Below The Fold: The news that do not make the headlines but is important. By PL Hade.
- From Governor Murphy: Today, I signed historic legislation to:
- Legalize adult-use cannabis
- Decriminalize marijuana possession in small amounts
- Limit the use of previous marijuana convictions
- Create a regulated cannabis marketplace
- Effective March 1st, sports and entertainment venues with a fixed-seating capacity of over 5,000 people may open for spectators – 10% capacity for indoor venues and 15% capacity for outdoor venues
- Effective immediately, indoor & outdoor collegiate sports practices & competitions may allow 2 parents/guardians per participating athlete as spectators – as long as these numbers don’t exceed 35% of the indoor room’s capacity & social distancing can be maintained outdoors
- Dominion Voting Systems sues MyPillow and CEO Mike Lindell for more than $1.3 billion https://www.cbsnews.com/…/mike-lindell-mypillow-sued…/
- Supreme Court allows release of Trump tax returns to NY Prosecutor https://www.cnn.com/…/supreme-court-trump…/index.html
- Opinion: Trump Is Guilty of Pandemicide. History will show the former U.S. president was staggeringly negligent during the pandemic’s deadly third wave. https://foreignpolicy.com/…/trump-is-guilty-of…/
- Covid19
- 500 candles – each one representing 1,000 people we’ve lost https://www.nbcnews.com/…/white-house-holds-moment-of…
- NJ: 2,165 new positives
- Rate of Transmission 0.86
- Counties with the highest positives:
- Bergen 281
- Hudson 229
- Ocean 192
- Essex 188
- Middlesex 168
- During the summer these numbers were under 100. Do not get complacent!