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Sean Salai
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The United States, China and North Korea are among only six countries that allow abortion on demand throughout the entirety of pregnancy, according to research comparing America to the rest of the world. Canada, Vietnam and South Korea are the other three outliers, according to a study released last week by the Family Research Council, an evangelical Christian advocacy group.
Overall, 69 nations permit elective abortion and 58 of those countries restrict it after 14 weeks of gestation, just after the first trimester, the study found.(Snip)The study found that 99 of the nearly 200 nations surveyed ban abortion from the moment of conception or allow abortion only
New York Post,
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Selim Algar
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It’s a Dutch re-treat. Manhattan’s elite Collegiate School set up a special task force and spent three years debating its “Dutchman’’ mascot and motto—then issued a 400-page report that’s a lesson in wokeness-run-amok, critics say. The Herculean effort at PC reform led the $60,000-a-year Upper East Side school to not only drastically alter its winking playful mascot image—but also toss “God” from its motto and even “A.D.” from its seal, considering both potentially offensive.(Snip)The K-12 school—which counts John F. Kennedy Jr. and David Duchovny as former students—began probing its “history and symbols” in 2019.
Washington Times,
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Dave Boyer
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Lockdowns in the U.S. and Europe had little or no impact in reducing deaths from COVID-19, according to a new analysis by researchers at Johns Hopkins University. The lockdowns during the early phase of the pandemic in 2020 reduced COVID mortality by about 0.2%, found the broad review of multiple scientific studies. “We find no evidence that lockdowns, school closures, border closures, and limiting gatherings have had a noticeable effect on COVID-19 mortality,” the researchers wrote. But the research paper said lockdowns did have “devastating effects” on the economy and contributed to numerous social ills. “They have contributed to reducing economic activity, raising unemployment, reducing schooling, causing political unrest,
Daily Mail (UK),
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Geoff Earle
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President Joe Biden spoke spoke about desperate migrants who would sell everything they have to unscrupulous coyotes to get across the border in remarks to the nation's governors Monday–while Vice President Kamala Harris focused her own remarks on voting rights.
It was a shift from 2021, when Harris was closely identified with her role of focusing on 'root causes' of the border crisis. This time, with both of them seated in the East Room of the White House, it was Biden who took ownership of the controversial issue.(Snip)'It's not like people sit around and say and in Guadalajara, "I got a great idea.
New York Post,
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Bernadette Hogan
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Albany—An upstate district attorney’s office is dropping its criminal investigation of sexual harassment allegations against Andrew Cuomo—shutting down the last of five criminal cases involving the disgraced ex-governor. But Oswego DA Gregory Oakes told The Post on Monday that while there’s not “sufficient legal basis” to bring charges based on allegations of unwanted physical contact by accuser Virginia Limmiatis, “this decision is not an exoneration.” “After a thorough review of the available evidence and applicable law, the Oswego County District Attorney’s Office has concluded that there is not a sufficient legal basis to bring criminal charges against former Governor Andrew Cuomo based upon the allegations of unwanted
New York Daily News,
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Brian Niemietz
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The COVID-19 vaccination developed by Moderna has been fully approved by the Food and Drug Administration. “The vaccine has been known as the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, and will now be marketed as Spikevax, for the prevention of COVID-19 in individuals 18 years of age and older,” the FDA announced Monday in a statement. That vaccine has been administered tens of million times since it was cleared for emergency use in late 2020. The Pfizer vaccine was fully approved by the FDA in August. While vaccines don’t guarantee a person won’t become infected with the virus, people who have been vaccinated are far less likely
Washington Times,
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Dave Boyer
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A Georgia district attorney investigating former President Donald Trump for possible meddling in the 2020 election has asked the FBI to provide extra security for her office in the wake of Mr. Trump criticizing prosecutors and suggesting he would pardon people involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis told the FBI in a letter that “security concerns were escalated [last] weekend by the rhetoric of former President Trump … Mr. Trump made multiple references to investigations … including the criminal investigation underway in my office.” She asked that the FBI conduct “an immediate risk assessment” of the Fulton County Courthouse
Washington Times,
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Jacob Calvin Meyer
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The “OK” hand signal is no longer OK at the University of Nebraska.
Nebraska has updated the image of its mascot to avoid a connection with White supremacism. The mascot is now pictured holding up the “No. 1” instead of forming the “OK” signal with his hand. Herbie Husker, a cartoon mascot for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, had shown the “OK” hand sign for almost 50 years, but the university is making the revision after learning the same gesture has developed a connection in recent years to some far-right extremists. The change to Herbie Husker was first reported by the Flatwater Free Press on Friday. “That hand gesture could,
Daily Mail (UK),
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Lizzie May
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A journalist has been given police protection after presenting a documentary on the impact of radical Islam on a French town. Ophélie Meunier, 34, has received death threats for her part in Zone Interdite, a hard-hitting documentary aired on January 23 which focused on the poor northern town of Roubaix. The programme highlighted a restaurant with cubicles for women to eat in, without being seen by men, and a toy shop which sold faceless dolls for Muslims who follow the Islamic ruling which forbids the depiction of facial features of any kind.(Snip)'This is what happens when you show the French the Islamization of our country.
New York Post,
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Yaron Steinbuch
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Vice President Kamala Harris came within yards of a pipe bomb during last year’s US Capitol riot–and was inside the Democratic National Committee building for about two hours before the device was discovered, according to a new report. Several sources told CNN that Harris drove just a short distance away from the explosive, which was lying next to a bench outside the DNC on Jan. 6, 2021. Her motorcade pulled into the headquarters garage about 11:30 a.m. and stopped at the parking deck near where the bomb was later discovered, according to the network. It has previously been reported that Harris was inside the DNC headquarters
Daily Mail (UK),
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A 'Freedom Convoy' of trucks joined by thousands of demonstrators brought Ottawa to a virtual standstill for a second day on Sunday as they protested Canada's vaccine mandates, as other sympathetic truckers blocked a border highway into the United States.
The truckers say there is no 'end date' in sight and plan to stay in the capital 'for as long as it takes' and until the Canadian government flips and withdraws its policy on vaccine mandates.
The chaos clogged the capital's downtown near parliament throughout the weekend and brought criticism from officials, including Ottawa's mayor who said residents were 'prisoners in their own home.'
Daily Mail (UK),
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Aidan Wondracz
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Australian drivers have taken inspiration from a 'Freedom Convoy' in Canada to drive to Canberra and protest against vaccine mandates—but Victoria's Premier has warned booster shots will soon be mandatory. Protesters from all around the country arrived in the nation's capital on Monday as part of the 'Convoy to Canberra' demonstration.
The convoy of cars between Pheasants Nest, NSW and the capital trailed for several kilometres.(Snip)It comes as Daniel Andrews warned booster shots may soon be required for Victorians to be considered fully-vaccinated. 'There has already been some mandating done for third doses, and there will be more,' Mr Andrews said on Sunday.
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By using our tax dollars to supplement wages that would otherwise have to be high enough for people to provide for themselves, the Earned Income Tax Credit, Medicaid, and many other such programs give Americans the enviable luxury of having chain stores on every corner. Where would we be without a CVS, a Walgreens, and a Rite-Aid within steps of one another?