From 100% To 20%: Video Shows Radically Shifting Narrative of Vaccine Effectiveness

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A video montage shows how health officials, pharmaceutical companies and media declared the coronavirus shots to be 100% effective against symptomatic COVID-19 at the launch of the vaccines then gradually lowered their estimations to as low as 20% after only six months.

White House coronavirus adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci is seen in a media interview touting the vaccines as “virtually 100% efficacious” and stating in congressional testimony that the “real world effectiveness is even more impressive than the results of the clinical trial.”

The video, posted by a Twitter user, was highlighted by Grabien.com.

Moderna, a headline said, boasted its vaccine was 100% effective in teens. And Pfizer said its vaccine was 100% effective in preventing COVID infections. Others said their shot was 100% protection against severe disease, hospitalization and death.

But as the months wore on, the headlines showed incrementally lower rates of effectiveness. (Read more from “From 100% To 20%: Video Shows Radically Shifting Narrative of Vaccine Effectiveness” HERE)

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Are Guns Really the Problem? Man Allegedly Kills Multiple People With Bow and Arrow

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A man armed with a bow and arrow allegedly murdered several individuals at a town center in Norway on Wednesday night, according to police, The New York Times reported Wednesday.

The attack occurred in the town of Kongsberg, about 50 miles outside Oslo, Norway, the NYT reported. The suspect was apprehended after allegedly killing five people and wounding others, Police Chief Oyvind Aas told reporters.

“The information we now have, this person carried out these actions alone,” Aas said. The alleged attack started around 6 p.m. when the suspect began making his way through the center of Kongsberg, police said, the NYT reported.

“The police currently have no concrete indications that there is a change in the threat level in the country,” authorities said in a statement, according to a translation by the NYT.

Norwegian police are not typically armed, but were given permission to carry weapons “due to the serious incident in Kongsberg,” the statement said. A suspect was in police custody half an hour after the attack began, the NYT reported. (Read more from “Are Guns Really the Problem? Man Allegedly Kills Multiple People With Bow and Arrow” HERE)

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Poll Reveals Shocking Amount of American’s Support FBI Targeting Conservative Parents

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A plurality of American voters oppose the Biden administration’s move to investigate parents publicly opposing school policies, such as Critical Race Theory (CRT), a Rasmussen Reports survey released Wednesday found.

This month, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced he is directing the FBI to investigate parents opposing radical school policies, such as CRT, in order to combat supposed “threats of violence” against administrators. The move followed example after example of impassioned parents directly confronting school boards over their radical agenda items.

However, a plurality of likely voters disagree with Garland’s move. According to the survey, 47 percent oppose the federal investigation. Of those, 39 percent “strongly” oppose it. Another 44 percent support the decision, and among those, just over a quarter “strongly” support it. (Read more from “Poll Reveals Shocking Amount of American’s Support FBI Targeting Conservative Parents” HERE)

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Facebook’s Whistleblower Could Be the Best Thing to Ever Happen to Big Tech

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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before Congress on Oct. 5, urging lawmakers to regulate the tech giant and offering potential policy solutions to the platform’s myriad controversies — many of which echo proposals made by Facebook itself.

While several of Haugen’s ideas, such as restricting the use of engagement-based algorithms, appear to challenge the core business model of Facebook and other platforms, other proposals, such as her proposed reforms to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and enhanced public oversight of social media, are much more in line with what tech giants have been advocating for years. If enacted, these policies could end up further entrenching Facebook and other tech giants as dominant platforms by placing increased costs on smaller competitors, experts say.

“There is a reason we have seen Facebook call on new regulations for internet companies,” Jeffrey Westling, Technology and Innovation fellow at the R Street Institute, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “Established, dominant firms can bear those costs while rival firms cannot.” . . .

In her testimony before Congress Haugen advocated for reforming Section 230 to strip liability protections from companies for content amplified by algorithms, citing the alleged societal harm such content could cause.

“I strongly encourage reforming Section 230 to exempt decisions about algorithms,” Haugen said. “They [Facebook] have a hundred percent control over their algorithms, and Facebook should not get a free pass on choices it makes to prioritize growth and virality and reactiveness over public safety.” (Read more from “Facebook’s Whistleblower Could Be the Best Thing to Ever Happen to Big Tech” HERE)

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Georgia Election Workers Fired for Allegedly Shredding Hundreds of Voter Registration Applications; Trump Allies Call For Another Election Audit

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By Townhall. Two Georgia election workers were terminated for allegedly shredding a number of paper voting registration applications over the course of the past two weeks.

Fulton County released a statement Monday that said a preliminary review suggests the employees in question “may have checked out batches of applications for processing.” But instead of fully processing the forms, the employees allegedly shredded some of them.

The employees were terminated Friday after being reported by coworkers that same morning. Their actions were reported to the Office of Investigations within the Secretary of State’s Office, and the county’s District Attorney.

A total of 300 municipal election-related applications were allegedly shredded, according to a statement from Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R), who has asked the Department of Justice to investigate the incident.

“After 20 years of documented failure in Fulton County elections, Georgians are tired of waiting to see what the next embarrassing revelation will be,” Raffensperger said. “The Department of Justice needs to take a long look at what Fulton County is doing and how their leadership disenfranchises Fulton voters through incompetence and malfeasance. The voters of Georgia are sick of Fulton County’s failures.” (Read more from “Georgia Election Workers Fired for Allegedly Shredding Hundreds of Voter Registration Applications” HERE)

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Trump Allies Call For ‘Audit’ of 2020 Results in Michigan

By AP News. Protesters echoing former President Donald Trump’s false claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election demanded a “forensic audit” of the results during a rally Tuesday at the Michigan Capitol. . .

