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Texas Gov. Abbott to sue Biden admin over vaccine mandate for National Guard

Jon Brown
Fox News
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 18:22 UTC
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
Abbott has issued 'a straightforward order' that no Guard member who refuses the vaccine will be punished

Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas , on Tuesday released a letter announcing his intention to sue the federal government for what he claimed is an unconstitutional vaccine mandate for the Texas National Guard.

"As the commander-in-chief of Texas's militia, I have issued a straightforward order to every member of the Texas National Guard within my chain of command: Do not punish any guardsman for choosing not to receive a COVID-19 vaccine," Abbott wrote in the letter, which was addressed to Maj. Gen. Tracy Norris, Adjutant General of the Texas Military Department.

"Unless President Biden federalizes the Texas National Guard in accordance with Title 10 of the U.S. Code, he is not your commander-in-chief under our federal or state Constitutions. And as long as I am your commander-in-chief, I will not tolerate efforts to compel receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine," Abbott continued.

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Biological sex is being redefined to subvert society

Debra Soh
The Washington Examiner
Mon, 03 Jan 2022 19:34 UTC
Biological sex is being redefined
On Thursday, Science, one of the top scientific publications in the world, ran a letter titled, "Transgender rights rely on inclusive language," suggesting that biological sex is "context-dependent" and not binary.

If you had to go back and re-read that last sentence, let me assure you, you did indeed read it correctly. The letter — authored by two neuroscientists and a graduate student in biology — argues for "inclusive language around sex diversity," and that, in the five years since the National Institutes of Health announced that research proposals should include sex as a biological variable, society has become hostile to transgender people.

The NIH's directive was originally instated to address the fact that biomedical studies including only male participants lacked application to women. Pre-Clown World, this would be uncontroversial. But behold the pathway of thinking social justice ideology has plowed while I mourn my former field of neuroscience.
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Woke Arizona State University students accuse college of 'persecuting' THEM after they were reprimanded for making two white students leave multicultural space

James Gordon
Daily Mail
Tue, 04 Jan 2022 03:53 UTC
arizona state university
© InstagramActivists Mastaani Qureshi, an undergraduate and Sarra Tekola a graduate student at Arizona State University have been found 'guilty' of 'interfering with university activities' after they harassed two white students
A pair of Arizona State University students have unleashed a nine minute diatribe after they were disciplined for taunting two white male students who entered the college's multicultural space.

On Monday, Mastaani Qureshi, an undergraduate and Sarra Tekola a graduate student posted a video on social media alleging ASU had carried out an investigation into their actions and called for them to write a three-page paper over the September 2021 incident.

In the video posted in response to the University's punishment Qureshi and Tekola claim the investigation into their actions was 'racially biased' adding they were 'forced to confront these men', because, in their view, the ASU faculty allegedly refused to answer their cries for help.

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Sherlock

French launch terror probe over blast in Saudi Arabia that targeted a Dakar rally car


Al Mayadeen
Tue, 04 Jan 2022 23:24 UTC
dakar rally saudi
Competitors ride during Stage 3 of the Dakar Rally 2022 between the Saudi areas of al-Artawiya and al-Qaysumah, on January 4, 2022
French prosecutors said Tuesday they had opened a terror probe over a blast in Saudi Arabia, which took place on December 30 and targeted a car participating in the Dakar rally, badly wounding its French driver.

A preliminary investigation has been opened, the prosecutors said in a statement, "into multiple attempted killings in connection with a terrorist group."

According to the statement, all five occupants of the car, including the driver, were French nationals.

The national anti-terror prosecutors provided no further details over the Jeddah blast, which led driver Philippe Boutron to require surgery in the kingdom for serious leg injuries before returning to his home country.
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Chicago schools scrap classes after union backs remote learning because of COVID-19 surge

Tom Howell Jr.
The Washington Times
Tue, 04 Jan 2022 11:03 UTC
pedro martinez
© Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via APThen-San Antonio schools Superintendent Pedro Martinez speaks shortly after Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced him as the new chief executive of the Chicago Public Schools during a news conference in Chicago on Sept. 15, 2021. Martinez, now the head of Chicago Public Schools, says classes will be canceled Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, if the teachers union votes to switch to remote learning due to record COVID-19 levels.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot, school system scramble to calm parents.

Chicago public schools canceled classes Wednesday and face an uncertain future after nearly three-quarters of the Chicago Teachers Union voted to revert to remote learning because of a coronavirus surge, prompting a standoff with Mayor Lori Lightfoot and school administrators who want students to remain in the classroom.

School buildings will remain open for essential services, including meals, but students who arrive won't have in-person classes.

Comment: Are the teachers actually terrified of omicron or are they just being lazy? Either answer isn't a particularly good one. The other question is whether or not the teacher's union is actually reflecting the feelings of the teachers themselves, or if they're just playing political games.

