And there you are: Interesting factoids in Harper’s October Index

And there you are: Interesting factoids in Harper’s October Index

by WorldTribune Staff, October 7, 2022 (From the Harper’s Magazine October 2022 Index) Percentage by which Republicans are more likely than Democrats to say they would fight if the country were invaded: 52 Percentage change since 2019 in the portion of Americans who believe environmental laws are worth the cost: –23 Percentage of U.S. voters […]

Judge strikes down key parts of New York’s gun licensing law as unconstitutional

Judge strikes down key parts of New York’s gun licensing law as unconstitutional

by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News October 7, 2022 A federal judge in Syracuse has ruled that multiple provisions in New York’s gun licensing law passed this year are unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Glenn Suddaby on Thursday struck down key elements of the state’s attempt to rewrite its handgun laws after the old laws […]

Brookings Institution: Surrender now to the growing China-Russia nuclear arsenal

Brookings Institution: Surrender now to the growing China-Russia nuclear arsenal

by WorldTribune Staff, October 6, 2022 The Washington, D.C.-based think tank Brookings Institution is essentially recommending that Team Biden refrain from issuing a firm commitment to defend Taiwan. “Credible nuclear threats on behalf of allies and partners, or extended deterrence, will be hard to achieve in a world where China’s nuclear weapons pose an increasingly […]

U.S. government stocks up on radiation sickness drug

U.S. government stocks up on radiation sickness drug

by WorldTribune Staff, October 6, 2022 Team Biden’s Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) announced on Oct. 4 the purchase of $290 million worth of the drug Nplate, which is a treatment for radiation sickness. ASPR, an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), said in a statement that it stocked […]

RNC sues Michigan Sec. of State Benson over last-minute restrictions on poll challengers

RNC sues Michigan Sec. of State Benson over last-minute restrictions on poll challengers

by WorldTribune Staff, October 6, 2022 The Republican National Committee (RNC) on Monday filed a lawsuit against Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson for issuing last-minute guidance restricting the ability of Michigan residents to oversee their local elections. The lawsuit alleges that, before Michigan’s Aug. 2 primary, Benson issued last-minute guidance that conflicts with Michigan […]

Wealthy gay couple demands public pay for a child they cannot biologically have

Wealthy gay couple demands public pay for a child they cannot biologically have

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, October 6, 2022 Is a New York City lawsuit inadvertently settling the argument on whether men can get pregnant? A wealthy gay couple in Brooklyn who say they aren’t biologically able to have a child want taxpayers to foot the bill for a woman’s egg, the fertilization of that egg into […]

TV War is Hell: CNN correspondent spared in Ukraine, wounded in Amsterdam

TV War is Hell: CNN correspondent spared in Ukraine, wounded in Amsterdam

Special to WorldTribune, October 6, 2022 Analysis by Joe Schaeffer, 247 Real News News Item: Fearless CNN correspondent Jim Sciutto GOES TO WAR in Eastern Europe and gets himself seriously injured … in Amsterdam. UK newspaper The Daily Mail reports: CNN mainstay Jim Sciutto has been off air after network bosses ordered him to address […]

CDC data: 10 million Americans reported post-vax symptoms to V-safe system

CDC data: 10 million Americans reported post-vax symptoms to V-safe system

by WorldTribune Staff, October 5, 2022 Some 10 million Americans who received at least one dose of the Covid vaccine reported post-vax symptoms to the CDC’s V-safe system, according to data obtained by the Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN). Of those reports, 782,900 people said they sought medical attention, emergency room care and/or hospitalization following […]

Report: FBI never even asked fake dossier source for his documentation

Report: FBI never even asked fake dossier source for his documentation

by WorldTribune Staff, October 5, 2022 Lawyers for the alleged main source behind the fake Trump-Russia dossier produced by ex-British spy Christopher Steele claim he was never asked to produce documentation of his contacts regarding the dossier by the FBI despite being on the bureau’s payroll, a report said. Igor Danchenko was a paid FBI […]

Poof: NY Times story on ‘election deniers’ targeting election company falls apart — in one day

Poof: NY Times story on ‘election deniers’ targeting election company falls apart — in one day

by WorldTribune Staff, October 5, 2022 On Oct. 3, The New York Times ran with an article by reporter Stuart Thompson titled “How a Tiny Elections Company Became a Conspiracy Theory Target.” In the article, Thompson claims that “election deniers” were targeting Konnech and dismissed as “conspiracy theories” reports that the company had ties to […]