McClaughry: Facebook under attack
My wife and I raised two teenage daughters. If they had complained that living on Facebook lowered their self-esteem and suggested suicide, I would have said: “So, get the hell off of Facebook.”
At-home Covid testing subject to ‘false negative and positive results,’ FDA warns
An at-home, over-the-counter COVID-19 test was given Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by the Federal Drug Administration Monday — along with an FDA doctor’s warning that “all tests can experience false negative and false positive results.”
Google and YouTube will demonetize content denying ‘scientific consensus’ on climate change
Google and YouTube announced a new policy Thursday demonetizing all content that denies the scientific consensus on climate change.
Facebook whistleblower who pushed for more censorship donated to Bernie Sanders and AOC campaigns
Filings with the Federal Election Commission show that Haugen is a regular donor to Democrats, contributing to several campaigns including those of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
For month of September, 76% of Covid-19 deaths were among the vaccinated in Vermont
Health Department spokesperson Ben Truman said most of the vaccine ‘breakthrough’ Covid-19 fatalities were elderly. Because they were among the first vaccinated, Vermont’s elderly “have had more time to potentially become a vaccine breakthrough case,” he said.
No Vermont state employees on unpaid leave for Covid non-compliance, Scott admin says
Of the 1,100 state employees who have not attested Covid-19 vaccination, none are currently on unpaid leave for failing to comply with masking and testing requirements, a spokesman for Gov. Phil Scott said.
Sanders reportedly refused to sign statement condemning Sinema bathroom protesters over political differences
Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont opted not to support a joint statement condemning protesters who followed Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona into a bathroom because the condemnation did not rebuke Sinema’s moderate political views.
Republican AGs join forces to warn Garland against ‘weaponizing’ FBI to target parents
Republican attorneys general across the country criticized Attorney General Merrick Garland for inserting the federal government into protests against school boards that centered on mask mandates and critical race theory.
Flemming: Climate activists one-up each other in recommendations to climate council
The event averaged around 100 online participants, presumably from all different parts of Vermont. Of those who spoke, the spectrum of alarm ranged from “we’re all going to die” to “if we spend lots of money, and drastically change how we live, we might be able to survive.”
‘Democrats don’t even believe in America’: Nikki Haley goes after liberals in Reagan Library speech
“As my great predecessor, U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick famously said, in Reagan’s time the left was happy to ‘blame America first,’” Haley said. “Today’s Democrats don’t even believe in America.”
Former U.S. education secretary launches learning program to fight politicalization in the classroom
“Certainly I’m critical of 1619 and of Critical Race Theory, and of other things that have cropped up in the classroom, but the real point is to provide all students with a solid background in American history and literacy,” former Education Secretary Bill Bennett said.
Tucker Carlson: The left will now use armed agents to silence parents over education protests
“If you’re one of those troglodytes who think you should have some say in what your children are taught in the schools that you pay for, you should know the Biden administration now views you as a domestic terrorist.”