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[ February 19, 2025 ] Acting EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas Issues Promise To Protect American Workers From Anti-American Bias Uncategorized
[ January 28, 2025 ] Hawkins v United States: Non-Compliance and the COVID Vaccine Mandate By Military ADVOCATZ
[ January 26, 2025 ] The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Has Failed To Provide Workers Effective Specific Protections Against COVID-19 ADVOCATZ
[ January 25, 2025 ] The Citywide Panel and the Final Judgment in Kane-Keil-New Yorkers For Religious Liberty ADVOCATZ
[ January 25, 2025 ] Court of Appeals For the State of Kansas Grants Hospital Employee Her Religious Exemption From the COVID-19 Vaccination Uncategorized

NYPD Blues: De Blasio Takes Over

April 26, 2018 Betsy Combier 0

NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio LINK Bill de Blasio and Phil Walzak From NYC Public Voice In 2011, then-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg got himself in hot water when he declared “I have my own […]

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When My Notes Were Seized By the NYC Department of Education as Violation of FOIL by Betsy Combier

January 14, 2025 0

The post below is not new, but I love it for the sheer audacity of former NYC DOE General Counsel Michael Best for allowing two pages of my personal notes to be ripped out of my […]

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A For Accountability Award

January 11, 2025 0

In 2005 the E-Accountability Foundation was created in order to reward individuals and groups for standing up to adversity and fighting for individual due process rights. More specifically, the A For Accountability Award is given […]

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Betsy Combier OPINION: The Who Are You Kidding Award and NYC Department of Education 2024

January 1, 2025 0

In 2002 I created “The Who Are You Kidding Award” to highlight two things – one, the corruption and fraud going on in New York City, and two, the fact that everyone loves getting Awards, […]

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Acting EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas Issues Promise To Protect American Workers From Anti-American Bias February 19, 2025
We like the sound of this, especially if it means that NYC cannot unlawfully fire municipal workers in order to make room on City payroll for uncertified or unqualified employees. Just sayin’ Betsy Combier betsy@advocatz.com [...] The post Acting EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas Issues Promise To Protect American Workers From Anti-American Bias appeared first on […]
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Hawkins v United States: Non-Compliance and the COVID Vaccine Mandate By Military January 28, 2025
Hawkins v United States WHETHER SECTION 564 AUTHORIZES EUA VACCINES Below are relevant parts, in my opinion, to the argument in defense of not getting the COVID vaccine “In this case, six current and former [...] The post Hawkins v United States: Non-Compliance and the COVID Vaccine Mandate By Military appeared first on Advocatz.
Betsy Combier
The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Has Failed To Provide Workers Effective Specific Protections Against COVID-19 January 26, 2025
The Sad, Sad Story of OSHA’s Failure to Protect Workers From COVID-19 Randy Rabinowitz 1,✉ PMCID: PMC9226955 PMID: 35733390 Abstract In the face of a global pandemic posing unprecedented risks to worker health, the Occupational Safety & Health [...] The post The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Has Failed To Provide Workers Effective Specific Protections Against COVID-19 […]
Betsy Combier
The Citywide Panel and the Final Judgment in Kane-Keil-New Yorkers For Religious Liberty January 26, 2025
There is so much new information available now as opposed to two years ago when the Kane Keil cases were filed. I wish the entire case – now known as New Yorkers For Religious Liberty [...] The post The Citywide Panel and the Final Judgment in Kane-Keil-New Yorkers For Religious Liberty appeared first on Advocatz.
Betsy Combier
Court of Appeals For the State of Kansas Grants Hospital Employee Her Religious Exemption From the COVID-19 Vaccination January 25, 2025
Sheryl Glean won her case against St. Luke’s South Hospital, which terminated her employment because she submitted a religious exemption request and did not get vaccinated against COVID-19: “St. Luke’s argued that Glean’s request focuses [...] The post Court of Appeals For the State of Kansas Grants Hospital Employee Her Religious Exemption From the COVID-19 […]
Betsy Combier
Children’s Health Defense Reveals That the FDA Failed To Monitor Injuries Due To COVID-19 Vaccines January 23, 2025
Government secrecy and the largest healthcare scam in the history of America are now exposed by the Children’s Health Defense. That’s what this post is all about. One day after the Children’s Health Defense (CHD) [...] The post Children’s Health Defense Reveals That the FDA Failed To Monitor Injuries Due To COVID-19 Vaccines appeared first […]
Betsy Combier
West Virginia Governor Issues Executive Order Allowing Religious Exemptions From Mandatory School Vaccinations January 16, 2025
‘Huge Win’: West Virginia Governor Issues Executive Order Allowing Religious Exemptions West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey, on his first full day in office, issued an executive order allowing for religious exemptions from mandatory school vaccinations, [...] The post West Virginia Governor Issues Executive Order Allowing Religious Exemptions From Mandatory School Vaccinations appeared first on Advocatz.
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Kristin Barnett Refused The COVID Vaccine and Wins Her Appeal To Return To Work With a Religious Accommodation January 16, 2025
4th Circuit Reverses Trial Judge’s Dismissal, Revives Religious Accommodation Suit against Inova Health after BLG Oral Argument ORDER- 4TH CIRCUIT COA In a unanimous opinion published Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit [...] The post Kristin Barnett Refused The COVID Vaccine and Wins Her Appeal To Return To Work With a Religious […]
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U.S. Labor Department Announces That its Occupational Safety and Health Administration Has Terminated its COVID-19 Healthcare Rulemaking January 16, 2025
January 15, 2025 News Release US Department of Labor terminates COVID-19 healthcare rulemaking WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration has terminated its COVID-19 healthcare rulemaking. On June [...] The post U.S. Labor Department Announces That its Occupational Safety and Health Administration Has Terminated its COVID-19 Healthcare Rulemaking […]
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When My Notes Were Seized By the NYC Department of Education as Violation of FOIL by Betsy Combier January 14, 2025
The post below is not new, but I love it for the sheer audacity of former NYC DOE General Counsel Michael Best for allowing two pages of my personal notes to be ripped out of my [...] The post When My Notes Were Seized By the NYC Department of Education as Violation of FOIL by Betsy […]
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