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Today's Top Stories:
New York City mandates teacher vaccinations
All New York City public school teachers and staffers will have to get vaccinated against COVID-19, as the nation's largest school system prepares for classes to start next month.
Take Action: Tell Pelosi and Schumer to implement a vaccine mandate at the Capitol!
VIDEO OF THE DAY: Jen Psaki finally loses patience with Fox's Peter Doocy: "I’m just calling you out"
To be fair, Doocy had it coming.
Fox News CAUGHT pulling disgusting stunt
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Unreal.
Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID vaccine gets full approval from the FDA
The full approval could make it easier for employers, the military, and universities to mandate vaccination and may reassure some people who are hesitant about the vaccine.
Allies push Biden to extend Afghanistan airlift beyond August 31
It will likely be impossible to evacuate all Afghans who worked with NATO troops by Aug. 31, and dozens of other countries are still working to track down and extricate their citizens.
Take Action: Demand a path to citizenship in the budget reconciliation package!
Pandemic could be under control by spring 2022 if enough people get vaccinated, Fauci says
Hold on... so our personal decisions can affect those around us? 🤯
Take Action: Add your name to end the prohibition on cannabis!
Delivery of sham Arizona "audit" report delayed due to Cyber Ninjas staff COVID outbreak
Republicans, Democrats, and election experts alike have criticized the GOP-led, conspiracy-laden review of Maricopa County ballots.
Take Action: Demand the Jan 6th select committee subpoena Trump and insurrectionist-supporting Republicans NOW
Kathy Hochul sworn in as New York's first female governor
Hochul is the first woman to serve as governor of New York and will serve out the remainder of Andrew Cuomo's term until 2022.
Florida doctors stage walkout to protest tidal wave of unvaccinated patients
Just before sunrise, about 75 doctors stepped outside their hospitals and offices to stand together and encourage the community to get vaccinated. "We are exhausted. Our patience and resources are running low and we need your help," said Dr. Rupesh Dharia from Palm Beach Internal Medicine.
InfoWars’s Alex Jones slams Trump for finally asking followers to get vaccinated
"Shame on you, Trump... my God, maybe you’re not that bright. Maybe Trump’s actually a dumbass."
Mask, vaccine conflicts descend into violence and harassment throughout the US
Try as we might, we are NOT all in this together.
Seriously?
Yes. Seriously.
Hope...
Today’s Action: Tell your representatives to support the John Lewis Voting Rights Act!
When a young activist named John Lewis led peaceful Black demonstrators across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in a historic march for voting rights in Selma, Alabama in 1965, he set in motion historic, sweeping change. Just months later, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, jolting the American experiment into something resembling actual democracy.
These hard-fought protections stood firm until 2013, when the conservative majority in the Supreme Court gutted the act on specious grounds. Since then, the GOP has passed a crushing wave of racist voter-restriction laws.
Call (202-224-3121) or email your representatives and ask them to support the passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act! Send them the link to the petition here with almost 100,000 signatures in support of voting rights legislation.
The act restores key elements removed by the erroneous Supreme Court ruling. Once passed, GOP voter-suppression tactics, such as restrictive voter ID laws, the reduction of multilingual voting materials, and the shutting down of Sunday voting to block Black churches from organizing their congregations, will be countered and challenged with badly needed oversight.
Without these protections, the GOP quickly reverted back to repressive practices that pre-date the Civil Rights Era, including harsh voter ID laws that disproportionately affect voters of color and the poor, the consolidation of polling stations, the purging of voter rosters, shortened early voting periods, and just flat-out "losing" ballots of Black voters.
Call (202-224-3121) or email your representatives and tell them to protect our right to free and fair elections by passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act! Send them the link to the petition here with almost 100,000 signatures and counting in support of critical voting rights legislation.
PS — Please don't forget to sign the petition rescinding the state law that allows people to rape their spouses, and be sure to follow OD Action on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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