OF THE
TIMES
"I am resigning because I want to make it clear that I am not okay with us being silent. In dangerous times, honest people need to stand up. This is how I'm standing up."Garza's resignation comes after Patrick Soon-Shiong, the billionaire doctor who purchased the publication in 2018 for $500 million, told the Times' editorial board not to endorse in the presidential race, she said. The newspaper has endorsed a candidate in every presidential election since it backed Barack Obama in 2008. As California's most widely-circulated newspaper, as well as one of the country's largest, the Times' decision not to endorse a presidential candidate raised questions about potential political interference. Garza told CJR the editorial board had intended to endorse Harris, who previously served as a US Senator from California and the state's attorney general.
"The American 'Left' is fully exposed now as a demented, vicious, abusive animal of traumatizing narcissism."Do you hear that lonesome whistle blow? Wooooo-wooooo! It's the last train to Palookaville pulling into the station. At this late hour, two passengers get on: Kamala Harris, mom jeans and blazer, rheumy red eyes, half-gone on chardonnay. . . and an elderly gentleman with a goatee in a colorful but shabby red-white-and-blue suit, famous long ago as "Uncle Sam."
— Celia Farber
On October 14, 2021, BART issued a policy requiring all employees to be fully vaccinated against Covid as a condition of employment, the suit said.
Between then and February 2022, about 179 employees submitted requests for religious exemptions, and 70 were approved, the suit said. But none of the 70 who received an exemption were granted an accommodation, the suit said.
However, one in three BART employees seeking medical exemptions were granted an accommodation, according to the suit.
The employees who sought religious exemptions followed by an accommodation who ultimately denied the vaccine were either fired, forced to resign or retired, the lawsuit said.
Comment: Actions and reactions are off the cliff. 'Riding the fence' is a strategically viable option.