In a decisive victory for parental rights, a Loudoun County, VA, judge ended a pattern of genuinely appalling behavior by the Loudoun Country School Board. Enforcing a mask mandate against state Executive Order, the board has been responsible for suspending and shaming students, placing them in solitary confinement, and imposing all manner of strict penalties on students and parents.
Eight people have been indicted by a grand jury for voter fraud in a North Carolina county following an investigation by the state Board of Elections, a prosecutor said.
In a move that will shock precisely no one, the Super Bowl was chock full of luxury sky boxes stuffed with maskless politicians and celebs, clearly immune to COVID. Of course, the mask mandates are still in full force in the Republik, so those very same “thought leaders” continue to demand our children go to school masked, inside and out. Surprised? We aren’t.
Sixteen state attorneys general have asked a federal judge to block the federal vaccine mandate for healthcare workers.
Congratulations, Covid tyrants: You have accomplished what the Vikings, Anglo-Saxons, Normans, French, Nazis, and the Bubonic Plague couldn't accomplish. You officially shuttered England's oldest pub – an establishment that has existed since before England was even a thing.
On Friday night, in an emergency ruling, Sonia Sotomayor rejected the appeal without comment, allowing the terminations to move forward. At least for now, that appears to be the end of the saga.
Los Angeles County will retain its indoor mask mandate past the February 15 date set Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom as the date to end a statewide mandate, according to public health officials in the county.
In Canada, they have scores of big rigs surrounding Ottowa’s capital complex and blocking border crossing points. In New York City, those opposed to mandates roll a bit differently. They decided to team up and “occupy” an AMC movie theater that was enforcing some COVID suppression measures. Estimates of the number of mandate opponents varied, but the videos showing up online suggest that there were at least several dozen of them.
Try as they might, Democrats aren’t holding the line on mask mandates and despite the Biden Administration attacking Republican governors who refuse to issue them, Democrat governors themselves seem to be retreating from the issue as they learn it’s a losing battle.
Loudoun County Public Schools has responded to rumors of maskless students facing arrest, saying that no students have been arrested for not following coronavirus-related rules, such as wearing a mask. The county added, however, that it is true students can face suspension for repeated violations of policies implemented in response to the Chinese coronavirus, and if suspended students return to school, they could be cited for trespassing.
