On Friday, ESPN reporter Allison Williams announced that she is leaving the network due to its parent company’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Williams had previously been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/espn-reporter-wont-be-on-college-football-sidelines-after-choosing-to-not-get-vaccinated">put on the sidelines</a> in September when she first announced that she had decided against getting the vaccine. Williams released a statement regarding her decision at the time, which read in part:
<blockquote>Throughout our family planning with our doctor, as well as a fertility specialist, I have decided not to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at this time while my husband and I try for our second child. This was a deeply difficult decision to make and it’s not something I take lightly. I understand vaccines have been essential in the effort to end this pandemic; however, taking the vaccine at this time is not in my best interest.</blockquote>
According to the <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/planning-for-pregnancy.html">CDC</a>, “There is currently no evidence that antibodies made following COVID-19 vaccination or that vaccine ingredients would cause any problems with becoming pregnant now or in the future.”
Additionally, the BBC has compiled and <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/health-57552527">fact-checked</a> a number of infertility and pregnancy claims related to the COVID-19 vaccines floating around on social media.
On Friday, Williams released a <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/espn-reporter-allison-williams-leaving-network-over-covid19-coronavirus-vaccine-mandate-050701907.html">video</a> explaining the latest development.
“I have been denied my request for accommodation by ESPN and the Walt Disney Company, and effective next week, I will be separated from the company,” Williams stated.
After thanking all who reached out to her, Williams said that she is “morally and ethically not aligned with this.” She continued, claiming that the Walt Disney Corporation had previously told employees in April that while “they believed the vaccine was the best way forward,” the “decision to get it was a personal decision.”
Williams added that she stands with anyone who has lost their job over vaccine mandates, including police officers, nurses, doctors, teachers, and first responders, those who are “benefiting this country in ways I could never do.”
Williams concluded with a message for those who support the mandates:
<blockquote>But I also want people to know who support these mandates that I fight for you. Because if this is the direction we take our country, there will come a time when the government or corporations mandate you to get something that does not align with your values. Power given is seldom returned. And when that day comes, I want you to at least know that we fought, and we tried.</blockquote>
As The Daily Wire’s Joe Morgan previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/espn-reporter-wont-be-on-college-football-sidelines-after-choosing-to-not-get-vaccinated">reported</a>: “Williams has been with the company since March 2011. Before joining ESPN, Williams covered the Florida Panthers and the Florida Marlins for Fox Sports Florida.”
When the Biden administration announced its <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-biden-to-force-private-companies-to-mandate-vaccinations-weekly-covid-tests-report">mandate</a> (which has yet to be implemented) that all companies with 100 or more employees must require their workers to be vaccinated or receive weekly COVID testing, Daily Wire co-CEO Jeremy Boreing responded by declaring that the company would not comply.
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‘Power Given Is Seldom Returned’: ESPN Reporter Leaving Network Over Vaccine Mandate

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On Friday’s episode of “America’s Newsroom” on Fox News, former Obama administration Council of Economic Advisers Chair Jason Furman was asked about a recent tweet he sent out calling inflation and supply chain issues “high class problems.”
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Most of the economic problems we&#8217;re facing (inflation, supply chains, etc.) are high class problems. We wouldn&#8217;t have had them if the unemployment rate was still 10 percent. We would instead have had a much worse problem.
— Jason Furman (@jasonfurman) <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonfurman/status/1448442874828410881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2021</a></blockquote>
“Jason, you started a prairie fire yesterday,” anchor Bill Hemmer said. “To paraphrase Jay Leno, what the hell were you thinking?”
Furman replied by suggesting that the inflation we’re experiencing can be seen as a “good thing,” echoing something White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/psaki-defends-rising-prices-good-thing-because-it-means-more-people-are-buying-goods">said</a> on Friday.
“You know, I&#8217;ll tell you what I think&#8217;s going on in the economy. You need to keep two things in your head at once,” Furman stated. “One is, inflation is real. Inflation is creating a problem for families, and we should do something about it. Number two, the reason we have this inflation is actually a good reason — that the unemployment rate has come down, that families got money, and people are buying more things than ever before. The problem isn&#8217;t that our ports stopped working, it’s that people are buying so much stuff, that so much is trying to come through our ports right now.”
