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Latvia's parliament voted on Friday to ban lawmakers who refuse COVID-19 vaccine from voting on legislature and participating in discussions. Latvia, which has one of the lowest vaccination rates in European Union, was the first in the bloc to reimpose a lockdown this autumn as a surge in COVID-19 cases threatens to overwhelm its health system. The restrictions on vaccine-rejecting lawmakers, which includes docking their pay, was supported by 62 of its 100 lawmakers, and will last from Monday until mid-2022. State television reported that nine MPs have rejected the vaccine.

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Before Jones, Duncan, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges. Kurt D. Engelhardt, Circuit Judge: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) “reasonably determined” in June 2020 that an emergency temporary standard (ETS) was “not necessary” to “protect working people from occupational exposure to infectious disease, including COVID-19.” In re AFL-CIO, 2020 WL 3125324, at *1 (D.C. Cir. June 11, 2020). This was not the first time OSHA had done this; it has refused several times to issue ETSs despite legal action urging it do so. See, e.g., In re Int’l Chem. Workers Union, 830 F.2d 369 (D.C. Cir. 1987) (per curiam). In...

It’s official: Vermont has made history.As reported by WCAX, the Green Mountain State has become the first to give condoms to preteens.Last year, Gov. Phil Scott signed into law a measure mandating that public schools make condoms available for their students.The initiative includes 7th graders, who — excepting situations of double promotion — may be as young as 12.In addition to dispensing such accessories for oral, vaginal, and anal sex, schools are required to give kids information on how to properly employ them.As noted by South Burlington’s CBS3, the distribution and instruction will be “inclusive of gender identity, sexuality and...

Parent and school board candidate Amy Carney called the dossier 'retaliation' More than 600 parents in Scottsdale, Arizona, are demanding the resignation of the school board president after a shocking revelation. The president, or possibly his father, appears to have kept a dossier on 47 parents who dared to speak out against his policies at school board meetings — a dossier complete with Social Security numbers, background checks, a divorce paper, mortgage documents, trade certifications, and screenshots of Facebook posts. "I'd call this retaliation," Amy Carney, a mother of six and candidate for the Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) governing...

GARDEN GROVE (CBSLA) – Moments before 15-year-old Lauryn Ham was clotheslined by another girl during a youth club basketball tournament Sunday in Garden Grove, her mother believes that the girl who punched Ham was provoked by her mom. Alice Ham told CBSLA Reporter Laurie Perez that parents who were at the game heard the mother of the girl who threw the punch yell, “go and hit her.”

According to Tom Pelissero, Gruden is suing the league and commissioner Roger Goodell alleging that his career was ruined through “malicious and orchestrated campaign.” Former #Raiders coach Jon Gruden is suing the NFL and Roger Goodell in Nevada district court, alleging they sought to destroy Gruden’s career and reputation through a “malicious and orchestrated campaign” that led to his resignation last month, Gruden’s attorney tells me. — Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) November 12, 2021 Statement below from Jon Gruden’s attorney, Adam Hosmer-Henner, who filed the complaint Thursday in Clark County, Nevada court. Gruden is seeking damages on seven claims, as well...

The vaccine mandate or lose your livelihood is the boot George Orwell wrote about. If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever.. How many jabs? 1,2? Now it is 3. 4,5. Still not vacated? Miss one. Lose your job. But like the book members of the party are not taking the jab.

Eight-year-old Fiona Lashells has delivered a worthy example of standing up for your convictions against power-mad tyrants. Soon after the Florida 2nd grader appeared before the Palm Beach County School Board and vowed she would continue to defy the school district’s mask mandate, the district dropped the mandate. After national media pressure sparked by Fiona’s stand, and pressure from the DeSantis administration, the School District of Palm Beach County released a letter to the public explaining its decision to drop their mandatory mask requirement. The board described the change as a “face covering opt-out” for parents. Fiona for months refused...

The picture that has been emerging of today’s papacy is one of a pope, with little or no regard for law and due process, governing a Church that has made disregard for law and tradition part of its ecclesiastical culture.Pope Francis has issued a new decree in the form of a letter which some believe marks a wholly illegal papal power-grab over one of the world’s most ancient and unique institutions. To understand the complexity of this case, it is necessary to recall the events that have led up to this. In late 2016, Pope Francis—in an act we all...

