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riversedge's JournalCOVID-19 has become the No. 1 cop killer
Source: local10.com
MIAMI – COVID-19 has been the number one killer of law enforcement officers in 2020 and 2021 to date, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page, which tracks line-of-duty deaths.
In South Florida alone, five officers were recently lost in just one week.
“It is the most important officer safety issue of our lifetime,” said Miami Police Assistant Chief Armando Aguilar, who is among the leadership pushing for police to get vaccinated.
The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund says they are witnessing a continued increase in COVID deaths with more and more cases coming in every day. The organization says more officers are lost to COVID in the line of duty than any other cause combined, including gunfire..............................
Read more: https://www.local10.com/news/local/2021/09/02/covid-19-has-become-the-no-1-cop-killer/
https://twitter.com/ODMP/status/1432830029860380674?s=20
Summerfest seems to off to a slow start. Empty seats and lots of free space.
@Courtney_SiskTV
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First time covering Summerfest, so I’m told this is an abnormal crowd for night 1. People here tell me the seats are usually full.
https://twitter.com/Courtney_SiskTV/status/1433620715899703296?s=20
@jordyntnoennig
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Since Bonnaroo was canceled, here I am. Never seen Summerfest so empty
https://twitter.com/jordyntnoennig/status/1433608748153675776?s=20
https://twitter.com/journalsentinel/status/1433485172167614465?s=20
https://twitter.com/journalsentinel/status/1433492716818767873?s=20
Fox News host says kids 'don't die from COVID.' Over 400 have in the US alone.
Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy said children "don't die from COVID," but hundreds of children have.
"Does the vaccine work? ... So if the vaccines work, why are you worried about children being unmasked?" Campos-Duffy asked
https://twitter.com/essenviews/status/1433420150481604611?s=20
https://twitter.com/kollackwalker/status/1433502448728092672?s=20
Fox News host says kids 'don't die from COVID.' Over 400 have in the US alone.
https://americanindependent.com/fox-news-rachel-campos-duffy-children-covid-coronavirus-delta-deaths-masks-vaccines/
By Oliver Willis -
September 1, 2021 5:16 PM
Data suggests that children are vulnerable to the delta variant of the coronavirus.
Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy on Wednesday claimed that children "don't die from COVID," but since the viral outbreak began in 2020, hundreds of children have.
Campos-Duffy, who also appears as a contributor on the network, made the comment on "The Faulkner Focus" during a discussion of the use of masks in schools.
"Does the vaccine work? ... So if the vaccines work, why are you worried about children being unmasked?" Campos-Duffy asked. Told by another guest, "I'm worried about kids under 12 who don't have the vaccine," she responded, "The kids survive COVID, they don't die from COVID. It's very, very rare."
Data collected by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association shows that since May 2020 and through Aug. 26 of this year, at least 425 children have died of COVID in the United States. The same data shows that at least 812,130 children have been hospitalized and 4.7 million overall cases of children with COVID-19 have been recorded.
The rates of infection, hospitalization, and mortality among children are much lower than among adults, but they can get COVID-19 and die, and data suggests that children are more vulnerable to the delta variant, and rates of hospitalization soar. Children's Hospital Association CEO Mark Wietecha said in a news release, "Our children's health care safety net is under unprecedented strain."................................
Never forget that Mitch McConnell blocked Merrick Garland 8 months before election then confirmed Am
@AriBerman
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Never forget that Mitch McConnell blocked Merrick Garland 8 months before election then confirmed Amy Coney Barrett 8 days before election when 65 million had already voted so she could take away reproductive rights & voting rights from millions of Americans
https://twitter.com/AriBerman/status/1433413615302885384?s=20
Don Blankenship's Libel Lawsuit Against Donald Trump, Jr. Can Go Forward
Source: Reason.com
Blankenship had been convicted of a misdemeanor related to a deadly disaster at a mine his company owned; Trump, Jr. had erroneously labeled him a "felon"; a judge concluded that there's enough evidence that Trump, Jr. knew the statement was false, or at least likely false.
