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DeSantis Selling ‘Don’t Fauci My Florida’ Branded Merch

The Florida governor is offering flags and drink koozie with slogans knocking Dr. Fauci.

QUICK FACTS:
  • Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is selling branded merchandise donning sayings like “Don’t Fauci My Florida” in critique of the COVID-19 restrictions endorsed by Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), The Washington Post reports.
  • This slogan and others appear on several items now in Gov. DeSantis’ campaign store.
  • One flag has the slogan, “Keep Florida Free,” while a drink koozie says, “How the hell am I going to be able to drink a beer with a mask on?”
BACKGROUND:
  • Dr. Fauci, along with other medical experts, encouraged Americans to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 during the pandemic.
  • Many conservatives and other medical experts pushed back on mask requirements, social distancing enforcement, and lockdowns.
  • Gov. DeSantis refused to block citizens from state beaches, rejected widespread mask requirements, and in May made Florida one of the first states to remove all local coronavirus-related restrictions.
WHAT DESANTIS SAID:
  • “No mandates for anything,” DeSantis said on Tuesday, according to WPTV.
  • “I think it’s very unfair for some of the youngest kids who are the least susceptible, least likely to spread it, that they have the mitigation imposed on them more severely than a lot of adults do,” the governor added.

Tucker Carlson: Government forced sterilization, what’s keeping them from forcing vaccines? (Video)

The government is no longer pro-choice and could force its citizens to take the COVID jab against their will.

Whether you just don’t want to take the vaccine, or you object for religious reasons, U.S. government figures are announcing “plans to make every last American take this drug. If you don’t take the shot, you’ll wind up on a government list.”

Watch Tucker Carlson expose the threat of forced inoculation facing U.S. citizens:

Here’s a transcript of the show:

We specialize in the obvious, so tonight we’d like to begin with the most obvious observation of all: force works. If you decide to make people do something — if you demand they do it and punish them if they don’t — generally they’ll do it. They’ll comply. They don’t really have a choice.

If you tell them they have to take a dose of experimental medicine, for example, otherwise they can’t have a job, and their kids can’t be educated, most of them will take it. And in fact, most of them have. According to the latest CDC data, 67% of all American adults have received the coronavirus vaccine so far. Sixty-seven percent. That’s a huge number in a country like this. Try to think of anything else that 67% of American adults have done recently. 

For perspective, only about 24% of the country’s population voted for Joe Biden in November, and that was enough to make him president of the United States. So in some ways, the administration has done something amazing. Get the vaccine or else. That was their message. Most people did. But not everyone. There are still holdouts. These are not people who haven’t heard of the vaccine or can’t afford it, or can’t just find a dose. It’s free, it’s everywhere and the media never stop talking about it. Every news hour is a Pfizer commercial. 

These are people who just don’t want to take it. Many of them have already recovered from COVID and have active antibodies. They don’t need the vaccine. Should people take medicine they don’t need? Apparently, they don’t think so. 

Others may have religious objections. That used to be considered a valid reason, back when our leaders acknowledge God is more powerful than themselves. Still, others may have noticed the vaccine was developed very quickly — the first universal coronavirus vaccine ever — and still to this day has not received FDA approval. Maybe that gives them pause. Maybe there are other reasons, including the stunningly high death rate on the government’s vaccine harm database, or the reports of young people developing cardiac emergencies in response to the shot. Maybe all of the above. We don’t know, and actually, at this point, it doesn’t matter. The Biden administration is no longer accepting excuses.  

On CNN this morning, the secretary of Health and Human Services, Xavier Becerra, not a doctor, a politician, announced he plans to make every last American take this drug. If you don’t take the shot, you’ll wind up on a government list. 

BRIANNA KEILAR: I wonder if you can answer the criticism that it’s none of the government’s business knowing who has been vaccinated. What do you say?

XAVIER BECERRA: The federal government has spent trillions of dollars to keep Americans alive during this pandemic. So it is absolutely the government’s business. It is the taxpayer’s business. … We want to give people the freedom to choose but we hope they choose to live.

We want to give people the freedom to choose, unfortunately, we can’t. No more freedom for you. The Biden administration is no longer pro-choice. It’s an odd thing to say on many levels, but especially now. The pandemic is waning. Very clearly. Very few people in this country are dying from this virus at this point. It’s hardly a health emergency anymore. But Becerra isn’t arguing it is. Instead, he’s saying the government has spent so much money on the coronavirus, that the Biden administration has a right to go door-to-door to intimidate you into taking the vaccine and keep track of you if you don’t. The government paid, so you owe them that. If you disobey, you’re choosing death. 

