What is the message of this kangaroo court in the Senate this week? The reason for this sham the ensure that not only Trump will be ban from holding office again. It also says, if you are no part of the Washington establishment, you won't be allow to run either! The following are some stories that I found that reflects the unconstitutionality this whole thing is.
The Constitutional Case Against Late Impeachment
A review of the Constitution’s text and the delegates’ deliberations at the 1787 Federal Convention raises significant questions about the case for late impeachment.---The Federalist
Related Stories;
The Sham Impeachment & The Attack on Free Speech--Judicial Watch
Shame and Sham
If Republicans found out President Joe Biden pardoned someone and his son Hunter concurrently received $1 million from that person in the last week of Biden's presidency, we should not kid ourselves.---The Patriot Post/ ERICK ERICKSON
Trump's Impeachment Trial Is Joe Biden's Error--Newsmax
Savage to Newsmax TV: 'True History' Will See Impeachment as 'Charade'--NewsMAX
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THIS WEEK'S HEADLINE NEWS
Senator Murray, Colleagues Will Reintroduce COVID-19 in Corrections Data Transparency Act.
Press release issued 2/11/21
(Washington, D.C.) — U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), along with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA, 7th), and other Senate and House Democrats, announced they will reintroduce the COVID-19 in Corrections Data Transparency Act, bicameral legislation that would require the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), the United States Marshals Service (USMS), and state governments to collect and publicly report detailed data about the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in federal, state, and local correctional facilities. The bill was originally introduced in August 2020.
“We need to be taking the necessary precautions to beat COVID-19 everywhere, including in correctional facilities, where incarcerated people have too often been exposed to this deadly disease because of lax health and safety measures,” Senator Murray said. “This legislation is an important step we should take towards better understanding and addressing the impact of COVID-19 in correctional facilities.”
Although prisons and jails have become hotspots for the rapid spread of COVID-19, there is a troubling lack of comprehensive and publicly-available data from the BOP, the USMS, and state and local governments about the spread and management of COVID-19 in correctional facilities.
At the federal level, the BOP posts daily COVID-19 updates on its website but excludes important information, such as hospitalization numbers, and does not disaggregate data based on demographic categories. The USMS provides no data on its website on COVID-19 cases for individuals in its custody. At the state and local level, many state-run jails are not publicly reporting any information about COVID-19 cases, aside from a small number of large facilities. Even amongst the facilities that are reporting some information, however, the data are not standardized, and no central authority is ensuring that the data are easily accessible to and digestible by policymakers, public health experts, criminal justice professionals, and the public. This lack of detailed and public data is making it harder to manage the pandemic and contributing to the rampant spread of the virus both inside correctional facilities across the country and in the communities in which they are situated. This places incarcerated individuals, correctional staff, and the public at risk.
The COVID-19 in Corrections Data Transparency Act would provide public health experts, policymakers, and the public with critical information about COVID-19 in correctional facilities. The bill does this by:
Requiring BOP, USMS, and state and local correctional facilities to submit the following data to the CDC on a weekly basis, and regularly publish on their websites:
the numbers of incarcerated individuals and correctional staff who have been tested for COVID-19, and the type of tests performed,
the results of COVID-19 tests, including the numbers of confirmed negative tests, confirmed positive tests, pending tests, and the average time to obtain test results,
the outcomes of COVID-19 cases, including the numbers of people who were hospitalized, recovered, placed in or released from quarantine or medical isolation, or died with COVID-19,
the term of imprisonment and time served for incarcerated individuals who have been infected with COVID-19;
the numbers of incarcerated individuals and correctional staff who have been given a first does of a vaccine, have declined a vaccination, and are fully vaccinated;
Mandating that the data collected and reported be disaggregated by sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, race, ethnicity, disability, and geography; and
Subjecting states that fail to submit the required data to the CDC to a penalty in the form of a 10% reduction in future Byrne JAG grant funding.
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Senator Murray has called for action and legislation to mitigate the rampant spread of COVID-19 throughout correctional facilities. Last year, Senators Murray, Warren, and Booker wrote to former Attorney General William Barr and the BOP urging the BOP to take necessary precautions in light of the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure the safety and health of medically vulnerable inmates, including medically vulnerable pregnant individuals.
