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‘Highly inappropriate’: Journalism group rips Chris Cuomo, CNN over strategy talks with gov bro
CNN anchor Chris Cuomo acted in a “highly inappropriate” manner by advising his big brother, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, about how to handle a string of sexual misconduct allegations, according to a prominent journalism organization.
Tom Jones of the Poynter Institute for Media Studies wrote that the “Cuomo Prime Time” host’s relationship with his politico sibling represented “a conflict of interest that has been more than a year in the making … [and] finally blew up in CNN’s face.”
The Washington Post reported Thursday that Chris Cuomo took part in strategy sessions with the governor’s lawyer and aides, a clear violation of journalistic ethics. During those sessions, the paper reported, Chris Cuomo advised his older brother not to resign from office and depicted the governor as a would-be victim of “cancel culture.” . . .
Marvin Gaye’s ‘What’s Going On’ remains relevant 50 years later

“What’s Going On,” a poignant musical masterpiece crafted in a season of unease, persists as a timely backdrop to another heated time, half a century later, when the world feels upside down.
Fifty years ago, vibrating with agitation and energy, Marvin Gaye headed down the wood steps into a Detroit studio and made his anthem for the ages.
“What’s Going On,” a poignant musical masterpiece crafted in a season of unease, persists as a timely backdrop to another heated time, half a century later, when the world feels upside down.
Racial tensions, police controversy, environmental anxieties, a globe on edge — they were the topics on the front burner when Gaye rebooted his musical career and took control of his creative vision inside Motown.
His voice — voices, actually — hit the tape the second week of July 1970.
“There’s too many of you crying … there’s far too many of you dying …”
The song with the silky, layered vocals and an emphatic protest message was topical when Gaye cut it in 1970. It was still relevant when a newly freed Nelson Mandela recited its lyrics for a packed Tiger Stadium in 1990. And it resonates in 2021, in the wake of George Floyd’s death by police.
“In these times of crisis and challenge, we still go to those lyrics for strength,” said Detroit author and historian Ken Coleman.
The making of “What’s Going On” is a pillar of Detroit music lore.
Three years after the 1967 riot and rebellion that transformed his adopted hometown, the 31-year-old Gaye was in a deep and evolving head space. Shaken by the death of singing partner Tammi Terrell, haunted by the Vietnam War stories of his younger Army vet brother, Gaye was an emotional lightning rod waiting to be zapped with creative energy when Motown’s Obie Benson and Al Cleveland brought him their new composition about troubles across the land.
His textured recording was constructed over a series of sessions in 1970: the instrumental foundation in June, the vocals in July, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s sweetener in September. “What’s Going On” then sat for several months, a hot potato for Motown Records brass who fretted it was too controversial.
When the single finally went public in January 1971, it was an instant, massive hit. A full album was quickly commissioned, and four months later, Gaye’s groundbreaking LP of the same name was out.
The “What’s Going On” single, which reached No. 2 on the Billboard pop chart, was a mainstream breakthrough for conscious soul music. Its stature remains immense — Rolling Stone ranks it No. 4 on its “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” list — and it set the stage for themes now essential to hip-hop, resounding through artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Meek Mill and Joey Badass.
“It allows someone experiencing oppression and trauma — all these tragic moments that the government is often ignoring — to just ask the questions,” said Eldric Laron, a Detroit musician and spoken-word artist. “It’s so relevant today because that’s what a lot of us are doing. We’re asking questions before acting: the whats and whys and whos and whens. Saying ‘what’s going on?’ is a good starting point for yourself.” . . .
Bannon’s War Room | Morning Edition Hour 1 | Recorded May 21, 2021 | Video: 48 Minutes 30 Seconds
Episode 964 – The Tyranny of the Minority … Joe Scarborough’s Melt Down. “You have all the power and you are using that power,” he said. “If you want to know what victory sounds like, that’s what victory sounds like.” Guests are: Boris Epshteyn, Mark Finchem, Ben Bergquam, Amanda Head, Naomi Wolf.
Bannon’s War Room | Morning Edition Hour 2 | Recorded May 21, 2021 | Video: 48 Minutes 04 Seconds
Episode 965 – 1776, 1863, and 2022?…Vaccine Fascism in Oregon and MAGA Candidates Fight in PA and OH. “I’m sitting here in Pittsburgh where a Democrat socialist, a European-style socialist mayor, just lost to a Marxist,” he said. “That is the energy in the Democrat Party right now. From the far left, from the fringes.” Guests are: Naomi Wolf, Jeff Bartos, Liz Preate Havey, Jennifer Zeng, Josh Mandel.
