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Austria is extending a lockdown to its entire population, becoming the first EU country to take such a measure in the face of the COVID-19 resurgence.The Alpine country is also the first EU nation to make vaccination mandatory, saying this will be implemented from February 1.

The Post was among the first to expose Joe and Hunter Biden's utter corruption. On this, its first anniversary, the Hunter Biden saga remains an outrageous scandal for two reasons... ....it revealed how Joe Biden’s brothers and son got big payments domestically and from foreign governments and nationals for years while he held public office. .......emails reveal a sordid pattern of deals with oligarchs, Chinese Communists and thugs that brought the Biden family tens of ­millions of dollars. There was correspondence showing Joe aided Hunter by meeting with his foreign associates. The second scandal is that many Americans are still...

EXCLUSIVE: After stepping up as a producer on his next film Killers of the Flower Moon, Apple has found its next Martin Scorsese project, and its subject is a band the Oscar winner knows well. Sources tell Deadline that Scorsese is on board to direct and produce a new untitled biopic on the Grateful Dead with Jonah Hill on board to play the group’s frontman, Jerry Garcia. Hill will also produce the pic through his Strong Baby banner along with his producing partner Matt Dines. Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, who received rave reviews for penning American Crime Story: The...

Do you know what crazy and dangerous stuff the Left did yesterday?

To hear the Biden administration talk about it, there’s something for literally everybody in the 2,000-plus pages of the $1.8 trillion Build Back Better spending packages. After all, you’ll get tax breaks if you want to buy an electric bike, and there will be federal money available to you if you work as a doula, as my PJ Media colleague Rick Moran pointed out recently. But there’s one group that won’t benefit from the largesse that Build Back Better offers if the bill passes as-is: child care facilities affiliated with religious institutions. The New York Times is reporting that lobbyists...

After nearly a decade of litigation, Christian florist Barronelle Stutzman has agreed to settle with the same-sex couple who sued her for refusing to serve their wedding. The couple, Rob Ingersoll and Curt Freed, were apparently unable to find any other florists for their same-sex wedding and will be paid $5,000 in exchange for no longer pursuing any damages against Stutzman’s business or personal assets. Stutzman, a 76-year-old grandmother, told Fox News that she’s retiring and leaving her business to its employees. “We’re all in trouble – whether we’re religious or not – when we don’t have the freedom to...

MSNBC “Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski on Friday said Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) alluding to Biden nominee Saule Omarova’s ties to communism made her “want to cry.” “You used to be a member of a group called the Young Communists, didn’t you?” Kennedy asked Omarova during a Senate Banking Committee hearing considering her nomination to serve as the Comptroller of the Currency.

Joe Scarborough's leftward lurch continues apace. We've reported Scarborough's support for a variety of liberal positions, with a particular emphasis on what the Democrats euphemistically call their "voting rights" bill. Last month, we documented Scarborough analogizing Republican opposition to the bill to George Wallace standing in the schoolhouse door. On Thursday's Morning Joe, Scarborough took it a step further. He didn't merely urge Democrats to abolish the filibuster regarding "voting rights" [and "civil rights']. A seething Scarborough repeatedly insisted that there is "no excuse" for Democrats not doing so.Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

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Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate on private businesses with a hundred or more employees has been blocked by the courts—twice.OSHA has suspended enforcement of the vaccine mandate.But, this is not stopping the White House from moving forward with the mandate anyway. In fact, Joe Biden is still encouraging businesses to take the steps necessary to implement it.“OSHA suspended the vaccine implementation and enforcement because of a court order. Given this update, is the administration still urging businesses to move forward with the president’s vaccine and weekly testing rule?” a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Thursday. “And are...

A few months ago, when prices began to spike throughout the U.S. economy, Americans were told not to worry, it was just a temporary blip. On several occasions, President Biden and high-ranking officials in his administration claimed the current bout of inflation was “transitory” and would subside sooner rather than later. Yet, as the months tick by, inflation is getting worse, not better.