Savor the reasoning here for a moment. It’s hard not to think we have reached a major new precedent. Something new is happening. As it happens, the federal government spends huge amounts of tax dollars fighting all sorts of diseases, not just COVID. There’s cancer, AIDS, tuberculosis, hepatitis, heart disease, diabetes, and many, many more. Each one of these illnesses its own kind of emergency. Each one kills a lot of people, in some cases far more than COVID has. 

So, does the Biden Administration have a right, based on the money they spend fighting these diseases, to your medical information? Do they have a right to know your HIV status? Why not? Can HHS force you to take antibiotics for your TB? Xanax for your anxiety? Thorazine for your mania? And while we’re at it, why are we letting irresponsible, defective people reproduce? Vagrants, mental patients, even QAnon people, can all have children? Why’s that? Why aren’t we sterilizing them? 

Sound crazy? It’s happened before, on a huge scale. 

So, in response to the atrocities that have been committed in previous generations in the name of science and medicine, medical privacy, physical autonomy, the right to control the medicines you take — these were once the pillars of medical ethics. Officially. Or were. They no longer are. Tony Fauci thinks there merely a “political statement.”  

ANTHONY FAUCI: It`s easy to get, it`s free, and it`s readily available. So, you know, you`ve got to ask, what is the problem? Get over it. Get over this political statement. Just get over it. 

Get over it. You don’t have a right to disagree. 

This is a well-trod road we’re on, and it’s a scary one. We’ve seen this before, more than a century ago. In the early 1900s, officials in Boston decided to make an example of a Swedish-born pastor named Henning Jacobson.  

66% of Republicans in Southern U.S. Want to Secede from Country

Two-thirds of Republicans in the southern United States and 47% of West Coast Democrats want to split from the country and form their own nation, reveals a new Bright Line Watch and YouGov poll.

QUICK FACTS:
  • poll released on Wednesday by Bright Line Watch and YouGov reveals that a large portion of American citizens want their local region to secede from the nation, with
  • Southern Republicans and West Coast Democrats make up the most unhappy with the current state of U.S. politics and culture.
  • The Southern U.S. and West Coast expressed the highest desire to break free, but numbers were also high in the north and in mountain states.
THE FACTS:
  • 44% of total southerners (Republican and Democrat) support secession, 66% of Republicans, 20% of Democrats, and 50% of Independents.
  • On the West Coast (including Alaska and Hawaii), a total of 39% of Americans want secession, 27% of Republicans, 47% of Democrats, and 33% of Independents.
  • In the north, 34% in total said they want to secede, 26% of Republicans, 39% of Democrats, and 35% of Independents.
  • In the mountain states, 32% want to break with the U.S., 43% of Republicans, 17% of Democrats, and 35% of Independents.
WHAT’S BEING SAID ABOUT THE DATA:
  • Bright Line Watch called the figures “distressingly high.”
  • Data journalist Christopher Ingraham called it the “most disturbing datapoint I’ve seen in a while.”

California Pastor puts Faith in Media with Launch of National News and Media Network

American Faith will provide uncensored news, embracing conservative and traditional Judeo-Christian views and opinion.

Phil Hotsenpiller, Biblical prophecy expert and Senior Pastor of Influence Church announces the launch of American Faith, a non-profit national news media network committed to delivering truthful, uncensored news, analysis, and opinion on current events with a biblical perspective.

“Today’s mainstream media has abandoned objectivity and instead propagated liberal ideologies through selective and biased news reporting, causing political and social division,” said Phil Hotsenpiller, founder of American Faith. “The effects on society have been extremely damaging and now is the time for news outlets such as American Faith to emerge, stand for truth, and spearhead a media revival. I firmly believe if people have access to uncensored news, we can see a nation restored—one that defends American values and liberties.”

The American Faith platform focuses on news relating to politics, business, health, and faith. It incorporates a vast array of original content including video interviews and podcasts featuring well-known media personalities as part of shows hosted weekly, including:

Reality Check with Melissa Tate
Melissa Tate is a Christian, political commentator, and author of “Choice Privilege: What’s Race Got To Do With It?” Reality Check will explore the social, cultural and political issues that are plaguing American society today. The show will discuss solutions and encourage everyday people to find ways in which they can make a difference.

American Outlook with William Federer
William Federer is a nationally recognized historian, best-selling author, and president of Amerisearch, a publishing company dedicated to researching America’s noble heritage. Federer’s show connects the dots between America’s past, present, and future.

America’s War Room with Phil Hotsenpiller
Phil Hotsenpiller will expose the real drivers behind current events and core societal issues through his unscripted talk-show with cultural and political leaders.

