President Joe Biden , in brief remarks at the White House campus, praised corporations and local governments for instituting vaccine requirements, but he still called the number of those going without the Covid-19 shots “unacceptably high.” “We are down to 66 million people, still an unacceptably high number, of unvaccinated people, from almost 100 million in July,” Biden said, speaking from the South Court Auditorium. “Now is not the time to let up. We have a lot more to do. We are in a very critical period as we work to turn the corner on Covid 19,” he said. Biden said that the Department of Labor would soon issue a rule that would require companies with 100 or more employees to institute vaccine requirements. The companies would have to have employees either attest to being vaccinated to submit to weekly testing. The White House previously announced the proposed policy, but it had yet to be drawn up as a regulation. “Every day, we see businesses instituting …
Kyrie Irving Defends Anti-Vax Stance, Complains About Feeling ‘Demonized’
Kyrie Irving has broken his silence about his refusal to get the Covid-19 vaccine. The Brooklyn Nets star went on Instagram Live late Wednesday night to confirm that he is unvaccinated, complain about feeling “demonized,” and wonder why the media is so focused on his vaccination stance. “Why are you putting it on me?” he said. “This is not part of what’s going on with conservations with scientists and physicians and doctors. I’m just a hooper.” Kyrie Irving addresses refusing to get the COVID vaccine on Instagram Live: “Why are you putting it on me? … I’m just a hooper.” pic.twitter.com/wNBKBpJ3rh — The Recount (@therecount) October 14, 2021 “I haven’t hurt anybody,” Irving added. “I haven’t committed a crime. I’m not out here acting dumb, stupid. I’m out here taking care of my family, my kids.” Irving acknowledge that he has to be vaccinated in order to be on a team that plays in New York, but emphasized that he isn’t retiring and that he’s “ready to rock out …
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No, Sex Traffickers Aren’t Using Abandoned Child Car Seats to Lure Victims
“So have you ever seen this type of car seat just out of nowhere?” the woman in the TikTok video asks. She’s pointing to a photo of an abandoned baby car seat in a parking lot, posted on a Facebook page. “Let’s talk about that right now,” she says. “Because that’s not an ordinary car seat. …That’s actually a trap.” The woman goes on to say it’s a “ sex trafficking car seat,” that is being placed as bait by sex traffickers to kidnap and enslave unsuspecting victims. “If you see a random car seat, please call somebody and please call the hotline and let them know,” the woman concludes, flashing the number for a sex trafficking hotline. “No parent will ever leave a random car seat out there just to be out there. They want you to go up to the car seat and look around while they snatch you really quick.” In a follow-up video, she claimed to have seen the same car seat on the side of the road in her own town, although the car seat in her second video does not look like the car seat …
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The Persecution of Patriots Nation
W e were all so innocent back on January 18, when the New England Patriots destroyed the Indianapolis Colts 45-7 in the AFC championship game. Tom Brady was just another supermodel-loving quarterback with an eye on a fourth Super Bowl ring. Ted Wells and Richard Berman were only household names amongst the more dedicated members of the greater New York legal community. And no one in the media could reasonably claim any expertise in the basics of football PSI measurement. It was all so long ago – eight-plus months that have felt more like years. What started out as seemingly small-time rumblings from the Indianapolis press ballooned into a national scandal of hilariously epic proportions, one that carried through Super Bowl XLIX in Glendale, Arizona, and back across the country to the NFL offices at 345 Park Avenue. After months of investigations and doses of discipline meted out from commissioner Roger Goodell, Brady was suspended four games for his alleged awareness that team …
It’s Not Q. It’s You
Truth be told, we are a nation of spectacular liars. We lie to ourselves about our origin, our exceptionality, that our wealth and power stems from that exceptionality rather than from economic systems of exploitation. Lies are embedded in our founding and our growth and probably our eventual doom. Spurred on by Sam Adams, a riotous mob stormed the Massachusetts governor’s mansion because they believed outlandish theories about how he was conspiring with the Brits. Spurred on by Trump, a riotous mob stormed the Capitol because they believed outlandish theories about how Nancy Pelosi was conspiring with Joe Biden. Or Mike Pence. Or Satanic deep state baby eaters. Or whatever the hell. Not all lies are conspiracy theories, but probably most conspiracy theories are lies. And according to Joseph Uscinski, arguably the country’s foremost expert on the topic, it’s possible we’re even lying to ourselves about the nature of conspiracy theories. As a professor of political science …
‘They Can’t Stop Everyone’: GOP Congressman Dangerously Encourages Kids to Defy Statewide School Mask Mandate
