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According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a shelter-in-place order for all of Rockdale County has been extended indefinitely. “Environmental officials are investigating a fire at BioLab, a chemical facility in Conyers, that sent a colossal wall of smoke that billowed into the air Sunday afternoon and led to the evacuation order of about 17,000 people and several road closures, including I-20, which remain closed Monday,” the outlet wrote. #BREAKING: A shelter-in-place order for all of Rockdale County has been extended indefinitely, authorities announced Monday morning. Environmental officials are investigating a fire at BioLab, a chemical facility in Conyers, that sent a colossal wall of smoke that billowed into… — Atlanta Journal-Constitution (@ajc) September 30, 2024 From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Residents there will likely see the plume of smoke — now a chemical reaction and not a fire — for several days. “In the best interest and safety of the public and all citizens, it is recommended that businesses close operations until shelter-in-place is lifted,” county officials said in a news release. The decision is based on air quality surveys conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division, “which revealed the harmful irritant chlorine, which was detected in the air emitting from the incident location of BioLab. For everyone sheltering in place, the best practice is to turn the air conditioning off and keep windows and doors shut,” officials said. Additionally, both directions of I-20 were closed from Turner Hill Road to Almon Road overnight Sunday. The highway reopened around 7:30 a.m. Monday. “It was the third time in seven years that a fire has ignited at the plant,” the outlet noted. WATCH: “The order was issued for more than 90,000 residents of Rockdale County after the fire at BioLab in Conyers sent a massive plume of dark smoke high into the sky that could been seen from miles away,” Daily Mail noted. WATCH: WATCH: This if from the fire at BioLab in Conyers GA. They have us sheltering in place with our doors, windows closed and air conditioning units turned off. We need more information about what kind of chemicals we are being exposed too. @wsbtv pic.twitter.com/KKC8ia6CZe — Imtroby (@imtroby) September 29, 2024 Residents of Conyers, Georgia have been placed under shelter-in-place orders, while authorities have mandated a full evacuation in the town, located approximately 40 miles east of Atlanta, due to a significant fire at a biolab. A chlorine and pool chemical factory in Georgia… pic.twitter.com/zgXiH4YWVa — ʙʀʏᴛᴛʟᴇɪɢʜ (@LeighBrytt) September 29, 2024 Per Daily Mail: BioLab manufactures pool and spa treatment products – including chlorine. Air quality surveys done by the Environmental Protection Agency and the state Environmental Protection Division ‘revealed the harmful irritant chlorine’ detected in the air from the fire at the BioLab plant in Conyers, Georgia, the Rockdale County Government said in statement early Monday. ‘For everyone sheltering in place, the best practice is to turn the air conditioning off and keep windows and doors shut,’ the statement said of the accident that has affected the entire county. The fire was brought under control around 4pm Sunday, officials said. Interstate 20, which was shut down in both directions in the area on Sunday, was reopened Monday morning, officials said. People in the northern part of Rockdale County, north of Interstate 20, were ordered to evacuate on Sunday and others were told to shelter in place. This is the second fire within the past decade at the facility. The lab experienced a ‘thermal decomposition event’ that led to a fire in September of 2020. The building’s warehouse was damaged after strong winds from Hurricane Laura allowed rainwater into the building, which is what started the previous fire, the US Chemical Safety Board found.

There are reports that damage to the South is estimated to be about $100 billion. Joe Biden just said they gave about $2.4 billion, which is all that was planned. He sent $8 billion to Ukraine last week. We have given well over $100 billion to Ukraine. The South is dealing with widespread devastation. Whole […] The post Limitless $$$ to Ukraine, $2.4B for the South, $100B Needed appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

The Babylon Bee filed a lawsuit against the state of California on Monday after Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a series of “deepfake” laws that target outlets that publish satire and parody. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and shared exclusively with The Daily Wire, begins by noting that in July of this year, Newsom tweeted that a parody video of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris should be “illegal.” “The legislature heard the call and passed two laws that forbid political expression under the label of ‘materially deceptive content,’” the lawsuit asserts. The complaint explains that one of California’s new laws will require social media platforms to become “state snitches” and force them “to field reports about user posts with ‘materially deceptive content’ and then remove or label them.” Newsom defended the state’s new laws, saying they focus on AI-generated content that could “undermine the public’s trust through disinformation.” But buried in one of the new laws is a requirement for satire and parody content to either be clearly labeled or removed. In his first public statement on the lawsuit, Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon told Daily Wire news podcast “Morning Wire” that one of the new California laws especially targets satirists, such as the writers at his company, “by requiring them to put disclaimers to let you know that this is parody that you’re reading right now – which completely stifles and kills the joke.” “If we’re unable to publish satire without putting disclaimers all over it, and we’re going to face potential penalties if we don’t do that, then that’s a very serious issue too,” Dillon told Daily Wire editor-in-chief John Bickley in an interview with “Morning Wire” released Monday. “So we’re fighting back in every way that we can against laws that clamp down on speech.” The Bee’s suit against California is joined by California attorney Kelly Chang Rickert and was filed with the help of Alliance Defending Freedom, whose president, Kristen Waggoner, warned that the leftist state’s new laws “target core political speech.” “These laws were passed by politicians to protect politicians from speech that they don’t like,” Waggoner told “Morning Wire.” The lawsuit is filed against California Attorney General Rob Bonta, California Secretary of State Shirley Weber, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, and Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Soto. The Bee’s popularity has skyrocketed under Dillon’s leadership after the satire site, which started by mainly writing about Christian topics, began focusing more on politics. The site’s content is regularly shared on social media by personalities with massive followings, including X owner Elon Musk. California’s new laws are also being challenged by a conservative social media user, @MrReaganUSA, who recently posted a parody of a Kamala Harris campaign ad. The Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute, which filed a lawsuit against California on behalf of the social media user, argues that California is “chill[ing] free speech, particularly for political commentators like Mr. Reagan, who use satire to critique public figures and rely on social media viewership for their livelihood.” The Bee’s complaint against California argues that satire and parody are protected speech under the First Amendment “because it trusts the American people to be able to think and decide for themselves in the context of debating political candidates and issues.” The Bee’s new lawsuit adds to the growing list of complaints directed at government entities related to the censorship of conservative content. Late last year, The Daily Wire, along with The Federalist and the state of Texas, filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration. The suit alleges that the U.S. State Department is funding censorship technology that targets opposing political opinions, especially those expressed in conservative media outlets.

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A video shared on Facebook claims the Harris campaign is purportedly paying non-citizens $700 a week to attend rallies and protests. Verdict: False The claim is neither referenced on 2024 Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign website nor her verified social media accounts, and there is no other evidence to support the claim. Fact […]

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