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Utah mom left 'disabled' after COVID-19 vaccine trial launches first US lawsuit against AstraZeneca

 Prior to the pandemic, Brianne Dressen of Salt Lake City was living the active life she always wanted. She went rock climbing with her husband, a chemist for the U.S. Army; ferried her two children to and from soccer games and piano practices; and taught preschool.

Everything came to a screeching halt in November 2020 — not as a result of the union-driven school closures, the lockdowns, or the outcome of the election, but with her participation in an AstraZeneca vaccine trial.

 Dressen cannot bring a product liability action against the company on account of the federal Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act. She can, however, possibly ding the British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant for breach of contract, which is exactly what she aims to do.

Dressen filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah Monday alleging that she developed a debilitating neurological condition as a result of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and that the British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant failed to cover the cost of her medical care as promised.

When presented with Dressen's complaint, Daniel Horowitz, the host of "Conservative Review with Daniel Horowitz" on the Blaze Podcast Network and author of "Rise of the Fourth Reich: Confronting COVID Fascism with a New Nuremberg Trial So This Never Happens Again," told Blaze News, "It is shocking how we now have thousands of academic and case studies of injuries affecting every organ system, yet victims remain alone with little legal recourse for compensation."

"We have VAERS, V-Safe, documents from the vaccine manufacturers, and European Medicines Agency reporting, all showing catastrophic levels of injury, yet there is no critical mass of a political movement in any country at this point to repeal unbridled indemnity of these criminal enterprises," continued Horowitz. "It's also peculiar how AstraZeneca was taken off the market, but the mRNA shots, which are even worse, remain funded and promoted by government." ....................

https://www.theblaze.com/news/utah-mom-left-disabled-after-covid-19-vaccine-trial-launches-first-us-lawsuit-against-astrazeneca
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Cohen testified that he turned to nightly TikTok rants as a sleep aid

Cohen testified today that he goes on TikTok for live streams six nights a week to "vent" and as a way to deal with struggles winding down at night.

"I was having a difficult time sleeping," he testified. He also described his TikToks as an "outlet."
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Trending Politics
By Chris Powell
May 14, 2024

Former lawyer to President Donald Trump, Michael Cohen, returned to the witness stand for a second consecutive day, faced with probing questions from prosecutors. Yet, amid the legal fireworks, one remark during Tuesday’s proceedings stood out starkly, suggesting possible perjury.

Jonathan Turley, the seasoned analyst closely monitoring the trial, relayed his skepticism to ‘America’s Newsroom’ co-host Dana Perino over his testimony, specifically Cohen’s rationale behind secretly recording Trump. Cohen claimed the recordings were intended to ensure that David Pecker, former publisher of the National Enquirer, remained honest and fulfilled his financial obligations. The explanation, however, seemed implausible to Turley and many others following the case.

“I thought that Michael Cohen may have committed perjury again. I mean, in my view, one of his answers just made no sense at all,” Turley said. “It just made no sense at all. He said that he taped his client, former President Trump, in order to keep David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, honest and to make sure he paid.”

“The whole scenario of taping his client struck many as a breach of professional ethics, and it’s hard to see how it was done in the interest of keeping someone else honest,” Turley explained, questioning Cohen’s integrity and legal acumen.

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https://trendingpoliticsnews.com/jonathan-turley-reveals-michael-cohen-may-have-perjured-himself-again-didnt-make-any-sense-mace/
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Pale, Senile, and Not Ready: Joe Biden Embarrasses Himself While Gaslighting on Tariffs
By Bonchie | 2:18 PM on May 14, 2024

As panic continues to fester within the Biden campaign, the president and his handlers are trying a new tactic: Lifting Donald Trump's policies.

Pale, senile, and not ready, Joe Biden took to the podium in the Rose Garden on Tuesday to talk tariffs. Of course, as we'll get to, the possible need for them is the result of yet another terrible policy instituted by the president. No one is better at shooting themselves in the foot than Biden.


https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1790422375407689868


https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1790422375407689868

Do you know what Biden won't put a 100% tariff on? Things like cobalt, graphite, and lithium, both of which are needed for the production of electric vehicles (duties on those materials will be 25 percent according to the White House announcement). Now, take a wild guess who controls most of the world's supply of those things, either directly or by proxy? Yes, that would be China.

This was something many Republicans warned about when Biden passed his ridiculous and damaging electric vehicle subsidies. It was essentially an outsourcing of America's transportation sector to a hostile communist dictatorship. Democrats soldiered forward, though, passing the laughably-named "Inflation Reduction Act" (inflation rose again last month), creating an incentive system that greatly benefits Chinese interests.

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https://redstate.com/bonchie/2024/05/14/pale-senile-and-not-ready-joe-biden-embarrasses-himself-in-speech-on-tariffs-n2174184
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House Democrats investigate Trump dinner with oil executives over quid pro quo concerns
By
Annabella Rosciglione
May 14, 2024 10:15 am
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House Democrats launched an investigation into a recent dinner former President Donald Trump attended with oil executives at Mar-a-Lago in which he asked for $1 billion in donations.

