NY bill mandates 3 months paid bereavement leave, even when grandparents die

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New York lawmakers have approved a bill that would give employees in the Empire State three months paid bereavement leave to mourn the loss of a loved one – in turn, spurring concerns among business owners that the policy would create a staffing crisis.  The expansive bill would cover the...

CHARLIE KIRK, CANDACE OWENS HARASSED BY PROTESTERS

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Conservative activists Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens were harassed by protesters at a Philadelphia coffee shop Monday morning. Kirk and Owens are best known for organizing thousands of conservative student activists with the group Turning Point USA, which Kirk founded. Footage shared by...

New York Times hypocrites knowingly hire racist writer who wants to '#CancelWhitePeople'

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Clearly there’s no vetting process at the New York Times, or else management at the newspaper is just foolish enough to think that no one will look at new employees’ social media histories.  The Times just announced Wednesday that it has hired former Verge tech writer Sarah Jeong for its...

Tammy Bruce: Liberals still hysterical over Hillary Clinton's loss get their own 'disease'

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Bruce: Trump-haters made victims with 'anxiety' diagnosis A “feeling as though the world is going to end.” That could describe what millions of people could have experienced in the last 100 years. World War I, World War II, the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Sept. 11, the ISIS rampage...

'Hillary's Agony Tour' Continues: The Five Reacts to Democrats' Graduation Speeches

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Source The panel on The Five reacted to weekend graduation speeches given by several liberal politicians. At Yale University in New Haven, Conn., Hillary Clinton pulled a black Ushanka hat out from behind her podium and declared, "I brought a hat too-- a Russian hat." "No, I'm not over it. I...

Parents outraged at school’s silent tribute for Gaza victims

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Source This moment of silence caused a lot of noise. Students at the elite Beacon School were asked to pause from their studies last week to pay tribute to the victims of violence in Gaza, where some 60 Palestinians were killed the day before by Israeli soldiers. The school-wide announcement...

Meet Jimmy Kimmel’s Nun

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Source It was once understood that a gentleman never holds up a woman’s looks for ridicule. Even now, when the idea of a gentleman has itself become an anachronism, the #MeToo moment might have been thought to re-enforce the old prohibition. Turns out there’s an exception for nuns. Last...

VIDEO: NAACP President Claims He Was Profiled On Stop, Then Chief Releases Video

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Source Timmonsville, SC - The South Carolina NAACP president posted about how he was racially profiled on a traffic stop, and now the police chief has responded by releasing bodycam video and calling him a liar (video below.) NAACP President Rev. Jerrod Moultrie posted to Facebook on April 13...

'DEPLORABLE': NY Daily News' Cover Ties Ivanka To Gaza Violence "Daddy's Little Ghoul"

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Source The New York Daily News is experiencing backlash in response to the release of its new cover, which features a smiling Ivanka Trump gesturing to a photoshopped-in image of an injured Palestinian from the violence on the Gaza strip. On Monday, in response to the ceremony for the opening...

Margot Kidder, who played Lois Lane in "Superman" films, dead at 69

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Margot Kidder, best known for her role as Lois Lane in the "Superman" films in the 1970s and 1980s, has died at 69. The actress passed away on Sunday in Montana, according to the Franzen-Davis Funeral Home. Kidder debuted as Lois Lane in 1978, when she starred opposite Christopher Reeve, and...