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County Officials Trample Religious Freedom Despite Court Order

Los Angeles County public health officials are asking residents to avoid attending religious services despite recent court rulings that reversed such bans on indoor worship.

Georgia Dems Make Grand Healthcare Promises In Quest For Senate Votes

No Democrat has ever won a statewide runoff race in Georgia. That means that even with a strong health care message, it’ll be tough for Ossoff and Warnock to break that trend and unseat the Republicans.

Key Trump Aide Hails Florida As A “Free State”

December 16, 2020 Florida Politics – Kayleigh McEnany, on Wednesday morning’s “Fox and Friends,” lauded Ron DeSantis as one of the greatest Governors in the country, contrasting his making Florida a “free state” with the “Orwellian” solutions of Democrats leading other states. The messaging from McEnany muddles conclusions from the White House Coronavirus Task Force that Florida must impose restrictions amid an uptick in infections in recent weeks. McEnany enthused about DeSantis in what she called her...

“There Goes The Neighborhood” – Mar-a-Lago Neighbors Don’t Want Trump

The Guardian – Neighbors of Donald Trump’s infamous Mar-a-Lago golf club in Palm Beach, Florida are warning the president that he cannot live at the club after he leaves the White House, following an agreement he made with the town in 1993. In a letter to the town of Palm Beach and the US Secret Service sent this week, a lawyer representing a family that lives next to Mar-a-Lago reiterated that “Mar-a-Lago is a social club, and...

Judge Okays Strippers Taking It All Off – All But The Mask

Judge says strip club ruling also protects restaurants SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California judge said Thursday that all restaurants in San Diego County can resume on-site dining with safety protocols, marking a major setback to the governor's stay-at-home order to slow the spread of the coronavirus. San Diego Superior Court Judge Joel Wohlfeil said the ruling he issued Wednesday that protected two strip clubs from being forced to stop indoor activity also extended to the...

Porn Stars Get ‘Crushing’ News About Their Livelihoods

Pornhub banned from Visa, Mastercard over videos of rape, underage sex PLUS: The health costs of too much porn AP via Headline Wealth – Mastercard and Visa said Thursday they would block their customers from using the credit cards to make purchases on Pornhub following accusations the pornographic website showed videos of rape and underage sex. They reacted following an investigation by opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times that also alleged the site depicts revenge...

Mayor Gets Out Of Dodge After Death Threats Over Mask Rules

"I do not feel safe in this position anymore." – Mayor Joyce Warshaw, Dodge City, Kansas, Dec 15, 2020 Kansas mayor cites "anger, accusations, and abuse," resigns over mask mandate threats | PLUS: Vice President Mike Pence says he will receive the vaccine "without hesitation." Associated Press | Dec 15, 2020 KANSAS — A western Kansas mayor announced Tuesday that she is resigning, effective immediately, because of threats she has received after she publicly supported a mask mandate. Dodge City...

The Real Reason Biden Can’t Move Into The White House

"The West Wing under President Donald Trump has been the locus of at least two significant outbreaks of COVID... " Biden's challenge: The White House is a Covid hotspot WASHINGTON (AP) — Three blocks from the White House, office space for more than 500 Biden transition staffers sits mostly idle. The government is shipping out laptops so staffers can work from home. President-elect Joe Biden, surrounded by just a handful of aides in Delaware, is using...

Judge Judy Issues Verdict On Masks

"I proceeded to lace into him about respecting other people." Fox News – Judge Judy Sheindlin, 78, revealed during an interview with the New York Post that she admonished a fan who was not wearing a mask in public amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The ordeal took place at a hair salon, where Sheindlin spotted a man indoors without a mask on. She recalled: “I walked up to him and he looked at me and smiled....

Former Aide Accuses Cuomo of Sexual Harassment

"Ms. Boylan described her experience working for Mr. Cuomo as 'beyond toxic' and 'endlessly dispiriting.'" Lindsey Boylan, who is now running for Manhattan borough president, said the governor would often discuss her physical appearance when she worked for him. The New York Times – A former aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Sunday accused him of sexual harassment, asserting that the governor would often discuss her physical appearance, something she said occurred over the course...

‘Snowbirds’ Hunker Down In Frozen North

Loss of 'snowbirds' amid pandemic another hit to US tourism Dec 14, 2020 PHOENIX (AP) — This is the first winter in five years that Steve Monk and his wife, Linda, haven't driven to Arizona from their home in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. They typically leave Canada to hunker down in warmer climates for six months. They could fly, skirting travel restrictions at the border, but they'd rather "freeze their buns off" than go to the U.S.,...

FL Man Drops Cigarette Butt, Faces Life In Prison

"Kidnapping is a violent crime that is charged as a first degree felony offense in Florida, and a defendant convicted of this offense may face up to 30 years to life in state prison." – Michael Mirer, criminal defense attorney, South Florida Fox News – A Florida man was arrested Wednesday in the 1998 kidnapping and rape of a 22-year-old woman, investigators said. James Byrd, now 60, was arrested on charges of armed kidnapping and sexual battery. Investigators...

Charley Pride, 86, Dies of Covid

"We're not color blind yet, but we've advanced a few paces along the path and I like to think I've contributed something to that process." (CNN)Country music legend Charley Pride died Saturday at age 86, a representative for the singer announced. Pride died in Dallas of complications from Covid-19, the release said. Born on March 18, 1934, in Sledge, Mississippi, the singer was a sharecropper's son who rose to become country music's first black superstar. His baritone voice...

Cuomo Gets Ted Kennedy Award After Disastrous Handling of COVID

Dec 11, 2020 | Headline USA – New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo this week was given the Edward M. Kennedy Institute Award for Inspired Leadership for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Cuomo, whose state has seen more coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths than any other state, claimed his policies — including his disastrous nursing home policy, which forced nursing homes to accept coronavirus patients — were not “popular,” but were necessary. Cuomo said while accepting the leadership...

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