Video footage captured on Thursday showed 16-year-old Grace Smith met with school officials and a police officer when she turned up at the doors of Laramie High School in Wyoming. Smith had already served two consecutive suspensions for refusing to wear a face mask in class – per school board …
Read More »Los Angeles sheriff refuses to enforce vaccine mandate, says ‘politicized’ order would cause him to lose up to 10% of workforce
“I’m not forcing anyone,” Villanueva said on Thursday. “The issue has become so politicized. There are entire groups of employees that are willing to be fired and laid off, rather than get vaccinated.” He added that he would lose 5-10% of his staff “overnight” if he enforced the mandate as …
Read More »‘HANG HIM,’ GB News presenter demands as Manchester Arena bomb plotter reportedly refuses deradicalisation programmes
On Wednesday, ITV News reported that Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi was refusing to cooperate with deradicalisation programmes at HMP Frankland, where he has been imprisoned for his part in the atrocity which killed 23 and injured over a thousand at an Ariana Grande concert. The news about Abedi clearly touched …
Read More »China refuses to participate in 2nd phase of WHO’s Covid origins probe, says research into lab leak theory goes against ‘science’
The Chinese government will not take part in a second phase of the WHO’s probe into what caused the pandemic, Zeng Yixin, deputy head of China’s National Health Commission, said on Thursday. The senior health official said at a press conference in Beijing that he was “surprised” to see research …
Read More »Games OVER? Tokyo chief refuses to rule out LAST-MINUTE CANCELATION of Covid-hit Olympics
Asked at news conference on Tuesday whether the delayed Games could yet be canceled, Toshiro Muto said organizers would need to monitor the situation. “We can’t predict what will happen with the number of coronavirus cases. So we will continue discussions if there is a spike in cases,” Muto was …
Read More »Sheriff in California refuses to enforce mask mandate, says it’s ‘not backed by science,’ stirring outrage
Los Angeles County health officials shocked many this week when they announced that their mask mandate would be returning. Similar to the restriction in place before the county began reopening last month, residents have been told to wear masks in indoor settings and large gatherings, regardless of one’s vaccination status. …
Read More »Russian printing company refuses order from K-pop fans over claims pictures of BTS & Stray Kids groups could be ‘gay propaganda’
In an Instagram story, published on Tuesday, the owners of the PinkyPop cafe, a hangout in the Ural region with a Korean ‘K-pop’ theme, complained they had been turned away while looking to print merchandise dedicated to their favorite music groups. “As you know,” the management said, “we very often …
Read More »‘Work of Congress is not a joke’: Republican women’s group refuses to support some Trump-supporting female candidates
In an email sent out by Value in Electing Women Political Action Committee (VIEW PAC), Greene and Boebert were blasted as “shameless self-promoters” turning Congress into a “reality show.” “The work of Congress is not a joke or reality show. Our women have fought too hard for too long to …
Read More »US Supreme Court refuses to hear LGBTQ rights case involving businesses that refuse to cater for same-sex weddings
Declining to consider the appeal brought by a Washington state florist, the Supreme Court on Friday deferred to earlier state court rulings on the case. In 2013, Barronelle Stutzman refused to provide flowers for the same-sex wedding of two male customers because it violated her “relationship with Jesus Christ.” The …
Read More »‘Like a wet fish’: UFC fighter Hill refuses to tap despite having arm DISLOCATED by rival Craig (VIDEO)
Craig added the scalp of yet another previously undefeated fighter to his record when he sank in the fight-ending submission in the first-round of their main card fight at Saturday’s UFC 263 in Glendale, Arizona, but the manner of his win likely prompted more than a fight fans to double-take …
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