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Republicans on Monday highlighted President Biden’s mask hypocrisy after he was spotted violating the citywide mask mandate in Washington, DC, over the weekend.

Washington Post deputy editorial page editor Ruth Marcus sparked ire on Twitter when she claimed she lectured a random stranger about wearing a mask.

President Joe Biden appeared to violate the citywide mask mandate in Washington, DC, over the weekend while visiting a restaurant.

What makes the murder of Sir David Amess MP even more horrible, depressing, and cruel is that he was definitely one of the good guys.

Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) apparently tried to get away with violating the airport’s mask mandate by holding a drink in his hand.

The Florida School Boards Association has rejected the national association’s request for federal law enforcement help at local board meetings.

Two state school board associations have condemned the National School Board Association’s (NSBA) request to President Joe Biden for federal law enforcement help to deal with frustrated parents who oppose Critical Race Theory and mask mandates in K-12 schools.

It is not “domestic extremism” for a parent to advocate for their child’s best interests at local school board meetings, admitted Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco to Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday.

The National School Boards Association (NSBA) has written a letter to President Joe Biden, requesting “federal law enforcement and other assistance” to cope with angry parents concerned about their children wearing masks in school all day and learning concepts of Critical Race Theory (CRT).

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) extended the statewide mask mandate on Tuesday yet again, declaring that “masks have been proven to help slow the spread” of the Chinese coronavirus.

Officials in Chicago are cracking down on businesses accused of not complying with the mask mandate, ABC 7 reported Tuesday.

Florida’s Surgeon General has signed new protocols that allow for parents to choose whether or not to quarantine their child if the child is asymptomatic after exposure to the virus.

New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has decided to make maskless riders pay $50 if they refuse to comply with its rules, CBS New York reported Thursday.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) blasted federal mask mandates on Tuesday, reminding the American people that Congress never passed a law requiring masks on planes and concluding that such moves are not the markings of a “sustainable form of government.”

Alexandria Ayala, a member of the Palm Beach County School Board, was caught partying maskless over the weekend, despite efforts to defy Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) by forcing children to wear masks in school.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed (D) responded to criticisms to her night out partying, violating the city’s mask mandate, contending that people “don’t need to fun police” to “micromanage” what they should be doing.

Hollywood celebrities went maskless Sunday at the 73rd annual Emmy Awards as millions of children are being forced to wear masks in school.

A handful of Colorado counties are ushering in mask mandates, despite studies indicating that cloth and surgical masks are not efficient at filtering exhaled aerosols and Dr. Anthony Fauci once dismissing masks as a “paranoid” tool.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed (D) partied at the city’s Black Cat nightclub this week without a mask, violating the city’s rules requiring “almost everyone” to wear a face covering in indoor public areas.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is instructing parents to mask their children in school, even if masks are optional.

Virginia Democrat Terry McAuliffe briefly addressed the photo showing him violating the federal mask mandate while aboard Amtrak in July, claiming he is “very good” about wearing his mask but adding that everyone can “always do better.”

White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci once dismissed wearing a mask to prevent infectious disease as a “paranoid” tool, laughing at the prospect during a 2019 sit-down interview on The David Rubenstein Show.

Wednesday on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” host Joy Reid called Republicans’ “creepy little COVID-loving death cult ways” “political suicide.”

Terry McAuliffe, the Virginia Democrat vying to be governor for a second time, was spotted on Amtrak without a mask, apparently ignoring federal law requiring customers and employees to wear a mask “while onboard trains and in stations.”

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has revealed the government’s “Plan B” if the Chinese coronavirus surges in the Winter, which includes mask mandates, working from home, and the possible introduction of domestic vaccine passports.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) will not say when the statewide mask mandate will end.

Alberto Carvalho, superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools in Florida, said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that children were being “used as political pawns” in the fight over mask and vaccines mandates.

A member of the staff at Glenbard North High School of Carol Stream, Illinois, has resigned following a viral video that depicts the staff member calling a student “a piece of shit” for improperly wearing a mask.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Friday announced that he is suing six school districts for defying the Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) ban on mask mandates. 

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) scored another win on Friday after the First District Court of Appeals granted a stay to the state’s request to reinstate the stay for a ban on school districts issuing and enforcing mask mandates.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), attending a legislative summit on Thursday, was again caught breaking her mask mandate, which requires people to mask up inside regardless of vaccination status.

President Joe Biden demanded that Americans “show some respect” for flight attendants attempting to enforce mask mandates on airplanes, as he announced a doubling of fines for passengers who refuse to comply with federal rules.

The founder of Moms for America is calling for a national parents strike to protest “the continued public school mask mandates” and other “encroachments on our freedoms.”

Joy Behar told her co-hosts Thursday on ABC’s “The View” that Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) should be held “criminally liable ” for COVID-19 death in his state because he has banned mask mandates.

Chicago has issued dozens of citations to businesses for violating the state’s indoor mask requirement as shootings continue to dominate in the Windy City.

If students at Stanford University thought life was returning back to normal now that 95 percent of the campus is vaccinated, it’s time for them to think again, as the university has announced that it is banning indoor parties, and “strongly recommending masking outdoors.”