Arkansas judge blocks REPUBLICAN state law 
banning mask mandates in schools
The preliminary injunction was issued by Pulaski County Circuit Judge Tim Fox
after the state's General Assembly held a special session on the matter on Thursday.
With the injunction in place, school districts can now enforce mask requirements,
while the suits continue.
The law "cannot be enforced in any shape, fashion or form,"
Judge Fox said during Friday's hearing.
With Covid-19 cases surging across the country, fueled by the dangerous Delta variant,
Arkansas Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson called on the state's legislature earlier
this week to amend the law that he signed in April, indicating that in hindsight,
he wished he had not signed it.
Arkansas judge blocks REPUBLICAN state law
banning mask mandates in schools
The preliminary injunction was issued by Pulaski County Circuit Judge Tim Fox
after the state's General Assembly held a special session on the matter on Thursday.
With the injunction in place, school districts can now enforce mask requirements,
while the suits continue.
The law "cannot be enforced in any shape, fashion or form,"
Judge Fox said during Friday's hearing.
With Covid-19 cases surging across the country, fueled by the dangerous Delta variant,
Arkansas Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson called on the state's legislature earlier
this week to amend the law that he signed in April, indicating that in hindsight,
he wished he had not signed it.
nice to see a judge stand up for the rights of the innocent
USA TODAY
Economy adds 943,000 jobs in July
despite COVID surge, and worker shortages
U.S. hiring surged again last month as the economy continued to reopen,
with employers adding 943,000 jobs!!!
The unemployment rate, which is calculated from a separate survey of households,
dropped from 5.9% to 5.4%, the Labor Department said Friday. 
Cholesterol drug cuts coronavirus infection by 70%,
researchers find
A drug meant to treat cholesterol was found to reduce coronavirus infection
by 70% in lab studies, with researchers calling for additional clinical trials
among hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
A team of researchers from the U.K. and Italy published findings in the
Frontiers in Pharmacology journal Friday, finding that fenofibrate and
fenofibric acid resulted in a significant reduction in coronavirus infection
in human cells when the drug was used in safe and approved concentrations, a
ccording to a news release posted Friday.
Cholesterol drug cuts coronavirus infection by 70%,
researchers find
A drug meant to treat cholesterol was found to reduce coronavirus infection
by 70% in lab studies, with researchers calling for additional clinical trials
among hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
if repeat research upholds these initial findings this could b a game changer
encouraging
thanks to uk and italy researchers
Cholesterol drug cuts coronavirus infection by 70%,
researchers find
"Our data indicates that fenofibrate may have the potential to reduce
the severity of COVID-19 symptoms and also virus spread,"
Dr. Elisa Vicenzi of the San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan
and co-author, said in the release.
"Given that fenofibrate is an oral drug which is very cheap and
available worldwide, together with its extensive history of clinical use
and its good safety profile, our data has global implications."
Senate Dems' $3.5T budget resolution
in latest win for Biden
Congressional approval of the resolution would mark a crucial first step by Democrats toward enacting President Joe Biden's domestic agenda.
president biden
Well unfortunately you can now count out this promising news from ever evolving into something that may help treat COVID.... inexpensive and already under pharmaceutical brand names?? There is no money in that for big pharma...
Senate Dems' $3.5T budget resolution
in latest win for Biden
Congressional approval of the resolution would mark a crucial first step by Democrats toward enacting President Joe Biden's domestic agenda.
president biden
I still say it won't pass the House, but we will see
cut from cnn ::
Hundreds of ventilators sent to Florida!!
The Biden administration sent aid as the state responds to a dramatic spike in Covid-19 cases.
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis claims he's unaware of the shipment. 
cut from cnn ::
Vaccine mandates for workers are just getting started
New York (CNN Business)A growing number of major companies are exploring vaccine mandates for their employees as the Delta variant continues to spread through America and around the world.
The vaccine requirements reflect a desire from business leaders to make employees more comfortable about piling back into offices and an effort to boost vaccination rates -- before even stronger variants emerge.
"Vaccine requirements are going to become the norm, not the exception," said Constance Hunter, chief economist at KPMG. "Without them, there really is no safe way to go back to work. The Delta variant has proved this."
cut from yahoo news ::
U.S. weekly jobless claims hit 17-month low;
ranks of unemployed shrinking
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell to a 17-month low last week, pointing to another month of robust job growth.
"We can infer that hiring remains strong in August, pointing to a healthy jobs report for this month," said Robert Frick, corporate economist at Navy Federal Credit Union in Vienna, Virginia.
our president joe biden
A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled against the Biden administration’s efforts to delay implementation of an order that requires it to reinstate the Trump-era Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) — yet another legal defeat for the Biden administration on immigration.
The panel of the 5th Circuit Appeals Court declined to stay a ruling by issued last week that orders the Biden administration "to enforce and implement MPP in good faith" until it has been "lawfully rescinded" in compliance with the Administrative Procedure Act, and until the federal government has enough detention capacity to detail all migrants subject to mandatory detention.
More Americans are deciding
they need to get the trump-vaccine
(CNN) With an alarming rise in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations,
more Americans have recently made the decision to get vaccinated than in the last six weeks.
More than 1 million doses of the vaccine were reported administered Thursday
The average pace of those initiating vaccination is more than 70% higher than one month ago. 
Oklahoma and Louisiana -- two states that have lagged the rest of the nation in
vaccinations -- are now outpacing the national average
Great news, thirdperson!
And because of that, the Pentagon has announced it *WILL* require all military personnel to get the trump-vaccine!
House approves $3.5 trillion budget plan
The Senate approved the budget resolution earlier this month.
Both chambers must adopt the resolution for Democrats to use a process
known as budget reconciliation to later pass legislation addressing the
climate crisis, aid for families, health care and more
that cannot be defeated by a GOP filibuster in the Senate.
The budget resolution will allow them to write reconciliation legislation
with a total price tag of as much as $3.5 trillion. The final reconciliation
package, once it is drafted, is expected to be considered in the fall.
Established in 1995,
Hot Forum Topics
