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Todd Herman Show Notes 4.8.2021

Apr 8, 2021, 6:40 AM | Updated: 9:19 am

Ed Troyer, Pierce County Sheriff...

Ed Troyer, Pierce County Sheriff

DOWNLOAD: Todd Herman’s COVID Truth Resources

LISTEN TO HOUR 1:

WATCH: KING 5 – Looser attitudes toward pandemic could lead to winter surge in COVID-19 cases, UW expert warns

WATCH: KOMO – Health experts anticipating possible fourth COVID-19 surge in Washington state

WATCH: Despite UK variant outbreaks in children, local doctor says in-person learning is safe with COVID precautions

WATCH: Bodycam video shows police response after Pierce County Sheriff accused newspaper carrier of threats

WATCH: New bodycam footage shows news carrier denying he threatened Pierce Co. sheriff

WATCH: Breaking 911 on Twitter –

LISTEN TO HOUR 2:

WATCH: Siraj Hasmi on Twitter –

HIGHLIGHT: RANTZ REPORT

READ: Rantz: Village Theatre asked job applicants to disrupt ‘toxic whiteness’ of musicals

WATCH: McConnell Defends Fauci Amid Criticism from Colleagues

READ: Dr. Fauci warns parents about children playing together without masks

READ: CDC: Young People Taking Part in ‘Extracurricular Activities’ Fueled Latest COVID-19 Surge

WATCH: Tom Elliot on Twitter –

HIGHLIGHT: Just a Few More Things

THING 1 Sen. Padilla: ‘We’re Going to Build Back More Inclusively’

THING 2 STATE-RUN TV: NBC Airs Ad for Pricey Biden Plan to ‘Rebuild America’

THING 3  MSNBC Hosts Aren’t Just Okay With Lying, They Congratulate the Lies

THING 4 CBS Hacks Gush Over 25 Minutes of ‘Catharsis’ They Gave Hunter Biden

THING 5 Yellen Calls for ‘Global Minimum Corporate Tax’

 

LISTEN TO HOUR 3:

READ: BIDEN COMMENCES HIS WAR ON THE SUBURBS

READ: American church attendance hits historic low, says Gallup survey

READ: A third of COVID survivors suffer neurological or mental disorders: study

READ: Opinion – Transgender Childhood Is Not a ‘Trend”

READ: NCAA group condemns anti-transgender sports bills in open letter.

 

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Todd Herman Show Notes 4.8.2021