Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tests positive for Covid
The Republican governor, who is fully vaccinated, is not currently experiencing any symptoms.
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A Realtor Explains Why There Is a Very Strange Visitor in This Home’s Zillow Listing
“His suit is all period-specific between about 490 and 510 A.D.
I Judge Men During Sex in the Worst Way Possible. How Do I Stop?
I wouldn’t want them to do this to me!
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.
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.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott Tests Positive for Coronavirus After Banning Mask & Vaccine Mandates
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has tested positive for the coronavirus, just one day after he attended a packed indoor Republican event in Dallas, where he and most attendees were unmasked. Abbott, who said he was not showing symptoms of COVID-19, imposed a statewide ban on vaccine and mask mandates last month, though a judge later blocked the ban on mask mandates.
Mike Lindell Is Hiding A County Clerk Amid FBI Probe Of A Vote Data Leak: Report
As the FBI joins an investigation into claims Colorado voting machine passwords were given to a QAnon leader, the clerk is reportedly at a secret safe house.
News Roundup: Far-right terrorism in the capital; Republican election schemes move forward
In the news today: Another incident of far-right political terrorism in Washington, D.C., this time from a man claiming to have planted multiple bombs in the city. Republican seditionist Rep. Mo Brooks quickly weighed in to say he “understand[s] citizenry anger directed at dictatorial Socialism,” since “America’s future is at risk.
Advocate for Afghan translators says Trump administration ‘purposely destroyed’ visa program
Don’t get me wrong. Joe Biden isn’t perfect. His administration’s assumption that the Afghan government’s security forces would put up more than nominal resistance to the Taliban appears to have been disastrously wrong—though, luckily, many of the people who need and deserve safe passage from the country are now being taken care of.
Donald J. Trump pardoned a cyberstalker, but failed to grasp he didn’t have that power
Donald J. Trump took time out of his schedule to issue a pardon for a friend of his son in law, Jared Kushner. Ken Kurson, the friend in question, was facing the reality of potential federal charges for cyberstalking. Kurson had installed spyware on his wife’s computer in order to monitor, harass, and capture her communication—acts that constitute crimes under federal statute.
I’m a Little Worried About How My Wife Will React When She Realizes What’s Turning Me on These Days
She’s already participating, unbeknownst to her.
In latest example of white privilege, ex-GOP lawmaker gets no prison time for campaign money scheme
As Daily Kos continues to highlight, justice in the United States is far from just. We’ve covered countless horrifying instances of police brutality against Black and brown people, as well as torture and abuse. We’ve covered the disturbing ways people in power use their status to coerce, pressure, and harm vulnerable and marginalized folks.
Black homeowner went to ‘strike conversation’ with neighbor. He responded he doesn’t have any money
I’m not a person who believes gentrification is inherently evil. You want to help a community that wants to update its housing and attract more business development? Great. The problem is, that seldom happens without displacing the people already there and pricing people of color out of their own communities—communities, by the way, that often have a history of white flight driven by racist ideology.
3 Senators Test Positive For COVID-19 On Same Day
Health care experts have seen that protection from the coronavirus vaccines wanes over time.
Trump Attacks Biden For Afghanistan Chaos After Giving Taliban The Deal That Ensured It
Trump referred to the terrorist group as great “warriors” and even suggested they have a right to rule the country.
‘Do Not Abandon the Afghans’
Veterans, journalists, human-rights groups, and ordinary Americans had for months urged President Joe Biden to develop and implement a serious plan to protect and relocate our allies before the United States withdrew its forces from Afghanistan. This summer, I wrote privately to members of his administration on this issue. Now the situation has reached a crucial juncture.
Former SEAL Who Says He Shot Bin Laden Appears To Muse About Insurrection
“Did you see how the Taliban rolled through the streets and took back their county [sic]?” Robert O’Neill tweeted Thursday.
Joe Biden’s Kabul Evacuation Plan Could Abandon Thousands Of Vulnerable Afghans
U.S. government flights are departing with empty seats even as desperate Afghans cluster at the airport gates. And Afghans can’t simply fly out on their own.
Nation hits 1M vaccinations benchmark for first time in seven weeks
The White House noted a 31 percent week-over-week increase in the daily average of those becoming fully vaccinated.
The Perverse Reason It’s Easier to Build New Highways Than New Subways
A well-meaning rule is working completely backward.
I Spent 5 Months Trying to Coax a Cat From My Ceiling
On April 30, 2021, after four months in the ceiling, Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, a cat, spent what I thought would be her last night among the dust bunnies. At first, it had been strange to be haunted by a small, hairy ghost who loved to yowl right into the heating ducts. But soon it became almost routine. Some people have mice in their walls. I had a cat in my ceiling.Now I had laid a trap.
The Terrible Cost of Wellness
The defining motif of Nine Perfect Strangers, David E. Kelley’s new miniseries on Hulu, is an image of fruit being pulverized into gloop, which is also how my brain felt after watching the first six episodes. Like HBO’s Big Little Lies, the show is adapted from a novel by Liane Moriarty, and its setup—a self-help and wellness retreat goes very wrong—seems irresistible. But stylistically, something is off.
“The Afghanistan Papers”: Docs Show How Bush, Obama, Trump Lied About Brutality & Corruption of War
We speak with Washington Post investigative reporter Craig Whitlock, author of the new book “The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War,” which reveals how multiple U.S. presidents deceived the public about progress in the war despite widespread skepticism among defense and diplomatic officials about the mission. “The public narrative was that the U.S. was always making progress.
The Internal Contradictions of Republicans’ COVID-19 Politics
Governor Greg Abbott of Texas is not only fighting a COVID-19 infection—he’s also on the front lines of a clash within conservatism. The Republican has declared his state “the Freedom Capital of America.
“Uncertainty, Fear”: How Afghan Women & Ethnic Minorities Feel About Taliban Takeover & U.S. War
We look at how the rights of women and ethnic minorities will be impacted by the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan with two Afghan women who fled their country. Mariam Safi, who left Kabul last month and is founding director of the Organization for Policy Research and Development Studies, says the Taliban’s rapid advance across the country surprised many people who had been hoping for a negotiated end to the war.
Afghan Journalist Who Fled Kabul: Women Are “Hopeless” After U.S. War Ends with Taliban Takeover
Protests have broken out against the Taliban in Kabul and other cities across Afghanistan as the militant group, at war for 20 years, now finds itself in power. Evacuation flights are continuing from Kabul, but the Taliban is preventing many Afghans from reaching the airport, with some being shot or whipped as they attempt to flee the country amid fears that the Taliban will impose draconian restrictions on everyday life as they did during their last time in power.