Bannon’s War Room | Evening Edition Hour 1 | Recorded May 21, 2021 | Video: 47 Minutes 58 Seconds
Episode 966 – War Room Special: Rise of the Phoenix … The Georgia Audit Exposed. Guests are: Amanda Head, Ben Bergquam, Drew Hernandez, Doug Wardlow, Garland Favorito, Sean Parnell, Mike Lindell.
Bannon’s War Room | Evening Edition Hour 2 | Recorded May 21, 2021 | Video: 48 Minutes 59 Seconds
Episode 967 – Making Lemonade … Audits Roll on and How MAGA Can Use the Jan. 6 Commission. Beattie says the Big Lies are all connected, and that he has gotten serious inquiries from congressmen about joining the Jan. 6 commission. Guests are: Mike Lindell, Darren Beattie, Jennifer Zeng, Matt Gaetz, John Fredericks.
Why Such A Heavy Push For A Vaccine Over Therapeutics? | Stopping Discussion Never Helps | Video: 16 Minutes 13 Seconds
There are many questions about the Covid-19 vaccine and issues related to side effects and effectiveness. Silencing those who question its necessity appears to do more harm than good. Even Fauci admitted that the high cycle thresholds used in today’s Covid-19 PCR tests are actually finding dead organic debris, not Covid-19. “Somebody comes in and they repeat their PCR and it’s like 37 cycle threshold. But you never, if you almost never can culture virus from a 37 threshold cycle. So I think if somebody does come in with 37, 38, even 36, you gotta say, you know, it’s just, it’s just dead nucleotides, period.” Our current cycle threshold for the general public is over 35 and as such, wildly inaccurate with many false positives.
Australia Wants mRNA Vaccines Made Onshore
On Friday, the Australian government will commence an “approach to market” for developing the capacity to make messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines in Australia.
This comes as the government negotiates with Moderna about setting up an onshore manufacturing facility for mRNA vaccines.
In a statement, the government said onshore manufacturing would ensure a secure, long-term supply of Moderna’s mRNA-based vaccines against COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, including variants and potential future pandemics.
The process, which was signalled in the May 11 Federal Budget 2021-22, will be open for eight weeks from Friday.
Industry Minister Christian Porter said Australian businesses and researchers were already developing mRNA capacity, describing it as a promising branch of science.
“However, our market analysis also shows there are gaps and challenges to scale up, which mean it’s not currently possible to commercially manufacture mRNA treatments locally.
“The government is inviting key commercial providers and potential providers to demonstrate their future capability and explain what government involvement, assistance or support could make that capacity a reality,” Porter said. . . .
California County Requires Businesses to Submit Covid-19 Vaccination Status of All Employees

Businesses in Santa Clara County, California are required to submit vaccination status of all employees.
According to the county’s public health order, “All businesses and government entities must ascertain the vaccination status of personnel and must comply with the rules for personnel who are not fully vaccinated, as required under section 9(c) and 9(d) of the County Health Officer’s May 18, 2021 Order.”
Under the health order, the employee can decline to provide their vaccination status to their employer.
If the employee declines to offer the information, the employer “should assume the employee may be unvaccinated and follow State and local requirements for unvaccinated employees.”
In other words, if an employee refuses to get the vaccine or declines to disclose this private information to their employer, they will be treated like a second class citizen and will be forced to wear a face mask.
The employers are not required to provide the vaccine information to the County, but they are required to collect it and “have it available to demonstrate their compliance with this requirement” (struggle session).
The health order argues that HIPPA does not apply when an employer asks an employee for their vaccination status.
“No. HIPAA applies to certain entities, such as healthcare providers and health plans, and what protected health information they can share about their patients or members under what circumstances. HIPAA does not govern what information employers may request from their employees.” – the health order read.
It gets worse…
Employees are told to document and snitch on fellow co-workers if they won’t tell fellow colleagues whether they are vaccinated – then treat them like dirty virus bags and stay away from them.
“You must document that the worker declined to disclose his or her vaccination status, assume that they are not fully vaccinated, and follow all the rules that apply to workers who are not fully vaccinated.” the order said.
