Help! My Son’s Girlfriend Won’t Take the Hint That I Hate Her.
They’ve been together 13 years, and I don’t know what else to do to get rid of her.
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The partisan divide in vaccinations is starker than you realize
The effort to reach the unvaccinated has become the latest political fault line in the Covid response.
The West Can End the Water Wars Now
In my experience, out here in the West, people are, by and large, aggrieved. This is not entirely their fault. Federal and state governments have made lots of promises to people in the West, or to their parents or grandparents. Some people were promised that their land would not be taken, while other people were promised free land.
Judge Overturns California’s 3-Decade-Old Ban On Assault Weapons
California Gov. Gavin Newsom condemned the decision, calling it “a direct threat to public safety and the lives of innocent Californians, period.
Republicans Throw Relatives Under The Bus For Donald Trump In Damning CNN Bit
“In the age of Trump, truly, you can choose your friends but you can’t choose your family,” said “New Day” anchor Brianna Keilar.
My Son’s Wife Thinks We’re Still Paying for Her Kids’ Fancy School After She Divorces Him
She’s delusional, but it’s straining my relationship with my son.
The Problem With Free Transit
A growing movement wants to scrap bus and subway fares. That’s not what riders need most.
I Think My Superrich Grandpa Is Trying to Use Me in a Weird Scheme Against My Brother
He wants me to move in with him. I’m suspicious of his motives—but it sure would be nice not to have to worry about rent.
The Government Might Borrow a Move From Amazon to Turn More Cities Into Seattle
Get ready for HQ2, uh, part two.
My Family Is Furious I Won’t Pay My Brother’s $200,000 Hospital Bill
Years ago, I pleaded with him to get health insurance. Now I’m being ostracized due to his carelessness.
Sweeney, Coughlin introduce new bill to end health emergency, limit Murphy’s powers
New Jersey has been operating under a public health emergency for almost all of the pandemic.
Biden admin reveals plans for first 25 million donated vaccine doses
The move comes after months of internal debate and external pressure.
White House weighs sending states’ unused vaccine doses abroad — before they expire
Some spare Covid-19 vaccine doses — including tens of thousands of Johnson & Johnson shots — are set to expire at the end of this month.
Biden admin probes risk of low-level contamination in vaccines made at troubled plant
The Food and Drug Administration is working with shot makers to ensure doses manufactured by contractor Emergent BioSolutions are safe to use.
I Had an Explosive Affair With a Co-Worker. Now He’s Back, and Something Has Gone Very Wrong.
He failed to mention one thing in particular.
Help! My Ailing Mother Keeps Accusing Her Black Caregiver of Theft.
I’m torn between taking their job away or subjecting them to racist abuse.
Ask a Teacher: My Daughter Is So Burned Out. Can She Skip Summer School?
Teachers on summer school, summer homework, and divorce.
Help! My Stoner Husband Tells Me to Chill When I’m Upset With Him.
He says my bad mood is “obvious” and that “it ruins the day.
Biden’s budget blowout predicts years of Obama-level tepid growth
Some analysts suggested that the administration is essentially admitting that its proposed surge in federal spending won’t actually boost the economy much at all.
A Biden-friendly economist is creating a big headache for president’s spending plans
The study adds fuel to an intense national debate about what is behind a suspected worker shortage and what policy changes are needed to accelerate Americans’ return to work as the pandemic subsides.
“The Second”: Carol Anderson on the Racist Roots of the Constitutional Right to Bear Arms
Do African Americans have Second Amendment rights? That’s the question Emory University professor Carol Anderson set out to answer in her new book, “The Second,” which looks at the constitutional right to bear arms and its uneven application throughout U.S. history. She says she was prompted to write the book after the 2016 police killing of Philando Castile, who was fatally shot during a traffic stop after he told the officer he had a legal firearm.
In 8-Hour Interview, Trump Counsel Recounted ‘Troubling Events’ To House Members
Two years after House Democrats originally sought testimony from Don McGahn, the Trump White House lawyer gave a closed-door interview.
News Roundup: Manchin, and Pence, and DeSantis, oh my, along with continued attacks on Fauci
In the news today: Sen. Joe Manchin, the slowest learner in the Senate, seems to think Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has learned his lesson and there should be another vote on the Jan. 6 commission. Because unicorns. Former Vice President Mike Pence agrees that he and Donald Trump will never “see eye to eye” on that whole insurrectionist mob that wanted to hang him thing.
Republicans want a fight over raising taxes on the rich and big corporations? Bring it on
Perhaps the single most consistently held policy position in American politics over the past century is this: The Republican Party wants the rich to pay as little in taxes as possible. Currently, the Party of Trump is going to the mattresses against President Joe Biden’s plan to pay for major investment packages.
The right-wing indoctrination machine sets its sights on kindergarteners
Republicans are currently obsessed with young kids. I don’t mean in the Matt Gaetz way, I mean as far as attacking kids’ toys, books, and programs. The GOP recently and publicly lost it over Dr. Seuss books and Mr. Potato Head. Tucker Carlson claimed that the Sesame Street character Elmo teaches kids to hate America, and he’s not the only one who hates Big Bird.
Biden administration teams with six humanitarian groups to admit up to 250 asylum-seekers a day
As calls for immigration reform continue, the Biden administration has teamed up with six humanitarian groups to admit up to 250 asylum-seekers a day until July 31. According to NBC News, the groups have been tasked with recommending which migrants should be allowed to stay in the country, as opposed to being rapidly removed under the federal pandemic-related orders that blocked individuals from seeking asylum.
In fast-diversifying Texas city, Republicans are laying off ‘cancel culture’ to win mayor’s race
Tarrant County Democratic party Chair Deborah Peoples will face Mattie Parker, a former chief of staff to outgoing Mayor Betsy Price, in a runoff election on Saturday to be the next mayor of Texas’ fifth largest city. Peoples led Parker 34-31 in the first round of voting on May 1.
The race has attracted attention from some of the biggest names in Texas politics, as Peoples has picked up support from Democratic Reps.
Facebook Won’t Talk About the Insurrection
Facebook has responded to last month’s much-hyped decision regarding the platform’s removal of Donald Trump. The former president will not be allowed to return, the company said, until January 7, 2023—two years from the date of his original suspension. This is arguably a very long time, as well as arguably no time at all. It feels more like the latter if you consider when the 2024 presidential hopefuls are likely to be announcing their candidacies.
Joe Biden Surrenders On Federal Unemployment Benefits
The president is glad the extra benefits are temporary, and he’s cool with GOP governors pulling the plug early.
Major Kyrsten Sinema Supporter Says Abolish Filibuster Or Get Out Of The Senate
Former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods prominently backed Sinema, but he says she now needs to support getting rid of the filibuster.