Madison Cawthorn Roasted For Saying Leaders He ‘Looked Up To’ Invited Him To Orgies
Commentators noted that the GOP lawmaker doesn’t much associate with Democrats.
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Orlando Pride Players Slam Florida ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Measure Without Saying A Word
The National Women’s Soccer League team made a silent, one-word statement after a similar protest by fans.
The Most Shocking Moment in Oscars History
This year’s Oscars had a slightly chaotic air to them from the start, with awards choppily edited in from earlier in the night, three hosts awkwardly trading off zingers, and bizarre fan-voted prizes given to the films of Zack Snyder. But nothing tonight, or in the 94-year history of the Academy Awards, could have prepared viewers for what happened during the presentation of Best Documentary Feature.
Much of Shanghai locked down as mass Covid-19 testing begins
China has continued to pursue a “zero-Covid” strategy.
Ukraine update: Making sense of a battlefield that defies logic in a war that defies reason
There has been little new news on the ground in Ukraine—that is, of the confirmable sort. Video footage continues to suggest Ukraine continues to make some headway in rolling back the most tenuous of prior Russian advances, continuing to close in on Kherson and making substantial apparent progress northeast of Kyiv. Russian forces, meanwhile, continue to direct much of their fire towards non-military targets.
California retools its fight against COVID-19, pledging equity
What are Gov. Newsom’s plans for protecting workers who have suffered disproportionately?
By Minerva Canto, for Capital and Main
Until Feb. 16, most people could walk into almost any eatery or supermarket in Southern California and find most workers wearing masks as protection against COVID-19. Now, employees are mainly on their own.
Not just in those industries, of course, though these public spaces are among the most visible workplaces.
Trump Touts ‘Massive’ Turnout At Georgia Rally That Journalists Say Was ‘Smallest’ In Years
“This is the smallest crowd I’ve seen at a rally of his in Georgia since he won the 2016 election,” one local politics reporter said.
Top prosecutor in America’s fourth-biggest county abruptly resigns, triggering special election
Arizona Republican Allister Adel announced Monday that she was resigning as the top prosecutor of Maricopa County, a move that the Arizona Republic writes came after negative attention “over her sobriety and absences from the office, which prompted investigations by the State Bar of Arizona and the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors.
GOP Sen. Rick Scott’s Lies About His Own Policy Get Called Out On Fox News
The Florida Republican tried to write off his proposal to hike taxes for millions of Americans as “Democrat talking points.
Nuts & Bolts—Inside the Democratic Campaign: The No. 1 rule in all campaigns
Welcome back to the weekly Nuts & Bolts Guide to small campaigns. Over the course of more than a decade, I’ve taken time to speak with campaign managers, field directors, communications directors, finance directors, and, of course, been a part of as many campaigns as I could. As election season gets close, there are always questions we ask of candidates who are considering running for office.
Zelenskyy Accuses West Of Cowardice In Helping Ukraine Fight
The Ukrainian president lashed out at Western nations’ “ping-pong about who and how should hand over jets” while Russian attacks trap and kill civilians.
Russian journalist to auction off his Nobel Peace Prize medal to help Ukrainian refugees
Independent Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov says he will have his Nobel Peace Prize medal auctioned off to raise money to help Ukrainian refugees. Muratov made the announcement on Wednesday in Novaya Gazeta, the independent newspaper that he helped found in 1993. He has been its editor-in-chief since 1995.
“Novaya Gazeta and I have decided to donate the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Medal to the Ukrainian Refugee Fund. There are already over 10 million refugees.
Goodbye Letter to My Lover’s Wife
To the one who begged for no more guests and carved a kitchen chair for me anyway:
I took a seat at your overturned table, legs snapped and trembling.
Licked his fingers while you stomped the dishes back to sand.
Cried in closets for three days before you asked where I’d gone.
Pressure builds on White House to end divisive health-border policy
A Trump-era rule blocks migrants to prevent the threat of Covid-19.
