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Authoritarian socialist Jacinda Ardern announced on Thursday she would step down from the prime ministership of New Zealand next month — a position she acquired in a controversial election and used to make the country crueler, less safe, and less free. Ardern has served as prime minister of the country since 2017, a term set to end on February 7. She will remain a member of the New Zealand parliament through at least April. Parliamentary elections will be held on October 14, presumably marking a formal end to her political career, unless she changes her mind about running for re-election. In her departing remarks, Ardern depicted herself as a victim of burnout, stating , “I just don’t have enough in the tank for another four years.” She noted she wanted time to “finally” marry her fiancé and spend more time with family, giving the impression that her collapsing approval rating and her Labour Party’s growing unpopularity did not play a role in the decision, one final … [Read more...] about Martel: Democrat Darling Jacinda Ardern Leaves Legacy of Cruelty, Tyranny in New Zealand

President Joe Biden will reportedly name Jeff Zients, who oversaw the White House’s response to the Chinese coronavirus, to serve as his chief of staff, replacing Ron Klain, who will leave the administration in the coming week, according to several news reports on Sunday. Zients previously served as the Counselor to the President and the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator in the beginning days of the Biden administration, from January 2021 to April 2022. He also previously served as the director of the National Economic Council in the Obama administration from February 2014 to January 2017. This is breaking news. Please check back for updates. Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. Write to him at [email protected] or follow him on Twitter @JacobMBliss . … [Read more...] about Report: Biden to Name Zients as Next Chief of Staff, Replacing Klain

A woman named Maria Branyas Morera is confirmed as the world’s oldest living person, Guinness World Records announced on January 19. The news came after the death of 118-year-old Lucile Randon of France, Guinness noted. A photo shows Morera looking very well: Guinness World Records shared a post on Instagram about the woman who became the oldest living person at the age of 115. The page shared that the woman named María Branyas Morera was born in March 1907 in the US and presently resides in Spain. Read: https://t.co/i6MMPGIvtc pic.twitter.com/d3ESCdA7rd — Hindustan Times (@htTweets) January 20, 2023 The woman, who is 115 years old, was born in San Francisco, California, on March 4, 1907 after he parents emigrated. However, they returned to Spain several years later and made their home in Catalonia, where Morera has lived in a nursing home for over 20 years. Now, her daughter helps her post on Twitter where she said the secret to her long life included … [Read more...] about PHOTO: Woman Confirmed as World’s Oldest Living Person at Age 115

Police in Manchester, England said that it was “unachievable” to safely shut down an illegal ‘quarantine rave’, where two people were subsequently shot dead. In the early hours of Sunday, two men, a 36-year-old and a 21-year-old were gunned down at an illegal ‘quarantine rave’ that took place in Moss Side, Manchester. City police said that while a Black Lives Matter event had taken place in the same area earlier in the day, that authorised event had concluded before the later “unplanned event” took place in the evening. Following the recent trend of police standing down in the face of mobs in the UK, senior officers at the Greater Manchester Police decided to allow the DJ hosted rave in a residential courtyard, despite receiving complaints from concerned neighbours. “A decision taken last night in respect of the event that was unplanned was that it would be unachievable to safely disperse given the nature of the event and the people that were present and the numbers,” said … [Read more...] about Police Stood Down as Two Men Were Shot to Death at ‘Quarantine Rave’

Closing schools and daycare facilities for extended periods over COVID-19 was likely a mistake, a lockdown-loving health minister has admitted. Karl Lauterbach, Germany’s pro-lockdown health minister, has reportedly admitted that long-term school closures in the country over COVID-19 was likely the wrong move on his part, multiple outlets in the country have reported. Lauterbach, along with the German government as a whole, have traditionally been some of the most pro-lockdown politicians in Europe, with significant anti-COVID measures remaining in place in the country to this day despite the fact that other nations on the continent have long abandoned such policies. However, according to a report by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , Lauterbach seems to be backpedalling on some of the measures he implemented over the past number of years, with the minister seeing his decision to close schools as likely being unwise in hindsight. “The level of knowledge was often not … [Read more...] about Pro-COVID Lockdown Minister Admits Closing Schools was a Mistake

