memeorandum: Unvaccinated People Are 11 Times More Likely To Die Of COVID-19, New Research Finds (Vanessa Romo/NPR)

11:15 PM ET, September 10, 2021

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Times Investigation: In U.S. Drone Strike, Evidence Suggests No ISIS Bomb — U.S. officials said a Reaper drone followed a car for hours and then fired based on evidence it was carrying explosives. But in-depth video analysis and interviews at the site cast doubt on that account.

Discussion: Fox News, HotAir, Japan Times, Raw Story, Mediaite, Изв … and Power Line

New York Times:

‘Imminent Threat’ or Aid Worker: Did a U.S. Drone Strike in Afghanistan Kill the Wrong Person? — [explosion] In one of the final acts of its 20-year war in Afghanistan, the United States fired a missile from a drone at a car in Kabul. It was parked in the courtyard of a home …

Discussion: New York Post, Page Array, The Gateway Pundit, Twitchy and The Daily Caller

Washington Post:

Examining a ‘righteous’ strike — Expert analysis of deadly U.S. drone strike's aftermath in Kabul suggest no evidence of explosives in targeted vehicle — When a Hellfire missile was launched on Aug. 29 at a target in a Kabul neighborhood — a parked car suspected of containing explosives …

Washington Post:

Unvaccinated people were 11 times more likely to die of covid-19, CDC report finds — Moderna vaccine is most effective, says another study, the largest to date in U.S. to assess real-world effectiveness … People who were not fully vaccinated this spring and summer were over 10 times …

Discussion: Daily Kos, New York Times, UPI, The Daily Caller and Fox News

Vanessa Romo / NPR:
Unvaccinated People Are 11 Times More Likely To Die Of COVID-19, New Research Finds

Discussion: The Hill, Associated Press and VTDigger

Noah Garfinkel / Axios:
CDC: Unvaccinated people were 11 times more likely to die of COVID-19

Discussion: Centers for Disease Control …, New York Times, New York Post and CBS News

Reuters:

U.S. could authorize Pfizer COVID-19 shot for kids age 5-11 in October -sources — Top U.S. health officials believe that Pfizer Inc's (PFE.N) COVID-19 vaccine could be authorized for children aged 5-11 years old by the end of October, two sources familiar with the situation said on Friday.

Discussion: Raw Story

Ana Ceballos / Miami Herald:

By Ana Ceballos Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau — Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration won approval on Friday to reinstate a hold on a Leon County judge's ruling that said the state could not enforce a ban on strict mask mandates in schools, as the court battle continues.

Discussion: The Daily Caller, The Last Refuge, The Floridian and Sacramento Bee

Melissa Alonso / CNN:
Florida appeals court rules in favor of DeSantis, reverses order to allow mask mandate ban in schools

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA

Matt Dixon / Politico:
The Second Amendment fight that could upend Florida's midterms

Discussion: Washington Examiner

Politico:

'It's about time': Biden puts the screws on the unvaccinated — Joe Biden finally figured out he'd been talking to the wrong people. — For months, it was the vaccine-resistant that the president treated with kid gloves, sprinkling words like “unity” into his remarks about fighting …

Discussion: Washington Post, Washington Examiner, Columbia Journalism Review, ABC News, HotAir, The Floridian and myfox8.com

Phil Willon / Los Angeles Times:

New poll finds Newsom could easily beat recall thanks to motivated Democrats — Momentum has turned strongly against the effort to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom with just days to go before voting ends, a change that comes after a deluge of political ads and support from leading Democrats …

Discussion: Recent igs_poll items, KTLA, CNN, Sacramento Bee, CBS Sacramento, Washington Times, Mediaite, The American Mind, Vox, Los Angeles Magazine, Mother Jones, Digby's Hullabaloo, Breitbart, Political Wire and Politico

Mike Allen / Axios:

America's civil war of 2021 — Top Republicans are calling for a public uprising to protest President Biden's broad vaccine mandates, eight months after more than 500 people stormed the U.S. Capitol to try to overturn the election. — Why it matters: It has been decades since America …

Discussion: VICE, New York Magazine, Slate, The Mahablog, UPI, Mock Paper Scissors, Washington Post, BizPac Review, Althouse, Trending Politics, The Guardian, The Western Journal, Twitchy, Raw Story, Mediaite, Washingtonian and Sacramento Bee

Claire Rafford / Politico:
Biden to vaccine mandate legal challengers: ‘Have at it’

Discussion: Washington Examiner, NPR, Digby's Hullabaloo and New York Times

David Goldman / CNN:
Here's who loves Biden's vaccine mandate: The companies that have to enforce it

Discussion: Daily Kos, Digby's Hullabaloo, HotAir and Townhall

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton:

Norton Denies Responsibility for Setting Zebras Free, Supports Freedom Generally — Norton says the charges are understandable, but for the first time offers an alibi. The six zebras escaped from a D.C.-area farm early this week — WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton …

Discussion: New York Post, RedState, The Daily Caller, Rolling Stone, Forbes, Washingtonian, The Daily Beast, Townhall, The Hill and USA Today

Houston Keene / Fox News:
DC congresswoman bizarrely denies letting zebras loose

Discussion: Twitchy

Max Boot / Washington Post:

The hyperbolic GOP reaction to Biden's vaccine mandate shows why it's necessary — If there was any doubt about the necessity of President Biden's expanded vaccine mandate for millions of Americans, it was dispelled by the hyperbolic Republican reaction to his Thursday announcement.

Discussion: NBC News, The American Independent, New York Post, New York Times, Raw Story, CBS Denver, The Deplorable Patriot and FactCheck.org

Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
What legal ground do Republican governors have to push back on vaccine mandates?