Charlie Baker and the Rise of One-Party Rule
At least once a week during the past two years, a flock of protesters could be found outside the seaside home of the Republican governor of Massachusetts, airing their grievances about the man they call “Char-lie Baker.” (It rhymes with pie—get it?) Two years of “Char-lie Baker” would be a lot for any person to take, especially when the clamor is coming from members of your own party.
How Propaganda Became Entertaining
Social media has become a weapon of war for Ukrainians, and through it, President Volodymyr Zelensky has emerged as a global star. His virtual appeals for international support, such as his recent message to Congress, and videos that show him and top Ukrainian officials bravely standing their ground in Kyiv are helping him win the fight for public opinion.
POLITICO-Harvard poll: 40 percent of parents believe masks at school harmed their kids
The poll’s findings come as White House officials warn that masks may be necessary if Covid-19 cases increase in the United States.
CDC updates Covid-19 guidance to allow patients wear N95s
The nation’s public health agency now says hospitals shouldn’t force patients to remove highly protective masks after POLITICO found many that do so.
With Democrats’ health agenda stalled, lawmakers turn to insulin
The push comes as many other Democratic proposals to lower health care costs remain on ice.
As BA.2 spreads, Biden administration officials call on Congress to pass Covid-19 funding
The Biden administration is looking at approving a second booster shot for some adults within weeks, to improve older Americans’ immunity should infections rise due to the BA.2 subvariant.
Biden’s mounting midterm threat: Inflation angst outweighing historic job growth
White House officials deny any sense of panic over the economy or their midterm chances.
Democrats want to crack down on Wall Street. Guess who’s getting in the way.
The administration’s difficulties in getting bank cop nominees through a Democratic-controlled Senate underscore the fault lines within the party over how to approach financial regulation.
Opinion | When It Comes to Inflation, Our Focus Should Be On the Cost of Housing
The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates — but Congress has a chance to bring real relief.
U.S. inflation soared 7.9 percent in past year, a fresh 40-year high
The increase reported by the Labor Department reflected the 12 months ending in February and didn’t include most of the oil and gas price increases that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb.
Russia oil shock looms over Fed inflation fight
The Fed is already expected to begin a campaign of interest rate increases next month in a bid to remove its support for economic growth amid a blistering job market and rapidly rising prices.
Meet Francia Márquez, the Afro-Colombian Land Defender Running to Be Colombia’s First Black VP
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In an exclusive broadcast interview, we speak with leading Afro-Colombian environmental activist Francia Márquez Mina, who has just been picked by Colombian presidential front-runner Gustavo Petro to be his running mate.
Start of a New Cold War? U.S. Hawks “Want to Jack up the Military Budget and Use Ukraine as an Excuse”
With NATO countries recommitting themselves to the alliance and passing sweeping sanctions against Russia as punishment for Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, is this the dawn of a new Cold War? We speak with foreign policy expert William Hartung, a senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute, who warns that hawks in Washington are pushing for a massive increase in the U.S. military budget, which is already a record-high $800 billion a year.
Yanis Varoufakis: The West Is “Playing with Fire” If It Pushes Regime Change in Nuclear-Armed Russia
A month after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, more than 3.6 million Ukrainians have left the country as refugees, and the war risks becoming “an Afghanistan-like quagmire,” warns Greek lawmaker Yanis Varoufakis, founder of the Progressive International with U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders. He says the West’s sweeping sanctions on Russia and bottomless military aid to Ukraine risk escalating the conflict and foreclosing chances of a peaceful resolution.
Conservatives on Supreme Court Prepare to “Gut Roe v. Wade” as State Abortion Bans Multiply
Anti-abortion bills are sweeping the U.S., with the Guttmacher Institute reporting that 82 restrictions have been introduced in 30 states in 2022 so far. On Wednesday, Idaho signed into law a six-week abortion ban, and lawmakers in Oklahoma passed a near-total ban on abortions — each modeled after a Texas “bounty hunter” law that allows private citizens to sue abortion providers. The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on Dobbs v.
Biden Budget Seeks Minimum Tax On Households Worth $100 Million
The introduction of the minimum tax on the wealthiest Americans would represent a significant reorienting of the tax code.