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Bidenflation: Prices Soar for Hamburgers, Bacon, Ribs, Chicken, Baby Food, and Peanut Butter – Putting food on the kitchen table got more challenging for American households in September, inflation data released Wednesday showed.
The price of food at home jumped 1.2 percent in September, a historically huge gain for a single month and three times the inflation rate recorded in August. Compared with a year ago, the price of food at home is up 4.6 percent, the Department of Labor’s Consumer Price Index indicates. – READ MORE
Biden employer vaccine mandate a step closer to reality as OSHA submits rule text to OMB for review – President Biden’s vaccine mandate for large businesses came one step closer to reality on Tuesday after the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) submitted the initial text of an emergency vaccine rule to the Office of Management and Budget for review.
Last month, the president announced businesses with more than 100 employees will be required to mandate coronavirus vaccines or administer weekly tests. Employers are also required to pay employees for time off to get vaccinated and recover from side effects. – READ MORE
Psaki: Biden Wants To Use Pandemic To ‘Make Fundamental Change In Our Economy’ – White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said during Tuesday’s press briefing that President Joe Biden wants to use the current circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to “make fundamental change in our economy” and that if the opportunity is not taken now, then Democrats may not be able to do it “for some time.”
“The president wants to make fundamental change in our economy, and he feels coming out of the pandemic is exactly the time to do that,” Psaki said. “And if we don’t do it now, if we don’t address the cost of childcare, to go back to Josh’s question earlier, if we don’t address the climate crisis, if we don’t ensure that universal pre-k is a reality now, we’re not going to have the same opportunity to do it for some time.” – READ MORE
Report: Over 100K Workers Threaten Strikes amid Supply Chain Crisis, Citing ‘Low Staffing Levels’ – Over 100,000 American workers are reportedly threatening to strike this week amid the supply chain crisis, citing “low staffing levels” and “burnout.”
The American workers who are threatening to strike work for Hollywood production companies, John Deere, and Kaiser Permanente, the Hill reported. – READ MORE
Joe Biden Reacts Late to Clogged Ports Crisis; White House Blames Private Businesses – President Joe Biden will try to address the issue of clogged ports on Wednesday, after months of failing to demonstrate real progress on the issue.
The president will meet at the White House with the executive directors of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach as well as representatives from Walmart, UPS, FedEx, Target, and Samsung. Biden will also meet with labor unions and trucking and railroad representatives. – READ MORE
U.S. to Open Land Borders in November: Fully Vaccinated Travelers Need Only Apply – U.S. land borders with Mexico and Canada will reopen in early November to non-essential travelers however only the fully vaccinated will enjoy the freedom to move, a senior White House official announced late Tuesday.
AFP reports the official said the Biden administration would give the “precise date very soon” — both for land crossings as well as expanded international air travel, which would be co-launched. – READ MORE
Pelosi Tells Reporters They Could ‘Do a Better Job’ of Selling Dems’ Spending Bill –House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) voiced her frustration with the media over Democrats’ spending bill, saying they could “do a better job” of selling it.During her press briefing on Tuesday, a reporter noted a CBS News poll shows the majority of Americans do not know the specifics of the spending bill. – READ MORE
Massachusetts Gov. Baker Activates National Guard to Test Students for Coronavirus, Address Staffing Shortages – Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) on Tuesday activated the National Guard to both help test students for the Chinese coronavirus and cover possible staffing shortages at the Department of Correction (DOC).He issued the order Tuesday, activating as many as 450 members of the state National Guard to assist with two missions, specifically. According to the governor’s press release, 200 members of the Massachusetts National Guard will be used to assist with testing school children for the Chinese coronavirus. – READ MORE
Food supply issues force Alabama schools to ask parents to prepare breakfast, brace for remote learning – Schools in Alexander City, Alabama have asked parents to begin feeding their children breakfast at home or sending them to school with snacks due to food supply shortages.In an October 9 post on the Alexander City Schools Facebook page, officials explained that the city’s schools had not received food deliveries in previous weeks due to “suppliers who are short on supplies, drivers and even warehouse employees.” – READ MORE
Southwest, American Airlines Defy Texas Gov. Abbott, Will Require Staff To Get Vaccine – On Tuesday, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines stated they would defy Texas GOP Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order this week barring any employer in the state from requiring COVID-19 vaccines. Both of the airlines are based in Texas. – READ MORE
Judge Orders United Airlines Not To Put Workers Seeking Vaccine Mandate Exception On Leave – A federal judge on Tuesday ordered United Airlines not to place workers seeking an exemption to the company’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate on unpaid leave.
The temporary ruling was issued by U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman so workers who filed for an exemption aren’t unduly harmed before he can hear oral arguments in the case. – READ MORE
Large Canadian Town Bars Unvaccinated Couples From Getting Married – After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Government imposed one of the most restrictive vaccine mandates in the developed world, one Canadian town has taken medical tyranny to the next level by refusing to grant marriage licenses to couples that aren’t fully vaccinated.
The Town of Oakville, Ontario, a small city with more than 200,000 residents, will not allow a couple to apply for a marriage license unless they both show proof of full vaccination. – READ MORE
Poll: 56% of San Francisco Bay Area Residents Plan to Leave in ‘Next Few Years’ – A new poll suggests that the majority of San Francisco Bay Area residents are unhappy with life in the liberal bastion and want to leave soon, with 56% of respondents saying that they plan to leave in “the next few years.”
According to SFGate, the poll, conducted among 1,610 registered voters across five Bay Area counties by Joint Venture Silicon Valley for the Bay Area News Group, found – READ MORE
Baltimore Schools Are Tracking Kids’ Online Activity – Public schools in Baltimore are monitoring student activities online using software that recognizes certain words and phrases that then alert school officials that a student may be contemplating suicide.
The Baltimore Sun called the surveillance system “controversial,” adding that it was added to laptops during the pandemic, when students were using school computers at home. – READ MORE
Jim Banks Reveals the ‘Mind-Blowingly Corrupt’ Carveouts in $3.5 Trillion Infrastructure Bill – Rep. Jim Banks (R-SC), the chairman of the Republican Study Committee (RSC), detailed many of the most radical aspects of the $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill.
Biden has gambled his legislative majority on passing two infrastructure bills, the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, or the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and the $3.5 trillion reconciliation infrastructure bill, otherwise known as the Build Back Better Act. – READ MORE
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