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3 States Sue Biden Administration Over Ending COVID-19 Restrictions at Border

April 4, 2022 COVID19, Over, Biden, States, administration, Ending, border, restrictions0 comment

Attorneys general for Arizona, Missouri, and Louisiana announced Monday they were suing the Biden administration over the decision to end Title 42, urging that the order be reinstated. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that Title 42, the Trump-era policy that allows border authorities to quickly return migrants and has resulted in over 1.7 million migrant expulsions, will end May 23. The group of Republican attorneys general argued that the decision to end the policy violates the Administrative Procedures Act “as it is arbitrary and capricious, and the Biden Administration did not…

New Zealand’s COVID-19 Related Crackdown on Economic Freedom Lingers On

February 23, 2022 COVID19, Lingers, economic, freedom, crackdown, Zealand's, related0 comment

New Zealand has long been considered an economically free country. The government’s stringent, almost straight-jacket-like COVID-19 restrictions, however, run counter to New Zealand’s multi-decade history of strong and robust economic freedom. New Zealand fell two ranks in The Heritage Foundation’s 2022 Index of Economic Freedom released last week, from No. 2 to down to No. 4 in the world. The government, under Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, may be governing over a relative swan song in economic freedom now, as it seems to be steering the country toward more dark and…

9 Reasons Not to Pass Yet Another Federal COVID-19 ‘Relief’ Spending Package

January 16, 2022 pass, package, Reasons, relief, COVID19, spending, another, federal0 comment

Now almost two years since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and after $ 6.6 trillion in total federal spending on it—the equivalent of $ 51,600 per household—some policymakers want to pass yet another so-called COVID-19 relief package. Not only has Congress already spent more than it should have, some of the previous COVID-19 relief spending is actually hurting our economy today by adding to problems like rising costs, supply chain problems, and an unprecedented labor shortage. The following are nine reasons why Washington should not enact any more COVID-19 spending. 1)…

WH COVID-19 team appoints testing czar, explores mask upgrades as it defends virus response

January 13, 2022 team, mask, Virus, Appoints, COVID19, czar, upgrades, Response, explores, defends, Testing0 comment

The Biden administration said Wednesday it has appointed a new COVID-19 testing coordinator and is considering ways to procure better-performing masks as President Biden scrambles to catch up with the omicron wave and meet demand for diagnostics and other safeguards in schools, workplaces and households. White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff … The Washington Times stories: White House

Dan Crenshaw demands Biden get FEMA to shore up COVID-19 test sites

January 1, 2022 sites, Shore, Crenshaw, COVID19, FEMA, Biden, Demands, Test0 comment

Rep. Dan Crenshaw on Thursday demanded that the White House take a more active approach in directing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to bolster coronavirus testing sites. Mr. Crenshaw, a Texas Republican and one-time Navy SEAL, said that President Biden had failed to expand COVID-19 testing capacities even as cases … The Washington Times stories: White House

COVID-19 in 2021: The Year of Living Unreasonably

December 29, 2021 year, living, 2021, COVID19, Unreasonably0 comment

In 2020, Americans learned that if emergency dictated, we could lock down, mask up, and blow out spending to temporarily stymie the impact of a global pandemic. We learned that if uncertainty required massive response, we could mobilize massive response, including the creation of new vaccines within one year. And in 2021, Americans learned that it’s easier to flip the switch on toward top-down control and government dependency than to turn it back off. We have vaccines that likely reduce the chances of hospitalization and death from COVID-19 (somewhere between…