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Six weeks ago, serial fabricator Taylor Lorenz brought even more grief to the far-left, money-losing Washington Post after she branded Joe Biden a “war criminal” and was then caught lying about it. Well, we have an update: Lorenz and the Post have now parted ways. In mid-August, Lorenz, an aging and pampered anti-free speech fascist, took a selfie with Biden in the background during a White House event. She then added the caption “war criminal” directly below Biden and fired it off to some of...

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Josie Bowers, a 19-year-old woman from Canada, shared the story of how she thwarted an intruder when she was 15. The viral TikTok video is a harrowing tale and also an important lesson for everyone to learn.Josie was staying with her family at the Ocean City Hilton in Maryland when the incident occurred. She went to her hotel room alone to take a shower while her family was on the beach. After getting out of the shower, she was alarmed when she noticed a long wire with a hook at the end wiggling its way out of the crack at the bottom of the front door. The hook was waving around, trying to catch the handle to open the door.It's amazing that no one in the hallway noticed someone shoving a wire through the bottom of a door.The intruders eventually caught the handle with the wire and pulled it down to enter the room. Without hesitation, Josie slammed the door shut and put on the deadbolt."My main thought was holy shit I'm in a towel right now and someone is about to break in and get me," she said on TikTok. "So the door opens a crack, and I just slammed it back shut and put the deadbolt on."After the door was shut on the intruders, they pretended to work for the hotel. "So they tell me your keycard is broken and we need to get into the room and fix your keypad for you," she continued. "And so I open the door a tad bit, to see if it was a worker. It clearly wasn't, they were in jeans and a T-shirt. Hilton keeps it pretty classy, not the attire." @josiebowers10 Reply to @emmade1rey #part2 Josie then remembered a trick that her stepfather, who's a police officer, once told her: Never let people know you're alone."I yelled 'Hey dad, there's someone here to fix the door.' As soon as they thought that I wasn't alone – and potentially my dad was there – they ran, they were gone," she said. A lot of people freeze in such a stressful situation but Josie was able to remember her stepfather's advice and it made all the difference. Given their reaction, it's pretty clear that the intruders must have followed her up from the beach or had some inside information to know that she was alone. They didn't want anything to do with her father.The TikTokker shared the video to show others what they should do in a similar situation and to remind them to never let anyone know they are alone."I'm glad I had this experience so I can teach people about it. Obviously, I'm safe but it could have ended up a lot worse," she said. "Be safe, you can get door stoppers, always put on the deadbolt."This article originally appeared on 8.24.21