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TheBlaze
Jul 30, 2021 | 16:11 pm
This week a flurry of mask mandates and COVID-19 guidances returned to the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new guidance that recommended Americans, even those who are fully vaccinated, wear face masks indoors in areas of the U.S. experiencing "high COVID-19 transmission rates." Major cities and several states followed suit and enacted similar mask mandates. Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) reacted to the new mask mandates and potential new lockdowns[…]
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TheBlaze
Jul 30, 2021 | 15:52 pm
The LeBron James-Russell Westbrook marriage has a chance to rival some of Hollywood's all-time great bad marriages. Last night, the Lakers ditched a quarter of their roster to pair Westbrook with James. This basketball shotgun merger could be right up there with Pam Anderson and Tommy Lee's three-year marriage, which ended with Tommy doing six months jail time. Anyone remember Kenny Chesney's four-month stint with Renee Zellweger? They had "different objectives" and quickly called it[…]
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TheBlaze
Jul 30, 2021 | 15:38 pm
Remember the dustup last month surrounding Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse's membership in an "all-white" beach club? Now a Black Lives Matter leader is warning that the movement is demanding the senator denounce and quit the club — or else. What's the background? Just before Juneteenth, the leftist senator was confronted about his longtime involvement with Bailey's Beach Club in Newport, Rhode Island, which has a reputation as a secretive private club for the[…]
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TheBlaze
Jul 30, 2021 | 15:15 pm
The defenders of amateurism smeared Sonny Vaccaro for years. They framed him as the ultimate scumball of college sports, a greedy con man. Today, at 81, he sits, watches, and laughs at those profiteers as the college sports world collapses beneath their decades of greed."It makes me happy to watch the chaos," Vaccaro told TheBlaze. "It blew up in their face. They were so greedy that they finally hung themselves. They always knew they were[…]
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TheBlaze
Jul 30, 2021 | 14:53 pm
Hollywood star Jamie Lee Curtis said recently that she is proud of her son for becoming transgender. In her cover story interview for AARP The Magazine's upcoming issue, the 62-year-old "Knives Out" actress said that she and her husband Christopher Guest, 73, "have watched in wonder and pride as our son became our daughter Ruby."The actress added that Ruby "and her fiancé will get married next year at a wedding that I will officiate."Ruby, 25[…]
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TheBlaze
Jul 30, 2021 | 14:38 pm
A woman was sitting in her vehicle in a parking lot near the intersection of Oak Avenue and South Pine Street in Sebring, Florida, about 2:25 a.m. Tuesday when at least four males approached her, police said in a news release. What happened next? One of the males pointed a gun at the woman and told her to get out of her vehicle and hand over her purse and phone, police said. At the same[…]
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TheBlaze
Jul 30, 2021 | 14:23 pm
Authorities arrested an Oklahoma woman after her 12-year-old daughter gave birth, the New York Post reports. Police say that the woman, Desiree Castaneda, welcomed her child's accused rapist, 24-year-old Juan Miranda-Jara, to the child's baby shower. What are the details? Tulsa authorities said that Castaneda and other members of the family were aware of the daughter's relationship with the suspect. Castaneda was charged with enabling child sex abuse and neglect. Authorities arrested Miranda-Jara earlier in[…]
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TheBlaze
Jul 30, 2021 | 13:59 pm
Some of the country's most prominent evangelical churches, pastors, and theologians are starting to sound like secular activists and academics because they rely on sociology books rather than the sufficiency of the Bible to answer our most important questions on race.At the heart of the matter is the embrace of the thinking and rhetoric of people like Ibram X. Kendi when it comes to explaining disparities between ethnic groups in social and economic outcomes. A[…]
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TheBlaze
Jul 30, 2021 | 13:13 pm
California is aiming to adopt the most lenient gun laws in the nation. You see, leftists hate guns, but they hate incarceration even more. It's become clear that nearly every violent criminal violates firearms laws and is often caught by police illegally possessing firearms as a felon or even assaulting people with a firearm. Dropping the hammer on all those people and locking them up would prevent most violent crime in this country. But it[…]
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TheBlaze
Jul 30, 2021 | 03:49 am
An off-duty Border Patrol agent and a private citizen recently stopped the attempted carjacking of a pastor's vehicle, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.CBP reported that while heading to work about 12:45 p.m. Sunday, Border Patrol agent Roy Rosas of the El Centro Sector in Southern California witnessed the attempted carjacking occurring."The victim of the crime, a local church pastor, was assaulted by a 24-year-old Westmorland man who attempted to take the victim's car.[…]
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TheBlaze
Jul 30, 2021 | 02:45 am
