NOW: White House Covid coordinator @JeffZients says 22 million vaccine doses have gone out this week. More than 6,000 active duty military will be assisting with vaccinations in coming weeks.
Additional 700 community health centers will have vaccines by end of April, @JeffZients adds.
Current 7-day average is 2.4 million shots per day.
"Eight weeks ago, only 8% of seniors, those most vulnerable to COVID-19 had received a vaccination. Today, 65% of people aged 65 or older have received at least one shot, and 36% are fully vaccinated," says @POTUS
.@POTUS credits use of the Defence Production Act for ramping up vaccine supply over the past 50 days.
NEW: Joe Biden's problems at the US-Mexico border may be exacerbated by Border Patrol agents and union officials working with Republicans to undermine the Biden Administration, say ex-DHS and Border Patrol insiders. independent.co.uk/voices/border-…
“This is a planned, coordinated attempt to sabotage the Biden administration,” said @JennBudd, a former Border Patrol agent-turned-immigrant rights activist.
.@JenBudd added that the fact that unaccompanied minors are being kept at Border Patrol stations for extended periods of time appears to be “an internal crisis” of the agency’s own creation: “It does not take that long to process children.” independent.co.uk/voices/border-…
I'm pretty sure Tucker Carlson isn't going to be truly happy until one of his viewers murders Anthony Fauci.
He's spent most of his A block on a rant about Fauci and now he's turned his attention to telling his viewers that they should be "asking questions" about the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is — wait for it — not available in the United States.
His argument right now amounts to something like: "The President is a Democrat, his administration is promoting vaccines, therefore you should 'ask questions' instead of 'obeying'"
NEW: Extremism experts and ex-GOP officials are warning that QAnon-type conspiracy theories are becoming more intertwined with White evangelical Christianity in a way that echoes the Islamic fundamentalist movement that gave rise to al-Qaeda & Isis independent.co.uk/voices/qanon-m…
“Religious terrorism tends to be more lethal, because people believe they’re serving a higher purpose by committing acts of violence, as opposed to secular groups or ethno-nationalists,” said @TheSoufanCenter research fellow @ColinPClarke. independent.co.uk/voices/qanon-m…
“You can’t negotiate with these people, and you especially can’t negotiate with QAnon,” @ColinPClarke said, “because how do you assuage grievances that don’t exist?” independent.co.uk/voices/qanon-m…
Former Trump administration officials are joining their former boss in breaking yet another longstanding presidential tradition: They're not waiting to start bashing his successor. independent.co.uk/voices/trump-c…
"After the complete clusterf**k that was January 6th, you’d think folks would have the presence of mind to take a breath, write a memoir, cash the check, and let the post-presidency bump happen,” said one former official...who added that his...independent.co.uk/voices/trump-c…
...former colleagues "aren’t thinking about history’s judgment " because "they’re thinking about how to discredit or sabotage Biden and the Democrats.” independent.co.uk/voices/trump-c…