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A self-proclaimed “vaping addict” is calling for the devices to be banned after her right lung collapsed twice and she suffered permanent scars. “You never think this type of thing will happen to you — but it happened to me. It felt like my lung was on fire,” Wisconsinite Karlee Ozkurt, 20, told SWNS. “I fell into the trap of thinking vaping was cool,” Ozkurt confessed. “But it’s stupid. I didn’t realize until it was too late.” Ozkurt’s plea follows a recent study that found that 11.3% of American high school students reported using e-cigarettes in the past 30 days...

The day after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) won reelection by a shocking 19-point margin, the Rupert Murdoch-owned New York Post screamed a one-word front page headline: “DeFuture.”The celebratory photo showed a Kennedy-esque, central-casting-worthy family. Casey DeSantis, holding hands with her two small children, looked like a future first lady in her stunning gold designer gown on her way to the inaugural ball. The victorious governor held their third child with one arm, waving to the crowd with the other.Looking back at that eight-month-old New York Post front page, not only have the powerful Murdochs reportedly soured on DeSantis, but...

Attorney Trusty, appearing on NBC on Friday morning, said Trump is ready for a battle. “He’s a fighter, and he’s going to come out swinging, and he’ll be fine,” Trusty said. “He’s not afraid of this thing.” Hours later, in a shocking turn of events, Trusty and another attorney on the team, John Rowley, resigned from the case.

Jack Poso 🇺🇸 @JackPosobiec Biden doesn’t need to campaign when he has a ballot harvesting apparatus in every key state Lesson in that 9:41 AM · Apr 25, 2023

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced the resignations of two "valued members" of the communications office on Wednesday. After discussing the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio and Biden's trip to Ukraine, the Press Secretary shifted gears to announce the "bittersweet" news that Jean-Pierre's Press Assistant Megha Bhattacharya and her Chief of Staff Robbie Dornbush were leaving the White House's press team. "We have another bittersweet day for us, for the White House press team, as this is the last press briefing for Megha and Robbie - to my right here - who are valued members of our team,"...

Yesterday, James O’Keefe was fired by the board of the media organization he founded 13 years ago. He gave a 45 minute going away speech yesterday to staff.Today, the reporters who are loyal to O’Keefe have told the board that unless they resign today, they are all quitting as a bloc.This matches the loss of nearly 100,000 followers of PV on Twitter in one day. According to one PV insider about the current Project Veritas board member Matt Tyrmand: “Tyrmand is in full panic mode. We’re all about to walk out after an emergency board meeting tomorrow unless they all...

The “Great Resignation” is causing waves across the workforce, but not in places you might expect. While plenty of attention has been devoted to Gen Z employees switching jobs in record numbers, new data shows the C-suite is struggling too. Deloitte reports around 70% of high-level executives are seriously considering quitting their jobs, largely to improve their emotional well-being. In fact, these departures are already underway. According to a recent report conducted by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, over 650 CEOs left their jobs in 2022. What’s behind this exodus of leaders? Workers across all industries have been deeply impacted by...

A record-setting 4.5 million Americans quit their jobs in March, according to data released Tuesday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data also showed 11.5 million jobs available, indicating a continued advantage for workers as companies and industries across the country – from airlines to teachers- struggle with staffing shortages. Julia Pollak, chief economist at ZipRecruiter, went so far as to call the current market “the greatest job seekers’ market of all time” in a tweet.

Companies who are demanding workers back at the office every day may actually see their workers join the Great Resignation instead. It may especially be a challenge to get Gen Z workers to work in person all the time. That's based on survey findings from ADP Research Institute. The new report, "People at Work 2022: A Global Workforce View", included results from a November 2021 survey of over 32,000 workers in 17 countries. The countries surveyed include the US, ​​India, and the Netherlands.

Johnathan Perkins, director for Race and Equity at University of California, Los Angeles, tweeted his wish for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to die after news broke that Thomas was hospitalized for an infection. "This whole rule we’re not to wish ill on people is silly," he said. Perkins added "Uncle Thomas is a sexist token who’s committed himself to making us all share in he and his treasonous wife’s misery" and "I’m over it. He is bad. He’s LITERALLY endangered lives of countless of this country’s vulnerable populations." Perkins further said he did not believe Thomas was not actually...

