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President Joe Biden left for vacation earlier this week as the U.S. recorded the highest daily number of new coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic. He concluded that there was “no federal solution” to the problem, and various spin doctors in the media urged Americans not to blame the president. But last year, on the campaign trail and as President-elect, Biden promised specifically and repeatedly that he would make sure the virus was under control. Here are 11 examples: March 5, 2020, Wilmington, Delaware: “We’ve got to look at the history of what’s happened, the recent history of...

On Thursday, the United States surpassed 580,000 cases, beating the record set only a day before. That is believed to be a vast undercount because of testing shortages, the popularity of at-home tests and reporting delays over the holidays. What's more, scientists say, a significant number of people may have asymptomatic infections and never know it. New estimates from researchers at Columbia University suggest that the United States illnesses could peak by Jan. 9... In New York City, the first U.S. metropolis to see a major surge of omicron, the researchers estimated that cases will peak by the first week...

Pope Francis called for an end to violence against women on New Year’s Day in a strongly worded homily from St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. “How much violence is directed against women! Enough! To hurt a woman is to insult God, who from a woman took on our humanity, not through an angel, not directly, but through a woman,” the Pope said. “And since mothers bestow life, and women keep the world (together), let us all make greater efforts to promote mothers and to protect women.” The Roman Catholic Church celebrates both the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Friday suggested Republicans are upset they cannot date her and should admit it. “If Republicans are mad they can’t date me they can just say that instead of projecting their sexual frustrations onto my boyfriend’s feet. Ya creepy weirdos,” she wrote in a social media post: Her comments were in response to criticism from social media user Steve Cortes that Ocasio-Cortez was reportedly in Florida. “If Leftists like AOC actually thought mandates and masking worked, they wouldn’t be frolicking in free FL,” he wrote, adding, “Her guy is showing his gross pale male feet in...

They’re coming for white lies. A list of allegedly fake Native Americans has begun circulating in tribal and academic circles, accusing 195 people of falsely claiming an Indian identity for personal gain. The “Alleged Pretendians List” is the creation of Jacqueline Keeler, a Native American writer and activist who has spent years busting fakers in politics and academia. “Everyone on this list has made public claims through interviews, in books authored, documentaries, and even in Congressional testimony. They are also all monetizing their claims. These are not privately-held beliefs,” reads her introduction. “We will release the names and findings of...

The nickname “Dirty” was well-earned by the late Sen. Harry Reid. He was a masterfully corrupt and manipulative politician who would lie through his devilish smile to achieve his political ends. Case in point was the lie he admitted telling, as the Washington Post relates, in 2012 about Mitt Romney, an attempt to influence the presidential results: One of the strangest incidents of the 2012 presidential campaign was when then-Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid accused then-Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney of having not paid any taxes over the past decade. That Reid made that allegation from the floor of...

What if Mike Pence: Assessed his own political status as 2021 neared its end? Considered his bravery on Jan. 6 and wants it as part of his legacy? Looks ahead with dread to a Donald Trump nomination in 2024? Believes in New Year’s resolutions? L If any or all of these scenarios ring true, Pence is going to do the right thing early in 2022 by announcing his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election, emphasizing that his party needs to get rid of Trump and campaigning immediately to restore Republicans to sanity.

Then-President Donald Trump's team assembled a 10-day pressure campaign in December 2020 hoping to shame governors and state legislators into officially investigating allegations of Election 2020 irregularities, according to memos newly turned over to Congress by former New York Police Commissioner and Trump confidant Bernard Kerik. The strategy called for "protests" at governors' mansions and the homes of politicians ranging from secretaries of states to “weak” congressional members in key battleground states, the memos show. The documents, turned over Friday night under subpoena to the House's Jan. 6 commission, are remarkable in part because they show the primary focus of...

Just hedge funds and the blues. Or hedge funds got the blues in 2021. 2021 saw the S&P 500 index generate a return of 28.7%. Much of it thanks to The Federal Reserve “stimulypto” or excessive monetary easing. This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is spxfarbast.png But only three hedge funds beat the S&P 500 index: Senvest, Impala and SR. Thanks to fees (trading and management), the other hedge funds underperformed the S&P 500 index. And underperformed The Fed! Melvin Capital was the worst performing hedge fund of the ones examined. Yes, hedge funds had the...

