Covidiots

The Detroit Free Press reports: Ted Nugent, the aging rocker with Michigan roots who performed at campaign events for former President Donald Trump, has raised a question about the COVID-19 pandemic that possibly nobody else had considered. “Why weren’t we shut down for COVID one through 18?” asked Nugent, 72, in an interview shared to his Facebook page, in which …

Via email from hate group leader Mat Staver: Vaccine passports are a serious threat! It’s time to fight for the freedom to travel, shop, dine, work and just live life. Your health decisions must not be dictated by government bureaucrats or corporations. I warned this was coming in April of last year. Now New York, Las Vegas and Hawaii are …

The Christian Post reports: Police in Canada have placed metal fencing around a church that’s led by a pastor who was jailed for holding worship services that violated provincial lockdown rules in order to physically shut it down until it “can demonstrate the ability to comply” with the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions. Police on Friday put up additional fencing around GraceLife …

First Coast News reports: After three hours of emotional testimony, the woman who went viral after coughing on a fellow customer at a Jacksonville Pier 1 has been sentenced to 30 days in Duval County Jail with credit for one day previously served. In addition, the judge ordered Debra Hunter to six months probation and said she must participate in …

The Texas Tribune reports: Months before COVID-19 cases surged to record highs last year, Shelley Luther was fighting to keep her Dallas salon open despite safety guidelines. She had torn up a cease-and-desist order from Dallas County, and soon was fined $7,000 and sentenced to seven days in jail. Almost a year later, the Texas Supreme Court concluded Friday morning …

The New York Post reports: Tesla chief Elon Musk expressed support for COVID-19 vaccines despite previously raising questions about their safety and saying he wouldn’t get the jab himself. The world’s second-richest man tried to clear up his vaccine views on Twitter after drawing ire last month for his vocal skepticism about two-dose regimens. “To be clear, I do support …

Canada’s Global News reports: The owner of a Vancouver restaurant is vowing to continue defying a provincial health order banning indoor dining for three weeks, despite being served with an individual order to close. On Monday it was announced this restaurant and another Vancouver restaurant have both had their business licenses suspended. Video posted to Facebook on Saturday showed what …

The Washington Post reports: GOP Sens. Rick Scott (Fla.) and Ron Johnson (Wis.) did not respond to Power Up‘s request for comment on if and when they plan to receive the coronavirus vaccine as Republican voters — and GOP men in particular — has emerged as one of the most vaccine hesitant demographics. Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) has cited concerns …

The Texas Tribune reports: Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday banned state agencies, political subdivisions or organizations receiving public funds from creating “vaccine passports” or otherwise requiring proof of a COVID-19 vaccine in order to receive services. “Texans are returning to normal life as more people get the safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine. But as I’ve said all along, these vaccines …

Dennis Prager writes in today’s syndicated column: When I see people walking outside, often alone with no one anywhere near them, wearing a mask, my primary reactions are disappointment and sadness. I never thought most Americans would be governed by irrational fears and unquestioning obedience to authority. Had you told me a year ago that nearly every American in nearly …

The New York Times reports: The deeply held spiritual convictions or counterfactual arguments may vary. But across white evangelical America, reasons not to get vaccinated have spread as quickly as the virus that public health officials are hoping to overcome through herd immunity. The opposition is rooted in a mix of religious faith and a longstanding wariness of mainstream science, …

Religion News Service reports: The company owned by Christian financial guru and radio host Dave Ramsey is no longer one of the best places to work in America, according to Inc. magazine. The national business publication dropped Franklin, Tennessee-based Ramsey Solutions from its 2020 “Best Workplaces” list after the company was sued by a former employee, Caitlin O’Conner, for discrimination. …

Miami’s ABC News affiliate reports: Making good on a promise he delivered Monday, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order Friday banning the use of what he referred to as “so-called COVID-19 vaccine passports.” During a press conference in Tallahassee on Monday, DeSantis stated he would issue an executive order that would forbid local governments and businesses from requiring vaccine …

The Associated Press reports: The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down Gov. Tony Evers’ statewide mask mandate, ruling that the Democrat exceeded his authority by issuing the order. The 4-3 ruling from the conservative-controlled court is the latest legal blow to attempts by Evers to control the coronavirus. It comes after Republicans in the Legislature voted to repeal the …

The right wing Washington Examiner reports: “You are invited to the Million Maskless March and Mask Burning, Saturday April 10, 2021 at 3pm at the Corner of A1A and Las Olas in Ft Lauderdale!” protest organizer Chris Nelson posted online, explaining that April 10 “marks one year of mask tyranny in Broward County and we will mark that date with …

The Portsmouth Herald reports: An anti-mask protester arrested outside Gov. Chris Sununu’s home in December is now on the hook for a $1,000 cash bail after prosecutors say he violated his bail conditions and flew a drone over the governor’s neighborhood. Skylar Bennett, 38, must pay the bail before April 2 to remain out on release while awaiting trial on …

First, some background from 2020: On his radio show last week, he gave 36 minutes to Kent Heckenlively, the co-author with Judy Mikovits, of the conspiratorial book Plague of Corruption. Mikovits is the star of the documentary “Plandemic” that made the rounds in early May. Metaxas treated Heckenlively as a serious guest with truth to reveal. Heckenlively claims and Metaxas …

The Canadian Anti-Hate Network reports: Kevin Johnston, a reactionary anti-Muslim vlogger, who recently made headlines for a racist, anti-Indigenous and anti-Muslim coffee company he started, was arrested outside of a British Columbia grocery store on Thursday. Multiple livestreams show him being refused service, taking the products anyway after throwing a $5 bill on a register belt, and even punching the …

The New York Daily News reports: Facebook is freezing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s account for 30 days, after he claimed without any scientific evidence that an herbal solution could prevent and treat COVID-19. Maduro posted on the social media network a video in which he claimed that Carvativir, an oral solution derived from the common garden herb thyme, could cure …

Jacksonville’s ABC News affiliate reports: A Nassau County woman who faced a criminal charge after she was accused of deliberately coughing on and then threatening another shopper inside a Jacksonville store last year pleaded guilty Monday. Debra Jo Hunter was booked into the Duval County jail last year and charged with misdemeanor assault, according to jail records. The charges stem …