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Jim Hand

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Tweets about local, state and national politics by Jim Hand.

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"Donald Trump would have secured Kabul airport" -- My dude he didn't even secure the Capitol Building when his Vice President was in there
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Breaking News: Joe Rogan, the podcasting giant who has been dismissive of Covid vaccines, tested positive for the coronavirus after returning from a series of shows in Florida. nyti.ms/3BAgXam

Joe Rogan, a podcasting giant who has been dismissive of vaccination, has Covid. (Published 2021)

“I got fevers, sweats, and I knew what was going on,” he said in a video on Instagram on Wednesday, after returning from a series of shows in Florida.

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An unvaccinated teacher in California who went to her elementary school classroom while experiencing Covid-19 symptoms infects half of her students with the virus, as well as some of their family members, the CDC reports. nbcnews.to/2UVIT93
Unvaccinated, unmasked teacher spreads Covid-19 to students, CDC reports

Unvaccinated, unmasked teacher spreads Covid-19 to students, CDC reports

The CDC said that some of the affected children at the Marin County, California, school went on to infect other students, their siblings and their parents.

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Things people may not know: California is often described as high-tax, Texas as low-tax. But that's only true for high income. For the bottom 60%, taxes are lower in CA 1/
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The 5 states with the lowest COVID hospitalization rates right now: Vt., Mass., NH, Maine, RI. The 5 states with the highest vaccination rates: Vt., Mass., Conn., Maine, RI
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Ahh, but apparently it can
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Americans killed in Afghanistan last week: 0 Americans killed in Texas & Florida last week: 2,067
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I'm old enough to remember when polio ripped through the globe and put my six-year-old friends into iron lungs. We dutifully lined up at school to get polio shots (without the howling of governors or anti-vaxxers). And we eradicated polio. Why has saving lives become political?
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Three billionaires gave $20 million to support Ron Johnson’s 2016 reelection. Then he pushed through a tax break that netted those same 3 billionaires $215 million in 2018. https://teapawt.net/t.co/NnPXO95v3Z
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Phil Valentine, a conservative radio host who had repeatedly downplayed Covid-19 vaccines before changing his tune after being hospitalized with the virus, dies at 61 cnn.it/2UDT4ix
Conservative talk show host Phil Valentine dies after battle with Covid-19, his employer says | CNN...

Conservative talk show host Phil Valentine dies after battle with Covid-19, his employer says | CNN...

Phil Valentine, a Nashville-based conservative radio talk show host who had questioned whether it was necessary for all people to get Covid-19 vaccines, died on Saturday, his employer, WWTN Radio,...

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COVID-19 patients in Florida are lying on the ground for hours waiting for monoclonal therapy. This is Ron DeSantis' Florida.
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Christian Radio Host And Vaccine Skeptic Dies From COVID dlvr.it/S5tK9k
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BREAKING: Alabama now has zero ICU beds available in the entire state. The state also has the lowest vaccination rate in the country.
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An elementary school teacher was beaten on the first day of the new semester by a father angry about a mask mandate insider.com/california-paren… via @thisisinsider

An elementary school teacher was beaten on the first day of the new semester by a father angry...

The teacher was left with lacerations to his face after trying to defend the school's principal in an argument about masks with a parent, say reports.

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Trump has been awfully quiet given that it’s the first full day of his second term.
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Replying to @davidgura @NPR
I hope you asked him what the Afghan military did with the billions the US gave it. It certainly didn't put it into building an army.
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A Fox News producer bluntly said in an email: “We see him as the future of the party.” mediamatters.org/fox-news/de…

DeSantis TV: Newspaper reveals extent of coordination between Fox News and Florida governor

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Feels like the majority of people who are 1) getting vaccinated and 2) fine with some (non-lockdown) safety requirements are getting ignored in political coverage because they don’t scream and shout as much as the holdouts.
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From a new Kaiser Family Foundation poll: “Most Parents Say Their Child’s School Should Require Unvaccinated Students And Staff To Wear Masks When At School” kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19…
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More than 99.99% of fully vaccinated people have not had a breakthrough case of Covid-19 resulting in hospitalization or death, a CNN analysis shows cnn.it/3s5YVJS
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