The COVID-19 in Corrections Data Transparency Act has been endorsed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU); American Public Health Association; AMEND at UCSF; Community Oriented Correctional Health Services; CURE (Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants); Dream Corps JUSTICE; Drug Policy Alliance; Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM); Federal Public and Community Defenders; First Focus Campaign for Children; Government Information Watch; Jewish Council for Public Affairs; Lambda Legal; Law Enforcement Action Partnership; Legal Action Center; National Association of Counsel for Children; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; National Association of Social Workers; National Center for Youth Law; National HIRE Network; National Juvenile Justice Network; Pennsylvania Prison Society; R Street Institute; REFORM Alliance; StoptheDrugWar.org; The Justice Collaborative; The Sentencing Project; Union for Reform Judaism; Vera Institute of Justice; and Dr. Brie Williams, Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco.
Inslee statement on U.S. Rep. Simpson's proposed Columbia Basin legislation.
Press release issued 2/ 9/ 21
Gov. Jay Inslee released a statement today regarding a proposal to recover salmon in the Pacific Northwest from U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson, an Idaho Republican.
“Washington welcomes Rep. Simpson’s willingness to think boldly about how to recover Columbia and Snake River salmon in a way that works for the entire region and invests – at a potentially transformative level – in clean energy, transportation and agriculture.
“I believe that the Columbia Basin Collaborative, a regional process the governors of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana are in the process of convening, must play a prominent role in the formation and implementation of a comprehensive plan for the future of the Columbia and Snake rivers. The Collaborative can complement and inform Congressional efforts, and help our states achieve salmon recovery goals in a manner that is consistent with protecting and enhancing clean, reliable and affordable energy, transportation systems and agriculture.
“Conversations among different interests and across party lines are essential to identifying creative solutions that work for salmon, energy and the economy. This is important – to Washington’s tribes, people, economy and culture. I look forward to engaging with our state’s congressional delegation to find solutions that fully meet the needs of our state.”
IN OTHER STATE NEWS:
Cantwell Takes Over as Chair of Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation—First Woman to Chair the Committee--Sen. Cantwell's press release
AG FERGUSON STATEMENT ON RULING IN TIM EYMAN CAMPAIGN FINANCE CASE.
OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson offers the following statement on a Thurston County Superior Court decision that Tim Eyman intentionally committed numerous violations of campaign finance law..
STATE VETERINARIAN ALERTS POULTRY FLOCK OWNERS TO POTENTIAL AVIAN INFLUENZA THREAT--WSDA
https://agr.wa.gov/about-wsda/news-and-media-relations/news-releases?article=32194
Olympia Brewery owner billed for State expenses for spill into Capitol Lake--DOE
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(3) IN OTHER HEADLINES THIS WEEK
WORLD NEWS:
Myanmar crisis: ‘All options should be on the table’, UN Human Rights Council hears.
The UN deputy human rights chief and the independent expert on Myanmar have called for targeted sanctions against the leaders of what they both described as the coup that took place in the country last week, as the Human Rights Council met in special session on Friday to discuss the ongoing crisis.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/02/1084512
Yemen: ‘Toxic mix’ imperils lives of under-fives with acute malnutrition
Since the escalation of conflict in 2015, severe acute malnutrition is among its highest levels in Yemen, threating the lives of half of the country’s children under the age of five, four UN agencies warned on Friday.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/02/1084572
Ethiopia: ‘Incomplete but troubling picture’ reveals impact of Tigray crisis on children.
Humanitarians are learning more about the dire situation of children in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, where fighting continues between Government troops and regional forces of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF).
https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/02/1084542
‘Constellation’ of post-COVID symptoms will impact global healthcare, says WHO
Far more research is needed into the “constellation” of sometimes debilitating symptoms among people who’ve recovered from COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, adding that it “will impact” global health systems.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/02/1084522
NATIONAL HEADLINES
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Actions in Response to the Coup in Burma--WH
Revocation of the Terrorist Designations of Ansarallah--US STATE DEPT.
https://www.state.gov/revocation-of-the-terrorist-designations-of-ansarallah/
Justice Department Reaches Agreement with Nevada to End Discriminatory Policies Against Inmates with HIV and Inmates with Disabilities--DOJ
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Monoclonal Antibodies for Treatment of COVID-19--FDA
BUSINESS & FINANCE:
U.S. Treasury Department Holds Financial Sector Innovation Policy Roundtable--US TREASURY DEPT.
