Via NY POst:

Disturbing new surveillance video shows the moment an Eric Adams campaign volunteer is stabbed repeatedly in the South Bronx — as the mayoral front-runner said he planned to urge the victim to cooperate with cops.

The footage, obtained by NBC New York, shows a scuffle between the 42-year-old victim and his attacker spilling out onto the sidewalk around 2:30 p.m. — with the suspect knifing the man several times.

The attacker continues stabbing the volunteer even after he falls to the ground against a vehicle parked on Morris Avenue.

The suspect, wearing a white tank top, military fatigue pants and a red bandanna, then flees south on Morris Avenue with another man.

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Proud of you, Carl 🖤 pic.twitter.com/R9aJxYFefW

— Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) June 21, 2021

Via ESPN:

HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib on Monday became the first active NFL player to come out as gay.

Nassib, 28, made the announcement in an Instagram post.

“What’s up people?” Nassib posted. “I’m at my house here in West Chester, Pennsylvania. I just want to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay. I’ve been meaning to do this for a while now, but I finally feel comfortable enough to get it off my chest. I really have the best life, I’ve got the best family, friends and job a guy could ask for.

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Oh well!

Via NJ.com:

The highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 has been detected in New Jersey, officials said Monday, raising concerns that millions of the state’s unvaccinated adult residents could be at risk for infection.

The variant, which has run rampant in some states, is still believed to be at low levels in New Jersey.

But federal officials believe it could become the dominant COVID strain in the U.S. as early as next month, because it has spread 40% to 60% more easily than other strains in the United Kingdom, where it has infected tens of thousands.

“We cannot let that happen here,” Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli said at a briefing.

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Via Politico:

In the span of a week, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed bills restricting the teaching of critical race theory and allowing Texans to carry handguns without a license. He’s preparing to order state lawmakers back into a special session to pass legislation restricting voting access, a GOP priority. And in the most pugilistic affront to President Joe Biden’s White House yet, he announced Texas will build its own border wall.

Less than six months into Biden’s presidency, Texas conservatives are in revolt against the new administration. And Abbott, the often overshadowed governor of the nation’s biggest red state, is emerging as an unlikely leader of the Biden resistance.

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Via MSN:

The number of Americans relying on Medicaid swelled to an apparent all-time high during the coronavirus pandemic with nearly 74 million Americans covered through the safety-net health insurance, new federal figures show.

From February 2020 through January, Medicaid enrollment climbed nationwide by 9.7 million, according to a report, based on the most recent available data, released Monday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Some people signed up last year as the pandemic’s economic fallout took away their jobs, income and health benefits. But according to federal health officials and other Medicaid experts, much of the increase is because of a rule change that was part of the first coronavirus relief law adopted by Congress last year.

That law created a trade-off: It gave states extra federal money to help cover what were anticipated to be ballooning Medicaid costs. In exchange, states needed to promise they would not remove anyone from their Medicaid rolls until the federal government ended the coronavirus public health emergency.

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Via Financial Post:

Getting cannabis regulations wrong comes at a high cost, as California’s $100 million fund to help floundering marijuana businesses has made clear.

The largest U.S. state earmarked money last week to aid companies that are struggling financially in large part because of bureaucratic delays and missteps in transitioning them from temporary licenses into more stringent permanent ones. It’s a cautionary tale for other states that are figuring out how to balance social-equity provisions, tax rates and competing with an illicit market valued at $66 billion last year, according to New Frontier Data.

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this is literally why they tell you to always give up the register.

Via NY Post:

A New Jersey waitress tried to stop a group of diners from ditching their tab — but was instead taken away in an SUV, assaulted and left on the side of a road, auhtorities said.

Police are now asking for help in identifying a group of five people who left their bill at Nifty Fifties Diner in Washington township on Saturday – but took their waitress by force.

Soon before midnight on Saturday, the group finished eating and tried to leave the diner without paying, Washington Township Police Department said.

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Meanwhile, Nadia Suleman is praised as a normal person…

Via NY Post:

The South African woman who claims she gave birth to 10 babies at once has been admitted to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation amid growing speculation over whether she was ever actually pregnant with decuplets.

Gosiame Thamara Sithole, 37 — who made headlines for the alleged record-breaking birth — was taken to the psychiatric ward last week at Tembisa Hospital in Johannesburg and examined by a medical team, South Africa’s Eyewitness News reported.

“The medical evaluation has shown that there was no pregnancy. It also shows that there are no physical scars to indicate a recent C-section,” a source told the outlet.

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REPORTER: "I think there's a fly on your head."

PSAKI: "Thank you. Oh, thank you guys…at least it's not a cicada. I swear, those things are…" pic.twitter.com/672o1NwIHO

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 21, 2021

Sigh…

Via NY Post:

Victoria’s Secret — which has been aggressively overhauling its brand during the past year to appeal to a more diverse range of customers — likewise plans to tweak its name.

The lingerie giant said Monday it will be renamed Victoria’s Secret & Co. when it splits off from L Brands in August and becomes an independent, publicly-traded company.

The change comes amid a flurry of news around the quickly transforming business, which last week unveiled a new marketing campaign and collection — VS Collective — featuring seven women including soccer star, Megan Rapinoe, 17 year-old American skier, Eileen Gu and tech investor and actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas.

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Oh well!

Via Politico:

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s president-elect said Monday he wouldn’t meet with President Joe Biden nor negotiate over Tehran’s ballistic missile program and its support of regional militias, sticking to a hard-line position following his landslide victory in last week’s election.

Judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi also described himself as a “defender of human rights” when asked about his involvement in the 1988 mass execution of some 5,000 people. It marked the first time he’s been put on the spot on live television over that dark moment in Iranian history at the end of the Iran-Iraq war.

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Via The Sun:

Athletes will sleep in single beds, with decoration kept to a minimum within the Covid-19 secure bubble.

The Tokyo 2020 pads possess a clean feel, while tenants will be ordered to eat alone.

Rio’s Olympics was a Tinder hotspot, with matches having rocketed up 129 per cent in the area during the games.

Sex is set to be banned at this summer’s edition – but precautions have been taken anyway.

Organisers are distributing a staggering 160,000 condoms for the event, to encourage romping athletes to be safe.

The official line is that the mass distribution is to ‘raise awareness’.

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Via NY Post:

Dr. Anthony Fauci doubled down Monday on his claim that people who are attacking him are “actually criticizing science” — while insisting he still doesn’t believe COVID-19 leaked from a Chinese lab.

“It is essential as a scientist that you evolve your opinion and your recommendations based on the data as it evolves,” the White House infectious disease expert told the podcast “Sway” that aired Monday.

“And that’s the reason why I say people who then criticize me about that are actually criticizing science,” he told interviewer Kara Swisher of attacks when he changed his mind on mask-wearing.

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Times are tough in a post Trump presidency pic.twitter.com/9nWhTQRV05

— Tyler Bowyer (@conservatyler) June 21, 2021

No worries. It’s a Democrat city!

Via Chicago Suntimes:

At least five people were killed and 47 others wounded in shootings across Chicago over the weekend.

In the most recent fatal attack, a man was shot dead while driving in Humboldt Park early Sunday.

The 21-year-old was driving a Jeep about 1:40 a.m. in the 3100 block of West Augusta Boulevard when a car pulled up next to him and someone inside fired shots, Chicago police said.

The man was shot in the head, police said. A passenger in the Jeep drove him to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Less than an hour earlier, a woman was fatally shot in Bucktown on the Northwest Side.

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Too bad NY doesn’t have conceal carry. That would sort this out.

Via DailyMail:

Nearby residents and visitors to New York’s Washington Square Park have told how they now avoid the landmark after dark amid fears of violence, a day after another late night rave descended into chaos.

On Friday night a woman was left bloodied and bruised after being trampled on by terrified crowds trying to flee a man armed with a large knife and a taser.

The man with the knife and taser is alleged to be Jason McDermott, 42, sources told DailyMail.com. McDermott has been arrested at least 10 times between 2010 and 2014, the sources said.

Now locals have told how the park changes after dark, from a calm, relaxing atmosphere during the day to chaos when the sun goes down.

As the raves at the park have escalated, there have been claims of prostitution and public sexual acts, historic pot smoking escalated to hard drugs, and claims of people carrying weapons like baseball bats.

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Via Block Crypto:

In its latest effort to crack down on crypto trading activities, China’s central bank has required domestic banks to cut off the funding channels of crypto over-the-counter (OTC) merchants.

The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) issued a statement on Monday, saying that it has recently summoned a meeting with several domestic banks and mobile payment service providers. They included the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the Agricultural Bank of China (ABC), the Construction Bank of China (CBC), Postal Savings Bank of China, the Industrial Bank, as well as mobile payments app AliPay.

The PBoC said the speculative activities around crypto trading has severely disrupted the balance of China’s financial system, creating the risk of illegal capital outflow across the border and money laundering. It reiterated its 2017 stance that no financial institutions should provide banking and settlement services for crypto-related transactions.

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