Author: Freedom Watch

You’ve been vaccinated. So what should you do with your vaccine card? CBS News April 9, 2021 More than 100 million Americans have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot. The proof? A 4-by-3-inch paper “vaccination record card” issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In a post-pandemic world, that humble card for those who are fully vaccinated could become an important document used for travel, attending events, returning to the post-pandemic office and other purposes. Here’s what experts say you should know about vaccination cards. Photograph your record card The first thing experts recommend…

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By Jacob Scholl Idaho Statesman April 9, 2021 Ammon Bundy was arrested twice in Boise on Thursday, his fourth and fifth arrests in the past nine months, with four of those coming at the Idaho Capitol. Idaho State Police took the Emmett resident into custody on a misdemeanor trespassing charge just after noon, according to ISP spokesperson Lynn Hightower, after he was seen on the second floor of the Statehouse. Simply being in public areas of the building is a violation of an Aug. 26 order that barred Bundy from the Capitol for a year. “As I understand, he…

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New York Post April 8, 2021 Two people within that group were also taken to the hospital for further observation, the Denver Post reported, citing a statement from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. The nine others were treated with juice and water, state officials said. The health department stressed that the side effects experienced Wednesday were “consistent with what can be expected” with the one-shot dose. It said the decision to close the vaccination site at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City was made out of an abundance of caution. “The state has no reason…

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POLITICO Playbook: Donors fret Trump’s grip on GOP as they descend on Palm Beach By Tara Palmeri, Eugene Daniels, Ryan Lizza POLITICO April 8, 2021 The Republican Party’s biggest donors are descending on DONALD TRUMP’S turf, Palm Beach, this weekend to huddle over the future of the party. But don’t take the location as a sign that these donors will be pledging allegiance to Trump at the RNC’s spring retreat, like the grassroots did at CPAC in Orlando last month. The program will focus on how to grow the party after Trump’s 2020 defeat. And a big part…

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G.O.P. Group Warns of ‘Defector’ List if Donors Uncheck Recurring Box By Shane Goldmacher New York Times April 8, 2021 The political arm of House Republicans is deploying a prechecked box to enroll donors into repeating monthly donations — and using ominous language to warn them of the consequences if they opt out: “If you UNCHECK this box, we will have to tell Trump you’re a DEFECTOR.” The language appears to be an effort by the National Republican Congressional Committee to increase its volume of recurring donations, which are highly lucrative, while invoking former President Donald J. Trump’s…

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‘Damn it … I’m sick and tired of ordinary people being fleeced’: Biden defends corporate tax hike By Ben Leonard POLITICO April 8, 2021 President Joe Biden on Wednesday defended raising the corporate tax rate to help pay for his infrastructure plan, saying he’s “sick and tired of ordinary people being fleeced.” Biden slammed former President Donald Trump’s corporate tax rate cuts, which he said mostly benefited the ultra-wealthy. “I didn’t hear anybody hollering in this recovery, so-called, before I became president, this k-shaped recovery. … Where is the outrage there?” Biden said in a White House speech.…

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Biden to unveil long-awaited executive action on guns By Anita Kumar POLITICO April 7, 2021 President Joe Biden is expected to unveil a long-awaited package of executive actions to curb gun violence Thursday at the White House, according to four people familiar with the plan. The announcement comes nearly three months into Biden’s term, a delay that had frustrated activists who wanted the president to fulfill a campaign pledge to take action on gun violence on his first day in office. That frustration only grew after a slate of mass shootings in Colorado, Georgia and California. Biden will…

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