Ron DeSantis ERUPTS into laughter when Bill Maher says THIS about Florida



Bill Maher recently invited Ron DeSantis to his show “Real Time with Bill Maher,” and per usual, the anti-woke, liberal host had a long list of gotcha questions prepared.

Unsurprisingly, one subject they broached was Florida’s approach to COVID-19. Dave Rubin plays a clip of the two actually agreeing about what transpired in Florida during the pandemic.

“I think woke ideology has corrupted institutions, ... things like the CDC, with how they handled COVID,” DeSantis said.

“We’re on the same page,” Maher responded, “and I think it's unfair what they did to you because you did handle it better.”

“You were like, ‘Let’s target the people, protect the people who are most vulnerable, and everybody else can go on with their lives,’” Maher acknowledged. “You opened schools sooner, ... and they won't give you credit for that.”

“It’s not about credit for me,” DeSantis responded. “It’s about them admitting that they were wrong” because “if this happened again, they would repeat the same playbook all over again, and if we don't have accountability, that's what's going to happen.”

Maher also pointed out the absurdity of the New York Times’ “despicable hit piece” about how “Ron DeSantis f***** up the pandemic.”

At this, DeSantis breaks into a big grin.

“And then, like, at the very end, it says Florida's death rate overall was better than the national average,” continued Maher as DeSantis erupted into laughter.

“If you're gonna do an article about Florida and the pandemic, shouldn’t that be lead?” Maher asked.

“What we did is we understood you can't stop society because of one respiratory virus,” DeSantis responded.

“Here you have lefty, liberal Bill Maher who will, sadly, I think, never vote for a Republican, will never vote for DeSantis, but he at least has the balls to tell the truth,” says Dave.


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One-third of US adults don't get enough sleep, putting them at risk of serious health consequences



Americans are not getting enough sleep, which could have serious consequences for their health.

One in three American adults is not getting enough sleep — defined as seven or more hours a night — per a study recently conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Axios reported.

A press release from the CDC regarding the study states, "More than a third of American adults are not getting enough sleep on a regular basis, according to a new study in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report."

The press release continued to indicate that this study was the first of its kind and documented the sleep habits of Americans across the country.

It said, "This is the first study to document estimates of self-reported healthy sleep duration (7 or more hours per day) for all 50 states and the District of Columbia."

The study found that rates of "healthy sleep duration" were lower among Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders, non-Hispanic blacks, multiracial non-Hispanics, and American Indians/Native Alaskans.

Non-Hispanic whites, Hispanics, and Asians tended to get more sleep.

Lower portions of adults reported getting at least seven hours of sleep a day in states located in the southeastern region of the country and adults in the Appalachian Mountains. These areas have the highest prevalence of obesity and other chronic health conditions in the country.

Reportedly, over time, not getting enough sleep on a regular basis can drastically increase a person's risk of experiencing heart disease, strokes, and cancer.

Medical research has also linked insufficient sleep to obesity, depression, anxiety, heart failure, and dementia.

Lack of sleep is also directly tied to increases in an individual's health care costs and poor job performance. Employees who do not get enough sleep are much more likely to be unfocused at work, miss work, or get injured while on the job.

The CDC's study even found that people who said they were unable to work or were unemployed had lower reported rates of healthy sleep duration than employed respondents did.

Healthy sleep duration was also highest among people who received at least one college degree.

Francesco Cappuccio, a heart health and sleep expert at the University of Warwick, said, "Sleep is not a dead state. It's like pressing the 'save' button on a computer"

While we sleep, our bodies repair tissue, organize our thoughts, and consolidate memory.

The CDC finally admits what​​ we've known all along about COVID-19



In a recent New York Times article, CDC spokeswoman Kristen Nordlund admitted that the agency "has been slow" to release data collected on COVID-19 — information that would have helped health officials throughout the country make better decisions in response to the pandemic. In other words, information that could have saved lives. And why would the CDC withhold such critical information? Well, for our own good, of course. Because, you know, the people just can't handle the truth.

"[B]asically, at the end of the day, [the information] is not yet ready for prime time," Nordlund said.

"Another reason is fear that the information might be misinterpreted,” the NYT article said Nordland admitted.

On a recent episode of "You Are Here," BlazeTV hosts Sydney Watson and Elijah Schaffer, joined by "Louder With Crowder's" 1/4 Black Garrett (Garrett Morrison), talk about the CDC's apparent opinion that the American public is just too stupid to understand the data and how they don’t want anyone to realize what we’ve all known (almost) all along.

Watch the video clip below or find more episodes of "You Are Here" here. Can't watch? Download the podcast here.


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'Crimes against humanity': Liberal journalist SOUNDS OFF on Fauci, CDC, Biden admin for 'serious failings' in COVID response



Journalist and radio host Kim Iversen — the self-described liberal who recently went out on a limb to say the so-called right-wing conspiracy theory known as "The Great Reset" is both very real and very concerning — sounded off about the government's COVID-19 response two years into the pandemic.

"I'm angry. I'm not gonna lie. I'm really, really angry right now, so I'm just gonna do a little rant to get this off my chest," began Iverson on The Hill's "Rising."

Noting that the Omicron COVID variant is indiscriminately spreading "like wildfire," infecting as many as 800,000 people per day regardless of vaccination status, Iverson called out the "serious, serious failings by our public health officials, the CDC, Fauci, our politicians, and the mainstream media," which she have risen to the "level of crimes against humanity."

