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Here we go again: Moderna Getting $590 Million From U.S. to Accelerate Bird Flu Vaccine | 17 Jan 2025 | The federal government has committed an additional 590 million to push Moderna’s messenger RNA-based pandemic flu vaccine towards approval, as the Biden regime, in its waning hours, ramps up preparations for a potential H5N1 avian influenza pandemic. The funding is a large sum for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services division known as BARDA, which last year gave Moderna 176 million to fund development of the shot, and which rarely announces contracts worth more than 150 million. Shares of Moderna were up 4% in after-hours trading Friday. The government’s recent funding for Moderna’s mRNA bird flu shot now totals 766 million, approaching the 995 million spent on the company’s Covid-19 [clot] shot in early 2020. [Apparently, they haven’t killed enough of us yet.]

CDC confirms positive bird flu result in San Francisco child | 15 Jan 2025 | The CDC has confirmed the positive bird flu case in a child in San Francisco. City health officials first reported on a presumptive case in a child on Jan. 10 and continue to investigate how the child may have been exposed. An agency spokesperson confirmed this is the second child infected with bird flu in the country. The first case in November was also a child from California with unknown exposure. There are currently 67 confirmed human cases of bird nationally, including one death in an elderly person in Louisiana, CDC data show.

Bird flu found in backyard flock in New London County | 17 Jan 2025 | (CT) A backyard flock in New London County has contracted bird flu after contact with wild waterfowl in a nearby pond, according to the state Department of Agriculture. They said there have been no human cases in Connecticut. The department learned on Wednesday that the flock of family pets, which includes chicken, ducks and peacocks, had contracted Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, also known as H5N1. State officials are urging poultry owners and producers to enhance biosecurity protocols to protect their backyard and commercial poultry flocks against H5N1. [Do not comply.]

Zombie deer disease ‘may have jumped to humans’ as U.S. government scientists issue warning | 13 Jan 2025 | A “zombie deer” disease that is fatal to every animal it infects could soon spill over into humans — if it hasn’t already, according to an alarming new report. Experts have been warning for years that the nearly 100 percent fatal chronic wasting disease (CWD) — which leaves deer confused, drooling, and unafraid of humans — could jump from animals to people. The disease has now been found in wild pigs that eat infected meat, with researchers warning it is steps away from spreading to domestic pigs — and then humans. In the report funded by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, experts also warn the disease could spread to humans via infected deer that are caught by hunters.

Trump inauguration forced indoors | 17 Jan 2025 | U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he will give his inauguration speech inside the Capitol, citing the extremely cold weather that could be dangerous to his supporters and security personnel alike. U.S. presidents traditionally take their oath of office outside the Capitol, with a crowd of onlookers stretching down the National Mall. “January 20th cannot come fast enough!” Trump said on Friday in a post on his Truth Social platform. “It is my obligation to protect the People of our Country but, before we even begin, we have to think of the Inauguration itself.”

MAGA Republicans spark deep state ‘conspiracy theories’ as Trump’s inauguration is moved indoors: ‘Security fears?‘ | 17 Jan 2025 | MAGA Republicans reacted to the news that President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration was moved indoors by questioning whether something else was afoot. Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene led the charge. “I have personally attended countless rallies where President Trump spoke in extreme weather conditions from cold to rain to heat. Is there a security threat other than extreme cold temperatures?” she mused on X Friday afternoon. “Not only for him but for the people?” Her post came after serial Alex Jones had pushed online that there were fears about Trump’s inauguration being hit by “deep state terrorists.”

Biden’s ‘sneaky’ and ‘dirty’ plot to slow down Trump on day one…despite promising a ‘smooth’ transition | 16 Jan 2025 | Joe Biden enacted a series of roadblocks to slow down Donald Trump’s agenda during the president-elect first days in the White House, despite his steadfast promises to cooperate with the incoming administration. The moves include changing the order of succession in federal agencies so pro-Biden staffers will be in charge before Trump’s nominees can be confirmed, and enacting federal rules that will take the new administration months to overturn. The White House has also doled out billions in federal funds on clean energy initiatives and other Biden priorities. “They’re playing dirty during the transition period,” Ezra Cohen, a former Undersecretary of Defense for Trump and a current Hudson fellow, told DailyMail dot com.

