In late September, Tennessee state Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson returned a $1,000 check Pfizer PAC had donated for the 2020 election. He then proceeded to sponsor a sweeping bill that ended most vaccine and mask mandates, a bill that was ultimately signed by the governor. Good for him. Now it’s time for the thousands of other state and federally elected Republicans to do the same.
The number of Americans who filed new unemployment claims increased to 207,000 in the week ending Jan. 1 as workers seek more attractive positions with better pay and Omicron coronavirus variant cases surge.
On Liu Danbi’s 31st birthday in December—the first that passed without a birthday wish from her mother—she did not cry. She said her tears had run out long ago.
Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis earlier this week said COVID-19 vaccines are not preventing omicron infections and pushed for more monoclonal antibody treatments, The Palm Beach Post reports.
The man who allegedly burned Fox News’ Christmas tree in New York City is now on the run from police after failing to comply with the terms of his release.
On 730 Polk Street in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco sits a safe syringe access center, St. James Infirmary, where clean syringes and other drug use supplies are provided every Tuesday evening. Narcan—a lifesaving drug that reverses the effects of an overdose—is also distributed.
