WORLD NEWS
Prince Harry Ripped for Trashing United States in U.N. Speech: ‘Useful Idiot,’ ‘Go Home, Little Boy’
Prince Harry has been taking a beating on social media after he bashed the U.S. during a speech to the United Nations this week.
Harry delivered his remarks during a U.N. summit on International Nelson Mandela Day in which he lamented the horrific state of the world, from the pandemic to the Russian war in Ukraine, as Breitbart News reported.
China’s TikTok Begins Laying Off Employees in America, UK, Europe
Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok has reportedly begun laying off its American, UK, and EU employees as part of a global restructuring of the business.
Wired reports that TikTok has begun a global restructuring of its business that is putting the jobs of many of its American, UK, and EU employees at risk. The video app, owned by Chinese parent company Bytedance, informed some employees in Europe that their jobs were at risk and to expect invitations to meet with human resources staff in the coming weeks.
France Wildfires: Man Suspected of Setting Enormous Blaze Arrested
French investigators probing the suspected deliberate lighting of what has become a raging wildfire in the country’s southwest have detained a man for questioning, as firefighters and water-bombing planes continued fighting Tuesday against the ferocious flames.
Two huge fires feeding on tinder-dry pine forests in the Gironde region have forced tens of thousands of people to flee homes and summer vacation spots since they broke out July 12.
Panama Rises Up: Massive Protests Against Fuel and Food Crisis Underway
People in Panama are rising up, blockading highways over a fuel and food crisis many believe was caused by the government.
On Sunday, talks broke down between protesters and the Panama government, which had offered to give some financial aid to lower gas prices for Panamanians if they agreed to stop blockading roads.
According to Luis Sanchez, a leader of the Anadepo civic grouping, though an agreement was signed, he didn’t feel it was binding as he still needed to “consult the rank and file” amid the grassroots protesters and union heads.
He added that the agreement “was signed under pressure.”
EU told to prepare for Russian gas shut-off
Countries urged to cut use by 15% until March, with the target becoming mandatory if Russia halts supplies.
U.S. NEWS, POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Video: Is WWIII Just Around The Corner? with Joel Skousen & Curtis Bowers
Explosion, Fire Reported at Hoover Dam
An explosion and a fire were reported at the Hoover Dam in Nevada on Tuesday, say witnesses as local officials later confirmed a transformer caught on fire before it was later extinguished.
Bureau of Reclamation Regional Director Jacklynn L. Gould said in a statement that the A5 transformer caught on fire. It was extinguished about 30 minutes later at 1:30 p.m. ET. She added that there were no injuries to visitors or dam employees, and there is no risk to the power grid.
City of Boulder officials confirmed that the fire was put out before the fire department arrived.
“The fire was extinguished before Boulder City Fire Department arrived on scene. Bureau of Reclamation/ Hoover Dam will be handling any additional questions,” said the City of Boulder, located in Nevada, at around 1:50 p.m. ET.
Neither the Bureau of Reclamation nor Boulder City officials confirmed an explosion. But witnesses on the scene reported a blast.
As Border Crossings Surge, Biden Admin Hiding Data on Illegal Alien Deaths
Border apprehensions recently topped 1.7 million, with three months of the fiscal year remaining. At the same time, the Biden administration has broken a long-standing policy of publicly releasing the number of illegal immigrants who die while crossing into the United States, or soon after.
The Rio Grande Valley in Texas and the Tucson Sector in Arizona have traditionally been the most deadly border sectors, as the river and the summer heat claim the most lives, and smugglers leave injured and sick aliens to die.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published on its website the number of migrant deaths along the southern border from fiscal 1998 to fiscal 2020, but stopped once the Biden administration took over the agency.
Over the course of three months, The Epoch Times made multiple requests to CBP for the missing data from fiscal years 2021 and 2022 to date. But CBP, to date, has declined to provide the information.
Previous CBP data show 247 illegal immigrants died near the border during fiscal 2020, while 300 died in fiscal 2019.
This June, according to unpublished CBP data obtained by The Epoch Times, 111 illegal immigrants died while crossing into the country, or soon after. An additional 53 died in a tractor-trailer unit outside San Antonio.
The highest number of deaths on CBP’s record was 492 people in fiscal year 2005. In the same year, Border Patrol apprehended about 1.2 million illegal immigrants.
