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Pittsburgh—An Italian heritage group in western Pennsylvania vowed to appeal a judge’s ruling that Pittsburgh officials can remove a 13-foot statue of Christopher Columbus from a city park. Attorneys for the Italian Sons and Daughters of America have argued that the mayor doesn’t have the power to override an ordinance passed by the city council in 1955 that cleared the installation of the 800-pound statue of the explorer.(Snip)After protests about racial injustice and the statue in Philadelphia in June 2020, Kenney ordered the removal of a Columbus statue in Marconi Plaza saying it was a matter of public safety.
Boston Globe,
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Pfizer and BioNTech, the duo behind the world’s most widely used COVID-19 vaccine, and one of the most successful pharmaceutical products of all time, are developing a trio of new vaccines that could spur stronger, broader, and longer-lasting immunity to the coronavirus. BioNTech chief executive Dr. Ugur Sahin and chief medical officer Dr. Özlem Tureci—the husband and wife leaders of the German biotech company that partnered with Pfizer to develop the COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty—said in an interview that clinical trials of all three shots are expected to begin over the next six months.(Snip)BioNTech made $21 billion from sales of that shot in 2021
New York Post,
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Susan Edelman
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Schools Chancellor David Banks quietly promoted Mayor Adams’ girlfriend to a top job at the Department of Education, just months after Adams hired Banks’ girlfriend as a deputy mayor, The Post has learned. Banks named Tracey Collins—Adams’ longtime partner and NYC’s unofficial First Lady—the DOE’s “senior advisor to the deputy chancellor of school leadership,” Desmond Blackburn. She started the new job in July, and got a giant, 23% raise to $221,597 a year, records show. Hizzoner named Banks’ girlfriend, Sheena Wright, and four other women deputy mayors last Dec. 21. Deputy mayors made $251,982 in FY 21. Both women’s advancement underscores the tight inner circle of the Adams administration.
Washington Times,
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Joseph Clark
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French President Emmanuel Macron offered scathing criticism of U.S. President Biden’s off-the-cuff warning of a nuclear “Armageddon” and is calling for cooler heads to prevail amid escalating doomsday rhetoric. Mr. Macron urged global leaders not to “engage in political fiction” when speaking about nuclear weapons. “We must speak with prudence when commenting on such matters,” said at an EU summit on Friday, according to the Daily Mail. “I have always refused to engage in political fiction, and especially… when speaking of nuclear weapons,” he said. “On this issue, we must be very careful.” Mr. Biden delivered a chilling assessment of impending nuclear doom while speaking at a private Democratic
New York Post,
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Colin Wright
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As an evolutionary biologist and writer, I have calmly argued the (apparently controversial) position for years that biological sex is real, there are only two sexes, and the differences between males and females sometimes matter. I do this for a living on Substack, where I run the successful online magazine “Reality’s Last Stand.” This line of work gives me enormous freedom, but it also makes me exceptionally vulnerable to the political whims of the payment processors, like Stripe and PayPal, which I rely on to transact with my supporters. Now activists, who insist that biological sex is nothing more than a transphobic mirage, are trying to silence me by going
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Jeff Poor
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During an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) panned the lack of transparency regarding vaccine policy and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci. The Kentucky Republican lawmaker questioned the “onslaught of propaganda” on behalf of the vaccine with little information on how many times one must receive the vaccine. “Well, perhaps the Hollywood producers might want to ask Dr. Fauci,” he said. “I understand that your portfolio went from $7 million at the beginning of the pandemic to $12 million. Do you care explaining to us about that and whether or not you have any conflict of interest
Breitbart Europe,
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Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has said he agrees that Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February “would not have happened” if Donald Trump was still U.S. President. Bolsonaro, himself dubbed the ‘Tropical Trump’ or ‘Trump of the Tropics’ during and after his first successful presidential run in 2018, made the remarks in an interview with Brazilian news magazine Veja.(Snip)“If properly handled, there was absolutely no reason that the situation currently happening in Ukraine should have happened at all. I know Vladimir Putin very well, and he would have never done during the Trump Administration what he is doing now, no way,” he said
New York Post,
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Craig McCarthy
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A 14-year-old gang member with 18 busts already under his belt is suspected in three shootings that occurred just days apart in The Bronx, police said Friday. The kid made off on a scooter each time with an accomplice, police said—till he was finally busted for two of the crimes Wednesday. The young suspect—whose arrests date back to age 10 or 11—allegedly opened fire into a Dunkin’ Donuts from the back of a scooter Sept. 19 just after 2:30 p.m., said NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig said.(Snip)The targets were part of the “1300” or “OKB” gang, which is a subsection
New York Post,
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Caitlin Doornbos
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Washington–The Defense Department is shelling out $21 million on what critics argue seems to be the BIden military’s most pressing issue–renaming bases that offend the left. In 90 days, nine Army bases long named for Confederate generals will “immediately” begin swapping to more palatable-to-the-woke-crowd labels such as “Fort Liberty”–in a move that will cost more than $21 million. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday ordered the Army to begin renaming nine bases selected for the change by an independent commission after a congressionally mandated 90-day wait period expires. “I fully support the efforts and recommendations of the Naming Commission on this important
New York Post,
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Mark Moore
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A Swedish investigation of leaks in two Russian natural gas pipelines that run under the Baltic Sea to Europe found evidence that “detonations” caused extensive damage, strengthening suspicions of “serious sabotage.” Sweden’s Security Service said Thursday that it had seized evidence of what caused the ruptures in Nord Stream 1 and 2 last week but did not provide details. Authorities had noted when the leaks in the pipelines off of Sweden and Denmark were first disclosed that explosions were recorded in the area. Denmark and Sweden have suspected that explosives were used to sabotage the pipelines that carry natural gas to Germany after high levels of methane were detected.
New York Post,
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Americans battered by soaring inflation since President Biden took office have effectively suffered the steepest pay cut in a quarter-century, according to data released by the Federal Reserve. Researchers for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas published new findings that calculated “real wages”—the effective income of workers when adjusted for inflation. “We find that a majority of employed workers’ real (inflation-adjusted) wages have failed to keep up with inflation in the past year,” the researchers said. “For these workers, the median decline in real wages is a little more than 8.5%.” “Taken together, these outcomes appear to be the most severe faced by employed workers over the
Washington Times,
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Stephen Dinan
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Two high-profile GOP senators warned Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday to prepare to face impeachment unless he begins a quick about-face and figures out how to secure the southern border. Sens. Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz said Mr. Mayorkas has shown a “gross dereliction of duty” in his management of immigration and said if it’s not fixed it “could provide grounds for impeachment.”(Snip)They said Mr. Mayorkas must quickly provide a plan for what he will do to achieve “operational control” of the border, saying it’s both an imperative and a requirement of the law.
Mr. Mayorkas has brushed aside threats of impeachment, saying he’s focused
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In the USA, soaking the taxpayers by running a legendarily inefficient operation is grounds for handsome bonuses.