The deadline for determining the vaccination status of workers is June 1, 2021, however employers are instructed to harass employees who have declined to disclose their vaccination status every 14 days.
The employers must ask employees every 14 days what their vaccination status is so they can update their records.
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As Our Society Continues It’s Descent Into Madness, Individuals Must Show Proof Of Vaccination Status In Oregon If Not Wearing A Mask According To “Oregon Health Authority”
Masks Requirements
In light of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) May 13 announcement regarding masking guidance, Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reviewed and updated Oregon’s official masking guidance. This page was updated on May 19, 2021 to reflect those updates.
Note: Businesses, employers and faith institutions now have the option to adjust their masking guidance to allow fully vaccinated individuals to no longer wear a mask in their establishments. Businesses, employers and faith institutions doing so must have a policy in place to check the vaccination status of all individuals before they enter their establishment. Businesses, employers and faith institutions who do not create such policies will maintain the same masking guidance listed below, regardless of an individual’s vaccination status.
If you have a medical condition that makes it hard to breathe or a disability that prevents you from wearing a mask, you can request an accommodation from the business or venue or transit authority.
OHA does not recommend wearing a plastic face shield alone. While face shields can be very good at blocking droplets, they are not as good at stopping aerosols that can go around the shield. OHA recommends face shields only be used on a limited basis, for example when talking to someone who is deaf or hard of hearing and needs to read lips to communicate.
Maryland to offer COVID vaccine lottery incentive with $2 million in cash prizes
Forty daily drawings for $40,000 each and a $400,000 Fourth of July jackpot. Get at least one jab and you’ve got a shot.
Maryland’s latest effort to encourage people to get vaccinated will shower cash — a total of $2 million — on top of protection against COVID-19 for those who roll up their sleeves. Any Maryland resident 18 or older who received a coronavirus vaccine shot in the state at any point will be entered automatically to win the prizes, which the Maryland Lottery will pay from its marketing and promotional budget.
“Get your shot for a shot to win,” Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday while announcing the VaxCash Promotion at a news conference outside the governor’s mansion in Annapolis. Hogan, wearing sunglasses in the late spring heat, was flanked by state Health Secretary Dennis Schrader, Maryland State Lottery and Gaming Control Director Gordon Medenica and a man dressed in a lotto ball costume.
Using vaccination records, the health department will assign numbers randomly to people who’ve been vaccinated in the state and the lottery will draw one winner a day, starting Tuesday and through July 3, for a $40,000 prize each. Winners will be picked using a random number generator. . .
‘Excuse Me, I’m Not Done’: Joy Behar And Meghan McCain Square Off In Explosive Segment On Fauci And Vaccine Hesitancy
Joy Behar and Meghan McCain got into a heated dispute Thursday over vaccine hesitancy and the messaging coming from experts like Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Behar argued that the messaging wasn’t complicated and that conservatives seemed willing to forgo a life-saving vaccine to “own the libs” — but McCain pushed back, arguing that a lot of the confusing messaging was coming directly from the CDC, the White House and Fauci himself. . .
Vaccinated travelers will be allowed to visit Europe, EU Says
BRUSSELS — The European Union agreed Wednesday to reopen its borders to visitors who have been fully vaccinated with an approved shot and to those coming from a list of countries considered safe from a coronavirus perspective, permitting broader travel just in time for the summer tourism season.
Ambassadors from the 27 EU member states endorsed a plan that would allow visits from tourists and other nonessential travelers, who have been mostly barred from entering the bloc for more than a year.
The move has been seen as an economic imperative for tourism-dependent countries such as Greece and Spain.
The new rules are set to become formal policy next week after clearing some bureaucratic hurdles, and, depending on how well each country has prepared to welcome tourists, could be implemented immediately. Some countries, like Greece, have already said that they will remove testing and quarantine requirements for vaccinated visitors. But most countries are likely to implement such changes more slowly and conservatively.
Under the EU plan, the bloc would accept visitors who have completed their immunization at least two weeks before their arrival, using one of the shots approved by its own regulator or by the World Health Organization. That covers the vaccines from AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech and Sinopharm, according to a draft of the rules seen by The New York Times. . . .
Seller of vaccine disinformation has YouTube channel removed

Photo by Associated Press – This Wednesday, May 12, 2021 image shows a website featuring Ty and Charleen Bollinger advertising their video series, “The Truth About Vaccines 2020.”
