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Fox News Has STRICTER Vaccine Policy Than Biden's Proposal
All year, Fox News has been placating the vaccine-skeptical members of its audience, especially during their nighttime programs. They’ve been especially upset over recent vaccine mandates, like the one handed down from the Biden administration requiring federal workers and contractors to get vaccinated. But it turns out that Fox itself has some of the strictest vaccine mandates out there. Fox Corp. HR chief Kevin Lord sent out a memo this week saying that, “90% of our full-time employees reported that they are fully vaccinated.” He went on to say that “soon we will introduce another important health and safety measure for access to our facilities — daily COVID testing for the small group of employees who are not vaccinated or have not provided their vaccination status.” The Biden mandate for private companies with more than 100 employees when workers aren’t vaccinated is to have them undergo weekly testing. Fox News is saying their unvaccinated staff must get tested daily. This means that for all the bluster, skepticism, and COVID denial, Fox’s vaccine mandate is much stricter than that of the government that its hosts regularly criticize.
Trump Wants General Charged with Treason for Exposing Trump's Idiocy
Donald Trump followed up on his recent claims that General Mark Milley ought to be arrested for treason for laying out contingency plans if Trump ordered attacks against foreign countries during the lame duck period of his presidency. Trump went on Newsmax the other day and said as much and then later felt inspired to release a statement expanding on his thoughts. The message read, “If the story of ‘Dumbass’ General Mark Milley . . . is true, then I assume he would be tried for TREASON in that he would have been dealing with his Chinese counterpart behind the President’s back and telling China that he would be giving them notification ‘of an attack.’ Can’t do that!” Trump followed up by assuring it wasn’t true and called the reporting by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa for the book Peril “fake news,” saying “they write fiction, not fact.” Trump is eager to dismiss everything about this story while at the same time calling for the most severe of repercussions for it. The ex-POTUS is trying to have it both ways on this which is a typical strategy of his. Trump’s supporters will come away from this story believing the reporting was “fake news” and at the same time that General Milley should be tried for treason.
From yesterday’s show:
Tucker VERY INTERESTED In Nicki Minaj Swollen Testicle Claim
Rapper and pop singer Nicki Minaj has been getting a great deal of backlash over a vaccine-skeptical post she made to Twitter. Minaj wrote, “my cousin in Trinidad won’t get the vaccine cuz his friend got it & became impotent. His testicles became swollen. His friend was weeks away from getting married, now the girl called off the wedding. So just pray on it & make sure you’re comfortable with ur decision, not bullied.” The pop singer has nearly 23 million followers on Twitter alone, leaving many to worry that her impressionable followers could get the wrong idea about the safety of the COVID vaccine. There is nothing in medical literature suggesting swollen testicles could be an adverse reaction to getting vaccinated. But this didn’t stop right-wing news outlets from jumping on the story to use it to their advantage. Fox News propagandist Tucker Carlson invited Nicki Minaj’s cousin’s friend on his show to hear the story. Tucker even offered to bring the television crew to Trinidad to cover what happened to him. This story is getting so many layers deep and it’s incredible to think that now even Tucker Carlson has a hand in it.
From yesterday’s show:
Trump Falls Apart on Newsmax After Nuke Revelations
Donald Trump went on Newsmax this week to respond to allegations made in the book Peril by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa. Specifically, Trump wanted to talk about the claim that Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley recognized that Trump was so unhinged following his reelection defeat that Milley was worried he might seek to launch nuclear weapons. Trump said during his interview, “if it is actually true, which is hard to believe that he would have called China and done these things and was willing to advise them of an attack — or in advance of an attack — that’s treason.” This statement suggests that Milley’s fears were true about Trump wanting to nuke China or another country, which apparently the former president recognized as he was saying it. Trump followed up with, “it’s totally ridiculous, I never thought of it.” If it’s correct that Milley informed China the US wasn’t about to attack them, then conceivably Trump should be pleased with that, not outraged. So Trump was all over the place with all of his contradicting explanations making absolutely no sense. He then wrapped up the interview by saying Milley is only now making these statements to cover up for the shaky drawdown of troops from Afghanistan, a plan which Trump made and Biden carried through on.
More on the show:
--Michael Sandel, Professor of Political Philosophy at Harvard University and author of the book "The Tyranny of Merit: Can we find the Common Good?" joins David to discuss meritocracy, inequality, and much more. Get the book: https://amzn.to/3EyqXUb
--The new Republican strategy for the foreseeable future is to call any election they don't win "rigged," and its implications are very dangerous
--Notable discussions from the David Pakman Show subreddit, including about Matt Gaetz, at-home COVID tests, the educational system, and more
--Pop star Nicki Minaj is debunked by health officials from Trinidad after her viral tweet claiming her cousin's friend's testicles swelled after receiving the COVID vaccine, costing him his wedding
--Trump associate Roger Stone is served with a lawsuit by process servers while live on the air being interviewed by Real Talk 93.3 in St. Louis
--Voicemail caller defends the woman deliberately coughing on people at a Nebraska grocery store who was eventually fired by her employer, SAP
--On the Bonus Show: Biden & UK to help Australia acquire nuclear submarines, lawmakers push Facebook to abandon Instagram for Kids, Justice Dept seeks emergency order to block TX abortion law, much more...
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