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Proud Boys Show Up At School Board Meeting, It Gets Ugly Fast

The business of local and state government in New Hampshire is under increasing strain as antigovernment activists — including foes of COVID-19 vaccinations, mask mandates, and even federal grants to fight the virus — have turned traditionally quiet meetings into ugly shouting matches.

2 Million “Left Behind” By Obamacare, And It’s Republicans’ Fault: LA Times

WASHINGTON — For most of her adult life, Amy Bielawski has gone without health insurance. Her small Atlanta-area business, which provides entertainment for parties and events, didn’t bring in enough revenue to afford coverage. So she has gotten by on the hope that her high blood pressure doesn’t get worse and her small pituitary tumor doesn’t grow. “I try to be as healthy as I possibly can so I’m not needing to run to the doctor, but...

Biden Pushes Largest Permanent Food Stamp Increase Ever

FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION – The Biden administration has just introduced the largest increase in the history of the food stamp program (now SNAP, for Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program). It will increase benefits by an average of about 25 percent, adding roughly $20 billion a year to its budgetary cost. Some 42 million current recipients will receive additional assistance and 6 million more will become eligible. The administration lauded itself for its help to the poor through...

Biden/Pelosi Covid Recovery Spending Plan Fails

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could have been speaking for the majority of Democrats in Washington when she said on Tuesday that she was “very disappointed” that President Biden’s domestic agenda will have to be pared down because of opposition from Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona.

County Fined $3.5M For Violating Vaccine Mandate Ban

FOX NEWS – The Florida Department of Health issued its first fine to a county that allegedly violated the state’s ban on vaccine mandates, the department announced this week. Leon County, which includes the capital of Tallahassee, balked at the $3.5 million fine, claiming its vaccination requirement and subsequent firing of 14 employees were legal and accused Gov. Ron DeSantis of being political. County Administrator Vincent Long said: "The governor’s position in this instance, unfortunately, appears...

Don’t Mess With Texas: Guv Bans All Mandates Statewide

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Monday to prohibit any entity, including private business, from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on workers and called on state lawmakers to pass a similar ban into law. The move comes as the Biden administration is set to issue rules requiring employers with more than 100 workers to be vaccinated or test weekly for the coronavirus. Several major companies, including Texas-based American Airlines...

Covid Battle, Other Mounting Problems Test Biden

Democrats already fear midterm elections next year will be a Republican rout. Even the White House admits things aren't going great.

Not My Commander-In-Chief: Troops Openly Defy Biden Mandate

Hundreds of thousands of troops have not yet complied with vaccine mandate as deadlines near.

New California Law Bans Harassment at Vaccination Sites, but Free Speech Concerns Persist

It’s now illegal in California to harass people on their way into a vaccination clinic, under a law signed Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. But First Amendment experts continue to raise legal questions about the law’s constitutionality, including its definition of harassment.

“The President’s Decline Is Alarming”

Pres. Biden’s standing with Americans has plummeted, with his average approval rating plunging by nearly 15 points since late June. He's seen a drop among Democrats and even more with Republicans, but the decline has been particularly steep among independent voters.

Senator Balances Pro-Vaccine, Anti-Mandate Positions

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Roger Marshall won't let people forget he's a doctor, putting "Doc" in the letterhead of his U.S. Senate office's news releases. But when he talks about COVID-19 vaccines, some doctors and experts say the Kansas Republican sounds far more like a politician than a physician. He's made statements about vaccines and immunity that defy both medical consensus and official U.S. government guidance. He's aggressively fighting President Joe Biden's vaccine requirements, arguing...

Fauci Reveals He Has PTSD

BUSINESS INSIDER – In a new documentary, Dr. Anthony Fauci reveals he has PTSD from the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Fauci helped treat AIDS patients and oversaw HIV/AIDS research in the 1980s and 90s. Some Americans saw him as the enemy back then, the way others do now. Decades before Dr. Anthony Fauci led the US response to COVID-19, he shepherded the country through a different epidemic: the HIV/AIDS crisis. In 1981, when Fauci was head of a laboratory...

Enforce Vaccine Mandate? Not This Sheriff

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County sheriff says he will not enforce the county's vaccine mandate in his agency. Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who oversees the largest sheriff's department in the county with roughly 18,000 employees, said Thursday in a Facebook Live event that he does not plan to carry out the county's mandate, under which Los Angeles County employees had to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 1. The mandate was issued by executive...

Biden Touts Vaccine Mandates For Large Businesses

In remarks during a Chicago trip Thursday, President Biden pressed more private-sector businesses to institute covid shot requirements.

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