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@julie_kelly2 Brandon Straka, who pleaded guilty to class B misdemeanor of disorderly conduct, berated by Trump judge and sentenced to 3 months home detention, 3 years probation and $5k fine.

The portion of drivers coming from Vancouver alone account for over 50 km of vehicles, including trucks, trailers, and cars. A grassroots fundraising campaign for Canadian truckers protesting vaccine mandates has now surpassed $3 million with more than 42,000 donors, and an average donation of $75. Truckers were previously deemed “essential,” however the federal government green-lit the loss of 12,000-16,000 (10-15%) of cross-border commercial drivers by making vaccinations mandatory, as anticipated by the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA).

Amid growing talk of Tom Brady retiring, it’s important to look back on what the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback said about his marriage with Gisele Bundchen. Back in the fall, Brady admitted that retirement was a “very difficult issue” in his marriage to the supermodel. Naturally, Gisele would prefer for Brady to retire so he could spend more time with friends and family members. “But that’s an issue, and it’s a very difficult issue to reconcile without just saying, ‘Hey, it’s time to retire.’ And I think there’s, you know, we’re coming to the end here too, so I don’t...

Former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has tested positive for Covid, and is unvaccinated, a federal judge told a courtroom Monday just as a civil defamation trial involving the one-time-Alaska governor and the New York Times was set to begin. Palin, who disclosed in March that she had been diagnosed then with the coronavirus, said last month that she will get a Covid-19 vaccine “over my dead body.”

Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin tested positive for COVID-19, which may delay her civil suit against the New York Times that was scheduled to go to trial Monday, one of her attorneys said. Palin is scheduled to take another test Monday morning and if that yields a negative result, her trial could resume with jury selection later in the day. If she tests positive again, however, Manhattan federal Judge Jed Rakoff will delay the trial until Feb. 3, attorney Shane Vogt said. “She is, of course, unvaccinated,” Rakoff said in court Monday morning while discussing the logistics.

Klaus Schwab discusses the "European Chips Act" with EU Commission leader, von der Leyen and the need for a "physical brain for digitalization and to have it located to a certain extent in Europe."(33 second video clip at the link below) https://twitter.com/apexworldnews/status/1485650635462746114

A California lawmaker known for tightening restrictions on school vaccine laws will propose a bill Monday to close a loophole in the state’s requirement that children receive COVID-19 shots. State Sen. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento) will announce Monday morning a bill to add COVID-19 vaccines to California’s list of required inoculations for attending K-12 schools, a move that would override Gov. Gavin Newsom’s scaled-back mandate from last year.

Would you prefer to have to speak Russian or Chinese? You might not have a choice with Biden as President over the next three years. Biden's policies will have the US declining into dependency on both Russia and China, assuring that Russia and China dominate the world in the next decade. The near term is Russia, and the longer term is China. The present- RussiaSince his inauguration day, Biden has been appeasing Vladimir Putin. He refused to stand up to Russian cyber and ransomware attacks. Biden shuts down US oil pipelines and lifts sanctions on Russian pipelines. Germany, who is...

U.S. consumers expect their monthly spending to grow above pre-pandemic levels this year but people are becoming less likely to spend big on vacations and other non-essential items - a sign that more households may be more concerned about rising prices, according to a survey released Monday by the New York Federal Reserve. The survey showed that consumers expect to spend more on daily living expenses in the coming year. But it also showed that consumers are becoming less likely to spend large amounts of money on home repairs, vacations, appliances and other expensive purchases. "In contrast, households report a...

"Family asks for the public's help identifying photos of witnesses from Jan. 6 Most of the men who attacked the Speaker’s Lobby doors at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, have not been identified or arrested, and the family of Ashli Babbitt wants to question them about the events that led up to her shooting death. Of the dozens of people who congregated before the double doors leading from the hallway into the Speaker’s Lobby that day, only two have been arrested by the FBI. The Babbitt family has identified at least six others who could have valuable information...