After a back-and-forth, Hemmer again brought up the tweet. “My guess would be is that if you were paying two bucks a gallon for gasoline a year ago, and now it’s over four bucks, that’s not a high class problem for anyone. Middle-class America is paying for that,” Hemmer said.
Furman again pivoted, saying that people are “spending more in restaurants; they&#8217;re spending more on sporting goods; they&#8217;re spending more on nights out; they&#8217;re spending more on travel. That’s all a really good thing.”
But Hemmer wouldn’t let it go, pressing once more: “But you&#8217;re standing by this whole ‘high class problem’ thing? You haven&#8217;t backed away from that in this conversation.”
“… I&#8217;ll tell you what I think,” Furman concluded. “There’s a good side to what&#8217;s going on — people are spending more than they&#8217;ve ever spent before — and there&#8217;s a bad side to what&#8217;s going on. When everyone spends more than they&#8217;ve ever spent before, that drives prices up.”
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Full transcript below:
<blockquote>HEMMER: Jason, you started a prairie fire yesterday. To paraphrase Jay Leno, what the hell were you thinking?
FURMAN: You know, I&#8217;ll tell you what I think&#8217;s going on in the economy. You need to keep two things in your head at once. One is, inflation is real. Inflation is creating a problem for families, and we should do something about it. Number two, the reason we have this inflation is actually a good reason — that the unemployment rate has come down, that families got money, and people are buying more things than ever before. The problem isn&#8217;t that our ports stopped working, it’s that people are buying so much stuff, that so much is trying to come through our ports right now. We have record volumes, you know, [that] both has a good side, a bad side, you need to keep both [of] those in your head.
HEMMER: A lot of people would say you saw it coming last February, you did very little about it. Why would the chief of staff retweet that?
FURMAN: You should have the chief of staff on to ask him that question.
HEMMER: We put in a lot of requests for that.
FURMAN: The reason that we&#8217;re having this problem is that people are buying a lot. You know, I was in the White House 12 years ago when we were suffering a really slow recovery. We didn&#8217;t have these types of problems then. In fact, inflation was falling in 2009, but we weren&#8217;t celebrating that. It was falling because we had a high unemployment rate. So, big picture U.S. economy is in much better shape than almost any economy in the world. But yes, the U.S. economy has an inflation problem, and we need to deal with that.
HEMMER: RNC really fired back on you. Here’s one tweet one, one statement rather: “Struggling to pay food, fuel, and housing because of rising prices is not a ‘high class problem.’ Biden is making everyone worse off, but instead of stopping the damage, their strategy is to try to gaslight Americans.”
You said this was your social judgment; what you&#8217;re explaining now is your economic thinking behind it. My guess would be is that if you were paying two bucks a gallon for gasoline a year ago, and now it’s over four bucks, that’s not a high class problem for anyone. Middle-class America is paying for that.
FURMAN: Americans are traveling more than they were a year ago. That&#8217;s a good thing. Americans are spending more; they&#8217;re spending more in restaurants; they&#8217;re spending more on sporting goods; they&#8217;re spending more on nights out; they&#8217;re spending more on travel. That&#8217;s all a really good thing. That&#8217;s what&#8217;s most important. In part that&#8217;s happening because every person in this country got a $2,000 check, or almost every person in this country, got a $2,000 check earlier this year. That was due to a combination, the first legislation was signed by President Trump, the second legislation that was even bigger was signed by President Biden. That’s had positive sides; that&#8217;s had negative sides…
HEMMER: And we have watched that play out. … You were quoted as saying that with the overall economy, it’s not an off-the-shelf playbook for this kind of situation. You said, I think they&#8217;re trying to figure it out as they go. I don&#8217;t think you&#8217;re wrong about that. But with jobs being weak over the past two months, with inflation, with wages coming out of the pandemic, how would anyone know what the state of the economy is below the surface?
FURMAN: Oh, look, it&#8217;s a very uncertain time in the economy. None of us have ever been through the combination of coming out of a global pandemic, with this type of policy response. I try to take in a wide range of data. Certainly, the last two months haven&#8217;t been as good as the months before that. But we&#8217;re continuing to make progress. We&#8217;re just not making progress as fast as the progress we were making before.
HEMMER: But you&#8217;re standing by this whole “high-class problem” thing? You haven&#8217;t backed away from that in this conversation.
