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Matt Gaetz’s Book Praised Trump For Ending ‘Family Man’ Attitude In White House
The Trump administration was a “good time to be a fun-loving politician,” the Florida Republican wrote.
‘The Narrative Is, “You Can’t Get Ahead”’
Ndona Muboyayi wants to improve the education that public-school children, including her son and daughter, receive in Evanston, Illinois, where her mother’s family history goes back five generations.
This Multipurpose Japanese Knife Will Become the Hero of Your Garden
The Nisaku Hori Hori is now $20, or 23 percent off.
Biden’s spending plans collide with a resurgent U.S. economy
The numbers signal the U.S. is well on its way toward a revival, one that’s widely expected to reach record levels of growth later this year.
‘Crazy things happen’: Biden’s next spending spree fuels a fight over risks
The president’s team is preparing a $3 trillion spending proposal to power through Congress. They’re betting markets and the economy will cooperate long enough to pass it.
Black workers, hammered by pandemic, now being left behind in recovery
Structural inequities in the U.S. labor market that have affected Black and Hispanic workers’ ability to advance out of low-paying jobs, as well as discrimination in hiring practices, are also likely having an effect.
Fed sees U.S. economic growth surging to 6.5 percent this year
Central bank officials now expect the unemployment rate to drop to 4.5 percent by the end of 2021.
Treasury secretary minimizes risk of inflation caused by Covid relief package
Janet Yellen said the greater risk was not strengthening the economy as it recovers from the impact of the pandemic.
Brazil Diplomat Celso Amorim on Bolsonaro, Lula & Why Biden’s Foreign Policy Is So “Disappointing”
As the number of COVID-19 cases surges in Brazil, the country is also facing a major crisis on the political front. The heads of Brazil’s Army, Navy and Air Force all quit in an unprecedented move, a day after far-right President Jair Bolsonaro ousted his defense minister as part of a broader Cabinet shake-up.
“Abhorrent”: Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Trump’s Treatment of Portland Protesters vs. Insurrectionists
Protesters in Portland, Oregon, took to the streets for more than three straight months following the police killing of George Floyd. In July, former President Donald Trump threatened to jail protesters for 10 years for damaging federal buildings in Portland. But months later he praised right-wing insurrectionists who attacked the U.S. Capitol. Trump’s actions were “absolutely abhorrent,” says Oregon Governor Kate Brown.
Oregon Governor Kate Brown Pushes Expanding Vote-by-Mail to Counter GOP Voter Suppression Efforts
As Republican lawmakers across the U.S. move to make it harder for voters to cast ballots by mail, we look at Oregon’s long history of vote-by-mail.
Will Georgia’s Voting Law Be Repealed as Big Business Joins Critics Opposing “Jim Crow” Suppression?
Activists are demanding accountability from Georgia-based companies in opposing a law that heavily restricts voting rights in the state, which many are calling the worst voter suppression legislation since the Jim Crow era. While some companies, including Coca-Cola and Delta, have weighed in on the Republican-backed crackdown on voting rights, Cliff Albright, co-founder and executive director of Black Voters Matter, says voicing opposition is not enough.
GOP Has Lost Credibility On Federal Debt Gripes, Chris Wallace Tells Sen. Roy Blunt
Under Trump, $3 trillion was added to the national debt before the pandemic while tax revenue was slashed by $1.5 trillion, Wallace reminded the Republican.
News Roundup: Martin Luther King Jr. remembered; heartbeat bills; Republicans behaving badly
It’s been a quiet Easter Sunday, but news still happens. Here’s some of what you may have missed.
• ‘I’ve decided to ‘identify’ as Chinese’: Mike Huckabee tweets disgusting ignorance
• Boehner let the vitriol fly during ‘wine-soaked’ recording of audiobook. One target was Ted Cruz
• We’re still fighting 53 years after Martin Luther King Jr.
Who would allow a host who made death threats to keep his show? Real America’s Voice, apparently
Yesterday, Right Wing Watch flagged a video in which Mike Lindell told Steve Bannon that he was about to introduce a lawsuit that would all but assure Donald Trump would be back in office by the end of the summer. Dollars to donuts it’s based on some of the same lies that not only got the MyPillow Guy booted from Twitter, but have him staring down the barrel of a billion-dollar lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems.
Voting rights, an alleged conspiracy, and the death of a legend
On this day 53 years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot in 1968 outside the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis. His children, other activists, and the scores of people the civil rights leader impacted took to social media on Sunday to honor his legacy and bring attention to the continued fight for equality today. Bernice King, the youngest child of Martin Luther King Jr and the chief executive of the Martin Luther King Jr.
My Greatest Sexual Fantasy Is Finally Within My Grasp—but, Uh, There’s a Problem
Please tell me what to put where.
Nuts & Bolts: Inside a Democratic Campaign: Recognize organizers in tough districts
It’s another Sunday, so for those who tune in, welcome to another discussion of the Nuts & Bolts of a Democratic campaign. If you’ve missed out, you can catch up any time: Just visit our group or follow the Nuts & Bolts Guide. Every week I try to tackle issues I’ve been asked about. With the help of other campaign workers and notes, we address how to improve and build better campaigns, or explain issues that impact our party.
Heartbeat bills aren’t just a war on women, but an attack on the right to privacy
I’ve spent most of my life no more than 20 minutes from the border of South Carolina. But there are times when the distance between my home in Charlotte and the South Carolina line feels more like two different worlds. One of those times came in February, when Gov. Henry McMaster signed a bill that had the effect of banning almost all abortions in South Carolina.
The bill, which can be read in full here, is the latest attempt at a “heartbeat bill.
The Surprising Comedic Genius of Daniel Kaluuya
Who’s afraid of Daniel Kaluuya? According to the actor, that would be the British monarchy. “I’m Black and I’m British,” he explained in his opening monologue during last night’s Saturday Night Live. “Basically I’m what the Royal Family was worried the baby would look like.
In Mississippi and New York City, leaders fight to overcome vaccine obstacles
“We need to educate folks,” Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said.
U.S. must confront Covid spike, noted epidemiologist warns
“We are going to have to respond somehow,” Michael Osterholm said.
Help! My Husband Is Trying to Blackmail Me Into an Open Marriage.
Advice about marriage, polyamory, and more.
Singing hymns through masks, Christians mark pandemic Easter
This year’s celebrations took on a different tone than usual.
Why Joe Biden’s Economic Plan Includes Home Health Care, Not Just Roads And Bridges
He recognizes that investing in the “care economy” can lift incomes and unleash productivity, just like traditional infrastructure projects do.
John Lewis’s Final Fight For Voting Rights
Democrats’ big reform bill contains 300 pages expanding voting rights that were written by the late civil rights leader.
Vaccine Cheat Days Are Adding Up
A few weeks ago, my partially vaccinated partner and my wholly unvaccinated self got an invitation to a group dinner, held unmasked and indoors. There’d be Thai food for 10, we were promised, and two über-immunized hosts, more than two weeks out from their last Moderna doses. And what about everyone else? I asked. Would they be fully vaccinated, too?Well, came the response. Not really. Some would be, some wouldn’t.
As From a Quiver of Arrows
Carl Phillips, the former chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, has often described poetry as a way to wrestle with ambiguity—to attempt to contain it. “Poetry is a form of control,” he once said. So Phillips chooses subjects—love, power, freedom, grief—that are particularly hard to grasp.