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The New York Times said vaccinations, booster shots and masks have not caused a major difference in case rates between parts of the country with different levels of COVID-19 precautions in a Wednesday morning newsletter. The article compared COVID-19 case rates for Democratic and Republican areas, noting that Democrats were more likely to wear masks, get vaccinated and boosted, avoid public spaces and shut down in-person schools over virus fears. “These factors seem as if they should have caused large differences in case rates. They have not. And that they haven’t offers some clarity about the relative effectiveness of different...

Last week's failed cloture vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act (or, more fittingly, the “Abortion on Demand Until Birth Act”) provided an important glimpse into the worldviews of America’s two major political parties. It also elicited some revealing comments from Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), an original co-sponsor of the bill. Although his staff told me they did not have an official reason for why Warnock missed the vote, the senator himself wanted to ensure everyone knew where he stood. Hours before the vote, Warnock tweeted, “I’ve always been a pro-choice pastor, and I believe a doctor’s office is too...

Minnesotans consistently rank fear of crime as their #1 concern for state and local leaders. Studies consistently show a small number of violent criminals are responsible for most crimes committed. American Experiment’s Criminal Injustice Tracker below highlights the public instances where a suspected violent criminal has been inexplicably released from jail potentially putting the entire community at risk.

Former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said that after working under former president Trump, it was clear to her he "admired" Russian President Vladimir Putin and his willingness to stifle dissent.. I think he wanted to be able to kill whoever spoke out against him."

The Latin School of Chicago appears to have been a breeding ground for critical race curricula that later gave excuses for political violence. lthough critical race theory has only come to the forefront of American politics in the last year, an email obtained by The Federalist dating back to 2016 proves the divisive ideology has been entrenched in American K-12 schools for much longer, sometimes where some least expect it. An email from Elizabeth Denevi, who at the time was the director of studies and professional development at the Latin School of Chicago, shows the private school injected CRT into...

Yum Brands Inc, the parent company of the KFC and Pizza Hut, said on Tuesday it was suspending investment in Russia and operations at its restaurants, redirecting all profits from operations in the country to humanitarian efforts. A growing number of Western firms have pulled out of Russia amid concerns over its war with Ukraine which has forced 2 million people to flee the country, according to UN figures. The Kentucky-based Yum! Brands joined western brands, including McDonald’s, Starbucks, Coca-Cola, and PepsiCo that are halting operations in Russia over its war on Ukraine. Yum has at least 1,000 KFC and...

Every major problem we are facing today is not because of war, but because of the arrogance, ignorance, and incompetence of government central planners and their cronies. The elites pushing their agendas and their cronies’ pet projects, whether through short-sightedness or nefarious intentions, have delivered an obvious negative outcome for America. Our economic woes started long before Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. And while Putin deserves the blame for war, our government central planners get the full credit for our economic and national security vulnerabilities. The highest inflation in the last 40 years was recorded before eastern Europe even entered the...

Steve Bannon has put Bill Barr on notice, warning that the former attorney general “better lawyer up” as “it’s all going to come out.” Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former White House chief strategist, said: “Well, he’s Walter Mitty. “He’s a nerd and been a nerd all of his life. “He not only stabbed Trump in the back, he stabbed the nation in the back. “On this hard drive from hell, what he did, he suppressed this information so that what the elites in our country were doing, compromised by the Chinese Communist Party and all of the situation in Ukraine,...

It's time for your red pill. Something smells rotten in Ukraine. The story is rotten, rancid, hinky; the story just doesn't add up. President Joe Biden and the media desperately want you to believe Russia is the bad guy and Ukraine is a little angel. They want you to fall in love with underdog Ukraine. They want you to support America getting involved on behalf of Ukraine. To get your support, they need the media to sell you a bill of goods. But it just doesn't add up. First, Biden is the one who funded Russia's invasion. Biden killed our...

The US was rocked by a military and diplomatic earthquake on Monday after Chinese leaders revealed that the Middle Kingdom has constructed an N-bomb capable of reaching the mainland United States, and is prepared to use it. “If America persists in imposing its imperialist designs on China and the Chinese people, then China will not hesitate to respond with immediate deployment of the N-bomb,” Xi Jinping said in a speech to the Communist Party Congress. Foreign policy experts quickly labeled China’s announcement as the worst blow to American strategic freedom in the nation’s history. “America has built its entire foreign...

