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A friend who’s a corporate executive confided in me he didn’t want to do it but his retirement depended on staying at his job. He had no choice, he told me. A family member confided in me she wasn’t welcome to a family gathering because she wouldn’t do it. Millions of Americans are praying the courts side with them so they won’t lose their job if they won’t go through with it. The American people are being torn apart and vilified, rejected and isolated, discriminated against and mocked. All for a shot barely a year old that - by definition...

Elections up and down the ballot in 2021 have strongly indicated there is going to be a red wave next year. Republican Daniel Rickenmann won the runoff mayoral race in Columbia, South Carolina, with 52 percent of the vote, according to The State news outlet on Wednesday. FINAL: @Rickenmann will be the 37th mayor of Columbia, South Carolina. pic.twitter.com/1DGm09mVRn — Chris Trainor (@ChrisTrainorSC) November 17, 2021 “It was an incredible thing,” Rickenmann said during his victory speech, WLTX-TV reported. “Everyone who supported us. It’s about one Columbia. We are not divided; we are united!” The election results will be certified...

STORY AT-A-GLANCEIn a short documentary, CAN Films explored pandemic outcomes in Scotland, which began requiring vaccine passports October 1, 2021, with those of Sweden, which rejected forced lockdowns in favor of voluntary measuresWith half the population of Sweden, Scotland scored a higher excess death rate for 2020, with much more restrictive pandemic responsesSweden fared better than Scotland on many pandemic outcome measures, including excess deaths, weight gain, alcohol-related deaths, inflation and economic viabilitySweden did not mandate face masks at any point during the pandemic and, in July 2021, also dropped their “vague recommendation” to wear one at allScotland implemented a...

Loudoun Valley High School in Purcellville, Va., failed to notify parents of their ability to opt their children out of an invasive survey before giving the survey to at least 180 students, asking students as young as 12 about their sexual activity, drug use, and sex “identities.”The survey, which is billed as being “about health behavior,” asks students as young as 12 years old personal questions like “Some people describe themselves as transgender when their sex at birth does not match the way they think or feel about their gender. Are you transgender?”Students are then given the options to answer...

Mixed messages from the higher-ups, unclear repercussions for refusal, a disparity in treatment among different states and branches of the military, a range of deadlines, and goalpost-shifting on the meaning of religious exemptions have converged to create mass chaos throughout the military as tens of thousands of yet-unvaccinated service members grapple with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate and many seek exemptions.The Pentagon has promised that these requests for accommodation, which are mostly religious but include some medical, will be considered on a “case-by-case” basis, but that assurance provides no clarity about the military’s subjective process for assessing the sincerity of religious...

I am usually bringing the readership news via videos, interviews and articles. Today, I simply want to talk with you – to open my heart and hopefully bring some hope to you in the midst of this nightmare through which we are living. I have been writing for many years. I felt compelled to research the Georgia Guide Stones and Bill Gates and the horrific crimes which he perpetrated in 3rd world countries, killing an untold number of children with toxic vaccines. This is a very evil man. The Gates (Bill and Melinda) were sued by the government of India...

Brine your turkey, then roast it on a savory bed of sausage and fresh sourdough bread stuffing in this impressive, yet simple, turkey dinner for two. roast-turkey-for-two-recipe Serves: 2 Prep time: 30 minutes Total time: 1 day for the turkey: 1 boneless, skin-on turkey breast 1 cup|200 grams granulated sugar 1 cup|155 grams kosher salt 1 orange 10 whole black peppercorns 2 fresh bay leaves 1 sprig fresh sage 3 tablespoons mayonnaise for the stuffing: 2 tablespoons olive oil 3 sweet Italian sausages, casing removed 4 tablespoons|60 grams unsalted butter 3 ribs celery, diced 1 medium yellow onion, diced 1...

It began as a compassionate new policy, one that makes perfect sense: women (and sometimes, their partners) who lose a baby through miscarriage should be entitled to paid time off to mourn and recover. The movement first came to prominence in March of 2021, when New Zealand passed a new law. NPR reported that “New Zealand’s Parliament has approved legislation that will provide three days of paid leave after a miscarriage or stillbirth, without needing to use sick leave.” And indeed, the loss of a pregnancy can be not only heart-breaking but also physically harrowing. This is a humane policy....

The top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee blasted Republicans on Thursday for “vile attacks” on President Biden’s pick intended to make her a “Marxist boogeyman.” Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), chairman of the Banking panel, ripped Republicans for efforts to “degrade” the confirmation process for Saule Omarova, who Biden nominated to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Omarova, a law professor at Cornell University, was born and raised in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan before emigrating to the U.S. While she has been a U.S. citizen since 2005 and served in the George W. Bush...