The Florida Supreme Court agreed to impanel a statewide grand jury in response to a petition filed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in June to investigate immigration-related criminal offenses, including child endangerment.
“We were able to get the Florida Supreme Court to approve our request to impanel a statewide grand jury. … So, we’re gonna be doing really significant investigation about anybody, any organizations, particularly in Florida, who may be a part of facilitating some of the illegal migration that we see,” DeSantis said on July 19 in an emailed statement to The Epoch Times.
“And I think that that’s something that’s very, very significant.”
The petition outlined the governor’s ultimate goal of prosecuting parents for child endangerment as they utilize “transnational criminal organizations or other illicit actors to smuggle their unaccompanied alien children into the U.S., subjecting them to serious dangers.”
The petition states that in the first six months of fiscal 2021, 91 percent of the unaccompanied minors were released to a “sponsoring family member.” However, the petition goes on to state how treacherous a journey it is for the children who are often “assaulted, raped, kidnapped, and/or killed, especially young girls who are sexually exploited.” They’re often used to traffic drugs and weapons and launder money, the petition notes, and the terrain exposes the children to “harsh environmental conditions.”
The petition estimated the number of unaccompanied minor children who entered the United States and were placed with a sponsor in 2021 was 107,686, and so far in fiscal year 2022, that number is 61,143. More than 11,000 were brought to Florida in fiscal year 2021 and so far, almost 7,000 in fiscal year 2022.
“As a mother, protecting children is close to my heart,” Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody said in a statement. “We cannot turn a blind eye to traffickers and smugglers exploiting the border crisis to subject children to extremely dangerous conditions.”
Judge Grants Request for Discovery Phase in Social Media Collusion Lawsuit Against Biden Admin
A federal court has granted a request by Missouri and Louisiana officials to obtain information and documents from top-ranking officials in the Biden administration over its alleged collusion with social media giants in an effort to censor and suppress free speech.
Eric Schmitt, Missouri’s Republican attorney general, announced on social media on July 13 that Terry Doughty, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, had ruled in favor of the request for the discovery process.
The ruling paves the way for the attorneys general to collect documents from top-ranking Biden administration officials and social media giants.
In court documents (pdf) shared by Schmitt, Doughty wrote that there is “good cause” for an expedited preliminary injunction discovery.
The judge, a Trump appointee, also gave a timeline in which federal officials and social media platforms must hand over documents
Senate Democrats Divided Over House Democrats’ Plan to Expand SCOTUS
As House Democrats tout a renewed effort to expand the Supreme Court (SCOTUS), Senate Democrats remain divided on both the feasibility and value of the scheme.
The plan, contained in Rep. Hank Johnson’s (D-Ga.) Judiciary Act, would add four new seats to SCOTUS.
The renewed push to pack the bill comes in the wake of SCOTUS’ landmark decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, in which it overturned the abortion standard put in place by Roe v. Wade in 1973. The 6–3 decision was supported by all of the court’s six conservative justices and opposed by the three liberals on the court.
Following that decision, SCOTUS’ conservative justices also struck down a New York State gun control law that it deemed unconstitutional, in addition to a decision that severely constricted the scope of carbon regulations by the Environmental Protection Agency.
This string of conservative decisions, particularly the decision in Dobbs, has left Democrats scrambling for solutions to weaken the power of the court’s conservatives.
During a July 18 press conference, several progressive Democrats in the House renewed calls to expand SCOTUS and add four new seats, a scheme that critics have long referred to as “court-packing.”
Advertising Business Linked to Deaths and Greenwashing
Advertising agencies wield great power over public opinion, and prosecutors are increasingly starting to look at PR firms’ roles in cases where corporations are accused of serious malfeasance or fraud
Hundreds of climate-related court cases are now looking at the role advertising firms played in greenwashing
We’re seeing a similar trend happening in the drug industry, where ad agencies are starting to be held to account for the “legal lies” they spin on behalf of their clients. In February 2021, McKinsey & Company, a management consultancy firm, paid $573 million to settle a case in which they were accused of complicity by giving marketing advice to manufacturers of opiates, which have killed more than half a million people
May 6, 2021, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey sued Publicis Health, accusing the company of “collecting more than $50 million in exchange for marketing schemes to get doctors to prescribe Purdue’s opioids to more patients, in higher doses, for longer periods of time.” Publicis tried to have the case dismissed, but failed
Aside from hiring big advertising companies to push their wares, drug companies keep the truth from being known through the use of fact checkers
House Passes Same-Sex Marriage Bill, Backed by 47 Republicans
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill to codify same-sex marriage into law.
