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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California officials are pressing for more vaccine and acting with “utmost urgency” to slow the spread of the monkeypox virus, but they have not decided whether to declare a statewide emergency as the city of San Francisco announced on Thursday, the state’s public health officer said Friday. Members of the LGBTQ community have been furious with slow response from government at all levels, and say the world should have been better prepared in manufacturing and stockpiling vaccine. They’ve expressed frustration over the inability to get the vaccine and fears they’re being abandoned yet again in a...

AP) — A Russian operative under the supervision of one of the Kremlin’s main intelligence services has been charged with recruiting political groups in the United States to advance pro-Russia propaganda, including during the invasion of Ukraine, the Justice Department said Friday. The indictment of Aleksandr Viktorovich Ionov reflects what U.S. officials say are ongoing Russian government efforts to meddle in the American political process, to shape public opinion and to sow discord and dissent on hot-button social issues. In this case, the authorities say, Ionov from 2014 through last March recruited political groups in Florida, Georgia and California and...

The Indiana doctor whose abortion on a 10-year-old girl was used as a talking point by the left and doubted by conservatives has hit back at her detractors - including the state's attorney general, who she is suing for defamation. The account asserts the unnamed girl was forced to seek an abortion in Indiana after her home state of Ohio barred abortions, and became a flashpoint in the debate over abortion rights after it was shared to a local newspaper by an unnamed source last month. The story soon came under scrutiny - with pundits, politicians, news publications and even...

Former President Trump on Friday criticized Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) planned trip to Taiwan, which has been condemned by China but generally praised by congressional Republicans. Beijing has warned Pelosi against visiting the island, saying it would challenge a “red line” and will be met with “resolute countermeasures.” The Chinese government has stepped up military drills near Taiwan, which it claims sovereignty over, in the past few months. Trump said on his social media platform Truth Social that “the China mess is the last thing she should be involved in — She will only make it worse.” “Everything she touches,”...

A Chinese Communist Party propagandist on Friday said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plane may be shot down if she makes a stop in Taiwan. Pelosi on Friday departed for Asia, however a stop in Taiwan is still uncertain due to China’s threats. ... China has been warning the US not to let Pelosi visit Taiwan. Chinse President Xi Jinping warned China puppet Joe Biden over Taiwan during a phone call this week: ‘Those who play with fire will perish by it.’ After humiliating Joe Biden, China is now threatening to shoot down Pelosi’s plane. “If U.S. fighter jets escort Pelosi’s...

Sports broadcaster Bob Costas said Thursday on CNN’s “New Day” that former President Donald Trump does not care about American democracy because he is hosting an event for the Saudi-backed LIV golf tour at his Bedminster Golf Club.Anchor Brianna Keilar said, “Former President Trump is going to tee off with two other former PGA golfers who also joined this LIV league. Trump has been criticized by families and survivors of the 9/11 terrorist attack for hosting the tournament and for working with the man that U.S. intelligence says is responsible for the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. In an interview,...

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A Florida man who was shot by his stepson last month in self-defense was himself arrested this week for battery after leaving the hospital, according to multiple reports. On June 26, William Zimmerman, 53, was blasted by his stepson in the middle of a violent attack on his mother, Local 10 reported. Authorities told the outlet that the unidentified 25-year-old stepson fired the shot while on the phone with a 911 dispatcher. The shooter tended to his stepfather while waiting for medics and told investigators that Zimmerman routinely hit his mother and made threats toward both of them. “He also...

At his recent Save America Rally in Arizona, President Trump reminded the state of the fraudulent 2020 election and when Arizona Congressman Andy Biggs grilled the crooked Maricopa County officials during a hearing on Capitol Hill.“He totally destroyed them,” said President Trump.Thousands of Patriots packed into the Findlay Toyota Center in Prescott Valley, Arizona, last Friday to support President Trump and the Trump-Endorsed slate of Arizona candidates.President Trump gave a special hello to Reps Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar, reminding everyone of the Congressional hearing on October 7th, 2021, where the shady Maricopa County officials admitted to deleting files from...

