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Masks Are RUINING Nanny State Facial ID

"Face masks ... make it much harder for facial-recognition software to identify you." Americans begin to redefine PPE as 'Privacy Protection Equipment' CNN – Face masks are already known to stop the spread of coronavirus. Apparently, they can also make it much harder for facial-recognition software to identify you, too. This is the key finding of a new report released Monday from federal researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, which is...

Patriot Militia Backlash Versus Covid Rules, BLM

“We’ve seen a clear pivot from militia groups active in the so-called reopen protests to, now, armed security in local communities.” | July 27, 2020 High Country News – In the first weeks of June, as protests against police brutality spread across the country, a group of people who were neither demonstrators nor law enforcement began to appear in the streets. These members of the Patriot militia movement — an assortment of groups defined by anti-government,...

Can You Be Arrested For Not Wearing A Mask?

"Nobody's asking for a masking gestapo. We're just asking for good behavior and support from our local communities." | Some US police resist enforcing coronavirus mask mandates July 26, 2020 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Lang Holland, the chief of police in tiny Marshall, Arkansas, said he thinks the threat of the coronavirus has been overstated and only wears a face mask if he's inside a business that requires them. He doesn't make his officers wear...

Guv Insists Wings Don’t Count as Food Under Bar Reopening Rules

July 23, 2020 | Twitchy – As Twitchy reported a week ago, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that New York bars and restaurants could sell alcohol, but only to people who also ordered food. Apparently the science was that people who drank alcohol only tended to loiter and not social distance as much or something. Plenty suggested the idea of selling peanuts for a buck to take care of the food requirement, but Cuomo has made it somewhat...

Ghislaine Maxwell, Roger Stone, Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort Have THIS In Common

Q. What do Roger Stone (convicted felon), Michael Flynn (pleaded guilty to a felony), and Paul Manafort (convicted felon) have in common? A. They’re all people Trump has had a powerful interest in silencing, and they're all people whom Trump publicly wished well. Now Trump has publicly wished Ghislaine Maxwell well ... Trump’s shout-out to Ghislaine hit the reset button on his exploitative history with women | OPINION By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN July 24, 2020 L.A. Times – At President Trump’s...

Walmart Shopper Pulled Gun During Mask Dispute: Cops

July 23, 2020 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A Florida man is facing felony charges for pointing a gun at another Walmart shopper who had told him to wear a mask, officials said Thursday. Vincent Scavetta, 28, was charged with aggravated assault with a firearm and improper exhibition of a firearm after surrendering Wednesday to Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies. At a Thursday hearing, bail was set at $15,000. According to an arrest report, Scavetta admitted to sheriff's...

Anti-Vaxxers Are ‘Nuts’: Boris Johnson

UK's Johnson dismisses anti-vaxxers as 'nuts' Jul 24, 2020 "The Latest' By The Associated Press | LONDON – U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has dismissed campaigners seeking to oppose vaccinations, describing so-called anti-vaxxers as "nuts.'' Johnson asked staff at a London medical center what they thought of anti-vaxxers while adding, "There's all these anti-vaxxers now. They are nuts, they are nuts." Johnson was touring the east London center to promote a campaign for flu vaccinations ahead of winter. The anti-vaccination...

US Senate Candidate’s Goal For Staffer: ‘Getting Her Laid’

READER DISCRETION: EXTREME VULGARITY 'Voters deserve a candidate we can be proud of...' | Nebraska Dems pick a replacement for their ‘dumpster fire’ of a nominee | July 20, 2020 | By Managing Editor, Headline USA – Nebraska Democrats endorsed a new U.S. Senate candidate in hopes of pressuring their current nominee to drop out of the race after he sent sexually offensive text messages to a campaign staffer. The party’s state central committee voted Sunday to back Alisha Shelton, an Omaha...

‘Carelessness Of Politicians’ Killed Texas Mom: Obit

"Her undeserving death is due to the carelessness of the politicians ... “There is no doubt that poor policy and terrible leadership were responsible for her death.”" The Hill – A Texas woman used her mother’s obituary to slam politicians’ response to the coronavirus pandemic after her mother died from the virus. Fiana Tulip wrote in an obituary for her mother, Isabelle Papadimitriou, published Tuesday by The Dallas Morning News" “Isabelle was a giant, and powerful in...

Trump: Patriots Must Defeat ‘Invisible China Virus’

July 20, 2020 The Hill – President Trump on Monday tweeted for the first time a photograph of himself wearing a mask and described the practice as a patriotic act amid the coronavirus pandemic. “We are United in our effort to defeat the Invisible China Virus, and many people say that it is Patriotic to wear a face mask when you can’t socially distance,” Trump tweeted Monday afternoon, referring to the coronavirus, which the president...

GOP Leaders Vow To Fill Potential Supreme Court Vacancy

"Democrats are increasingly worried about the fragile health of Justice Ginsburg" Despite some apprehension, Republican leaders vow to fill a potential Supreme Court vacancy this year Plus: What to Know About Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Cancer Recurrence July 20, 2020 CNN – Senate Republican leaders, undeterred by the scathing criticism leveled against them for blocking President Barack Obama's election-year Supreme Court nominee in 2016, are signaling that they are prepared to confirm a nominee by President Donald Trump even...

Ginsburg Obscured The Truth About Her Health: Politico

"The five month delay that preceded Ginsburg's statement Friday was just the latest episode to prompt concern among courtwatchers that the justices are being too opaque about their health." Belated Ginsburg cancer disclosure renews focus on SCOTUS transparency With the court sharply divided on many pivotal issues, a health crisis on the part of one justice has the potential to upend Washington. By JOSH GERSTEIN July 19, 2020 Politico – One Tuesday this past May, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg...

Fauci Praises New York’s Covid-19 Response

July 19, 2020 NEW YORK (WABC) -- Dr. Anthony Fauci said New York has set an example for the rest of the country of how to successfully bring down cases of coronavirus. Fauci, the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, discussed the latest developments on the COVID-19 pandemic on Friday night's edition of PBS NewsHour. When anchor Judy Woodruff asked Fauci about a solution to increasing testing throughout the country, he said that...

‘Fauci Is Wrong’ – Meadows

July 16, 2020 The Hill – White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said on Thursday that Anthony Fauci was wrong to liken the coronavirus to the 1918 flu pandemic, calling his remarks “false” and “irresponsible.” “He was at Georgetown the other day and he suggested that this virus was worse or as bad as the 1918 flu epidemic. And I can tell you that not only is that false, it is irresponsible to suggest so,”...

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