The number of Catholics who say they go to Mass every week has dropped by 14% since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to The Pillar's new Survey on Religious Attitudes and Practices. That decline could explain a proportional decline in parish collections: In March, The Pillar found parishes experienced a 12% average decrease in collections during 2020 as compared to 2019, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the shutdown orders implemented in many localities. New information about Mass attendance is available from The Pillar’s Survey on Religious Attitudes and Practices, which aims to better understand the religious perspectives, identities,...

Join together with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

OTTAWA, November 10, 2021 – The Catholic Bishops of Canada are pleased to announce that 25-30 First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Elders, knowledge keepers, residential school survivors, and youth will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican from December 17-20, 2021, accompanied by a small group of Canadian Bishops. “The journey towards healing and reconciliation is a long one, but we believe this will be a significant milestone in the Catholic Church’s commitment to renewing, strengthening and reconciling relationships with Indigenous Peoples across the land,” said CCCB President, the Most Rev. Raymond Poisson. “With this delegation, we hope to walk...

After the terrible gang rape in a Hamburg park became known, an influencer shared all the faces and names of the alleged perpetrators with their followers - uncensored. In September 2020, a 15-year-old girl was raped and robbed by the men for over two and a half hours. The German influencer PersiaX published the uncensored faces of all allegedly involved in the gang rape in Hamburg in a YouTube video on November 6th in just under 15 minutes. She found the names and pictures of the men, among other things, through her own research - she even played voice messages...

A group of Cuban priests signed a letter addressed to the Cuban authorities Wednesday urging them not to use violence against marches protesting the island’s communist government planned for Nov. 15. “We don't want to see police beating and mistreating their own people again. We don't want blood spilled again, we don't want to hear gunshots again. No, because that’s not the way that will take us to the Cuba that we need and that we all want,” the priests said in their Nov. 10 letter posted on Facebook. “Those of us who signed this letter are Cubans, Catholic priests...

A lawsuit filed Tuesday by a group of Navy service members asks a federal court in Texas to prevent the Biden Administration from enforcing the federal COVID-19 vaccination mandate. They also want the court to declare the vaccination mandate an unlawful policy and end it entirely. The First Liberty Institute filed their legal action in the District Court for the Northern District of Texas on behalf of 35 members of the United States Navy. The 35 plaintiffs are assigned to the Naval Special Warfare Command and 26 of them are Navy SEALs, five are enlisted Combatant Craft Crew, three are...

A 17-year-old girl contracted Covid-19 in August. She recovered easily, as the vast majority of young people who are infected by Covid-19 do. Severe or deadly Covid infections for people under the age of 20 are so rare, it makes headlines. This particular teen made it through Covid easily, recovering quickly and acquiring the natural immunity that is so effective at preventing future infections. For some reason, she was vaccinated a few days later based on the anti-scientific recommendations of our government. As we’ve long said, there is no reason to inject experimental drugs into children, nor is there a...

If there’s anything that should frighten the sh*t out of you, it’s your own government publicly stating that they will make your life a living hell if you don’t inject a foreign substance in to your body. In Australia, this is exactly what is happening. The lives of unvaccinated citizens in Australia will be made “miserable” and “lonely” by the Australian government, a health official has warned. “Oh, they’re crazy not to get vaccinated, life will be miserable without getting vaccinated,” said Dr. Chris Perry, the Queensland president of the Australian Medical Association, during a television appearance. “You won’t be...

Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said Friday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that former Donald Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows would comply with the subpoena he received from the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 incident at the Capitol because he did not want to go to prison. Anchor Nicolle Wallace said, “Your reaction to the indictment of Steve Bannon.”

A prominent Yale Law School professor on Friday blasted the administration’s treatment of law student Trent Colbert and the Federalist Society, calling it "dishonest, duplicitous, and downright deplorable." Akhil Amar, one of the most frequently cited legal scholars in the country, called on the administration to apologize for its actions toward Colbert, the Yale Law student who invited classmates to his "trap house." "I am not and have never been a member of the Federalist Society," Amar said, adding that he is a life-long liberal Democrat. But "ideological diversity" is important for challenging "implicit bias"—not just against members of other...