“FIVE FEEDOMS” – NEWS FEED: Biden calls on states to offer $100 vaccine incentives
President Biden on Thursday called on state and local governments to use funds from his $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan to offer $100 payments to individuals in order to incentivize coronavirus vaccinations. READ Morgan Chalfant’s article in The Hill
“OPINION”: Drone Whistleblower Gets 45 Months in Prison for Revealing Ongoing US War Crimes
Truthout On July 27, a federal district court judge in Alexandria, Virginia, sentenced former U.S. Air Force intelligence analyst Daniel Hale to 45 months in prison for revealing evidence of U.S. war crimes. In 2015, Hale, whose job involved identifying targets for drone strikes, provided journalist Jeremy Scahill with …
“FIVE FREEDOMS” – NEWS FEED: Biden Expected to Announce Vaccine Mandates for All Federal Employees, DOJ Declares Mandates Legal
White House officials said Tuesday Biden is considering requiring all civilian federal employees to be vaccinated or be forced to submit to regular testing, social distancing, mask requirements and restrictions on most travel. READ the Children’s Health Defense Team article in The Defender
“FIVE FREEDOMS” – NEWS FEED: At FDA Urging, Pfizer and Moderna to Include Thousands More Children in Clinical Trials
Citing concerns about the risk of heart inflammation associated with the vaccines, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration asked Pfizer and Moderna to expand the number of children in their clinical trials. READ the Children’s Health Defense Team’s article in The Defender
“FIVE FREEDOMS” – NEWS FEED: CDC reverses indoor mask policy, saying fully vaccinated people and kids should wear them indoors
The CDC recommended that fully vaccinated people begin wearing masks indoors again in places with high Covid transmission rates. The updated guidance comes ahead of the fall, when the delta variant is expected to cause another surge in new coronavirus cases and many large employers plan to bring workers back to …