FURMAN: I don&#8217;t, you know, I&#8217;ll tell you what I think. There’s a good side to what&#8217;s going on, people are spending more than they&#8217;ve ever spent before, and there&#8217;s a bad side to what&#8217;s going on. When everyone spends more than they&#8217;ve ever spent before, that drives prices up.</blockquote>
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Bill Hemmer

Hemmer Challenges Obama Official Who Called Inflation And Supply Chain Issues ‘High Class Problems’

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Supply Chain

On Thursday, Campus Reform posted a video in which Ophelie Jacobson spoke with students at the University of Florida about “diversity quotas” in hiring and school admissions.
“Do you think diversity should be a factor in hiring decisions and in college admissions processes?” Jacobson asked.
The responses were not unexpected.
“Yeah, absolutely.”
“Probably. They should probably have diversity quotas for, like, college admissions, and a bunch of other things … those are definitely a good thing.”
“I mean, I think it’s like an absolute necessity.”
After setting up a scenario regarding diversity quotas in which a school or workplace should reflect the local minority population percentage, Jacobson asked if the students would support that.
The students were receptive to such an idea.
“That sounds pretty reasonable.”
“Absolutely. There should be more diversity in basically every single field.”
Jacobson then broadened the premise, asking, “What about diversity quotas on sports teams, college sports teams?”
Suddenly, the students’ perspectives changed.
“No, I think that should be skill-based.”
“Same thing. We want to win no matter what you are.”
“Probably not. I feel like it should be based off talent.”
“Sports is different than college. Sports is not the same. I mean, talent is talent is talent is talent.”
“Just let the skill shine, and whoever’s the best player deserves to be on the team.”
Jacobson then showed the students the current offensive lineup for the University of Florida Gators, which consists of mostly African American males and one white male. She also showed that a lineup reflecting the local demographics would feature six white males, two Latino males, two Asian males, and only one black male.
After seeing the side-by-side, one student who had previously shown support for diversity quotas walked his opinion back. “I feel like they’re probably just more skilled players … I guess you could say, like, more skilled people should get into schools, too. … I guess what I said could kind of be applied [to] both.”
“We’d probably be losing … because we recruit, like, based on skill, and if we recruited based on diversity, then we’d probably be worse,” another student said.
Finally, Jacobson asked the students if their opinions had changed regarding quotas once the comparison between sports and academia was made clear.
“If we’re talking about being the best in sports, shouldn’t we also be talking about being the best in the workplace, being the best company, being the best college, the best university regardless of anyone’s race?” she asked.
“Yeah, I think it was a good way to open your eyes and think, like, if you’re recruiting athletes based on their skill level, maybe you should admit students based on their scores and their, like, academic merit more so than diversity,” one student replied.
“Skill always comes first. I don’t necessarily think quotas are the way to go. I know they’re unconstitutional; I know they’re wrong…” another stated despite having earlier seemingly argued for quotas.
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Diversity quotas, referred to a different way as affirmative action, have been a controversial subject in academia for many years.
Currently, eight states have banned affirmative action — California, Washington, Florida, Michigan, Nebraska, Arizona, New Hampshire, and Oklahoma.
In other states, however, affirmative action is still being used.
In 2014, Students for Fair Admissions filed a <a href="https://www.clearinghouse.net/chDocs/public/ED-MA-0002-0001.pdf">lawsuit</a> against Harvard University, claiming that the school was discriminating against Asian students and capping their numbers in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.
The lawsuit alleged in part that the “Harvard plan,” which “promised to treat each applicant as an individual[,] has always been an elaborate mechanism for hiding Harvard’s systematic campaign of racial and ethnic discrimination against certain disfavored classes of applicants.” The lawsuit suggested that the plan was initially used to discriminate against Jewish applicants, and is now used against Asian applicants.
The lawsuit further alleged:
<blockquote>Statistical evidence reveals that Harvard uses “holistic” admissions to disguise the fact that it holds Asian Americans to a far higher standard than other students and essentially forces them to compete against each other for admission. There is nothing high-minded about this campaign of invidious discrimination.</blockquote>
In October 2019, Judge Allison Burroughs of the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts ruled in favor of Harvard.
In a 130-page <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.165519/gov.uscourts.mad.165519.672.0_2.pdf">decision</a>, Judge Burroughs stated that Asian applicants “would likely be admitted at a higher rate than white applicants if admissions decisions were made based solely on academic and extracurricular ratings.”
However, Burroughs noted:
<blockquote>The Court finds that Harvard’s admissions program “bears the hallmarks of a narrowly tailored plan” in that “race [is] used in a flexible, nonmechanical way” and considered “as a ‘plus’ factor in the context of individualized consideration of each and every applicant.”</blockquote>
Burroughs continued:
<blockquote>Race conscious admissions will always penalize to some extent the groups that are not being advantaged by the process, but this is justified by the compelling interest in diversity and all the benefits that flow from a diverse college population. Here, any relative burden on Asian Americans (and it is not clear that there is a disproportionate burden) is not enough to warrant a finding that Harvard’s admissions process fails to survive strict scrutiny or to require it to move to an admissions model that foregoes diversity in favor of parity based solely on quantifiable metrics.</blockquote>
In her conclusion, the judge wrote in part: “For purposes of this case, at least for now, ensuring diversity at Harvard relies, in part, on race conscious admissions. Harvard’s admission program passes constitutional muster in that it satisfies the dictates of strict scrutiny. The students who are admitted to Harvard and choose to attend will live and learn surrounded by all sorts of people, with all sorts of experiences, beliefs and talents. They will have the opportunity to know and understand one another beyond race, as whole individuals with unique histories and experiences.”
Burroughs went on:
<blockquote> It is this, at Harvard and elsewhere that will move us, one day, to the point where we see that race is a fact, but not the defining fact and not the fact that tells us what is important, but we are not there yet. Until we are, race conscious admissions programs that survive strict scrutiny will have an important place in society and help ensure that colleges and universities can offer a diverse atmosphere that fosters learning, improves scholarship, and encourages mutual respect and understanding.</blockquote>
Students for Fair Admissions appealed the decision to the First Circuit, which <a href="http://blogs2.law.columbia.edu/jlsp/2021/02/22/1330/">ruled</a> in favor of Harvard in November 2020. In June, the Supreme Court “effectively postponed action” on the case, according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/14/politics/supreme-court-harvard-admissions-lawsuit/index.html">CNN</a>, instead <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/061421zor_6j36.pdf">asking</a> the “Acting Solicitor General” to “file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.”
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WATCH: Students Are All For ‘Diversity Quotas,’ But Not In Sports

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A misunderstanding caused widespread confusion on Saturday after an interview surfaced in which actor Michael Caine seemingly claimed he was retiring from acting.
During a Friday segment on BBC Radio 5’s “Kermode and Mayo&#8217;s Film Review,” Caine, 88, was asked about his role in the upcoming film, “Best Sellers,” in which he plays a curmudgeonly, alcoholic author.
“I’ve got this alcoholic part, and funnily enough, it has turned out to be what is my last part, really, because I haven&#8217;t worked for two years and I have a spine problem, which affects my legs so I can&#8217;t walk very well,” Caine said.
<blockquote>And I also wrote a book, a couple of books, which were published and were successful, so I’m now not an actor, I’m a writer, which is lovely because as an actor you have to get up … by six in the morning and go to the studio. [As] a writer, you can start writing without leaving the bed.</blockquote>
Simon Mayo then asked Caine, “So, this is, so you&#8217;re saying that this is your last picture?”
Caine replied, “Yeah, I think it would be, yeah. I don&#8217;t have any — they haven&#8217;t been in the office obviously for two years because nobody&#8217;s been making any movies I’d want to do, but also, you know, I’m 88. There’s not exactly scripts pouring out where the leading man is 88, you know?”
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Following multiple news outlets reporting Caine’s alleged retirement, the actor tweeted the following: “I haven’t retired and not a lot of people know that.”
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I haven’t retired and not a lot of people know that
— Michael Caine (@themichaelcaine) <a href="https://twitter.com/themichaelcaine/status/1449416633261432839?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2021</a></blockquote>
Caine officially confirmed his non-retirement in a statement to <a href="https://variety.com/2021/film/news/michael-caine-not-retiring-best-sellers-1235090863/">Variety</a>: “Regarding retirement, I’ve spent over 50 years getting up at 6 a.m. to make movies, and I’m not getting rid of my alarm clock!”
