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These days, workers who refuse to get vaccinated against covid-19 may face financial repercussions, from higher health insurance premiums to loss of their jobs. Now, the financial fallout might follow workers beyond the grave. If they die of covid and weren’t vaccinated, their families may not get death benefits they would otherwise have received. New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority no longer pays a $500,000 death benefit to the families of subway, bus and commuter rail workers who die of covid if the workers were unvaccinated at the time of death. “It strikes me as needlessly cruel,” said Mark DeBofsky, a...

There is plenty of blame to go around for Terry McAuliffe’s loss to Glenn Youngkin on Tuesday night in the race for governor of Virginia—structural electoral factors, the seemingly endless legislative debacle that passes for the White House’s effort to enact its domestic agenda, and McAuliffe’s aimless and generally baffling campaign. Thus far, one person who deserves his fair share of blame has managed to avoid any of the recriminations—Attorney General Merrick Garland. On key issues that appear to have been central to the result on Tuesday, the Department of Justice in recent months has been tone-deaf or listless. The...

Alec Baldwin took the unusual step for a public figure of protecting his Twitter account Tuesday amid growing criticism over his and his wife’s use of social media to comment on the fallout of the actor’s fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Baldwin’s Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation account showed Tuesday that its tweets were now protected, potentially meaning that he and his wife can view and control who sees his tweets. Baldwin apparently changed the privacy setting around the same time he used his Instagram account Tuesday to hit back at reports that allege there were a number of...

On 8 December 2020, the United Kingdom (“UK”) became the first country in the world to begin injecting its public with the experimental Covid-19 gene therapy, which is also a biological and chemical weapon. The next day, the MHRA issued preliminary guidance on severe allergic reactions after the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine due to early reports of anaphylaxis. By Christmas Eve, the Government and their helpers had already injected 521,594 people across all four UK nations.Although we cannot trust any of the UK ‘official’ statistics driving the Covid-19 narrative we are using them so information can be compared using the same sources,...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Replenishment Time! Coffee and Ice Cream Supplies Are Full Again! 211014-M-LE234-1097 RED SEA (Oct. 14, 2021) Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthall (T-AO-189), left, transits alongside the amphibious transport dock USS Portland (LPD 27) during a replenishment-at-sea, Oct. 14. Portland and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and Pacific through the Western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke...

* WA Police Minister Paul Papalia has taken a swipe at the Prime Minister * Scott Morrison thanked God, as well as police for bringing Cleo Smith home * Minister Papalia said 'thank God for the Western Australian police force' * Cleo was rescued by four officers from a home in Carnarvon early on Wednesday Scott Morrison has sparked backlash after thanking God for 'answering our prayers' with the miracle rescue of missing youngster Cleo Smith. The Prime Minister fought back tears after learning the missing four-year-old girl had been found in a locked home in Carnarvon, 900km north of...

Just like the 2016 Brexit campaign, Obama's intervention may well have backfired. In April 2016, just months before he was due to leave the White House, then-U.S. President Barack Obama travelled to London, England to engage in a far shadier attempt at “foreign intervention” in another country’s election process than Donald Trump was ever party to. Arriving in London, he told an audience that Britain would find herself “at the back of the queue” for a trade deal with the United States if the public insisted on voting to leave the European Union. At that point in the campaign, the...

On this episode of The Resistance Library Podcast, Sam Jacobs interviews Mark Ivanyo. Mark Ivanyo is the Executive Director of Republicans for National Renewal, an organization dedicated to promoting conservative populism within the Republican Party. We had him on to discuss what the organization is doing around cultural and economic issues within the Republican Party.

Michael Yon is traveling along the Mexican border with Josh Phillips of Epoch Times. He asked Josh why Xi of China has warned Chinese citizens to start storing food. Josh’s response is fascinating. I’d post the video but I’m not sure how.

"I wish Joy Reid would invite me on her show," Sears said. "Let's see if she's woman enough to do that, I'd go in a heartbeat. And we'd have a real discussion without Joy speaking about me behind my back." After winning the lieutenant governorship of Virginia, Winsome Sears challenged Joy Reid, a pundit who has claimed that Democratic losses are essentially the result of white supremacy. Sears is the first black woman to take the lt. governorship, and is a Republican. Reid spoke in opposition to Republicans on her MSNBC show "The Reid Out" on many occasions, and on...

