Anonymous ID: c564a2 Nov. 16, 2021, 3:43 p.m. No.15015725   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>5735 >>5769 >>5928 >>5995 >>6215

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Colorado Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine for Large Indoor Unseated Events

 

Colorado officials have moved to require proof of COVID-19 vaccination from individuals attending large indoor, unseated events in certain jurisdictions, saying the measures will “prevent superspreader events.”

 

In an amended public health order released on Sunday, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) states that the measures will impact Arapahoe, Adams, Boulder, and Jefferson counties, as well as the City and County of Denver, and the City and County of Broomfield.

 

The protocols, which take effect on Friday, require that everyone be vaccinated at indoor, unseated events with more than 500 people.

 

The order also recommends that counties adopt vaccine requirements for employees in high-risk settings.

 

“I am grateful for the counties that are coordinating with the state to slow the spread of the virus. Large venues and local governments are part of the solution to ending the pandemic,” Jill Hunsaker Ryan, CDPHE executive director, said in a statement.

 

“We also need all Coloradans to do their part by getting vaccinated if they haven’t already; getting a booster; and following basic public health precautions like masking, staying home when sick, and hand-washing,” she added.

 

Scott Bookman, Colorado’s COVID-19 incident commander, told FOX 31 that large indoor events are where the biggest risk of virus transmission occurs.

 

“We need to take increased steps to protect Coloradans, and what we cannot afford right now is a large superspreader event that disproportionately impacts our health care system,” Bookman said.

 

The order states that events affected by the new measures include “concerts, receptions, bars, dance halls, and auctions” but not houses of worship.

 

Luc Hatlestad of the the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds Event Center told the news outlet that several of the center’s upcoming shows will be impacted by the changes.

 

“We do have some events coming up, specifically some gun shows I believe, that are coming up in the next couple of weeks. We’re going to have to figure out how to do that. We also have this Board & Barrel event, which is an indoor and outdoor snowboarding event coming up,” Hatlestad said.

 

Richard W. Scharf, president and CEO of Visit Denver, said more clarity is needed on the details of the mandate.

 

“Our convention and meeting recovery has been slow, but we have had a good convention season with little to no COVID incidents. We have received calls from our customers, many who have protocols in place and will be challenged with an additional mandate under a short timeframe,” he told FOX 31.

 

“Other groups meeting early next year are also concerned and many are already sending out attendee registration information now for next year’s meetings,” Scharf added. “We are working through this to get clarity on the details of the mandate so we can share with our clients and their meeting attendees.”

Anonymous ID: c564a2 Nov. 16, 2021, 4:09 p.m. No.15015950   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>6078

Alison Julie Nathan (born June 18, 1972) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, who also served as Associate White House Counsel for Barack Obama.

In a New York Times obituary of Judge Deborah Batts, Nathan remembered Batts as an inspiration.

During the 2004 campaign season, she acted as John Kerry's Associate National Counsel for the Kerry-Edwards Democrat Campaign for President.

From 2009 until 2010, for about 18 months,[8] Nathan served as a special assistant to President Barack Obama and also as Associate White House Counsel.

On March 31, 2011, President Obama nominated Nathan to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to replace Judge Sidney H. Stein, who took senior status in 2010.[1][9] The United States Senate confirmed Nathan in a 48–44 vote on October 13, 2011.[10] She received her judicial commission on October 17, 2011.[2] Nathan is recorded as the second openly gay jurist on the federal bench, after Deborah Batts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Nathan

Anonymous ID: c564a2 Nov. 16, 2021, 4:21 p.m. No.15016045   🗄️.is đź”—kun

FBI Whistleblower Claims DOJ Used Counterterrorism Tools Against Parents: Republicans

An unnamed whistleblower disclosed documents suggesting that the FBI is using its counterterrorism resources to investigate parents or individuals who threaten school board members, teachers, or other staff, according to a letter sent by the House Judiciary GOP dated Tuesday.

The GOP letter included copies of the documents allegedly sourced from the FBI whistleblower that included an email sent by Carlton L. Peeples, who serves in the bureau’s Inspection Division, saying that the Counterterrorism and Criminal Division “created a threat tag, EDUOFFICIALS, to track instances of related threats.”

“We ask that your offices apply the threat tag to investigations and assessments of threats specifically directed against school board administrators, board members, teachers, and staff,” the email reads. The email was signed by Counterterrorism Division Assistant Director Timothy Langan and then-Criminal Division assistant director Calvin Shivers.

In their letter on Tuesday, the Judiciary Republicans said that Attorney General Merrick Garland testified in front of a House panel that the FBI and Department of Justice were not using counterterrorism resources to target threats against school board members. However, the newly unveiled document, they argued, disproves Garland’s comments.

“The FBI has never been in the business of investigating parents who speak out or policing speech at school board meetings, and we are not going to start now,” the FBI told the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. “We are fully committed to preserving and protecting First Amendment rights, including freedom of speech.”

According to House Judiciary Republicans, the whistleblower’s disclosure is evidence that federal law enforcement used counterterrorism resources at the behest of a “left-wing special interests group” to go after parents, referring to a letter that had been sent by the National School Boards Association several weeks ago linking parents who are concerned about school curriculum to domestic terrorists. It further said that the FBI and federal agencies should use the PATRIOT Act and other tools to go after parents.

After the initial letter was sent by the National School Boards Association, Garland issued a memorandum directing the FBI to address an alleged “spike in harassment, intimidation, and threats of violence” and create “dedicated lines of communication for threat reporting” on the matter. But on Oct. 23, the school boards group issued an apology to the White House over the language included in the letter.

Now, the whistleblower’s disclosure “calls into question the accuracy and completeness” of Garland’s testimony before the House Judiciary panel last month.

“If … you were aware of the FBI’s actions at the time of your testimony,” the Republicans wrote, the document “shows that you willfully misled the committee about the” Department of Justice’s use of counterterrorism tools to target parents.

During the House Judiciary Committee hearing, Garland denied allegations that his agency would label concerned parents as domestic terrorists.

“Justice Department supports and defends the First Amendment right of parents to complain as vociferously as they wish about the education of their children, about the curriculum taught in the schools,” he told lawmakers on Oct. 21.

Garland also suggested that Republicans were mischaracterizing his memorandum, saying it only pertains to threats of violence aimed at school employees and teachers.

“This is not about what happens inside school board meetings,” the attorney general remarked. “It’s only about threats of violence and violence aimed at school officials, school employees, and teachers.”

After the National School Boards Association issued its initial letter, dozens of school boards around the United States have cut ties with the group. On Monday, the Kentucky School Board Association said its members voted to withdraw their membership.

The FBI and Department of Justice have not immediately responded to requests for comment.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/fbi-whistleblower-claims-doj-used-counterterrorism-tools-against-parents-republicans_4108044.html