Tag: Mask mandate
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ACLU Wants Masks on Kids
by Kerry Dougherty It’s official. One of the most malignant organizations in Virginia is the ACLU. These far-left lawyers, who are supposed to be concerned with civil liberties (hey, it’s in their name: the American Civil Liberties Union), sucked their thumbs as Democrat Gov. Ralph Northam stomped all over the civil rights of Virginians for…
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The Real March Madness
by Kerry Dougherty I can’t watch. It raises my blood pressure. I’m talking about the NCAA Basketball Tournament. For the first time in years I’m not glued to my TV during March Madness. I have my reasons: First, none of the teams that matter to me made the tournament. Second, I’m not in a pool…
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Next Up: Strike Down the Airline Mask Mandate
by Kerry Dougherty Hang in there’re kids. Just eight more school days until you can see the smiles of your classmates again and breathe freely. On Tuesday, the Virginia State Senate approved Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s emergency clause to the mask-optional bill that will make the law go live on March 1. Three Democrats joined the…
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Democratic Flip-Floppers Voted Yes Before They Voted No
by Kerry Dougherty Tired of masks? Me too. But this is important. Imagine how hard the teachers’ unions must have lobbied their indentured Democratic servants in the Virginia State Senate to get seven who voted to end forced masking of school children on Tuesday to vote against the same exact bill on Wednesday. It passed…
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Virginia Democrats Cling to Forced Masking of Kids
by Kerry Dougherty Hey, Virginia Democrats, read the room. Rather, read the country. As Democrats in the Old Dominion lawyer up and throw hissy fits in a mad attempt to keep forced masking in schools, their counterparts in four blue states spent Monday merrily rolling back the mandates. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced Monday…
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The Petersen Death Star Strikes Again
Letter from state Senator J. Chapman Petersen, D-Fairfax, to Scott Braband, superintendent of Fairfax County Public Schools. — JAB On Friday evening, February 4th, in my capacity as a parent, I received the attached press release from Fairfax County Public Schools which announced the ruling of the Arlington County Circuit Court on the Governor’s Executive…
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Arlington Judge Rules in Favor of Forced Masking of Kids
by Kerry Dougherty Amidst the cacophony of leftist celebrations Friday — the high fives, the gloating — over an Arlington County Circuit Court judge’s ruling that the forced masking of school children can continue in Virginia, one important wrinkle went unexplored by the mainstream media. Once again, only Luke Rosiak, a reporter for The Daily…
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Fairfax County Bars Maggie, 9, and Max, 7, from School
by Asra Nomani Brave mama bear Carrie Lukas walked two of her cubs, fourth grader, Maggie, 9, and first grader Max, 7, up to the front doors of Forestville Elementary School here in Fairfax County, Va., for another day at school, but an interim assistant principal barred the two young children entry into the school,…
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The Resistance Is Cohering. And the Media is Part of It.
NEW: Virginia’s new attorney general emphatically denies that he fired a @UVA lawyer because that lawyer is also helping investigate on the January 6 select committee. I pressed @JasonMiyaresVA on this after a spox told this to @washingtonpost. Here’s the AG’s response. @8NEWS pic.twitter.com/7Jf1hJ5w8y — Ben Dennis Reports (@broadcastben_) January 24, 2022 by James A.…
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Chap Petersen to the Rescue?
by Kerry Dougherty Don’t look now, but Virginia may have its own version of maverick U.S. Senator Joe Manchin. I’m talking about Democratic State Sen. Chap Petersen of Fairfax County. The lone member of Virginia’s General Assembly — from either party — with the stones to stand up to former Gov. Ralph Northam’s despotic executive…
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CDC Has Three Recommendations on the Masking of Children. None of Them Match.
And the Governor’s Executive Order will outlive the Virginia law that directs schools to adhere to CDC guidance, even if they think they can figure out what it is. by James C. Sherlock Many quote the “science” that favors their opinions. Virginia law requires: …each school board to provide such in-person instruction in a manner…
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Belligerence as Leadership
by Joe Fitzgerald About one in 16 American adults suffer with chronic pulmonary disease. Serious health guidelines say they’re the primary ones who should not wear masks. Some of them still can, but a figure of 6% is about the maximum of adults who shouldn’t wear them. The governor of Virginia, elected to eradicate a…