On Monday, a week begins again. The country inches ever so slowly toward an essential infrastructure bill. The U.S. is striding forward in creating a more just country, a goal that seems to be getting closer while remaining far away as we slowly march out of the darkest days of the previous administration.

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has been having a rough go of it. Hitching your huckster caboose to the Trump-train and riding it off the tracks into the land of baseless election fraud claims has led to big losses for the conservative former business fraud-settler. His most recent move is the promise of launching his own social media platform called FRANK.

(Not) breaking news: Republicans are lying. I know, I know, if it’s a day that ends with “y,” the Party of Trump is spouting falsehoods—hell, that was true of the twice impeached former president personally (the Washington Post came up with a final count of 30,573 “false or misleading claims” during his time in office, an average of almost 21 per day, with just about half coming in the final twelve months).

In a surprise, Ohio Rep. Steve Stivers announced Monday that he would resign from the conservative 15th Congressional District, effective May 16, in order to lead the state Chamber of Commerce.

The Republican’s decision to leave elected office was especially unexpected because he’d raised a hefty $1.4 million for a possible U.S. Senate bid during the first three months of 2021 and had reiterated his interest in the upper chamber just last week.

As onlookers, some hopeful some skeptical, await a verdict in the murder trial of former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin, outside forces in Minnesota are working just as hard as defense attorneys to peel back the liberties of people of color in multiple ways. Police intimidation, legislation, and sheer brutality are just a few.