The Democrat-controlled lower house passed the Respect for Marriage Act (H.R. 8404), a bill that codifies same-sex marriage into U.S. law, with a bipartisan 267–157 vote; 47 House Republicans backed the bill. The bill now heads to the Senate, where 10 Republican votes are needed to overcome the filibuster threshold.
“Specifically, the bill repeals and replaces provisions that define, for purposes of federal law, marriage as between a man and a woman and spouse as a person of the opposite sex with provisions that recognize any marriage that is valid under state law,” reads the bill’s summary on Congress’s website.
“The bill also repeals and replaces provisions that do not require states to recognize same-sex marriages from other states with provisions that prohibit the denial of full faith and credit or any right or claim relating to out-of-state marriages on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin,” the bill’s summary continued.
Maryland Delegate Dan Cox (R-04), who secured former President Donald J. Trump’s highly valuable endorsement, defeated Trump critic Gov. Larry Hogan’s (R-MD) choice as his successor, Kelly Schulz, in Maryland’s Republican gubernatorial primary.
Cox was the only candidate with Trump’s backing in a contest Tuesday night and handily beat out Schulz, who served as secretary of labor, licensing, and regulation and secretary of commerce during different points of Hogan’s administration. Trump endorsed Cox in November, and the race became a microcosm of a much larger happening in the GOP as the America First movement and Republican establishment battle for the soul of the party. With 68 percent reporting at 11:20 p.m., Cox had garnered 56 percent of the vote, trouncing Schulz, who took home 40 percent, the Associated Press election results shared by the New York Times show. The victory signals that conservatives in Maryland are more aligned with Trump than the departing governor.
Leftists Lash Out: 22-Year-Old Who Stopped Mall Mass Shooting Was No ‘Good Samaritan’
Leftists are pushing back against the praise being poured on 22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken by claiming he was no “Good Samaritan.”
On July 19, 2022 Breitbart News noted that Dicken was receiving praise from police, mayors, and the very mall–Greenwood Park Mall–where Sunday’s attempted mass shooting occurred. He had his handgun on him, thanks to constitutional carry, and was able to engage and ultimately kill the attacker before the attacker could further execute his heinous attack.
Strip Club Robbed of $22,000 in $1 Bills: ‘I Thought It Was a Joke’
A Providence, Rhode Island, strip club was recently robbed of a huge amount of cash, most of which was in $1 bills.
Cadillac Lounge manager Ed Imondi explained he had the money out and was counting it prior to opening hours when the incident occurred, according to CBS Boston.
A man entered and pointed a gun at his head, telling him, “This is a robbery.” The suspect allegedly snatched $3,500 out of Imondi’s hands.
He also demanded he open a safe holding $22,000 in $1 bills.
“He took all the ones, I could hear him stacking them into the big bag he had,” Imondi recalled, adding, “Obviously, he knew we had a lot of money in there.”
According to reports, Jontay Goode now faces a charge of armed robbery, and law enforcement said he had on a mask during the incident.
A blogger’s sexually charged writings about Rep. Mayra Flores (R-TX), as well as previous racial slur-laden posts, have come to light hours after his “racist” attacks on Flores and reports he received funding from her general election opponent Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), made headlines.
NBC News first reported Tuesday that Gonzalez’s campaign paid the McHale Report $1,200 for “advertising services,” but no advertisements were run on the blog. Jerry McHale has been heaving racial insults at Flores since at least May, dubbing her “Miss Frijoles,” “Miss Enchiladas,” “gringa hag,” a “cotton-pickin’ liar,” and other tasteless nicknames and race and sex-based insults.
Bannon Defense Tells Jury That Government Can’t Prove Defendant Committed a Crime
The contempt of Congress charge levied against former White House aide Steve Bannon cannot be proven, lawyers for the defendant told a jury in federal court on July 19.