Looking to Caine’s <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000323/">IMDb</a> page, it appears as though the actor has at least three projects on the horizon, including “Medieval,” “The Great Escaper,” and “Now You See Me 3,” all of which are in various stages of production.
The Rotten Tomatoes description of “Best Sellers,” which was released in September, <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/best_sellers">reads</a>:
<blockquote>Lucy Standbridge (Aubrey Plaza) has inherited her father&#8217;s publishing house, and the ambitious would-be editor has nearly sunk it with failing titles. She discovers she is owed a book by Harris Shaw (Michael Caine), a reclusive, cantankerous, booze-addled author who originally put the company on the map decades earlier. In a last-ditch effort to save the company, Lucy and Harris release his new book and embark on a book tour from hell that changes them both in ways they didn&#8217;t expect.</blockquote>
The film currently holds a 51% <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/best_sellers">RT score</a>.
Caine has been in the acting business for decades. The 88-year-old’s career got rolling in the mid-1950s, and in recent years, he has frequently collaborated with mega-director Christopher Nolan on projects such as “The Prestige,” “The Dark Knight” trilogy, “Inception,” “Interstellar,” and “Tenet.”
Caine has won two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor — one for “Hannah And Her Sisters” in 1986, and the other for “The Cider House Rules” in 1999.
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After Media Confusion, Michael Caine Says He Is Not Retiring From Acting

Hollywood

Appearing on “Fox &amp; Friends Weekend,” civil rights attorney and Fox News contributor Leo Terrell <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/leo-terrell-applauds-morgan-freemans-opposition-defund-the-police-movement">lauded</a> actor Morgan Freeman over the actor’s public stance against defunding the police.
“Well, you know, I hope he has plenty of job security and financial stability because he&#8217;s going to be attacked by … Cori Bush and the Left,” Terrell said, referencing Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), a radical member of “the Squad.”
Terrell continued, saying it troubles him that there are some who believe all “black people think the same way,” and that they all “hate the police,” when in reality, “Democratic cities, people of color, of all color, they want the police.”
<blockquote>Morgan Freeman is in that Hollywood elite, so he&#8217;s going to get some blowback. I applaud him for speaking out because it shatters this ridiculous concept that we think alike; we all hate the police. We don&#8217;t hate the police. We love the police because 98% of them … maybe 99%, they protect us 24/7. When we&#8217;re asleep at night, they&#8217;re out there protecting us.</blockquote>
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LEO TERRELL: &#8220;The Democrats want to play the &#8216;hate the police&#8217; card game. They blocked Trump when trying to get police reform done, now they won&#8217;t pass any. They like the police issue, they like to keep it alive. It&#8217;s a sickening game.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/en0CA4DOHK">pic.twitter.com/en0CA4DOHK</a>
— Martin Golobič (@martingolobich) <a href="https://twitter.com/martingolobich/status/1447246124230881282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2021</a></blockquote>
During a recent <a href="https://www.blackenterprise.com/morgan-freeman-executive-produced-film-examines-death-of-black-veteran-killed-by-police/?test=prebid">interview</a> regarding a film he executive produced based on the true story of Kenneth Chamberlain, Morgan Freeman was asked by Selena Hill of Black Enterprise about his position on police.
“I heard you say in the past, Mr. Freeman, that you are not actually for defunding police, but more so for a transformation,” Hill said. “Can you just clarify what your stance [is]?”
“I’m not in the least bit for defunding the police,” Freeman replied. “Police work is, aside from all the negativity around it, it is very necessary for us to have them and most of them are guys that are doing their job. They’re going about their day-to-day jobs. [There are] some policemen who would never even pull their guns except, you know, [on the] range, that sort of thing. I don’t know.”
Prior to that question, Freeman had stated that he believes policing should be reformed.
“The big hope is that there’ll be a big push for police reform. Policing as we have known it, I guess since the beginning of policing in this country, has not been a merciful operation, particularly in the black community,” Freeman said. “And the poorer the community, the more chance there is gonna be of people being shot and killed for little or no reason.”
The actor then spoke about his involvement in an initiative in the law department at the University of Mississippi that is “going to address this issue.”
