Woman Fired By BlueCross BlueShield For Refusing Covid Jab Awarded $700k In Lawsuit
Tanja Benton, a bio statistical research scientist at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, was awarded $700,000 in a court settlement after being fired for refusing to take a COVID-19 shot during the pandemic.
VICTORY.?
A federal jury awards Tennessee woman $700,000 after she was fired for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine mandated by her employer, BlueCross BlueShield pic.twitter.com/1oVHMuYajh— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) July 1, 2024
According to Fox 17, “The jury found that Tanja Benton ‘proved by a preponderance of the evidence’ that her refusal to get the shot ‘was based on a sincerely-held religious belief.’”
Benton had been at the job since 2005, and her lawsuit noted she hardly even came into contact with anyone during her work hours.
In fact, the research scientist worked from home for a year and a half during the pandemic without any complaints from co-workers.
When her employer mandated COVID-19 jabs, Benton objected for religious purposes as her research showed the shots “are derived from aborted fetus cell lines.”
The BlueCross BlueShield employee said taking the jab “would not only defile her body but also anger and dishonor God.”
Ultimately, the company fired Benton when she refused to be coerced into taking the experimental shot.
BREAKING: Supreme Court Ruling Destroys Deep State Lawfare Against Trump, Says Top Lawyer
Legal expert Robert Barnes joined The Alex Jones Show to dissect the Supreme Court’s Monday ruling on presidential immunity and what it means for Donald Trump ahead of the November election:
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‘Girl, I’m Out Here In These Streets’: Cringe Kamala Harris Panders to Black Americans During BET Awards
Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris was accused of pandering to black voters during a cringe-inducing skit featured on the BET Awards over the weekend.
Joining “Empire” actress Taraji P. Henson for what was supposed to be a comedy sketch on Sunday night’s Black Entertainment Television Awards, the half-Indian, half-Jamaican former Calif. AG used ebonics to connect with black Americans.
PANDERING FOR BLACK VOTES: @VP Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) panders to Black Voters by using these urban slang/HipHop terms “I’m in these streets”& “they not like us” references during her segmented exchange with Taraji P. Hensen (@tarajiphenson) for the BET Awards 2024… pic.twitter.com/sbDfuaktdk
— Sir Maejor ?? (@Maejor4Congress) July 1, 2024
“Oh, Madam V.P. Harris, I’m worried about the election,” Henson said in the sketch. “Women’s reproductive rights are on the line. Our Supreme Court is on the line. Our basic freedoms are being tested, Madam V.P. I know you’ve been traveling across the country, what are you hearing?”
“Yeah, girl I’m out here in these streets,” responded Harris. “And let me tell you, you’re right, Taraji. There is so much at stake in this moment. The majority of us believe in freedom and equality. But these extremists, as they say — they ’not like us.’”
The campaign tactic was slammed on social media as the Biden admin’s latest desperate political stunt.
Why is everything Kamala does so fake and cringe? pic.twitter.com/YNuDWuZjA1
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 1, 2024
So much cringe:
Kamala Harris: “I’m out here in these streets… The majority of us believe in freedom and equality, but these extremists, as they say, they not like us.” pic.twitter.com/AaP5zqgU3F— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) July 1, 2024
Your daily dose of Kamala Cringe
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 1, 2024
pic.twitter.com/idLaPJ7wf3
THIS. IS. CRINGE.
— Graham Allen (@GrahamAllen_1) July 1, 2024
Kamala Harris: “Yeah girl, I’m out here in these streets… The majority of us believe in freedom and equality, but these extremists, as they say, they not like us.”
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Harris’ widely-mocked move is reminiscent of Hillary Clinton adopting a fake southern drawl when speaking to southerners during her first presidential campaign.
AOC: “I Intend On Filing Articles Of Impeachment” Against SCOTUS
New York Democrat “Squad” member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posted to X on Monday, venting her frustration with the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity.
“The Supreme Court has become consumed by a corruption crisis beyond its control. Today’s ruling represents an assault on American democracy. It is up to Congress to defend our nation from this authoritarian capture,” she wrote, adding, “I intend on filing articles of impeachment upon our return.”
The Supreme Court has become consumed by a corruption crisis beyond its control.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 1, 2024
Today’s ruling represents an assault on American democracy. It is up to Congress to defend our nation from this authoritarian capture.