The Truth About Vaccines YouTube channel was taken down this week, Ty and Charlene Bollinger said in a post Tuesday on the messaging app Telegram. The Bollingers’ channel had about 75,000 subscribers but some of its videos had a much broader reach, including one that had over 1.5 million views and featured Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a prominent voice in the anti-vaccine movement.
A message that greets visitors to the channel says the account was “terminated for violating YouTube’s Community Guidelines.” YouTube said it terminated the account because it violated its policies barring “COVID-19 medical misinformation,” and had three strikes in a 90-day period. YouTube started banning anti-vaccine misinformation in October.
Emergent, Which Ruined Vaccine Doses, Gave Its Top Executives Bonuses
Emergent BioSolutions, the biotech company whose Baltimore plant ruined millions of coronavirus vaccine doses, awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars in bonuses to its top executives last year, and the company’s board praised its founder and chairman for “leveraging his critical relationships with key customers, Congress, and other stakeholders,” according to documents released Wednesday by a House subcommittee.
The government, which awarded the firm a $628 million contract last year, has so far paid Emergent $271 million, even though U.S. regulators have yet to clear a single dose of vaccine produced at its manufacturing plant in Baltimore, according to the documents released by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis in advance of a hearing on Wednesday.
Production at the plant was halted a month ago after workers accidentally contaminated a batch of vaccine, forcing Emergent to discard the equivalent of up to 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine.
Records from an Emergent board of directors compensation meeting offer a rare glimpse inside a politically connected federal contractor whose business is built largely around a single customer: the United States government. . .
‘This Week’ With Mary + Polly: CDC Has ‘No Clue’ What Will Happen When COVID Vaccines Are Given With Other Vaccines + More
This week, Mary Holland, Children’s Health Defense (CHD) president, and Polly Tommey, co-producer of “Vaxxed,” cover the latest COVID headlines, including discrimination based on vaccine status, Eric Clapton’s experience with the AstraZeneca vaccine and lighting up Brazil’s Christ the Redeemer statue with the message “Vaccine Saves.”
Mary and Polly also take on the issue of targeting people in lower socioeconomic groups with vaccine incentives and pro-vaccine messaging, including Ohio’s million-dollar lottery and McDonald’s teaming up with the U.S. government to provide “vaccine education” on its packaging.
Here are a few of this week’s highlights:
- As health officials look to “schools, camps, even beaches” in the race to vaccinate teens, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced COVID vaccines can now be given alongside other vaccines — a departure from an earlier recommendation that they be spaced out by at least two weeks. The guidance comes even as the CDC acknowledges “data are not available for COVID-19 vaccines administered simultaneously with other vaccines.” Mary said, “They have no clue about what will happen, no clue.”
- Merriam-Webster changed the official definition of the word “anti-vaxxer” (a recent edition to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary). It has been changed to include people who oppose forced inoculation mandates.
- Pediatricians are being “primed” to lead the effort to convince the “skyrocketing” numbers of “vaccine-hesitant” to get their kids the vaccine. “No parent should be rushing to give a child an unapproved, unlicensed medical product” — especially for a virus they aren’t at risk from, Mary said.
- An 8-month-old baby became the world’s youngest to get two doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
- The World Health Organization continues to stand by vaccines even as India is ravaged by COVID variants — but one scientist warns mass vaccination could be causing more virulent strains. “It’s analogous to antibiotic resistance, where bacteria just evolve to evade the drug,” Mary said. “The virus wants to live.”
- Delta Airlines will require new employees to get the vaccine, but won’t force existing employees to get it. “This shows they’re afraid to lose their workforce,” said Mary. “They realize they’re walking into a hornet’s nest.”
- Vaccine mandate laws are changing. Visit the advocacy portal of the National Vaccine Information Center and sign up to get alerts about bills in your state.
- CHD will be back in New York in July to argue in court against allowing school officials to overrule medical decisions made by students’ physicians.
- Follow Children’s Health Defense Live for more interviews by Polly, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and others. Plus register and tune in May 25 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT for an online town hall forum on all things COVID, featuring medical experts, scientists, researchers, attorneys and community activists and more.
Watch “This Week” with Mary + Polly:
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Emergent CEO: J&J vaccine production could resume in days
Emergent BioSolutions could resume manufacturing doses of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine “within a matter of days,” the company’s CEO Robert Kramer told a House panel Wednesday.
