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Harvard and Yale scientists probing new condition linked to Covid shot
They do not want the issue to be seized upon by the anti-vax movement that has gained momentum during the pandemic.
Patients with so-called Long Vax appear to suffer symptoms similar to Long Covid — including headaches, intense tiredness, and abnormal heart rate and blood pressure. However, some symptoms appear unique to the vaccine-induced condition – such as tingling, burning pain and blood circulation issues.
The true number of people affected is not yet known, but anecdotally, doctors are seeing dozens of patients coming in with symptoms that align with the condition.
CV-19 Deaths Linked to Fauci Protocol Exclusion of Antibiotics
Independent researchers in Pittsburgh, Los Angeles and Ottawa are separately pointing to Anthony Fauci’s exclusion of antibiotics as part of the COVID-19 Treatment Protocol as the plausible cause of excess viral pneumonia deaths and myocarditis damage among the vaccinated from 2020 to 2022.
Many excess deaths (more than normal deaths) were not from a virus epidemic or from vaccine injuries but from excluding antibiotics from the COVID-19 treatment standard of care.
But there is not sufficient quality of data to estimate the magnitude of such deaths.
And this understanding suggests that what has been called a virus is bacterial, not viral, and thus requires antibiotic treatment that has been excluded under the Fauci Protocol.
Nearly HALF of the tap water in the US laced with ‘forever chemicals’
Almost half of all tap water sources in the US are laced with toxic ‘forever chemicals’, according to a major official study.
Experts said the findings were ‘frightening’ given the scale of the problem and the link between the toxins and cancer, fertility problems, birth defects and hormone issues.
In the most comprehensive study of its kind, researchers tested water sources at more than 700 locations across the country for PFAS, microscopic man-made chemicals that can take decades to break down in the body, hence the name ‘forever chemicals’.
They found that 45 percent of drinking water sources contained at least one PFAS – with highest concentrations in the Great Plains, the Great Lakes, the Eastern Seaboard and Central/Southern California.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem slams Ben & Jerry’s over July 4th tweet
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem laid into uber-woke ice cream brand Ben & Jerry’s over the company’s infamous July 4th tweet in which it called for Mount Rushmore to be returned to Native Americans.
Noem, a Republican, called the Ben & Jerry’s bosses a ‘bunch of liberal Vermont businessmen’ who ‘haven’t studied our history’ and think that they ‘know everything about this country,’ during an interview with Fox News on Thursday.
The governor went on to call Mount Rushmore ‘the greatest symbol of our freedom.’
Video: Border Patrol Released Immigrant on Terrorism Watch List Due to Processing Overwhelm: Retired ICE Agent
Border agents apprehended—but then released—an illegal immigrant who was on the FBI’s terrorism watchlist.
The incident happened in Arizona in April 2022.
It then took more than 2 weeks to take the potentially dangerous individual into custody due to a lack of coordination.
NTD spoke to retired ICE special agent Victor Avila for his insight on the matter.
‘Missing’ Biden corruption case witness Dr. Gal Luft details allegations against president’s family in extraordinary video
In the 14-minute recording, obtained exclusively by The Post, the fugitive former Israeli army officer claims he was arrested in Cyprus to stop him from testifying to the House Oversight Committee that the Biden family received payments from individuals with alleged ties to Chinese military intelligence and that they had an FBI mole who shared classified information with their benefactors from the China-controlled energy company CEFC.
The self-proclaimed fall guy says he provided the incriminating evidence to six officials from the FBI and the Department of Justice in a secret meeting in Brussels in March 2019 — but alleges that it was covered up.
“I, who volunteered to inform the US government about a potential security breach and about compromising information about a man vying to be the next president, am now being hunted by the very same people who I informed — and may have to live on the run for the rest of my life on the run …”
Law enforcement experts warn of ‘another 9-11’ after bungled release of migrant tied to terrorism
The report, which was completed last week, found that after apprehending the illegal immigrant in Arizona in April 2022, the CBP released them “without providing information requested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) that would have confirmed the migrant was a positive match with the Terrorist Screening Data Set (Terrorist Watchlist).”
The illegal immigrant wasn’t arrested by ICE until May 6, 2022 due to “challenges transferring documentation while planning to arrest the migrant and obtaining GPS data while conducting the arrest,” the DHS watchdog wrote.
Former CBP Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan told the John Solomon Reports podcast in an episode to be aired Thursday that the OIG report “is a huge black eye” for U.S. counterterrorism officials.
Ex-CBP head: ‘Literally should take’ about 30 minutes to ID who brought cocaine into White House
“I was there countless times, I put my cell phone in that exact box that they’re talking about. I know it well. Oftentimes, there is a marine that’s standing there. This literally should take them about 30 minutes to solve,” Morgan said on Wednesday.
“Everybody that comes in, not just the White House grounds, but also everybody that comes into that space, right, where you have to check that cell phone, they’re accounted for. There’s a manifest. There are cameras. I could go on. This literally should take them about 30 minutes to figure out whose cocaine it was,” he added.