“American Faith is an important, and vitally needed, voice in our increasingly secular culture,” said Ken Starr, lawyer, former U.S. solicitor general and federal judge, author and former president of Baylor University. “As the old saying goes, this is ‘news that you can trust.’ Everyone — especially people of faith— who care about our country and its future should join the rapidly-growing family of grateful American Faith subscribers.”

In addition to the launch of the American Faith news platform, Hotsenpiller is partnering with notable government and industry leaders–working to revitalize and nurture American values through local, state, and national campaigns promoting constitutional rights and freedoms.

American Faith will host Clay Clark’s ReAwaken America Tour, July 17-18 at Influence Church in Anaheim, Calif.Attendees will learn practical steps to fight back to protect American freedoms. Keynote speakers include General Flynn, former United States National Security Advisor; Larry Elder, American radio host and best-selling author; and Robert Kennedy Jr., author, environmental lawyer and Board Chair for the Children’s Health Defense, among others.

“We live in a world where the government has put restrictions on how people worship and bible verses are being deemed ‘offensive content’ by big tech,” said Sean Feucht, artist, activist, and the founder of LetUsWorship.us. “It is time for the church to stand together and fight for our unalienable rights under the constitution. With American Faith the church will gain a biblical perspective on current events and have a united frontline battling the impeding threat on our liberties.”

Subscribe to American Faith’s daily newsletter at https://americanfaith.com/subscribe and follow @AmericanFaithMedia on all social media platforms.

About American Faith 
Committed to advancing the cause of truth and freedom, American Faith is a non-profit news media network that provides breaking news, analysis, and opinion on current events. Grounded in a love of country, a passion for freedom and a heart of faith, American Faith is the news outlet of We the People. For more information, please visit https://AmericanFaith.com.

About Pastor Phil Hotsenpiller 
Phil Hotsenpiller is the Founder and President of American Faith and the Senior Pastor of Influence Church. He is a Biblical Prophecy Expert, Cultural Thought Leader, and a Passionate Patriot. Phil earned a Bachelor of Arts, a Master of Divinity, and conducted postgraduate studies at Oxford University. He has published ten books, including the highly acclaimed “One Nation without Law.” Phil has conducted interviews with various media outlets, including The Washington Post, USA Today, Fox News, CNN, The Christian Post, The History Channel, The Telegraph.

Donald Trump slams ‘disgusting’ report on Russian interference in 2016 election

A new report alleging Russian spy agencies were told to help Donald Trump win the 2016 presidential election is “disgusting” and “fiction,” the former president said Thursday.

“This is disgusting,” Trump tweeted through spokeswoman Liz Harrington. “It’s fake news, just like RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA was fake news. It’s just the Radical Left crazies doing whatever they can to demean everybody on the right.

“It’s fiction, and nobody was tougher on Russia than me, including on the pipeline, and sanctions,” the tweet said. “At the same time we got along with Russia.

“Russia respected us, China respected us, Iran respected us, North Korea respected us. And the world was a much safer place than it is now with mentally unstable leadership.”

At issue is a new report by the Guardian that Russian leader Vladimir Putin ordered a secret spy agency to find “practical” ways to support Trump’s bid for the White House during a Jan. 22, 2016, meeting at the Kremlin.

According to the report, Putin deemed Trump “mentally unstable” and believed his accession to the White House would create “social turmoil” and weaken the US.

The report, which the Guardian said is based on leaked Kremlin documents, claims Trump was identified as the “most promising candidate.”

Experts Warn of ‘Huge Risk’ as Moderna Launches COVID Vaccine Trials for Pregnant Women

The vaccine maker is launching a clinical trial to assess safety of its vaccine in pregnant women, despite 133,000 pregnant women having already received a COVID vaccine prior to trials.

Moderna will begin studying its COVID vaccine in pregnant women, according to a posting on ClinicalTrials.gov. The observational study, expected to begin July 22, will enroll about 1,000 females over age 18 who will be studied over a 21-month period.

Women who received a Moderna vaccine during the 28 days prior to their last menstrual period, or at any time during pregnancy, are eligible.

The brief summary of the trial states the main goal is “to evaluate the outcomes of pregnancy in females exposed to the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine (mRNA-1273) during pregnancy.”

The study will measure the number of participants who have infants with suspected major and minor congenital malformations, the number of participants with any pregnancy complications, the number of participants with any pregnancy outcomes and the number of participants with infant outcomes, Fox Business reported.

Currently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says pregnant women can get a COVID vaccine. But the CDC also acknowledges there is limited data available about the safety of COVID vaccines for people who are pregnant.

