriously, perhaps putting thousands of lives of young children at risk. Wait, let me check my notes. Actually, that graphic aired just this week on Wednesday...

In Philadelphia, litter and illegal dumping have become climate issues. Philadelphia Water Department crews spent days cleaning trash out of the city’s nearly 75,000 storm drains, in preparation for remnants of Hurricane Ida. Prodigious levels of trash and litter in the city — the only without a citywide street cleaning program — means storm drains are frequently clogged by debris. “When we have a forecast and we know that we have a storm like this, we go out to areas that we know can be problematic, in terms of being low lying or where there’s a lot of trash or...

Following Texas’ move to save infant lives in the Lone Star State by limiting abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, New Mexico’s scandal-ridden Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s dreams are coming true of New Mexico turning into a destination for “abortion tourism.” According to Alexis McGill Johnson, president of the nation’s largest baby-killing operation, Planned Parenthood, abortion facilities are booked solid in New Mexico for at least the next three weeks. “People are already making that journey,” claimed McGill Johnson. Radical abortion funds, such as the “West Fund,” the“New Mexico Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice,” the“Mariposa Fund,” and other...

On September 1st, 2021 the United States Center for Disease Control (CDC) updated its website’s definition of the word “vaccination,” replacing the word “immunity” with “protection.” “Vaccination: The act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.” Prior to September 1st, the orginial definiton of “vaccination” on the CDC’s website. “Vaccination: The act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce protection from a specific disease.” As of Septembest 1st, the new definiton of “vaccination” on the CDC’s website. The change in definition was noticed by Americans around the country with many posting...

(President Trump's Operation Warp Speed Update) (Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths all declining on this report - Vaccinations Strong - 75% of American Adults have had at least a first shot, 92.5% of Seniors) Administered: 376,955,132 (14,553,296 J&J) People Vaccinated, At Least One Dose: 208,024,209 Fully Vaccinated: 177,104,652 Boosters: 1.51 Million

According to the National Archives, historical papers such as the Unites States Constitution contain “potentially harmful language.” Visitors to the National Archives website looking for the U.S. founding documents will now see labels alerting them of “harmful language.” On pages displaying scanned versions of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, as well as the first ten amendments, known as the Bill of Rights, the “Harmful Language Alert” labels can be found. Although it is unclear when the tags were placed, they have enraged some Republicans. According to RT, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) noticed the addition on Tuesday and pointed...

Ramsey County Attorney John Choi is announcing "a new county-wide policy aimed at fundamentally changing the use of non-public safety traffic stops by police." Choi and other leaders, including St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter, held a press conference to provide more details about the new policy. ... A Tuesday morning press release from Choi's office states that non-public safety stops generally happen when a driver is stopped for an equipment violation "to seek evidence of a more serious crime." Choi said the Ramsey County Attorney's Office is ending felony prosecution resulting from these stops. "These types of stops disproportionally affect...

A Florida judge on Wednesday ruled against Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration for a second time over school mask mandates, allowing school boards to require that students wear face coverings. Leon County Circuit Judge John C. Cooper again sided with parents who said an executive order from DeSantis (R) overstepped the state’s authority in restricting school districts from requiring masks. “We have a variant that’s more infectious and more dangerous to children than the one we had last year,” Cooper said when issuing his ruling. “We’re in a non-disputed pandemic situation with threats to young children who, at least based on...

U.S. used to rally behind a president when bad things happened abroad. Not any more. What happened in Tehran on Nov. 4, 1979, was an American president’s worst nightmare — especially when that president already had an approval rating hovering at just 30%, thanks to a lousy economy. An angry mob riled by that year’s Islamist revolution overran the U.S. Embassy in the Iranian capital, and by nightfall more than 50 Americans had been taken hostage. For a nation still reeling from its failure in the Vietnam War that ended just four years earlier, the Iranian hostage crisis made the...

Jesse Watters said Tuesday that President Joe Biden was “in bed with media” and predicted the 2022 midterm elections could be even worse than expected. Watters said on “The Five” that the Biden administration was doing its best to “turn the page” from the Afghanistan withdrawal, and he argued that the media did not have to allow that. VIDEO AT LINK.................. Co-host Dana Perino began the segment by saying that Biden appeared eager to “change the topic after the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal,” noting the recently-renewed push for the $3.5 trillion spending plan and the focus on fighting the spread of...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday warned House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that the mere specter of a U.S. default can have drastic consequences. Yellen reiterated that lawmakers have until some point in October before the department exhausts its extended efforts to prevent what would be a historic default. “A delay that calls into question the federal government’s ability to meet all its obligations would likely cause irreparable damage to the U.S. economy,” Yellen wrote. Pelosi replied that addressing the ceiling “has to happen” and called upon Republicans to support an increase. Since the Treasury Department is not allowed to issue...

Get Dan Mourning talking about the 2021 New Mexico State Fair and he’s off like one of those pulse-accelerating, mile-a-minute midway rides that don’t slow down for head-snapping turns or stomach-flopping drops. You know he’s going to stop at some point, but it just doesn’t seem like it will be soon. “I’m just ready to open those gates on Thursday morning and welcome people back to the grounds. Everybody involved with the fair can’t wait. We have doubled the amount of free entertainment. We have animal races. Ducks and goats, not just pigs any more. “We have the petting zoo...

President Biden continued his bizarre habit of implying his handlers call the shots from behind the scenes on Wednesday when he concluded remarks in honor of labor unions by saying what he was "supposed" to do. "I‘m supposed to stop and walk out of the room," Biden said after finishing prepared comments in the East Room of the White House. Biden defied his handlers and didn’t immediately exit the room. However, the moment quickly reminded viewers that Biden has often suggested other people set the rules and dictate what he is allowed to do.