Eugene Volokh | 9.1.2021 4:30 PM
Today's decision in Blankenship v. Trump, by Judge John Copenhaver (S.D. W. Va.), deals with Donald Trump, Jr.'s Tweet that called Don Blankenship—who had been running in the Republican primary for a West Virginia Senate seat—a "felon." (Blankenship alleges that the Trump team wanted their own preferred candidate to win the primary.) Blankenship had been convicted of a misdemeanor, but not a felony:
Following an explosion in a West Virginia mine on April 5, 2010, that resulted in the death of twenty-nine (29) miners, the United States government initiated an investigation into the cause of the explosion. While the plaintiff was not charged with the death of the miners or with causing the explosion, the government later charged the plaintiff with three felonies, including conspiracy to defraud the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration, and one misdemeanor for conspiracy to violate federal mine safety laws. On December 3, 2015, a federal jury found the plaintiff not guilty of the felony charges but convicted him of the misdemeanor offense. The plaintiff was sentenced to one year in prison, which the plaintiff served and from which he was released in the spring of 2017.
The court denied Donald Trump, Jr.'s motion to dismiss, concluding that erroneously calling a misdemeanant a felon was potentially defamatory:
On the question of falsity[, "][West Virginia libel law] overlooks minor inaccuracies and concentrates upon substantial truth. Minor inaccuracies do not amount to falsity so long as the substance, the gist, the sting, of the libelous charge be justified. A statement is not considered false unless it would have a different effect on the mind of the reader from that which the pleaded truth would have produced.["] "f something is 'substantially' true in overall effect, minor inaccuracies or falsities will not create falsity." …
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Read more: https://reason.com/volokh/2021/09/01/don-blankenships-libel-lawsuit-against-donald-trump-jr-can-go-forward/
I am sure Jr will delay delay delay. But there is HOPE and Lady Justice
@JanNWolfe
Donald Trump Jr. lost in court today. A judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit alleging Trump Jr. defamed a political candidate by falsely calling him a "felon."
Trump Jr. said he made a reasonable mistake.
The judge wrote: "Trump Jr. completely misses the point with this argument"
https://twitter.com/JanNWolfe/status/1433205563383599107?s=20
https://twitter.com/Merci_MrBonAmi/status/1433219507745697792?s=20
https://twitter.com/lizzieshore/status/1433208395612389377?s=20
@JanNWolfe
Here's the ruling against Donald Trump Jr, which clears the way for the former president's son to stand trial in a defamation lawsuit brought by Don Blankenship, a former political candidate and executive in West Virginia.
https://twitter.com/JanNWolfe/status/1433206259650646017?s=20
Sotomayor dissenting: "In effect, the Texas Legislature has deputized the State's citizens as bounty
spitting Truth!!
@mjs_DC
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Replying to
@mjs_DC
Sotomayor, dissenting: "In effect, the Texas Legislature has deputized the State's citizens as bounty hunters, offering them cash prizes for civilly prosecuting their neighbors' medical procedures."
https://supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdfhttps://twitter.com/mjs_DC/status/1433282156617416704?s=20
https://twitter.com/mjs_DC/status/1433282481273417730?s=20
Again: Roberts, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan all wrote separate dissents highlighting different aspects of their disagreement with the majority (which partially explains the delay).
Didn't matter. Barrett's fifth vote made all the difference. https://supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf
https://twitter.com/mjs_DC/status/1433282481273417730?s=20https://twitter.com/harrylitman/status/1433283744727633920?s=20
The biggest gap... is you. Always has been. [It did not have to be this way if....]
In all seriousness, I do not understand, comprehend, how Desantis can actually do this--it is neglect! People are dying. I really can not wrap my head around this [nor the nationwide anti-vaxxers!]
@moonbreeze2
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@GovRonDeSantis , #REPUG, --You do not recognize how deadly your #COVID19 policies actually are!--they have lead to Unnecessary deaths and severe illnesses. It did not have to be this way if instead you had focused on PREVENTION INSTEAD OF EXPENSIVE TREATMENT!
#WearADamnMask
https://twitter.com/moonbreeze2/status/1433243918859218944?s=20
@NikkiFried
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The biggest gap... is you. Always has been.
@therecount
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) on rising number of COVID deaths in his state:
“It’s been a rough time … The thing that we’re trying to do is say ‘OK, what was not being done, where was the gap?’ The biggest gap was in the early treatment.”
https://twitter.com/NikkiFried/status/1433130211764232197?s=20
Effort underway to rescue girls soccer team from Afghanistan
Source: AP
By ALEX SANZ and TAMMY WEBBER an hour ago
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An international effort to evacuate members of the Afghanistan national girls soccer team, along with dozens of family members and soccer federation staff, suffered a crushing setback last week after a suicide bombing at the Kabul airport killed 169 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members during a harrowing airlift.
