Last Thursday, president Biden again urged private business owners to mandate vaccinations for their employees. Speaking from the Data Center, Clayco construction site in Elk Grove, Illinois, he said: "...The fact is, this has been a pandemic of the unvaccinated. Unvaccinated. The unvaccinated crowd our hospitals, overrunning emergency rooms and intensive care units. The unvaccinated …
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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In The News: The Taliban Takes Kabul As Afghanistan Falls
Thousands of people are desperate to leave Afghanistan after the city of Kabul has been taken over by the Taliban. The Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani has fled into hiding, and in the ensuing chaos a number of people are reported to have been killed as US troops are currently attempting to assist in evacuation efforts …
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In The News: Andrew Cuomo Steps Down
Andrew Cuomo, the three-term governor of New York, announced Tuesday that he is resigning amid allegations of multiple counts of sexual misconduct. During the early days of the pandemic, he was seen by some as a hero for regular briefings on his administration's leadership during the crisis - something that was sore lacking from the …
In The News: Millions Face Eviction As Federal Moratorium Ends, While Congress Plays Blame Game
Through no fault of their own, millions of Americans lost their jobs during a pandemic that was poorly mismanaged by the government. Many of those Americans received some economic and other relief through the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Securities Act, and other federal programs. The Cares Act …
U.S. To End Combat Role In Iraq?
By the end of 2021 the U.S. will no longer have a combat role in Iraq. Biden met with Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi Monday at the White House, where he said,"Iraq has been a vital partner for the United States for some time now in the middle east and we've been engaged deeply in …
In The News: Trump Org Indicted On Criminal Charges
The Trump family business, the Trump Organization, was indicted last week on criminal charges relating to tax evasion. The indictment also implicates Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization's chief financial officer of allegedly assisting company executives of evading taxes for personal benefit. The company is also accused of avoiding taxes owed. The indictment charges that from …
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In The News: The House Votes To Create Select Committee To Investigate January 06 Capitol Riot
On January 06, 2021, democracy came under assault from a political party that, ironically often accuses their opponents of being anti-american. A party that continues to persist with the absurdity that it's really Democrats that are anti-american. As if Americans hadn't witnessed thousands of Trump enthusiasts marching angrily on the Capitol, many of them calling …
