Photo: Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag The short but damaging pause on the use of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine could be over as soon as Friday, according to National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci. “I don’t want to get ahead of the CDC and the FDA and the advisory committee, but I would imagine that what we will say is: that it would come back and it would come back in some sort of either warning or restriction,” he said on Meet the Press Sunday, referring to the federal agencies that temporarily halted the use of the candidate due to extremely rare but severe cases of blood clotting. Six Americans out of around 7.5 million who received the shot developed blood clots in their brain after receiving the vaccine. Fauci’s timeline is consistent with one provided by the CDC and FDA last week, when the agencies announced they needed more time to determine what to do with the only single-dose vaccine approved for use in the … [Read more...] about Fauci: Johnson & Johnson Shot Could Return on Friday With Warning Label
Kevin McCarthy Presses Nancy Pelosi to Take Action Against Maxine Waters for ‘Inciting Violence’ in Minnesota
House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy on Sunday night pressed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to take action against Rep. Maxine Waters (R-CA) for “inciting violence” in remarks she made in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, this weekend. McCarthy said that if Pelosi does not act, he intends to take action of his own against Waters for her remarks encouraging violence in Minnesota if a jury does not find former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty in his trial in the death of George Floyd. Maxine Waters is inciting violence in Minneapolis — just as she has incited it in the past. If Speaker Pelosi doesn’t act against this dangerous rhetoric, I will bring action this week. — Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) April 19, 2021 Waters, in her remarks to reporters at a protest in Brooklyn Center where thousands have been protesting the death of Daunte Wright, encouraged people to “take to the streets” if Chauvin is not found guilty of murder — one of the several charges he faces in his trial … [Read more...] about Kevin McCarthy Presses Nancy Pelosi to Take Action Against Maxine Waters for ‘Inciting Violence’ in Minnesota
Pompeo: U.N. Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield ‘Ought to Resign’ for ‘Reprehensible’ Anti-America Remarks
Sunday on New York City WABC 770 AM radio’s “The Cats Roundtable,” former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called for U.N. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield to resign over recent critical remarks about the United States. Thomas-Greenfield claimed last week at a summit that “the original sin of slavery weaved white supremacy into our founding documents and principles.” Pompeo said he “couldn’t disagree more” with Thomas-Greenfield’s “truly reprehensible” comments, adding “she ought to resign” if she truly believes that. “[A]merica is a noble place,” Pompeo told host John Catsimatidis. “I heard our Ambassador to the United Nations this week talk about our founding as fundamentally corrupt and flawed and not noble and good. I couldn’t disagree more. And I think frankly, I think it’s disqualifying to have a U.N. Ambassador who expresses a moral relativism and doesn’t understand the exceptional nature of the country in which we all live. People around the world get it. You see people … [Read more...] about Pompeo: U.N. Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield ‘Ought to Resign’ for ‘Reprehensible’ Anti-America Remarks
Pew: 20 Percent More Americans Call Illegal Immigration ‘Very Big Problem’ Under Joe Biden
About 20 percent more Americans today call illegal immigration a “very big problem” under President Joe Biden’s direction as opposed to the same time last year when then-President Donald Trump imposed a series of controls to slow overall immigration levels. The latest Pew Research Center survey, conducted from April 5 to 11, reveals the number of American adults who say illegal immigration is a very big problem has jumped 20 percentage points since last year when Trump was in office. In June 2020, 28 percent of Americans called illegal immigration a very big problem. Today, 48 percent of Americans consider illegal immigration a very big problem. For context, more Americans see illegal immigration as a bigger problem than the Chinese coronavirus. The jump in concern is across party lines. Today, 72 percent of Republican voters call illegal immigration a very big problem — a 29 percentage point increase since June 2020 — while 29 percent of Democrats say the same. In June 2020, … [Read more...] about Pew: 20 Percent More Americans Call Illegal Immigration ‘Very Big Problem’ Under Joe Biden
Rep. Wenstrup Asks FBI Why It Did Not Classify Scalise Shooting as ‘Domestic Violent Extremism’
Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) recently grilled FBI Director Christopher Wray on why — amid a push by Democrats to crack down on “extremism” — the June 14, 2017, shooting of House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) that targeted Republicans was never classified as “domestic violent extremism” despite other government agencies doing so. Wenstrup recalled at a House Intelligence Committee hearing Wednesday what he remembered from that morning as Republican members of Congress practiced for the upcoming annual congressional softball game. “The attacker was living in his van near the baseball field, along the third baseline for two months. We know from his social media post that he hated republicans and he hated President Trump. He loved Bernie Sanders and he held left-wing beliefs. We know he carried in his pocket that day a target list with names of Republican congressmen in his pocket that included their physical descriptions,” he said. “Before carrying out his attack, we know that … [Read more...] about Rep. Wenstrup Asks FBI Why It Did Not Classify Scalise Shooting as ‘Domestic Violent Extremism’
