Month: June 2020

Former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson has been an outspoken critic of the global coronavirus lockdowns, using data and facts to make his points. But when he wrote a book on those “unreported truths,” Amazon initially refused to publish it. Then Elon Musk stepped in. What are the details? Berenson has been sounding the
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An influential study in the Lancet used to attack the president for recommending the use of hydroxychloroquine against coronavirus has been retracted after overwhelming criticism. The editors of the publication explained on Thursday that the authors of the study could not obtain the dataset in the study in order for third party reviewers to confirm
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(Natural News) One of the most vocal media opponents to hydroxychloroquine, the generic anti-malaria drug that President Trump touted as having benefits, is NBC News. For the past several weeks at least, NBC News has been churning out story after story claiming that hydroxychloroquine does not help prevent or treat the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19). In
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Tennis player Dominic Thiem during the Austrian Pro Series 2020 in Maria Enzersdorf, Mödling, Austria, May 27, 2020 (Alexander Schwarz/Red Bull/Reuters) The backlash to Dominic Thiem’s recent comments highlights the need to balance compassion and liberty when arguing against entitlement programs. The ATP and WTA — the men’s and women’s professional-tennis tours, respectively — have
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A priest listens to a confession by a member of his congregation while practicing social distancing at the S.S. Sacramento church in Rome, Italy, March 26, 2020. (Remo Casilli/Reuters) Religious leaders in Madison, Wis., have written to local officials, calling its reopening policy unconstitutional and a “discriminatory restriction.” The letter asks that the City of
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) flouted her own executive order mandating social distancing during a march protesting the death of George Floyd on Thursday, after months of condemning fellow Michiganders who demonstrated against her strict coronavirus lockdown. What are the details? Whitmer joined a march in Highland Park and Detroit days after loosening her restrictions
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On Thursday, Twitter removed a video tribute to George Floyd posted by President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign, claiming the video violated the social media platform’s policy on copyrighted material. “We are working toward a more just society, but that means building up, not tearing down. Joining hands, not hurling fists. Standing in solidarity, not surrendering to
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Former CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson poses at the 36th American film festival in Deauville, France, September 9, 2010. (Vincent Kessler/Reuters) In a week full of bad news, the defeat of Valerie Plame in a New Mexico Democratic congressional primary is easily overlooked. Had Plame won, she would have had a good chance of winning
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Nurse Teresa Malijon waits for patients at a drive-through testing site for coronavirus in a parking lot at the University of Washington’s Northwest Outpatient Medical Center in Seattle, Wash., March 17, 2020. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) Ramesh alluded to an open letter signed by over 1,000 “public health professionals, infectious diseases professionals, and community stakeholders.” The letter argues that it’s okay
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(Natural News) As hordes of angry protesters, violent rioters, and careless looters tear up America’s cities as a show of support and solidarity for black people, not a single social justice warrior anywhere is addressing one of the biggest killers of black people in America today: cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, African Americans
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Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas excoriated the New York Times after they caved to online pressure to pull down his op-ed arguing for greater force against the rioting and looting nationwide. On Thursday, a spokesperson released a statement saying that the op-ed had been rushed to publication and didn’t meet the standards of the
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I cringed after Donald Trump started trashing James Mattis following his resignation as Secretary of Defense. Mattis’s departure was reportedly connected to Trump’s announced withdrawal from Syria, which Mattis opposed. In response to Mattis’s departure, rather than praise him for his service and acknowledge the tremendous progress they’d made together cleaning up the mess left
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Protesters react after setting fire to the entrance of a police station after as a white police officer was caught on video pressing his knee into the neck of African-American man George Floyd, Minneapolis, Minn., May 28, 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) The indefensible killing — captured on video — of George Floyd, following closely after the
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After a white bar owner fatally shot a black man who jumped him amid violent protests Saturday in Omaha, Nebraska, Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine looked at video evidence and concluded Jake Gardner, 38, acted in self-defense, the Omaha World-Herald reported. On Monday, Kleine said Gardner wouldn’t be charged in the death of 22-year-old James
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At first blush, the George Floyd riots appear to have little to do with socialism. After all, socialism is about government control, while the riots — instigated by leftist agitators affiliated with antifa — claim to oppose the “fascism” of police abuses. Yet bestselling author and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza explains the connection in his new
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Former Governor John Hickenlooper speaking with attendees at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum in Des Moines, Iowa, August 10, 2019. (Gage Skidmore) Former Colorado governor and current Democratic Senate candidate John Hickenlooper skipped a remote hearing and ignored a subpoena by the state’s Independent Ethics Commission over his alleged violations of Colorado’s gift ban. When
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