Some agencies, like in New York City, have staff, or even hire private companies, to figure out which kids to sign up for that revenue, then cash the checks, often without telling the child in foster care or their family. Child welfare agencies justify the practice as a way to reimburse themselves for the food, shelter and other things that foster care provides. But other children in foster care are not expected to pay for this service–which is required by state and federal laws–with their own resources. Children get Social Security checks because they are entitled to them, by law,...

When I lived in Russia in 1994, the only two places that sold affordable food to go in the entire metropolis were McDonalds and a sandwich chain called ‘Combis’. I learned to say “a BigMac and fries, please” in Russian just as fast as I learned to understand “Attention, the doors are closing” on the long metro journey from the burbs where I lived so get some hot food. McDonalds had opened in Moscow on 31 January 1990, before the USSR was dissolved, and the enormous crowds it drew were taken as emblematic of the power of Western capitalism and...

Stacey Abrams is officially running for Governor… VIDEO AT LINK....................... Stacey Abrams makes gubernatorial run official ABC News has this biased piece https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/stacey-abrams-qualifies-2022-run-governor-georgia-83325512

Nw research has found that those who have received a third dose of their covid-19 vaccine regimen of either Pfizer or Moderna are experiencing milder symptoms than after the original two-dose schedule. This could be down to the body either becoming accustomed to the virus through an infection or the protein that triggers the immune response in the vaccine previously received.... Nearly three quarters of the side effects, that were reported by a patient’s health professional or individually, were experienced by women, with 87 percent of all instances occurring in people between the ages of 18 and 65..... According to...

A McDonald's in Moscow was swamped last night with customers desperate to get one last Big Mac before the American giant shutters its restaurants across Russia. Hundreds of cars were seen queuing in the snow outside the fast food joint, with one witness saying the line stretched for almost 'half a mile'. The scenes came after McDonald's said it will close its 850 locations in Russia as western companies continue to pull out of the country following Vladimir Putin's devastating invasion in Ukraine that has sparked global outrage. Russians have been finding it increasingly difficult to get their hands on...

Russia will soon be unable to pay its debts, according to a leading credit ratings agency. Fitch Ratings downgraded its view of the country's government debt, warning a default is "imminent". The move comes amid increasing international sanctions against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. A credit rating is intended to help investors understand the level of risk they face in buying a country's debt - or bonds. A low rating means the chances of not getting repaid is considered to be high - and so an investor will charge more to lend to that country. This week, Moscow itself...

During the 1960s, the University of California, Berkeley was ground zero in the battle for free speech. Long-haired freaky people marched and fought for their Bill of Rights. The mantra was, “I may not agree with what you say but I will fight to the death for your right to say it.”Fifty-seven years and two generations later, the grandchildren of those freedom-loving hippies are now fighting against free speech, because words hurt and their parents never said “no” to them. Today, Berkeley’s participation-trophy-winning, pink-haired, spoon-fed hipster girls/boys/she-dudes get their panty liners in a bundle every time Ann Coulter drops in...

Washington — The House is moving closer to a vote Wednesday on a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill to keep the federal government open and provide $13.6 billion in aid for Ukraine and Eastern European countries, as well as $15.6 billion to assist with the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The legislation, which is 2,741 pages, is the culmination of months of bicameral and bipartisan negotiations between top Democratic and Republican appropriators. The details of the package, which funds federal agencies for the remainder of the fiscal year, were released early Wednesday, ahead of the Friday deadline for Congress to...

The updated group order works by having one person choose a restaurant and send out a link to the people they want in their order. Everyone just picks and pays for what they want and then it's delivered as a single order...Uber Eats will also set deadlines for group orders and auto-reminders for people to place their orders...the feature is meant to end the annoying challenge of splitting the bill.

Because nothing else of importance needed their attention, Congress was finally able to pass the anti-lynching act we have all been clamoring for and desperately in need of. At long last, the act has finally been sent to President Biden’s desk, and once he signs it, everything will finally be fixed! I bet you thought the biggest issue right now was the sky-high inflation that’s been impoverishing you, or maybe the stratospheric cost of filling your tank or heating your home. Maybe you were concerned about the millions of illegal aliens who are walking across our border and being given...