Tag Archives: GOP death cult

Ingraham Celebrates COVID Infection Of Mark Milley

Mediaite reports: “All right, the triple vaxxed Joint Chiefs chairman Mark Milley – our favorite, Mark Milley! – tested positive for Covid yesterday,” Ingraham said while clapping. “And who else? General David Berger, the Marine Corps commandant, also positively boosted.” The aim of the “Positively Boosted” segment is seemingly to cast doubt on the effectiveness and safety of the vaccine, …

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GOP Death Cult: Freedom Caucus Calls For Boycotting GOP Social Club Over Compliance With COVID Rules

The Hill reports: Conservative House lawmakers are urging their colleagues to boycott a storied, private Republican club near the Capitol to protest an indoor vaccine mandate imposed by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), which is set to take effect this week. Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.), a member of the far-right Freedom Caucus, stood up in a closed-door GOP Conference meeting …

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Texas GOP Ridicules People Waiting In Line For Tests

Mediaite reports: The Texas Republican Party put out an odd message on Twitter Friday that immediately sparked a wave of criticism. The tweet read, “If you can wait in line for a covid test, you can wait in line to vote.” The Texas GOP employees behind the account took note of the fast reaction to the tweet and followed up …

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New Docs Reveal Details of How Trump WH Interfered With CDC Guidance During Early Months Of Pandemic

The Hill reports: Top political officials in the Trump White House tried to block public health guidance from the Centers for Disease Control, and tried to eliminate evidence of political interference into scientists’ reports on the coronavirus, according to newly released documents from congressional investigators. The latest documents from a House committee investigating the former administration’s response to the pandemic …

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Gallup Poll: Unvaxxed Republicans Believe Vaccinated People Are Just As Likely To Be Hospitalized For COVID

The Washington Post reports: Gallup asked people two questions: First, “what percentage of unvaccinated people have been hospitalized due to the coronavirus?” And second, “what percentage of fully vaccinated people have been hospitalized due to the coronavirus?” The median unvaccinated Republican believes that the percentage of unvaccinated people like themselves requiring hospitalization is 5 percent. How does that compare to …

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DeSantis Threatens To Fine County For Vax Mandate

The Orlando Sentinel reports: Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings, who in July mandated county employees to get vaccinated for COVID-19 by Sept. 30, now expects a court fight with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration over the order. At a press briefing, Demings said he received a letter Friday from the state Department of Health, threatening the county with hefty fines …

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GOP Sen. Mike Lee Introduces Nine Anti-Vaccine Bills

The Salt Lake Tribune reports: Sen. Mike Lee has introduced nine separate pieces of legislation targeting federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates. S.2840 – A bill to permit civil actions against the United States for COVID-19 vaccination mandates. S.2841 – A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publicly disclose information regarding adverse effects of COVID-19 vaccines. S.2842 …

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Florida May “Review” Measles, Mumps Vax Mandates

Florida Politics reports: Florida’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to be a major focus during the 2022 Legislative Session for Sen. Manny Diaz [photo], the top Republican shaping health care policy in the upper chamber. The Senator, who acknowledges he hasn’t gotten a COVID-19 vaccine, says he’s firmly against vaccine mandates. His work could include revisiting existing …

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Trump: “I Did The Opposite” Of Whatever Fauci Said

“Well you know, David, he was there for like 40 years or something, right? He was a part of the furniture. But if you think about it, I really did pretty much the opposite of whatever he said. You know? I actually got along with him, you know? I actually found him – he was a character. He’d say, ‘Just …

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MS Gov: Vaccine Mandates Are An Attack On Workers

The Hill reports: Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) in an interview on Sunday criticized President Biden’s vaccine mandates as an “attack” on “hard-working Americans.” “The question here is not about what we do in Mississippi, it’s about what this president is trying to impose on the American worker,” Reeves said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “The reality is this …

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DeSantis Wins Appeal On Mask Mandates In FL Schools

The Miami Herald reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration won approval on Friday to put a hold on a Leon County judge’s ruling that said the state could not enforce a ban on strict mask mandates in schools. The 1st District Court of Appeal agreed to a state request to reinstate a stay on Judge John Cooper’s ruling amid …

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Florida’s Daily COVID Deaths Average Hits New High

The Miami Herald reports: Florida on Thursday reported 21,723 more COVID-19 cases and 1,338 additional deaths to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to Miami Herald calculations of CDC data. All but 38 of the newly reported deaths, about 97%, occurred after Aug. 5, according to the Herald analysis. About 70% of the newly reported died in the …

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Christian Broadcasting Org Fires Spox For Backing Vax

Religion News Service reports: The spokesman for a major evangelical nonprofit was fired for promoting vaccines on the MSNBC “Morning Joe” cable news show, Religion News Service has learned. Daniel Darling, senior vice president of communications for the National Religious Broadcasters, was fired Friday (Aug. 27) after refusing to recant his pro-vaccine statements, according to a source authorized to speak …

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Hospital Morgues Full In Five Florida Counties [VIDEO]

The Orlando Sentinel reports: Morgues throughout AdventHealth’s Central Florida Division have reached capacity due to COVID-19 deaths, the organization said in an email obtained by the Orlando Sentinel Thursday. “The Central Florida Division of AdventHealth has reached capacity of our hospital morgues due to an influx of COVID-19 patients,” the email said. “We have begun utilizing rented, refrigerated coolers at …

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Ad Campaign Targets DeSantis’ Top “Death Donors”

The Orlando Sentinel reports: A national political action committee is beginning an advertising campaign Thursday calling out high-dollar political donors to Gov. Ron DeSantis. The political group 314 Action said people will start seeing ads on Google, Facebook and via text messages that highlight four political donors. The PAC said their donations, which collectively total $4 million to support DeSantis …

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TX Gov To Import 2500 Out-Of-State Medical Workers

Via press release from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott: Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) will be deploying an additional 2,500 medical staff to support health care facilities in Texas, including hospitals and nursing homes. This will bring the total number of medical personnel deployed across the state to 8,100. In addition, DSHS …

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Florida Reports 21,765 New COVID Cases, 901 Deaths

The Miami Herald reports: Florida on Thursday reported 21,765 more COVID-19 cases and 901 deaths to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to Miami Herald calculations of CDC data. All but two of the newly reported deaths occurred after July 25, with about 78% of those people dying in the past two weeks, according to Herald calculations of …

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Officials: 68 Florida Hospitals Nearly Out Of Oxygen

Orlando’s PBS affiliate reports: The Florida Hospital Association is sounding the alarm, saying a survey shows 68 hospitals have less than a 48-hour supply of oxygen. Hospitals are using three to four times as much oxygen as they were before the pandemic because more than 17,000 patients are hospitalized statewide with COVID-19. The FHA survey, which was done today, shows …

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Florida County Warns That Water Will Taste And Smell Strange Due To Lack Of Liquid Oxygen Because COVID

Forbes reports: Residents in Hillsborough County, Florida have been asked to cut back on non-essential water usage like watering lawns and washing cars and warned to expect a “change in taste and odor in drinking water” as dwindling supplies of liquid oxygen, ordinarily used to purify drinking water, are diverted to hospitals. The supplier said it had not been receiving …

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Bodies “Stacked To Ceiling” At Florida Crematoriums

Tampa’s NBC News affiliate reports: At West Side Crematory in Winter Garden, they’re overwhelmed with the remains of people that need to be cremated. There’s an influx of bodies like they’ve never seen, worse than the first wave of COVID-19. The area where bodies are stored prior to being cremated is stacked to the ceiling. The staff is working day …

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