“When the president of the United States says, ‘This is a pandemic of the unvaccinated,’ it’s because him and his constituents, which — I don’t know how there are any if you watch any of his attempts at public speaking — but I guess he got 81 million votes,” the NFL star told ESPN before his season ended in a playoff loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday. “But when you say stuff like that, and then you have the CDC, which — how do you even trust them — but then they come out and talk about 75%...

If you make your own mayo, you know you can go all out by playing around with vinegars and various fats. Duck fat mayo, for instance, will change your sandwich game. Even something as simple as swapping egg yolks for whole eggs can change the flavor and texture of your spread. But while I love tweaking and tinkering with homemade recipes, I always have a jar of store-bought mayo in the fridge. While it doesn’t have quite the same kick out of the jar, mass-produced mayo has a much longer shelf life than the homemade stuff, and it’s just so...

BREAKING: The Supreme Court agrees to hear a pair of cases that challenge the race-based affirmative action policies for admission at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. The cases likely will be argued next term.

I didn't attend this rally because I try to avoid Washington, DC, the same way Native Americans should have avoided contracting smallpox, but there was an anti-vaccine mandate rally that set off one woman. She rolled up in a van with children's handprints all over it. Was this a pre-school vehicle? Was it her own? Who knows? All I know is that the new version of Ms. Frizzle is cracked out—and the school bus has been severely downgraded. Free speech can be a triggering event to liberals—and this woman couldn't stand that there were those opposed to the vaccine mandate....

Prof. Yehuda Adler not encouraged by recent forecasts predicting pandemic will soon begin to ebb as he believes Israel is still not out of the woods with mounting cases stretching the healthcare system's resources thin. Public and media discourse about abolishing the COVID-19 Green Pass gummed up Israel's vaccination campaign, a leading physician said on Monday as the country struggles to contain a mounting coronavirus outbreak stoked by the highly transmissible Omicron variant. "From the moment (abolishing the Green Pass) became the talk of the day, the vaccination drive collapsed. Children are almost not getting vaccinated at all" Prof. Yehuda...

Earlier this week, Tom Brady lamented the lack of roughing the passer calls he gets but admitted he also gets away with plenty of unsportsmanlike conduct penalties. On Sunday, he got a double whammy — and only had a busted lip to show for it. Brady was flagged for an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty midway through the second quarter after barking at referee Shawn Hochuli for not calling a roughing the passer penalty on Von Miller in the Buccaneers-Rams NFC divisional round game.

CHICAGO -- An 8-year-old was among five people killed in Chicago weekend shootings which left another 17 people wounded. And a 17-year-old boy among 13 others wounded by gunfire in Chicago from Friday, 5 p.m. to Monday, 5 a.m.. Melissa Ortega was walking with a guardian about 2:45 p.m. Saturday when someone fired shots at the 26-year-old man in the 3900-block of West 26th Street, striking him in the back, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner's office said. The guardian heard the gunfire and saw the girl was shot in the head, police said. She was taken to...

While talking with someone about a culturally moral issue, I referred to a statement made in Scripture to back up my opinion. At that point, the other person laughed and said, “Yeah, well the Bible also says not to wear clothing made of two different materials.” Ever had that happen to you? If so, how did you respond? Too many believers reply by dismissing the Old Testament and saying we now only follow the New. Saying that won’t get you far for two reasons. First, you won’t really defuse the primary objection of Christians indiscriminately picking and choosing what commands...

In BriefThe Facts:A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request has revealed that 17,371 people in England and Wales died solely from COVID. The data represents numbers recorded from the beginning of 2020 up until the end of September 2021. These people had no other causes listed on their death certificates.Reflect On:Why are journalists not discussing what this could mean? The majority of people who have died with COVID have had multiple other causes listed on their death certificates. Why haven't we taken a more focused protection plan to protect the vulnerable?Pause - set your Pulse...Take a breath. Release the tension...