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Safety Merck-iness: In some lucky folks, COVID drug produces NEW virus mutations?
I don't think this is quite the result - nor the publicity - Merck was looking for.Read More
Pro-life Catholic students kicked out of Smithsonian Museum
It was all about blue hats. A group of Catholic school students visited the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum after participating in the annual March for Life. They were asked to remove their hats because of a…
Sec. Blinken cancels trip to China over ‘brazen’ spy balloon
As Jazz pointed out this morning, China has put out an official explanation for why their spy balloon is drifting over the state of Montana. According to the always reliable CCP, the balloon is theirs but they weren't…
Danger ahead! More private funding of elections
It's much cheaper to buy an election by controlling who counts the votes rather than spending money to persuade voters to your side.Read More
Newly elected black conservative rips House Democrats over crying wolf on racism
The House Judiciary Committee began its investigation into the chaos on the southern border this week. Newly-elected Republican Rep. Wesley Hunt schooled Democrats on the ineffectiveness of their constant default position on…
NYT: Manhattan DA still trying to flip Trump Org CFO
If at first you don't succeed ... you get desperate, apparently.Read More
I can’t defend this. Can you?
The Washington Post has a troubling story up, published yesterday afternoon.Read More
Boom, maybe: US adds 517,000 jobs in January, but …
Before this morning, the analysts' consensus for new jobs gained in January was 185,000. Today's report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics almost tripled that prediction. The US economy added 517,000 jobs in…
AP fact checks Rep. Jamie Raskin’s dumb joke attacking House Republicans
Rep. Jamie Raskin made a dumb joke about his headwear on Tuesday at a House Democratic Caucus meeting. A reporter heard Raskin and tweeted about it. The original tweet was somewhat misleading and a follow-up tweet was…
This Chinese balloon(s) story is another pile of hot garbage (Update)
John covered this story yesterday when it first broke, but more details (if you wish to generously call them that) have emerged since then. We're talking about the alleged Chinese spy balloon that was observed and…