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Barricades up in Boise tonight to keep protesters out of the Central District Health parking lot. Last Tuesday some 500 people gathered there in opposition to a mask-muzzle mandate and other Christmas crackdown measures. The protest led the board to back away from voting on the proposals. The board set to meet at 330 pm tomorrow to again vote on those restrictions for Boise and surrounding areas.
The Southwest District Health Board set to meet tomorrow morning in Caldwell, Idaho at 830 am and protesters will be on hand to monitor any possible moves there to impose coronavirus restrictions in Canyon County and surrounding areas.
Israel handing out "green passports" to those who choose to get COVID-19 vaccine in the country. The "free movement" waivers will allow Israelis who get the coronavirus vaccine to skip coronavirus restrictions to eat at restaurants and attend public events among other things...YNET NEWS
London entering the Tier 3 coronavirus lockdown Wednesday, the strictest level in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's current system in the UK...BBC NEWS
A STRICT LOCKDOWN COMING INTO FORCE IN THE NETHERLANDS TONIGHT THAT WILL LAST UNTIL JANUARY 19TH. AS PRIME MINISTER MARK RUTTE MADE HIS ANNOUNCEMENT THIS EVENING PROTESTERS BLEW WHISTLES OUTSIDE THAT COULD BE HEARD AS HE SPOKE...EURONEWS....NOS DUTCH TV NEWS SPEECH STARTS IN DUTCH AT 4:30
A top court in Belgium striking down a ban on gatherings of more than five people in houses of worship imposed because of the coronavirus. The court ruling in response to a legal case brought by Orthodox Jews in the country...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, an outspoken opponent of common notions about the coronavirus like masks, enjoying strong popularity in his country. Latest polling shows he is maintaining high popularity through the rough and tumble of COVID-19...ANI NEWS INDIA
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling 4-3 against a lawsuit brought by President Trump's campaign regarding election fraud....ASSOCIATED PRESS-GLOBE AND MAIL CANADA
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES CAST TODAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN ALL 50 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 306 VOTES FOR JOE BIDEN AND 232 VOTES FOR DONALD TRUMP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCING THE RESIGNATION OF ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM BARR THIS EVENING. BARR HAD BEEN SIGNALLING A RESIGNATION IN RECENT WEEKS. THE PRESIDENT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH BARR "HAS BEEN A VERY GOOD ONE". BARR LEAVING HIS POST DECEMBER 23RD....DONALD J. TRUMP TWITTER
The US imposing sanctions on Turkey including four individuals in its defense industry. The sanctions retaliation for Turkey obtaining and testing the Russian S-400 missile defense system. Turkey urging the US to reconsider its move. Russia condemning the US action...BBC NEWS
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warning about blaming Russians for cyberattacks. His comments follow mainstream media reports of a cyber attack on the US Treasury. A number of another cyber attacks in the past have been attributed to Russia and Russian entities..TASS
Back to the COVID vaccine and President Trump has tweeted that he's asking for a change in how staff at White House will receive the vaccine so that they will not be among the first...NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO
Coronavirus stats for today in the USA via Worldometers 198,647 new positive tests. The leading states California with 29.643, Texas with 12,951 and Arizona with 11,806.
Around the world 528,307 new positive tests with the US leading the nations. Other nations include Turkey with 29,617, the UK with 20,263, the Netherlands with 8,457, Canada with 8,119 and Israel with 2,330.
And that's the way it really is Monday December 14th, 2020 Day 274 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19 as measured here in Pennsylvania.
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