Author: Freedom Watch

First lady’s press secretary calls on Rachel Campos Duffy, Fox News to apologize for host’s comments By Dominick Mastrangelo TheHill August 25, 2021 The first lady’s press secretary on Monday called for an apology from Fox News and weekend host Rachel Campos-Duffy, who over the weekend said Jill Biden had failed the country by letting her husband run for president. Campos-Duffy also criticized President Biden’s “mental state” in commentary criticizing the exit of troops from Afghanistan and the administration’s struggles to evacuate people from that country. Continue Reading…..

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Newsweek August 23, 2021 Wallace asked, referring to the substantial criticism the Biden administration has faced over the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan. “The president said a few other things on Friday that are flat wrong,” Wallace said during his interview with Blinken on Fox News Sunday before sharing a clip of Biden emphatically denying U.S. allies had questioned his administration’s credibility. Continue Reading…..

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Capitol Police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt formally exonerated By Rebecca Beitsch TheHill August 23, 2021 U.S. Capitol Police have formally exonerated an officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt on Jan. 6. “USCP’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) determined the officer’s conduct was lawful and within Department policy, which says an officer may use deadly force only when the officer reasonably believes that action is in the defense of human life, including the officer’s own life, or in the defense of any person in immediate danger of serious physical injury,” Capitol Police said in a statement. The…

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FDA Grants Full Approval to Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Newsmax August 23, 2021 The U.S. drug regulator granted full approval Monday to the Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine that earned emergency-use authorization in December, making it the first to secure such Food and Drug Administration validation as health authorities struggle to win over vaccine skeptics. The FDA approved the two-dose vaccine for use in people over the age of 16. More than 204 million people in the United States have received the vaccine since it was given emergency authorization, based on data from Sunday. Continue Reading…..

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State officials open investigation into whether Larry Elder failed to disclose income sources Los Angeles Times August 23, 2021 Elder, like all public office candidates, was required to file a statement of economic interests that discloses some aspects of his personal finances, including stocks, gifts, real estate that he owns and sources of income. The document is supposed to show the public whether a candidate for office would have conflicts of interest in his or her decisions. Elder’s initial filing was only two pages long and only showed income from Laurence A. Elder and Associates Inc. A Times…

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Democrats spotlight abortion in bid to save Newsom By Alice Miranda Ollstein, Victoria Colliver POLITICO August 23, 2021 OAKLAND — Democratic activists working to save Gov. Gavin Newsom from being thrown out of office by California voters next month are seizing on an issue better known for energizing voters on the right: abortion access. Fearful of widespread voter apathy, Democrats and their allies are hammering the message that a GOP governor could veto abortion-rights laws, cut funding for clinics and appoint anti-abortion agency officials, judges and senators in a state that’s long been at the forefront of making…

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Violence at anti-vaccine protest brings new criticism of LAPD tactics, claims of bias Los Angeles Times August 22, 2021 The anti-vaccination demonstrators, Proud Boys and black-clad counter-protesters bobbed around in the street outside Los Angeles police headquarters on Saturday afternoon as if it were a boxing ring, talking trash and raising their fists to fight. Within seconds a brawl erupted, with people pulling out weapons and throwing punches. By the time LAPD officers in riot gear separated the two sides, several people had been injured and two stabbed — an anti-vaccination activist who suffered a lacerated heart and…

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