Bannon is on trial for defying subpoenas issued by the House of Representatives committee investigating the breach of the U.S. Capitol, which occurred on Jan. 6, 2021.
Bannon ignored warnings that he could face criminal prosecution if he did not comply with the subpoena, prosecutor Amanda Vaughn said.
“When you ignore a subpoena, that’s a crime,” she said. “That is why we are here today.”
But Evan Corcoran, a lawyer for Bannon, challenged that narrative, saying that the subpoena was not ignored.
The evidence will show there was “direct engagement” and prolonged negotiations between lawyers for Bannon and the government because of questions about what materials and testimony Bannon could give, Corcoran said.
There will also be no evidence that shows Bannon “willfully defaulted when he didn’t appear in a congressional office on Oct. 14,” Corcoran said. “The date was the subject of ongoing discussion and negotiation, so the government can’t
George Soros Gave $1 Million to Help Beto O’Rourke Unseat Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
Left-wing Democrat mega donor George Soros has donated $1 million to help Beto O’Rourke’s efforts to unseat Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, filings show.
Records filed with Texas Ethics Commission published Tuesday show the billionaire donated the sum to the Beto for Texas political action committee in June, according to The Hill. O’Rourke’s campaign confirmed the donation to the outlet.
O’Rourke has benefited from laws in Texas that allow uncapped campaign donations. According to filings, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee has received a number of donations over six or seven figures
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
Nearly 60 Percent of Americans Want TikTok Removed From App Stores: Poll
Almost 60 percent of Americans believe that the Chinese-owned short video app TikTok should be removed from app stores after revelations that American user data has been repeatedly accessed in China, according to a new poll.
In a survey conducted by the Convention of States Action and Trafalgar Group, 58.6 percent of respondents said they supported “efforts to remove TikTok from app stores now that the company has revealed American’s user data can be accessed by TikTok employees in China.”
Meanwhile, 17.8 percent of respondents were opposed to such action, and 23.6 percent said they were not sure. The poll was conducted from July 7 to July 10, surveying more than 1,000 likely 2022 election voters with a margin of error of 2.9 percent.
The results came less than a month after leaked recordings of internal company meetings obtained by Buzzfeed News allegedly showed that from least September 2021 to January, engineers in China had access to the app’s U.S. data.
TikTok employees at times had to turn to their colleagues in China to determine how U.S. data was flowing, which the U.S. staff weren’t authorized to independently access, according to the report.
The July survey showed that Independents (56.9 percent) and Republicans (76.8 percent) were more likely to support measures to remove TikTok, while 39.2 percent of Democrats agreed with this proposal.
The recent revelations have renewed scrutiny on the app, owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, that officials and experts say may be used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for espionage and to conduct information operations. They cite national security laws in the country that compel companies to cooperate with Chinese intelligence agencies when asked.
TikTok has repeatedly denied such allegations, saying that it stores U.S. user data on servers outside of China and that it would never allow Beijing to access such information.
“TikTok is just another invasive tool for communist China to infiltrate Americans’ personal and proprietary information,” Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) previously told The Epoch Times.
“This app presents a very real threat to our national security, and the United States should take strong action to stop the CCP’s espionage campaign.”
Netflix Carnage: Loses 1 Million Subscribers, Largest Loss of Customers in Company History
The carnage at Netflix keeps getting worse. On Tuesday, the far left-wing streamer revealed that it lost close to 1 million subscribers in the second quarter — the largest quarterly loss of customers in the company’s history.
Still, shares of Netflix jumped more than 10 percent in after-hours trading because the bad news wasn’t half as bad as investors had expected.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
NYU School Of Law: Digital ID Is ‘Paving A Digital Road To Hell’
New York University’s Center for Human Rights and Global Justice has issued a chilling warning about the potential dangers to human rights posed by the push for digital identity.
In mid-June, the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, a “hub for human rights study” at New York University (NYU) School of Law, issued a 100-page report detailing the growing dangers of a reliance on digital identity around the world. The report, titled Paving a Digital Road to Hell?, examines the role of the world bank and other international networks which have been promoting the use if digital ID in recent years.
Pro-Trump Tech Mogul: Silicon Valley Shunning Pentagon to Keep Chinese Deals
Oculus founder Palmer Luckey accused U.S. technology companies at a tech conference last week of shying away from working with the U.S. military because they fear losing access to the Chinese market.
