White House warns those unvaccinated as delta spreads: 'We're at a another pivotal point'

White House warns those unvaccinated as delta spreads: 'We're at a another pivotal point'

Members of the White House COVID-19 response team on Thursday issued more warnings to Americans who have not sought out a vaccination as the threat from the delta variant continues to rise.

If people can force us to give birth we should be able to force them to get vaccinated. - OhNoSheTwitnt

 

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Tokyo hits six-month high in COVID-19 cases one day before Olympics begin
• Hospitals in Kansas City turning away patients as COVID cases surge
• As Florida's Covid-19 cases surge, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis remains steadfast in his more laissez-faire response
• Fox & Friends Spar Over Return of School Mask Mandates in the Fall: 'Unbelievable. Kid Abuse Again'
• White House announces new funds for COVID-19 testing and vaccination amid delta surge

Raise your hand if you'd like to see Jared Kushner testify under oath in front of Congress on live television for 11 straight hours to explain his secret ties to Bone Saw Arabia and Qatar and the Emirates and just how much he and his sleazeball father-in-law profited from it all. - Jeff Tiedrich

3 Red States Are Driving The Pandemic

Just three states are now driving the pandemic in the United States, as the divide between vaccinated and unvaccinated regions of the country becomes ever more stark, as the more transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus spreads.

Forty percent of all new cases this week have been recorded in Florida, Texas and Missouri, 

Republicans Protest Lack of Rioters on January 6th Commission. - Andy Borowitz

 

Republican Shenanigans

• Man attacked by angry mob at GOP event after calling Michael Flynn ‘the biggest scumbag traitor in the history of this country’: lawsuit
• Corey Lewandowski Reveals that Melania Trump ALSO Said John McCain 'Isn't a War Hero'
• Meghan McCain Attempts to Lecture Chuck Schumer About Antisemitism
• Anderson Cooper Plays Audio of Trump Ranting About Election in Book Interview: ‘Like Listening to Nixon Drunk Rambling’
• MSNBC host visibly stunned after GOP senator claims people aren’t allowed to pray for someone’s health because of HIPAA privacy laws
• Kim Guadagno, who served as Christie’s lieutenant governor, leaves GOP

Bat-Wielding Jim Jordan Bursts Through Capitol Window Demanding To Be Allowed Onto January 6 Committee. - The Onion

 

The Liz Cheney Fan Club Is Increasing

Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (D- NJ), a former Navy helicopter pilot and federal prosecutor, joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss the battle on Capitol Hill over appointments to the January 6 select committee after Speaker Pelosi rejected Jim Jordan and Jim Banks. With Kevin McCarthy vowing to withdraw his picks for the committee in response, leaving Liz Cheney as the lone Republican on the panel, Rep. Sherill says, "I would put Liz Cheney against Jim Jordan any day of the week...

When Sean Hannity and Mitch McConnell and Steve Scalise are begging people to get vaccinated, you know the situation is dire. - ToniCB tweet

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Just In: Nancy Pelosi has appointed Adam Kinzinger to bring sexy back to the Jan. 6 select committee. - Kate tweet

Rock The Voter News

• Pelosi says GOP antics won't stop Jan. 6 panel's work
• Fauci Tees Off on Rand Paul for ‘Inflammatory’ and ‘Slanderous’ Comments: ‘He Was Completely Out of Line’
• Majority support key parts of sweeping new infrastructure bill: poll
• Impeachment pol dings Cuomo

Raise your hand if you love Speaker Pelosi for being a total badass and telling McCarthy’s picks of Jim Jordan and Jim Banks to f*ck off. - Andrea Junker

 

I Thought The FBI Was The Federal Bureau of  INVESTIGATION!
The FBI has revealed that it received 4,500 tips during its investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh but it only passed along some of them to White House lawyers, ignoring countless others.

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I’m sorry but we just don’t know what’s in this vaccine now if you’ll excuse me, the vitamins I bought from a podcast have arrived. - Daniel Kibblesmith

Business/Tech News

• Website outages hit Olympics, Amazon and major banks
• Jeff Bezos Launch Coverage Rockets CNN Morning Show to Network's Top-Rated Hour Tuesday
• LG creates air-purifying mask with speakers and mic
• Lincoln Project blasts Comcast for not running ad criticizing Fox News
• Ben & Jerry's to stop sales in West Bank, east Jerusalem

Tensions Escalate As Israel Closes Embassy Inside Ben & Jerry’s Factory - The Onion

 

Oh For Crying Out Loud, Wouldn't It Be Easier To Mandate Vaccines?

