Facebook permanently disabled Strange’s account together with that of The Scoop’s other co-founder, Cameron Shizznit, for violating “community standards” earlier this week. It came shortly after the Mark Zuckerberg-owned platform yanked the duo’s group, called “Patriots Against Joe Biden.” In a message justifying the deletion, Facebook said that any “pages …
Read More »Biden vows to procure vaccines for 300 million Americans by summer, but says masks ‘best defense’ against Covid-19 for now
The president said on Tuesday that he directed his Covid-19 response coordinator, Jeff Zients, to begin working with Pfizer and Moderna for the purchases, hoping to boost the country’s total vaccine supply from 400 million to 600 million shots by summertime. “We believe we’ll soon be able to confirm the …
Read More »US judge derails Biden’s vaunted 100-day deportation freeze after Texas sues
US District Judge Drew Tipton blocked the deportation freeze for 14 days after the state of Texas sued to stop it from taking effect. The two parties have until January 28 to set a re-hearing date. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton declared victory upon hearing the news, posting on Twitter …
Read More »Biden to make ban on oil & gas drilling on federal property PERMANENT, media reports say
The new president will sign an order and announce a moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on federal land and water on Wednesday, according to an AP report published on Tuesday. Though the Biden administration has not confirmed or denied the report, the order is likely to go ahead, …
Read More »Why Biden installing Obama-era hawks in senior roles and preparing to fire up the War Machine again is very bad news for Syrians
Just days before Biden’s inauguration, there were conflictingreports of US military build-up in oil-rich northeast Syria. Whatever happened in the run-up to the change of power in Washington, it is a fact that this area was already occupied and plundered by US Coalition forces and their Kurdish separatist proxies. Some …
Read More »Putin tells Biden in first phone talks that normalization of Russian-US relations would benefit everyone
The Tuesday talks apparently centered on some of the sticking points of Russian-American relations, including the renewal of dialogue on nuclear non-proliferation. Moscow and Washington had exchanged diplomatic notes earlier in the day on prolonging the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (known as New START), a summary of the call published …
Read More »If capitulating to the trans lobby is the best Joe Biden can do in his first week in power, ailing America is truly doomed
In America and Australia, both ailing and faltering liberal democracies, it has been an eventful week for transgender activists and their cohorts, small in number though they are. President Biden in his first week in office has fervently embraced the transgender cause. The new president issued an executive order on …
Read More »Iran threatens to block some UN nuclear site inspections as it urges Biden to undo sanctions
Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Tuesday that, from February 19 onwards, the country would limit the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from conducting checks. “Our law is very clear regarding this issue. But it does not mean Iran will stop other inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency,” …
Read More »Biden’s Justice Department investigates ITSELF over whether any employees tried to help Trump overturn election result
The investigation, announced by Inspector General Michael Horowitz on Monday, will be limited to current or former employees of the DOJ. Horowitz said he aims to “reassure the public that an appropriate agency is investigating the allegations.” Former President Donald Trump has been accused of trying to get the DOJ …
Read More »‘Strength is found in diversity’: Joe Biden signs executive order ending Trump’s ban on transgender troops in US military
“President Biden believes that gender identity should not be a bar to military service and that America’s strength is found in its diversity,” the White House said in a statement on Monday. “This question of how to enable all qualified Americans to serve in the military is easily answered by …
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