Chicago mayor defends granting
interviews only to reporters of color
Posted By: Ribicon, 7/27/2021 9:34:18 AM
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has reportedly defended her controversial decision to grant interview requests only to minority journalists—calling the number of non-whites covering her “unacceptable.” “I would absolutely do it again. I’m unapologetic about it because it spurred a very important conversation, a conversation that needed to happen, that should have happened a long time ago,” Lightfoot told The New York Times’ “Sway” host Kara Swisher on Monday of the temporary May declaration.(Snip)“One 24-hour period and it was like people’s heads exploded. I had journalists saying, ‘Does the mayor think I’m racist?’ No, it’s not about individuals. It’s about systemic racism,” the mayor added.
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Washington—The effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine wanes slightly over time but it remains strongly protective for at least six months after the second dose, according to company data released Wednesday. The findings are one piece of evidence that U.S. health authorities will consider in deciding if and when booster doses might be needed. Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech have said they plan to seek authorization for boosters. The new data comes from the 44,000-person study that initiated the widespread use of the vaccine, showing its highly effective in the first few months after immunization. Now the companies have tracked those study participants for six months
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Odenkirk, 58, was rushed to hospital in New Mexico on Tuesday after collapsing on the set of Better Call Saul.
'We can confirm Bob is in stable condition after experiencing a heart related incident,' his spokesman said.
'He and his family would like to express gratitude for the incredible doctors and nurses looking after him, as well as his cast, crew and producers who have stayed by his side.
'The Odenkirks would also like to thank everyone for the outpouring of well wishes and ask for their privacy at this time
The Brooklyn mom who tumbled down a flight of stairs during an attempted robbery at a Manhattan subway station earlier this month has died, police sources told The Post. Than Htwe, 58, died Wednesday, one day after her family said on their GoFundMe page that she would not survive after undergoing brain surgery—and that they planned to donate her organs.(Snip)Htwe, of Brooklyn, was with her 22-year-old son on the way to a doctor’s appointment on July 17 when they were attacked from behind at the Broadway and Canal Q line station in Chinatown. Their attacker—who remains on the loose—tried to grab
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Florida suspends concealed weapons
permits of 22 people facing charges
related to Capitol riot 22 replies
permits of 22 people facing charges
related to Capitol riot 22 replies
Florida suspended the concealed weapons permits Monday of 22 individuals facing charges involving the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Nikki Fried, the commissioner of Florida’s Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, announced the suspensions immediately after a congressional hearing about the attack concluded on Capitol Hill. “The deeply disturbing events that occurred at our nation’s Capitol on January 6th were sedition, treason and domestic terrorism–and those individuals involved in the insurrection must be held accountable for attempting to subvert our democratic process,” said Ms. Fried, a Democrat running for Florida governor in 2022.(Snip)More than 500 people around the U.S. and counting have been charged
Pfizer data suggest third dose of
Covid-19 vaccine 'strongly' boosts
protection against Delta variant 28 replies
Covid-19 vaccine 'strongly' boosts
protection against Delta variant 28 replies
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“I wear a mask because I care about you. I get a vaccine because I care about you,” Cuomo said, framing compliance to various methods of government coercion as an expression of selflessness.
“We understand that we are all in this together. We understand that as goes one goes all in this city where we all live together and in this state where we all live together,” he continued.
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Sympathy for Simone Biles
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Simone Biles, the main reason anyone wants to watch the Olympics, given her thrilling artistic gymnastics, has pulled out of the U.S. team events, and since then, even the individual all-around event, citing her mental health (snip) Certain people on the right, who shall be nameless, criticized her as a "quitter." Others said she was too self-focused, and still others said she was a wokester or snowflake.
But that's not fair to her, given that she wanted to win. Her decision was practical and quite selfless in that in pulling out she gave the rest of her team the placement to win the silver
Seattle mayor begs for more cops after
six weekend shootings, 250 officers
gone in 17 months 32 replies
six weekend shootings, 250 officers
gone in 17 months 32 replies
Democrat Seattle Mayor Jenny Durken is calling for more police after six shootings over the weekend and a loss of 250 officers within the last 17 months has left her city in chaos.Five of the six weekend shootings occurred within blocks of one another and left four people dead and seven injured in their wake.“As a city, we cannot continue on this current trajectory of losing police officers,” Mayor Durkan said at a press conference. “Over the past 17 months, the Seattle Police Department has lost 250 police officers which is the equivalent of over 300,000 service hours. We’re on path to losing 300 police officers.”Like other Democrat-run metropolitan cities
My TV has been broken for over a year (OK, maybe I don’t know how to work the remote) but I watched a little of the Olympics at a friend’s house this week.
I learned something from the advertisements. I learned that most people in this country are black, and all of the good ones are.
Blacks, who comprise about 13% of the U.S. population, comprise most of the actors in the advertisements. Aliens in faraway worlds receiving television signals from earth are apt to conclude that the most powerful culture on Earth is run by good black people.
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Simone Biles, the superstar gymnast from the U.S., will not participate in the individual all-around competition at the Tokyo Games and will instead focus on her mental well-being, USA Gymnastics said in a statement early Wednesday.
The decision comes a day after she pulled out of the team all-around competition.
Jade Carey, who finished ninth in qualifying, will take Biles’ place in the individual all-around competition.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky suggested that vaccine passport-style systems might be implemented in the United States amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
When asked in a TV interview Wednesday about whether the United States would mandate a European-style “health pass” system for nightclubs or bars, Walensky said, “That may very well be a path forward.” The director further said that “in some fully vaccinated venues,” it “is possible” for a fully vaccinated individual to transmit and pick up COVID-19 “in those settings” and added that federal officials have “seen that” during studies. Her comments came after the CDC announced Tuesday it would recommend people wear masks
Pfizer data suggest third dose of
Covid-19 vaccine 'strongly' boosts
protection against Delta variant 28 replies
Covid-19 vaccine 'strongly' boosts
protection against Delta variant 28 replies
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Watch Adam Kinzinger Go From Laughing
to Crying in Under 60 Seconds
During January 6 Hearings 27 replies
to Crying in Under 60 Seconds
During January 6 Hearings 27 replies
The January 6th Commission kicked off with sentimental theatrics from the Democrats in place of a fact-based investigation.The prima donna who took center stage on Tuesday morning’s production was none other than Rep. Adam Kinzinger, (Tweet/Video)“I never expected today to be quite emotional for me as it has been,” Kinzinger said while choking up.He had been smiling and thanking colleagues only moments before.“I think it’s important to tell you right now, though,” he went on. “You guys may like feel individually a little broken, about the effects you have to deal with, about the impact of that day,”
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The mayor who was elected because she is bLACK says she's not racist, but rather that there are too many damn WHITE people in journalism, which in turn is the fault of WHITE people and their systemic racism.