Discussion: HotAir, Townhall, Common Dreams, National Review, Cafe Hayek, Washington Free Beacon and Raw Story

Annie Vainshtein / San Francisco Chronicle:

BinaxNow vs. Ellume: Why one rapid COVID test seems to be sold out everywhere — At-home tests are hard to find in the Bay Area. Here's what to look for, and where — Rapid at-home antigen tests have become convenient tools for people hoping to quickly determine whether their cold symptoms are COVID-19.

Wall Street Journal:

Journalism Schools Leave Graduates With Hefty Student Loans — Students take on debt for master's degrees in hope of news jobs even as opportunities diminish — News reporting has lost thousands of jobs over the past decade, with a further slide predicted.

more at Mediagazer »

Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:

Breyer's airbrushed portrayal of the judicial process — Could the timing of Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer's new book be any worse? It's hard to imagine. Breyer's latest — an earnest testament to the nonpartisanship and professionalism of his conservative colleagues …

Davey Alba / New York Times:

Facebook sent flawed data to misinformation researchers. — More than three years ago, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook trumpeted a plan to share data with researchers about how people interacted with posts and links on the social network, so that the academics could study misinformation on the site.

more at Techmeme »

KWTX-TV:

Affidavit: Texas man murdered woman, shot her husband, because they voted for Biden — Suspect claimed pro-choice advocates are members of ‘Jewish Satanist Party’ who sacrifice children — EL PASO, Texas (KWTX & CBS Newspath) - Police in West Texas this week arrested Joseph Angel Alvarez …

CNBC:

Rudy Giuliani associate Igor Fruman pleads guilty to soliciting foreign campaign contributions — Igor Fruman, a former associate of embattled lawyer Rudy Giuliani, pleaded guilty to soliciting foreign campaign contributions in a New York federal court Friday.

Discussion: New York Post, One America News Network, Insider and Al Jazeera

Chris Anderson / Sarasota Herald-Tribune:

The secret moves of the Cyber Ninjas moneyman — Once they finish finding voter fraud in the presidential election, and they will find it, the Cyber Ninjas should rappel down the Tomb of the Unknown Ballot Box and turn their considerable auditing skills to the real estate acquisitions of Patrick Byrne …

New York Times:

US Forces Were Training the Guinean Soldiers Who Took Off to Stage a Coup — American military officials have denounced the ouster of a president in West Africa, and said they had no warning of what their students were planning. — NAIROBI, Kenya — American Green Berets were training local forces …

Ari Natter / Bloomberg:

Natural Gas Excluded in Democrats' Budget Plan for Clean Energy — House energy panel details plans for $3.5 trillion package — Billions planned for electric cars, grid improvements, solar — Natural gas won't count as clean energy under a House Democratic plan that would eventually rid …

Discussion: National Review

Washington Post:

A convoy to the Kabul airport, hostile Taliban and the faint hope that the gates to escape would swing open … A month before the Taliban seized Kabul, a letter appeared on the doorstep of Sara Qaderi's home in the city. The militants knew she was working for a U.S.-funded research program, the letter stated.

Ben Chapman / Wall Street Journal:

School Is Back and the Covid Rules Keep Changing: 'It's as Chaotic as You Can Get.' — Delta variant compels districts to rethink their strategies on everything from vaccines to lunch — In Dallas public schools, mandatory temperature checks are out, while mask requirements are in.

Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:

Right-wing vaccine disinformation is killing people, and the propagandists are furious Biden is fighting back — President Joe Biden's Thursday announcement that federal regulators will seek to compel businesses with more than 100 employees to require their employees to either be vaccinated …

Discussion: Washington Post, American Experiment, Bipartisan Report, Washington Times, WebMD Health, TheBlaze, Financial Times, Townhall, HuffPost, WV MetroNews and ABC News

Allahpundit / HotAir:

DeSantis on Biden's new vaccine mandate: What about people with natural immunity? — He makes a fair point, one made by others over the past 24 hours. Biden's idea of an accommodation for workers who don't want to get vaccinated is to let them get tested weekly instead.

Discussion: Louder With Crowder, The Daily Caller and Fox News

Robert Towey / CNBC:

CNBC poll shows very little will persuade unvaccinated Americans to get Covid shots — Change Research surveyed 1,775 respondents for CNBC from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2 about Americans' views on Covid vaccines, President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and other issues.

Discussion: CNN and NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

Matt London / Fox News:

Political experts weigh in ahead of Biden's address to nation on 9/11: ‘No one wants to be spun’ — The president's plans to mark 20 years since the terrorist attacks have been met with some criticism — Biden slips to 39% approval just 8 months into his presidency

Discussion: ABC News and Washington Post

Amanda Mull / The Atlantic:

Don't Believe the Salad Millionaire — You're smart enough to pick your own lunch, no matter what Sweetgreen's CEO says. — Jonathan Neman really seemed to think he was onto something. Last week, in a lengthy, now-deleted post on LinkedIn, the CEO and co-founder of the upscale salad …

Nick Miroff / Washington Post:

U.S. has flagged 44 Afghan evacuees as potential national security risks over the past two weeks, vetting reports show — The Department of Homeland Security flagged 44 Afghan evacuees as potential national security risks during the past two weeks as the government screened tens of thousands …

Discussion: Fox News, Breitbart, Washington Examiner, New York Post, Townhall and The Western Journal

Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:

Agencies That Issued Mandates Before Biden's Push Show Some Early Success — The military and Department of Veterans Affairs see vaccination rates increase, as do some companies and states, but they have a long way to go. — WASHINGTON — President Biden's new coronavirus vaccination mandates prompted …