What could have been a simple high school government lecture on civic duty and participation from a local congressman instead became a Covid-19 misinformation fest worthy of a primetime slot on Fox News . Congressman Bob Good (R-Va.) encouraged a group of high school students to defy a statewide school mask mandate, and he spread lies about vaccines and how the virus spreads, the Rappahannock News reported. “If nobody in Rappahannock complies [with the mask mandate], they can’t stop everyone,” Good told a Rappahannock County High School government class of approximately 20 students this week. “If I was ya’ll, I’d say none of ya’ll wear a mask. What are they gonna do? They’re still going to have school.” Masking is mandatory for all Virginia students, teachers, staff and visitors in K-12 schools, regardless of vaccination status, per a public health order issued by the state’s department of health. But if they acted en masse, Good told the students, they might be able …
Bizarro World: Anti-Vaxx School Tells Vaccinated Students to Quarantine for 30 Days
One Miami private school is so far off the anti-vaxx deep end it’s forcing students who get vaccinated to stay home for 30 days following each dose. Yes, you read that correctly. Vaccinated students will have to miss a month of school at Centner Academy over unfounded fears that vaccines are potentially harmful to people around the vaccinated person. According to WSVN , the school’s chief operating officer sent a letter to parents of students last week that said: “If you are considering the vaccine for your Centner Academy student(s), we ask that you hold off until the summer when there will be time for the potential transmission or shedding onto others to decrease.” It’s a strange claim because there is no scientific evidence showing that vaccinated people transmit or shed anything onto others. In fact, it’s the opposite. Getting vaccinated reduces the chances that a person will transmit or shed the virus and infect other people, the CDC has found . “There is no way …
Trump’s New Free Speech App Prohibits Users From Making Fun of It
There’s plenty to unpack following Wednesday night’s announcement that former President Trump is launching a new “media and technology” group, one that includes a social media platform, Truth Social , promising “open, free, and honest global conversation without discriminating against political ideology.” Trump has long railed against Big Tech censorship, particularly of himself as he pushed misinformation, hate speech, and violent rhetoric before Twitter banned him in January. “I created TRUTH Social and TMTG to stand up against the tyranny of Big Tech,” Trump wrote. “We live in a world where the Taliban has a huge presence on Twitter, yet your favorite American President has been silenced.” The thing about all of this, though, is that when it comes to everyone’s favorite American President, truth is subjective, and “free speech” comes with more than a few caveats. So, too, is the case for Truth Social, the terms of service for which include a clause stating that users may …
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NYC Firefighters And Police Officers Join Thousands In Brooklyn Bridge March Against City Vaccine Mandate
Thousands of protesters, including firefighters and police officers, tied up traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge this afternoon with a march against New York City ’s Covid vaccine mandate . The policy covering some 50,000 workers comes after similar measures for health-care and education employees and takes effect on Friday afternoon. Anyone who does not comply with the mandate will be placed on unpaid leave starting next Monday, November 1. As an additional incentive, the city has offered $500 to workers who decide to get vaccinated. Police and fire personnel joined sanitation workers, paramedics, teachers and a range of supporters in what was dubbed the “Anti-Mandate March For Choice.” It followed a smaller-scale demonstration on Sunday outside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. NBA star Kyrie Irving, who plays for the Brooklyn Nets, has been sidelined by the team until he complies with the city’s vaccine requirement in a highly publicized case. As Covid vaccines have …
10 Shocking Revelations From the Facebook Papers
Facebook has had a rough couple of months. It started in early September when The Wall Street Journal began publishing a series of reports based on tens of thousands of internal documents a whistle-blower named Frances Haugen had turned over to the paper. “The Facebook Files,” as the stories were dubbed, revealed the extent to which the company was aware of the damage its platforms were doing to everything from the push to get Americans vaccinated to the self-esteem of teenage girls. Misinformation was spreading. Hate speech was rampant. People were even using Facebook to sell human organs. The leaked documents make clear that the company didn’t care much to stop it and, in some cases, that it deliberately covered up damning internal research laying bare just how toxic the social network had become. “Every day our teams have to balance protecting the right of billions of people to express themselves openly with the need to keep our platform a safe and positive place,” …
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