Miller and several other Americans were in Brazil for the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) that took place over the weekend, and met with Bolsonaro. On Tuesday morning, they were stopped by police at the Brasilia airport and prevented from leaving the country. According to Brazilian media, the delegation was …
Read More »Is it ‘tornadx’ now? In his latest gaffe, Biden says ‘they don’t call ‘em tornados anymore’ during climate-change speech
Biden visited New Jersey on Tuesday to survey the damage wrought by Hurricane Ida, which tracked up to the US northeast after battering Louisiana a week ago. The storm brought devastating floods and killed dozens of people, while exposing the inability of US infrastructure to handle extreme weather, and, to …
Read More »‘Harmful Language Alert’: National Archives puts WARNING LABEL on US Constitution and Declaration of Independence
“Harmful Language Alert” labels can be found on pages displaying the scanned versions of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, as well as the first ten amendments, known as the Bill of Rights. The addition has caught the eye of Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado), who pointed it out on …
Read More »Video game developer Tripwire’s CEO forced to STEP DOWN for tweeting in support of anti-abortion law in Texas
Chief executive John Gibson has “stepped down,” effective immediately, Tripwire said on Monday. The reason? “His comments disregarded the values of our whole team, our partners and much of our broader community,” the company said. “Our leadership team at Tripwire are deeply sorry and are unified in our commitment to …
Read More »Here’s a solution that would allow trans athletes to compete fairly against females
How do you solve the controversy over sports competitions between female and transgender athletes? When the two compete in the same events, the latter can ruin things for the former. Young girls are deprived of the medals, honors, and scholarships they would otherwise have earned. But should transgender athletes be banned …
Read More »‘My body, my choice’: Why haven’t pro-choice advocates and anti-vaccine mandate campaigners realized they are on the same side?
The battle over abortion rights has raged for decades, though it seemed all but won as recently as a month ago, with Roe v. Wade safely in the rearview mirror and no hint of any real legislative upset coming down the track. In May, however, Texas dropped a legislative bomb …
Read More »Deadly bat caves & humanized mice tests: Released docs describe ‘HIGHEST RISK’ involved in US-funded coronavirus research in Wuhan
More than 900 pages of material related to this research were published on the non-profit media company’s website on Tuesday. The documents were acquired as part of an ongoing Freedom of Information Act litigation by The Intercept against the National Institutes of Health. The documents detail the work of EcoHealth Alliance, …
Read More »Nearly 70% of unvaccinated Americans would rather QUIT THEIR JOB than take mandatory vaccination – poll
Some 35% of the 1,066 unvaccinated individuals polled by the Washington Post and ABC News last week said they would request a religious or medical exemption if their employer adopted a vaccine mandate, while 42% said they would quit. Asked what they would do if no exemptions were available, the …
Read More »MORE Afghanistan spending: Biden asks Congress for $6.4 billion for ‘full resettlement’ of Afghan refugees
By the time the last American plane left Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul a week ago, more than 120,000 people had been airlifted out of the Afghan capital. However, fewer than 6,000 of these were American citizens and their families. “The vast majority” were Afghan refugees and Special Immigrant …
Read More »Merkel warns Germans against voting for left-wing government in last speech to parliament as election nears
In the Tuesday speech, Merkel warned Germans against voting for the center-left Social Democrats party (SPD), ahead of the upcoming general election, which will be held on September 26. Merkel said the choice was one between a “moderate” government or one with the SPD and the Green Party, which she …
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