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You can take the man off of Twitter, but you can't take the urge to post out of the man FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD Trump spent Tuesday morning feverishly sharing content from supporters on his social media platform Truth Social, posting or re-posting more than 60 times since early Tuesday morning, including content from QAnon accounts and the far-right message board 4chan. tweet In the face of a DOJ probe over his post-presidency handling of classified documents, Trump has sought reassurance from his most loyal followers, including accounts like “Patriotic American Alpha Sauce” and “ULTRA-MAGA 4LIFE” who post memes lauding the...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been offered the gift of his own likeness some 17 times since becoming prime minister, including once by the president of China. The portraits, along with a myriad of vases and wine bottles and Star Wars paraphernalia, are among the more than 400 gifts -- each worth more than $200 -- that Trudeau has declared to the federal ethics commissioner since late 2015.

Pope reflects on papacy in interview with Argentine news agencyVATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis said the goals he has achieved in more than nine years as pope were simply the fruit of the ideas discussed by the College of Cardinals prior to his election.In an interview with Argentine news agency Telam published July 1, the pope said that objectives, such as the reform of the Roman Curia, were “neither my invention nor a dream I had after a night of indigestion.”“I gathered everything that we, the cardinals, had said at the pre-conclave meetings, the things we believed the new...

Barack Obama mentioned himself 33 times during his White House homecoming speech with President Biden on Tuesday. Obama used the words “I,” “I’m,” “me,” and “my” 33 times, according to a TVEyes transcription software search of MSNBC. More specifically, Obama used the word “I” 20 times while he spoke next to Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

MUNICH — To health leaders across the globe, reaching the World Health Organization’s goal of vaccinating 70 percent of the planet’s population by mid-2022 is crucial to stave off future Covid-19 surges. To Bill Gates, the target represents a top-down approach to fighting the coronavirus that overlooks the reality on the ground — a way of thinking he says must change before the next pandemic. “We’ll never get to 70 percent. Who is kidding who? We live in a world where you have countries that spend $12,000 per person per year on medicine and countries that spend $200 per person...

“Blood is not thicker than morality,” radio host and author Laura Schlessinger once noted. This comes to mind when pondering how Fox News’ normally astute Tucker Carlson, who generally exhibits more philosophical depth than is the television news norm, stumbled a bit last Tuesday night. At issue was a Tucker Carlson Tonight segment about TV host Chris Cuomo’s “indefinite suspension” from CNN for using his press connections to help his brother, ex-NY governor Andrew Cuomo, craft a defense against the sexual misconduct allegations that ended his political career. Carlson had much to say that was true: Chris Cuomo is a...

Actor Alec Baldwin told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos while he is sad over accidentally killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on a movie set with a prop gun, he does not have any guilt over the incident because he is not responsible. "No. No. I feel that someone is responsible for what happened and I can’t say who that is, but I know it’s not me," Baldwin said. "What do we come out of this learning? What changes can be made? This is a one-in-a-billion that someone puts a real bullet in a gun and that never happens," Baldwin added. He wants...

Peter Navarro, former White House director of trade and manufacturing policy, said millions of people died because Dr. Anthony Fauci withheld information regarding his approval of funding for gain-of-function research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology. “I can’t tell you how toxic that man is,” Navarro said. “He’s a sociopath. He’s a narcissist.” He continued, “[Fauci’s] biggest lie was not to Rand Paul about gain-of-function experimentations, per se. His lie of omission was not to tell us — the president’s task force — in January that he strongly suspected, as he did, that that virus was from a lab in...

It seems like rock star Ted Nugent thinks vaccine mandates have a "stranglehold" on the public. Nugent , who said he was sharing "truth, logic, and common sense with people who care," responded to a question Friday about vaccine policies, referring to COVID-19 as a "weaponized virus." He contracted the coronavirus earlier in 2021. "I did what the government told me not to do, which is what I always do," he said. "Because what the government tells you to do is always the wrong thing. I took hydroxychloroquine , ivermectin, steroids, and zinc and continued with my healthy lifestyle, being...

NORTH PORT, Fla. — Florida cops investigating the mysterious disappearance of Long Island native Gabby Petito said Thursday they have no evidence that a crime was committed. “Right now, we are investigating a missing person case,” North Port Police Chief Todd Garrison said at a press conference. Asked if there was any criminality, Garrison answered, “Not at this time.” “At this time, it’s a missing person case,” he said.

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis Calls EWTN "The Work Of The Devil" How many remember various sit-coms that featured a manipulative mother/mother-in-law who was always complaining about how close she came to death's door and how no one appreciated her? That's what this recent exchange between the pope and some of his fellow Jesuits calls to mind. In Slovakia last week, a Jesuit priest asked him how he was. The pope replied, "still alive, even though some people wanted me to die". The poor priest got quite the earful. "Drama queen" are the words that come to mind. Did Pope...

Former president Barack Obama intends to host quite the shindig at Martha’s Vineyard in honor of his 60th birthday. The birthday bash will reportedly have roughly 700 people present despite fresh concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant. Axios reports that the party will be located at the Obamas’ $12-million-dollar home, with 475 confirmed guests (including the likes of Steven Spielberg) in attendance. Another 200-plus people who make up the staff will be on the property. Pearl Jam is also expected to give a performance, bringing one local hairdresser along with them for styling purposes. The Axios article...

Reigning Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles pulled out of the team finals on Tuesday after struggling to land a vault, telling NBC’s “TODAY” show that while she feels good physically, things “vary” from an emotional standpoint. “Physically, I feel good,” she told Hoda Kotb in an exclusive interview after her withdrawal. “Emotionally, it varies on the time and moment. Coming to the Olympics and being head star isn’t an easy feat.”

Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles took a cue from tennis pro Naomi Osaka by pulling out of the team final after a shock error on her first event, insisting that she needed to 'focus on her mental health' because 'there is more to life than just' sport. Speaking about her sensational exit from competition, which cleared the way for Team USA's Russian rivals to claim gold in a dramatic upset, the 24-year-old revealed that it came as a result of her personal mental health struggles and her desire to prioritize her 'wellbeing'. 'To focus on my wellbeing,' she told reporters of...

Ladies, find you a man who loves you like Jim Acosta loves Jim Acosta https://t.co/zI8o6XHf1C— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) March 30, 2021

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday he's concerned about a possible fourth surge in COVID-19 cases as numbers tick up in some states and Europe, which the U.S. has traditionally trailed by about four weeks in its COVID trajectory Fauci, the nation's chief disease expert, and other Biden administration officials testified before the Senate's Health committee on Thursday about the COVID response, stressing the U.S. is in a race against virus variants to vaccinate Americans as quickly as possible. Fauci said the situation in the U.S. has improved greatly since the intense spike in cases after the winter holidays, but that...

Prince William was photographed looking glum while driving in London today after Meghan Markle's friend Gayle King revealed Prince Harry had spoken to him and their father Charles for the first time following the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's interview with Oprah Winfrey. The CBS presenter, who attended Meghan's $500,000 baby shower in 2019, said she spoke to the Sussexes who told her that Harry had talked to the Duke of Cambridge and Prince of Wales over the weekend. But she said the conversations were 'not productive' and the Sussexes were keen for the 'royals to intervene and tell the...

“Lindsey Graham praised the COVID-19 vaccine after getting his shot on Saturday.” “Help is on the way!” “If enough of us take it, we will get back to normal lives.” Numerous Pictures at link

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Failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton suggested that she frequently thought about how she would have handled the coronavirus pandemic better than Donald Trump. Clinton commented about the issue during an interview with New York Times opinion writer Kara Swisher, previewed for Axios on Sunday.