The Florida Department of Health has placed a top official on administrative leave after he criticised staff over their vaccination rate. In an email on 4 January, Dr Raul Pino called unvaccinated staff members "irresponsible" and wrote "we are not even at 50% - pathetic". Legislation passed in Florida late last year prohibits employers, public and private, from mandating jabs. DOH confirmed on Wednesday the doctor's actions were being investigated.

A record 4.5 million Americans voluntarily left their jobs in November, pushing the quits rate to 3%, matching the high from September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.Workers particularly quit jobs in the hospitality industry as well as health care. The number of job leavers in transportation, warehousing and utilities also increased.Including layoffs and discharges, the number of total separations was 6.3 million.

President Joe Biden left Monday for his beach vacation in Delaware after admitting in a video call with U.S. governors that there was no federal solution to the coronavirus pandemic. “Thank you very much. Look, there is no federal solution,” Biden said as he began speaking to the governors. “This gets solved at a state level.”

NOW - Biden departs to Delaware beach house after telling governors there is "no federal solution" on COVID and it should be "solved at the state level."pic.twitter.com/Ux9RtPmb8m— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) December 27, 2021

As the federal government mandates experimental Covid-19 vaccines for nearly all employees, a record 4.4 million American workers walked away from their jobs in September.According to data published on Nov. 12 from the United States Job Openings and Labor Turnover report, an unprecedented number of Americans in most sectors abandoned their jobs amid pandemic stress and childcare challenges.The number of mass resignations is the highest level since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began measuring the data in 2000.Sectors in which work is done in person and wages are relatively low, particularly in the arts and entertainment industries, saw the highest...

After the number of U.S. workers voluntarily quitting their jobs reached a record high in September, White House Council of Economic Advisers member Jared Bernstein framed the labor crunch as a "good sign," saying that employees now have more leverage to negotiate better-paying roles. More than 4.4 million employees left their jobs last month, the highest figure in two decades, and a rise of about 164,000 from the last record set in August of 4.3 million, according to the Labor Department's monthly Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey released Friday. As employers contemplate raising wages to attract workers amid their...

A University of California medical professor has been placed on “Investigatory Leave” after refusing to get vaccinated — despite the natural immunity he enjoys after having already suffered a Wuhan Flu infection. ... UC’s suspension of Dr. Kheriaty was in response to his federal lawsuit “challenging their vaccine mandate on behalf of Covid-recovered individuals with natural immunity.” The suit argues that “forcing those with natural immunity to be vaccinated introduces unnecessary risks without commensurate benefits” and “violates their equal protection rights guaranteed under the Constitution’s 14th Amendment” ... He also says he has “no intention at this time of resigning,...

More than 23,000 doctors have dropped out of the vaccination campaignThey were a great support in the fight against Corona: The vaccinations by statutory and private doctors. But now the vigor is clearly waning. In the meantime, significantly fewer practices are vaccinating than have participated overall. The vaccine manufacturers want to react.KAet and private doctors are apparently increasingly withdrawing from the corona vaccination campaign. This is based on figures from the Robert Koch Institute that are available to WELT AM SONNTAG.Vaccine orders from practices have also been falling since June.The chairman of the board of the National Association of Statutory...

Any other Freepers still enjoy watching the movie 'The Quite Man' on St. Patrick's Day as I do?

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Saturday that an Atlanta police officer fatally shot Rayshard Brooks after Brooks fired a Taser at him.After officers developed probable cause that Brooks was under the influence, they attempted to arrest him.During his arrest, Brooks fought two officers in a full-on brawl, partially captured on video (video below).Brooks was successfully able to fight off the two officers while disarming one officer of his Taser.Once Brooks was able to break free of the officers, he took off running with the Taser in his hand.One of the officers chased close behind, attempting to tase Brooks.Both officers...