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AP: Thousands Of Intel Officers Still Not Vaccinated

The Associated Press reports: Thousands of intelligence officers could soon face dismissal for failing to comply with the U.S. government’s vaccine mandate, leading some Republican lawmakers to raise concerns about removing employees from agencies critical to national security.  Several intelligence agencies had at least 20% of their workforce unvaccinated as of late October, said U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart, a Utah …

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NYC Cuts Vaccine Mandate Deal With Some Unions

The Washington Post reports: New York City said Thursday that it had reached an agreement with at least four unions representing some 75,000 city employees to establish rules about how workers can apply for medical or religious exemptions to the city’s coronavirus vaccine mandate. As part of the deal, the unions will withdraw litigation against the mandate. In return, employees …

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Bongino Calls For “Mass Disobedience” To Mandates

Media Matters has the transcript: Liberalism is a cult, it is — it is now a religion. It is a cult. These people are idiots. They are not smart. They know this is going to lead to mass economic dislocation. And probably some civil disobedience like they haven’t seen. And they push forward anyway. Elections aren’t going to fix this. …

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Florida Joins Red States’ Lawsuit Against Vax Mandate: “People Are Sick Of Constantly Being Bossed Around”

Florida Politics reports: Florida declared war Thursday against President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, joining a handful of Republican led states filing lawsuits to halt what is among the most contested public health measures amid the pandemic. Alongside Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo in Tallahassee, DeSantis vowed to protect the livelihoods of the unvaccinated and defeat the emergency health mandate in …

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Ben Shapiro’s Company Sues Biden Over Vax Mandate

Law & Crime reports: Bentkey Services, LLC, the company that owns the conservative website The Daily Wire, filed a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s employer vaccine mandate in federal court on Thursday. The two-page filing itself contains no legal analysis, facts or arguments. It is a petition filed directly with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit asking …

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RNC Sues Biden Administration Over Vaccine Mandate

From the Republican National Committee: Today, Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel released the following statement on the Biden administration’s forced vaccine mandate. “Joe Biden failed to shut down the virus as he promised – he couldn’t do his job, so now he wants you to lose yours. This mandate is yet another attack on frontline workers, first responders, …

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WH Sets Jan. 4th Vax Deadline For Large Companies

The New York Times reports: The Biden administration said on Thursday that large companies have until Jan. 4 to ensure that their workforces are fully vaccinated under a sweeping new coronavirus health measure that will cover 84 million private sector workers. The plan was first announced in September by President Biden, who directed the Labor Department to invoke its emergency …

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NYC Mayor-Elect To “Revisit” City’s Vaccine Mandate

The Washington Post reports: Eric Adams, who was just elected the next mayor of New York, is jumping into the hot-button topic of coronavirus vaccine mandates — saying he plans to review the requirements now in place for municipal workers, which have been unpopular among some unions representing the city’s firefighters and police officials. Adams, a Democrat and former police …

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97% Of US Military Have Had At Least One Vax Dose

The New York Times reports: Two months after the Pentagon began requiring all troops to get the coronavirus vaccine or face dismissal, the vast majority have now had shots, in part because none received a religious exemption, military officials said. While vaccine exemptions are often broadly worded, requests based on religious beliefs are coming under close scrutiny in the military …

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Only 34 NYPD Officers So Far Placed On Unpaid Leave

The New York Daily News reports: Only a few a dozen NYPD members were placed on unpaid leave Monday after refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine — but thousands of unvaccinated employees remain on the job with pending exemption requests, the city’s top cop said. Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said 34 cops and 40 civilian members of the force — …

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Fox Shareholders Meeting To Require Vax And Masks

Media Matters reports: The Fox Corporation’s upcoming annual shareholder meeting in Los Angeles will feature something that totally contradicts its own media outlets’ right-wing editorial line: vaccination passports, mask requirements, and a variety of other COVID-19 safety measures as part of Fox’s health and safety protocols. The company’s blatant hypocrisy is already well-documented during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fox News has …

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NYC Set To Send Home Unvaxxed Workers Tomorrow

Gothamist reports: More than 26,000 New York City government employees, including firefighters, police officers, and sanitation workers, flouted the deadline for Mayor Bill de Blasio’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, according to data provided by his office. The workers had until Friday at 5 p.m. to get the shots and claim a $500 bonus. On Monday, the unvaccinated city workers will be …

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Six FDNY Members Suspended Over Anti-Vax Threat

New York City’s NBC News affiliate reports: Six FDNY members of Ladder 113 have been suspended for allegedly driving their truck to a state senator’s New York City office and threatening his staff over the vaccine mandate for city workers. The on-duty firefighters drove an in-service ladder truck to state Senator Zellnor Myrie’s office in Brooklyn on Friday and questioned …

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SCOTUS Upholds Maine Vaccine Mandate In 6-3 Vote

Reuters reports: The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday turned away healthcare workers seeking a religious exemption to Maine’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the latest battle over vaccination to reach the justices. The court rejected a request made by nine unnamed plaintiffs who identified themselves as healthcare workers who object to receiving the shots on religious grounds. The court previously rejected …

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Tennessee Anti-Vax Mandate Bill Dies In Special Session

Nashville’s ABC News affiliate reports: A piece of legislation proposing to go against any federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate was postponed in the COVID-19 Committee today during the general assembly’s third extraordinary session. The “COVID-19 Health Care Liberty Jurisdiction Act,” proposed by Representative Bud Hulsey (R- Kingsport) essentially goes against any COVID-19 vaccine mandate and would likely invite a lawsuit by …

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Seven GOP Governors To Sue Biden Over Vax Mandate

The Hill reports: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) will file a lawsuit in federal court challenging the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors, his office announced Friday. Kemp and Attorney General Chris Carr (R) were joined on the complaint by leaders from Alabama, Idaho, Kansas, South Carolina, Utah, and West Virginia. It comes on the heels of a similar …

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NYPD And FDNY Protest Vax Mandate Outside Mayor’s Home, 19K First Responders Unvaxed On Deadline Eve

Gothamist reports: More than 19,000 of New York City’s first responders have yet to comply with Mayor Bill de Blasio’s new COVID-19 vaccine mandate on the eve of its deadline. As of Wednesday, 86% of the city’s 378,000 municipal workers have received at least one dose, according to the mayor’s office. That’s only a 2 percentage point increase since the …

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Judge Denies NYPD Union’s Bid To Block Vax Mandate

The New York Daily News reports: A Staten Island judge denied a request Wednesday from the city’s largest police union to block Mayor de Blasio’s COVID vaccine mandate from going into effect. The Police Benevolent Association had argued that the NYPD’s “vax or test” program, which requires unvaccinated officers to get tested weekly, was sufficient to protect against the spread …

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Southwest Pilots Union Loses Bid To Block Vax Mandate

CNBC reports: A federal judge in Texas denied Southwest Airlines pilots union’s request to temporarily block a vaccine mandate for employees, which is a requirement under new government rules. Dallas-based Southwest Airlines must require staff to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by Dec. 8 unless they receive a religious or medical exemption, according to rules for federal contractors that the …

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AL Gov Orders State Agencies To Defy Biden Mandates

The Washington Post reports: Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) ordered state agencies to resist the Biden administration’s coronavirus vaccine mandates on Monday, pledging to fight the White House in court. In her executive order, she says state officials should not penalize any business or individual for ignoring federal vaccine mandates. It also says that even when compelled to enforce federal …

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