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New Yorkers will receive free train rides if they get vaccinated against Covid-19 in subway stations, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Monday as part of a move to speed up immunizations.
Big Apple residents will be able to get a shot of the Johnson & Johnson single dose vaccine in one of six stations that have been selected for a pilot program to run from Wednesday to Sunday.
As a bonus, they will also be entitled to receive a one-week pass in the metro, or a return trip on suburban train lines.
"We try a lot of creative ideas because we have to increase the vaccination rate," said Cuomo, adding that if the pilot is a success it will be rolled out further.
Stations taking part include Penn Station and Grand Central Terminal.
Some 60 percent of New York's nearly 20 million people have already received at least one dose of the vaccine, official figures show.
But the pace has slowed in New York and elsewhere as most people who wanted to be vaccinated have been.
Officials face a challenge convincing the reluctant to get inoculated to reach the threshold for societal immunity.
Governments and business have rolled out a number of incentives ranging from free tickets for sporting events and complimentary beers to doughnuts to even free marijuana joints.
© 2021 AFP
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‘Just own your ignorance’: Republican ridiculed for claiming ‘autocorrect’ caused misspelling
May 10, 2021
Controversial Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Matt Gaetz (R-FL) are rallying in support of the widely-panned Arizona audit.
On Monday, Gaetz posted a tweet complaining about the Justice Department worrying the audit is violating federal law.
Greene retweet the Florida congressman and suggested the two travel to Arizona.
"After all, the people payed (sic) for those ballots and everything to do with the AZ elections," she wrote.
In a follow-up tweet, Greene seemed to blame autocorrect for changing "paid" to "payed."
*paid. Gotta love autocorrect.— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸)1620672688.0
Greene was quickly ridiculed. Here's some of what people were saying:
I've never seen autocorrect change a correct word into a nonexistent one before. Huh.
— 🏖Laurie🏝 (@lauriebatl) May 10, 2021
The most trumpian of tweets. As if autocorrect would turn paid into payed. Just own your ignorance; probably won't lose you any votes.
— Robert Lusetich (@RobertLusetich) May 10, 2021
Gotta love some US Representative who not only doesn't PROOF READ but can't take responsibility for misspellings. A shining example of a poor student.
— LaurenBoebertsGED (@VTNatureBoy) May 10, 2021
Autocorrect isn't that stupid.
— Your Conscience Speaking (@here_insanity) May 10, 2021
Autocorrect doesn't work like that, you dope.
— Red 💉💉 (@Redpainter1) May 10, 2021
That's not autocorrect, sweetie. You're just not very smart.
— Ron Clements (@Ron_Clements) May 10, 2021
Did autocorrect spell the word wrong?
— Raef (@RaefDLF) May 10, 2021
Ha! I don't believe this for a second. You spelled it wrong - don't lie.
— Smokin Bear (@smokin_bear7) May 10, 2021
Gotta love stupidity.
— opus2001@billthecat (@opus2001billth1) May 10, 2021
You must of graduated from Trump University.
— Gdaman1 (@Gdaman11) May 10, 2021
These two morons are today's GOP. A failed party. https://t.co/swziemoL2I— TheSenateisthePeople,sire (@TheSenateisthePeople,sire)1620674296.0
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Kevin McCarthy promises 'we embrace free thought' as he announces vote to oust Liz Cheney
May 10, 2021
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) officially called for another vote to oust Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) after 145 Republicans voted to keep her after she voted for Donald Trump's impeachment.
The vote in the GOP caucus was expected this week, but McCarthy made it official in a new letter. Ironically, however, McCarthy also claimed that members of his caucus "embrace free thought and debate," the antithesis of ousting Cheney for her opinions on Trump.
"We are a big tent party. We represent Americans of all backgrounds and continue to grow our movement by the day," McCarthy went on, ignoring the numbers that refute the claim.
Since Trump lost the election any Republican who speaks out against his lies is censured by their state parties.
Cheney essentially said the same thing that McCarthy did in January after the deadly Capitol riot, that Trump "bears responsibility."
"He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. These facts require immediate action by President Trump," McCarthy also said at the time.
Cheney joined nine other Republicans in what was the most bipartisan impeachment vote in history.
"[E]ach day spent relitigating the past is one day less we have to seize the future," McCarthy also said. It flies in the face of the Arizona Republican Party working to "audit" the 2020 election and Trump's claims that he actually won.
See the letter posted by Punchbowl's Jake Sherman below:
🚨🚨 BREAKING: @GOPLeader has sent a letter about recalling @Liz_Cheney. "Having heard from so many of you in recent… https://t.co/L4EHZcX8ea— Jake Sherman (@Jake Sherman)1620672950.0
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