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Anonymous ID: d4134b Aug. 15, 2018, 5:07 a.m. No.2609398   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9404 >>9480 >>9537 >>9562 >>9823

08/14/2018, 10:42pm

Joe Biden ‘under doctor’s orders’ to skip Illinois State Fair Democrat Day

 

ByTina Sfondeles

@TinaSfon | email

 

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Former Vice President Joe Biden won’t be campaigning at the Illinois State Fair due to an illness, state Democrats announced late Tuesday.

 

Biden had been scheduled to take part as a keynote speaker at Illinois State Fair Democrat Day Thursday to help bolster support for Democratic gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker.

 

But Doug House, president of the Illinois Democratic County Chairs’ Association, said in a statement Tuesday night that Biden is “under doctor’s orders not to travel.”

 

Biden was scheduled to keynote the County Chairs’ Association brunch at a Springfield hotel. The brunch kicks off the day’s activities.

 

The State Journal-Register in Springfield reports the 2,500 tickets for hotel’s main ballroom had been sold to the Biden event. Demand for tickets had prompted use of a second room that holds 700 people.

 

“Everyone who knows Vice President Biden knows that he gives our party and our country his all, but unfortunately he is sick and is under doctor’s orders not to travel,” the statement said.

 

“The cancellation is of course disappointing, but it is clear that the circumstances are simply unavoidable. We all hope he gets well soon and I’m sure he’ll be back campaigning for Democrats in Illinois and across the country in no time,” House said.

 

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/joe-biden-falls-ill-wont-campaign-for-dems-at-illinois-state-fair/

 

I wonder WHY.

Anonymous ID: d4134b Aug. 15, 2018, 5:35 a.m. No.2609495   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9506 >>9508

Genetic testing of police officers-

 

Department of Justice

Office of Public Affairs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Justice Department Reaches Agreement with the City of Minneapolis to Resolve Disability and Genetic Information Discrimination Complaint

 

The Justice Department today announced that it reached an agreement with the City of Minneapolis to resolve its lawsuit alleging discrimination on the basis of disability and genetic information. The Justice Department’s complaint alleges that the Minneapolis Police Department failed to hire a veteran because of his post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

 

The complaint also alleges that Minneapolis violated Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) by routinely requesting and obtaining genetic information from applicants for police officer positions during the pre-employment examination process. This is the Department’s first lawsuit challenging discrimination under Title II of GINA.

 

Based on its investigation, the Department concluded that the Minneapolis Police Department violated the ADA by refusing to hire a veteran because of his PTSD, even though he was qualified for the job and his condition did not interfere with his ability to work. After the applicant was rejected, he was hired as a police officer at another police department and was promoted to the SWAT team.

 

The Department also determined that Minneapolis routinely obtained genetic information, including family medical history, from applicants for police officer positions. Title II of GINA prohibits employers from requesting or requiring genetic information with respect to employees, applicants, or family members of employees or applicants.

 

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-reaches-agreement-city-minneapolis-resolve-disability-and-genetic