According to a June <a href="https://news.olemiss.edu/um-receives-1m-to-study-evidence-based-policing-reform/">news release</a> from the university:
<blockquote>Actor Morgan Freeman and criminal justice and legal studies professor Linda Keena have donated $1 million to establish the Center for Evidence-Based Policing and Reform at the University of Mississippi…</blockquote>
The goal of the project, according to the news release, is multifaceted, “beginning with training for police and other law enforcement,” and “using evidence-based practices that allow officers to be more proactive,” in addition to other objectives.
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Leo Terrell Lauds Morgan Freeman For Saying No To ‘Defund The Police’

Defund The Police

Leo Terrell

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On Sunday, Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to the president, appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Dana Bash. During the segment, Bash asked Fauci about the possibility of a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for domestic air travel.
“So, you mentioned the holidays, Thanksgiving and Christmas. It&#8217;s hard to believe it; they are just around the corner,” Bash began. “Canada just imposed a vaccine mandate for eligible travelers on airplanes. Former President Obama’s Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood says that the White House should push airlines to mandate vaccines or mandate them itself. So, would you like a vaccine mandate for air travel in effect for the holidays?”
After noting that non-citizens entering the U.S. from other countries should be vaccinated and tested, and also praising President Biden’s doubling of fines for unmasked airplane travelers, Fauci replied.
“On the table is the issue of mandates for vaccine. It&#8217;s always discussable. We always wind up discussing it,” he stated.
Bash then asked Fauci if he “supported” such a mandate, to which Fauci responded: “Right now, I don&#8217;t see that immediately.”
<blockquote>Dana, I don&#8217;t want to say support or not. I think it&#8217;s a decision that&#8217;s made by input from a number of parts of the government, including public health. I mean, obviously, from a public health standpoint, the more protection you get, the better it is. But I don&#8217;t want to be weighing in because we wind up then having people taking things out of context.</blockquote>
“We have everything on the table, and it will be discussed by the medical group,” Fauci concluded.
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&#8220;Hopefully it&#8217;s going to continue to go in that trajectory downward, but we have to just be careful that we don&#8217;t prematurely declare victory in many respects,&#8221; Dr. Anthony Fauci discusses the dip in daily Covid-19 cases. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CNNSOTU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CNNSOTU</a> <a href="https://t.co/nVB3Ztl8zt">pic.twitter.com/nVB3Ztl8zt</a>
— State of the Union (@CNNSotu) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSotu/status/1447207389242044418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2021</a></blockquote>
Discussions regarding vaccine mandates for air travel have been ongoing. In late September, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) introduced <a href="https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?id=09C19B4C-EB81-4CD1-B793-486B573EA1D1">legislation</a> that would mandate vaccines for some domestic flyers.
The U.S. Air Travel Public Safety Act “would require all passengers on domestic airline flights to either be fully vaccinated, have recently tested negative for COVID-19, or have fully recovered from COVID-19.”
According to a <a href="https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?id=09C19B4C-EB81-4CD1-B793-486B573EA1D1">press release</a> from Feinstein, the legislation would act as a kind of extension of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) current regulations guiding international travel into the United States.
“Ensuring that air travelers protect themselves and their destination communities from this disease is critical to prevent the next surge, particularly if we confront new, more virulent variants of COVID-19,” reads a statement from Feinstein, which later adds: “It only makes sense that we also ensure the millions of airline passengers that crisscross our country aren’t contributing to further transmission, especially as young children remain ineligible to be vaccinated.”
An August poll from <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/354506/update-american-public-opinion-vaccination-requirements.aspx">Gallup</a> showed that a majority of Americans actually favor vaccine requirements for domestic flights.
The survey asked: “Would you favor or oppose businesses requiring people to show proof of coronavirus/COVID-19 vaccination in order to do the following over the next several months?”
61% of respondents said they favor such a requirement, while 39% said they do not. Broken down by political affiliation, the results are more stark — 92% of Democrats support a vaccine requirement, but only 29% of Republicans agree. Independents are split 50/50.
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On Wednesday, while accepting Attitude’s Sport Award, British Olympic diver Tom Daley used a significant portion of his speech to decry the fact that certain countries that punish homosexuals with death are allowed to participate in the Olympics.