The CDC website states:

“No evidence exists of risk to the fetus from vaccinating pregnant people with non-replicating vaccines in general. However, the potential risks of COVID-19 vaccines to the pregnant person and the fetus are unknown, because these vaccines have not been extensively studied in pregnant people.”

According to the CDC’s website, as of June 29, data collected from the CDC and U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) safety monitoring systems had not identified “any safety concerns for pregnant people who were vaccinated or their babies,” but the agencies stressed findings are preliminary.

Experts urge caution

“Pregnant women are taking what may be a huge risk with the COVID vaccine,” said Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D., author of “Your Baby, Your Way.”

Margulis told The Defender in an email:

“We have no long-term studies showing it’s safe. We made this mistake with diethylstilbestrol — a synthetic estrogen thought to be safe during pregnancy that was later found to cause aggressive (and sometimes lethal) cancer in the genitals of young teenagers whose moms had been prescribed it.”

Margulis believes it is irresponsible, and even unethical, to assert that we know the Moderna vaccine is safe for pregnancy.

She said:

“It’s imperative to use the precautionary principle when it comes to this highly experimental technology. The burden of proof must be on the intervention. We have no evidence that this is safe. But ample evidenceshows that it is dangerous to expose pregnant women and unborn babies to drugs and interventions that can disrupt immunity.”

The most recent data from the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) — one of the safety monitoring systems co-managed by the FDA and CDC — has received 2,678 reports of adverse events related to COVID vaccines in pregnant women, including 994 reports of miscarriage or premature birth between Dec. 14, 2020 and July 2, 2021.

Data assessing safety of COVID vaccines in pregnant women is lacking

Since the FDA in December 2020 granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for COVID vaccines, the CDC has recommended pregnant women be offered the vaccine — despite the fact that pregnant women were excluded from preauthorization clinical trials, and despite the limited data on safety and efficacy of COVID vaccines during pregnancy.

In January, the World Health Organization said pregnant women should not receive a COVID vaccine. A week later, the agency changed its guidance and advised everyone to take the shot, including pregnant women.

According to a March 1 safety update by the CDC’s vaccine safety panel on the COVID vaccine and pregnancy, post-authorization safety monitoring and research are the primary ways the CDC obtains safety data on COVID vaccination during pregnancy.

In other words, the vaccine is given to pregnant women before studies determine whether the vaccine is safe for that population. The CDC’s websitestates that 133,466 pregnant women have already received a COVID vaccine as of July 12.

“It seems bass-ackwards to release the vaccine to pregnant women before doing a clinical trial or proper animal studies,” said Lyn Redwood, RN, MSN and president emerita of Children’s Health Defense.

Redwood said:

“Does the vaccine lipid nanoparticle cross through the placenta? If so, what is the effect on the offspring with regard to morbidity or mortality? These are questions we need to be asking. Pregnancy used to be a time where we were to protect the mother and baby from any potential harms, especially during the first trimester.”

In April, the CDC started actively recommending all pregnant women get vaccinated for COVID based off of one retrospective study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The retrospective study, “Preliminary Findings of mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine Safety in Pregnant Persons,” relied on multiple vaccine surveillance systems from December 2020 to February to assess the safety of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines in more than 35,000 pregnant women who had chosen to get vaccinated after the vaccines were approved for emergency use.

China’s Economic Recovery Loses Some Steam, Investors Eye More Policy Easing

China’s economy grew slightly slower than expected in the second quarter, weighed down by higher raw materials costs and new COVID-19 outbreaks. Expectations build that policymakers may have to do more to support the recovery.

Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 7.9 percent in the April-June quarter from a year earlier, official data showed on July 15, missing expectations of an 8.1 percent rise in a Reuters poll of economists.

Growth slowed significantly from a record 18.3 percent expansion in the January-March period, when the year-on-year growth rate was heavily skewed by the COVID-induced slump in the first quarter of 2020.

Retail sales and industrial output growth was slower in June, the latter dragged by a sharp fall in motor vehicle production, while NBS data also showed a cooling in China’s housing market, a key engine of growth.

But June activity data still beat expectations, providing some relief to investors concerned about a slowdown after the central bank announced policy easing last week.

“The numbers were marginally below our expectation and the market’s expectation (but) I think the momentum is fairly strong,” said UOB economist Woei Chen Ho in Singapore.

“Our greater concern is the uneven recovery that we’ve seen so far and for China the recovery in domestic consumption is very important…retail sales this month was fairly strong and that may allay some concerns.”

While the world’s second-largest economy has rebounded strongly from the COVID-19 crisis, buoyed by solid export demand and policy support, data releases in recent months have suggested some loss in momentum.

