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A white woman who painted her face black terrorized staff in Target and demanded to know where the Pride section was. Ersilia Campbell stormed into a store in Aurora, Colorado and made her way to an employee who explained to her that Pride month was over. She then claimed the LGBT community had taken over the American flag forever before walking out. Campbell later went to a nearby Starbucks where she complained about being fired from her post office job. A trespassing warning was recently issued about her which told her former colleagues to call the police and the US...

Anheuser-Busch has lost a whopping $390 million in US sales in the wake of its partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. The parent company blamed the 'volume decline' of Bud Light for the drop in revenue in its second quarter - with figures showing that total US revenue dropped by 10.5 percent in the April-to-June period compared to a year earlier. The world's largest brewer said Thursday that sales to US retailers had plunged 14 percent, adding that it had been 'underperforming the industry.' This was a direct result of the tie-in with Mulvaney. For the second quarter of 2022,...

A Ron DeSantis administration would begin with a bureaucratic bloodbath, the Florida governor vowed – using language that had some potential supporters feeling queasy. We’re going to have all these deep state people. You know, we’re going to start slitting throats on Day One,' he said. That came after a pledge about cracking down on Mexican drug cartels. 'At the border, they’re going to be shot stone, cold dead,' he said, according to New Hampshire's NPR affiliate .

Another Covid variant is taking off in Britain — but experts have today insisted there is nothing to panic about. UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) bosses have raised the alarm about Eris, saying it already makes up one in seven new cases after reaching the UK towards the end of May. Hospitalisation rates are also starting to shoot up, sparking concern that the nation may be on the brink of being hit by a fresh wave. However, experts today claimed it shows no sign of being more dangerous than the other strains circulating, including its ancestor Omicron. Officials also say...

An Oregon woman suffering from advanced breast cancer claims she has been cut off from treatment at all Oregon Health & Science University facilities after she criticized transgender ideology to her doctor and other staff members. Until recently, Marlene Barbera had strong ties to the Richmond Family Medicine Clinic in Portland. For 12 years, she had been seeing the same primary care physician who is affiliated with the clinic, and that same doctor also has some of Barbera's family members as patients, she told Reduxx. Barbera regularly had appointments at the clinic because she has been ill for some time....

The six biggest U.S. pharmaceutical companies reported $215 billion in domestic sales in 2022, but paid only about 3% of their global profit in taxes, far below the average corporate tax of 21%,

-Tafari Campbell's July 23 drowning death near the Obamas' Martha's Vineyard estate was ruled an accident but police continue to withhold information. -Authorities are rejecting requests for the identity of the sole witness and the 911 caller, citing an exemption that allows police to withhold information -The head of the region's First Amendment coalition told DailyMail.com that police are abusing the Public Records LawMassachusetts state police are covering up information about the drowning of Barack Obama's personal chef, labeling the incident an accident but continuing to withhold information under the guise of an 'ongoing investigation', DailyMail.com can reveal. It's been...

Cook County LGBTQ Caucus… We write today as LGBTQ+ electeds to urge you to support MWRD Commissioner Precious Brady-Davis for slating by the Cook County Democratic Party when you convene in August. Not only is Commissioner Brady-Davis a history making candidate as the first Black trans woman appointed by the Governor to countywide office, she is prepared to hit the ground running in support of our diverse slate of candidates. She’s also uniquely qualified for the role of Commissioner at an unprecedented time of challenge for our wastewater system and by extension, our homes. Commissioner Brady-Davis has genuine environmental justice...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis used a surprising choice of words over the weekend when describing his plans to tackle the Deep State, promising to “start slitting throats” on day one.DeSantis campaigned in New Hampshire over the weekend, attending campaign events hosted by former Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA).“We’re going to have all of these Deep State people, you know. We are going to start slitting throats on day one,” DeSantis said during the barbecue event. DeSantis also promised that his administration will ensure the woke agenda “ends up in the dustbin of history.”New Hampshire Public Radio quoted one New Hampshire Republican...

Congressional candidate and former Republican candidate for Governor Darren Bailey visited with those at the Marion County Fairgrounds Wednesday night. Conversations included the new indictments against former President Donald Trump in connection with the January 6th attack on the Capitol. He called the indictments a shell game and part of a witch hunt that will fail miserably. “People here in southern Illinois are standing up and supporting President Trump. They are educated and understand all of this nonsense that has been coming down. They understand the political game that’s involved with these trumped-up charges. This is absolutely nonsense and I...

