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As the latest deadline for Chicago police officers to get the COVID-19 vaccine came and went Wednesday, the remaining holdouts in the department found themselves once again facing off with the city over who would blink first. Under a court-ordered arbitrator’s ruling in February, the approximately 12,000 employees of the Chicago Police Department had until Wednesday to get the second shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, or the first shot of the Johnson & Johnson version. That decision came after months of contention between Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara over her vaccination...

In the latest stunner from the transgender agenda sweeping across large parts of the free world, a ruling has been issued in the United Kingdom that male police officers now are being allowed to strip-search female suspects.If the officer "identifies" as female. The Daily Mail revealed the change came in new guidelines that have been issued to police forces across the nation, which also explain that a woman being stripped and searched could be accused of a hate crime if they object.

Former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that former President Donald Trump’s former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows should be prosecuted for voter fraud. Nicolle Wallace said, “NBC News reports that Mark Meadows was registered to vote at an address that he never lived at. Documentation indicated he lived in Virginia and last voted in the 2021 election there, which would make his legislation in North Carolina against state law.”

A Mexican governor promised Wednesday to deploy his own police to secure the U.S.-Mexico border and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he’ll cancel some of the enhanced commercial traffic inspections that had clogged the ports of entry into the state. Nuevo Leon Gov. Samuel Alejandro Garcia Sepulveda said that means checkpoints on his side of the border, and his police patrolling the Rio Grande, to turn back illegal activity. “Our 14-kilometer border with Texas be continuously patrolled by our police,” he said in a meeting with Mr. Abbott. Mr. Abbott said Texas officials have verified that the new checks are...

President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has welcomed nearly 10,000 Ukrainians at the United States-Mexico border since the beginning of February with plans to lure even more to the U.S. From February 1 to April 6, internal DHS data published by CBS News reveals that the Biden administration is increasing its so-called “processing” of Ukrainians at the border.

Dr. Bryan Ardis did a couple interviews this week that seem to be stirring the pot. I decided to post his interview with Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, as it's pretty in-depth. I will also post a link to Dr. Ardis' own show this week, where he does a bit of a post-mortem on the whole thing. Interview in 3 parts: 1. https://www.brighteon.com/2b090826-787f-4d03-9f78-a1a80d3fe767 2. https://www.brighteon.com/60556b94-86af-4eae-aa59-441b02b71c33 3. https://www.brighteon.com/0d74ac38-dcf9-44e6-99f6-96c6a59abcf9 The Dr. Ardis Show (4/13/22): https://www.brighteon.com/ca9ab3b9-f770-4169-a96b-0148b1344037

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy said Wednesday it will begin a new task force with allied countries to patrol the Red Sea after a series of attacks attributed to Yemen's Houthi rebels in a waterway that's essential to global trade. Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, who oversees the Navy's Mideast-based 5th Fleet, declined four times to directly name the Iran-backed Houthis in his remarks to journalists announcing the task force. However, the Houthis have launched explosive-laden drone boats and mines into the waters of the Red Sea, which runs from Egypt's Suez Canal in the north, down...

The World Health Organization on Wednesday said Covid-19 remains a global public health emergency despite the fact that deaths from the virus have fallen to their lowest level since the early days of the pandemic. The world recorded more than 22,000 deaths from Covid during the week ended April 10, the lowest level since March 30, 2020, according to WHO data. The organization first declared Covid a global health emergency on Jan. 30, 2020, just over a month after the virus emerged in Wuhan, China. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said declining Covid deaths is good news, but some countries...

Alana Thompson aka “Honey Boo Boo” and her boyfriend Dralin Carswell are still going strong despite being criticized over their 4-year age gap.

It's official: Iowa and New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation status as the caucus and primary openers of the presidential campaign season is no longer guaranteed after the Democratic National Committee approved a resolution that significantly changes the way the party picks its presidential candidates. "I personally believe, and I think I'm not speaking just for myself, that this is a powerful resolution of a thoughtful process that is going to be inclusive of all Democrats," said Jim Roosevelt Jr., who co-chairs the Rules and Bylaws Committee, after the measure passed Wednesday night. "That's our goal." The resolution upends the traditional presidential nominating...