Higher raw materials costs, supply shortages, and pollution controls are weighing on industrial activity, while COVID-19 outbreaks have kept a lid on consumer spending.

Investors are watching to see if the central bank is shifting to an easier policy stance after the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) announced last week it would cut the amount of cash that banks must hold as reserves, just as some other central banks begin or start thinking about exiting pandemic-era stimulus.

Average second quarter growth in 2020 and 2021 was 5.5 percent, up slightly from a 5 percent average for the first quarter, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

On a quarterly basis, GDP expanded 1.3 percent in the April-June period, the NBS said, just beating expectations for a 1.2 percent rise in the Reuters poll. The NBS revised down growth in the first quarter from the fourth quarter last year to 0.4 percent.

Policy Easing?

The PBOC move, which released about $154.64 billion in long-term liquidity to bolster the recovery, comes even as policymakers have sought to normalize policy after the economy’s rebound from the coronavirus crisis to contain financial risks.

It highlights the challenges policymakers will face in rolling back pandemic-era stimulus as the coronavirus continues to flare-up in China and around the world.

“The domestic economic recovery is uneven,” said Liu Aihua, an official at the NBS at a briefing on Thursday.

What China Hides About Its Economy

Unreliable statistics, mounting debt, and nonperforming loans are just a few underlying characteristics of China’s economy.

For years, China has tried its best to hide and shadow its unsustainable economic practices from its people and from the world. Research suggests that it has been overstating gross domestic product numbers for the past decade.

It’s important to acknowledge that Beijing does release huge amounts of data. However, when it comes to statistics, there’s a big difference between quality and quantity.

Isn’t it time to find out what’s really going on in China?

On June 30, The Heritage Foundation released its inaugural “China Transparency Report.” (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation).

This 120-page assessment analyzes China’s transparency on eight different issues, ranging from the economy to human rights. The report rates economic transparency from the Chinese government at only 4 out of 10. The overall rating isn’t much better at 5 out of 10.

Unfortunately, recent external shocks, including the COVID-19 pandemic, have led President Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party to adopt a more authoritarian approach.

The government has interfered by harshly cracking down on protests, collecting private data, and surveilling the country. Unambiguously, the Chinese Communist Party has made it clear that authoritarianism is here to stay.

The economy is no exception. Instead of making structural changes aimed at forwarding progress, Beijing turns to more command and control to keep businesses afloat.

Over the past 30 years, China’s economic development has been quite impressive. The country’s 2001 entry into the World Trade Organization allowed it unprecedented opportunities for foreign trade. Global trade revolutionized Chinese markets, lifting millions out of poverty. But despite this and other seemingly positive reforms, China has never let go of its tight grip on the economy.

In fact, more than ever, businesses can only operate in China if the Chinese Communist Party approves, and only to further its goals.

Heritage’s recently released annual Index of Economic Freedom measures economic governance in key areas related to economic growth and prosperity. It highlighted, once again, that China remains a “mostly unfree” economy.

The economic freedom that does exist in the world’s second-largest economy is severely lacking in depth and breadth across the country. China’s economic freedom has barely grown over the past 27 years.

University Accepts – Then Denies Admission to Student Previously Paralyzed by Vaccine After She Files for Covid Vaccine Medical Exemption

A prospective student eager to start her college career at Brigham Young University-Hawaii was accepted, then subsequently denied admission after submitting a medical exemption to forgo a required Covid-19 vaccination.

In posts uploaded to social media, Olivia Sandor explained after being accepted by BYU-Hawaii and learning of the school’s vaccine requirements on June 16, she was advised by doctors to apply for a Covid vaccine exemption due to a medical episode following a vaccine in 2019 that left her briefly paralyzed.

“…In February of 2019 I was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome. Guillain-Barré is an auto-immune disease caused by vaccines which resulted in me being hospitalized and being paralyzed from the waist down,” Sandor wrote in an Instagram post, going on to explain she made a miraculously recovery.

“Having Guillain-Barré means I am not able to be vaccinated. It could end in permanent paralysis, and possibly death if it spread up in my body.”

“With that being said, I reached out to BYU H and got with my doctors to submit an exemption form. BYU made this sound very accessible for those who had medical conditions and were in need of one. My family and I were all sure I would be granted one due to my condition. After three weeks, I heard back from them. My medical exemption was denied,” Sandor wrote.

Sandor says she reached out to the university president, who eventually responded, saying the university would re-review the case with a medical panel.

“BYU Hawaii has once again denied me a medical exemption,” Sandor wrote on Monday.

In a TikTok update which has thus far garnered over 454,000 views in one day, Sandor elaborated on her plight and warned others about the university’s discrimination.