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As winter inches closer, Dr. Fauci is sounding the alarm about a pair of “pretty troublesome” Covid variants. The two descendants of omicron’s BA.5 subvariant, called BQ.1 and BQ.1.1, both have dangerous “qualities or characteristics that could evade some of the interventions we have,” Fauci told CBS News on Friday. The two sublineages are responsible for more than 10% of all current U.S. cases, according to the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data — just one week after they weren’t even significant enough to list. There’s no guarantee that the two strains will eventually overtake BA.5 as the...

Two all-important demographics, independents and women voters, are heavily breaking towards the Republican Party with just 21 days until the midterm elections. According to a Monday New York Times/Siena College poll, independents, women, and independent women have massively shifted behind Republicans on the generic ballot since September. The poll sampled 792 registered voters from October 9-12 with a 4 point margin of error.

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Utah Democrat Senate candidate Evan McMullin drew boos from a live audience at Utah Valley University on Monday night when he claimed GOP incumbent Sen. Mike Lee sought “fake electors” to thwart President Joe Biden’s election certification. McMullin’s claims, however, come straight from the playbook of the House Select Committee on Jan. 6, which has a failing track record when it comes to disinformation. (snip) McMullin continued: “Sen. Lee, that was the most egregious betrayal of our nation’s Constitution in its history by a U.S. senator, I believe, and it will be your legacy.”

Since announcing in August he would be departing his post at the White House, Dr. Anthony Fauci said he had “nothing to do” with COVID-related school lockdowns and the reported accompanied loss in learning among public school students. Speaking to ABC News on Sunday, Fauci denied that he was responsible for pushing the public consensus that schools should be shut down due to the spread of the virus. Across the United States, numerous public and private schools were forced to shut down and use virtual learning—which many experts and studies say led to a dramatic drop in basic skills. ABC...

The committee is charged with advising the Director, CDC, on the use of immunizing agents. In addition, under 42 U.S.C. 1396s, the committee is mandated to establish and periodically review and, as appropriate, revise the list of vaccines for administration to vaccine-eligible children through the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program, along with schedules regarding dosing interval, dosage, and contraindications to administration of vaccines. Recommendation votes on pneumococcal, adult immunization schedule, child/adolescent immunization schedule and COVID-19 vaccines are scheduled. A Vaccines for Children (VFC) vote on COVID-19 vaccine is scheduled.

A Williamson County municipal election on October 26, 2021, “produced end-of-day tape reconciliation reports that seriously undercounted the number of ballots actually cast.” If not for an astute poll worker and a small group of concerned citizens who formed a group called the Tennessee Voters for Election Integrity (TVEI), the anomalies and QR code failure errors would not have been investigated. The undercount and other issues were found in six Dominion scanners in three distinct voting centers in Franklin, Tennessee. While these were not the only issues found in Williamson, the undercounted ballots were of interest to two men investigating...

Veteran journalist Bob Woodward is releasing a new audiobook which contains eight hours of audio recordings from his conversations with former President Trump over a four year period. The audiobook, portions of which were shared with CNN, is titled “The Trump Tapes” and will be released Oct. 25. The book will contain recordings of interviews Woodward conducted with Trump during his presidency from 2016 to 2020.

Musk understands what many commentators don’t: The war will end in a negotiated settlement or it will escalate, possibly into nuclear war.As if to burnish his reputation as a super-villain in the eyes of the corporate press, Elon Musk this week floated an idea on Twitter for a possible resolution of the Russo-Ukrainian war. For his trouble, he was swiftly accused of being a pro-Putin stooge by guardians of the Official Narrative. His suggested peace plan was dismissed out of hand as “Russia-friendly” and, as The Washington Post’s Olivier Knox put it, “designed to lock in Russian territorial gains.”But Musk’s...

For the sake of America’s peace, prosperity, and security, we must refocus and revive our domestic manufacturing industry.A new report confirms former President Bill Clinton was delusional about the long-term effects of trade with China on American workers and the U.S. economy. In 2000, then-President Clinton deployed much of his political capital to help China become a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Clinton promised the American public that economic engagement would be a “win-win” for both the U.S. and China because free trade would “move China faster and further in the right direction.” Later that year, Clinton signed...

