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The NAACP is calling on professional athletes to reconsider signing with professional sports teams in Texas to protest the state's controversial voting and abortion laws. In an open letter to the unions for the NBA, NFL, WNBA, MLB, and NHL, the NAACP urged athletes to consider the use of their platforms and positions as role models for kids across the country. "Over the past few months, legislators in Texas have passed archaic policies, disguised as laws, that directly violate privacy rights and a woman's freedom to choose, restrict access to free and fair elections for Black and brown voters, and...

Honestly, you can't make this stuff up. Someone on her staff is appealing for phone help. Don't they have a help line over in DC?For the past 18 months, constituents of our own Democratic U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley's constituents communicating with a voicemail recording. It's true! Check this out:

Editor’s Commentary: I’m old enough to remember a time when if you mentioned “Davos” in an article, you were instantly labeled a “conspiracy theorist” in a derogatory manner. I do not consider the label to be a pejorative; there are clearly conspiracies afoot and until we get all the facts they are theories. Nevertheless, even mentioning that the yearly gathering of the globalist elites can and will cause great harm to citizens of the world used to be considered “fringe” talk. Thankfully, there has been an awakening in recent years, particularly since the peak of the the pandemic, among “normies”...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Thursday sued the Biden administration over its COVID-19 vaccine mandates for federal contractors, the latest in a series of GOP attacks on President Biden's pandemic response efforts. The complaint, filed in federal district court in Tampa, calls the policy a "radical intrusion on the personal autonomy of American workers," and seeks a preliminary nationwide injunction to block it from taking effect. It names as defendants President Biden and a handful of federal agencies, including NASA, the General Services Administration as well as the Office of Management and Budget.

Federal prosecutors say that a Capitol riot defendant made false claims about his medical status while incarcerated in a Washington, D.C. jail. In a court filing on Wednesday, the government said it has “repeatedly been unable to sort fact from fiction” in reviewing claims of mistreatment made by Christopher Worrell. Prosecutors said the claims have “often been refuted, or at best unsubstantiated, by the medical notes and records that the government later obtains.”

As the conversation continues regarding vaccinating kids aged 5-11 with the Pfizer vaccine, the FDA reviewed data and voted to endorse authorizing the vaccine, deciding its benefits outweigh recent concerns about rare heart-related side effects. The rare side effect, known as myocarditis, is an inflammation of the heart that is seen in a small percentage of adolescent boys and young men taking mRNA vaccines like the Moderna or Pfizer. Dr. John Goldman from UPMC says it typically resolves without major complications, but it’s the FDA’s job to leave no stone unturned when it comes to vaccine side effects. “It would...

The U.S. is in talks to offer immigrant families separated at the border in 2018 about $450,000 a person in compensation, people familiar with the matter say

There’s another internet mystery to solve. Forget whether or not the dress is blue or gold. Don’t worry if they’re saying Laurel or Yanny. Is it a ghost or is it a symbol of the KKK? Or is it a KKK ghost? That’s what people in Jackson Township this week tried to determine at a home on Route 571 in a trailer park. Accompanying the ghost was a Confederate flag and a bald eagle. The display was first reported by NBC 4 New York, but is now going viral as people decide whether the homeowner is simply celebrating Halloween or...

RCW 47.52.200 Law enforcement jurisdiction within city or town. Whenever any limited access highway facility passes within or through any incorporated city or town the municipal police officers of such city or town, the sheriff of the county wherein such city or town is situated and officers of the Washington state patrol shall have independent and concurrent jurisdiction to enforce any violation of the laws of this state occurring thereon: PROVIDED, The Washington state patrol shall bear primary responsibility for the enforcement of laws of this state relating to motor vehicles within such limited access highway facilities. [ 1961 c...

'Harris and her team are referring to him as the Titanic' President Joe Biden, joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, after delivering remarks on the CDC's updated guidance on mask wearing for vaccinated individuals Thursday, May 13, 2021, in the Rose Garden of the White House. (Official White House photo by Adam Schultz) Joe Biden campaigned for president as being THE one who could unify America. But set aside that he's not even come close, adopting divisive policies and practices as quickly as he can in the months he's been in office. Now it's appearing that he perhaps should begin...

