(FREE) PAINE IN THE MORNING: 11 things you need to know this Thursday – November 18, 2021

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OSHA Suspends Enforcement of Vaccine Mandate as Conservative 6th Circuit Selected to Hear Case –  The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has officially suspended implementation and enforcement of its controversial COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private employers of 100 or more people.

The move puts businesses in an awkward position. On the one hand, with OSHA standing down for the time being, employers can relax their own measures towards demanding their employees be vaccinated or get tested weekly. But on the other hand, the Biden administration is continuing to urge private businesses to become enforcers of its vaccinate-everyone-no-matter-what fetish. – READ MORE

3 jabs to be ‘fully vaxxed’? Biden plans booster expansion – With public health officials acknowledging the rapidly waning effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines, the Biden administration is seeking immediate expansion of authorization for booster shots to all adults, according to an internal source.

Axios, citing a source familiar with the planning, reported the data “is clear that vaccine effectiveness has waned over time.” – READ MORE

Again! Nearly 100 students get wrong dose of COVID vaccine at school – For the second time in less than a week, dozens of children in the Washington, D.C., area were given the wrong dose of the Pfizer vaccine.

According to WTOP-TV in Washington, almost 100 students at South Lake Elementary School in Montgomery Village, Maryland, received a diluted amount of the pediatric Pfizer vaccine during a clinic on Nov. 10. – READ MORE

“Most Vaccinated” Nation On Earth Cancels Christmas Over Surge In COVID Cases –Like much of Europe recently, Gibraltar, the British Overseas Territory located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, has seen a sudden uptick in COVID cases. – READ MORE

Worldwide Search Trend For “Died Suddenly” Spikes To Record Highs – We can’t help but notice one Google search trend that has erupted worldwide.

The search term “died suddenly” has spiked to an all-time high in the last two months, with data going back to 2004. – READ MORE

CDC: Overdose Deaths Are Worst Ever – More Americans died of drug overdoses between April 2020 and April 2021 than in any previous yearlong period, the Centers for Disease Control reported Wednesday.

The CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics found that more than 100,000 Americans died of overdosing, a nearly 30 percent spike from the year before and more than double the number of deaths in 2015. – READ MORE

Bidenflation: Winter Heating Prices Set To Soar Even if Temperatures Stay Warm –The heating bills for American households are set to soar this year, adding to the inflation woes of many American families.

“We expect that households across the United States will spend more on energy this winter compared with the past several winters because of these higher energy prices and because we assume a slightly colder winter than last year in much of the United States,” a recent Department of Energy study said. – READ MORE

Biden blames rising gas prices on ‘anti-consumer behavior’ from oil companies; industry fires back – President Joe Biden on Wednesday blamed collusion between oil and gas companies for rising prices at the pump and is asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate “anti-consumer behavior.”

In a letter to FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan, Biden claimed there is “mounting evidence of anti-consumer behavior by oil and gas companies.” His letter comes as gas prices are at a seven-year high, on average more than a dollar more expensive than they were last year. – READ MORE

Hidden on Page 1,647 of Biden’s Spending Bill Is a Plan That Could Give Billions of Dollars to Illegals – It’s not hard to hide things in a 2,135-page document, and that is exactly what the Democrats tried to do in their new spending bill.

It has already been quite a fight for the Biden administration to get Democrats to back the $1.75 trillion bill. There was disagreement over the timing of the bill and its relation to the rest of the president’s Build Back Better plan. – READ MORE

FBI Counterterrorism Unit Tracking ‘Threats’ Against School Officials, School Boards, Whistleblower Docs Show – FBI counterterrorism officials are compiling and tracking investigations into “threats” directed at school board members and other school officials, whistleblower documents show.

House Judiciary Committee Republicans, led by the committee’s ranking member Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), released a whistleblower email on Tuesday showing that the FBI is using counterterrorism tools to track threats against school officials. – READ MORE

Joe Biden Exaggerates Details of 2004 Fire: My House Burned Down ‘With My Wife In It’ – President Joe Biden exaggerated Tuesday details of a fire that burned his home in 2004 while emphasizing the importance of infrastructure. – READ MORE