Daley, who won a gold medal in the 10m synchro in Tokyo, as well as a bronze in the 10m platform, said in part:
<blockquote>… there are still ten countries that punish being gay with death, that were still allowed to compete at the Olympic Games — and I think that is quite shocking to a lot of people.</blockquote>
The diver went on to note that while he has spoken about the issue before, he believes that it’s vital to “create change” in addition to “shining a light” on the problem.
“So, I want to make it my mission over the next, well, hopefully before the Paris Olympics in 2024, to make it so that the countries that criminalize and — punishable by death for LGBT people — are not allowed to compete at the Olympic Games,” Daley said.
After acknowledging that he feels lucky to live in a nation that doesn’t engage in the execution of LGBT individuals, Daley again contended that countries “where you can’t be yourself” should not be allowed to participate in or host the Olympic Games.
He also made specific reference to the fact that Qatar is hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup despite their draconian laws on the issue. “For example, the World Cup coming up in Qatar has extreme rules against LGBT people and about women,” Daley stated.
According to <a href="http://internap.hrw.org/features/features/lgbt_laws/">Human Rights Watch</a>, seven countries have laws (either criminal or Sharia) against homosexual acts, the punishments for which can include death. Those countries are Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Nigeria, Mauritania, Iran, and Brunei.
Other nations, such as Malaysia, Maldives, and Tonga include “lashes” or whipping as punishments, and many others mandate lengthy prison sentences, monetary fines, and even hard labor.
Daley isn’t the only one looking at the Olympics through the lens of human rights. Some politicians have advocated a boycott of the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics, which are set to take place in Beijing.
Former South Carolina Governor and Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley <a href="https://twitter.com/nikkihaley/status/1366069389490065408?lang=en">tweeted</a> in February: “We must boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in China. It would be a terrible loss for our athletes, but that must be weighed against the genocide occurring in China and the prospect that empowering China will lead to even greater horrors down the road.”
In July, former Vice President Mike Pence <a href="https://twitter.com/mike_pence/status/1415411528929579017?s=21">said</a>: “President Biden should make a clear and unequivocal demand that the 2022 Winter Olympics be moved from Beijing unless China comes clean on the origins of COVID-19 and immediately ends persecution of the Uyghur people. The Olympics should only take place in countries that respect fundamental human rights and the well-being of mankind.”
Others have taken a different position.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/10/china-2022-olympics-boycott-475210">Politico</a>: “I don’t think we should be punishing athletes who have spent their entire lives training. We should go to Beijing, compete, and win.”
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On Saturday, Chinese President Xi Jinping gave a speech at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing during which he pushed for “reunification” with democratically-governed Taiwan.
“National reunification by peaceful means best serves the interests of the Chinese nation as a whole, including our compatriots in Taiwan,” Xi <a href="https://www.scmp.com/video/china/3151771/chinese-president-xi-jinping-says-peaceful-reunification-taiwan-must-be">stated</a>.
“Compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait should stand on the right side of history and join hands to achieve China&#8217;s complete reunification, and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,” Xi continued, later adding, “Those who forget their heritage, betray their motherland, and seek to split the country will come to no good end; they will be disdained by the people and condemned by history.”
In response to Xi’s latest remarks, Taiwan&#8217;s China-policy-making Mainland Affairs Council issued a <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-xi-says-reunification-with-taiwan-must-will-be-realised-2021-10-09/">statement</a> asking that China “abandon its provocative steps of intrusion, harassment and destruction.”
The communist dictatorship has recently ratcheted up its intimidation of Taiwan, sending <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-china-sends-largest-incursion-ever-into-taiwan-air-space-taiwan-asks-for-help-preparing-for-war">nearly 150 military jets</a> into Taiwanese airspace over the course of several days at the beginning of October. The island nation responded by scrambling jets “to warn away the Chinese planes, while missile systems were deployed to monitor them,” according to Reuters.
“If China is going to launch a war against Taiwan we will fight to the end, and that is our commitment. I’m sure that if China is going to launch an attack against Taiwan, I think they are going to suffer tremendously as well,” Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-china-sends-largest-incursion-ever-into-taiwan-air-space-taiwan-asks-for-help-preparing-for-war">told</a> an Australian media outlet.
