In The News: Biden Says Omicron Variant Concerning; Republicans Say It’s A Midterm Hoax

Due to the rise of variants, the CDC has been recommending booster shots of the COVID vaccines. Monday they recommend that everyone 18 and older should receive them. Biden said that the new variant, known as Omicron, was cause for concern but not panic. Previously, the CDC had recommended that older Americans over the age …

Fox News Blockhead Says Joe Biden Is Authoritarian

When Joe Biden became 46th president of the United States, conservative media began an all-out assault to piss all over him, and completely whitewash his predecessor. Actually, it began long before, with conservative media's unwillingness to hold a president to account for his lackluster response to a pandemic, and his shameless behavior throughout, which included …

Republican Governors Don’t Want Vaccine Mandates; They Want Dead People

Since the beginning of the pandemic, efforts to lessen the spread of the coronavirus have been met with stubborn resistance from the Republican party, and it's media lapdogs. Instead of uniting with the Democratic party behind the goal of eradicating a virus that doesn't care what your politics or religion are, they chose to politicize …

In The News This Week: White House Says Nearly A Million Children Under 12 Have Now Received COVID Vaccine

According to the White House, an estimated one million children under the age of twelve have received a COVID shot since FDA approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine last week. Jeff Zients, the White House coronavirus adviser, says they did their own research collecting data from pharmacies, and local and statewide  health officials. According to Zients, …

In The News This Week: Senate Votes To Raise Debt Ceiling – Temporarily

In a move that will temporarily raise the debt limit through early December, the Senate voted on legislation to make it possible for the U.S. to avert an economic disaster for the first time in its history - defaulting on its loans. Democrats in the Senate voted 50 to 48 to support legislation to avert …

In The News This Week: Pfizer Hoping To Seek COVID Vaccine Approval For Children

On ABC's This Week on Sunday, Pfizer's CEO Albert Bourla told George Stephanopoulos  that booster shots can be provided to older Americans, as well as shots for those who have yet to be vaccinated. "I think it is also not the right thing to try to resolve it with an 'or' when you can resolve …

In The News This Week: PG&E Indicted For Manslaughter

Shasta County District Attorney Stephanie Brigette has charged the utility company PG&E with manslaughter and other crimes, in relation to the 2020 wildfire that allegedly killed four people. Thirty-one charges were filed Friday against the California utility company in connection with a northern California fire last year. Eleven charges were felonies, including manslaughter. "PG&E has …

In The News: Biden Calls Withdrawal From “Forever War In Afghanistan” Successful; Republicans Call For War

From the White House Tuesday, Joe Biden called the withdrawal of troops and personnel from Afghanistan, a success. The invasion of Afghanistan began twenty years ago. It was but  one response to 9/11; the other was the invasion of Iraq. Both of which, amounted to nothing good, but countless lost lives. Twenty years later, the …

News Short: With Looming Deadline, Evacuations Continue In Afghanistan

As the U.S. government continues its evacuations from Afghanistan before the August 31 deadline, about 1500 still remain. Since the Taliban were able to seize control of the country in mid-August, approximately 4500 U.S. citizens have been safely evacuated from the Kabul airport. As of Wednesday, approximately 19200 have been hurried out, with thousands more …

In the News: Anti-Vax Students Sue Indiana University Over Vaccine Mandate

A group of students at the University of Indiana recently filed a complaint over the school's oppressive, unconstitutional vaccine mandate. Justice Amy Coney-Barrett, who is the SC's justice who oversees that regions emergency petitions, received a request from eight students to block the mandate and on Thursday, rejected the plea. This past May, the university …