Category: Back Door Power Grab

Categories
Back Door Power Grab Child Abuse COVID Leftist Virtue(!) WOKE

Americans Yawn at CDC Warnings About ‘Tripledemic’ — No Surprise There.

Views: 54

The CDC’s most recent weekly vaccination update says that “receipt of the COVID-19 vaccine is low across all socio-demographic subgroups and has consistently varied by age, race and ethnicity, poverty status, health insurance status, and urbanicity.” As of December 2, fewer than 18% of adults reported getting the updated COVID-19 vaccine since Sept. 14, and about another 15% of adults said they would “definitely” get vaccinated.

RSV — respiratory syncytial virus infection — is another one of those bugs that poses its most serious risk to the 60-and-over crowd. Although a serious RSV infection might require hospitalization, the uptake rate among the eligible 60-plus cohort is just 16%.

Vaccinations for the ordinary flu are down a bit, too. “Adult vaccination rates for influenza reached their peak for the 2020-2021 cycle,” the Washington Examiner reported on Monday, “with 50.2% of those over 18 getting vaccinated. For the 2022-2023 season, however, only 46.9% of the same population obtained their shot.” Rates are expected to be about the same or lower for the 2023-2024 flu season.

The drop isn’t huge, but the trendline is clear: Americans don’t seem to be all that worried about the flu — and aren’t concerned at all about COVID or RSV.

That’s not for any lack of effort on the part of our public health system.

The CDC began its big vaccination push over two months ago with this tragically hip tweet from CDC director Mandy Cohen.

Fetch? Retch!

Whatever your opinion about the safety or efficacy of this or that vaccine, we can all agree that seeing a 44-year-old medical doctor/public health official try to be hip is painfully cringeworthy. Besides, as any “Mean Girls” fan could tell you, “Stop trying to make ‘fetch’ happen! It’s not going to happen!”

Chicago health officials took a more traditional (and much less wince-inducing) approach on Monday, with Dr. Colleen Nash, associate professor of pediatrics in the division of infectious diseases at Rush University Medical Center, warning, “We’ve now been lucky enough to kind of live with COVID but still enjoy normal life and activities and things. And that is directly attributable, at least in part, to vaccinations. So I would really encourage people to do that if they haven’t already.”

While reports show that Illinois’ hospitalization rate for COVID is “ticking up,” the actual numbers aren’t anything like 2020, with an additional 1,251 COVID hospital admissions this week statewide. And yet, according to the Chicago Tribune, only about 11% of city residents are fully current on their COVID-19 vaccinations.

The CDC tried on Twitter/X again on Saturday, reminding readers, “‘Tis the season for joy and family. Now is the time to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and flu before you see your loved ones again.”

“Visit vaccines.gov to find vaccines near you.”

The ratio, as the kids like to say, is epic.

While the replies were all over the place in tone, this one reasonable-sounding tweet captured the general sentiment.

When vaccination rates are down even for the innocuous (and generally trusted) flu shot, it’s clear that the CDC no longer enjoys the clout it used to with the American public.

On a personal note, I’ve done everything a columnist can do to keep this piece 100% evenhanded. The only strong opinion expressed here was a joking one about Dr. Cohen’s use of “fetch” in her October 4 tweet.

 

Loading

229
Post Views: 350
Categories
Back Door Power Grab Biden Cartel Commentary Corruption Government Overreach Links from other news sources.

FBI Director Christopher Wray told the House Judiciary Committee in July that the bureau’s actions were limited to “a single field office.”

Attack on Conservative Catholics.

Views: 15

FBI Director Christopher Wray told the House Judiciary Committee in July that the bureau’s actions were limited to “a single field office.” But a report by Judicial Watch tells a different story.

Judicial Watch reported that the 98 pages it obtained through a Freedom of Information lawsuit showed that the FBI memo from earlier this year that tagged some Catholics as violent extremists due to their religious beliefs was reviewed by the agency’s Office of General Counsel. Coordination also took place with Portland and Milwaukee officials.

This is what was uncovered so far. How many other FBI offices may have also investigated and here’s the difference. Conservative Catholics and Catholic groups.

