A CNBC host confronted Dr. Anthony Fauci recently about the frequency of so-called “breakthrough” COVID-19 cases in people who are fully vaccinated. What is the background? Public health officials have been touting the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines for nearly a year now — and for good reason. The vaccines are more effective than first
Police are searching for a woman who was caught on surveillance video pushing another commuter into a moving subway train in New York City this week. Authorities said the woman shoved a 42-year-old woman into the northbound train at the 42nd street and 7th avenue station near Times Square about 8:15 a.m. Monday morning, according
It’s pretty safe to say that network media outlets would howl with outrage if far-left favorites like Nancy Pelosi or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez were harassed and intimidated in a bathroom. But when the same thing happened to moderate Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, the shocking incident resulted in a collective shrug. The October 3 intimidation
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, who wants conservative content openly shadow-banned or eliminated is working with former Obama deputy press secretary Bill Burton and his consulting firm, Bryson Gillette. BREAKING: Obama Official Advising Facebook Whistleblower https://t.co/S70z9gymUu — Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) October 5, 2021 According to the Free Beacon — Burton’s involvement in helping to manage Haugen’s
Attorney general Merrick Garland in Chicago, Illinois, July 22, 2021 (Samuel Corum/Reuters) Attorney General Garland is attempting to silence constitutionally protected complaints about school policy by raising the specter of government retaliation. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE E ven as President Biden shrugged his shoulders over progressives’ harassment and intimidation of a sitting United States senator of
We’re in the first week of Hispanic Heritage Month, yet another 30 days of identity-focused celebration, following on the heels of Black History Month in February and Gay Pride Month in June. But although the ubiquity of the terms “Hispanic” and “Latino” might make it seem that they’ve always been there, Heritage Foundation senior fellow
Police officers wearing protective masks talk to motorists at a checkpoint in the Bombay area of Auckland, New Zealand, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — New Zealand has become the latest country to abandon a zero Covid strategy, with the virus proving much harder to stop now the
Film and TV production in the US could come to a standstill after behind-the-scenes workers voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action. The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees said that nearly 99% of registered members who participated – or 52,706 people – voted in favour of industrial action. IATSE president Matthew Loeb said: “I
Season 2 of Paramount+’s Evil has delved further into examining David Acosta (Mike Colter) getting closer to being ordained a priest as he may have some doubts. In the October 3 episode “D is for Doll,” David seeks out a former priest who is now a minister (Leon Addison Brown). The minister takes an activist
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Summary: President Joe Biden will meet with Democrats to understand if his craptastic spending bills have any chance at all to pass. Then, he will travel to Michigan to visit a labor union training facility where he will continue to push his hugely unpopular plan to spend 5 trillion dollars of taxpayers’ (that’s you) money.
Facebook logo on a smartphone screen. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters) News of Facebook being down has reminded me of an excellent and eerily prophetic short story by E. M. Forster. Originally published in 1909, “The Machine Stops” imagines a future in which everyone exists, voluntarily, underground in little cells, rarely ever sees any other humans physically, communicates
Seattle is utilizing some of the federal funds connected to the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, according to Fox News. “Everyone deserves high quality, affordable place to call home,” director of the Seattle Office of Housing Emily Alvaredo said. She said that their ability to “produce high-quality, affordable housing at a price
“Everyone is just sort of standing around,” said one Facebook employee to NBC News. Facebook did not say how many users were affected, but the applications serve billions of users worldwide. The outage took a toll on Facebook’s stock, which fell from $335.50 a share at the opening bell to $326.23 a share at the
Y: The Last Man continued its weekly descent into left-wing hell with a scene in which a biology-denying scientist tries to feed Holy Communion to a monkey. In the dystopian trans show’s latest FX on Hulu episode, “Weird Al Is Dead,” released on Monday October 4, the sole biological male who survived a man-killing plague, is with a secret agent