Luckey founded the virtual reality hardware firm Oculus and has since moved on to run Anduril Industries, a startup that sells drone defense systems to the U.S. military and friendly countries.
Study: Social Media Makes Young People Unhappy, Negatively Impacts Finances
Social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok are negatively impacting users’ finances, as well as causing nearly half of Generation Z and Millennials to feel unhappy about their financial situation, according to a recent study.
More than one in three U.S. adults who have social media (34 percent) say they have felt negatively about their finances after seeing other users’ posts, according to a new poll by Bankrate.
HEALTH
Less Than 7% of US Have Good Cardio Metabolic Health
Researchers from Tufts University found just 6.8% of over 55,000 people studied had good cardiometabolic health in 2018 and the data showed a striking reduction in health from the data gathered in 1999
Optimal health is not just the absence of disease, but a balance of all aspects of health including physical, social, emotional and spiritual health that can be facilitated through lifestyle changes
The researchers call for an overhaul of the food system to address the abysmal health of U.S. adults. However, this should not include the addition of lab-grown meat and soy-based products which are not sustainable and have questionable nutrient value
Consider adding these seven tips to take steps to improve your cardiometabolic health that can help improve your resilience, which will become more important in the coming years
New Study Adds to Growing Body of Evidence Suggesting Mask Mandates Are Ineffective
A new study published this month revealed that COVID-19 mask mandates in schools have little to no effect.
“Our findings contribute to a growing body of literature which suggests school-based mask mandates have limited to no impact on the case rates of COVID-19 among K-12 students,” researchers at the University of Southern California and the University of California–Davis said in a preprint study published on Research Square.
Researchers evaluated two school districts in Fargo, North Dakota, in which one had a mask mandate and the other did not during the 2021–2022 academic year.
“We observed no significant difference between student case rates while the districts had differing masking policies nor while they had the same mask policies,” they noted, adding that the “impact of school-based mask mandates on COVID-19 transmission in children is not fully established” amid mandates nationwide.
A number of other studies have found no link between mask mandates and a drop in COVID-19 cases.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
What it would mean for Biden to declare a national climate emergency
In the wake of Sen. Joe Manchin’s announcement that he won’t vote for a bill addressing climate change unless inflation slows next month, climate leaders are calling for President Biden to declare climate change a national emergency — and it appears that the White House is seriously considering the move.
A formal declaration would open up new possibilities for unilateral action by the executive branch to combat climate change, including halting U.S. exports of crude oil and halting offshore drilling. Biden could even redirect military funding to the construction of renewable energy projects — much as former President Donald Trump diverted more than $18 billion in Pentagon funding to build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico — and impose trade penalties on countries that permit deforestation, such as the destruction of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil.
GARDENING, FARMING & HOMESTEADING
15 Raised Bed Garden Design Ideas
Raised beds can be as humble or creative as you like. A raised bed planter can be a permanent fixture for perennial plants to settle in and mature. The initial cost of getting your raised bed set up will depend on how elaborate you make it, but once in place, raised beds are no more expensive to maintain than traditional gardens. They offer a lot of benefits.
COVID RELATED NEWS
Dr. Deborah Birx admits she deceived Trump to push COVID measures
Dr. Deborah Birx, who served as the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator under President Donald Trump, has admitted in a new book that she manipulated data and quietly altered CDC guidance without authorization.
In “Silent Invasion,” she confesses she “devised” a “strategic sleight-of-hand” method of reporting she described as “subterfuge.”
“This wasn’t the only bit of subterfuge I had to engage in,” she writes.
Birx insisted, contrary to the White House and the CDC, that the asymptomatic spread of COVID-19 was significant.
Cracks Appear At NIH, FDA, CDC As Scientists, Doctors Regret “Bad Science”
The calls and text messages are relentless. On the other end are doctors and scientists at the top levels of the NIH, FDA and CDC. They are variously frustrated, exasperated and alarmed about the direction of the agencies to which they have devoted their careers.
“It’s like a horror movie I’m being forced to watch and I can’t close my eyes,” one senior FDA official lamented. “People are getting bad advice and we can’t say anything.”
