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DEATH CULT: Biden’s Doom Prophets, Fauci and Klain | Steve Berman

DEATH CULT: Biden’s Doom Prophets, Fauci and Klain | Steve Berman


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If you don’t have your shots, you’re going to be very sick, and die. That’s the messagethe Biden administration is going with for omicron. President Biden is being advised by perhaps the worst messaging executive to ever haunt the West Wing since Billy Carter visited with a case of his self-branded beer. Coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients told reporters …

TIKTOK THREAT: Kids Breaking Bad? Bribe Them | Steve Berman

TIKTOK THREAT: Kids Breaking Bad? Bribe Them | Steve Berman


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In the last week, I’ve gotten a half dozen emails from our local school system regarding unconfirmed threats of violence. There have been unconfirmed threats at local high schools, middle schools, and even elementary schools, and it’s part of a “TikTok challenge” making December 17th a day for school threats. I don’t have to tell you …

OMICRON AND DELTA: Don’t Confuse Them | Steve Berman

OMICRON AND DELTA: Don’t Confuse Them | Steve Berman


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The U.S. is having a surge in COVID-19 cases, and a lagging surge in deaths. The numbers I’m seeing in Georgia indicate that deaths are falling, and hospitalizations are falling, but case counts are spiking. This is omicron. Omicron is more contagious than any previous variant. We know that in 1918, the Spanish Flu morphed into a …

BIDEN’S LEGACY: The Man Who Did Nothing | Steve Berman

BIDEN’S LEGACY: The Man Who Did Nothing | Steve Berman


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President Joe Biden has been in politics his whole adult life and is desperately searching for a legacy to be remembered by, other than not being Donald Trump. Nobody wants to help him. Not Barack Obama, who overshadowed Biden for eight years. Not Joe Manchin, who is functionally in control of Biden’s legislative agenda. Not Kamala …