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In a little covered lawsuit by the group New Yorkers For Religious Liberty, Inc. et al -VS- The City Of New York, something very odd has surfaced.After imposing the vaccine mandate in 2021, New York City fired the unvaccinated workers then sent the FBI the names and fingerprints of the non-compliant city employees to register within the justice files of the federal government.New York City has recently abandoned the vaccine requirement {SEE HERE}, but the lawyers for the plaintiffs are continuing the lawsuit against the city because employment in the private sector is now impacted because the names of the...

WOBURN -- Police acted immediately after receiving a call from Massachusetts Republican Party headquarters on Wednesday about a man wearing a pink mask entering MassGOP offices and accusing staffers of being "fascists" before threatening to "come back with a weapon," among other profanity-laced threats. The individual identified himself as Hugh Samson. MassGOP staff was able to positively identify the man after a cursory internet search yielded news photos of him protesting in November 2020:

footage shows the Karen shouting at a man behind her for not wearing a mask, then hitting him when he responded: “You put your mask on, b***h!” Flight attendants tried to intervene, but the woman punched, scratched, and spat on the man. After the man was struck, he told the Karen, “Now you’re going to jail. That’s assault. As soon as we get to Atlanta, you’re going to jail!” The woman again shouted, “Put your mask on!” The man replied: “Put yours on, b**ch!” “I won’t put my mask on!” the angry pro-mask woman said. Just before the woman is...

Facing an exponential increase in COVID-19 cases, and a threat of overwhelmed hospitals, Philadelphia has imposed new restrictions limiting gatherings; prohibiting indoor dining and setting new capacity restrictions for stores, churches and more. The new restrictions go into effect on Friday, Nov. 20 and will last until Jan. 1, 2021 at the earliest. Philadelphia health commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley shared a dire picture of the city’s future if the coronavirus is allowed to spread at its current pace. He noted that at the rate the virus is spreading, the city is set to reach more than 3,000 new cases per...

Walt Disney’s parks chief Josh D’Amaro said Tuesday the company will be laying off staff at its theme parks, the segment of the company hardest hit by the pandemic. ... ”In light of the prolonged impact of COVID-19 on our business, including limited capacity due to physical distancing requirements and the continued uncertainty regarding the duration of the pandemic – exacerbated in California by the State’s unwillingness to lift restrictions that would allow Disneyland to reopen – we have made the very difficult decision to begin the process of reducing our workforce at our Parks, Experiences and Products segment at...

A woman at a grade-school football game in Ohio on Wednesday was reportedly tased and arrested by a police officer for not wearing a face mask in the stands. The woman was sitting in the bleachers with her mother when she got into an altercation with the cop about mask-wearing at a middle school in the town of Logan, the Marietta Times reported. Video of the incident, which was posted to YouTube, shows the woman resisting as the officer struggles to handcuff her for nearly two minutes before he deploys his Taser.

Through a bit of remarkable reporting by Lachlan Markay, The Daily Beast has revealed the mysterious life of William B. Crews. Known professionally as an official for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the public health agency overseen by Dr. Anthony Fauci, he is also the anonymous managing editor of pro-Trump website Red State. Known there by the pen name “streiff,” he has written a series of harangues attacking Dr. Fauci and the “deep state” over the pandemic response. For the blissfully uninitiated, Redstate holds sway in conservative circles, including with members of Congress and their staffers on...

Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration is advising Pennsylvanians to stay home or stay safe if they do go out ahead of and during the July Fourth weekend. It’s also asking travelers coming from 15 states to quarantine for 14 days upon their arrival in the Keystone State. A news release from Wolf’s office on Thursday said anyone entering Pa. from Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah “will need to quarantine for 14 days”. It did not say, however, how that directive would be enforced. More: Kids should wear masks...