That particular FDA doctor was referring to two recent developments inside the agency. First, how, with no solid clinical data, the agency authorized Covid vaccines for infants and toddlers, including those who already had Covid. And second, the fact that just months before, the FDA bypassed their external experts to authorize booster shots for young children.
That doctor is hardly alone.
How Pfizer Profited From the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a real boon to Pfizer. Not only has it doubled Pfizer’s annual revenue, it has also given the drugmaker unique weight in determining U.S. health policy — something that concerns even staunch vaccine-pushers like Dr. Paul Offit
Pfizer’s revenue in 2021 was $81.3 billion — approximately double that of 2020 — and the COVID shot accounted for $36.78 billion of that
Pfizer’s COVID jab dominates 70% of the U.S. and European markets, and Paxlovid, its COVID drug, has become a standard treatment choice in hospitals. This despite findings showing the shot doesn’t prevent infection or transmission, and that Paxlovid causes severe rebound and supercharges mutations
The U.S. had thrown away 82.2 million expired COVID jab doses as of mid-May 2022, yet the Biden administration ordered another 105 million doses at the end of June 2022 for a fall booster campaign that will cost taxpayers $3.2 billion
Pfizer’s contracts are almost exclusively slanted in Pfizer’s favor. They’re guaranteed payment while having no financial liability for injuries and deaths, and it appears this indemnification applies even if they were to be found guilty of fraud
CDC Stops Reporting COVID-19 Levels for Cruise Ships, Says Companies Can Handle Their Own Rule
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday ended its COVID-19 program for cruise ships that reported cases of the virus, while saying that ships can handle their own testing and mitigation.
“CDC has worked closely with the cruise industry, state, territorial, and local health authorities, and federal and seaport partners to provide a safer and healthier environment for cruise passengers and crew,” the federal agency’s website said in an update on Monday. “Cruise ships have access to guidance and tools to manage their own COVID-19 mitigation programs.”
“While cruising poses some risk of COVID-19 transmission,” the agency said, the “CDC will continue to publish guidance to help cruise ships continue to provide a safer and healthier environment for crew, passengers, and communities going forward.” The agency did not post a date for the latest guidance, but an Epoch Times review of archived pages shows that the update was posted Monday.
Throughout the pandemic, the cruise industry worldwide has been gutted by lockdowns, vaccine mandates, and other government-imposed rules. Cruise industry groups have called on the CDC to end its program for months.
Health officials have often scrutinized cruise ships and warned that the vessels allow for widespread transmission of COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. In early 2020, extensive media coverage was dedicated to an outbreak on the Diamond Princess ship in Japan, prompting health agencies worldwide to place curbs on cruises.
Will 100 Million Die From the COVID Vax by 2028?
David Martin, Ph.D., presents evidence that COVID-19 injections are not vaccines, but bioweapons that are being used as a form of genocide across the global population
The spike protein that the COVID-19 shots manufacture is a known biologic agent of concern
Martin believes the number that may die may have been revealed back in 2011, when the World Health Organization announced their “decade of vaccination”
The objective for the decade of vaccination was a population reduction of 15% globally, which would be about 700 million people dead; in the U.S., this may amount to between 75 million and 100 million people dying from COVID-19 shots
When asked what timeframe these people may die in, Martin suggested “there’s a lot of economic reasons why people hope that it’s between now and 2028”
The projected illiquidity of the Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid programs by 2028 suggests the “fewer people who are recipients of these programs, the better;” Martin believes this may be why people 65 and over were targeted with COVID-19 shots first
CANCEL CULTURE
Anti-woke comic book defies cancel culture, earns $1.7M in four days
In a world full of “woke” culture, one man is taking an artistic stand.
Writer, content creator and musician Eric July is adding a new feather to his cap: comic book creator. July officially launched his first comic book “Isom #1” through publishing company Rippaverse on Monday — and it’s been a smashing success.
July’s book has already brought in more than $1.7 million in pre-orders in just the first four days. Nearly 19,000 people have pre-ordered — but not everyone is happy about it.
The release of “Isom #1” created somewhat of a stir on social media, particularly Reddit, where promotional videos for the comic book were banned from certain subreddits for “supporting comics from hate groups.”
But July tells Fox News Digital his comic book company is no such thing. “A lot of it has to do with the fact that I am a person that they simply do not like,” he said.