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday threatened legal action if Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) does not rescind an executive order that Garland characterized as "both dangerous and unlawful."Abbott issued an executive order Wednesday that declared in part: "No person, other than a federal, state, or local law-enforcement official, shall provide ground transportation to a group of migrants who have been detained by [U.S. Customs and Border Protection] for crossing the border illegally or[…]
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TheBlaze
Jul 30, 2021 | 01:00 am
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced Thursday that the nation will offer an additional COVID-19 vaccine shot to individuals over 60 who have previously gotten vaccinated, according to the Associated Press."I'm announcing this evening the beginning of the campaign to receive the booster vaccine, the third vaccine," Bennett remarked during a nationally televised address, according to the outlet. "Reality proves the vaccines are safe. Reality also proves the vaccines protect against severe morbidity and death.[…]
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TheBlaze
Jul 30, 2021 | 00:34 am
The philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer once wrote that truth goes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed; second, it is violently opposed; and third, it is accepted as being self-evident. Guess what's next for us? ***** Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? — Who watches the watchers? Six months ago, I began my first article on scientific censorship during COVID-19 by introducing Dr. Anthony Fauci as a surprise character who had emerged unexpectedly while I dug through what[…]
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TheBlaze
Jul 29, 2021 | 22:45 pm
President Biden said during a speech Thursday that all federal government employees must attest to their vaccination status and that those who have not been vaccinated will be required to get tested once or twice per week, wear a mask and engage in social distancing. He also said these individuals will generally not be permitted to travel for work. A White House news release indicates that all of this will also apply to onsite contractors.[…]
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TheBlaze
Jul 29, 2021 | 22:20 pm
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is recommending that fully vaccinated individuals wear face masks outdoors to protect the unvaccinated. Murthy made the suggestion during an appearance on MSNBC, where he said fully vaccinated individuals wearing masks indoors and outdoors was an "extra step" of protection to unvaccinated people. MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell asked Murthy about "breakthrough cases," specifically the possibility of a fully vaccinated person being infected with COVID-19 and spreading the virus to unvaccinated[…]
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TheBlaze
Jul 29, 2021 | 22:05 pm
Journalist Flora Gill is taking a beating on Twitter for her now-deleted Thursday tweet that pushed the idea of "porn for children." Huh, why is Flora Gill trending? Surely it can’t be for anything ridicul— ohmygod https://t.co/xDmcBFflJj— Robyn (@robynjournalist) 1627569145.0 What are the details?Gill — a London-based writer for the likes of GQ, the Sunday Times, and the Evening Standard and the daughter of U.K. politician Amber Rudd — wrote that "someone needs to create[…]
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TheBlaze
Jul 29, 2021 | 21:50 pm
House Democrats on Wednesday voted to repeal a ban on U.S. taxpayer funding for elective abortions in foreign countries.The House voted 217-212 on a State Department and foreign assistance spending bill that, for the first time in more than half a century, did not include a provision know as the Helms Amendment, which blocks fundings for abortions. The bill, which no Republican supported, also repealed the Mexico City policy, a provision that blocks U.S. federal[…]
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TheBlaze
Jul 29, 2021 | 21:31 pm
Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday released her long-anticipated plan to combat the ongoing immigration crisis at the U.S. southern border. Unsurprisingly, the plan has scarcely anything to offer as far as the actual border goes.In fact, the plan, released without a news conference, "does not include a detailed timeline or specific policy actions to be taken" at all, The Hill reported Thursday. Instead, the administration argued the problem could be resolved with greater "engagement"[…]
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TheBlaze
Jul 29, 2021 | 20:43 pm
Many Americans are asking themselves, "Are masks coming back?" For residents of many cities across the country, mask mandates were brought back in the past week or are about to be implemented. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reinstituted indoor mask guidelines this week, even for fully vaccinated Americans. The new mandate is a complete reversal from the guidance it instituted in mid-May that did away with mandatory masks for fully vaccinated people. Which[…]
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TheBlaze
Jul 29, 2021 | 20:20 pm
Actor and comedian Michael Rapaport took Dr. Anthony Fauci and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to task over what he suggests is confusing advice as it pertains to COVID-19 vaccinations and mask-wearing. What are the details? Rapaport made the cutting — and profane — remarks in a now-viral Twitter video. He said, "I just watched Tony Fauci and CNN and Fox tell me that people with the vaccine — vaccinated people — are[…]