Trump had encouraged attendance at the event, which followed a similar rally at the state Capitol in June. Speakers included Trump-backed candidates for Michigan offices, secretary of state candidate Kristina Karamo and attorney general candidate Matthew DePerno, who have repeated Trump’s baseless allegations of fraud. . .

Michigan is one of a handful of battleground states where Trump allies continue to demand further review of the election. (Read more from “Trump Allies Call For ‘Audit’ of 2020 Results in Michigan” HERE)

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WATCH: ‘F**K Joe Biden’ Goes Global

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Crowds are increasingly expressing their disapproval of President Joe Biden, not only in the U.S. but across the globe as demonstrators shout “f**k Joe Biden!” from American college football games to protests in Rome.

During an anti-coronavirus mandate protest in Italy, protesters reportedly shouted “fuck Joe Biden” as they passed the American Embassy in Rome Saturday:

[Warning: video contains explicit language.]

The phenomenon has swept the United States. One of the most recent scenes occurred last week during Biden’s arrival to Howell, Michigan, where Trump supporters held signs reading, “F**k Biden,” “Biden is a Traitor,” and “China Joe Must Go!”

Demonstrators gathering outside the Department of Education office in New York last week also shouted “f**k Joe Biden and de Blasio” during a protest against coronavirus mandates:

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Netflix Suspends Trans Employee Who Criticized Chappelle Special, Crashed Business Meeting

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Netflix suspended three employees, including a transgender staffer who spoke out against comedian Dave Chappelle’s recent Netflix special, for reportedly crashing a business meeting they were not permitted to attend.

Netflix suspended the three employees and has launched an investigation into them for allegedly attending a quarterly business review meeting that invited only directors and vice presidents, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Senior software engineer Tara Field, who is transgender, is among the three who were suspended. She had also spoken out about Chappelle’s “The Closer” special, which addressed the trans community after the comedian faced years of backlash and claims he is “transphobic.”

“I work at @netflix. Yesterday we launched another Chappelle special where he attacks the trans community, and the very validity of transness – all while trying to pit us against other marginalized groups. You’re going to hear a lot of talk about ‘offense’. We are not offended,” Field said in one tweet on the special last week, which is pinned on her Twitter account. (Read more from “Netflix Suspends Trans Employee Who Criticized Chappelle Special, Crashed Business Meeting” HERE)

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WATCH: Critics Pick Up on the Funniest Part About Kamala’s Space Video…and It’s Not That She Used Child Actors

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Vice President Kamala Harris’s widely-mocked video encouraging children to “get curious” about space featured child actors.

The YouTube series called “Get Curious with Vice President Harris,” was filmed this summer and released Oct. 7 for World Space Week. In the video, Harris, who’s chair of the National Space Council, shares her excitement with the children about space. NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough also makes an appearance from the International Space Station to lead the children on a remote scavenger hunt to find everything needed to build a telescope.

In one scene, Harris tells the children that they are “going to learn so much,” adding that they will “literally see the craters on the moon with your own eyes. With your own eyes. I’m telling you.”

The kid actors appear to be genuinely excited, and Harris seems to be revealing something to them that they don’t already know. The kids are relentlessly ebullient throughout the video.

Bernardino, a Carmel, California teen who was one of five child actors in the video, told KSBW TV that he submitted a monologue and was interviewed for a role in the series.

(Read more from “WATCH: Critics Pick Up on the Funniest Part About Kamala’s Space Video…and It’s Not That She Used Child Actors” HERE)

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Radical BLM Leftist Arrested for Espionage

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The wife of Jonathan Toebbe, the US Navy nuclear engineer accused of trying to sell secrets to a foreign power, is a fierce progressive and Black Lives Matter supporter, it has been revealed.

Diana Toebbe, who was also charged with selling classified information to an undercover FBI agent posing as a foreign agent, has a history of supporting liberal figures and causes on social media. . .

Diana and Jonathan Toebbe were arrested in West Virginia on Saturday after he placed a removable memory card at a prearranged “dead drop.”

The 45-year-old’s social media posts on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook were examined by Fox News, which said she uses her maiden name, Smay, on the platforms.

Among the findings are a profile picture that reads “Black Lives Matter” and a post celebrating Black Out Tuesday last year, when social media users protested racism by posting a black square and taking a break from posting for a day. (Read more from “Radical BLM Leftist Arrested for Espionage” HERE)

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Father: School Hid Daughter’s Bathroom Assault by Boy Wearing Skirt

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A father is claiming the Loudoun County school district attempted to cover up his daughter’s alleged assault in the girls’ bathroom at Stone Bridge High School by a boy wearing a skirt.

Scott Smith was arrested in June at a school in Loudoun County, Virginia, during a board meeting at which hundreds of parents voiced concerns about the district’s transgender policy and Critical Race Theory (CRT).

A month earlier, the Daily Wire reported, Smith claimed a boy who was wearing a skirt had entered the girls’ bathroom at the high school and sexually assaulted his ninth-grade daughter.

According to the report, Smith’s attorney, Elizabeth Lancaster, said the boy was charged with two counts of forcible sodomy, one count of anal sodomy, and one count of forcible fellatio that day at school. (Read more from “Father: School Hid Daughter’s Bathroom Assault by Boy Wearing Skirt” HERE)

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