Speaking to ESPN on Wednesday, Biden said he would “strongly support” the baseball league moving its All-Star game in July out of the state, in response to a Republican-authored election security law signed by Governor Brian Kemp last week. “I think today’s professional athletes are acting incredibly responsibly. I would …
Read More »Finland’s govt backs down on plan to lock city dwellers in their homes as proposed anti-Covid measures deemed unconstitutional
Due to objections by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, “the government is of the opinion that… the proposal for temporary restriction of freedom of movement and close contacts must be withdrawn from the Parliament,” Marin announced in a Twitter post on Wednesday. The PM added that the Covid-19 situation remained …
Read More »Merkel backs EU’s joint vaccine procurement model despite complaints that European nations don’t have enough Covid jabs
Speaking on Thursday, Angela Merkel praised the work of German vaccine developers in the global effort to inoculate people against Covid-19, but said it was right that Germany did not go it alone and, instead, worked with EU partners to ensure equitable supply across the bloc. “It was right to …
Read More »Russia backs hunt for Nazi war criminals, dead or alive, as Canada delays decades-long court hearing for ‘Third Reich interpreter’
Helmut Oberlander, a 97-year-old former interpreter for a brutal German death squad that played a central role in the Holocaust, faces deportation to his homeland if a decades-long court battle comes to that conclusion. He has been accused of taking part in the wartime genocide of Russian Jews in Rostov-on-Don. …
Read More »‘Safe & effective’: EU drugs regulator backs AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab, though ‘can’t definitively rule out’ blood clot link
Following a review of the vaccine and reported rare incidents of blood clots among recipients, the EMA did not find a link to an overall risk of blood clotting, but will continue its investigations. The regulator’s findings come after 13 EU member states halted their rollouts of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which …
Read More »Candace Owens backs Piers Morgan, slams ‘leftist narcissist’ Meghan Markle & questions racism allegations
During a Wednesday appearance on Fox News with Sean Hannity, Owens claimed Morgan “was all of us when he was dressing down Meghan Markle and calling her out on the blatant lies that she’s told.” Owens claimed Markle “can’t even keep her story straight” and questioned how the press could …
Read More »GOP upstart Greene backs bill to make voting ‘aggravated felony’ for illegal aliens in pushback against Biden’s immigration agenda
Greene (R-Georgia) tweeted on Friday that she was excited to back the “Voter Integrity Protection Act,” a proposal by her colleague Andy Biggs (R-Arizona) that would make it an aggravated felony for an illegal alien to vote in federal elections. She also announced joining Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) in backing …
Read More »Biden press secretary backs Mark Cuban’s decision to ban national anthem, only for NBA to say ALL TEAMS will have to play it
With controversy brewing over Cuban’s decision to stop playing the national anthem before the Mavericks’ home games, White House press secretary Jen Psaki came to the billionaire’s defense. Although President Joe Biden is “incredibly proud” to be an American, she told reporters on Wednesday, he also recognizes “moments where we …
Read More »Washington joins crusade against free speech, backs Ukrainian crackdown on opposition media as EU & Zelensky’s dad voice concerns
In a statement issued on Twitter Wednesday, the American embassy in Kiev wrote that it “supports efforts yesterday to counter Russia’s malign influence.” It described the shuttering of broadcasters as “in line with [Ukrainian law], in defense of its sovereignty and territorial integrity.” “We must all work together to prevent …
Read More »Louisiana BACKS Texas case before US Supreme Court against Biden ‘winning’ elections in four battleground states
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry issued a statement on Tuesday evening saying that citizens of his state and many Americans have “deep concerns” about how the elections were run in those four states, which declared Democrat Joe Biden the victor based on a flood of mail-in ballots counted after Election …
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