Good morning everyone, this is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Tuesday, July 12th, 2022. Before I dive into the news…
 
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Alright, now let’s dive into the news shall we? 
 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/army-unvaccinated-guard-reserve-soldiers-pay-benefits-cut
 
Army cuts off unvaccinated soldiers from service, threatening pay and benefits
 
The Army has announced that the over 60,000 National Guard and Army Reserve soldiers that remain unvaccinated against COVID-19 can't participate in their military duties, effectively cutting them off from some of their benefits.
 
"Soldiers who refuse the vaccination order without an approved or pending exemption request are subject to adverse administrative actions, including flags, bars to service, and official reprimands," an Army spokesperson said in a statement. "In the future, Soldiers who continue to refuse the vaccination order without an exemption may be subject to additional adverse administrative action, including separation."
 
There are 40,000 National Guard and 22,000 Reserve soldiers who haven't received the vaccine, making up 13% and 12% of their ranks, respectively.
 
There were 7,767 temporary exemptions given in the National Guard and 6,457 in the Reserves, according to Army data. Only six permanent medical exemptions have been made nationally for the National Guard, without any religious exemptions. Not a single Reserve soldier has received a medical or religious exemption. Over 3,200 have pending exemptions, and the new protocol will not apply to them.
 
"We're going to give every soldier every opportunity to get vaccinated and continue their military career," Director of the Army Guard Lt. Gen. Jon Jensen said in a statement. "We're not giving up on anybody until the separation paperwork is signed and completed."
 
Meanwhile, the Reserves have only reached 73.6% of its recruiting goal in the 2021 fiscal year. The National Guard reached 80.6% of its 2021 goal and, so far, 48.1% of its 2022 goal.
 
However, unvaccinated soldiers are allowed to fulfill their state active-duty orders, which are normally given by governors during short-term emergencies.
 
The Army has 652,005 fully vaccinated soldiers and 261,578 who are partially vaccinated.
 
https://thepostmillennial.com/64-percent-of-democrats-do-not-want-biden-to-run-for-re-election-in-2024?utm_campaign=64487
 
Only 1 percent of voters ages 18-29 'strongly approve' of Joe Biden
 
A majority of Democrats do not want Joe Biden to seek reelection in 2024 according to a New York Times/Siena College poll released Monday. In a closer breakdown of the numbers, only 1 percent of voters between 18-29 years of age "strongly approve" of Biden's performance. 18 percent of that demographic "somewhat approve."
 
The poll reflects that 64 percent of Democratic voters want Biden out of the 2024 race as the president is "hemorrhaging support" from his party. Of the reasons cited, 33 percent of those polled said the president's age was the primary factor for why they didn't want him to run.
 
President Joe Biden is currently 79 years old, which makes him the oldest serving president in history. The president will be 82 in the 2024 election cycle. The 849 registered voters who were polled put the president's approval rating at 33 percent.
 
In January, a Quinnipiac University poll also had Biden's approval rating at