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WASHINGTON -- A U.S. judge in Texas issued a nationwide injunction on Friday barring the federal government from enforcing President Joe Biden's requirement that federal workers without qualifying medical or religious exemptions be vaccinated for COVID-19. Judge Jeffrey Brown, who was appointed to the District Court for the Southern District of Texas by then-President Donald Trump, ruled that opponents of Biden's vaccination mandate for federal employees were likely to succeed at trial and blocked the government from enforcing the requirement.

Data from Canada's provinces on COVID-19 hospitalizations show it's a pandemic of the vaccinated. Paramedics and healthcare workers transfer a patient from Humber River Hospital's ICU to a waiting air ambulance as the hospital frees up space, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on April 28, 2021. Data aggregated from Provinces that break down statistics by vaccination status collected by True North News show that the majority of hospitalizations are actually in fully vaccinated individuals. (Image: COLE BURSTON/AFP via Getty Images) Provincial data shows that the majority of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) hospitalizations in Canada are now occurring in those who have...

[5:13 video clip] ".@julie_kelly2's Full Opening Remarks About The Horrible Treatment Of January 6th Protestors At The House Judiciary Committee Hearing "It appears however that the DC Jail for January 6th protestors is more of a political prison for Americans who protested Joe Biden's election.""

Natanya was on her X Box with friends when she went silent. Get the latest entertainment news sent straight to your inbox with our weekly Showbiz newsletter X Factor and Voice singer Natanya Brook has died whilst playing a video game. Natanya, who took part in auditions for both telly reality shows, was also a huge video game fan and had turned semi professional. She suffered from epilepsy and was playing X Box at night when she suddenly passed away mid game, an inquest heard. Natanya, or Tanya as he friends called her, was in a virtual reality room with...

@RandPaulQuitting Capitol Hill Club: I will not be a member of any club that acquiesces to a requirement to reveal your medical records.

Boston EMS is mourning the loss of one of their own, according to a post on the agency's social media page. EMT Matthew Clancy, 34, died suddenly Thursday, Boston EMS Chief James Hooley wrote on Facebook. Clancy “served our department and Boston for 5 years. He was member of recruit class 2017-1,” he wrote.

Iran, China and Russia have launched a joint naval exercise in the Indian Ocean, with the aim of boosting marine security, state media reported. Iran's state TV said 11 of its vessels were joined by three Russian ships including a destroyer, and two Chinese vessels. Iran's Revolutionary Guard will also participate with smaller ships and helicopters. The military exercise comes at a time of heightened tensions between Russia and the West over Moscow's build-up of some 100,000 troops on their border with Ukraine. Russia is also being joined by China and Iran - two nations which are at loggerheads with...

Why is the Biden "administration" running advertisements for itself on prime time TV? This is a two minute commercial they made and are running with Tom Hanks and UPS talking about how America is great, best economy ever, more jobs created etc...with Dear Leader front and center. It is a campaign ad in his first year. No campaign going on. It is scary 1984 big brother level propaganda, unprecedented as far as I know. The totalitarianism that is happening is real and chilling.

The Russian foreign ministry reiterated its security demand to the US and NATO, asking for a complete withdrawal of foreign forces from NATO member states Bulgaria and Romania, the Russian foreign ministry said on Friday. Both Bulgaria and Romania are on the Black Sea — close to Russia’s area of influence. Romania also borders Ukraine. The ministry said Moscow’s position was very clear and didn’t leave room for “ambiguous interpretations.” “We are talking about the withdrawal of foreign forces, hardware, and weapons as well as other steps that will ensure that the setup in the countries that were not NATO...

Joe Biden has been called a pathological liar, Pinocchio on steroids, delusional and totally detached from reality. That’s unfair. Instead, let’s just say the president has a flair for fiction. Think of him as a master storyteller to put Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm to shame. Here are a few of my favorite Biden bedtime stories:The Democrats Freedom to Vote Act will secure the right to vote for millions of Americans the GOP is trying to disenfranchise – Biden said Republicans working for election reform (secure ballots) are on the side of George Wallace not Martin Luther...

Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois man acquitted of fatally shooting two men and wounding a third during street protests in Kenosha in 2020, is seeking the return of the gun and other property that police seized after his arrest. Rittenhouse's attorney Mark Richards filed paperwork with the Kenosha County Circuit Court on Wednesday seeking the return of the items, explaining that Rittenhouse wants the AR-15 style rifle back so that it can be destroyed, the Kenosha News reported. Law enforcement has had the gun since the day after Rittenhouse shot three men, two of them fatally, on Aug. 25, 2020, during...

