7 House GOP Take on Big Tech; Breakout Cases: Over 7,000 Fully Vaccinated People Contract the Virus

Political power is shifting. That's after the 2020 Census data came out. Six states gained seats, while seven states lost seats. The House of Representatives seeing minor shake ups as a result. As for the population, it rose to over 331M. That’s a 7.4 percent increase from 2010 – the second slowest growth rate ever.

Seven House Republicans are pushing back against big tech's monopolistic powers, by not accepting campaign donations. The top Republican on the House antitrust panel, Rep. Ken Buck is leading the seven House GOP members in the “Pledge for America.” Rolled out earlier this week, the goal is to stay away from campaign donations from the likes of Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple, and Twitter. This comes as a nonprofit project found big tech broke its own records in political spending during the 2020 election cycle.

And the CDC's guideline for children as young as two years old to wear masks is raising issue with some lawmakers. The bicameral group of legislators wrote to the CDC’s director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, “The implementation of these recommendations has had serious consequences for some Americans. Multiple parents of young children have been removed from flights, and in some instances, permanently banned, from future travel on the airline they were flying due to their toddler’s refusal to wear a mask,” They note the CDC's guideline is the strictest in the world. Thirty-two Republican lawmakers signed the letter.

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