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TheBlaze
Jul 29, 2021 | 19:30 pm
The school board in Broward County, Florida, voted Wednesday to implement a mask mandate that applies to students and faculty in all county classrooms this fall, a policy Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis fiercely opposes.Broward County Public Schools will comply with updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance recommending that all individuals in areas with high COVID-19 transmission wear masks indoors, regardless of vaccination status, WLRN-TV reported. According to the CDC, the entire state of[…]
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TheBlaze
Jul 29, 2021 | 19:15 pm
A guest columnist for the New York Times argued this week that "there is no good reason you should have to be a citizen to vote."According to the Times, the essay is "part of a series exploring bold ideas to revitalize and renew the American experiment."Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, a New York-based progressive journalist and former senior editor of the Nation, claimed in an opinion piece Wednesday that "it's time for Democrats to radically expand the[…]
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TheBlaze
Jul 29, 2021 | 18:05 pm
CNN host Chris Cuomo looks to be in rare form this week. He delivered a highly animated interview Monday trying to bait freshman Republican U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida into a verbal fight, which failed to launch due to Donalds' calm, cool handling of the host's combative tone. And Cuomo was back for more action Wednesday, going head to head with Tony Roman, owner of Italian restaurant Basilico's Pasta e Vino in Huntington Beach,[…]
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TheBlaze
Jul 29, 2021 | 17:56 pm
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is on a mission to get citizens vaccinated. In this clip, Pat Gray and Jeff Fisher reacted to Cuomo's plan of action and likened it to a mobster movie.During a press conference, Cuomo said that authorities would "have to get in those communities...knock on those doors...convince people, and put them in a car and drive them to get that vaccine in their arm." "That is the mission," Cuomo added.Pat questioned[…]
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TheBlaze
Jul 29, 2021 | 17:50 pm
Ahead of President Joe Biden's expected announcement of a new requirement for federal employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the AFL-CIO-affiliated American Postal Workers Union said Wednesday it opposes vaccine mandates. "Maintaining the health and safety of our members is of paramount importance. While the APWU leadership continues to encourage postal workers to voluntarily get vaccinated, it is not the role of the federal government to mandate vaccinations for the employees we represent," the union[…]
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TheBlaze
Jul 29, 2021 | 17:35 pm
Violent crimes in Washington, D.C., made national headlines in the past two weeks when there was a drive-by shooting outside Nationals Park, which injured three people. There was another shooting that killed 6-year-old Nyiah Courtney. The tragic shootings punctuated a rising tide of violence in the nation's capital. This week, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) announced that she plans to add 170 police officers to combat the increase in violent crimes, despite being a strong[…]
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TheBlaze
Jul 29, 2021 | 17:20 pm
Christian actress Candace Cameron Bure has issued an apology for a TikTok video in which she lip-synced a Lana Del Rey song while holding a Bible. Critics of the video said that Bure was too "sexy" and her attitude too "seductive" for the subject matter, which was apparently the power of the Holy Spirit. What are the details of the video? Bure, according to a Thursday report from Page Six, shared the TikTok video this[…]
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TheBlaze
Jul 29, 2021 | 17:05 pm
Two teenage girls in Bexar County, Texas, have been charged with felonies for allegedly stealing jewelry from a dead man's body before posting video of the theft on social media. Investigators said the girls — ages 16 and 17 — discovered the corpse of a 25-year-old man in a drainage ditch in Medina Valley Monday morning, according to KSAT-TV.The man is believed to have hanged himself from a roadside railing with a shirt. He had[…]
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TheBlaze
Jul 29, 2021 | 16:56 pm
Are illegal immigrants getting a health pass? Since the pandemic began, Americans have sacrificed. Businesses were shuttered, travel came to a halt, loved ones died alone, and many lost their jobs and homes. Now, the CDC is recommending masks for vaccinated people. Meanwhile, an estimated 2 million illegal immigrants are expected to cross our southern border this year — and most of them are unvaccinated. On "LevinTV," host Mark Levin wanted to know, if illegal[…]
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TheBlaze
Jul 29, 2021 | 16:50 pm
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) on Thursday warned that the migrant crisis at the southern border is not slowing down and called on the Biden administration to send additional resources to Department of Homeland Security agents who are at risk of contracting COVID from mostly unvaccinated migrants. In June, total U.S.-Mexico border apprehensions for the fiscal year surpassed 1.1 million, Customs and Border Patrol announced recently. Cuellar, a moderate Democratic lawmaker who represents a district that[…]
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