The past and current master of the GOP sees a future threat arising. [cut] “It was a mistake to ever embrace Donald Trump, and now we want to be the party of Adam Kinzinger.” [cut] Would DeSantis be audacious enough to run against Trump in 2024? The case against waiting is that it’s extremely unlikely that the governor can maintain his exalted status in the party until 2028. On the other hand, the case against running in 2024 is that it involves the enormous risk of encountering the business end of the Trump buzz saw, which could change DeSantis’s image...

MEMORIAL OF SAINT AGNES, VIRGIN AND MARTYRTIME MARK 3:13-19 Friends, today’s Gospel recounts Jesus selecting and appointing the Apostles. Bible scholar and theologian N.T. Wright has explained why Jesus commissioned twelve disciples as Apostles. Wright tells us that when a first-century Jew spoke of the arrival of God’s kingdom, he was taken to mean something very specific. He was announcing that the temple was going to be restored, that the proper worship of Yahweh would obtain, that the enemies of Israel would be dealt with, and that, above all, the tribes of the Lord would be gathered, and through them,...

The Omaha woman who was America's oldest living person has died. Thelma Sutcliffe was 115 years and 108 days old when she died Monday. She was born Oct. 1, 1906. Sutcliffe's longtime friend, Luella "Lou" Mason, said Sutcliffe "was taken care of, and hospice was with her when she passed. "She passed very peacefully. It was just time." In April, Sutcliffe became the nation's oldest living person and seventh-oldest in the world at 114 years and 209 days. She quietly celebrated her 115th birthday in October at her residence, Brighton Gardens senior living center. Young Thelma Thelma Sutcliffe, who held...

A federal court in Texas has issued an injunction against President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for the federal workforce, pausing implementation of a requirement for more than 2 million civilian servants. … Judge Jeffrey Brown, appointed by President Trump to the U.S. Court for the Southern District of Texas, said the case was not about whether individuals should be vaccinated or even about federal power generally. “It is instead about whether the president can, with the stroke of a pen and without the input of Congress, require millions of federal employees to undergo a medical procedure as a condition of...

An illegal alien has been sentenced after being convicted for stealing a disabled American veteran’s identity to secure public welfare benefits and commit crimes, federal prosecutors reveal. Late last week, 59-year-old Fernando Arroyo-Alonso, an illegal alien from Mexico, was sentenced to a year and one day in federal prison for stealing the Social Security Number of a disabled United States Armed Forces veteran. According to prosecutors, Alonso submitted an application in May 2019 to receive Title XVI Supplemental Security Income — cash payments that are reserved for elderly, blind, or disabled Americans — using the veteran’s Social Security Number. The...

SNIP Akram's manner of death has been ruled homicide. Medical examiner records list Akram's time of death as 9:22 p.m. on January 15.

For over five decades, most American institutions eschewed tactics and agendas that reeked of McCarthyism. Which is why it is so disheartening and frightening to witness so many current institutions embracing the attributes of McCarthyism — especially the one institution where it should be absolute anathema, but where it is most pronounced — our college campuses.... Unfortunately, this includes my alma mater, the University of Virginia, whose founders, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, were the individuals most responsible for our Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights, the two pillars of American individual rights and freedoms. And just as the...

Rock legend Meat Loaf was “seriously ill” with COVID-19 just days before his death Thursday, according to a report. Sources told TMZ that the 74-year-old “Bat Out of Hell” star was due to attend a business dinner earlier this week for a show he is working on based on his classic hit, “I’d Do Anything for Love.” But he canceled because he was seriously ill with COVID-19, with his condition soon becoming critical, the outlet’s sources said. It was not clear if he had been vaccinated. Reps for the star did not immediately return requests for comment early Friday... The...

BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz turned down an invite at short notice from U.S. President Joe Biden to discuss the Ukraine crisis, German magazine Der Spiegel said on Friday. Scholz did not accept the invitation due to a full schedule, including a trip to Madrid, as well as the desire to show that he was present as Germany grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Der Spiegel. A government spokesman declined to comment on the report. Both sides hoped now to organize a meeting by mid-February.