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The Washington Examiner reports: Los Angeles’s sheriff said he is refusing to enforce the vaccine mandate passed by the City Council among his workforce, citing how the issue of COVID-19 vaccines has become “so politicized.” “I’m not forcing anyone,” Villanueva said Thursday. “The issue has become so politicized. There are entire groups of employees that are willing to be fired …

The Independent reports: A veteran Mississippi news anchor has quit her job after refusing to take the Covid-19 vaccine. Meggan Gray, host of WLOX News’ Good Morning Mississippi, said she had made “an informed and prayerful decision” and would rather lose her job than submit to the company requirement to take the vaccine. Ms Gray, 40, signed off last Thursday …

The Frankfort State Journal reports: Katie Howard, who was a runner-up in the race for the Republican nomination for the state Senate District 7 seat, passed away at the age of 68 late last month. The Anderson News reported that Howard was “instrumental” in founding the Anderson County Republican women’s group, of which she was president. Howard was also a …

The Los Angeles Times reports: A UCLA anesthesiologist who is vocal about his opposition to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate was escorted out of his workplace Monday for attempting to enter the building unvaccinated. Dr. Christopher B. Rake is seen being escorted out of the 200 UCLA Medical Plaza in Westwood by three individuals. “This is what happens when you stand …

Vice News reports: A group of militant anti-vaccine activists protested children walking to school in Beverly Hills on Wednesday, with one notorious anti-vaxxer screaming, “They’re trying to rape our children with this poison.” The protester in question was Shiva Bagheri, a dog walker, dancer, and founder of the protest group Beverly Hills Freedom Rally, which has held numerous anti-mask and …

Front Office Sports reports: An investigation of San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane over allegations he violated the NHL’s COVID-19 protocols centers around a fake vaccination card he allegedly submitted, sources tell Front Office Sports. Punishments for violating COVID protocols are not specifically spelled out, but the NHL makes it clear that a “lack of compliance will result in significant …

Mediaite reports: Ted Nugent appeared on PBS’ Off The Record, where he claimed that “I actually think that Covid-19 might be a weaponized virus created in Wuhan by Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Fauci.” As for the vaccine, Nugent went on and on about how it was an “experimental shot” that was given “fake authorization” by the FDA and “I …

Manchester’s ABC News affiliate reports: The New Hampshire Republican representative who shared a document with his colleagues that was riddled with conspiracy theories and anti-Catholic bigotry has resigned his position as chairman of the House Finance Committee. Rep. Ken Weyler’s resignation from the committee also means he is no longer chair of the Fiscal Committee. The document contains conspiracy theories …

From her Facebook page: It’s like we are playing Russian Roulette with these V a c c I n e s. Their stories are deleted and their accounts banned. No one takes responsibility for the deaths and injuries these people have faced- not the government, not the manufacturer of the shot, not the facility mandating it. I’m sorry, but if …

CBS News reports: A hospital system in Colorado says it will not perform transplant surgery for unvaccinated patients in most cases. UCHealth said it implemented the policy to protect its patients, CBS Denver reports. “For transplant patients who contract COVID-19, the mortality rate ranges from about 20% to more than 30%,” UCHealth said in a statement to CBS Denver. “This …

From the Department of Justice: A San Antonio man was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for perpetrating a hoax related to COVID-19 in April 2020. According to court records, a federal jury found Christopher Charles Perez, aka Christopher Robbins, 40, guilty of two counts of 18 U.S.C. § 1038, which criminalizes false information and hoaxes related to biological …

“I feel like my only option was to get vaccinated or not play in the NBA. It feels good to play, but getting vaccinated, that’s going to be something that stays in my mind for a long time. “It’s not something I wanted to do, but – I was kind of forced. I guess you don’t own your body. That’s …

Mediaite reports: South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham experienced firsthand the ignorant hell that Covid-19 misinformation has wrought when he was heckled by Republican voters for very gently and apologetically recommending they get vaccinated. Just the mere suggestion that people think about getting — think about it — earned immediate jeers from the crowd, and an apologetic clarification from Graham, …

CNN Travel reports: Unruly passenger incidents are rising again, new Federal Aviation Administration numbers show. FAA figures released Tuesday show more disruptions on commercial flights in the past week than any week in the past two and a half months. The FAA says there were 128 new incidents reported by flight crews, bringing this year’s total to 4,626 incidents. The …

The BBC reports: Anti-Covid vaccine protesters left school pupils in distress after showing them pictures of what appeared to be dead children, a head teacher has said. Campaigners formed a picket outside Saint Thomas More Catholic School in Blaydon, Gateshead, on Monday where pupils were due to get their jabs. Principal Jonathan Parkinson said the demonstrators had been falsely claiming …

The New York Times reports: Lazar Hayward, a former N.B.A. player, was arrested in Hawaii last week for trying to enter the state with a fake negative Covid test, the authorities said. Mr. Hayward, a first-round draft pick in 2010, and a woman traveling with him, Raven Randle had uploaded the fake documents onto Hawaii’s Safe Travels portal, the police …

The Michigan Advance reports: When Tom Kelsch heads to his job as a registered nurse in Mercy Health Muskegon’s emergency department, he knows, almost without a doubt, that he’ll be threatened by a patient or their family that day. He knows he may see someone’s fist in his face, as has happened in the past, or have to endure a …

Media Matters has the transcript: SEN. RON JOHNSON (GUEST): These mandates are driven by the bait and switch of the FDA that we now have an approved vaccine. We do not have an approved vaccine in America. They did it for the Comirnaty — it’s available, I guess, in Europe, but the Pfizer vaccine available in the U.S. is not …

Raw Story reports: A group of anti-vaccine mandate activists were caught on camera ripping down a COVID-19 testing site in New York City. Twitter user Brendan Gutenschwager posted a video on Monday afternoon showing an anti-vaccine mandate marcher walking up to a mobile testing tent site and flipping over a table that had been set up underneath it. Another marcher …

Mediaite reports: Pro athletes taking on their home fanbases NEVER ends well and NFL wide receiver Cole Beasley will likely find that out after taking a recent jab at Bills Mafia. Beasley had two catches in the Buffalo Bills 40-0 shellacking of the Houston Texans on Sunday. But the treatment he received courtesy of Bills Mafia made it difficult for …