Good morning from Washington. Across the country, Americans are banding together to fight the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate. Kelsey Bolar talks to business owners in Illinois and Florida, while on podcast, Rob Bluey interviews Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, who is the fighting the mandates in courts. Meanwhile, Christian baker Jack Phillips continues to be in court himself, this time over refusing to make a cake celebrating a gender transition. Mary Margaret Olohan has the scoop on the attorneys general backing the embattled baker. Plus: A Democrat senator admits there’s inflation, and Virginia Allen shares an update on a family business in Kenosha that was destroyed during the 2020 riots.
“I’m aware that they could put us out of business,” says Gary Rabine. “But being canceled is nothing compared to what will happen if we continually let big government take our freedoms away.”
The FBI should be given one last chance at redemption by moving to the nation’s heartland—perhaps Kansas—far away from the political and media tentacles that have so deeply corrupted it.
The lawsuit is filed under the aegis of Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Kristen Clarke and her principal deputy, Pam Karlan. Both have a long history of opposing election reform efforts.
“There are many costs of doing business but they do not include your civil rights,” says Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, who led the coalition of attorneys generals.
Though he thinks the long-term outlook is improving, Sen. Mark Warner says that Americans should not think that means things won’t be bad for the winter holidays.
Referring to the vaccine mandate for health care workers, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry notes that “they predict 30% to 40% of the health care workers are going to get out [of] the system.”
“Everything burned to the ground,” Raquel Santiago says. “Expensive machines, compressors. … Things that you cannot even think they’re going to burn because it’s metal. … It’s just garbage.”
Could Kyle Rittenhouse face another trial? Does Rittenhouse have grounds to sue media outlets for defamation? The Heritage Foundation's Zack Smith answer these questions and more