The ancient treatise The Education of Children, which may or may not be by Plutarch, contains a number of sensible precepts that would, for that reason, grant it pariah status with today’s Therapeutic Industrial Complex and its servants in government, corporate human resources, and schools. Plutarch (I refer to him as the author for convenience)
Last year’s heroes are today’s villains. New York’s largest healthcare provider, Northwell Health, fired 1,400 workers for refusing to get the Covid jab on Monday. We’re in the middle of a ‘historic pandemic’ and the Marxists are firing healthcare workers in record numbers. “Our goal was not to terminate employees,” Northwell Health spox Joe Kemp
United States Capitol Building ( rarrarorro/Getty Images) If you listen to the president, not only will $3.5 trillion cost nothing, but Republicans are obligated to raise the debt limit even though they don’t control Congress and don’t support new spending. Two new graphics went up today on the president’s Twitter account. One shows the debt
Noncitizens will be able to vote in two Vermont cities as part of a growing national trend, unless lawsuits prevent new laws from taking effect. The cities of Montpelier, with about 7,375 residents, and Winooski, with about 7,335, both will allow noncitizens to vote in local elections for offices such as mayor, city council, and
In this article PFE Safeway pharmacist Ashley McGee fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 booster vaccination at a vaccination booster shot clinic on October 01, 2021 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The effectiveness of Pfizer and BioNTech‘s Covid-19 vaccine against infection tumbles over several months, falling from a peak of
Even on a Monday morning, the beaches would usually be bustling in the place that calls itself “Surf City USA”. But the sands in Huntington Beach in California are deserted. So too, the beaches that stretch for miles south. The closures are part of a massive response to the spill of thousands of gallons of
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is calling on the government to regulate social media–and the Left is following suit. In an interview with “60 Minutes,” Haugen, a data scientist and former Facebook employee who worked to combat “misinformation,” said the platform bears some responsibility for the Jan. 6 riot. “Facebook, over and over again, has shown
Would-be launch giant Blue Origin just can’t catch a break lately. Despite a two-year head start on arch-rival SpaceX and the deep pockets of founder Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin has only made only suborbital launches like last summer’s tourism flight with Bezos himself. The company has yet to launch a single gram of mass into
Female students won’t return to Kabul University until “a real Islamic environment” is provided for all, the Taliban-appointed chancellor said this week, dealing another blow to women’s rights in Afghanistan since the group came to power last month. The militant group has said that women will be allowed to work and study within the bounds
National Review founder William F. Buckley Jr. (National Review) On the first day of NR’s Fall Webathon, readers like you donated more than $21,000 to the cause of National Review’s conservative journalism. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you. For 65 years, the Left has sneeringly claimed that this magazine is on its way
Florida’s first lady Casey DeSantis has been diagnosed with breast cancer. “I am saddened to report that Florida’s esteemed First Lady and my beloved wife has been diagnosed with breast cancer,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a statement. “As the mother of three young children, Casey is the centerpiece of our family and has made
Evan McMullin, the anti-Trump former presidential candidate, is reportedly running to challenge Republican Sen. Mike Lee (Utah) for his Senate seat next year. In a strange twist of irony, Lee revealed days after the 2016 election that he had voted for McMullin as a protest vote against then-candidate Donald Trump. McMullin made waves when he
Fox News Channel debuted on October 7, 1996, so they’re celebrating their 25-year anniversary, and conservatives across America can celebrate the arrival of a network that broke up the monopoly and the monotony of the liberal TV “news” shows. But CNN host Brian Stelter trashed Fox as a network full of “darkness,” the badly clogged
As controversy swirls about her, Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota is trying to prevent her presidential aspirations from being flushed down the drain by touting her anti-lockdown approach to Covid-19. But Noem’s pandemic response isn’t what she and her defenders make it out to be. Noem stepped into the political limelight because of her
Thanks to Joe Biden, oil prices today reached their highest prices since 2014. KFOR out of Oklahoma reports: Advertisement – story continues below Stocks fell sharply in afternoon trading Monday as Wall Street comes off its worst week since winter. The price of oil hit a seven-year high as OPEC and allied oil producers stuck