Tag: vaccine mandate

How the Bureaucracy Wrecks International Travel

News Analysis Like all truly great bureaucracies, unelected U.S. government staff members revel in adhering to nonsensical, inefficient procedures to create some semblance of order and limit autonomous decision-making. When it comes to U.S. international travel policy, President Biden’s bureaucratic army has come out in full force to accomplish absolutely nothing and avoid all responsibility….


Former Coast Guardsman Separated for Refusing Vaccine Says He Was Forced to Pay Back Reenlistment Bonus

A former Coast Guard service member who was last year discharged for objecting to the Pentagon’s vaccine mandate said he was forced to pay back a reenlistment bonus, which another former officer described as “an attempt to humiliate” members who opposed the vaccine mandate. Phil Southwell had served the country for almost 13 years before…


Capitol Report: GOP Preparing to Impeach Secretary Mayorkas; No Backpay for Troops Discharged for Refusing Vaccine

In the latest move of the Republicans’ probe into President Joe Biden’s classified documents, they are turning their focus back to the Penn Biden center, where the documents were first found. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is meeting with China’s top economic official. We assess the current relationship between these two economic superpowers. House Speaker Kevin…


Federal Appeals Court Rules Against Biden Administration COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

On Jan. 12, a federal appeals court in Ohio upheld a lower court’s ban on forcing federal contractors to ensure that their workers in Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee are vaccinated against COVID-19. A panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati affirmed a lower court’s 2021 ruling that said the Biden administration’s mandate requiring workers…


Former Employees Sue ESPN After Being Fired for COVID-19 Vaccine Refusal

Two former employees are suing ESPN for being fired over COVID-19 vaccine refusal, alleging the company violated their rights and state and federal law in the process. Beth Faber, a former producer with the network, and Allison Williams, a college football reporter, brought the suit on Jan. 11 in federal court in Connecticut, where Disney-owned…


Unemployed, Homeless Man Suffers Stroke After COVID-19 Vaccination, Risk Another Jab for Work

During the three-year pandemic, a 50-year-old laborer in Hong Kong lost his job, was evicted by his landlord, and suffered a stroke 16 days after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. Being homeless, he had to risk getting a third shot to try to find a job. Known only as Cheung, he is currently taking temporary refuge…


Pentagon Has Rescinded COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate: Spokesman

The U.S. Department of Defense has withdrawn its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, a Pentagon official said on Jan. 5. “We have rescinded the mandate,” Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters during a briefing. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, a Biden appointee, imposed the mandate for all troops in August 2021, saying it was necessary to protect military…


Job Loss From Feds’ Vaccine Mandate Being Fought in Polish Court

The federal government suspended its vaccine requirement to work in the public service in June 2022 but is nonetheless facing legal action over the measure at home and also abroad, with a former employee of the Canadian embassy in Poland seeking compensation over how she was treated. “The vaccine mandate was truly unfortunate for Canadians…


Pentagon Pauses All Actions Related to COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate After Biden Signs Bill

The U.S. Department of Defense is halting all actions relating to its COVID-19 vaccine mandate after President Joe Biden signed a bill—the Fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act—that includes an end to the mandate, the department said on Dec. 23. “The NDAA requires that, not later than 30 days after enactment, the Secretary of Defense…


Federal Judge Grants Relief for Soldiers Denied Religious Exemptions From COVID-19 Vaccine

A Texas federal judge has granted relief for six U.S. Army soldiers and four U.S. Military Academy West Point cadets who were denied requests for religious accommodation from receiving the mandated COVID-19 vaccine. Judge James Wesley Hendrix on Wednesday ordered the preliminary injunction that prohibits the U.S. Army from taking any disciplinary, punitive, or separation…