Humans snapping photos of themselves with melting skin, blood smeared faces and mutated bodies, while standing in front of a world that is burning is what the DALL-E AI believes will be the last selfies taken at the end of times. DALL-E AI, developed by OpenAI, is a new system that can produce full images when fed natural language descriptions and TikToker Robot Overlords simply asked it to 'show the last selfie ever taken.' The nightmarish results each show a human holding a phone and behind them are scenes of bombs dropping, colossal tornados and cities on fire, along with...

Hormone therapy for prostate cancer increases the risk of cardiovascular disease-related death especially in older men, according to a population study involving more than 13,000 patients. The highest risk was for coronary heart disease and stroke. The increased risks were apparent from the second year after cancer diagnosis and were more pronounced in older men. "Hormone therapy is often used for patients with prostate cancer," says lead author Justinas Jonusas. "Our results suggest clinicians should consider risk reduction and mitigation strategies for cardiovascular disease when developing a treatment plan for men diagnosed with prostate cancer, particularly for older patients." The...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators said Friday they are no longer considering authorizing a second COVID-19 booster shot for all adults under 50 this summer, focusing instead on revamped vaccines for the fall that will target the newest viral subvariants. Pfizer and Moderna expect to have updated versions of their shots available as early as September, the Food and Drug Administration said in a statement. That would set the stage for a fall booster campaign to strengthen protection against the latest versions of omicron. The announcement means the U.S. won’t pursue a summer round of boosters using the current vaccines...

A recurrent trope in American politics is that affluent liberals like electric vehicles, vote for politicians who subsidize them, and want the government to order companies to build them. As a result, many conservatives have an almost visceral reaction against E.V.s. We at the Anderson Economic Group argue that conservatives should neither love nor hate E.V.s. Instead, they should insist on a powerful principle: those who purchase and drive E.V.s should do so with their own money. If you really want to form public opinion, one of the most powerful weapons is also one of the simplest: let people see...

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk struck an upbeat note on inflation, saying the electric-vehicle maker was seeing a growing number of key input costs heading lower. "Inflation might be trending down," Mr. Musk tweeted late Thursday. "More Tesla commodity prices are trending down than up fwiw," he added.

Walmart has a new sales pitch for consumers contending with soaring prices: Buy used goods https://t.co/ed9uCwfeqF— Bloomberg Markets (@markets) July 29, 2022

The protest began at about noon, when approximately 25 protesters...gathered at Wilshire Boulevard and Ogden Street, the LAPD said in a news release. "[T]wo female protesters chained themselves to the light pole of an art exhibit, damaging the exhibit itself. One male protester threw an unknown red liquid substance on the art exhibit and surrounding area.” The protesters “refused to leave,” and after two dispersal orders were ignored between 3:25 p.m. and 4 p.m., officers arrested the two women and one man for felony vandalism...

My friends at CHD had Zogby do a poll which found that 10% of Americans regret taking the vaccine.So that’s around very 22M unhappy customer in just America alone.So what do we do about that?Well, we force kids, workers, and the military to take the jab through mandates and coercion, of course!That’s the best way to get higher adoption of a very defective product.The CDC lied to us. They said that severe adverse events were rare.More troubling of course is that we’ve clearly been lied to. We were told serious adverse events were “rare.”10% buyer’s remorse isn’t rare at all.And...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — America's GDP has fallen over the last two quarters, stoking fears of a possible recession due to the fact that America is now in a recession. When asked whether the U.S. is now in a recession, Biden answered that he wasn't qualified to answer, as he doesn't have a biology degree. "I don't know if we're in a recession, I'm not a biologist," said Biden to the bronze bust of Hugo Chávez in his office. "Leave that stuff to the experts, Jack! If you ask me, the economy should lose some weight, anyway. Too fat. We deserve...

A comprehensive new Oxford study has added to the growing body of research highlighting the health effects of alcohol. The large-scale genetic analysis suggests that alcohol consumption directly accelerates aging, by shortening telomeres. Alcohol is among the most widely used recreational drugs, so it’s extremely important to examine its health impacts. Unfortunately, various studies have revealed that alcohol permanently damages DNA, directly causes cancer, contributes to cognitive decline and early-onset dementia, and can shrink the brain to the equivalent of 10 years of aging. And now a new study has found more evidence that alcohol consumption can accelerate biological aging....