Morgan said he wouldn’t be surprised if the public never finds out whose cocaine was at the White House, given that the individual who leaked the Supreme Court’s June 2022 Roe v. Wade decision in advance was not publicly identified.
Politics:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Voted Out of House Freedom Caucus: Report
Politico reported that the caucus voted to remove Greene on Thursday following clashes with fellow members, including Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., whom Greene called a “little b—h” on the floor of the House.
“I think the straw that broke the camel’s back was publicly saying things about another member in terms that no one should,” Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., told Politico. Harris called the vote “an appropriate action.”
This marks the first time the House Freedom Caucus has voted to remove a member.
Rep. MTG Introduces Legislation That Would Ban Illegal Immigrants From Voting In DC
The Daily Caller first obtained a copy of the legislation, which is titled the “American Confidence in Elections:
District of Columbia Voter Identification Act.” The bill specifically targets the District of Columbia Council’s Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022, which would allow illegal immigrants and legal non-citizens to vote in local elections.
The D.C. city council passed the bill in late 2022 and transmitted it to Congress in January.
“Only American citizens should be voting in American elections. That’s why I introduced the District of Columbia Voter Identification Act to safeguard election integrity by implementing mandatory photo voter ID and ensuring only American citizens are casting ballots by instituting a citizenship requirement for voter registration,” Greene told the Caller before introducing the legislation.
Top Republicans Seek Special Counsel Probe into IRS Whistleblower Retaliation Charges
Three House committee chairmen, Reps. Jason Smith (R-MO), James Comer (R-KY), and Jim Jordan (R-OH), as well as Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ron Johnson (R-WI), asked Kerner to brief them by July 17 on actions he has taken to address their request.
“The DOJ and IRS must be held accountable for all instances of whistleblower retaliation and misconduct, and federal agencies cannot conceal their wrongdoing behind illegal nondisclosure directives and related documents,” the Republicans wrote in a letter to Kerner.
The lawmakers referenced allegations leveled by Gary Shapley, who serves as a supervisory special agent for IRS criminal investigations, and Shapley’s attorneys at Empower Oversight that Shapley and his team were removed in May 2023 from a years-long probe into Hunter Biden after Shapley reported alleged missteps in the probe to Congress.
Democrat North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper Vetoes Bills Protecting Children from Transgender Surgery
Cooper vetoed House Bill 808, also known as the Act to Prohibit Gender Transition Procedures for Minors, which specifically states that it would be “unlawful for a medical professional to perform a surgical gender transition procedure on a minor or to prescribe, provide, or dispense puberty-blocking drugs or cross-sex hormones to a minor.”
The bill provided exceptions, including for those with a medically verifiable disorder of sex development.
According to the measure, those who violate the bill would have their medical license revoked.
World News:
Xi Tells Chinese Troops To Double Down On War Prep As Janet Yellen Touches Down In Beijing
Chinese President Xi Jinping instructed the Chinese military to advance war planning and combat preparedness in a tour of the Eastern Theater Command’s headquarters Thursday as U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen touched down in Beijing, state media reported.
Xi “stressed efforts to break new ground for theater command development and war preparedness” after inspecting headquarters for the Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA) division responsible for potential operations in Taiwan and the East China Sea, according to state-run Xinhua.
China’s security situation has become more uncertain as the world enters a new era of instability, he said, requiring the Chinese military to double down on training for war even as U.S. officials in recent weeks have made repeated attempts to repair ties and minimize what Beijing sees as its largest geopolitical threat.
Ukraine latest: Swedish and Turkish leaders to meet next week on NATO bid
Sweden has failed to persuade Turkey to lift its block on Stockholm’s path to NATO membership, and the issue will now go to a meeting of their leaders next week on the eve of a NATO summit in Vilnius, Reuters reports.
Swedish membership is “within reach,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says after talks with the two countries’ foreign ministers at the security alliance’s headquarters in Brussels.
Turkey says Sweden harbors members of militant groups, mainly supporters of the Kurdistan Workers Party, who he accuses of organizing demonstrations and financing terrorists. Sweden says it has met the demands agreed on in negotiations with Turkey, including introducing a new bill to outlaw belonging to a terrorist organization.
NATO and Japan to cooperate in 16 areas, align defense equipment
The Individually Tailored Partnership Program (ITPP) consists of 16 cooperation areas with three strategic goals: to strengthen dialogue, enhance interoperability and bolster resilience, according to European and Japanese sources.
One of the cooperation areas is for NATO forces and Japan’s Self-Defense Forces to improve capability development and interoperability.
The document will say that Japan and NATO will “effectively cooperate in the area of capability and interoperability development, as well as standardization.”
These measures are aimed at creating a common understanding of each other’s assets and expanding the scope of joint drills.
Video: Russian forces push Ukrainian troops from frontline in Lugansk region
In the latest developments on the frontline, Russian forces have pushed Ukrainian troops back from their positions near the town of Kremennaya. RT correspondent Murad Gazdiev reports.
IDF soldier murdered in terror shooting near West Bank settlement of Kedumim
(photo credit: CHAIM ATIAS)
Around 3:45 p.m., security forces connected to Kedumim identified a suspicious white van that was driving in circles around the outskirts of the yishuv.
