All 50 Republicans in the upper chamber joined with Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to challenge the measure under the Congressional Review Act (CRA), which allows Congress to review and, if necessary, overturn new regulations put into place by federal offices such as OSHA. Two Democrats, Sens. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia and Jon Tester of Montana, joined the Republicans in voting to overturn the vaccine mandate. …“Biden’s vaccine mandate—like so many other of the left’s policies—is about power, controlling more aspects of Americans’ lives, & in so doing, eroding Americans’ personal autonomy,” Hagerty said.
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Agenda Weekly December 4 by Curtis Bowers
Agenda Weekly is Curtis Bowers’ publication that identifies the Marxist leftist agenda as it reveals itself in the news events of the past week. If you want to know what is driving the occurrence of new strains of Covid-19, for example, then read Curtis’ informed opinion about it. This post only contains the blog portion of AW; Curtis also provides to subscribers a 40 minute video to supporters with additional information; and several featured videos that further some events discussed in blog.
These Words Of Jesus’ Describe The Intended Impact Of CRT On America
In my studies of the progressive Marxist democratic left, I have learned that social Marxism (CRT, political correctness, CT…) aims at dividing and wrecking America. Today, during my daily read of the Bible, Jesus’ words below took on additional meaning, in that they describe the intended impact of social Marxism on our country: Matthew 12:25 …he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.
A President Betrayed by Bureaucrats: Scott Atlas’s Masterpiece on the COVID Disaster – Epoch Times Commentary
…Scott Atlas’s “A Plague Upon Our House,” a full and mind-blowing account of the famed scientist’s personal experience with the Covid era and a luridly detailed account of his time at the White House. The book is hot fire, from page one to the last, and will permanently affect your view of not only this pandemic and the policy response but also the workings of public health in general. …Throughout the book, Atlas points to the enormous cost of the machinery of lockdowns, the preferred method of Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx: missed cancer screenings, missed surgeries, nearly two years of educational losses, bankrupted small business, depression and drug overdoses, overall citizen demoralization, violations of religious freedom, all while public health massively neglected the actual at-risk population in long-term care facilities. Essentially, they were willing to dismantle everything we called civilization in the name of bludgeoning one pathogen without regard to the consequences.
Nevada Becomes First State to Impose Surcharge on Unvaccinated Workers – Epoch Times
Nevada on Thursday became the first U.S. state to impose a surcharge on workers who have not gotten a COVID-19 vaccine, though the penalty doesn’t take effect until the middle of next year. All but two members of the state’s Public Employees’ Benefit Program Board (PEBP) voted during a meeting to approve a surcharge of $55 a month on unvaccinated workers. The approved proposal also stipulates a surcharge of $175 a month for workers’ spouses, partners, and dependents 18 and older. That could be adjusted down the road. The surcharges will go into effect on July 1, 2022.
Judge Expands Block of Biden’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers – Epoch Times
“There is no question that mandating a vaccine to 10.3 million health care workers is something that should be done by Congress, not a government agency,” Doughty wrote. “It is not clear that even an act of Congress mandating a vaccine would be constitutional.” Doughty added that the plaintiffs also have an “interest in protecting its citizens from being required to submit to vaccinations.” “If human nature and history teach anything, it is that civil liberties face grave risks when governments proclaim indefinite states of emergency,” he wrote. “During a pandemic such as this one, it is even more important to safeguard the separation of powers set forth in our Constitution to avoid erosion of our liberties.”
Germany Announces National Lockdown for Unvaccinated – Epoch Times
… Merkel said individuals who aren’t vaccinated for COVID-19 will be excluded from nonessential stores and cultural and recreational venues. The Bundestag, Germany’s Parliament, also will consider a general vaccination mandate. … Numerous studies have shown that fully vaccinated people still have the ability to transmit and contract COVID-19, although some health officials have said that vaccines can protect better against severe symptoms, hospitalization, and death. On Dec. 2, the Minnesota Department of Health confirmed that the second U.S. case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant was a fully vaccinated male.
GOP Senators’ New Bill Would Block Biden Administration From Paying Illegal Immigrants – Epoch Times
President Joe Biden’s administration would be blocked from issuing settlement payments to illegal immigrants if a new bill introduced by top Republicans is passed by Congress. The legislation, titled the “Protect American Taxpayer Dollars from Illegal Immigration Act,” would prevent federal funds from being spent to pay illegal immigrants. Sens. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), John Cornyn (R-Texas) introduced the bill on Thursday with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). …“It would be unthinkable to pay damages to a burglar who broke into your home for the ‘psychological trauma’ they endured during the crime. And yet the Biden administration wants to reward migrants who illegally entered our country with up to $450,000 each for just that reason….
Dying COVID-19 Patient Recovers After Court Orders Hospital to Administer Ivermectin – Epoch Times
An elderly COVID-19 patient has recovered after a court order allowed him to be treated with ivermectin, despite objections from the hospital in which he was staying, according to the family’s attorney. After an Illinois hospital insisted on administering expensive remdesivir to the patient and the treatment failed, his life was saved after a court ordered that an outside medical doctor be allowed to use the inexpensive ivermectin to treat him, over the hospital’s strenuous objections. …The drug “most definitely” saved the elderly patient’s life “because his condition changed right immediately after he took ivermectin,” attorney for the family, Kirstin M. Erickson of Chicago-based Mauck and Baker, told The Epoch Times.
Judge Blocks Biden Administration’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers – Epoch Times
A federal judge on Nov. 29 halted the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers, although the ruling only applies to 10 states. The mandate, promulgated earlier this month by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), required approximately 17 million workers to get a jab or face termination. …The request came from Missouri and nine other states, which asserted that the health care worker mandate was unlawful in part because it was arbitrary and capricious, which is prohibited by the Administrative Procedure Act.