Trump-Endorsed Arizona Gubernatorial Nominee Kari Lake took questions from the media after her ninth “Ask Me Anything Tour” stop with Black Voices for Kari and Black Voices for Trump’s Jack Brewer in Phoenix, Arizona, last night. Watch last night’s full event here. https://rumble.com/v1ohczd-kari-lakes-ninth-stop-on-her-ask-me-anything-tour-ft.-black-voices-for-kari.html During her press conference, Kari took legitimate questions from The Gateway Pundit correspondent Jordan Conradson and MAAP Real Talk Show’s George Nemeh. In response to the questions, Kari Lake called out the Fake News media hacks for their bogus coverage of the stolen 2020 election and smearing her as an “election denier.” Joe Biden’s own press secretary...

Drivers are rejoicing as a cherry picker has arrived to pluck down two Just Stop Oil protesters suspended from the Dartford Bridge - as the crossing is set to finally reopen after 36 hours. Essex Police has confirmed a 'specialised raised platform' has arrived on the bridge to allow experts to begin working at height to persuade the two eco-zealots to come down. The two protesters, one of whom filmed himself singing a redemption song today`, will be arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit public nuisance when they are eventually pulled down from the lofty height. Police have said...

Several people have been arrested after a foiled attack on the TurkStream gas pipeline on Russian territory, the Kremlin said on Thursday."The saboteurs were caught and several people were arrested. They wanted to blow up the facility on our territory," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in Kazakhstan's capital Astana....Russia has enhanced surveillance measures following recent leaks at the Nord Stream gas pipelines and oil leak from the Druzhba pipeline in Poland.

“Our economy is strong as hell,” President Joe Biden declared in an impromptu remark on Saturday – but, a new national survey shows that nearly nine of ten U.S. voters say they think the country is currently in a recession. “Our economy is strong as hell -- the internals of it," Biden said, while eating ice cream and speaking with reporters. "Inflation is worldwide. It’s worse off everywhere else than it is in the United States. So the problem is the lack of economic growth and sound policy in other countries, not so much ours.” However, 89% of voters say...

WASHINGTON — Biden administration officials are considering trying to discourage American companies from expanding business ties with Saudi Arabia as part of a U.S. response to a recent Saudi-led push by oil-producing countries to cut global production, said three current and former U.S. officials familiar with the discussions. The administration also will not send any U.S. official to Saudi Arabia’s annual Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh next week, officials said. The thinking behind a move to pull back American business investment in Saudi Arabia is that it could influence the kingdom without directly affecting U.S. security in the region,...

Babylon Bee logo Top 10 Achievements Democrats Can Tout Going Into the Midterms SPONSORED · Oct 17, 2022 · BabylonBee.com Article Image Brought to you by PublicSq: Polling data shows that Democrats have a chance of losing both chambers of Congress. But it's not all doom and gloom! Democrats have some noteworthy achievements under their belt that they can cite to remind Americans why they should stay in power. Here are ten fantastic things the Democrats have accomplished this year: The standard of living is up 500% among Ukrainian politicians: Wow! Good for them! Hilarious memes of Biden eating ice...

ATLANTA, Oct. 18, 2022/PRNewswire/ -- While changes in the earth's climate and actions to reduce carbon emissions receive significant attention in the news cycle, people are less familiar with how the earth's changing climate is impacting health. Today, the CDC Foundation announced a new focus to bring together young people to raise awareness about the linkage between climate and health and to engage them in their communities to better prepare for the growing health impacts from climate change. "The health and mental health impacts of our changing climate are daunting, but we must not lose sight of opportunities to come...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will publish an anthology book featuring his wartime speeches from the past year, to be released in early December, the Penguin Random House subsidiary Crown announced on Monday. The book, titled A Message from Ukraine, will contain 16 speeches delivered since Zelensky became president in 2019, most of them likely to be from the past year. Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, half a decade before Zelensky took over the nation’s top office, but the West reacted tepidly to Moscow’s colonization of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula at the time, leading to Russian leader Vladimir Putin announcing a full-scale...

A set of missing persons reports has turned into a murder investigation after dismembered bodies found in an Oklahoma river were identified as four men who vanished last week...The men appear to have been planning to commit a crime when they set out...