About half of Republicans would not vote for Donald Trump if he were convicted of a felony, a sign of the severe risks his legal problems pose for his 2024 U.S. presidential bid, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Thursday. *** The two-day Reuters/Ipsos poll asked respondents if they would vote for Trump for president next year if he were "convicted of a felony crime by a jury." Among Republicans, 45% said they would not vote for him, more than the 35% who said they would. The rest said they didn't know. Asked if they would vote for...

It’s not just Hunter. Most Americans believe the Biden administration’s ethical standards are “not good” or “poor,” according to a new national poll released Thursday. A majority of US adults (55%) surveyed by Gallup throughout July gave top White House officials a negative ethics rating — the lowest of any administration in recent history with the exception of former President Donald Trump. The poll showed 42% of respondents gave the Biden administration a positive ethics rating, with 34% calling the current standards “good” and 8% calling them “excellent.” Trump officials had the lowest ethics ratings of any presidential administration on...

Sometimes the IRS needs to send taxpayers’ documents from one location to another. The documents don’t always get there. An inspector general, in a new report Thursday, found hundreds of examples of the IRS losing taxpayers’ documents in shipments over nearly three years beginning in 2019. Worse, the agency didn’t always notify the taxpayers that it lost their data, nor did it offer monitoring services to help the taxpayers recover from the breach, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said. Sometimes the agency couldn’t even figure out whose information was lost, because the IRS’s record-keeping was so bad. Other...

Former President Donald Trump struck a lighthearted tone hours ahead of his arraignment in Washington, DC, asserting that he needs “one more indictment” to ensure his election victory.Special counsel Jack Smith announced Tuesday that a grand jury in D.C. had indicted former President Donald Trump on charges relating to the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot. He faces four charges, which include conspiracy to defraud the U.S., conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights. His last arraignment took place well over a month ago in Miami.RELATED — “JESUS LOVES...

Most Americans believe the Biden administration’s ethical standards are “not good” or “poor,” according to a new national poll released Thursday. A majority of US adults (55%) surveyed by Gallup throughout July gave top White House officials a negative ethics rating — the lowest of any administration in recent history with the exception of former President Donald Trump.The poll showed 42% of respondents gave the Biden administration a positive ethics rating, with 34% calling the current standards “good” and 8% calling them “excellent.” Trump officials had the lowest ethics ratings of any presidential administration on record, with only 38% giving...

BALTIMORE (AP) — More than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta Lacks’ cervical cells without her knowledge, a lawyer for her descendants said they have reached a settlement with a biotechnology company that they accused of reaping billions of dollars from a racist medical system. Tissue taken from the Black woman’s tumor before she died of cervical cancer became the first human cells to continuously grow and reproduce in lab dishes. HeLa cells went on to become a cornerstone of modern medicine, enabling countless scientific and medical innovations, including the development of the polio vaccine, genetic...

Douglas J. Moo is a prominent biblical scholar and theologian. The author of Creation Care: A Biblical Theology of the Natural World, he recently retired as the ‘Kenneth T. Wessner Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College. Before this, he spent decades at the Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where he also served as chair of the New Testament Department, editor of Trinity Journal, and director of the Ph.D. program in Biblical and Theological Studies. He’s written extensive commentaries on the New Testament and was the chair of the Committee on Bible Translation, which produces the NIV and its variants. During...

A smattering of demonstrators gathered outside the D.C. federal courthouse Thursday to show support for former President Trump ahead of his arraignment on charges linked to his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. Dion Cini, 54, who traveled from Brooklyn, N.Y., with other protesters, said he was “really surprised” more people didn’t show up to support the former president, claiming that the Justice Department is trying to stop Trump from becoming president again. “I want to witness the greatest travesty in American history firsthand,” Cini told The Hill. “I want to see it live with my own eyes,...

Joe Rogan cracked open a can of Bud Light and took a sip — defying calls to boycott the beer over its tie-up with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Rogan began his wildly popular Spotify podcast “The Joe Rogan Experience” on Tuesday by welcoming his guest, country music star Zach Bryan, with a toast in which they both raised cans of Bud Light. “We’re drinking Bud Light, ladies and gentlemen,” Rogan declared at the start of the three-hour broadcast. Rogan, anticipating fury from his many conservative-leaning listeners, offered a sarcastic apology. “Sooooorry,” he exhaled. “People are silly,” Rogan added. Bryan, who...

An arrowhead likely comprised of material from a meteorite was discovered in Switzerland by a team of archaeologists and geologists, according to a study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science. The team determined that the arrowhead was made of an iron-nickel-aluminium alloy using electron-microscope images, X-rays, and high-energy radiation analysis. The results were then compared with other known meteorite samples. A bracelet and an ax head from Poland are the only two known archaeological artifacts in central and western Europe made from meteorite material. Related Articles A sculpture of a woman's head sticking out of mud. Statuary Heads of...