Kyle Griffin

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

Gov. David Ige is reimposing COVID restrictions in Hawaii. Social gatherings will be limited to no more than 10 people indoors and 25 people outdoors. Indoor events at bars, restaurants, gyms and places of worship will be reduced to 50% capacity. — PolitiTweet.org

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O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri reaches 10,000 deaths from COVID-19 as cases, hospitalizations rise to worst levels since winter. — PolitiTweet.org

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Politico/Morning Consult poll: 55% of American voters think that local governments should be encouraging both COVID-19 vaccinations and masks in indoor public spaces 81% think at least vaccines or masks should be encouraged — PolitiTweet.org

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Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is doing nothing to stop the spread of COVID in Texas, but he just announced that more than 2,500 medical personnel will be deployed to hospitals around the state to care for the growing number of COVID patients. — PolitiTweet.org

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Republican officials in Pennsylvania's Tioga County are calling for a GOP state senator to stop his fake election audit and let them "get back to work." The commissioners decried the effort as a "blunder" made "without the authority of his committee." https://t.co/ELJJuDe9v2 — PolitiTweet.org

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HHS will require more than 25,000 members of its health care workforce to be vaccinated against COVID. The requirement affects staff at IHS and NIH who serve in health care and clinical research facilities and interact with, or could come into contact with, patients. — PolitiTweet.org

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Vermont Gov. Phil Scott has announced that the state will mandate COVID vaccines for state employees in veterans' homes, correctional facilities, and psychiatric hospitals. — PolitiTweet.org

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Gov. Kate Brown has announced a statewide indoor mask requirement in Oregon. Beginning Friday, everyone 5 years or older in Oregon — regardless of vaccination status — will be required to wear masks in indoor public spaces. — PolitiTweet.org

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Philadelphia businesses must now require masks or proof of vaccination from employees and customers.   All Philadelphia city employees will need to be vaccinated by Sept. 1 or wear two face masks. — PolitiTweet.org

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A Scottish judge has opened a path to a possible investigation into the purchase of Trump's two golf courses in Scotland, in a ruling that could force Trump to explain how he funded the deals. https://t.co/MaYISgW3xr — PolitiTweet.org

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Texas Democratic state senator Carol Alvarado is filibustering the GOP's voting restrictions. https://t.co/3d0oAMqRa6 — PolitiTweet.org

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Dominion Voting Systems is still weighing whether to bring a defamation lawsuit against Trump over election conspiracy theories, an attorney for the company says. https://t.co/S7I8OMQNlu — PolitiTweet.org

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Republican Rand Paul just revealed that his wife bought stock in Gilead Sciences — which makes an antiviral drug used to treat COVID — on Feb. 26, 2020. The disclosure came 16 months after the 45-day reporting deadline, designed to combat insider trading. https://t.co/Wcfy2fnEPL — PolitiTweet.org

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A federal judge has ruled that Trump's accountants must turn over two years' worth of his tax and financial records to a House committee investigating whether Trump and his businesses profited from his service in the White House. https://t.co/xcb1O8GFT5 — PolitiTweet.org

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New York federal prosecutors came to suspect that Trump Org. CFO Allen Weisselberg lied in testimony during their investigation of Michael Cohen three years ago. That could now become relevant to the Manhattan DA's office as it seeks his cooperation. https://t.co/mfSWKWrBw3 — PolitiTweet.org

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Gov. Tom Wolf has announced that Pennsylvania employees in state health care facilities and high-risk congregate care facilities will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID by September 7 or undergo weekly testing. This initiative will affect about 25,000 employees. — PolitiTweet.org

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Greg Abbott makes no sense. The Republican governor of Texas says he's against government mandates... but his admin will *sue* schools or local governments that mandate masks. Suing to block something you don't support kinda sounds like a government mandate? — PolitiTweet.org

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Reminder: Dominion filed three defamation lawsuits — at $1.3 billion each — against Powell, Giuliani and Lindell. Those lawsuits can now continue forward. — PolitiTweet.org

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Reuters: TRUMP ALLIES RUDY GIULIANI AND SIDNEY POWELL LOSE BIDS TO DISMISS DEFAMATION CLAIMS BROUGHT BY VOTING MACHINE COMPANY DOMINION -COURT FILING — PolitiTweet.org

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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has directed all 37,000 city employees and contractors who work with the city to get vaccinated against COVID or undergo weekly testing by Sept. 19. — PolitiTweet.org

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"Pak testified that top department officials had made clear that Mr. Trump intended to fire him over his refusal to say that the results in Georgia had been undermined by voter fraud." — PolitiTweet.org

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Breaking NYT: The former U.S. attorney in Atlanta told congressional investigators that his abrupt resignation in January had been prompted by Justice Department officials' warning that Trump intended to fire him for refusing to lie about fraud in Georgia. https://t.co/74t5P8RFuz — PolitiTweet.org

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Breaking NBC: The FDA is poised to amend the emergency use authorizations for the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines Thursday to allow people with compromised immune systems to get a third dose. https://t.co/pn2IaguYku — PolitiTweet.org

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The screenwriter of 'I Am Legend' has had to respond to COVID conspiracies that cite the fictional events of the fictional movie: "It's a movie. I made that up. It's. Not. Real." https://t.co/S3Qd3enzHr — PolitiTweet.org

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@Variety @thomasadoherty Great... queer baiting. Awesome. So glad we're still highlighting this junk. — PolitiTweet.org

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Broward County, FL Mayor Steve Geller: "I do not understand why people won't protect their friends, won't do the patriotic thing and get vaccinated to protect their country." @MSNBC — PolitiTweet.org

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*Two* court rulings have cleared the way for local leaders who oppose Republican Greg Abbott's ban on mask mandates to at least temporarily require face coverings to help curb a rise in cases. https://t.co/ofMnXMgwGv — PolitiTweet.org

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California will become first state in the nation to require teachers to get vaccinated or be tested weekly for COVID-19. — PolitiTweet.org

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Schumer: "I cannot believe the Republicans would let the country default. It has always been bipartisan to deal with the debt ceiling. When Trump was president, I believe the Democrats joined with him to raise it 3 times. Again, I cannot believe Republicans would let us default." — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden on his agenda: "This isn't going to be anything like my predecessor, whose unpaid tax cuts and other spending added nearly $8 trillion in his four years to the national debt. $8 trillion. They didn't even purport to try to pay for their tax cuts." — PolitiTweet.org