July, a self-described libertarian, hosts his own podcast and has appeared on several media outlets as a political commentator. July said he is “on a mission to spread liberty, speak out against nonsense and work towards a more free and prosperous society.”
PET NEWS
Popular Flea Collar Danger Yet The EPA is Remaining Silent
When her veterinarian approached Rhonda Bomwell about purchasing a flea and tick collar, she took his advice to heart. Pierre was a 9-year old Papillon service dog and was an indoor animal. She promptly headed to the pet store near her home and purchased a Bayer’s, Seresto Collar. She had no idea about this potentially deadly flea collar.
Seresto Collar
Sitting as one of the most popular flea and tick collars, Seresto has been linked to thousands of injured animals. It holds hundreds of accounts of harmed animals, and hundreds of pet deaths. In fact, the proof is found within the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency documentation. Yet, it seems the EPA has done absolutely nothing to warn potential consumers of the identified risks, of this deadly flea collar.
Even worse, Bomwell said the worst part of her entire experience is that she feels guilty. She was feeling responsible for using the product on her dog. She believed she had half a decade left to enjoy with her pup
On March 16, 2012, the EPA approved the Seresto collars for public use. They are designed to work for eight-month periods at a time. The pesticides used in production are imidacloprid and flumethrin. As of today’s writing, imidacloprid belongs to the neonicotinoid class of insecticides. Flumethrin is currently only an active ingredient in one product globally – the Seresto collars. The products have a “synergistic effect” together. This means it makes them more toxic together on fleas. Donley, who holds a doctorate in cell and developmental biology (and prior researcher within the cancer realm), suspects that the toxic effect likely extends to pets as well, making this a potentially deadly flea collar.
GOOD NEWS
DoorDash driver saves customer’s life during pizza delivery
In an instant, Sophia Furtado went from delivering a pizza to saving a life.
On Feb. 11, Caryn Hebert Sullivan decided to order a late-night pizza, and waited for the delivery outside of her home in West Island of Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Sullivan previously injured her knee, and as she stood outside, felt it give out on her; she dropped to the ground, hitting her head. “I just remember laying on my driveway thinking, ‘This is pretty much over,'” Sullivan told CNN. “I was laying there and saw a lot of white clouds.”
Furtado, a DoorDash driver, pulled up to Sullivan’s house at 10 p.m., and when she saw an unresponsive Sullivan bleeding from her head, Furtado’s previous emergency medical technician training kicked in. She yelled for help, and Sullivan’s husband, Robert, who was asleep inside, heard her and called 911. Furtado stabilized Sullivan’s neck to protect her spine, and didn’t move until medics arrived.
Sullivan was hospitalized for three weeks, and had two severe brain bleeds. She is still recovering, but was on hand to see her new friend Furtado receive a lifesaving award from the Fairhaven Police Department and a $1,000 educational grant from DoorDash. “I was not expecting it at all,” Furtado said of the accolades. “I would’ve done that for anyone.” Sullivan told CNN she is “so thankful” for Furtado, her lifesaving skills, and her friendship, adding, “She’s my guardian angel.”
ICYMI
Birx Book: Lies, Deceit, And Altered Data
Deborah Birx wrote a book about her pandemic response work. In it she admits to multiple lies and altering data ‘for the public good.’
Now, her book was published in April, but is only now coming to everyone’s attention. Several folks have reviewed it and let’s just say there are some jaw-dropping passages in it.
First, Birx wants us to believe it was purely by chance that she saw that BBC story in January 2020 but just KNEW all of this was going to be bad.
Secondly, the Wuhan lab leak was real and the virus ‘came out of the box’ ready to infect.
Infectious diseases expert and former presidential Covid adviser Dr Deborah Birx told The Mail on Sunday that coronavirus ‘came out of the box ready to infect’ when it emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2020.
The adviser said most viruses take months or years to become highly infectious to humans. But, Dr Birx said, Covid ‘was already more infectious than flu when it first arrived’.
She said that meant Covid was either an ‘abnormal thing of nature’ or that Chinese scientists were ‘working on coronavirus vaccines’ and became infected.
‘It happens, labs aren’t perfect, people aren’t perfect, we make mistakes and there can be contamination,’ she said.
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