Love is truly blind! A Big Apple man left blind after being stabbed in the eye by a subway robber has revealed how he found love in the aftermath of the horrific attack. In January 2020, The blind man, identified simply as “K” for privacy reasons, was reportedly the victim of a random subway robbery, in which the attacker used a screwdriver to gouge out his left eye.

African countries will use next week's COP summit to demand rich nations honour and then deepen their pledges to fund the fight against climate change, a top negotiator said Thursday. The UN meeting in Scotland hosts a two-day summit of world leaders from Monday, with organisers warning that the chances of averting runaway climate change are dwindling. But for African countries, the biggest issue is money -- funds to help struggling economies curb their emissions and also adapt to the wrenching impact of climate change. "We have been waiting for more than 10 years for the promise of $100 billion...

When Constantine entered Rome on October 28, AD 312 after crushing the superior forces of Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, it marked the end of one era and the beginning of another. There are several accounts of the battle and its aftermath recorded in ancient times, and two in particular stand out as being written by immediate contemporaries who certainly spoke with the participants. One of those who recorded the battle was Lactantius, a scholar who had served at the court of Diocletian and later became the tutor of Constantine’s son, Crispus. Here is his account as...

The Biden administration is in talks to offer immigrant families that were separated during the Trump administration around $450,000 a person in compensation, according to people familiar with the matter, as several agencies work to resolve lawsuits filed on behalf of parents and children who say the government subjected them to lasting psychological trauma.

The John Doe who accused former Blackhawks video coordinator Brad Aldrich of sexual assault came forward in an interview with TSN on Wednesday evening. Kyle Beach, a 2008 first-round pick for the Blackhawks now playing in the German third division, spoke for 25 minutes in an emotional and powerful interview, saying he is still working through the healing process after suppressing the memory of his assault for years after initially reporting it. Tuesday, the NHL released a commissioned report into the incident and two executives left the franchise — with more fallout still possible. “Yesterday was a day of many...

The Death Of Science By Victor Davis Hanson Excerpts: "The scientific method used to govern much of popular American thinking . . . Is this yet another of the scientific community’s Platonic “noble lies,” as when Fauci assured the public last year that there was no need for masks? He later claimed he had lied so that medical professionals would not run out of needed supplies . . . “Critical race theory” would preposterously tell us that we need racism to fight racism . . . Science is dying; superstition disguised as morality is returning. And we’ll all soon become...

On Thursday, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) took a swipe at Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), saying that Cruz was “defending Nazis” after Cruz referenced a parent who gestured with a Nazi salute at a school board meeting in order to point out that the incidents in the NSBA letter that seemingly precipitated Attorney General Merrick Garland’s memo targeting parents at school board meetings were largely non-violent incidents. Cruz fired back, “You are frequently a liar (when you’re not sleeping with Chinese spies).” He added, “But here, you’re (sic) lie is exactly 180 degrees false. I was defending the right of citizens...

Elton John called the moment he took his first line of cocaine as one of the biggest regrets of his “unexpected” career. SNIP “I wouldn’t have taken as many drugs,” John told Ladbible TV when asked about regrets. “Although I continued to work when I took drugs, I didn't make my best work some of the time. ... I never really wanted to take drugs, I just joined in for the sake of it and it became an addiction. I became an addict and alcoholic, and I've since learned my lesson, but I would, if I could go back to...

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wy.) is one of several Republicans blasting Fox News Media for a promotional video teasing an upcoming episode of leading host Tucker Carlson's mini-series "Tucker Carlson originals." The episode, which will only be broadcast on Fox Nation, the company's paid streaming service, is set to be published in three parts next month and examines the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and purports to tell "the true story behind 1/6." "The helicopters have left Afghanistan and now they've landed here at home," Carlson is seen saying on the promotional video. "They've begun to fight a new...

The Victorian health department has refused to release the vaccination status on the 25 coronavirus fatalities. The spike in new deaths were reported on Thursday, which was the highest number of daily fatalities of the state’s current Delta outbreak. When asked whether they were vaccinated, deputy chief health officer Ben Cowie said the data was available but “we’re not going to be reporting on that”. (…)