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WHAT YOU MISSED IN THE WEEKEND EDITION

Indiana 1st at the Worst for Covid Safety

The survey said Indiana ranks near last in many categories, including vaccination rate, positive testing rate, hospitalizations, death rate and transmission.

Spartz expects hopes vaccine mandate to be struck down in court (Hint: It wasn't)

Despite a court ruling allowing mandated COVID-19 vaccinations for large employers, Rep. Victoria Spartz believes it will be overturned.

Wishing the virus away won’t work

Though the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still recommends putting on a mask for any indoor gathering, those who follow that advice in Indiana these days tend to find themselves in a small minority.

Democratic 3rd CD candidate suspending campaign

Democratic 3rd CD candidate John Stephens is suspending his campaign. John sent a letter to the 3rd District Democratic Party Chair Friday evening announcing he is suspending his campaign

IU faculty member announces bid for Democratic nomination in 9th District

IU faculty member Isak Nti Asare announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Indiana’s 9th congressional district earlier this month. If elected, Nti Asare would be the first Black representative of the district.

Jim Lucas: funny/not funny

18,385 dead Hoosiers from Covid-19 is funny to Indiana State Representative Jim Lucas.

Indiana bank settles housing loan discrimination lawsuit

An Indiana-based bank has agreed to direct more housing loans to majority-Black neighborhoods in settling a federal discrimination lawsuit filed by a fair housing organization.

Deceptive videos used to link athlete deaths to COVID shots

Jake West was a seemingly healthy 17-year-old when he collapsed during high school football practice in Indiana and died of sudden cardiac arrest. A video widely shared online falsely suggests COVID-19 vaccination is to blame, weaving headlines about him into a rapid-fire compilation of news coverage about athletes collapsing.

Monroe Co. Republicans, Democrats pick leaders at weekend events

Members of the Monroe County Democratic Party on Sunday selected a Black woman for council member in District 4 for the first time.

Fringe Doc Wants to Open COVID Center. Hope the Patients Are Horses.

An Indiana doctor whose spiel of pandemic disinformation went viral over the summer has announced plans to spread the word—and, experts fear, the disease—in a new way: a “Medical Center” in his native state that’s poised to shell out his personal regimen for COVID-19.

COVID-19 omicron variant confirmed in 1st Indiana patient

Tests have confirmed Indiana’s first known case of the COVID-19 omicron variant, state health officials announced Sunday.

2,500 evacuees remain at Camp Atterbury, officials aiming for January close

Resettlement efforts at Camp Atterbury are nearing the home stretch, but likely won't be finished by the time Gov. Eric Holcomb had hoped.

HOMELESS SHELTER ONLY FOR SINGLE WOMEN OPENS IN FORT WAYNE

A homeless shelter intended only for single women has opened in Fort Wayne to address a shortage of such emergency space in the city. The St. Joseph Missions Women’s Shelter is the first emergency shelter open year-round in Fort Wayne expressly for single women who are experiencing homelessness, city officials said.

Donnelly vows to strengthen U.S. partnership with Vatican as ambassador

Former U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., appears likely to be confirmed in the near future as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, the tiny European city-state that's home to Pope Francis and global headquarters for the Roman Catholic Church.

OMINOUS!

The number of confirmed Omicron cases in the U.S. has nearly doubled in a period of 24 hours, and six Northeastern states saw a record number of daily COVID cases this week as the variant is now confirmed in 44 states, with New York hit the hardest.

Moderna says its COVID booster increases protection against omicron

Moderna said Monday preliminary data showed its COVID-19 booster shot is effective against the omicron variant of the coronavirus currently surging in the U.S. and around the world.

Trump Played the Conspiracy Theory Hits at Bill O’Reilly ‘History Tour’ in Dallas

When I arrived at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, for the “History Tour” featuring former President Donald Trump and former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly, it quickly dawned on me exactly what I was in for.

'President' Manchin kills Build Back Better...

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said Sunday he cannot back his party’s signature $2 trillion social and environment bill, dealing a potentially fatal blow to President Joe Biden’s leading domestic initiative heading into an election year when Democrats’ narrow hold on Congress was already in peril.

White House Responds to Manchin Betrayal

Senator Manchin’s comments this morning on FOX are at odds with his discussions this week with the President, with White House staff, and with his own public utterances.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Boasts of ‘Yellow People’ and Other Minorities at Turning Point Rally: ‘The Left Calls This a White Supremacist Party’

“When I walked in yesterday, I was like, what kind of people come here?” Greene said. “So I’m walking around and seeing some good people, and I see white people, Black people, brown people, yellow people.”

Sens. Warren and Booker test positive for breakthrough COVID

Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Cory Booker of New Jersey say they have tested positive for COVID-19, as the country deals with another surge in cases and the emergence of the omicron variant.

Sarah Palin on Covid vaccines: 'It will be over my dead body that I'll have to get a shot'

"We were led to believe that we wouldn't have to have the shot," Palin said. "Well then they changed their tune and now those of us who have had Covid, they're telling us that even though we've had it and we have natural immunity now that we still have to get a shot."

DeSantis proposes legislation to let parents sue teachers who tell the truth about U.S. history

Last week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the Stop WOKE Act, which is presented as an effort to ban Critical Race Theory (CRT) and "woke indoctrination" in Florida schools. In reality, the legislation would allow parents to sue teachers who provide accurate information about the founding of the United States.

NHL pauses cross-border games, shuts down 6th team

The NHL and its players association temporarily clamped down on teams crossing the Canadian border and shut down operations of a sixth team on Sunday in hopes of salvaging the season as COVID-19 outbreaks spread across the league.

Tom Brady shut out for 1st time in 15 years as Saints beat injury-plagued Bucs

Trying to keep pace for the NFL's top record, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers fell flat on Sunday in a 9-0 loss to the New Orleans Saints, who did just enough to take advantage of a brutal night of injuries in Tampa Bay and improve to 7-7.

Chad Harmon for Congress, #IN09

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