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0023
USDA Invests in Data for Agricultural Irrigation Improvements--USDA
https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2021/02/11/usda-invests-data-agricultural-irrigation-improvements
Getting Back to a Strong Labor Market
Chair Jerome H. Powell---THE FED
https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/powell20210210a.htm
Avoid pandemic paper delays: Use e-file with direct deposit for faster refunds as IRS prepares to open 2020 filing season.
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COMMENTARY BY PETER RIPLEY
DOES ANYONE REALLY BELIVES THAT GOV. INSLEE WILL EVER REOPEN THE STATE, WITHOUT COVID RESTRICTIONS?
Let me venture a guess...NO! Inslee has no intension of ever reopening this state. He still using the phase reopening method, ( which I call the slug maneuver), imposing restrictions on Washingtonians! He will keep his Covid-19 rule as long as possible!
The following is a press release from Inslee on having five regions of our state too go to phase 2!
Just in time for Valentines Day!
Inslee announces five regions to progress to Phase 2
Press release from Gov. Inslee
https://www.governor.wa.gov/news-media/inslee-announces-five-regions-progress-phase-2
Gov. Jay Inslee announced today five new regions have met the metric requirements to progress to Phase 2 of the Healthy Washington reopening plan, starting this weekend. The West and Puget Sound regions have maintained their metric requirements to stay in Phase 2.
The new regions progressing to Phase 2 are:
North (Whatcom, Skagit, San Juan, Island)
North Central (Okanogan, Chelan, Douglas, Grant)
Northwest (Clallam, Jefferson, Kitsap, Mason)
East (Ferry, Stevens, Pend Oreille, Lincoln, Spokane, Adams, Whitman, Garfield)
Southwest (Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, Skamania, Clark, Klickitat)
The only region not moving to Phase 2 is the South Central region – which includes Ellensburg, Yakima, the Tri-Cities and Walla Walla.
Additionally, the governor announced Thursday evening that the five regions progressing will be able to do so starting Sunday, Feb. 14. The holiday weekend provides a large portion of a restaurant's yearly revenue, and by moving up the region's reopening date will allow dining establishments to benefit.
"I know this creates more options for restaurants to make Valentine's Day special for couples who hoped they could have a night out," Inslee said. "I am confident people, young and old, will celebrate safely. And if it's a first date that doesn't go well, remind them to stay six feet away from you."
Note: This is the actual press release issued. What is this? Inslee giving dating tips!?
Editorial Note: According to the Governor it's okay to celebrate Valentine, and express confidence that those who celebrate the holiday safely, while he cancels Christmas, and Thanksgiving! Wonder if he'll cancel Easter?
LOCAL MEETINES & AGENDAS:
CLALLAM COUNTY MEETINGS:
Clallam County Commission work session for 2/16/21
https://clallam.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view_id=2&event_id=1250
Clallam County Commission meeting for 2/16/21
https://clallam.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view_id=2&event_id=7252
City of Port Angeles Council meeting for 2/16/21
https://www.cityofpa.us/DocumentCenter/View/9528/Council-Packet-02162021
City of Sequim Council meeting for 2/16/21
https://www.sequimwa.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/2377
OMC BOARD MEETING FOR 2/17/21
https://www.olympicmedical.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AGENDA-February-17-2021.pdf
PASD Board Meeting
When: Thu, February 25, 7pm – 9pm
Where: 905 W 9th St, Port Angeles, WA 98363, USA, Lincoln Center.
JEFFERSON COUNTY MEETINGS:
Jefferson County Commission meeting for 2/16/21
PORT TOWNSEND CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA for 2/16/21
https://cityofpt.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view_id=4&event_id=1671
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