The COVID World post date: January 1st, 2022The Canadian Covid Care Alliance (CCCA), a group of over 500 independent Canadian doctors, scientists and health care practitioners, has released a video presentation called “The COVID-19 Incodulations – More Harm Than Good” and the evidence it presents about the Pfizer safety trials for its mRNA vaccine is truly shocking. ... Watch the full video presentation here:

Watch What Happens Live host Andy Cohen slammed former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio during CNN’s New Year’s Eve Live coverage on Friday night, proclaiming, “The only thing that Democrats and Republicans can agree on is what a horrible mayor he has been.” “Watching Mayor de Blasio do his victory lap dance after four years of the crappiest term as the Mayor of the New York,” Cohen began (de Blasio, however, actually served eight years as Mayor of New York).

Democrat Rep. Debbie Dingell grew emotional on Wednesday night over having to leave her hometown of Dearborn, Michigan in order to keep serving in Congress after redistricting swiped her seat ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. For the first time in history, Michigan's new map was drawn by an independent commission rather than political operators. That saw the state's number of House seats drop from 14 to 13, and is forcing Dingell out of the 12th Congressional District she took over from her husband, late longtime Rep. John Dingell.

An enjoyable 20 minute flashback on John Madden. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PQgMzgp8QI

Donald and Melania Trump returned to the New Year's Eve party at Mar-a-Lago after skipping last year's lavish gala in the wake of his election defeat. Sources close to the former president had told DailyMail.com Friday that he was expected to attend this year's black-tie gathering and attendees posted shots of the former first couple at the gala before midnight. Trump was in a tuxedo, with wife Melania in a shimmering silver gown.

President Biden is staring down a number of minefields when he returns to Washington in the new year. Biden will have to tackle major issues including getting the coronavirus under control after a severe spike from the omicron variant during the holiday season. He will have to ensure that the deadly virus doesn’t overwhelm the nation’s health systems and the financial markets.

Democratic politicians and media have been slamming Gov. Ron DeSantis throughout the pandemic, claiming he’s left Florida a deathtrap with his response. Of course, that isn’t true, but that hasn’t stopped them from saying it. It also hasn’t stopped folks like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) from fleeing her city while there’s a record number of COVID cases and living it up in the freedom of Florida with her boyfriend. According to National Review, AOC was spotted dining outside of Doraku Sushi and Izakaya in Miami Beach raising a drink and checking her phone.(snip) In her home city, AOC would have...

The world is a strange enough place without wild conspiracies, and it’s the exception that proves the rule. In 2021, there were many (at least five) fears, social media movements, news stories, and legends first seen as implausible that, in the light of emerging evidence, proved not to be unfounded. In some cases, the media's initial dismissal fueled further speculation and itself became part of the theory. While not all of these have been verified as 100% true, they were widely dismissed last year as conspiracy or fringe theories. The #FreeBritney 'conspiracy theorists' were vindicated The U.S. government takes UFOs...

The headlines scream throughout the media. New Omicron variant fills up children's hospitals A five-fold increase in pediatric admissions in New York City this month. Pediatric hospitalizations up 395% in NYC amid COVID-19 surgeHealth Advisory: NYC Has 4-Fold Increase In Children Hospitalized For Covid-19 CoronavirusIn two weeks, they went from 3.1 per day to 15.6 per day and statewide from under 6 per day to around 26 per day. Are we to believe that a city with 7 million people and a state with 19 million are overwhelmed with these small numbers? If they are overwhelmed with those small numbers...

CLAIM "The most populated state in India just declared they are officially COVID-19 free after promoting widespread use of the safe proven medicine" VERDICT UNSUPPORTED SOURCE: Jim Hoft, Pearson Sharp, Gateway Pundit, One America News Network, 2 Oct. 2021 DETAILSInadequate support: The article didn’t provide any evidence supporting a causal link between the use of ivermectin and the sharp decline of COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh other than regional government recommendation. Many other factors, including immunity from previous infection, vaccination, and lockdowns, likely helped reduce the number of cases. Public health authorities, including the Indian Council of Medical Research, currently...

It's that time of year again—when the infallible prophets at The Babylon Bee tell you what will happen in the next year with 100% accuracy! Will 2022 be better than this year? You decide! Here is a definitive list of things that will happen in 2022: January 1 - USPS will deliver your Christmas package January 6 - Second insurrection attempt canceled January 20 - Pfizer unveils booster shots 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 January 21 - Men break every record ever held by women January 22 - Harvard gender studies professor discovers five new pronouns January 23 -...