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Ridgewood NJ, “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.” These three words fueled one of history’s most iconic revolutions—but behind the rallying cry of the French Revolution (1789–1799) lies a darker truth. What began as a revolt against tyranny spiraled into a ruthless regime that silenced dissent, guillotined its critics, and replaced monarchy with militant absolutism. Sound familiar?
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Twp. of Washington NJ, twice in the past two months, Westwood Regional High School has experienced security alert-triggered lockdowns that prompted immediate police response. Both incidents turned out to be false alarms, causing significant stress and frustration for parents, students, and staff.
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Trenton NJ, as we approach the third anniversary of COVID, the number of world leaders who are admitting they mishandled the pandemic continues to grow.
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The gubernatorial election ending when polls close Tuesday evening on November 2nd is not about right versus left or Republican versus Democrat. This election is about whether we will be governed by commonsense or by out-of-touch extremism. Gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli has been an advocate for NJ families, working and middle class residents, taxpayers, job growth, and freedom for New Jerseyans of all races, ethnicities, and backgrounds. Phil Murphy, the disastrous incumbent governor, has pursued policies which have killed 8,000 nursing home residents, increased the cost of living on working and middle class New Jerseyan’s, and has been busy destroying over 1/3 of NJ small businesses and the state economy.
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Tallahassee Fl. with no lockdowns, mask mandates, school closures, or business limitations, the Florida COVID wave has crested and fallen dramatically in recent weeks.
Continue reading Florida COVID Wave Recedes As Fast As It Rose
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Trenton NJ, The New Jersey Business Coalition this week sent a letter to Gov. Phil Murphy and the Legislature urging the state of New Jersey to apply federal recovery money currently available to replenish the state’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) Trust Fund, as many other states have done.
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Trenton NJ, It seems clear to us that investors have gotten jittery in part because of the threat of a new round of business and school reopening restrictions. These concerns of a blue state like New Jersey return to invasive lockdown and mask requirements (See the item below) are well founded. Democrats like to impose controls on the economy.
Continue reading Vaccines or Not Lockdowns Could Be in New Jersey’s Future
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Trenton NJ, Senator Michael Doherty said New Jerseyans should not be shocked if Governor Phil Murphy uses the Delta variant and overly sensitive PCR tests as an excuse to reimpose COVID-19 restrictions and mask mandates.
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Trenton NJ, Governments all over the world have studied the COVID-19 pandemic from every angle but one. Governments have avoided publishing a realistic cost-benefit analysis of their lockdowns because the politicians are afraid that the results of “the science” will confirm the real costs of many of their draconian policies.
Continue reading More Real Science Demonstrating the Failure of COVID Lockdowns
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Ridgewood NJ, According to provisional data released by the US CDC this week, more than 93,000 people died of a drug overdose in 2020, a nearly 30% increase over the number of overdose deaths in 2019. This estimate is the highest number of overdose deaths ever recorded and the largest percent increase since 1999. Public health agencies continue to fight the opioid epidemic, declared a public health emergency by the US government in 2017, but health departments were overwhelmed by the demands put on them during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, non-COVID-19 programs suffered.
Continue reading Drug Overdose Deaths Have Increase Nearly 30% Over 2019
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Ridgewood NJ, hey Governor Murphy’ Lockdowns will be seen as the “single biggest public health mistake” in history, a Stanford University professor has warned.
Continue reading Yes, Lockdowns Are The “Single Biggest Public Health Mistake In History”
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Trenton NJ, Senator Joe Pennacchio called for a bipartisan legislative oversight hearing to be held to review the New Jersey Department of Health’s pandemic response after Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said yesterday she would be willing to participate.
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Ridgewood NJ, With around 30% of the population fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of April 28, and vaccination being an essential component for full reopening of the economy, WalletHub today released updated rankings for the Safest States During COVID-19, along with accompanying videos and audio files.
Continue reading New Jersey is the 5th Least Safe State During COVID-19
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Ridgewood NJ, “I stand behind my comment that the lockdowns are the single worst public health mistake in the last 100 yrs,” Jay Bhattacharya, a prof of medicine at Stanford, said. “We will be counting the catastrophic health and psychological harms… for a generation”
Continue reading What One Year of Lockdowns Have Taught Us All
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Ridgewood NJ, “Liberals” claim to be all in favor of democracy and civil liberties. But they have largely been unperturbed by the steep worldwide decline in both caused by their lockdowns.
Continue reading Democracy Index : U.S. Now Ranks As A “Flawed Democracy” As Liberty Retreats