WLOX TV anchor Meggan Gray has lost her job after refusing to get vaccinated for COVID-19. Her employer declined her offer to get tested weekly for COVID, @CAnitaLee1 reports.
In Missouri, Gray Television fired KY3 reporter Linda Simmons for refusing to get vaccinated for COVID-19. adweek.com/tvspy/missouri…
In Fargo, KVLY conservative commentator Chris Berg is gone after refusing Gray Television's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. bringmethenews.com/minnesota-life…
In Michigan, WLUC's Karl Bohnak lost his job after refusing to get vaccinated for COVID-19. WLUC is also owned by Gray Television. washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/09…
TV6 News co-anchor Sarah Blakely in Michigan also lost her job after refusing Gray Television's vaccine mandate. dailypress.net/news/local-new…
Longtime WTVM reporter Dave Platta lost his job of 36 years after refusing to get vaccinated for COVID-19. ledger-enquirer.com/news/coronavir…
Does this mean Gray Television is losing a lot of employees because of its vaccine mandate? Nope.
It means 7 Gray TV employees refused to get vaccinated. And probably a handful more, but not many.
Almost all of Gray TV's other 8,000 employees nationwide got vaccinated.
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“With new cases in the U.S. continuing to be at a high level, this submission is an important step in our ongoing effort against #COVID19," Pfizer said today. mississippifreepress.org/16765/pfizer-a…
Among Mississippi children between the ages of 12 and 15 who are eligible for vaccination already, 30% are now fully vaccinated along with 34% of those between the ages of 16 and 17.
A more accurate way to describe Gov. Reeves' approach to the pandemic since vaccines became available is "every man/woman/child/school district for themselves!"
The result of the governor passing the buck & centering "personal responsibility," though, has been a shirking of social responsibility resulting in hospital failures & many, many more avoidable deaths (not to mention more permanent health issues). mississippifreepress.org/15565/multiple…
The statement "racism is physically built into some of our highways" is an incontrovertible fact, albeit the kind of fact that powerful, wealthy white men love to deny.
It's important to remember that wealthy white folks (especially heirs to white wealth) have a vested interest in playing the "hear no evil, see no evil" card here: Systemic racism helped build white wealth and entitlement.
Even acknowledging systemic racism is a threat.
It's not just the highway system or Rep. Palazzo, though.
NEW: Overturning Roe v. Wade will "empower" women to pursue careers and raise children, Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch says. She says times have changed.
AG Fitch's claim about ending Roe v. Wade: “Think about...the babies that will be saved, the mothers that will get the chance to really redirect their lives. You have the option to achieve your dream goals and have those beautiful children as well.” 2/ mississippifreepress.org/16319/overturn…
Fitch claims changes since 1973 make Roe and abortion no longer necessary for women. She cites laws "addressing pregnancy discrimination, requiring leave time, (and) assisting with child care" as allowing women to pursue careers and "rich family lives." 3/ mississippifreepress.org/16319/overturn…
Not only did Chuck Todd let Meghan McCain tell a lie on air without correcting her, but @MeetThePress then tweeted the lie as fact with no fact check. So here's a fact check:
Support for "Build Back Better" plan by poll:
Navigator: 66%
LCV: 73%
Data for Progress: 66%
SEIU: 65%
🎵And my mama cried
When she realized
I ain't pageant material
I'm always higher than my hair
And it ain't that I don't care about world peace
But I don't see how I can fix it in a swimsuit on a stage 🎵
I mean, this woman knows southern society:
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Showing up and shooting down everybody
You're classic in the wrong way
And we all know that you know the story 🎶
I mean, does she not?!
🎶If you ain't got two kids by 21
You're probably gonna die alone
At least that's what tradition told you
And it don't matter if you don't believe
Come Sunday mornin', you best be there
In the front row like you're supposed to 🎶