Catholic churches have been attacked more than 200 times since May of 2022.”

Copy of Tracker: Attacks on Catholic Churches Since 2020 – Google My Maps

Loading

187
Post Views: 319
Categories
Back Door Power Grab Corruption Elections Government Overreach Links from other news sources. Opinion Politics

Why the Supreme Court must stop State Courts from Gerrymandering.

Court butting in Patrick Donovan- Getty Photo

Views: 11

Why the Supreme Court must stop State Courts from Gerrymandering. We see it in Wisconsin, New York, and Pennsylvania to name a few. Legislatures create the districts and state courts step in and set their own. The US Supreme Court needs to put a stop to this. Except for Gerrymandering the state courts need to butt out.

Now in instances where the New York Legislature removed all but two Republican districts, then yes that was proper for the courts to step in. The courts picked an independent person and fairness was achieved.

State courts controlled by one party have no business creating their own districting maps. The Constitution is plain when it says that the maps should be created by the State legislature less Gerrymandering.

Loading

189
Post Views: 306
Categories
Back Door Power Grab Censorship Corruption Government Overreach Links from other news sources.

This is crazy. New York Removes Medical Debt from Credit Reports.

Hiding debt. Photo by Alice Pasqual on Unsplash

Views: 2

This is crazy. New York Removes Medical Debt from Credit Reports.

New York Removes Medical Debt from Credit Reports . So how can a law like this even be legal? Unpaid medical debt will no longer appear in New York residents’ credit reports under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday.

So, if you refuse to pay your medical bills, banks and John Q Public will not know that you’re a deadbeat? Don’t get me wrong. Medical bills have put people in Bankruptcy. Still not a reason to ignore your personal responsibility.

Just because the NY governor says so, it doesn’t absolve you of your debt. If anything, it causes a false sense of security and will cause some to go into more debt. This needs to be court challenged.

Loading

116
Post Views: 225
Categories
Back Door Power Grab Biden Cartel Black Supremacy Commentary Links from other news sources.

NAACP says show me your papers, Judge says no.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin unveiled childcare plan during briefing Thursday in Richmond. © wwbt

Views: 30

NAACP says show me your papers, Judge says no. The NAACP tried to stick their nose into the Governors private papers, the judge said Constitution protected.

A judge sided with Gov. Glenn Youngkin after the Virginia NAACP attempted to sue him.

The judge said, based on the evidence presented in court, those documents included confidential information and were exempt from the group’s FOIA request, as working papers for the Gov. are protected under the constitution.

 

Loading

211
Post Views: 327
Categories
Back Door Power Grab Biden Cartel Commentary Corruption Government Overreach Links from other news sources. The Law

Yes, Virginia the former President is entitled to the DOJ documents.

Former President Donald Trump speaks after arriving for his civil business fraud trial in New York State Supreme Court in New York City on Dec. 7, 2023. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Pool via Getty Images)

Views: 25

Yes, Virginia the former President is entitled to the DOJ documents. Smith’s team is arguing that the information requested wouldn’t help the defense team and it’s only a fishing expedition. I ask, how would the prosecution know what the defense team needs? We have this from NTD.

As part of these efforts, defense counsel has requested great amounts of material from the prosecution, arguing that, by law, prosecutors must turn over any potentially exculpatory evidence to the criminal defendant. In recent court filings, the defense submitted email exchanges in arguing that the Department of Justice has refused multiple requests for evidence.

Thus, documents belonging to the FBI, U.S. Attorney’s office, DOJ, the special counsel’s office at large, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and Congressional committees are not discoverable, they argued.

Loading

171
Post Views: 334
Categories
Back Door Power Grab Biden Cartel Biden Pandemic COVID Government Overreach Links from other news sources. The Courts

Will the Supreme Court hear this case on COVID mandates?

For thee but not me.

Views: 22

Will the Supreme Court hear this case on COVID mandates? The American Freedom Law Center is petitioning the Supreme Court on behalf of four Pennsylvania citizens in reference to COVID mandates. We have this from WND.