 

Israeli security cabinet approves ceasefire deal | 17 Jan 2025 | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet has approved a ceasefire and hostage release deal with Hamas, paving the way for a full cabinet vote later on Friday. The ceasefire is expected to come into effect on Sunday. Under a deal signed on Wednesday, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas agreed to end their 15-month conflict in Gaza, which has claimed the lives of over 1,100 Israelis and 46,000 Palestinians. The deal, which was mediated by Qatar, Egypt, and the U.S., is split into three phases. During the first phase, which is to last 42 days, Hamas said that it expects to release 33 hostages, including children, female soldiers, wounded and sick, in exchange for an unspecified number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

Trump Announces Gaza Hostage and Ceasefire Deal | 15 Jan 2025 | President-elect Donald Trump was the first to announce a ceasefire deal was reached in Gaza between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday. Israeli officials soon confirmed an agreement was in place to secure the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas since the October 7 atrocities. “We have a deal for the hostages in the Middle East. They will be released shortly. Thank you!” Trump said on Truth Social, his preferred social media platform, at just after noon Eastern.

Trump’s Mideast Envoy Forced Netanyahu to Accept a Gaza Plan He Repeatedly Rejected By Chaim Levinson | 13 Jan 2025 | Israeli sources say that the involvement of the incoming U.S. administration, led by President-elect Trump’s aggressive Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, revived hostage talks with Hamas. While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s propaganda machine claims that Trump has left him no choice, what happens inside his coalition will determine whether the prime minister approves the deal.

Firefighters catch second ‘arsonist’ in the act of starting new blazes in LA days after cops arrest illegal immigrant with a blowtorch | 13 Jan 2025 | A man has been arrested after firefighters caught him “actively lighting fires” in Los Angeles county, it has emerged. Ruben Montes, 29, was arrested for arson on Sunday in Irwindale, California, roughly 16 miles away from Altadena, where the deadly Eaton Fire continues to rage. Firefighters were responding to a small brush fire in Irwindale when they witnessed Montes starting blazes in the area, police have confirmed. He was detained by officers at the scene and ultimately arrested for arson. Details surrounding the incident are limited and police have not revealed where Montes was booked.

California town with large migrant population might revoke sanctuary status | 17 Jan 2025 | A southern California town with a large migrant population is considering a motion that would revoke the city’s sanctuary city status, prompting backlash from residents. The motion, debated in San Diego’s El Cajon City Council this week, would also assist federal immigration authorities in their deportation efforts “to the maximum legal extent permissible.” President-elect Donald Trump has announced his intent to enact a multi-billion dollar mass deportation plan. City council members discussed “the possibility of declaring the City of El Cajon as a non-sanctuary city,” according to minutes from the meeting.

‘Masterclass’: Bondi flips script on Dem senator after suggesting she will weaponize DOJ | 15 Jan 2025 | Conservatives on social media celebrated President-elect Trump’s attorney general nominee Pam Bondi’s response to a question from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., during her confirmation hearing on Wednesday. “It would not be appropriate for a prosecutor to start with a name and look for a crime?” Whitehouse said during his line of questioning. “It’s a prosecutor’s job to start with a crime and look for a name. Correct?” Bondi responded by highlighting the federal government’s investigations into Trump. “Senator, I think that is the whole problem with the weaponization that we have seen the last four years and what’s been happening to Donald Trump,” Bondi said. “They targeted Donald Trump. They went after him, actually starting back in 2016. They targeted his campaign. They have launched countless investigations against him. That will not be the case. If I am attorney general, I will not politicize that office,” Bondi said.

MN GOP vows recall efforts as Dem lawmakers threaten to skip work for two weeks | 13 Jan 2025 | The Minnesota Republican Party vowed to pursue constitutional recalls against any Democratic legislator who refuses to show up at the state legislature’s first day of session on Monday. Democrats have threatened to boycott the first two weeks of the session in an effort to block Republicans from taking advantage of a narrow and temporary majority in the state legislature. Minnesota GOP Chairman Alex Plechash argued at a Monday press conference that intentionally skipping work would expose Democratic lawmakers to election recall efforts.

New polls show Biden leaving office with approval ratings still buried deep in negative territory –A trio of new national polls indicates that many Americans view Biden’s presidency as a failure | 15 Jan 2025 | A new national poll indicates that President [sic] Biden’s approval ratings remain well underwater as the nation’s 46th president is only days from leaving office. Just 36% of Americans approve of the job Biden’s doing in the White House, according to the latest CNN poll conducted by SSRS, with 64% saying they disapprove. The poll was released on Wednesday, just hours before Biden delivers his prime-time farewell address to the nation, with just days left before Biden’s term ends and he is succeeded by President-elect Trump in the White House.