Officials from the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention held a press conference Tuesday morning after announcing a “pause” in the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine. The pause, FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research Director Peter Marks explained, was brought about by “a rare type of blood clot known as…
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Brooklyn Center City Manager Curt Boganey was fired Monday hours after he called for due process for the officer involved in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright. Boganey and Mayor Mike Elliott had disagreed earlier in the day during a press conference over what disciplinary action the officer should face. Bodycam footage police released showed the officer…
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The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline held steady over the past two weeks at $2.94 per gallon. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that the price at the pump was likely to remain stable or drop as wholesale costs begin to decrease. The price of a gallon of regular-grade gas…
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Senate GOP assails Biden infrastructure plan as job killer that will give China, Russia a say in US tax laws Biden and his team, meanwhile, have performed rhetorical gymnastics to make almost everything in the package sound infrastructure-ish. Senate Republicans are warning that President Biden’s proposed $2.7 trillion infrastructure plan will undermine jobs and ultimately crush taxpayers –…
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PINAL COUNTY, Ariz. – As the Biden administration continues to weaken border security measures from Washington D.C., Mexican cartels are taking full advantage by reactivating smuggling routes in Arizona and using human beings as a lucrative commodity. In Pinal County near the town of Stanfield, which is 70 miles north of the U.S. southern border with…
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As the illegal immigration crisis continues to spiral out of control, President Joe Biden has appointed Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus to lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection. “His lengthy career in public safety includes coming up through the ranks of the Lansing, Michigan Police Department, and serving as police chief in the cities of…
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President Joe Biden designated Vice President Kamala Harris to combat the humanitarian crisis at the southern border, but the vice president has not acknowledged the reality of the crisis. Harris has no plans thus far to visit the border to see the crisis firsthand, as Republicans in both chambers have. Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley…
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The Biden White House has released a preview of President Joe Biden’s executive actions on gun control, which he plans to sign Thursday afternoon. The administration is also arguing additional gun control is needed to fight a “public health” crisis and pushing hard for “red flag laws,” which often violate civil liberties. “Today, the Biden-Harris…
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Again, even out of office, Donald Trump’s policies are winning. Sure, the Democrats fired tons of grapeshot at them. They took a beating in the media. And after all the whining and yelling, core pieces are staying, like the border wall. Walls work. If they didn’t, we wouldn’t have the fortification we see now around…
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Charles Barkley dropped a lecture that’s bound to infuriate the woke mob because what he said was sensible. Barkley, an 11-time all-star and Hall of Famer, is often entertaining without the politics as he hosts Inside the NBA on TNT with Ernie Johnson, Shaquille O’Neal, and Kenny Smith. You’ve all seen Barkley take comedic swipes…
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The aggressive and hyperbolic lying about Georgia’s new elections law came to a head on Friday when Major League Baseball (MLB) announced it had been bullied into relocating its upcoming All-Star Game and draft out of Atlanta, in accordance with the demands of Democrats and their activist and corporate allies. President Biden, who has lied incessantly about…
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Georgia and Iowa recently unveiled a series of election reforms. Georgia Senate Bill 202, signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp, is “a comprehensive election reform bill that creates a more transparent, efficient, and effective election process,” according to the RNC and NRSC. It requires providing reasonable voter ID requirements when applying for and returning…
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If you were hoping to see any of President Donald Trump ever again on Facebook and Instagram, you’re going to be sorely disappointed. The social media platforms removed an interview the former president gave with his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump. The reason given in an email from a Facebook employee, read in part that “content… in…
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President Donald Trump on Monday shot back at Drs. Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx, the two doctors who helped spearhead the Trump administration’s Wuhan coronavirus response. Trump took issue with a pair of interviews Fauci and Birx did over the weekend with CNN in a special called “COVID War: The Pandemic Doctors Speak Out.” During…
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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador placed blame on the Biden administration’s immigration policies for the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. The changes President Biden immediately sought upon taking office that reversed former President Trump’s immigration policies—including the Remain in Mexico policy—prompted migrants to make the journey to the United States, he argued. “Expectations were…
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Radio host and gun rights activist Dana Loesch on Tuesday slammed Sen. Dick Durbin’s (D-IL) claims that there are various “background check loopholes” that Americans are skirting. Durbin has repeatedly pushed false information about how background checks occur, particularly as it relates to online sales. “There’s no such thing as an ‘internet loophole.’ Let me…
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Pictures provided to Axios from Rep. Henry Cuellar’s (D-TX) office show the inside of the crowded migrant holding facility in Donna, Texas amid a massive surge in traffic at the U.S.-Mexico border. The Biden administration has held firm against having members of the media document the conditions of the overcrowded facilities, citing COVID-19 and privacy concerns. But…
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At least 500 kids are being detained at the U.S.-Mexico border every day. Despite the administration’s hesitation to give it a label, any way you look at it, it is a “crisis.” The migrant surge is now at a 20-year high. At a press conference on Wednesday, Gov. Greg Abbott said that the number of unaccompanied children…
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I mean, I know this story has been beaten like a dead horse, but it’s still an issue. As long as there are liberals, a Democratic Party, and media institutions that they dominate, this will always be an issue. I think what’s new is how bad it has become ever since Trump won the 2016…
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A coda to yesterday’s post about the recent Associated Press story contrasting the divergent pandemic mitigation efforts of California and Florida, which took starkly different policy paths on restrictions, then ended up in nearly the exact same place on COVID — and distinctly different places on the economy and other key measures. Despite “almost identical” health outcomes, per the…
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