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What Vice President Harris Said — And Didn’t Say — About Hurricane Relief

October 3, 2022

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke about the need to provide “resources” for climate change mitigation “based on equity.” Republicans misleadingly claimed Harris said the Biden administration would provide federal hurricane relief based on race. We put her remarks in context.

FEMA Staff and Contracted Medical Workers Are Required to Follow Vaccine Mandate

October 26, 2021

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is deploying contracted medical workers to understaffed hospitals, where they are required to comply with COVID-19 vaccine mandates. But social media posts falsely claim that “doctors and nurses are being forced to quit over the mandates,” while the workers sent by FEMA are “exempt.”