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Chicago Teachers’ Union Shuts Down School for Another Day

And again, the leftist mayor Lori Lightfoot came down hard on the union and threatened to dock the pay of teachers (Chicago Tribune). From Kevin McCarthy: Keeping kids out of classrooms has caused learning loss, a mental health epidemic, and stressful situations for millions of families. Yet Chicago teacher unions voted to move to remote learning for students. This was a decision that does not put the needs of children first (Twitter). From Erielle Davidson: For many kids living in cities, school ends up being the sole source of stability in their lives–meals, discipline, routine, healthy socialization. Pray for these kids (Twitter).

Mayo Clinic Fires 700 Workers for Vaccination Status

From Ed Morrissey: I’m so old that I can remember when first responders and health-care workers were the Heroes of the Pandemic. It doesn’t take long to go from hero to goat these days, not even in the middle of a personnel shortage in the health-care industry and a spike in transmissions that clearly include vaccinated people. Mayo Clinic fired 700 of its workers last night for failing to get vaccinated according to its mandate, a number that amounts to one percent of its overall workforce.

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New York City Teachers Union Demands Teaching Go Back to Remote

They saw the Chicago union defy parents and bail on the kids, and they want in on the action (NY Post). San Francisco educators, not be out-progressived by anybody, also appear to be looking for a way to shut down local schools (San Francisco Chronicle).

Reuters Fires Data Scientist for Questioning BLM Narrative

From the story: A chain of events—beginning with the death of George Floyd and culminating with a statistical analysis of Black Lives Matter’s claims—would turn the 44-year-old data scientist’s life upside-down. By June 2020, as riots raged across the country, Kriegman would be locked out of Reuters’s servers, denounced by his colleagues, and fired by email. Kriegman had committed an unpardonable offense: he directly criticized the Black Lives Matter movement in the company’s internal communications forum, debunked Reuters’s own biased reporting, and violated a corporate taboo. Driven by what he called a “moral obligation” to speak out, Kriegman refused to celebrate unquestioningly the BLM narrative and his company’s “diversity and inclusion” programming; to the contrary, he argued that Reuters was exhibiting significant left-wing bias in the newsroom and that the ongoing BLM protests, riots, and calls to “defund the police” would wreak havoc on minority communities.

City-Journal

Union Workers Walk Out of New York Starbucks Over Covid Concerns

They say they feel unsafe.

NY Times

Poll: 34 Percent of Americans Believe Violence Against Government Could Be Justified

A poll designed to coincide with the media/democrats’ obsession with the Jan. 6 capitol riot (Washington Post). From David Harsanyi: Despite the framing of most reaction stories, the question wasn’t about January 6. It was: “Do you think it is ever justified for citizens to take violent action against the government, or is it never justified?” Ever? Of course it is. It’s a failure of our civic education that 100 percent of respondents didn’t answer yes. The ability to resist a tyrannical government is a foundational American idea. It was the justification for the founding revolution. It, not hunting or skeet shooting, is the core reason for existence of the Second Amendment — which, Joseph Story, an associate Supreme Court justice, said best, “offers a strong moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers” (National Review).

National Geographic Author Claims Rittenhouse Killed “Two Black Men”

In an actual book, where the author claims “Consider Kyle Rittenhouse, who used his semiautomatic weapon to kill two Black men in Kenosha, Wisconsin while waging a glorious war on behalf of his inherited White power” (Washington Examiner). From David Freddoso: The process of fact-checking books is pretty rigorous. Small things get by in every book, but this is glaring. That it slipped through evinces not only the author’s ignorant bias, but also the deliberate impression the media tried to leave about this case (Twitter).

Australia Detains Tennis Star Over Vaccination Status

The Australian government detained Serbia’s Novak Djokovic as he planned to play in the Australian Open after being granted a medical exemption. Instead, they detained him at the airport.

Breitbart

NFL Could Move Superbowl to Texas Over California Covid Restrictions

From the story: SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California is currently scheduled to host the 56th Super Bowl, but COVID-19 concerns could derail those plans. The Cowboys and the league have reportedly had preliminary discussions about AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas serving as an emergency site to host the event, amid COVID-19 restrictions in California.

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North Korea Tells Citizens Kim Jong il Invented the Burrito

From the story: The notion that he invented burritos is par for the course for a propaganda ministry that claimed he hit five holes-in-one the first time he played golf, invented the hamburger, and did not use the bathroom.

Washington Examiner