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The Chicago Tribune obtained a number of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) text messages that reveal combative interactions with aldermen.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that there could be lockdowns again without widespread “tough” vaccine mandates like the one he implemented in New York City.

Governor Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that vaccine mandates to combat COVID cause “consistent resistance.”

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, in his last few weeks in office, is attempting to silence parents critical of public education policies, according to two parent leaders.

American voters have a souring opinion on the job Congress is doing as approval ratings dip into the low 30s, a Harvard/Harris Poll released this week found.

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) – Armenia’s parliament approved a law Friday that would allow employers to fire workers who refuse to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or a negative test result.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison affirmed in remarks on Thursday that tennis star Novak Djokovic, the top-ranked player in the world, will have to prove that he has received a Chinese coronavirus vaccine to play in the upcoming Australian Open.

BERLIN (AP) – German lawmakers are debating a bill Friday that would require staff at hospitals and nursing homes to get vaccinated against the coronavirus or risk losing their jobs.

A member of the populist Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) has expressed concern that amendments to a law on administrative enforcement could be used to imprison unvaccinated people for as long as a year.

The introduction of Covid passes in England will lead to mandatory vaccination, creating a “subclass of people who are treated as unclean, unsafe, and excluded”, privacy and civil liberties campaign group Big Brother Watch has warned.

Critical Race Theory proponent and “antiracist” millionaire Ibram X. Kendi was reportedly paid nearly $45,000 by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to promote his books and train faculty and students, according to a report by The Federalist. Kendi also made the university delete

Only two Senate Democrats on Wednesday voted with Republicans in the Senate to block President Biden’s federal vaccine mandate on private businesses.

Amtrak expects to temporarily cut some service next month as it warns of possible labor shortages due to the Biden administration’s coronavirus vaccine mandate which requires employees of government contractors to be fully jabbed by January 4th.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) criticized Democrat lawmakers on Thursday, asserting they are in favor of people “losing their jobs” over vaccine mandates after they refused to support legislation providing protections for U.S. workers. 

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said at a press conference in Tallahassee, Florida, on Thursday that President Biden’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rule forcing private employers with 100 or more employees to implement vaccine requirements or testing is “done,” predicting it will be “deep-sixed” by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

The chairman of a local Conservative Party group has resigned live on air, claiming that the party was moving in a “tyrannical direction”.

Restoring the economy and lowering inflation top the set of issues voters have in mind when considering who they will support in the 2022 midterm elections, and voters are more concerned about “respecting individual rights and liberty” over combatting the coronavirus pandemic, a Convention of States/Trafalgar Group survey released Thursday found. 

Rebellion is brewing within the UK Conservatives after Prime Minister Boris Johnson hinted at the possibility of mandatory vaccination, a move that has been called “political suicide” by the chairman of the country’s oldest conservative think tank.

New Chancellor Karl Nehammer has set an end date for the general lockdown in Austria for December 12th but it will only apply to those considered to be fully vaccinated against the Wuhan coronavirus.

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the nation’s second-largest school district, fired 496 employees on Tuesday for not complying with the district’s coronavirus vaccine mandate.

Children at Barack Obama Global Prep Academy in Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) were apparently vaccinated against the coronavirus without the consent or knowledge of parents, according to a mother.

The U.S. Senate voted 52-48 in favor of repealing President Joe Biden’s federal vaccine mandate for private businesses in what amounts to a symbolic blow to his administration.

Florida has saved countless people from losing their jobs over vaccine mandates, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said on Tuesday, mentioning that people would “be getting pink slips” if his administration had not taken action.

Brexit leader Nigel Farage has criticised Boris Johnson for claiming that the UK may need to have a “national conversation” about mandatory vaccination.

The Democrat-controlled Senate on Wednesday is set to pass cancel President Biden’s vaccine mandate on large employers.

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Tuesday criticized “Faucism” in the wake of the Omicron variant of the Chinese coronavirus and promised Florida will continue to “protect your freedom to make your decisions.”

Berlin archbishop Heiner Koch has barred unvaccinated Catholics from attending Mass in his archdiocese, sparking protests by members of the German faithful and an outcry from Catholics worldwide.

As President Biden’s vaccine mandate suffers legal smackdown after legal smackdown, moderate Democrats have begun to waver.

A World Health Organization (W.H.O.) official said coronavirus vaccine mandates should be an “absolute last resort” during a press conference on Tuesday. 

Kaleida Health in New York has fired approximately 100 unvaccinated employees who had avoided the vaccine mandate due to religious exemption.

One hundred and thirteen Los Angeles firefighters have been suspended without pay for failing to comply with the city’s coronavirus vaccine mandate for employees.

The entire Republican House conference, all 212 members, are backing Rep. Fred Keller’s (R-PA) Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to combat President Biden’s vaccine mandate on businesses, the congressman announced Tuesday, putting a 218 majority in sight for House Republicans.

On Monday’s “CNN Tonight,” UC-San Francisco Professor of Medicine Dr. Monica Gandhi reacted to New York City’s coronavirus vaccine mandate by arguing the city should treat people who have recovered from prior coronavirus infections “the same as the vaccinated.” And

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) on Monday defended his updated vaccine mandates — expanding to private-sector employees as well as young children —  claiming that “vaccine mandates work” and that such vaccine passport programs should be emulated across the country. 

Officials are increasingly pushing coronavirus vaccines on 5-11-year olds, despite the fact that hospitalizations and mortality rates among children are extremely low, according to data from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Monday celebrated the reinstatement of a Florida doctor who temporarily lost his job because of President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate.