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Ted Cruz Lays Into Fauci After NIAID Director's Latest Attack

Leah Barkoukis / Townhall Tipsheet

Sen. Ted Cruz addressed Dr. Anthony Fauci’s attack on him after the Texas Republican suggested he be investigated for allegedly making false statements before Congress.

“Anybody who spins lies and threatens and all that theater that goes on with some of the investigations and the congressional committees and the Rand Pauls and all that other nonsense, that’s noise, Margaret, that’s noise,” the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases told CBS News’s Margaret Brennan.

Specifically responding to Cruz’s argument that he should face prosecution by the Department of Justice, Fauci laughed it off. 

“Yeah, I have to laugh at that,” he said. “I should be prosecuted? What happened on Jan. 6, senator?” Read more and see video here.

Where US workers are quitting jobs at record rates

By Andrew Mollica and Sarah Chaney Cambon / Wall Street Journal / FOX Business

Workers in the U.S. resigned from a record 4.4 million jobs in September. Many Americans are leaving roles for better working conditions and pay amid a historically fast economic recovery.

The wave of resignations hasn’t been uniform across the country, though. States in the West, including Hawaii, Montana, Utah and Oregon, saw the largest growth in quits in September, according to the Labor Department. Eighteen states broke or tied their records for quits levels in September.

Industries experiencing high turnover rates drove quits in the Western U.S. in September and led many Northeastern states to see a more rapid increase in quits since the start of this year. Quits in the education sector—which accounts for a larger share of employment in Northeastern states than many others—have risen at the fastest...Read more here.

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Axios Reporter Says Dems Should be Wary of Ending the Filibuster, Highlights Their Hypocrisy

Landon Mion / FOX News

Axios reporter Jonathan Swan on Tuesday highlighted the hypocrisy of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and other congressional Democrats who are pushing for the elimination of the filibuster, a Senate procedure used to delay or prevent voting on legislation.

Swan spoke about his recent interview with Tlaib, and her claims that the filibuster is a racist tool of oppression, during an appearance on MSNBC’s "Morning Joe" with host Joe Scarborough.

In his interview with Tlaib, he pressed the congresswoman on her assertion, pointing out that Democrats used the filibuster on a number of occasions throughout the Trump administration, and questioned her about what Senate Democrats would have done had they not had the filibuster at their disposal during that time.

"It would have been unfortunate, of course," Tlaib responded.

Biden Moving Forward With Plan That Actually Makes Supply Chain Issues Worse

Leah Barkoukis / FOX News 

President Biden will move forward with a vaccine mandate on nonresident, essential travelers crossing U.S. land borders, which includes truck drivers, emergency personnel, and government officials. 

The mandate takes effect Jan. 22 and follows the administration’s decision to open land and ferry ports to nonessential travelers who are fully vaccinated earlier this month.

U.S. citizens and permanent residents can still enter the country even if they are not vaccinated but they will be subject to testing.

The administration’s decision to include truckers is particularly worrying given the supply chain concerns and shortage of drivers.

"The US is already facing unprecedented supply chain disruptions and delays due to many factors, including significant labor shortages, production shutdowns, a shortage of raw materials, and pent-up consumer demand," the American Trucking Association told the administration earlier this month, according...Read more and see tweets and video here.