As tensions escalate, news <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-troops-have-secretly-been-in-taiwan-for-over-a-year-helping-island-prepare-for-war-with-china-report">recently broke</a> that a small contingent of American military personnel has been operating in Taiwan for “at least a year.” The group has reportedly been training Taiwanese ground and maritime forces for defense as China has become increasingly aggressive in their rhetoric and behavior regarding a potential takeover.
Speaking with Fox News recently, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development Elbridge Colby <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-defense-expert-warns-china-likely-to-go-for-an-invasion-of-taiwan-reveals-what-u-s-must-do">said</a> that “if China wants to solve the Taiwan issue,” they will likely invade. “If China’s really serious about it, it’s going to go for a fait accompli; it’s going to move in, take it over, and then present us with just simply too difficult of a reality to reverse.”
China’s possessiveness over Taiwan isn’t merely relegated to government matters. During a press junket for “F9” this summer, actor and WWE star John Cena referred to Taiwan as a “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/john-cena-apologizes-in-chinese-for-calling-taiwan-a-country-i-really-love-really-respect-china">country</a>.” His remark angered China, which eventually led Cena to apologize in Mandarin.
“I made a mistake in one of my interviews,” Cena said, later adding, “I have to say something very, very, very, very, very, very important now. I love and respect China and Chinese people. I’m very, very sorry about my mistake. I apologize, I apologize, I’m very sorry. You must understand that I really love, really respect China and the Chinese people.”
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On Saturday night, former President Donald Trump held a rally in Perry, Georgia. During his <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/573958-trump-quips-abrams-wouldve-been-a-better-governor-than-kemp">speech</a>, the former commander in chief covered a variety of topics and repeatedly attacked Georgia’s Republican Governor Brian Kemp.
During one offhand remark, Trump said that it “might be better” if failed gubernatorial candidate and Democrat activist Stacey Abrams were in the governor’s office.
“When Stacey Abrams says, ‘I’m not gonna concede,’ that’s okay. No problem! Oh, she’s not gonna concede, she&#8217;s not gonna concede,” Trump said. “Of course, having her, I think, might be better than having your existing governor … might very well be better.”
Trump later noted: “Stacey Abrams, who still has not conceded — and that&#8217;s okay. Stacy, would you like to take [his place]? It’s okay with me. She still has not conceded.”
<a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/573958-trump-quips-abrams-wouldve-been-a-better-governor-than-kemp">The Hill</a> writes that Saturday’s rally “comes as Trump is attempting to play a role in Georgia ahead of the upcoming 2022 midterm elections.”
During the 2018 race for governor in Georgia, Democratic candidate Abrams faced off against then-Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp. The race was one of the most watched in the nation, with “likely” over $100 million spent, according to <a href="https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/final-price-tag-georgia-governor-race-exceeds-100-million/R0brqTrDaxwkAXq4mLMHuK/">The Atlanta Journal-Constitution</a>.
With the <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2018/governor/ga/georgia_governor_kemp_vs_abrams-6628.html">RealClearPolitics</a> polling average placing Kemp ahead of Abrams by a margin of just three percentage points in the days leading up to the general election, Kemp edged out a 1.4% victory.
On November 16, ten days after her Election Day loss, Abrams admitted defeat, and slammed Brian Kemp for alleged voter “suppression” in a <a href="https://youtu.be/G1YXTP7u8Ds">monologue</a> that Abrams emphasized was “not a speech of concession.”
“I acknowledge that former Secretary of State Brian Kemp will be certified as the victor in the 2018 gubernatorial election — but to watch an elected official who claims to represent the people in this state baldly pin his hopes for election on the suppression of the people&#8217;s democratic right to vote has been truly appalling,” Abrams said. “So let’s be clear — this is not a speech of concession because concession means to acknowledge an action is right, true, or proper. As a woman of conscience and faith, I cannot concede that.”
After the election, then-President Trump lauded Kemp, and spoke highly of Abrams as well, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/north-america-lawsuits-us-news-ap-top-news-elections-7985be43fa4c4422bfece25cb0204307">tweeting</a>: “Congratulations to Brian Kemp on becoming the new Governor of Georgia. Stacey Abrams fought brilliantly and hard — she will have a terrific political future! Brian was unrelenting and will become a great Governor for the truly Wonderful People of Georgia!”
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