Below The Fold: The news that do not make the headlines but is important. By PL Hade
- CEOs gather to speak out against voting law changes
- “A number of top executives and corporate leaders gathered online this weekend to discuss what to do in response to changes to some state voting laws, according to multiple news reports.”
- “The Washington Post reported that more than 100 leaders, including executives from major airlines, retailers and manufacturers — plus at least one NFL owner — talked about potential ways to show they opposed the legislation,…” https://apnews.com/…/nfl-legislation-football-voting…
- CEOs plan $$$ threats to lawmakers over voting laws“CEOs are threatening to withhold campaign contributions — and to punish states by yanking investments in factories, stadiums and other lucrative projects.”
- “The call included a long list of business luminaries, including James Murdoch, Ken Chenault, Ken Frazier, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, Levi Strauss CEO Chip Bergh, Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank, and executives of Delta, United and American Airlines.” https://www.axios.com/…/axios-am-acaf8e0a-8fb0-4488…
- Antoine Fuqua and Will Smith will move production on their big-budget, runaway slave thriller “Emancipation” out of Georgia in protest over the state’s controversial new voting restrictions. https://www.nbcnews.com/…/will-smith-movie-emancipation…
- The Biden administration has been pressed by Representative Slotkin to designate over a dozen white supremacist extremist groups Foreign Terrorist Organizations. “If these groups do not meet the more stringent FTO criteria, I ask that you designate these groups as SDGTs,” she wrote. https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2BW1KQ
- McCormick petitions are fraudulent, maybe criminal, N.J. Democrats sayShadowy perennial candidate accused of submitting false signatures in bid for governor https://newjerseyglobe.com/…/mccormick-petitions-are…/ (She didn’t show for her court hearing yesterday. It continues this morning.)
- Despite saying they wouldn’t, Jet Blue and Toyota have contributed to Congressmen who voted to overturn the election.
- LD37 (Northvale) An Oath Keeper Worked Security for the Capitol Rally on Jan. 6. Now, He’s a Republican Candidate for N.J. Assembly. Durfee was backed by the Bergen County GOP. NJ Assembly candidate Ed Durfee, an Oath Keeper, was just outside the Capitol on 1/6. https://www.wnyc.org/…/oath-keeper-did-security…/
- From Media Matters“Right now, Fox News is in midst of renegotiating more than 65% of all their cable provider contracts. Try to increase as much as 75%. That would mean Fox goes up to more than $3/month.
- News & info channels’ subscriber fees are normally small. MSNBC gets ~$0.33, CNN gets between $0.70-0.90 per month (and includes CNN and CNN Headline News). In contrast, Fox News charges near or over $2 a month.”
- “Advertisers — Continue to push on advertisers.Cable Fees — Tell cable providers to stop forcing all of us to pay Fox News such a wildly inflated amount fee, let even consider jacking that up as much as they are trying. Make Fox News actually rely on ads for revenue, watch how fast they change.”https://unfoxmycablebox.com
- Got Cicadas? Take a Picture and Help Entomologists Map Their Arrival – Brian Thompson of NBC News @brian4ny would also like you to let him know. If you’re not on Twitter put a picture in the comments and your location and we’ll get it to him. https://entomologytoday.org/…/cicadas-picture-app-map…/
- Welcome to the vaccine version of the Hunger Games! Next Monday everyone 16 and older is eligible for the vaccine. The situation is much better than it was a month ago but it’s still necessary to have patience and to persist. Be aware that if you see an announcement that vaccine appointments are available they may be gone by the time you try to schedule one. Keep at it.
- Locations for vaccines: https://covid19.nj.gov/…/covid-19-vaccine-locations-for…
- This week
- Set up accounts so that you’re ready for Monday. Most of the megasites require an account to access their list. Places like Walgreens require an account. Get those set up in advance.
- Register on every list that’s available to you. That includes: New Jersey vaccine registration system https://covidvaccine.nj.gov/
- If you are trying to book an appointment for a 16-18 year old they have to have the Pfizer vaccine. Pfizer is an option at most mega sites. You can go to any Mega Site in the state; the county designations are just for convenience. (Atlantic City has had open appointments for the last few days.)
- Mega Sites
- Atlantic City vaccination.atlanticare.org
- Bergen County – Meadowlands Racetrack hackensackmeridianhealth.org/covid19/meadowlands
- Burlington County – Moorestown Mall virtua.org/vaccine
- Gloucester County- Rowan University Pre-register at covidvaccine.nj.gov/
- Middlesex County – Convention Site, Edison rwjbh.org/covid19vaccine
- Morris County – Rockaway Townsquare Mall morriscountynj.gov/vaccination
- This list below is updated about every 15 minutes and generally tells you the type of vaccine available: https://www.vaccinebotnj.com/whats-available
- This is the state appointment finder which is in Beta testing. https://covid19.nj.gov/pages/finder
- Scheduling:
- CVS usually opens appointments at 12am and puts them out in batches between 12am and 2am. https://www.cvs.com/…/store/covid-screener/covid-qns
- Walgreens often has open appointments around 1 in the afternoon. Set up an account so you can quickly get into the scheduling system. (You sometimes get through the pre-qualification when they say they have appointments available and then are told that there are no appointments available. It’s a quirk of the system.) https://www.walgreens.com/login.jsp…
- Walmarthttps://www.walmart.com/…/cli…/immunization/scheduled…
- Rite Aid (Northern Jersey – appointments are few and far between here) https://www.riteaid.com/pharmacy/covid-qualifier…
- If you are having problems getting an appointment, you have questions, or it seems pretty confusing let us know in the comments and we’ll see if we can help.