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Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Team Biden Wants White And Asian Americans At The Back Of Line For Vaccines.
Race relations in Biden’s America: In California, some whites and Asians may have signed up for vaccines “meant for” blacks and Hispanics—and media want to know how the White House is planning to stop it.
Biden announced Tuesday and confirmed Wednesday morning plans to distribute millions of masks through targeted outreach to lower-income, homeless, and minority Americans.
“We’re probably going to be sending out an awful lot of masks around the country, very shortly — millions of them,” he said in a roundtable with black essential workers.
In a fact sheet released Wednesday morning, the White House announced more details:
The Administration will deliver more than 25 million masks to over 1,300 Community Health Centers across the country as well as 60,000 food pantries and soup kitchens, reaching some of the nation’s most vulnerable populations… Recipients will be encouraged to take an individually wrapped package of two masks for each person in their household.
25 million washable masks are set to be distributed to 12-15 million Americans through the new plan.
Judge Nixes Biden Deportation Moratorium.
U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton has indefinitely banned the Biden admin from enforcing its 100-day moratorium on deportations. Tipton had issued a temporary restraining order on January 26, ruling that the moratorium violate federal law. Though the ruling did not require deportations to continue at the same rate, deportations have continued nonetheless under both normal processes and public health-related protocols.
Meanwhile, the Carrizo Springs detention facility for unaccompanied migrant children has reopened, the first facility for minors under Biden. Temporary facilities are not subjected to the same state licensing requirements as permanent facilities, although HHS spokesman Mark Weber said that it would “meet or exceed” Texas licensing standards.
“It’s unnecessary, it’s costly, and it goes absolutely against everything [President] Biden promised he was going to do,” one Texas immigration lawyer told The Washington Post.
Keeping Vaccines Away From the “Wrong” Recipients.
On Tuesday, a fresh round of media outrage emerged over the circulation of online access codes that allowed “wealthy, privileged” (read: “white and Asian“) Los Angeles locals to schedule coronavirus vaccinations that were intended for other minorities.
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Breaking: NRA, NSSF Warn Dems Could Move On Gun Control In Days
Both the National Rifle Association and the National Shooting Sports Foundation are ringing the alarm bells over impending moves by Democrats to ram through gun control legislation in the House in the coming days. In a tweet on Monday afternoon the NRA issued a warning that Nancy Pelosi plans to take up gun control as early as next week.
Like the NRA, I’ve also heard that Democrats in the House could bypass the Judiciary Committee completely and bring the bill or bills directly to the floor for a vote.
So, what bills are the most likely candidates to be voted on? Lawrence Keane, senior vice president and general counsel of the NSSF, believes that Rep. Jim Clyburn’s Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021 could be part of any gun control package that the House takes up. In a statement, Keane said that if the bill is the same as the version introduced in the previous session of Congress, the organization will be “as opposed to it now” as they were then.
This bill increases the burden on small business firearm retailer owners and flips the burden of proof on its head. This would make it incumbent upon the law-abiding citizen to prove his or her innocence to the government to exercise their Second Amendment right to purchase a firearm instead of the government being responsible for proving an individual is prohibited. This could potentially deny a law-abiding citizen their rights for up to a month, while they are saddled with the burden of proving their innocence. That’s un-American.This is not a “universal background check bill,” but rather legislation that would allow the FBI to put a hold of up to 30 days on the transfer of a firearm, instead of the three currently allowed by law.
“Rather than placing further burdens on retailers and law-abiding gun owners, Congress should focus on adequately resourcing NICS. NSSF is the only organization that has successfully advocated for NICS to have the necessary resources to perform its mission in a timely manner.”
However, I’ve also heard from some sources on the Hill that a universal background check measure could also be introduced next week. At the moment, we have no idea what exactly Nancy Pelosi may try to ram through the House, but it appears as if we could see more than one piece of anti-gun legislation on the House floor with a matter of days.
Gun control groups have been pressuring Joe Biden to start moving on his gun control agenda, and I’ve thought for some time that it might be the next priority after the COVID relief bill gets to his desk. I have to admit, though, that I assumed Biden would issue executive actions rather than try to go to Congress first, given the uncertainty of success in the Senate, where Democrats would need to get 60 votes to secure passage. Howver, it’s also possible that Biden will sign one or more executive orders to coincide with the introduction of gun control legislation in the House.
A background check bill will certainly get the support of Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, along with Republican Pat Toomey, but after that the math gets a little fuzzy for Chuck Schumer. He might be able to bring Susan Collins along, but I don’t know if Lisa Murkowski would be on board. After all, trying to abide by (much less enforce) a universal background check law in Alaksa would be virtually impossible. No one’s traveling hundreds of miles through the bush just to find...
The 90 Miles Mystery Video: Nyctophilia Edition #580
The 90 Miles Mystery Box: Episode #1280
You have come across a mystery box. But what is inside?
It could be literally anything from the serene to the horrific,
from the beautiful to the repugnant,
from the mysterious to the familiar.
If you decide to open it, you could be disappointed,
you could be inspired, you could be appalled.
This is not for the faint of heart or the easily offended.
You have been warned.
Monday, March 1, 2021
Blogs With Rule 5 Links
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The Other McCain has: Rule 5 Sunday: Cathryn Li
Proof Positive has: Best Of Web Link Around
The Woodsterman has: Rule 5 Woodsterman Style
EBL has: Rule 5 And FMJRA
The Right Way has: Rule 5 Saturday LinkORama
The Pirate's Cove has: Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup
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