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Biden’s Covid fight meets a big test: Red-state politics
Biden’s plan to encourage better masking, social distancing, testing and contact tracing could gain traction with governors whose states are overwhelmed.
Joe Biden’s First COVID-Relief Bill Isn’t Screwing Around
He can’t possibly expect the GOP to go along with this—but that might be a good thing.
Biden Needs to Avoid the First Big Mistake of the Obama Era
Or his ability to help Americans will be doomed from the start.
D.C. Residents Put Up With Overbearing Security for 20 Years. It Did Nothing.
What was the point of Fortress D.C.
The Country Lost Jobs in December, Which Was Totally Predictable
This is why so many of us spent the late summer and fall screaming our heads off for Congress to pass some sort of new coronavirus relief bill.
Health officials confident Biden will deliver on promise of 100 million vaccines in 100 days
“There’s no doubt about it that that can be done,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said.
The crash landing of ‘Operation Warp Speed’
Born as a second Manhattan Project, the Trump administration vaccine program actually achieved most of its goals – until distribution problems marred its success.
Trump admin enlists private firm to review some Covid-19 tests
The decision cuts scientists at the Food and Drug Administration out of the process.
30 Things Donald Trump Did as President You Might Have Missed
Trump’s presidency may be best remembered for its cataclysmic end. But his four years as president also changed real American policy in lasting ways, just more quietly. We asked POLITICO’s best-in-class policy reporters to recap some of the ways Trump changed the country while in office, for better or worse.
U.S. loses 140,000 jobs in first monthly loss since spring
At the same time, the unemployment rate stayed at 6.7%, the first time it hasn’t fallen since April.
How Biden’s dream of fighting income inequality runs through Georgia
The share of wealth controlled by the top 1 percent sits at levels not seen since the 1920s. Biden’s hopes for changing it rests on Senate control.
Trump backs down, signs stimulus package
A government shutdown was averted after the president approved the Covid relief package and annual spending bill.
Congress sends Covid package and spending measure to Trump
The president has thrown the fate of the bill into jeopardy.
Trump Pardons Steve Bannon For Involvement In Scheme To Fleece Trump Supporters
Federal prosecutors have alleged that Bannon’s “Build the Wall” fund served as a slush fund for the former White House adviser and his partners.
Tuesday Night Owls: Excerpts from the February edition of the Harper’s Index
Night Owls is a themed open thread appearing at Daily Kos seven days a week.
Half a day until JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE
Excerpts from the February Harper’s Index:
Estimated amount spent on 2020 campaigns for the U.S.
Abraham Lincoln explained exactly how we should respond to the insurrection of Jan. 6
Since the Jan. 6 attempted insurrection at the U.S. Capitol we’ve been treated to the spectacle of people like Rep.Kevin McCarthy, Sen. Ted Cruz, and others within the Republican party invoking a spirit of “unity” as they urge Democrats to temper their response to a crisis that Republicans themselves were responsible for causing.
Following remembrance for Martin Luther King Jr., Secretary of State Pompeo goes full dog whistle
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is well known to Kansans. In his six years in the U.S. House, Pompeo was ranked as one of the most conservative by GovTrack, and the policies he promoted were, well, the kinds of things most of America simply would roll their eyes at even considering. As a secretary of state, Pompeo has served failure after failure and has been rewarded for it, repeatedly, as one of Trump’s members who followed his marching orders.
On the Eve of Her Father’s Ouster, Tiffany Trump Has Her Most Pathetic Moment Yet
Who is Michael Boulos, how is Lindsay Lohan involved, and why the heck now?
Trump plan to politicize key civil service jobs has run out of time
It looks like one of Team Trump’s last-minute efforts to destroy the civil service has fizzled. With less than a day to go, the plan to strip protections from tens of thousands of career federal employees hasn’t been put into effect at any federal agency.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Office of Personnel Management had rushed to list many of their jobs in the new Schedule F, a new classification for jobs involving policymaking.
Feds arrest woman accused of stealing Pelosi laptop in violent Capitol riot
Joining the increasing number of Trump supporters arrested after storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, a Pennsylvania woman who allegedly took a laptop belonging to Speaker Nancy Pelosi was arrested Monday. The woman, identified as 22-year-old Riley June Williams, is charged with intentionally entering into a restricted building without lawful authority in addition to disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.
A Tragic Beginning to a Presidency
Tomorrow, America inaugurates a new president. With the transfer of power comes the transfer of responsibility for the COVID-19 pandemic. On the eve of Joe Biden’s inauguration, the toll of the pandemic stands at 23.9 million cases and 392,428 deaths, according to the COVID Tracking Project at The Atlantic. There are 123,820 people hospitalized. Today alone, states reported 144,047 cases and 2,141 deaths.
Tiffany Trump’s Interestingly Timed Engagement News Raises Eyebrows On Twitter
The president’s youngest daughter announced she’s engaged to Michael Boulos a day before her father leaves office.
Senate Democrats Announce First Order Of Business For New Majority: Fixing Democracy
The House passed the For the People Act in 2019. Now Senate Democrats name it as their No. 1 bill, too.
“What Do I Do?”: Judy Blume’s Charming, Stressful Tale of How She Got the COVID Vaccine
“Now I’m feeling guilty. She didn’t get a call. I got a call.
I’m Too Scared to Have Sex in My House—Because of My Teen Daughter’s TikTok
I have no idea how to have a sex life anymore.
The Weekly Planet: How to Think About President Biden’s Big Climate Plans
Every Tuesday, our lead climate reporter brings you the big ideas, expert analysis, and vital guidance that will help you flourish on a changing planet. Sign up to get The Weekly Planet, our guide to living through climate change, in your inbox.Tomorrow, pending calamity or misfortune, Joe Biden will take the oath of office and become president of the United States. In that moment, the United States’ approach to climate change will invert.
They Should Have Taken Them at Their Word
They never saw it coming.Ben Goldey resigned as Representative Lauren Boebert’s communications director after the January 6 attempted coup. Lauren Blair Bianchi quit the same job in Senator Ted Cruz’s office. George Erwin Jr. had rallied local law-enforcement backers for Representative Madison Cawthorn and was preparing to take a job working for him, but has now disavowed him.
In Farewell Speech As President, Trump Says ‘We Did What We Came Here To Do’
The outgoing president has chosen to communicate with the American people largely by video statement since the Capitol riot.
Help! My Terrible Half-Sister Wanted My Embryos. I Donated Them Instead.
I am scared about what will happen when the truth comes out.