The NFL has added an additional COVID-19 vaccination incentive for players, threatening forfeits and the loss of game checks if an outbreak among unvaccinated players causes an unresolvable disruption in the regular-season schedule.

Commissioner Roger Goodell informed clubs of the new policy Thursday in a memo. The league has encouraged vaccination for players but has not required it, per an agreement with the NFL Players Association.

Between the NFL's new no mercy covid policy and Tom Brady dissing Trump, this is a rough week for MAGA football fans. - Schooley tweet

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Odd News

• In historic first, NASA spacecraft maps the interior of Mars
•  Pre-Columbian stone sphere discovered in private estate in Palmar Sur
• RNA breakthrough creates crops that can grow 50% more potatoes, rice
• Chimpanzees' lethal attacks on gorillas in the wild have been observed for the first time
• Plane's landing gear breaks off, hits Maine golf course

Time To Deflate Photo

A glass octopus found at around 3000 feet. The octopus must be popular at the Disco bar.

Peace.

McCarthy pulls his 5 GOP members from 1/6 committee after Pelosi rejects 2 of his picks

McCarthy pulls his 5 GOP members from 1/6 committee after Pelosi rejects 2 of his picks

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is pulling his five Republican members selected to join the House committee that's investigating the January 6 insurrection, following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision to reject two of McCarthy's picks.

Boo Hoo. McCarthy took his boy toys and went home.

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• New video shows ex-Special Forces officer chucking flag pole at Capitol police officer 'like a spear'
• Fired DEA Agent Who Appeared on Tucker Carlson in March Arrested for Alleged Role in Capitol Riot
• Madison Cawthorn Calls For 'Punk' Fauci to Be 'Charged' on Newsmax: 'Pawn for the Chinese Government'
• Fox's Cavuto Defends 'Good Man' Fauci After Clash With Rand Paul: 'Vilified to the Point You'd Think He Was Lex Luthor'
• 'This Is Not Complicated!' Mitch McConnell Urges Vaccines, Says People Should Ignore 'Voices That Are Giving Demonstrably Bad Advice'
• Republican Steve Scalise Explains Why He Just Got Vaccinated After Holding Out
• Senator Marco Rubio: "Everyone should be vaccinated. There's no reason not to be vaccinated"
• Capitol Physician Warns About 'Dire Health Risk' of Delta Variant, Says There Have Been 'Several' Breakthrough Cases on the Hill

That Republican leadership thinks Jim Jordan is their star who belongs on all high profile televised hearings tells you pretty much everything you need to know about the current stare of the party. - Schooley tweet

 

Right Wingers Embrace A bin Laden. Why Does This Not Surprise Me?
Noor bin Ladin, the niece of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, scored an appearance on One America News Network in which she downplayed the storming of the U.S. Capitol while railing against the prosecution for the rioters involved.

Republican Shenanigans

• Feds Demand Detention For Barrack, Label Him A ‘Serious Flight Risk’
• Man sentenced to 18 months after threatening to assassinate federal judge overseeing Michael Flynn case
• Marjorie Taylor Greene Laughs at Question About People Dying of Covid, Gets HIPAA Wrong Again
• Marjorie Taylor Greene and 2 Other Republicans Must Pay Mask Fines After Their Appeals Fail
• White City Council Member in Alabama Shocks Meeting With Racial Slur: ‘Do We Have A House N*gger In Here?’
• Lindsey Graham Berates Agriculture Secretary in Heated Clash: Talk to Border Patrol and 'You'll Find Out How Wrong You Are'
• Texas Republicans propose audit of Democrat-heavy counties
• Cheers Erupt as Security RIPS 'Trump Won' Flag Down at Major League Baseball Game

Nation Shocked by Existence of Trump Adviser Not Already Arrested. - Andy Borowitz

Oh, For Crying Out Loud, Rand Paul Runs To Justice Department After Getting Spanked By Fauci.

Senator Rand Paul followed up his fiery clash with Dr. Anthony Fauci by telling Fox News’ Sean Hannity he’s writing to the Justice Department “asking for a criminal referral.”

Paul accused Fauci of lying on NIH funding of gain-of-function research and told him, “As you are aware, it is a crime to lie to Congress.”

