Month: February 2021

Minneapolis officials are deeply concerned about how constituents could react to the upcoming trial regarding the police-involved death of George Floyd. Minneapolis will pay social media influencers to share “city-generated and approved messages” to “communities that do not typically follow mainstream news sources.” On Friday, the Minneapolis City Council approved $1,181,500 for “public safety, communications
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Democratic politicians are becoming increasingly outspoken about New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), a scandal-embattled Democratic leader who is quickly falling from his party’s good graces. Already saddled with a nursing home scandal in the Empire State for which Cuomo has blamed Republicans and former President Donald Trump, more Democrats are calling for an investigation
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(Natural News) On Tuesday, Feb. 16, the attorney general of New York sued Amazon over allegations that the company failed to adequately protect its employees during the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Attorney General Letitia James filed court documents with the New York Supreme Court suing Amazon over allegedly failing to properly enforce safety regulations at
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(Natural News) A senior British lawmaker has called on other lawmakers worldwide to stand up against the “bullying” done by social media site Facebook. The U.K. legislator’s comments followed the Big Tech firm’s move to block all news content in Australia. He further remarked that Facebook’s decision to do so will only “stiffen the resolve”
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(Natural News) Journalism watchdog Project Veritas has released footage of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg expressing concern about COVID-19 vaccines. A company insider sent the footage, allegedly taken from an internal weekly question and answer session. Zuckerberg’s comments in the July 2020 footage expressed clear concern about the effects of Wuhan coronavirus jabs on one’s DNA
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George Gascón, the Soros-backed Los Angeles district attorney, is facing scrutiny over his extremely progressive criminal justice reforms and the recent hiring of a new prosecutor who has exhibited anti-police sentiments. It was revealed last week that Gascón hired Tiffiny Blacknell, a controversial public defender who has a history of expressing anti-police beliefs. “I’ve confirmed
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CBS News major programs were trying really hard to avoid telling viewers about all of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s (D) unfolding scandals, whether it was his multiple sexual harassment allegations or his abysmal handling of COVID and nursing homes. Meanwhile, Face the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan singled out Republican Governor Kristi Noem of South Dakota
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A district judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Miss USA over their rule requiring that contestants be biological women. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Michael W. Mosman tossed the lawsuit brought against the pageant company by trans activist Anita Noelle Green. The pageant asserted that they have the right to pursue their mission of promoting
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NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T he bloody year of 1968 was an extraordinarily violent one in the United States, with the murder rate increasing almost 13 percent year-over-year, the largest such increase that had been recorded before or since. Until now. In 2020, murders were up 21 percent, according to FBI data. Data from the 60
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo delivers remarks on the coronavirus at the Riverside Church in New York City, November 15, 2020. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) New York politicians criticized Governor Andrew Cuomo on Saturday following a second allegation of sexual harassment. Former health policy adviser Charlotte Bennett alleged that the governor harassed her in spring 2020, in
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Former “Bachelorette” Rachel Lindsay — the first black female lead in the show’s history — has been forced to delete her Instagram account after being targeted by angry fans of the show, who erroneously accused her of defending the past actions of a current contestant who has been widely accused of racism. The controversy first
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On Friday’s All Things Considered, National Public Radio reported on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s growing scandals, and as they discussed Lindsey Boylan’s charges of sexual harassment, reporter Sally Herships noted Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s office gave her the “No comment” treatment. This is the same Gillibrand that drove Sen. Al Franken out of office on sexual harassment
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On Saturday night, a mob of antifa rioters ravaged the Pearl District of Portland, smashing windows and spray-painting anti-police messages on businesses, including a Safeway, a Starbucks, and a Chipotle, among others. Police resources to deal with the riot had been strained by multiple shootings in the city that same evening. Rioters terrorized at least
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(Natural News) The world’s first COVID-19 “human challenge trial” will begin in the United Kingdom in a few weeks, following approval from the country’s clinical trials ethics body on Wednesday, Feb. 17. The trial will involve up to 90 healthy adults aged 18–30 years who will be exposed to the original strain of the coronavirus in a safe,
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Michael Madigan, speaker of the Illinois Representatives, listens to the State of the State address at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., in 2012. (Sarah Conard/Reuters) For decades, Illinois House speaker Michael Madigan dominated the state’s political system, corrupting it to his own ends. What should we make of his ouster? The Chicago machine
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Antifa and Black Lives Matter destroyed businesses and vandalized a federal building in Portland on Saturday night. The far-left militants targeted the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, but you won’t see the media shedding any of their crocodile tears over this federal building. Advertisement – story continues below Tifa tagging up the USCIS FED
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Staten Island and the Verrazano Bridge. (volodymyr_mula/Getty Images) Certain sights, sounds, and smells still conjure poignant memories of a youth spent in New York City’s ‘forgotten’ borough. It is a rare person who hasn’t experienced the mystic bond between memory and the senses. How, for example, a certain smell can, like a time machine, transport
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The FBI is exploring whether U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died from a fatal reaction to bear spray or mace, after video emerged showing the officer being sprayed with a chemical substance during the Jan. 6 attack on the building according to several reports. One outlets says that a “potential assailant” has been singled
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CNN reporter Jim Acosta was confronted at Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) over his network’s coverage of the scandals besieging Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The exchange was captured on video by Acosta’s interlocutor, David Marcus, who is a columnist for The Federalist. “Hey, Jim, I’m David Marcus from The Federalist, when are you
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In congressional hearings Thursday, Sen. Rand Paul grilled Biden health nominee Rachel Levine, a transgender woman, on the idea of using hormones known as puberty blockers on minors suffering from so-called gender dysphoria, which the Mayo Clinic defines as “the feeling of discomfort or distress that might occur in people whose gender identity differs from
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Last September, Vox published The Great Rebuild Issue of The Highlight. The Highlight is Vox’s space for explainers that aren’t necessarily tied to the news cycle. The Great Rebuild Issue covered a number of very broad issues including “How to build a better American economy” and a piece titled “We can end America’s unemployment nightmare.” That
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