Many residents of Republican-controlled states who voted for then-President Donald Trump in 2020 believe they would be “better off” if their state seceded from the US, a new poll has revealed. About 33% of Trump voters in so-called red states say they’d personally fare better if their state “became an …
Read More »EU citizens favor peace over punishing Russia – poll
The unifying European drive to support Ukraine against Russia and punish Moscow for attacking its neighbor is at risk of losing momentum, the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) warned on Wednesday. An increasing number of people want to see the conflict end, even if it means getting Kiev to …
Read More »Finnish Parliament votes in favor of NATO membership
Finnish lawmakers voted on Tuesday in favor of requesting NATO membership. The vote came after parliament’s foreign affairs committee recommended the move due to a threat supposedly posed by Russian foreign policy to Europe. The 200-seat body overwhelmingly supported the application, with 188 lawmakers backing the decision and just eight …
Read More »FDA advisers vote in favor of giving children aged 5-11 a lower-dose Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine
The FDA vaccines advisory committee overwhelmingly agreed with Pfizer’s proposal on Tuesday, with 17 votes in favor, no one opposed and one abstention. The FDA is expected to issue an emergency use authorization for the jab within the next couple of days, while the final recommendation by the Centers for …
Read More »Amazon rigged search results to favor its own knock-off products, despite denials – reports
Despite numerous accusations, Amazon has always denied that it creates knock-off products and boosts its own sales through deliberate manipulation to the detriment of third-party sellers. Now, “thousands of pages” of internal documents obtained by Reuters suggest that these practices have been part of a “systematic campaign” all along – …
Read More »Germany’s coalition talks: Greens favor ‘in-depth’ negotiations with SPD & FDP, but don’t reject Merkel’s bloc just yet
The Green party co-leaders, Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck, spoke to reporters after holding the first round of talks with the Social Democrats (SPD), the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP), and the bloc of outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Bavaria’s Christian Social Union (CSU). The …
Read More »Majorities favor Biden’s vaccine mandate, as well as masking in schools, Fox News poll shows
In the wide-ranging survey released on Sunday, a majority of respondents expressed openness for the president’s recently-announced vaccine mandate for employers with over 100 staff members, as well as growing mask mandates within schools. While masks have been something conservative pundits have generally argued against, especially masking in schools and …
Read More »Russia & China continue ditching US dollars in settlements in favor of national currencies
“We are starting in September, and by the end of the year we can transfer virtually all payments for aviation fuel in China to yuan,” Dyukov said. He added that settlements for refueling Chinese airliners at Russian airports will be converted into rubles. The agreement has been reached between Gazprom …
Read More »The new Candyman movie eschews entertainment and thrills in favor of relentlessly preaching its ugly race-obsessed social politics
The new horror movie ‘Candyman’ made news this week for being number one at the box office, but it should have made news for how virulently it espouses hatred and violence against white people. Candyman is a direct sequel to the 1992 film of the same name that, despite lackluster …
Read More »Canadians in favor of renaming Toronto street bearing name of Scottish counter-abolitionist… until they hear the cost
Pollsters from Maru Public Opinion asked Toronto citizens whether they supported calls to rename one of the city’s most prominent arteries, Dundas Street, and other places bearing the name of the 18th-century Scottish minister. The survey, conducted between July 9 and July 18, randomly selected 500 adults living in Toronto …
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