Democratic lawmakers on the House Coronavirus Crisis Subcommittee pressed Kramer on Emergent’s ability to fix a host of manufacturing issues identified by a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspection of its Baltimore facility in April.
At least one of those issues led to the contamination of 15 million J&J doses with ingredients from AstraZeneca’s vaccine, which the company was also manufacturing at the time.
As a result, the FDA paused production and essentially quarantined the remaining doses on hand to conduct thorough quality checks. The Biden administration also ordered AstraZeneca to find a new manufacturing partner.
There are more than 100 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine on hold, Kramer said, disclosing for the first time just how much of the vaccine has been affected. . . .
U.K.’s Johnson More Confident Vaccines Work Against Variants
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he has “increasing confidence” vaccines are working against all coronavirus variants, raising hopes that the last lockdown rules will be lifted as planned next month.
New data indicates that “vaccines are effective against all variants, including the Indian variant,” Johnson told MPs on Wednesday. The spread of the new form of the virus had sparked concern that the government will be forced to delay plans to end most restrictions in England on June 21.
There are currently 2,967 cases of the India variant in the U.K., Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced Wednesday, up from 2,323 on Monday. Extra testing sites are being set up in eight more districts that have detected spikes in cases, Hancock told parliament. . .
Nolte: Pelosi’s Anti-Science Mask Mandate Undermines Trust in Vaccine
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has moved into Joe Biden’s previous role as America’s Anti-Vaxxer-in-Chief, and it’s not only terrible for the country, it’s blatantly anti-science.
For months and month, His Fraudulency Joe Biden made it his mission to undermine confidence in the coronavirus vaccines. Although he was fully vaccinated, the idiot still wore his mask while outdoors He even wore a mask during a Zoom meeting. There was no scientific rationale for a vaccinated person to behave this way; he just did. And this was after he told the country not to trust the vaccine.
“Let me be clear. I trust vaccines. I trust scientists. But I don’t trust Donald Trump. And at this moment, the American people can’t either,” he said in September.
In word and example, Biden’s been telling people not to trust the vaccine. . . .
Rand Paul Takes Victory Lap Over Arch-Nemesis Anthony Fauci, Accuses Doctor of ‘Doing It for Show’

Rand Paul has been smacking around Anthony Fauci’s smug little face for months. To the dismay of everyone in the media with a velvet painting of Fauci that they surround with candles and pray to five times a day. Rand Paul would challenge Anthony Fauci to back up what he says with data. The infallible Pope Tony would accuse Rand of “theatrics.” The media would say, “Yeah, what Fauci said!” So when the sciencey Fauci admitted in so many words that he masks up just for show, Senator Paul had a little somethin’ somethin’ to say about it.
Senator Paul on The Story
My question to [Dr. Fauci] would be “Did you just discover vaccine immunology? Did you not believe in vaccine immunology couple weeks ago when I asked you this? Or were you doing it for show?” … You heard him say he didn’t want people to SEE him without a mask. The thing is, the science hasn’t changed. We’ve known that when you’re vaccinated — we’ve known this for quite a while — that you’re not transmitting it and not getting it. We’ve known that for months now. … But realize they’re still pushing this on our kids now because they’re saying, “[Kids] have to have been vaccinated [to unmask].” …
Kids should be allowed to run around outside without a freakin’ mask.
Senator Paul is a better man than me. I would have a “Fauci Sucks Eggs” T-shirt on everywhere I go. My five-word response would simply be, “I f*cking told you so!” Because Senator Paul has in fact been f*cking telling Fauci so.
- Rand Paul SCOLDS Fauci for Lockdown Effects. It Gets Heated!
- Rand Paul Mocks Anthony Fauci’s ‘Noble Lies’ We’re Told for Our Own Good
- Rand Paul Unloads on Anthony Fauci’s Claim We Need Masks Even After Being Vaccinated
- Rand Paul Wrecks Anthony Fauci Over His ‘Fatal Conceit’
- Rand Paul Confronts Dr. Fauci, TO HIS FACE, About Crappy Covid Modeling
It would take honest reporting to point out all the things Anthony Fauci has gotten wrong, why he got away with it for so long, and how his wrongness prolonged everyone’s misery. I doubt another Senate hearing would help matters. But if it’s Rand Paul grilling Dr. Faucci one last time, it will at least be a blast to watch.
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