A still of an adult bigfin squid caught on camera. (NOAA Ocean Exploration) A ghostly squid with huge, iridescent fins and funky, elbow-like bends in its tentacles is rarely seen, but scientists recently captured stunning footage of the elusive animal during an expedition in the Gulf of Mexico. To date, there have been fewer than 20 confirmed sightings of this deep-sea cephalopod, known as a bigfin squid (Magnapinna), and this recent sighting adds one more to the list, according to a statement from NOAA Ocean Exploration. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists spotted the elusive squid on their recent...

What We Give to God. There is one thing the Lord loves for us to give to Him. When we see how some people have treated us and we understand that our trust, our hope and confidence needs to be in something so much more; in the all-loving, all-powerful God Almighty who is merciful and gracious. When we give Him our heart in faith in His Son, He takes that act and multiplies it with blessings of abundance in both spirit and substance. At this time of “thanks for the giving”, I'd like to relate how we had a pastor...

We've been here before. Gasoline prices go up and a Democrat President wants to throw the DoJ at the oil companies. This is from the Washington Free Beacon: Gas prices in the United States reached a seven-year high in November, with the average gallon of gas costing $3.41. One year ago, gas cost, on average, $1.29 less. Based on data from the American Automobile Association, Americans are spending roughly $19.65 more to fill up their cars than they did a year ago.While the president alleges illegal activity by oil and gas companies, market analysts consistently point to a worldwide spike...

There’s something strange happening in Africa which, according to the Associated Press, has scientists “mystified.” The curious situation is particularly prevalent in Zimbabwe. It’s a nation with a population of 14.8 million people and a vaccination rate of less than 6%, a fact that the World Health Organization lectures us about endlessly. And yet in the past week, they recorded a total of 33 COVID deaths. How is this possible? The AP interviewed a number of people who were shopping in a township outside Harare, almost none of whom were wearing masks.

New York mayor Bill de Blasio issued an order on October 20 mandating a vaccine for all 160,500 municipal workers by November 1. That was a lot of jabs with only twelve days' notice.The mayor gave all city workers two incentives:Those who comply get a $500 bonus and get to keep their jobs.Those who defy get fired immediately.Wow! Serious medicine for those who oppose: firing thousands of firefighters and police officers who committed that "crime." Immediate dismissal.But did the punishment fit the "crime"? Was it genuinely worth understaffing the city streets, rolling out a welcome mat for street gangs to...

Public Health and Medical Professionals for Transparency (PHMPT), as its name suggests, is a medical transparency group that filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the FDA for documents tied to its approval of Pfizer’s BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The FDA went to court and informed the judge that it was totally willing to comply with the request—except that it will take almost 55 years to do so.The Epoch Times reports that the FDA claims to possess 329,000 pages of documents responsive to PHMPT’s request. Further, the FDA posits that reviewing the documents and redacting exempt material will allow...

Police in a Chicago suburb are looking for a group of thieves who allegedly stole $100,000 from a luxury store in a shopping center on Wednesday afternoon, according to reports. The alleged criminals casually walked into a Louis Vuitton store at the Oakbrook Center west of Chicago a few people at a time after the armed guard went on a short break, FOX 32 in Chicago reported. After all 14 had entered the store they suddenly started grabbing everything they could take with them. The guard returned and tried to stop them but they got away. An average Louis Vuitton...

WFP's plan to support 42 million people on the brink of famine US$6.6 billion could avert catastrophe 3 November 2021 Executive summary: US$6.6 billion ask The World Food Programme (WFP) is warning that tens of millions of people across 43 countries are on the brink of famine – and the numbers are constantly going up. Urging billionaires to step up and support the fight against hunger, the organization said U$6.6 billion would help avert catastrophe. In 2020, in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, WFP succeeded in reaching more than 115 million people with vital food assistance across 84 countries...

While the media declares the notion of ‘climate lockdowns’ to be a fake news “conspiracy theory,” India is preparing to impose a climate lockdown to reduce pollution. Yes, really. NPR reports the details of the lockdown under the headline ‘New Delhi’s air pollution is so bad, officials are calling for a citywide lockdown’. “India’s Supreme Court is calling for a lockdown in the capital, New Delhi. It’s because of a health emergency, but it’s not about COVID-19. It’s about air pollution,” states the piece. Authorities are set to ban all nonessential travel on roads in the national capital region while...