LAW AND POLITICS

TX Wife-Killer Gets Stay Of Execution Due To COVID-19

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The outbreak of the novel coronavirus prompted the top Texas appeals court on Monday to stay for 60 days the scheduled execution of a man condemned for killing his family. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rejected all grounds of John William Hummel's appeal but said it would postpone the scheduled Wednesday execution "in light of the current health crisis and the enormous resources needed to address the execution." Hummel, 44, was...

In Bible Belt, Marijuana Legalization Goes Up In Smoke

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Facing a potentially historic vote on whether to legalize medical marijuana in Kentucky, Republican lawmaker John Schickel is conflicted. A retired law enforcement officer, Schickel once steadfastly opposed medical cannabis, but his stance has softened. Now he says he's approaching the question with an open mind. "One side of me says that with all the drug abuse we have right now, why are we opening up another avenue of abuse?" the state...

It Turns Out You Need Govt. Permission To Keep Your Own Med Files On Your Own Phone

New Federal Rules Will Finally Let Patients Store Medical Records On Smartphones March 9, 2020 Kaiser Health News and Fortune– Federal officials on Monday released groundbreaking rules that will let patients download their electronic health records and other health care data onto their smartphones. “Patients should have control of their records, period. Now that’s becoming a reality,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. “These rules are the start of a new chapter in how patients...

New Lettuce Rules: Feds Ignore The Cow In The Room

FDA leafy greens safety plan skimpy on details about feedlot contamination By Coral Beach on March 10, 2020 Top FDA administrators say the agency’s new plan for the safety of leafy greens specifically addresses problems, but a key part of the conversation is getting little more than lip service according to some observers. Vague references to vague actions planned regarding animal feedlots next to and near fresh produce fields are less than robust say leaders from Consumer Reports and Food...

‘Thank You, RBG’ | Tributes Pour In For Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: 87 on the Ides of March | Only three other justices in history were older PLUS: Aging Ginsburg dominates in abortion case March 6, 2020 Glamour – We asked nine former clerks to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to reflect on how other women have lifted them up—mentored them, advised them, represented them, and above all showed them what was possible. It is one of the most coveted jobs not just in the world of law,...

Maine Voters Reject Anti-Vax Referendum

Mar 3, 2020 Fosters – With the backdrop of the coronavirus spreading around the world, Mainers on Tuesday rejected an attempt to nullify the elimination of religious and philosophical exemptions for childhood vaccinations in a campaign that focused on community versus individual rights. Every major medical organization in Maine supported the state law approved last year that reduces vaccine opt-outs at a time when more parents are forgoing vaccines for their children. Groups seeking to restore philosophical...

“Voluntary Quarantines” Are Bogus; Exposed Health Worker Parties On

Hours after we said that a "voluntary quarantine" is not a quarantine at all, an infected healthcare worker wants to party | N.H. coronavirus patient breaks isolation, potentially exposing others Most states have laws against breaking an isolation order. March 3, 2020 NBC News – The first coronavirus patient in New Hampshire — an employee of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center — defied instructions from public health officials to stay away from other people. In a statement, the state Department of...

Panel Approves Bill To Begin Sex Ed In Kindergarten

Sex ed mandate passes House committee Feb 27, 2020 The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – By one vote, a House committee on Thursday approved a bill to require public school districts in the state of Washington to teach comprehensive sexual health education to K-12 students beginning with the 2022-23 school year. SB 5395 would be phased in over two years, with the topic taught to students in grades six through 12 beginning with the 2021-2022 school year and...

Raw Milk? Or Raw Deal? State May Okay Unpasteurized Milk Sales With Labels

Legislators approve on-the-farm raw milk sales with warning labels By Dan Flynn on February 28, 2020 Food Safety News – The Kansas Senate, on a 37-3 vote, has sent the House a bill permitting on-the-farm sales of raw milk with the requirement it is sold with a warning label because the product is not pasteurized. it is expected to pass the House and remove for this year the possibility that Kansas would ban raw milk sales entirely. The state has...

In ‘Senior Moment,’ Biden Attacks Trump Instead of Bloomberg

“First of all, what we’re doing is immoral. I know that’s not a phrase they often use in politics, but it’s immoral. Look what he’s doing right — look what this president’s doing right now. Look what people have done before. They’re going to fingerprint food stamp recipients.” — Former vice president Joe Biden, Feb. 20, 2020 Say it ain't so, Joe! Biden calls Trump 'immoral' – when he really meant to attack his fellow Democrat Feb. 27,...

Crooked Baltimore Mayor Gets 3 Years In Prison In Health Book Scheme

‘Leveraged the power of her elected office to corruptly solicit money from companies and organizations…’ Liberty Headlines – The disgraced former mayor of Baltimore was sentenced to three years in federal prison Thursday for arranging fraudulent sales of her self-published children’s books to nonprofits and foundations to promote her political career and fund her run for the city’s highest office. The scandal has shaken Maryland’s largest city, which for years has struggled with grinding poverty, political mismanagement, record...

Bernie Sanders’ Medicare-For-All Claims Are “Mostly False”

Bernie's health plan assumptions are "flawed, unrealistic" February 26, 2020 Kaiser Health News – Defending his signature health plan — a single-payer system known as “Medicare for All” that would move all Americans to government-funded coverage — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders argued that the massive health care expansion would actually save the system hundreds of billions of dollars. Sanders’ figures come from a study published Feb. 15 in The Lancet, a British medical journal. "The proposal would increase...

Weinstein Held At Same NY Jail Epstein Died In

Feb 26, 2020 | New York Post – Convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein will get special treatment in custody — because officials fear another “Epstein incident,” sources told The Post. Still reeling from the uproar after pedophile Jeffrey Epstein managed to hang himself in his Manhattan lockup last year, jail officials are taking extraordinary steps to monitor their newest high-profile inmate. Weinstein will always have his own cell, will constantly have a dedicated team of correction officers with...

FL Doctors Wrote Bogus Rx For Medical Marijuana

"Deceptive, untrue, or fraudulent representations" alleged against Florida doctors. Complaints say doctors caught writing bogus prescriptions for unneeded medical marijuana | Feb 18, 2020 News Service Of Florida – State health officials have filed complaints against two medical-marijuana doctors based on information obtained by undercover investigators posing as patients, in what one physician’s lawyers described as a “trap.” Both complaints, filed on the same day by the Department of Health last year, are awaiting action by administrative law...

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