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Over the weekend Georgia gubernatorial candidate and far left activist Stacey Abrams forced a number of small children to wear masks during a visit to a local elementary school. The photo went viral and Abram's hypocrisy was roundly condemned. In response, Abram's team claimed she wore a mask during the event and only took it off for photos and to speak. They also accused critics of racism during Black History month. But now, additional photos of the event obtained by Outkick show Abrams took more than one photo and did not wear a mask for the event. "OutKick has obtained...

On a sunny Friday morning, Lindsey Baker was waiting at a bus stop across from Carlow University in Oakland. Clad in typical summer clothing — shorts and a T-shirt — Ms. Baker, 23, was biding her time for a bus to take her to Robinson, where she works as an assistant manager at the clothing store Maurices. But one piece of clothing she was wearing is becoming increasingly unnecessary in Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania — a mask. The Pennsylvania Department of Health is lifting its order requiring universal face coverings on Monday, but this doesn't apply everywhere. The Centers for Disease...

The Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed Friday that the universal face coverings mandate will be lifted statewide on Monday at 12:01 a.m. — ending a requirement that lasted 439 days. Gov. Tom Wolf’s goal of having 70% of Pennsylvanians fully vaccinated by the time the mandate ends didn’t go exactly as planned, with the numbers falling just short of the mark. As of Friday morning, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine tracker, 74.9% of Pennsylvanians age 18 and older have received a first dose and 59.4% are fully vaccinated. The dramatic rise and subsequent fall in...

According to witnesses, the deranged nutjob struggled for over 5 minutes to affix the pointless and uncomfortable mask on the face of the innocent little girl as she kicked and struggled. "This isn't just for your protection! This is to protect me!" yelled the dangerous, certifiably unhinged wingnut as he completely ignored the girl's protests. Several sources attempted to step in and help the little girl, but were quickly scared off as the man began recording them on his cell phone and calling them "grandma killers." "We've seen an increased number of instances like this," said Police Chief Buggs Tubberskaw...

Whenever Joe Glickman heads out for groceries, he places an N95 mask over his face and tugs a cloth mask on top of it. He then pulls on a pair of goggles. He has used this safety protocol for the past 14 months. It did not change after he contracted the coronavirus in November. It did not budge when, earlier this month, he became fully vaccinated. And even though President Joe Biden said on Thursday that fully vaccinated people do not have to wear a mask, Glickman said he planned to stay the course. In fact, he said, he plans...

David Hogg said – and revealed, when he tweeted about it on Friday. “I feel the need to continue wearing my mask outside even though I’m fully vaccinated,” he said, “Because the inconvenience of having to wear a mask is more than worth it to have people not think I’m a conservative 😬” The emoji really seals the seriousness of his thoughts don’t y’all think? It may appear to be a simple and obvious thing, but that is exactly what they all believe, and he is simply stating it. But consider what he’s revealing here. The mask is a source...

The COVID-19 pandemic may be nearing an end, but the war of words between Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci doesn’t appear to be stopping anytime soon. “He probably has the highest IQ for someone who actually acts like an ignoramus every day of the week,” Paul said of the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Friday in an appearance on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle.” What set Paul off this time was Fauci’s statement in a recent MSNBC interview that while vaccinated parents and children don’t have to...

President Joe Biden lamented Tuesday that wearing a mask to stop the spread of the coronavirus had become divisive in the United States. “Masks have needlessly divided this country,” Biden said. “Masking, as directed, is a patriotic duty, but so is treating each other with respect and patience.”

In his opening monologue on "Hannity" Friday, Fox News host Sean Hannity blasted the Biden administration for it's apparent mixed messaging on masks, asking why the President and First Lady continue wearing masks outside even though they both have received the COVID-19 vaccine. HANNITY: Why is Mr. "Follow the Science" still wearing a mask? And what kind of message is he sending here? Does he want Americans to think the vaccines maybe have suspicious--they’re not as effective as they’ve been telling us? Does he want mask mandates, social distancing in perpetuity? Forever? How is any of this getting us back...

@RandPaulTo the scolds blaming ⁦@realDonaldTrump infection on not wearing mask: the only published randomized clinical study of cloth masks shows 97% penetration of particles & higher infection rate than control. But never mind, it’s all about submission... Study: