The Daily Populous

Thursday July 29th, 2021 night edition

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Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré told MSNBC the Trump White House was complicit in planning the Capitol riot.

Honoré also suggested Trump's White House was behind the delayed federal response that day.

Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, who was tasked by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with conducting a review of the US Capitol's security after January 6, on Tuesday said President Donald Trump's White House was complicit in orchestrating the insurrection.

Read more: The definitive oral history of how Trump took over the GOP, as told to us by Cruz, Rubio, and 20 more insiders.

Federal investigators are looking into the insurrection, and the House has opened an investigation into its origins and the security failures surrounding it.

In the weeks leading up to the Capitol attack, Trump engaged in an unprecedented effort to overturn the election results.

One of the officers referred to the insurrectionists as "terrorists," while another denounced the Capitol attack as an "attempted coup. »

Last privately-owned, undeveloped barrier island on NC coast is now protected forever

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WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The North Carolina Coastal Land Trust has purchased Hutaff Island, the last privately-owned undeveloped barrier island in North Carolina.

This 2.5-mile long beach and the associated 1,000 acres of saltmarsh and island hammocks comprise one of the best examples of a natural, dynamic barrier island system in North Carolina.

“Hutaff Island is a classic barrier island landscape that supports the full complement of plants and animals that depend on North Carolina’s barrier islands, and it is equally important to people that live on and visit our coast,” said Walker Golder, Executive Director of the Coastal Land Trust. »

Meet the Dommes Who Are Demanding Their Submissives Get Vaxxed

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The tweet stated that any submissives who wanted to session with Snow in person would have to show proof of vaccination.

Anthony Fauci probably never considered that dommes convincing subs to get jabbed would be an effective way to boost the U.S. vaccination rate.

Indeed, depending on what their specialty is, some dommes just don’t feel comfortable enough doing in-person work unless subs are vaccinated. »

China Offers the Taliban a Warm Welcome While Urging Peace Talks

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The increasing legitimacy bestowed on the insurgents by regional leaders has been met largely with public silence from the Kabul government, and Wednesday’s visit to Beijing was not an exception.

Chinese officials have met with Taliban envoys before, including a meeting in Beijing in 2019, but not at such a high level and in such a public way.

The foreign ministry and the Chinese state news media showed Mr. Wang warmly greeting Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the deputy leader of the Taliban, and also posing with other Chinese diplomats and all nine members of the Taliban delegation. »

Pfizer data suggest third dose of Covid-19 vaccine 'strongly' boosts protection against Delta variant

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(CNN) A third dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine can "strongly" boost protection against the Delta variant -- beyond the protection afforded by the standard two doses, new data released by Pfizer on Wednesday suggests.

The data posted online suggest that levels of antibodies that can target the Delta variant grow fivefold in people 18 to 55 who get a third dose of the vaccine.

Among people ages 65 to 85, the Pfizer data suggest that antibody levels that should protect against Delta grow 11-fold more than following a second dose. »