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Todd Herman Show Notes: 8.9.2021

Aug 9, 2021, 7:52 AM | Updated: 9:22 am

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LISTEN TO HOUR 1:

WATCH: Psaki: ‘If You Don’t Want to Abide by Public Health Guidelines … Get out of the Way’

WATCH: New York Times reporter faces backlash over ‘sophisticated, vaccinated crowd’ comments about Obama party

WATCH:  Inslee considering measures to drive vaccination rates up

READ: Rantz: COVID vaccines will be mandated for all WA, King County, and Seattle staff

WATCH:  Incumbent Pete Holmes concedes race for Seattle City Attorney

WATCH: Dozens march for safety at King County Courthouse

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READ: Gates Foundation Is Longtime Partner Of Chinese Communist Group Which Funded Military-Linked Coronavirus Research At Wuhan Lab.

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LISTEN TO HOUR 2:

WATCH:  N.J. Governor: Anyone Telling You that We Can Safely Reopen Our Schools Without Mask Mandates Is ‘Lying’

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WATCH: Seattle police Chief Diaz fires two officers who were in DC during Jan. 6 riot

READ: COVID-19 vaccine efficacy and effectiveness—the elephant (not) in the room

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WATCH: Republicans Only Support Cops When They’re Beating Blacks, Support ‘White Ethno State’

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READ: Apple Will Scan iPhones for Illegal Child Abuse Images, Sparking Privacy Debate

READ: How the Horrific 1918 Flu Spread Across America

JUST A FEW MORE THINGS:

THING 1  Psaki: ‘If You Don’t Want to Abide by Public Health Guidelines … Get out of the Way’

THING 2 Coronavirus expert Dr. Osterholm questions guidelines on cloth masks, says they don’t stand up to virus’ air assault

THING 3 Psaki on Dr. Osterholm Saying Cloth Masks Don’t Work: Other Experts Think They Do

THING 4 William Haseltine: Delta Has the Propensity To Go Through Some of the Surgical Masks

THING 5 Chuck Todd to Reporter in Isolated, Recently Burned Part of Calif.: ‘Please Put Your Mask Back On’

LISTEN TO HOUR 3:

WATCH: Psaki: We Hope to See Even More Vaccine Mandates from the Public and Private Sector

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WATCH: Ilhan Omar Floats Rent & Mortgage Cancellation Bill as a Long-Term Solution

READ: Pause on student loan payments extended through January

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WATCH: NIH Director: FDA Could Fully Authorize COVID-19 Vaccines ‘Within the Next Month’

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Associated Press

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Associated Press

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Associated Press

FBI is investigating reports of an ‘incendiary device’ being thrown at an ICE building in Atlanta

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James Lynch

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Todd Herman Show Notes: 8.9.2021