CDC vaccine panel: Let regulators lead on Covid-19 booster shots
Regulators are now left to chart a path forward despite limited, and sometimes confusing, data on vaccines’ effectiveness over time.
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HHS unveils office to treat climate change as a health issue
“The climate crisis is here, and the Department of Health and Human Services is rising to meet the challenge,” HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said.
States press forward on vax passports without Biden’s guidance
Experts fear the market for fake cards will grow as more workplaces and public venues require proof of vaccination.
Fauci ‘sticking with’ Covid-19 booster shot recommendations
But he said the administration would remain flexible based on the data as it comes in.
Help! My Husband Does Ketamine in Front of Our Young Children.
Even my therapist thinks I need to loosen up about this.
Powell walks high wire as Fed plans to ease support for Biden’s economy
Central bank chief seeks to avoid market turmoil as president weighs tapping him for a second term.
U.S. jobless claims near pandemic low as economy strengthens
Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed that jobless claims fell to 375,000 from 387,000 the previous week.
House Dem campaign chief warns the majority at risk without message reboot
“We’re not trying to hide this,” the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s executive director said.
Biden’s economic gains come with newer worries about the future
Some economists have already begun to ease back on forecasts for the rest of this year.
U.S. economy surpasses prepandemic size with 6.5% Q2 growth
The growth is another sign that the nation has achieved a sustained recovery from the pandemic recession.
News Roundup: U.S. military leaves Afghanistan; more Republican threats of violence
In the news today: President Joe Biden gives a powerful defense of the decision to withdraw from the nation’s “forever war” in Afghanistan. Another fascist House Republican hints violence may be necessary to combat election “fraud” that his party made up—entirely—as an excuse for Trump’s well-deserved loss.
Biden declares he ‘was not going to extend this forever war’ in powerful, historic speech
On Tuesday afternoon, President Joe Biden stepped in front of the cameras to address the nation on the end of the war in Afghanistan.
Sen. Ron Johnson secretly recorded telling a constituent the truth about the Big Lie
Reporter and activist Laura Windsor has been doing a very good job of getting Republican operatives and elected officials to admit the truth on camera. She has used her The Under Current show to expose how cynical and counterproductive to democracy the GOP is at this point in time. On Tuesday, Windsor released some video of Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin admitting there was no election fraud going on in Wisconsin during the 2020 elections.
Untangling Jan. 6 involves pulling on a lot of cords—and following the money
“Follow the money” is a handy bit of kit in a lot of situations. When it comes to looking at the events of Jan. 6, it’s good advice. Because, as OpenSecrets.org has revealed, Donald Trump’s various campaign funds paid out over $4.3 million to the people who organized the insurgency warm-up rally on Jan. 6.
Anti-vaxxers shut down Georgia vaccination event
COVID-19 vaccination rates rose in August after dipping down earlier in the summer. But anti-vaxxers remain a danger not just to themselves but to everyone around them. We see the danger to individual anti-vaxxers in one story after another about their miserable deaths. We see the danger to the population as a whole as the pandemic continues to rage because we haven’t reached the vaccination levels that would tamp it down.
Paul Ryan Says It’s ‘Really Clear’ Joe Biden Won The Election: ‘It Was Not Rigged’
As Republicans in Wisconsin pursue an unneeded audit, the former House speaker stated plainly that Donald Trump legitimately lost.
Biden’s top-down booster plan sparks anger at FDA
FDA acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock sent a memo Tuesday evening to vaccine regulators, reiterating her support as frustration over the process spreads within their ranks.
Capitol Rioter Who Palled Around With Pa. Republicans Ordered Jailed Until Trial
Samuel Lazar, the Pennsylvania Trump fanatic known to online sleuths as #FacePaintBlowHard, was photographed with GOP politicians.
I Let My Husband Have a Wild Sex Weekend Without Me. I’m Stunned by What He Said Afterward.
I was pretty chill about this—until I couldn’t be.
Biden Defends Afghanistan Withdrawal: ‘I Was Not Going To Extend This Forever War’
The president spoke at the White House one day after the U.S. had officially withdrawn all its military from Afghanistan, 20 years since the war began.
Sidney Powell Gets Grilled About Her ‘Ridiculous’ Election Lies
Australian journalist Sarah Fergusen asked Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer point-blank: “Do you ever hear yourself and think it sounds ridiculous?
How Flying Got So Awful
A travel rush has spurred tensions in the skies. But it’s even deeper than that.
I Want to Make My Daughter Split Her Inheritance With Her Ex-Husband
We’ve always butted heads. Then she blew up their marriage.
The Enraging Reason UC-Berkeley Was Forced to Freeze Its Enrollment
A battle between one of the country’s top universities and local NIMBYs has yielded a preposterous legal result.
Trump Funding Network Paid $4.3 Million To People, Firms Who Set Up Jan. 6 Rally: Report
OpenSecrets tracked payments through federal records to actors who organized the protest that preceded the Capitol insurrection.
Maybe You Missed It, but the Internet ‘Died’ Five Years Ago
If you search the phrase i hate texting on Twitter and scroll down, you will start to notice a pattern. An account with the handle @pixyIuvr and a glowing heart as a profile picture tweets, “i hate texting i just want to hold ur hand,” receiving 16,000 likes. An account with the handle @f41rygf and a pink orb as a profile picture tweets, “i hate texting just come live with me,” receiving nearly 33,000 likes.
“Stop This Madness”: Rev. Lennox Yearwood Calls to Divest from Fossil Fuels Amid Climate Disasters
Hurricane Ida and the increasing threats from extreme weather are a wake-up call to divest from fossil fuels that make climate disasters worse and more frequent, says Reverend Lennox Yearwood Jr., the president and CEO of the Hip Hop Caucus, who is originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, and established the Gulf Coast Renewal Campaign after Hurricane Katrina. “We know who is causing these storms. We know who is causing the climate crisis.
After Hurricane Ida, a “Just & Fair Recovery” Must Address Ongoing Disasters of Poverty, Inequality
As Hurricane Ida is downgraded to a tropical depression, Louisiana’s main utility company Entergy says it could be weeks before it restores electricity to nearly a million people in the storm’s path, including all of New Orleans. We speak with Flozell Daniels Jr., president of the Foundation for Louisiana, who evacuated his home city and is calling for “a just and fair recovery” that addresses preexisting crises, including COVID-19 and poverty.
Peace Activist Kathy Kelly on Reparations for Afghanistan & What the U.S. Owes After Decades of War
As the United States ends its military presence in Afghanistan after 20 years of occupation and war, the Costs of War Project estimates it spent over $2.2 trillion in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and by one count, over 170,000 people died during the fighting over the last two decades.