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Best of the Web: Scottish newspaper pitches Covid-19 'internment camps'


RT
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 10:53 UTC
daily record scotland headline
© Facebook / The Daily Record / screenshotA Scottish tabloid asks its readers if they support Covid-19 "internment camps" similar to those implemented in Australia.
A Scottish paper asked readers whether the nation should follow Australia's lead in locking up people who may be infected with the virus.

Scotland's largest newspaper has floated the idea of creating internment camps to forcibly detain residents who have tested positive for Covid-19 or who are "suspected" of being infected.

The Daily Record tabloid questioned its Facebook followers about the policy on Tuesday, noting that "Australians are being detained in Covid internment camps for 14 days if they test positive or are suspected positive." The outlet then asked: "Should we follow their lead?"

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Unvaccinated to be banned from booze and marijuana in Canada - media


RT
Tue, 04 Jan 2022 19:44 UTC
liquor store shelves
© Mike Kemp/In PIctures via Getty Images
Quebec province is reportedly poised to require proof of Covid-19 jab to access liquor stores and cannabis shops.

If taking away jobs and large gatherings isn't enough to coerce some people into getting vaccinated against Covid-19, cutting them off from hard liquor and marijuana might do the trick. Canada's Quebec province may soon find out.

Quebec Premier Francois Legault's administration is expected to announce a new requirement for proof of vaccination at liquor stores and cannabis outlets later this week, the Journal de Montreal reported on Tuesday. Minor details of the latest mandate, such as whether to require the passport at entrances or cash registers, are still being ironed out, the newspaper said, citing unidentified sources.

Comment: There is no logical justification for barring the unvaccinated from activities that have no effect on spreading the virus (even theoretically, in this case). This is bald-faced coercion and the enforcement of an apartheid state, plain and simple. Of all the provinces in Canada, who would have thought it would be Quebec that would turn out to be the most fascistic?

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China locks down city of 1.2M after three virus cases


MedicalXpress
Tue, 04 Jan 2022 00:00 UTC
empty street china lockdown
© AFP/Getty ImagesLockdown measures for three cases coronavirus
More than one million people in a city in central China were being confined to their homes on Tuesday after three asymptomatic coronavirus cases were recorded in the country's latest mass lockdown.

Beijing has pursued a "zero COVID" approach with tight border restrictions and targeted lockdowns since the virus first emerged. But the strategy has come under pressure with a series of recent local outbreaks and with just a month to go until the Winter Olympics.

Yuzhou, a city with a population of around 1.17 million people in Henan province, announced that from Monday night all citizens were required to stay home to control the spread of the virus. The announcement was triggered by the discovery of three cases in the last couple of days.

People in the central area "must not go out", according to a statement posted Monday, while all communities will set up "sentinels and gates to strictly implement epidemic prevention and control measures". The city had already announced that it was halting bus and taxi services and closing shopping malls, museums and tourist attractions.
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Manhattan DA closes probe into nursing home deaths without charging Cuomo: attorney

Michael Lee
Fox News
Tue, 04 Jan 2022 00:00 UTC
Cuomo
© AP/Richard Drew1Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo
The Manhattan district attorney's office is closing its investigation into former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's handling of nursing home COVID-19 deaths without bringing charges against Cuomo, according to the former governor's attorney.

Elkan Abramowitz, a former federal prosecutor who had been hired to represent Cuomo, said Monday:
"I was contacted today by the head of the Elder Care Unit from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office who informed me they have closed its investigation involving the Executive Chamber and nursing homes. I was told that after a thorough investigation — as we have said all along — there was no evidence to suggest that any laws were broken."
The investigation was opened after a report last year by New York Attorney General Letitia James revealed that the state's Department of Health underreported COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes by as much as 50%.

Comment: Accountability means there are no 'unclear' roles or denial of responsibilities. Cuomo overstepped his authority, made deadly decisions and lied about them. There should be consequences.

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2022: Public schools continue to shed students as homeschooling surges

Susan Berry
Breitbart
Mon, 03 Jan 2022 00:00 UTC
mom/boy
© Ted S. Warren/APHome schooling
One of the defining educational issues of 2021 has been the decision by many parents to reevaluate their means of educating their children, and more are opting to remove them from government-run schools in favor of other alternatives, including homeschooling, which has shown a significant surge.

In its December report on data showing a migration of students from public schools, NPR describes the change as "troubling":
We compiled the latest headcount data directly from more than 600 districts in 23 states and Washington, D.C., including statewide data from Massachusetts, Georgia and Alabama. We found that very few districts, especially larger ones, have returned to pre-pandemic numbers. Most are now posting a second straight year of declines.
Among the school districts losing students is New York City, where enrollment dropped by about 38,000 students during the 2020-2021 academic year, with an additional loss of 13,000 in the current school year. In Los Angeles, the data shows the district lost 17,000 in the last academic year, and about 9,000 this year. Chicago Public Schools encountered an enrollment drop of 14,000 in 2020-2021, and an additional 10,000 this year.
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