The civilian security official arrived at the vehicle first and initiated a request for the driver to produce identification.
The driver continued to act suspiciously but did not yet open fire.
Very shortly after, the four IDF soldiers arrived and started to approach the terrorist.
At a certain point during their approach, the terrorist opened fire, mortally wounding the commander of the four IDF soldiers, who was hit with one deadly bullet.
IDF strikes Lebanon after anti-tank missile hits near Ghajar border town
(photo credit: AZIZ TAHER/REUTERS)
IDF sources said that initially they believed the explosions that were reported around the Lebanon border had occurred on the Lebanese side of the border.
The IDF then had the missile inspected to determine what kind of weaponry it was and to determine who could have fired it. Their inspection was also aimed at gleaning whether or not the missile was fired intentionally.
By the time the IDF counterattacked, it had determined that the missile was indeed fired into Israeli territory intentionally and Israeli forces had figured out where the missile was fired from.
The last time rockets were fired from Lebanon toward Israel was in April, when three Israelis were injured and a number of buildings were damaged as the result of a 34-rocket barrage.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seize commercial ship in Gulf – US Navy
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards “forcibly seized” a commercial ship in international waters in the Gulf on Thursday and the vessel was possibly involved in smuggling, a US Navy spokesperson said.
The US Navy had monitored the situation and decided not to make any further response, US 5th Fleet spokesperson Commander Tim Hawkins said.
British maritime security company Ambrey said it was aware of an attempted seizure by Iranian forces of a small Tanzanian-flagged tanker, around 59 nautical miles northeast of the Saudi Arabian port city of Dammam.
Seven arrested in Germany for alleged ISIS-inspired terrorist plot
The suspects, originating from central Asia, were known to “each other for some time and share radical Islamic ideology”, according to the federal prosecutor’s office.
The men had travelled to Germany from Ukraine around the same time when the conflict in Ukraine broke out in early 2022.
Prosecutors revealed that the suspects had identified potential targets in Germany, scouted crime scenes, and attempted to acquire weapons before their plans were thwarted, reports news agency AFP.
Russian Cruise Missile Attack on Ukraine’s Lviv Kills 5
Emergency crews with search dogs went through the rubble of the building after the nighttime attack destroyed the roof and the top two floors. At least 36 people were injured, according to authorities.
The youngest of the five people who died was 21 years old and the oldest was a woman of 95, Lviv province Gov. Maksym Kozytskyi said. “This woman survived the Second World War, but unfortunately she didn’t survive” Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kozytskyi said.
Debris and wrecked parked cars lined the street outside the building, which overlooks a small neighborhood park with swings and other playground equipment.
‘Nudge Unit’ Chief Says UK Will Obey Future Lockdowns: Citizens Have ‘Learnt the Behaviour’
Professor David Halpern told The Daily Telegraph the country had “practised the drill” of wearing face masks and working from home and “could redo it” in a future crisis because people are now conditioned to do what they are told.
Speaking on the outlet’s Lockdown Files podcast, the government adviser set out his claim of obedience through behavioural interventions, even suggesting the nation’s prior experience made it “much easier to now imagine” the population would accept future local restrictions.
Prof Halpern said that while fear-based messaging in general is not effective, he defended its use in extreme circumstances, choosing not to reference the mass protests that built across the country after the restrictions began in March, 2020.
Tense footage shows Russian fighter jets harassing US drones over Syria
During the encounter, which took place at 10 a.m. local time Wednesday, the Russian jets deployed parachute flares in front of the drones, forcing them into evasive maneuvers, according to Grynkewich.
At one point, a Russian jet cut in front of one of the drones and activated its afterburner, which reduced “the operator’s ability to safely operate the aircraft,” the officer added.
It is not immediately clear what, if anything, may have provoked the Russian behavior or precisely where over Syria the incident took place.
Roughly 900 US personnel are deployed in Syria to help battle ISIS. Many of them are working with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in their efforts to combat terrorism.
Severed human leg found hanging from bridge, other body parts strewn across city in Mexico with messages signed by cartel
A violent drug cartel is suspected of leaving a severed human leg found hanging from a pedestrian bridge Wednesday in Toluca, just west of Mexico City. Before the day was out, parts of at least two bodies had turned up around the city.
At the bridge, the trunk of the body was left on the street below, near the city’s center, along with handwritten signs signed by the Familia Michoacana cartel.
Other parts of the body were found later in another neighborhood, also with handwritten drug cartels signs nearby. The victim was apparently a man aged between 35 and 40.
Then parts of at least one other body were found elsewhere in the city.
White? No Surgery for You
New Zealand is rolling out an “Equity Adjuster Score” that factors ethnicity into the prioritization of who gets surgeries. In the new system, being white will be a point against you if you are in need of a surgical procedure.
Commentary:
‘Sound of Freedom’ Producer on Film’s Huge Success, Stopping Child Trafficking
@stinchfield1776 and Sound of Freedom producer @EVerastegui discuss why the film has become politicized, and why the left is knocking it.
A determined Russian effort to destroy this enemy force
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