Rand Paul Accuses Fauci of Silencing People Who Don’t Know What They’re Talking About. - Andy Borowitz

 

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The premise to virtually all the coverage today is, of course Trump will run again. By contrast, the first woman White House nominee was treated quite differently after her defeat as journalists angrily, and irrationally, demanded she “go away” - Eric Boehlert

Rock The Voter News

• Sisters of Charity disavow allowing Biden event, say event is 'between Mount St. Joseph and CNN'
• The Democrat blocking progressive change is beholden to big oil. Surprised?
• Cops bust British man for 2020 Twitter hack of Biden, Obama, Musk accounts

One Small Win For Women In Arkansas

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked an Arkansas law banning nearly all abortions in the state while she hears a challenge to its constitutionality.

U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker issued a preliminary injunction preventing enforcement of the law, which was set to take effect on July 28. The measure was passed this year by the majority-Republican Legislature and signed by GOP Gov. Asa Hutchinson.

Donald Trump demanding endless praise for the vaccine he now demands you don't take is all the proof you need that the family of raccoons living inside his head have finally chewed through the wiring. - Jeff Tiedrich

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Business/Tech News

• Treasury distributes $1.5 billion in rental assistance in June as eviction moratorium end looms
• Billionaire Leon Cooperman Advises Americans to Buy Everything: 'There's Nothing Overvalued' With 'Today's Interest Rates'
• Fox News Takes Top Spot in Monday Primetime Ratings With More Viewers Than CNN and MSNBC Combined
• Muffins sold at 7-Eleven, Walmart, Sam's Club recalled over listeria concerns
• Pfizer recalls Chantix products over potential increased risk of cancer

Don't call it Fox News. 

It's Klansplaining. - Chad McDonald

Smoky NYC Is Getting Worse From The Wildfires

New York City air quality was among the worst in the world as cities across the eastern US were shrouded in smoke from wildfires raging several thousand miles away on the country’s west coast.

State officials in New York advised vulnerable people, such as those with asthma and heart disease, to avoid strenuous outdoor activity as air pollution soared to eclipse Lima in Peru and Kolkata in India to be ranked as the worst in the world on Tuesday.

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Odd News

• Ancient 15,000-Year-Old Viruses Identified in Melting Tibetan Glaciers
•  Telescope to be launched on giant stadium-sized balloon
• NASA astronauts are spicing up the International Space Station — by growing chile peppers on board for the first time
• 'Pillars' of mosquitoes fill the sky in Russian driver's video
• Tennessee man frees trapped bear from inside his car
• New 3D images of shark intestines show they function like Nikola Tesla's valve

Time To Deflate Photo

Photographer Angus James was fortunate enough to capture this shot. He said: "As I was pulling my lure from the fish to release back into the water I noticed two little eyes looking back at me from inside the fish's mouth. After capturing this picture, the little green tree frog leaped straight past my head onto the nearest tree. It was one of the coolest things I have seen in my life! This is one lucky frog!"

Peace.

Fauci, Sen. Paul in fiery exchange during Senate panel

Fauci, Sen. Paul in fiery exchange during Senate panel

During a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. and Dr. Anthony Fauci got into a heated exchange about funding at the Wuhan virology lab. When Paul asked Fauci about his previous testimony on the issue, Fauci said, “Sen...

Dr. Fauci shuts down Rand Paul: "Senator Paul, you do not know what you are talking about, quite frankly, and I want to say that officially. You do not know what you are talking about."

 

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• More infectious Delta variant makes up 83% of new US coronavirus cases as vaccine hesitancy persists
• MSNBC’s Dr. Vin Gupta: Fox News Covid Misinformation Could Be ‘Killing People’
• Rapid rise in COVID patients leads Florida hospitals to limit visitors, prepare for worst
• Hannity Tells Viewers to 'Take Covid Seriously': 'Enough People Have Died'
• After Fox Colleagues Encourage Vaccines, Tucker Carlson Tells Viewers They 'Should Ignore' People 'Giving You Medical Advice on Television'

Up next, Sean Hannity boldly comes out against Thalidomide. - John Fugelsang

 

Who Has The Technology To Do This? Russia, China, The CIA or the Mossad? I'm Just Guessing Here.

Up to 200 Americans have reported possible directed energy attack symptoms, including new cases in Vienna that came to light last week, according to NBC News.