I intend on filing articles of impeachment upon our return.
The New York congresswoman was dragged online:
AOC now wants to impeach the Supreme Court for
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) July 1, 2024
…checks notes…
upholding the Constitution?! pic.twitter.com/9fI7KBrx03
AOC promises to file the articles of impeachment against the Supreme Court. Guarantee other Dems are terrible enough to follow through with this. pic.twitter.com/vkeTgUf3sd
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) July 1, 2024
Communist outrage. The separation of powers keeps AOC and others from obtaining the authoritarianism they so desperately desire.
— Bill Roach (@billroach_) July 1, 2024
The US Constitution still works in 2024. https://t.co/VlNSWfEGNx
You grow more retarded by the day.
— The Redheaded libertarian (@TRHLofficial) July 1, 2024
Filing articles of impeachment against SCOTUS because they ruled in a way you don’t like is an actual assault on our system.
— AG (@AGHamilton29) July 1, 2024
It’s indicative of someone who does not take their oath to the Constitution seriously and doesn’t belong anywhere near a position of authority. https://t.co/fg8vPKClOv
You won’t secure the border to protect women from being sexually assaulted
— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) July 1, 2024
& to stop 300 Americans from dying daily from fentanyl poisoning.
We see your priorities.
Commies mad. The power they need to abuse is being checked. https://t.co/4yabTCciJq
— James Lindsay, anti-Communist (@ConceptualJames) July 1, 2024
PRIDE: SF Police Refuse To Stop Perverts Having Sex In Front Of Children
“The American Journal” host Harrison Smith provides coverage of the weekend’s highly disturbing San Francisco Pride Parade.
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Ron Paul: The Debate Should Be a Wake-Up Call For Americans
There were plenty of surprises in last week’s presidential debate. For one, Americans who rely on the mainstream media for their news learned that they had been lied to for the past three years about President Biden’s capability to do the job he was elected to do.
The realization that the media has been lying for years about Biden is a positive development, as, hopefully, thoughtful Americans might begin wondering what else the media has been lying about. For example, they will find out that the media has been lying to them for years about Russia and Ukraine and about the Middle East and elsewhere. They will find out that our hyper-interventionist foreign policy does not make us safer and more free, but the opposite.
Unfortunately for most Americans, foreign policy is something that happens “over there,” with few direct effects back home. Dumping nearly $200 billion into the lost cause called “Ukraine” may at most seem like an annoyance to many Americans, but it’s not like they are being snatched up by gangs of military recruiters and sent to the front line as is happening to Ukrainian men.
However, $200 billion is real money and the effect on our economy is also real. The bill will be paid by each American family indirectly through the inflation “tax.” Each dollar created out of thin air and spent on the Ukraine debacle devalues the rest of the dollars in circulation.
The danger posed by our foreign policy seemed to escape both candidates, who each tried to convince us they were “tougher” than the other. Despite Donald Trump’s sober and accurate warning that Joe Biden has taken us to the brink of World War III, his solution to the problem is doing more of the same. His stated foreign policy seems to be that were he in office the rest of the world would not dare do anything against his will.
He would have been so tough that Russian president Vladimir Putin would never have dared to invade Ukraine, he claimed. He would have been so tough that Hamas would never have dared attack Israel on October 7th. It’s only Joe Biden’s “weakness” that leads to these disastrous foreign policy outcomes.
But the world does not work that way. Decades of US sanctions placed on any country that fails to do what Washington demands have backfired and led to the emergence of a block of countries united in their resistance to American dictates. Being “tough” on less-powerful countries may work…until it doesn’t. That’s where we are today.
Neither candidate seems to realize that the world has changed.
I have always said that real strength in foreign policy comes from restraint. To prevent these bad outcomes everywhere, stop intervening everywhere. It is not “toughness” that would have prevented Russia from taking action against Ukraine. It is restraint. Not launching a coup in Ukraine in 2014 would have prevented the disastrous war in Ukraine. Just like not stirring up trouble in the South China Sea would prevent a war with China. Not continuing to occupy and intervene in the Middle East would prevent a major regional war which might include Iran and other big players in the region.
Restraint is the real toughness. Non-intervention is the only foreign policy that will keep us safe and free. We’ve tried it the other way and it does not work. Let’s try something different.
This article first appeared at RonPaulInstitute.org.