The petition explained, “The COVID-19 pandemic created a constitutional crisis. For years, American citizens, including Petitioners, were subject to constantly changing orders that imposed burdens on fundamental freedoms in a way that our nation has never experienced in its history. The cost of these burdens is incalculable. Unfortunately, many courts did nothing, abdicating their duty to say what the law is and allowing this assault on liberty to proceed largely unchecked.”

Loading

170
Post Views: 364
Categories
Back Door Power Grab Biden Cartel Censorship Commentary Corruption Links from other news sources.

Whistleblowers vindicated. What was the most damaging revelation?

Follow the trail to Joe Biden.

Views: 11

Whistleblowers vindicated. What was the most damaging revelation? Remember when the clown Congressman Raskin said that he believed Hunter and the whistleblowers were disgruntled Republicans( or something along those lines)? The Washington Examinar. 

Now Hunter Biden has been indicted on tax charges, and the indictment is a complete vindication of the IRS whistleblowers. The indictment largely follows the lines that Shapley and Ziegler set out. It says Hunter Biden avoided paying at least $1.4 million in taxes he owed from 2016 to 2019, when he was receiving large amounts of money from Ukraine, Romania, and China. The indictment alleges that Biden “subverted the payroll and tax withholding process” of his company and then withdrew millions from the company without paying taxes on it.

Well these indictments are just the tip of the Iceberg. What I found most revealing is that they also saw the trail was leading to Joe Biden. The higher ups stopped the investigation into Biden.

In closing, again from the Examinar.

Capitol Hill Democrats sought to dismiss the whistleblowers’ allegations. Investigators are often gung-ho, they said, while Justice Department prosecutors have to measure carefully whether a criminal case is warranted. And in this case, Democrats maintained, no charges were warranted against Hunter Biden.

Loading

152
Post Views: 364
Categories
Back Door Power Grab Biden Cartel Black Supremacy Censorship Commentary Corruption Links from other news sources. Politics The Law

Was there collusion between the fake January 6 committe and Fani Willis? You be the judge.

Collusion?

Views: 14

Was there collusion between the fake January 6 committe and Fani Willis? You be the judge. A real Committe, House Judiciary Committee released a letter that showed Fani Willis asking for damaging information that the fake January 6 committee had on President Trump.

Remember that this fake committee was hand picked by Pelosi. The only folks on it were members of congress who voted for impeachment.

Willis began her investigation into Trump in February 2021. Yet, she waited until the 2024 election season was in full swing to charge the former president and current leading GOP candidate.

Loading

130
Post Views: 338
Categories
Back Door Power Grab Biden Cartel Censorship Commentary Corruption Crime Government Overreach Leftist Virtue(!) Links from other news sources. The Courts The Law

Jack Smith request to hide evidence from Trump legal team is denied.

Judge Bitch slaps Special Prosecutor. GP Photo

Views: 15

Jack Smith request to hide evidence from Trump legal team is denied. Last month Jack Smith’s lawyers asked Judge Cannon to keep documents under seal because it is considered “highly sensitive classified information.”

Excerpt from Newsweek:

Aileen Cannon, the judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case, on Monday ordered the unsealing of documents filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith, who had asked that they be kept under wraps because they could reveal his trial strategy.

On Monday, Cannon ordered the unsealing of documents filed by Smith in the case, making them public, adding that she was “mindful of the strong presumption in favor of public access to judicial documents.”

On November 22, Smith asked that the filing be kept under seal because it contained government plans to delete “highly sensitive classified information” from sharable discovery.

Cannon said that Smith had not provided “sufficient justification” for his filing because the motions did not “contain or otherwise reveal classified information.”

Additionally, a Friday court document revealed the response to the initial order of unsealing in which Smith’s team agreed to unseal the documents, as requested by the defense, though prosecutors insisted on some redactions.

“The defendants did not oppose the Government’s request, but reserved the right to challenge them later,” Smith wrote, adding that a full unsealing could disclose classified defense counsel information about how government’s CIPA motion.

“This is the same information that the Government proposed redacting. Because the Court rejected that position and ordered the Government to provide unredacted versions of the two docket entries to defense counsel, there is no justification for keeping them from the public.”

 

Loading

172
Post Views: 421
Verified by MonsterInsights