Rep. Lauren Boebert’s Cuomo Zinger Fails Miserably Due To GOP Hypocrisy
The QAnon-backing lawmaker’s attempt to own the libs backfired, with people pointing to problematic Republican politicians — and Boebert’s own husband.
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Memo To Fox News Anchor Bill Hemmer: Karl Marx Didn’t Write ‘Mein Kampf’
The “America’s Newsroom” co-anchor mixed up some names during a segment about whether critical race theory should be taught in elementary schools.
The Far-Right View on Climate Politics
Perhaps the 234 scientists behind this week’s landmark climate assessment had hoped that their report—published during a summer of deadly flooding, wildfires, and heat waves—would act as a wake-up call, one that would unite the world’s governments and parties.But political consensus on the issue of climate change, much like the goal of limiting global warming to 1.
Biden Won Over Mitch McConnell. Now He Needs AOC.
The moment the gavel came down on the Senate’s passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act today, the bipartisan bill began a new life as a 2,700-page legislative hostage.For President Joe Biden, securing the votes of well over a dozen Senate Republicans on one of his top legislative priorities is an achievement that many doubted was possible.
“Unfit to Lead”: NY State Sen. Biaggi Says Gov. Cuomo Impeachment Proceedings Should Start Now
Lawmakers in New York are preparing impeachment proceedings against Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo after the state attorney general found Cuomo harassed at least 11 women in violation of the law — including unwanted touching and kissing, and inappropriate remarks. Cuomo’s former executive assistant, Brittany Commisso, has filed a criminal complaint against him, and other cases are expected to follow.
Teachers Union President Randi Weingarten on Why She Now Supports Vaccine Mandates for Teachers
We continue to look at the state of school reopenings amid a surge in COVID-19 infections among children in the U.S. with Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers. Weingarten, who had favored voluntary vaccinations for teachers, now backs a vaccine mandate for educators because the Delta variant “significantly changes the circumstances.
Gov. Abbott Is a “Direct Threat” to the Children of Texas: Houston Doctor on Mask Bans, Kids & COVID
As the highly contagious Delta variant continues to spread, many hospitals are reporting record numbers of children being hospitalized, especially in areas with low vaccination rates, including Arkansas, Florida, Missouri and Texas. Dr. Christina Propst, a pediatrician in Houston, says children under 12 who are still ineligible for COVID-19 vaccines are at risk.
Help! I Left My Job to Take Care of My Kids. I’m Dreading Going Back.
At the same time, I feel obligated to find a job, and I feel embarrassed that I’ve dropped out.
Dear Care and Feeding: My Son Is Happy and Well-Adjusted, but I Want Him in Therapy Anyway
Parenting advice on therapy, car safety, and COVID.
‘We’re in trouble’: Rural America can’t escape Delta
Senior Biden health officials have for weeks worried internally about the low vaccine uptake in rural, conservative counties across the country.
I’m a Chess Master. Is It OK to Hustle My Colleagues?
I warned them, but they’re still insisting I play in the office tournament.
The Cheapo Olympics Are Coming
There will be one radical difference when the typically bloated Games arrive in Paris in three years.
I Was Stunned to Learn the Truth About the Finances I Share With My Husband
We didn’t realize we were such an anomaly.
How Condo Buildings End
Aggressive developers looking for a way in—or desperate homeowners looking for a way out.
Frontline service workers left out of the vaccine mandate trend
Requiring vaccines is complicated in sectors like retail and agriculture, where employers risk losing workers in a tight labor market and vaccine enforcement could be expensive.
Fauci urges more testing to track breakthrough Covid cases
The infectious disease expert warned of a potential future variant that could “impact the vaccinated because that variant could evade the protection of the vaccine.
Pandemic Olympics come to an end in Tokyo
“You were faster, you went higher, you were stronger because we all stood together — in solidarity,” the IOC president said.
I Need a Particular Kind of Sex Just Twice a Year—but Women Can’t Seem to Stand It
I’m tired of suppressing this part of myself.
Help! My Awful Neighbor Is Searching for His Cat—Which I Ran Over and Hid.
He’s going door to door asking about his kitty.
Dear Care and Feeding: My Teen Takes Being a Know-It-All to New Levels
Parenting advice on teenagers, screen time, and friendship rifts.
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.
Virus resurgence menaces economy just as rescue programs unravel
A new wave of cases followed by the looming expiration of enhanced jobless benefits, a ban on evictions and other rescue programs is sparking concern among lawmakers and economists.
The pandemic drove women out of the workforce. Will they come back?
Their absence could hurt the broader U.S. economy, so policymakers are weighing ways to help them return to work.
News Roundup: Climate change is here; world focus must now shift to preventing worst-case crises
In the news today: The newest IPCC climate report paints a bleak picture, with almost certain odds that current catastrophic weather events will not only continue, but will also continue to worsen, thanks in no small part to the world’s past inaction—and the timeframe for dodging catastrophic climate collapse has been so shortened that it may come in as few as 20 years. The only solution? Immediate and overwhelming human action.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says She Feared Being Sexually Assaulted On Jan. 6
“White supremacy and patriarchy are very linked in a lot of ways,” the lawmaker told CNN’s Dana Bash. “There’s a lot of sexualizing of that violence.
Jim Acosta: Let’s name the new COVID-19 variants after Republican governors
It’s a soulless, mindless quasi-life form that drains the vitality of the living, leaving nothing but tribulation and death in its wake, and it really wants to be president. Of course, Ron DeSantis’ frothy-mouthed political ambitions may help explain why Florida is essentially a leper colony with a Pirates of the Caribbean ride right now.
Abbott asks Texas hospitals to postpone elective procedures to free beds for latest Covid surge
But the governor didn’t budge on his refusal to issue business restrictions or to allow schools and local jurisdictions to mandate masks.