Biden administration officials have received a steady stream of cables from overseas posts reporting potential new cases of "Havana syndrome" symptoms, a U.S. official told the network.

Rand Paul Says That Knowing What He’s Talking About Would Make Him Unable To Do His Job. - Andy Borowitz

Republican Shenanigans

• Trump campaign co-chair who heads Florida GOP accused of sexual harassment by male staffer
• Orlando newspaper knocks DeSantis for Texas trip amid spike in Florida COVID-19 cases
• 'That's my money!' Trump fumed after Lincoln Project revealed Brad Parscale was living large on campaign cash
• Marjorie Taylor Greene Suspended for Tweeting Covid-19 Misinformation, Blames 'Communist California' For Getting Her 'Canceled'
• State lawmaker denied Holy Communion after voting in favor of pro-abortion bill
• Fact check: Altered Hunter Biden photo falsely claims Trump won the 2020 election
• Tax returns show Caitlyn Jenner's income has fallen sharply
• Kevin McCarthy names 5 Republicans to Jan. 6 select committee, including Jim Jordan

Kevin McCarthy Appoints QAnon Shaman to January 6 Commission. - Andy Borowitz

Republican Centrists? LOL Like That Exists.

Senate Republican centrists are calling on Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) to postpone a key vote on a bipartisan infrastructure package until Monday to give negotiators more time to reach a deal.

Schumer has scheduled a procedural vote on a motion to begin debate on the infrastructure package for Wednesday, and Republicans say he will not have the 60 votes needed to proceed

Reminder to Unvaccinated Conservative Christians:

The Lord sat out the Holocaust.

Do you really think He’s going to cancel His lunch plans to swoop down and protect you from COVID? - Mrs. Betty Bowers

 

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Rock The Voter News

• Climate envoy says US, China must end world's 'suicide pact'
• WH official, Pelosi aide test positive for COVID after event
• ‘About 40% of the people still don’t think we won': Tom Brady zings 2020 election deniers as Bucs visit White House
• First look at animatronic Joe Biden in Disney World's Hall of Presidents

People too stupid to get vaccinated are dying of COVID. 

I'm working on an authentic "Isn't that sad?" face. 

Give me another week. - Mrs. Betty Bowers

 

Western Wildfire Smoke Hits East Coast. Wear Your Mask.

After baking in weeks of searing heat, the West is erupting in fierce wildfires so strong the smoke was visible Tuesday on the East Coast in cities such as New York and Washington, D.C.

Air quality alerts were issued for New York City on Tuesday, and the National Weather Service urged sensitive groups to remain indoors.

Ferrari is trending. That means either someone won a race or Joel Osteen took some of the money Jesus told him to give to the poor and went on another shopping spree. - Mrs. Betty Bowers

 

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Business/Tech News

• Jury awards fired Walmart worker $125 million. She’ll get less than 1%, Walmart says
• China unveils 600 kph maglev train - state media
• Bezos awards José Andrés, Van Jones with $100M
• Jeff Bezos Ridiculed for 'Tone-Deaf' Victory Lap Thanking Amazon Workers and Shoppers: 'You Guys Paid for All This'

There’s only one ‘Billionaire’ I want to see launched into Space….- Noel Casler

 

Another Domino Falls...
Tom Barrack, a former adviser to former President Donald Trump, was charged Tuesday with illegal foreign lobbying on behalf of the United Arab Emirates for what federal prosecutors described as an effort to influence the foreign policy positions of both the 2016 Trump presidential campaign and the subsequent incoming administration.

Jared has to be next. He has the back channel with the UAE. - Sandi Bachom

 

The five famous people in America having the worst day today are Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, Michael Flynn, and Thomas Barrack

And I wouldn't be thrilled to be Paul Manafort either. - Seth Abramson

 

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Odd News

• Doctor accused of groping, harassing 24 women in North Texas allowed to practice again
• French navy dumps boat of migrants on baffled TV crew in English Channel
• 18-year-old pilot lands plane on New Jersey bridge
• Irish gymnast tests Olympics' 'anti-sex' beds
• Woman wins $2M from lottery ticket she received as a gift
• Deputies: Florida woman arrested after skinny dipping in man's pool

Time To Deflate Photo

Meteora, Greece, these Eastern Orthodox monasteries were built in the 14th century by monks escaping Turkish attacks.

Peace.