Aug 13, 2021
Annette’s News Roundup — Issue #119
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Joe is always busy.
Biden meeting with business leaders who have mandated vaccines | TheHill — thehill.com
President Biden is meeting with business leaders on Wednesday who have required the COVID-19 vaccine for employees, including United Airlines and Kaiser Permanente. Biden is pushing for all businesses to require the vaccine for workers, and his meeting will highlight companies, including small ones, that have “taken the right step to create safer workplaces,” said White House assistant press secretary Kevin Munoz.
Biden Presses Congress to Act on Prescription Drug Prices — The New York Times — www.nytimes.com
President Biden singled out drug prices as an issue he wants included in the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion social policy bill, including allowing Medicare to negotiate lower prices.
White House calls on OPEC to boost oil production as gasoline prices rise — www.cnbc.com
The White House is calling on OPEC and its allies to take action as surging gas prices prompt fears that rising inflation will derail the economic recovery.
Biden comes to Gavin Newsom’s recall defense as White House mulls larger role.
OAKLAND — President Joe Biden resoundingly endorsed Gov. Gavin Newsom against a looming recall vote on Thursday, telegraphing that the White House could come to Newsom’s aid in the race’s critical final weeks. The Biden administration had already gone on the record opposing the vote to oust Newsom. But Biden’s statement was on a different order of magnitude and came as the White House considers deploying Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris — or both — on Newsom’s behalf
Kamala is busy too.
Not getting much publicity — as the resignation of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo sucks all the oxygen out of the room — our Vice President is busy on many issues, including childcare — an issue important to the nation, important to families, important to business.
Exclusive: Kamala Harris summons C.E.O.s to talk child care.
The day after Senate Democrats passed their “big, bold” $3.5 trillion budget blueprint, Vice President Kamala Harris is bringing business leaders to the White House to build support for one of the plan’s key pillars, child care, a White House official told DealBook.
More vaccinations and third shots begin.
FDA poised to OK third vaccine dose for immunocompromised people — www.nbcnews.com
When will the FDA authorize booster shots? The FDA is set to OK a booster shot for immunocompromised people Thursday.
Nearly 300,000 More Federal Health Workers Are Ordered To Be Vaccinated.
The federal government is dramatically expanding the number of its workers that will be required to be vaccinated for COVID-19.
More than 25,000 employees of the Health and Human Services Department will be required to get a COVID-19 vaccine and the Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding its vaccine requirement to more employees, contractors and volunteers, the agencies announced.
VA Secretary Denis McDonough told CBS This Morning that the updated mandate at his agency will affect 245,000 employees, in addition to 115,000 previously ordered to be vaccinated.
Social media fights back against dangerous GOP.
YouTube suspends Sen. Rand Paul over a video falsely claiming masks are ineffective. — www.nbcnews.com
WASHINGTON — YouTube suspended Sen. Rand Paul’s account on Tuesday for posting a video claiming cloth face masks are ineffective against the coronavirus. A spokesperson for YouTube told NBC News that the video violated company policy on Covid-19 misinformation, which includes “claims that wearing a mask is dangerous or causes negative physical health effects” or that masks don’t play a role in preventing the contraction or transmission of COVID-19.
Twitter suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s account for one week following violation of platform rules — CNN — www.cnn.com
Twitter has suspended Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s account for one week following another violation of the platform’s rules, the company said Tuesday.
How hot is your world? Update on Italy.
Be safe, dear readers.
Europe may have just seen its hottest day ever. — www.nbcnews.com
Sicily’s weather information service recorded an almost 120 degrees Fahrenheit temperature Wednesday which if verified would be the hottest recorded on Europe’s continent.
Much Of The U.S. Will Bake Under Stifling Heat Before Expected Relief This Weekend : NPR
www.npr.org
The National Weather Service predicts areas on the East Coast could reach 100 degrees Thursday afternoon, with the Pacific Northwest also expected to reach temperatures in the triple digits.
August 12. World Elephant Day.
August 13. The Pillow Guy says today is the day.
“A crowd flowed over [Theodore Roosevelt Bridge,] so many, I had not thought death had undone so many. Sighs, short and infrequent, were exhaled, And each man fixed his eyes before his feet.” ( after T.S. Eliot’s “The Wasteland”)
Mike Lindell vows that Biden and Harris will resign after seeing his “evidence” on Aug. 13 — www.salon.com
President and veep to quit in shame after facing “absolute proof” of election fraud, says pillow salesman.
My city.
The article contains access to a list of the best spots to see street art in America’s Street Art Capital- NYC.
New York City is the Street Art Capital of America. We’re №1!
New York City is considered the capital of many things — fashion, food, culture — but it’s also the capital of street art, according to a new report.
