New York Post,
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin threw a lavish Studio 54-themed end-of-summer party at hot New York members club Zero Bond. Guests including Elon Musk, Shawn Mendes, Jared Leto and even Barstool Sports boss Dave Portnoy gorged on a caviar, oyster and lobster bar upon arriving at the SoHo hotspot on Saturday. Other big names invited to the exclusive fête included La La Anthony, Brooklyn Nets coach Steve Nash, comedian Jeff Ross and Hizzoner’s equestrian daughter Georgina Bloomberg. An insider told us, “The party started with a 60-person dinner followed by performances by DJs Diplo and Kygo.(Snip)The source added, “They took everyone’s phone upon entry
New York Post,
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Selim Algar
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More than 28,000 Department of Education employees—including 10,000 classroom teachers—remain unvaccinated just days before a city-mandated deadline. As of Tuesday, the DOE said 87 percent of all 78,000 city teachers have had at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine. The remaining 13 percent comprise roughly 10,100 holdouts—or roughly six educators for each of the city’s 1,600 schools.(Snip)The DOE declined to say how many teachers have applied for or received exemptions Tuesday — but teachers’ union sources told The Post that only a small fraction of accommodation requests are being granted. Asked about potential staffing shortfalls,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
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Samuel Hardiman
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The Memphis police and fire departments are less than 50% vaccinated, and trail Shelby County's overall vaccination rate, according to data from the city of Memphis. The data shows that vaccine hesitancy is widespread among the city's first-responders and other city staff. City solid waste employees are 37% vaccinated and parks and neighborhoods are 40% vaccinated, city data showed.(Snip)The city employee vaccination rate sparked an angry outburst from Memphis City Councilman Edmund Ford, Sr. who told the city administration it needs to mandate vaccinations, something Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland has not done.(Snip)"Shut this place down… or lay their asses off," Ford told Smith during
New York Daily News,
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Theresa Braine
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Meteorologist Karl Bohnak, long a fixture on the Michigan weather-prediction scene, has opted out of his job at NBC affiliate WLUC-TV rather than get a coronavirus vaccine. “Today, it is with a heavy heart, I announce after over 33 years, I am no longer employed at TV6,” Bohnak, 68, wrote in a lengthy Facebook post last Wednesday. “I am leaving TV6 because the station’s corporate owner, Gray Television, has mandated vaccination against COVID-19 for anyone entering a property owned by the company. Since I chose not to take one of the shots, I was fired. Many of you have taken one of these injections, and that is
Washington Times,
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Stephen Dinan
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Republican investigators demanded answers Tuesday from the Federal Aviation Administration over its decision last week to impose a ban on drone flights near the Texas migrant camp that sprang up on the banks of the Rio Grande. Kentucky Rep. James Comer and fellow Republicans on the House Oversight Committee said the ban was “totally devoid” of a justification and, given the details, it’s tough to avoid the conclusion that the FAA was trying to protect the Biden administration from embarrassing images. “Using government resources to conduct such blatant censorship is exactly the kind of abuse of power that must be rooted out of our government—to say nothing to the basic
Daily Mail (UK),
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Nikki Schwab
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President Joe Biden made his first major address before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday—announcing new financial commitments as he tried to reestablish the U.S.'s place in the global community. Biden said he'd ask Congress to double the amount of money for public climate financing—to about $11 billion a year—while also devoting $10 billion to curb hunger. 'We are not seeking a new Cold War,' Biden also assured the delegates, after the U.N.'s secretary-general expressed concerns about the U.S.'s deteriorating relationship with China. 'The United States is ready to work with any nation that steps up and pursues peaceful resolution to shared
Daily Mail (UK),
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Black Lives Matter activists gathered near Carmine’s restaurant in New York City and slammed its ‘racist’ management after three black women visiting from Texas were arrested for allegedly assaulting a hostess who asked for proof of vaccination. BLM protesters chanted ‘[expletive] you, Carmine’s’ and ‘Carmine’s are racist’ outside the Italian restaurant on the Upper West Side of Manhattan on Monday night—four days after the altercation.(Snip)The women, all of whom are from the Houston area, were seated indoors, but they then left when three men who were part of their group arrived several minutes later and two of them could not produce proof of vaccination,
Washington Times,
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Mike Glenn
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Top Air Force officials sounded the alarm Monday that the U.S. is rapidly falling behind China in the race to dominate the 21st century, and they suggested that Congress‘ refusal to let go of aging weaponry and planes is a military luxury the country can no longer afford. Such dire warnings from Defense Department officials are common across Washington, with officials trying to justify ever-rising budget requests by laying out a world in which the U.S. slips behind its rivals militarily and needs more money to catch up. But Pentagon watchers say the debate has taken on new clarity and urgency with the chaotic but complete withdrawal of U.S. forces
Washington Times,
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Kery Murakami
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The National Republican Campaign Committee is sending presents to seven House Democrats facing tight reelection, but the group probably won’t get many thank yous. The NRCC, the campaign arm for House Republicans, sent them doormats, which is what the GOP is calling these vulnerable incumbents. “We are sending doormats to these lawmakers to remind them they let Nancy Pelosi walk all over them. Voters will hold any Democrat who supports Nancy Pelosi’s reckless $3.5 trillion tax and spending spree accountable,” said NRCC Chairman Tom Emmer.(Snip)Getting the doormat will be Democratic Reps. Jim Costa of California, Carolyn Bourdeaux of Georgia, Jared Golden of Maine, Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey,
Washington Times,
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Stephen Dinan
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced a visit Monday to Del Rio, Texas, where a camp of thousands of illegal immigrants has sprung up, puncturing the Biden administration’s claims of border security.
His visit comes as his department announced a series of get-tough steps, including promises of faster deportations, to try to clear out the throng of mostly Haitian immigrants who crossed the Rio Grande and established the beachhead in the U.S.
In an unsigned statement over the weekend, the department also said it was negotiating with other countries where the Haitians last lived to try to get them to take back the new arrivals.
CNN,
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Atlanta—On a warm September afternoon, Mona Scott sat on the front porch while her home baked like an oven. As she ran a frozen water bottle across her forehead and arms, Scott told CNN her air conditioning broke 10 days earlier and had not yet been fixed.
"The windows are painted shut," Scott said. "We come outside at night to sleep because it's too hot inside."(Snip)And these health risks are not distributed equally. During extreme heat events, a few city blocks can mean the difference between a manageable 80-degree afternoon or a sweltering, 100-degree sweat fest.
The staggering temperature difference is due in large part
USA TODAY Network,
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Gareth McGrath
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Chris Suggs flashed his million-dollar smile. Of course the boys could have something to drink on this hot, muggy day in Eastern North Carolina. But it was going to be a fruit juice pouch, not a soda or other sugary drink they could get at the corner store.
Suggs disappeared into “The Hub,” a refurbished house that now serves as an unofficial hangout for kids in this hard-scrabble corner of Kinston.(Snip)But Albritton admits the endeavor has faced challenges. The mostly white group has had trouble drawing in members of the local community. The nonprofit also has found that many residents aren’t interested in gardening.
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The Marxist Democrats are very aggressively running the country into the ground, and have been so powerful for decades now that they've dominated the Republicans even when we have a Republican presidents. In response, the GOP serves up one of their trademark zingers. Their contempt for us presumes that we'll lap it up, and that we've long forgotten that every budget they submitted to President Trump was chock-full of profitable pork and set new records in spending.