"The scientists and health experts, the people responsible for guiding us safely and scientifically through this pandemic, have been hyper-focused on vaccines," Iverson continued. "Throughout this entire time, which is now at two years in, they've never focused on, and often ... even shut down discussion surrounding the well-known scientific principle of natural immunity. They shut down and even demonized any discussion of potential early treatments. And they failed to give us good instructions on what to do when our loved ones or we ourselves catch COVID.

"They flat out refused to focus on any of this. They instead swore if we all got the vaccine, the pandemic would end. Well, it didn't end. Everyone is catching COVID. People who got double vaxxed, and triple vaxxed, and wore double masks, and kept their kids out of school, and gave up Christmas with family, and even worse, gave up being with their loved ones by their side as they breathed their last breaths because they weren't allowed to be next to them, are catching COVID," she added.

Iverson went on to blast those in power for failing to provide, and in many cases intentionally suppressing, information about natural immunity that would help people know whether or not those who have recovered from COVID can safely care for loved ones who are now ill. Instead, they have frightened people and demonized honest attempts to discuss or research many methods of early treatments that could give people with COVID a fighting chance.

"Treatment[s] that seemed to work [have] been suppressed in the vaccine-or-bust movement. Yet here we are, people are fully vaccinated, even boosted, are sick in bed, scared, and the best weapon our public health officials have given them against COVID is what? Nyquil?" she said.

"Millions of people are getting sick right now with no real idea of what to do except get your free tests from Biden and hope they come back negative. This lack of basic research and information on who is safest in our families to care for others, what treatment to give them when they're sick, and how to care for them to give them the best fighting chance, is in my book a crime. These are health officials, they're scientists, they're doctors, they shouldn't be telling us to just hunker down and hope we never catch it. We need more information. They haven't given it to us and, worse, they've demonized any discussion of it."

Disclaimer: The content of this clip does not provide medical advice. Please seek the advice of local health officials for any COVID-19 and/or COVID vaccine related questions & concerns.



CDC: 6% of coronavirus deaths were solely from COVID-19



The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published a report stating that just 6% of COVID-19 deaths listed the only cause of death as coronavirus and no other comorbidities.

"For 6% of the deaths, COVID-19 was the only cause mentioned. For deaths with conditions or causes in addition to COVID-19, on average, there were 2.6 additional conditions or causes per death," the CDC website reads.

Phil Kerpen, president of American Commitment, noticed the important information on the CDC's website on Aug. 6.

CDC: "For 6% of the deaths, COVID-19 was the only cause mentioned. For deaths with conditions or causes in addition… https://t.co/webkpgY9s0
— Phil Kerpen (@Phil Kerpen)1596739458.0

Based on the CDC's data, 94% of people have died with coronavirus, along with one or more other underlying health issues. The CDC's Aug. 28 update stated that there were 167,558 COVID-19 total deaths, which means 10,053 died solely of coronavirus alone with no other health conditions.

The CDC's figures are derived from provisional death counts, which are based on death certificate data received and coded by the National Center for Health Statistics.

"Provisional death counts deliver the most complete and accurate picture of lives lost to COVID-19," the CDC states. "They are based on death certificates, which are the most reliable source of data and contain information not available anywhere else, including comorbid conditions, race and ethnicity, and place of death."

The CDC listed the following as the top underlying medical conditions linked to coronavirus deaths:

  • Influenza and pneumonia
  • Respiratory failure
  • Hypertensive disease
  • Diabetes
  • Vascular and unspecified dementia
  • Cardiac Arrest
  • Heart failure
  • Renal failure
  • Intentional and unintentional injury, poisoning and other adverse events
  • Other medical conditions

Dr. David B Samadi MD, urologic oncology expert and robotic surgeon, commented on the CDC news.

"As a men's health expert, many men have been affected by COVID-19," he wrote on Twitter. "The CDC today revealed that only 6% of COVID deaths were in patients without existing comorbidities. 94% of the deaths were in cases with pre-existing conditions. This affects the entire public."

Former New York Times investigative reporter Alex Berenson wrote on Twitter:

A lot of people are jumping on the @cdcgov statement just 6% of US #Covid deaths list #Covid alone as the cause. But to use that figure to claim 'COVID ONLY KILLED 9,000 AMERICANS' is wrong. Other causes include conditions like pneumonia, which can clearly be Covid-related. A better way to use the data may be to TAKE OUT causes clearly unrelated to #sarscov2. I'd include Alzheimer's, sepsis, dementia, cancer, and unintentional injury (Let's be conservative and leave off kidney failure, diabetes, obesity, and strokes). The other advantage of leaving off those conditions is that there is significant overlap in, say, diabetes and obesity (and the CDC reports the average COVID death certificate included 2.6 other conditions). That's less likely for the conditions I included. So, okay, the five conditions on my list were on about 50,000 certificates (assuming no double counting). The accidental deaths and poisonings alone were 5,000. Those deaths - at a minimum - are much more likely to fall in the WITH rather than FROM #Covid category. It would also be nice if @cdcgov offered more specific information about the 77,000 deaths that had other 'unspecified' conditions listed. But this is a start, at least - and it's in keeping with the other steps the CDC has taken recently.
PANIC PANDEMIC: More COVID-19 Facts the Media DOESN'T Want You to Know | Steve Deace Show

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