President Joe Biden’s administration on Monday announced that he is defying the wishes of the Republican-led House and extending the national emergencies related to the Chinese coronavirus on May 11, but the administration directly admitted in its defense that ending Title 42 would result in “a substantial additional inflow of migrants at the Southwest border.” Both the coronavirus national emergency and public health emergency, declared in 2020, are set to expire on March 1 and April 11. However, the Biden administration made it clear on Monday it will not allow the emergencies to expire at those times and will instead extend them into May, despite Republicans in the House bringing forth resolutions to end the emergencies. H.R. 382 , also known as the Pandemic is Over Act, would specifically end the public health emergency declared three years ago. The bill, introduced on January 17, 2023, would effectively end the emergency on the date of the enactment. Rep. Brett … [Read more...] about Biden Administration Defies GOP, Extends COVID Emergencies to May 11

Where did the taxpayer dollars go? House Republicans promise to answer that question Wednesday. That’s when they launch what they promise will be an unsparing oversight of President Joe Biden’s administration at the first examination of pandemic-era spending. The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability will be the vehicle. It is holding the opening public hearing in the new Congress on fraud and waste across federal pandemic spending. Congress approved about $4.6 trillion in spending from six coronavirus relief laws, beginning in March 2020. Now the committee wants to see the receipts. “We owe it to the American people to get to the bottom of the greatest theft of American taxpayer dollars in history,” said committee chairman Rep. James Comer (R-Ky). More than 1,000 people have already pleaded guilty or have been convicted on federal charges of defrauding the myriad coronavirus relief programs Congress established in the early days of the pandemic. Democrats and … [Read more...] about House Oversight Committee Targets Pandemic-era Spending

House Republicans will hold Democrats accountable for their failed coronavirus policies, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) promised during a press conference this week. Stefanik, the House Republican Conference Chair, highlighted some of the efforts of the GOP-led House — specifically, legislation related to the Chinese coronavirus. “This week, House Republicans are voting on legislation to restore our Constitutional rights and freedoms after two long years of Democrats’ COVID-19 power grab policies,” she said, explaining that extended lockdowns caused “irreparable damage” in her state, particularly, to “children’s development, financial strain on our small businesses, and unnecessary deaths among our most vulnerable seniors due to former disgraced Governor Andrew Cuomo’s deadly and fatal nursing home order.” Stefanik explained that Democrats essentially weaponized the federal government using the virus an excuse for the power grab, which featured vaccine mandates and abuse of U.S. … [Read more...] about Stefanik: GOP Will Hold Dems Accountable for Failed COVID Policies

Officials within Brussels are mulling a possible ban on Pfizer officials from being allowed into the European Parliament, a report suggests. Officials from Big Pharma company Pfizer, including the multinational’s CEO, Albert Bourla, could soon be banned from the European Parliament, a report on Friday has revealed. It comes as the group finds itself at the centre of numerous controversies in Europe, with both senior officials within the EU and the vaccine manufacturer refusing to release details relating to the EU’s procurement of jabs during the pandemic. According to a report by Euroactiv, the European Parliament’s committee on COVID (COVI) has now voted in favour of the ban, with only two political groups — the European People’s Party and Renew Europe — voting against the resolution. Members of the COVI body have reportedly referenced Pfizer’s apparent unwillingness to be transparent with theM for the ban, with Bourla’s repeated failure to appear in front of the … [Read more...] about Brussels Mulls Banning Pfizer Officials from European Parliament

Audio player loading… We know that the Samsung Galaxy S23 phones are launching on February 1, but we're not sure yet how much they're going to cost. A new leak sheds some light on what the starting prices might be for these handsets in the US. Well-known tipster @RGcloudS (opens in new tab) on Twitter (via Notebookcheck (opens in new tab) ) has posted pricing for two Galaxy S23 models, two Galaxy S23 Plus models, and three Galaxy S23 Ultra models – that's pretty much all of them, though one S23 Plus variant does seem to be missing. It seems Samsung has managed to match last year's Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S22 Plus prices with the new models, though the Galaxy S23 Ultra looks like it will be more expensive than its predecessor (the cheapest model does come with double the internal storage though). Those prices in full According to this source, the Galaxy S23 will start at $799 for the model with 128GB of storage and 8GB of RAM, while the version with … [Read more...] about Latest Samsung Galaxy S23 leak reveals how much you’ll pay for each phone