In his first season with the Los Angeles Lakers, Frank Vogel coached the team to their 17th championship in 2020, but was fired on Monday after missing the playoffs following a regular-season record of 33–49.“Today is not going to be a day of finger-pointing and unwinding all the specific reasons,” said General Manager Rob Pelinka. “That’s not to say anything against the incredible accomplishments that Frank Vogel has had. He was a great coach here, and he’s going to go on to be a great coach somewhere else.”The Lakers’ total record in the past three seasons is 127–98, under the...

Maksym Marchenko, the head of the Odesa regional military administration, announced this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports."It has been confirmed that the missile cruiser Moskva went today exactly where it was sent by our border guards on Snake Island. The Neptune missiles guarding the Black Sea caused very serious damage to the Russian ship," Marchenko said.The cruiser Moskva is part of the 30th Surface Ship Division of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

Anywhere from 10 percent to 80 percent of people experience prolonged illness and symptoms after COVID-19 infection that may last for months. This means that anywhere from 5 to 40 million people around the world may be suffering from post-COVID syndrome or long-haul COVID.Persistent symptoms have appeared in patients of all ages, even children who only had minor of COVID-19 infections, regardless of whether or not hospitalization was required. Additionally, there is no firm consensus regarding which risk factors make patients more likely to acquire long-haul COVID, although a Mayo Clinic study found three quarters of those with long-haul COVID...

The President was riding high. The American public had rallied behind him to support direct military intervention for a country invaded by its neighbor, to back the still-nascent democracy in Eastern Europe, and to cool tensions with a Cold War rival. These days, President Joe Biden must be mighty jealous of President George H.W. Bush.

The deficiencies of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have, unfortunately, become public knowledge for all the world to see, not just Americans. It’s a bad thing for America and the world when foreign countries are mocking the competence of the alleged leader of the free world.A comedy program on Saudi TV even made fun of them in a skit that went viral. It focused on Biden’s incoherence and sleepiness, with Kamala Harris having to save him and demanding people clap for him. The program was on the mark in a lot of ways from the suit they had Kamala wearing...

RUSSIAN flagship missile cruiser ‘Moskva’ has been destroyed in Ukraine, with mixed reports circulating online as to how it happened. Multiple Ukrainian government officials have claimed that the 612-foot ‘Moskva’ naval vessel was destroyed by its country’s forces off the coast of the Ukrainian strategic port city of Odessa, located on the Black Sea in southwest Ukraine. They claimed that a Neptune anti-ship battery caused very serious damage to the Russian ship on Wednesday, April 13. Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kyiv, said: “The flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, the missile cruiser...

Archuleta County businesswoman Marina Zimmerman has dropped out of the Republican primary for the U.S. House of Representatives seat held by Lauren Boebert, making the vote in June a two-horse race between longtime state Sen. Don Coram and Boebert, who is seeking a second two-year term. “We need every chance we can get to get her and her extremism out,” Zimmerman told The Chieftain Wednesday, hours after announcing on Twitter that she was pulling out of the primary. “I don't want to take any votes away from Coram,” whose petition to be included on the primary ballot was approved Tuesday...

But as the crowd pushes inside, a wiry man with elfin features is sprinting out of the venue, past astonished selfie takers and venture capitalists. Some call out, imploring him to stay; others even chase him down the street, on foot and on scooters. Yet the man outruns them all, disappearing into the privacy of his hotel lobby, alone. Vitalik Buterin, the most influential person in crypto, didn’t come to Denver to party. He doesn’t drink or particularly enjoy crowds. Not that there isn’t plenty for the 28-year-old creator of Ethereum to celebrate. Nine years ago, Buterin dreamed up Ethereum...

During an interview with CBS’ “Red and Blue” on Wednesday, Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy defended the transit mask mandate even as masks are not required in other indoor settings by arguing that travel is different because “you bring a lot of people together in a closed environment for a prolonged period of time,” and “many people don’t have the option not to travel.” Murthy said, “So, the CDC’s decision is based in part on the fact that, look, we have cases going up right now and what the CDC wants to be able to understand is the trajectory of...

WASHINGTON, April 13 (Reuters) - China should help end Russia's "heinous war" in Ukraine or face a loss of its standing in the world, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday, warning that those who seek to undermine Western sanctions face economic consequences. Reporting by Andrea Shalal and David Lawder; Editing by Andrea Ricci and Alistair Bell Video at link