Roommates, President Joe Biden held a recent press conference at the White House and urged both state and local governments to use previously distributed federal funding to give $100 to all residents who get fully vaccinated.

President Biden further explained that his decision was based on beating the COVID-19 virus by any means. “If incentives help us beat the virus, I believe we should use them. We all benefit if we get more people vaccinated,” he said.

He continued in his speech, adding:

“Throughout America’s vaccination efforts, we have seen that financial incentives serve as a motivating factor for some people to get vaccinated. When the grocery store Kroger started offering $100 to their associates to get vaccinated, it saw vaccination rates increase from 50% to 75%. States like New Mexico, Ohio, and Colorado have piloted $100 incentive programs that have also helped move the dial on vaccinations.”

The Biden administration also revealed its hopes that the $100 incentives be paid for with the $350 billion in aid granted to all state, local, territorial and tribal governments under the American Rescue Plan Act.

Elsewhere, President’s Biden and mask stance also extends to government employees. He is now urging all federal government employees and onsite contractors to be fully vaccinated.

However, those who are not vaccinated will have to continue to wear a mask, socially distance themselves from others and comply with weekly testing requirements. The mandate applies to about 4 million federal employees.

 

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Roommates, the intense fallout and backlash from DaBaby’s controversial comments at the recent Rolling Loud festival continue—and this time music legend Madonna has chimed in. Taking to Instagram, Madonna posted a very lengthy response to DaBaby and called him out on his “ignorance” and suggested that he “know his facts” before making claims regarding the LGBTQ+ community.

Madonna wrote the following message directly calling out DaBaby:

“A message to DaBaby – if you’re going to make hateful remarks to the LGBTQ+ community about HIV/AIDS then know your facts:

After decades of hard won scientific research— there are life saving medicines available to children born with HIV, to people who contract HIV through blood transfusions, dirty needles or exchange of bodily fluids. These new ARV’s can keep a person with AIDS alive for the rest of their lives!!! AID’s is not transmitted by standing next to someone in a crowd.

I want to put my cellphone lighter up and pray for your ignorance, No one dies of AIDS in 2 or 3 weeks anymore. Thank God 🙏. And your sexist remarks about Ladies who’s pussies need to smell like water only encourage more discrimination against women who fight daily against the oppression of living under the constraints of the Male Gaze.

People like you are the reason we are still living in a world divided by fear. All Human beings should be treated with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, sexual preference or religious beliefs. AMEN. @dababy.”

Madonna’s comments follow similar statements made by fellow musical icon Elton John, who also firmly slammed DaBaby for his remarks.

As we previously reported, DaBaby has been at the center of controversy all week after he made highly controversial comments about the LGBTQ+ community and HIV/AIDS during his headlining set at the Rolling Loud festival.

 

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