Now, frightened and desperate, the girls worry whether a far-flung coalition of former U.S. military and intelligence officials, congressmen, U.S. allies, humanitarian groups and the captain of the Afghanistan women’s national team can get them and their loved ones to safety.
“They’re just unbelievable young ladies who should be playing in the backyard, playing on the swing set, playing with their friends, and here they’re in a very bad situation for doing nothing more than playing soccer,” said Robert McCreary, a former congressional chief of staff and White House official under President George W. Bush who has worked with special forces in Afghanistan. “We need to do everything that we can to protect them, to get them to a safe situation.”
Most members of the Afghan women’s team, formed in 2007, were evacuated to Australia last week.
But the girls, ages 14-16, and their families also could be targeted by the Taliban — not just because women and girls are forbidden to play sports, but because they were advocates for girls and active members of their communities, said Farkhunda Muhtaj, who is captain of the Afghanistan women’s national team and lives in Canada................................................................................................................
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/soccer-womens-soccer-lifestyle-sports-afghanistan-8dd04ceeb561a2bc11744dd4c123e0b8?traffic_source=Connatix
I want to be hopeful for these girls and their families--but it is hard.
In this photo provided to The Associated Press, members of the Afghanistan national girls youth soccer team and their families are seen in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sun., Aug. 29, 2021. International efforts to rescue them and soccer federation staff suffered a crushing setback last week after a suicide bomb detonated at the Kabul airport and the CIA blew up its last remaining outpost to keep sensitive information and equipment from falling into the hands of the Taliban. (AP Photo)
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'AntivaxMomma' Charged With Selling Fake COVID Cards To Frontline Workers
Source: Crooks and Liars
9/01/21 4:07am
Jasmine Clifford, aka @AntivaxMomma, allegedly used her Instagram account to sell forged COVID vaccine cards to 250 people, including 13 frontline workers in hospitals and nursing homes.
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Clifford began advertising the counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination cards through her Instagram account, which is no longer active, in May, according to the Manhattan district attorney’s office. The cards cost $200 and buyers used CashApp or Zelle to pay for them, prosecutors said. For another $250, Clifford allegedly worked with Nadayza Barkley, a 27-year-old medical clinic employee in Patchogue, New York, to fraudulently enter at least 10 people into the New York State Immunization Information System database.
Prosecutors said Clifford, 31, sold about 250 cards via Instagram. Additional charges were also filed Monday against 15 people involved in the fake vaccination card scheme.
Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance has called on Facebook, which owns Instagram, to do a better job of policing this kind of potentially deadly fraud.
Not surprisingly, the Zuckerberg empire claims to be on top of the matter but it didn’t remove Clifford’s account until August, The New York Times reported. But now Zuckerberg, Inc. promises to do better in the future.
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Read more: https://crooksandliars.com/2021/08/antivaxmomma-allegedly-sold-fake-covid
damn. we really do have some vile people living in the USA. And it is shameful that frontline workers would buy forged Covid vaccine cards. They deserve to be fired IMHO
COVID-19 hospitalizations increase as nationwide nursing shortage strikes Wisconsin
Not a good combination': COVID-19 hospitalizations increase as nationwide nursing shortage strikes Wisconsin
https://cbs58.com/news/not-a-good-combination-covid-19-hospitalizations-increase-as-nationwide-nursing-shortage-strikes-wisconsin
By: Gabriella Bachara
Posted: Aug 31, 2021 4:07 PM CDT
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (CBS 58)-- Two nationwide COVID-19 trends are hitting home. Wisconsin is experiencing a rise in hospitalizations, and struggling to find enough nurses to care for those patients.
"Increasing hospitalizations coupled with staffing shortages is not a good combination," Associate Professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin Dr. Ben Weston said during Tuesday's Milwaukee County COVID-19 briefing.
Weston fears Milwaukee County is headed in a dangerous direction. There are 243 people in the hospital, the highest it's been since early January.
"We haven't reached a point where we're turning away patients," Weston said.
That might not be the case for long. About 85 percent of ICU beds are occupied in the Milwaukee area. Plus, there's not enough health care workers.
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https://twitter.com/GabbyBachara/status/1432785490831454209?s=20
https://twitter.com/themohwgovjm/status/1432406792991019013?s=20
"There does not exist such a microchip with tracking capabilities that can fit through needles and be injected into our bodies," Weston said.
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