[Catholic Caucus] Grading Francis and Ourselves on the Good Samaritan StandardAs Michael Matt described in a recent Remnant TV video, Francis has now decided that even Our Lord’s Good Samaritan parable can be distorted to advance the globalist agenda:“Do you know what comes to mind now when, together with popular movements, I think of the Good Samaritan? Do you know what comes to mind? The protests over the death of George Floyd. It is clear that this type of reaction against social, racial or macho injustice can be manipulated or exploited by political machinations or whatever, but the main thing...

SOMERSET, NJ – After declaring New Jersey elections are not rigged, Jack Ciattarelli and The Republican National Committee are preparing teams of lawyers to possibly challenge the 2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election results. Just two weeks ago, Ciattarelli assured voters in New Jersey that the election system in the Garden State is legitimate. “Don’t let anybody stay home because they think we can’t win or because it’s rigged,” Ciattarelli said in October. “It’s not rigged here in New Jersey. We can win this race.” Now, finding himself down in the polls, multiple sources have confirmed the RNC is sending a...

A teacher who resigned after a photo emerged of him at the January 6 riot at the Capitol has won a seat on a school committee in Massachusetts. Matthew Lynch, 35, won one of three seats on the Braintree school board committee after getting 2,319 votes, according to unofficial results. Lynch taught at Braintree High School for more than 10 years before leaving in February after images of him standing in front of the Capitol building on January 6 were posted on social media. Lynch told Patch that he was later questioned by FBI agents, but did not confirm whether...

[Catholic Caucus] The St. Gallen Mafia is the key to understanding Pope FrancisA new book has been released which sheds light on Pope Francis and his connection to a secret group of leftist cardinals which began to meet in the mid 1990s. (LifeSiteNews) – Ever since really the start of the Francis papacy, many Catholics have been shocked by much of the agenda coming out from the Vatican and have been trying to make sense of it all. A new book has been released which sheds light on Pope Francis and his connection to a secret group of leftist cardinals...

Sports broadcaster Michele Tafoya joined The View‘s panel as guest host, but the other panelists were not ready to play ball with her. Almost immediately, the conservative TV personality was defending anti-vaxxers and pushing back against critical race theory, inciting a flurry of debates with Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, and even Whoopi Goldberg. As the moderator, Goldberg started today’s The View with a bit of an unusual disclaimer as she introduced Tafoya. “Just wanna let you know that, over the years, voicing our opinions at the table can be met with mixed reviews from the public,” Goldberg said. “I know...

Alec Baldwin did not do himself any favors on Tuesday when he shared an angry post from a crewmember from the set of the film “Rust,” where he fatally shot and killed a cinematographer in an incident that is still being investigated by police — and scrutinized by the public. In seven Instagram posts, the actor shared a lengthy tirade from Terese Magpale Davis, who worked in the film’s wardrobe department. (Apparently the 63-year-old Baldwin doesn’t know how to select multiple images for one post, which Instagram users can easily do.) “Read this,” he captioned the first post, which included...

On election night republican candidates swept the 2021 special elections to fill three vacant seats in the Kentucky General Assembly. The vacancies included Senate District 22, previously held by Tom Buford who passed away in July, House District 51, previously held by John “Bam” Carney who passed away in July, and House District 89, previously held by Robert Goforth who resigned in August. Republican Dr. Donald Douglas won the election for Senate District 22, representing Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, and Washington counties. Michael ‘Sarge’ Pollock won the election for House District 51, representing Taylor and Adair counties. Timmy Truett won...

Irvin Mayfield, the jazz trumpet player who became a symbol of New Orleans resilience after Hurricane Katrina, was sentenced to 18 months in prison Wednesday for steering charity money meant for public libraries to his personal use. Mayfield's musical and business partner, pianist Ronald Markham, was also sentenced to 18 months Wednesday in federal court. Both pleaded guilty last November to a single charge of conspiracy to commit fraud. Prosecutors alleged they steered more than $1.3 million from the New Orleans Public Library Foundation to themselves, largely by funneling it through the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, which Mayfield founded. Attorneys...

I am by no means a Sports Expert, but Colin has become a kind of celebrity apart from football. My advice to him would be to buy a weed whacker and give himself a haircut. You don't see a lot of thirtysomething men walking around with a vintage Michael Jackson type Afro.