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee asked nine oil executives to provide information about their companies’ participation in the meeting. Democrats alleged Trump’s request may have violated campaign finance laws because his request for donations could have been a quid pro quo, as Trump’s campaign is promising to reverse several Biden administration environmental policies.

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) asked the company executives to provide the names and titles of anyone from their company who attended the dinner, copies of Trump campaign materials, descriptions of any policy proposals discussed at the event, and contributions made to the Trump campaign at or following the dinner.

“Venture Global regularly engages with government officials — both past and present — on a bipartisan basis and this meeting was no different. We would welcome a similar conversation with President Biden at any time,” a Venture Global spokeswoman said about meeting with Trump.

The Trump campaign did not respond to the Washington Examiner’s request for comment.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3002820/house-democrats-investigate-trump-dinner-oil-executives-quid-pro-quo-concerns/
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Harvard enters agreement with protesters, ending encampment
By
Breccan F. Thies
May 14, 2024 2:36 pm
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Harvard University came to an agreement with its encamped pro-Palestinian protesters on Tuesday, negotiating the end to the encampment with some concessions to the agitators.

The end to the encampment came as organizers of Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine successfully negotiated the reinstatement of at least 22 students from involuntary leave for their participation. The group also secured a meeting with university governance to discuss financial disclosure and divestment from Israel-related entities.

“Yesterday, the Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine (HOOP) coalition democratically voted to end its encampment after 20 days,” the group, which is not recognized as an organization by Harvard, wrote in a Tuesday morning statement.

“We are under no illusions: we do not not believe these meetings are divestment wins,” HOOP added. “These side-deals are intended to pacify us away from full disclosure & divestment. Rest assured, they will not.”

Harvard is one of a handful of schools across the country that has been able to end the protests without the use of police force, and it is one of even fewer that was able to do so without making heavy capitulations to the protesters’ demands. Other schools that negotiated ends to their encampments included Brown University and Northwestern University, as well as the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, which agreed to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3003240/harvard-enters-agreement-with-protesters-ending-encampment/
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complete list at the end of the article.

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On Monday, Red Lobster abruptly closed dozens of its locations, according to multiple reports. The closures come as the popular seafood chain has struggled in recent years with increasing financial challenges—one of which was the popularity of its Endless Shrimp promotion, which led to an $11 million quarterly loss in late 2023.

Due to these financial hardships, there have been ongoing rumors that Red Lobster is considering filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. And now CNN reports that Red Lobster is abruptly closing at least 48 of its nearly 650 restaurants.

TAGeX Brands, an auction company that specializes in restaurant and food auctions, has been brought in to sell off equipment from some of the closing locations.


https://www.fastcompany.com/91124703/red-lobster-restaurants-closing-list-of-doomed-locations-2024


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The defense strategy is clear

Todd Blanche is leading the cross-examination. He has asked Cohen about the way prosecutors repeatedly asked him to stop commenting on the case, about the ways in which he might have monetized his views on Trump, including selling a $35 T-shirt depicting Trump in an orange jumpsuit behind bars.

What he hasn't asked him about yet is any of the evidence he presented about hush money payments and how he was reimbursed.

The strategy is clear: The defense wants to paint Cohen as an unreliable witness, who is obsessed by Trump and is consumed by hatred.

It makes for a spectacle. Whether it works is up to the seven men and five women of the jury.

MOL
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Trump is asleep. Cohen is giving deadpan answers

Trump appears to have fallen asleep, while Cohen is keeping his cool.

The former president has his eyes closed with his chin resting on his chest.

Blanche brought up a February 2023 interview Cohen did on CNN with Don Lemon in which he said that the Manhattan District Attorney’s office asked him to hand over his two phones.

Blanche said that Cohen had ‘very specific recollections’ about calls with Trump in but ‘no recollection’ of promising prosecutors he wouldn’t go on TV.

In a flat voice, Cohen replied: ‘I don’t recall even having these conversations about not going on television’

Blanche tried asking the question again. Cohen replied: ‘I recall the conversations with President Trump at the time’

Blanche asked if Cohen asked if Cohen recalled a conversation with prosecutors last March in which they said ‘how important it was for you to stop talking?

Cohen said: ‘I don’t recall anything because I don’t recall agreeing not to go on television’

Blanche asked: ‘You don’t recall the District Attorney telling you you were unwittingly helping President Trump by going on TV?’

Cohen said: ‘No, sir’.

Cohen agreed that he had done about 200 episodes of his podcast and Trump was ‘mentioned in every single one’.

Turning to his posts on TikTok, Cohen said he started doing them to ‘vent because I have a difficult time sleeping, so I found an outlet’.


MOL
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