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced on Monday that he has filed a lawsuit against Facebook, claiming the company misled and deceived investors in an effort to boost the price of its stock. Yost, a Republican, filed the lawsuit on behalf of the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS), which has invested millions in Facebook stock. Also named as defendants are Facebook executives Mark Zuckerberg, David M. Wehner, and Nick Clegg. The multi-pronged lawsuit alleges that “from April 29 through Oct. 21, 2021 Facebook and its senior executives violated federal securities laws by purposely misleading the public about the negative...

A perfect storm is brewing for the busiest travel week of the year, with severe weather forecasts, post-pandemic record levels of travelers, and President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate deadline for federal workers all converging to cause potential chaos. The Transportation Security Administration said Wednesday it expects to screen about 20 million air passengers during the busy Thanksgiving travel period, shattering post-pandemic records. But TSA screeners, like all federal employees, face a Monday deadline to show proof of vaccination for COVID-19, and last month the agency revealed only 60 percent of its workers have been vaccinated so far.

If Lockdowns were an Olympic sport, Victoria, Australia would be hard to beat. It’s been described as the most locked-down place in the world under COVID-19. Sadly, it’s also become the location where a once free society now targets civil liberties. A perfect example is Monica Smit, of Reignite Democracy Australia, who served 22 days in jail in solitary confinement after being charged with incitement. Her crime? Organizing a protest against lockdowns. In the United States, our Constitution recognizes our inherent rights to free speech, a free press, and peaceable assembling to air grievances towards our government. So, it comes...

​White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday that racism and sexism are at the root of negative critiques of Vice President Kamala Harris — and ​argued that the lack of news conferences by President Biden is a problem for the media rather than the American public. During a livestreamed event hosted by Politico’s Women Rule Exchange, Politico senior editor Anita Kumar asked Psaki if she felt Harris was receiving more criticism because she is the first woman and first woman of color to serve as vice president. “Yes,” Psaki answered, before adding: “Criticism from the outside, absolutely.

An investigation is underway after several teen girls were captured on video attacking a group of students on a SEPTA train in Philadelphia. The incident occurred on a Broad Street Line train near SEPTA's Erie Station around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. Video of the attack shows a group of teen girls repeatedly punching and screaming at another group of teens on the train. One of the attackers also punches, knocks over and repeatedly kicks a teen girl before slapping her with her shoe. NBC10 is not showing the video out of respect for the victims. The attackers in the video are...

President Biden's job approval rating is down to just 36 percent in a new Quinnipiac University poll, signaling trouble for Democrats as they head into 2022. -snip- Biden gets his worst reviews on his handling of the economy and foreign policy, with 34 percent and 33 percent approving, respectively. Fifty-nine percent of respondents say they disapprove of his handling of the economy, while 55 percent disapprove of his performance on foreign policy. Just 37 percent of respondents say the president has good leadership skills, compared to 57 percent who believe he does not.

Beauty is only skin deep, but in the case of the NBC News race-baiting host ironically named Joy Reid, every bit of her is ugly. She finds race everywhere, especially when it’s not there. It’s her brand, and hate is her medium – her sculptor’s clay. She works in racism the way Van Gogh used paints or Hunter Biden uses crack, it’s where she thrives and all she brings to the table. Inside and out, Reid is the worst person on cable news, and NBC News, which employs her, Comcast, which owns NBC Universal, and every Comcast customer pays her...

"Take it from me, please don’t come... it’s bad here." This is one of hundreds of messages sent by migrants "To those who are saying 'the border is open', it's not open. It's a lie," another migrant urges. "Smugglers are spreading these rumours." .... Many come from Iraq and Syria, with a number of Iraqi Kurds among them. ...Messages shared on social media show some migrants are scared, tired and regret having attempted the journey. The texts also show those selling visas to Belarus have hiked up their prices in an attempt to capitalise on the migrant rush. Migrants have...

Pop star Ciara teamed up with the Biden White House on Wednesday to promote coronavirus vaccinations for children. The “1, 2 Step” singer, who is married to Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, appeared at the White House along with her three children, all of whom are under the age of 8.

NEW YORK - A Texas church is coming under fire over a video showing people inside the place of worship chanting the viral anti-Biden phrase, "Let’s Go Brandon." "A euphemism for, you know, less than well wishes for the president of the United States and it has become a kind of a radical conservative rallying cry," Oklahoma pastor Jeremy Coleman said of the video showing people within the nondenominational Cornerstone Church in San Antonio chanting the phrase.

NPR is being accused of racism for calling Boston’s groundbreaking election of its first woman and first Asian American mayor a “disappointment” because she’s not black. An online article and now-deleted tweet promoting the story both noted that Michelle Wu made history as “the first woman and first person of color elected to lead” the Massachusetts city — before then suggesting her victory wasn’t enough. “While many are hailing it as a major turning point, others see it as more of a disappointment that the three Black candidates in the race couldn’t even come close,” the story still reads early...