Johnson & Johnson vaccine hits production snags
The company could seek emergency authorization from FDA this month, but supplies may be thin at first.
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As COVID Surges in L.A., Hard-Hit Indigenous Communities Fight to Preserve Life, Culture & Language
As Los Angeles County reports record COVID-19 infections, overflowing hospitals and record death tolls, we look at how Indigenous communities there are among the hardest hit in working-class neighborhoods, where many are essential workers.
“American Abyss”: Fascism Historian Tim Snyder on Trump’s Coup Attempt, Impeachment & What’s Next
As the House votes to impeach President Trump, the FBI warns there could be a repeat of the violent insurrection he encouraged on January 6, with Trump loyalists planning to hold armed protests nationwide ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration. We speak with Timothy Snyder, a historian of fascism, who says the riot at the U.S. Capitol was “completely and utterly predictable” given President Trump’s record of stoking extremism and undermining democratic institutions.
Dear Care and Feeding: My Nephew Was Part of the Capitol Riot, and My Family Wants Me to Pay for His Lawyer
Parenting advice on nephews in trouble, family game discord, and asexual identity.
Gay Circuit Parties During COVID Sparked a “Civil War.” Can Anyone Win?
Dividing the community into pandemic villains and vigilantes might be satisfying, but it won’t change much.
Flawed vaccine rollout will create political stars — and has-beens
The Trump administration put it all on states to get the vaccine into people’s arms. Now the pressure is on to deliver.
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.
How Did Elon Musk Become the World’s Richest Person?
Wildly overvalued Tesla stock? Jeff Bezos’ divorce? Take your pick.
In America, Even the E.R. Docs Work for a Third-Party Contractor
More and more Americans have precarious jobs because workplaces aren’t their employers.
The Year of the Neighborhood—if You Were Lucky
Cities splintered in the pandemic, but only some Americans got to enjoy a hyperlocal utopia.
I’m Racked With Guilt Over a Sexual Encounter From Years Ago
Should I reach out to my partner to process, or just let it go?
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.
Fed enters Biden era with clipped wings and a warning from Republicans
Congress curbed the central bank’s emergency lending despite the economy’s continuing struggles.
Is Big Tech Too Powerful? Chris Hedges & Ramesh Srinivasan Debate Twitter & Facebook Banning Trump
Twitter, Facebook and other social media companies have removed President Trump from their platforms, after years of debate about the disinformation he shared to millions of followers from his accounts. While many are applauding the bans, author Chris Hedges warns they could backfire.
Fascism Scholar: Strongman Trump Radicalized His Supporters; Turning This Back Will Be Very Hard
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is threatening to begin new impeachment hearings against President Trump if Vice President Mike Pence doesn’t invoke the 25th Amendment of the Constitution to remove Trump from office for inciting his supporters to storm the Capitol.
Why I Welcomed Pandemic Restrictions
I can recall the moment I realized I was one of those strange people who wanted to be locked down.It was day two in the neonatal ward, back in October. My daughter, my second child, had arrived a couple of weeks early at just five pounds, four ounces—a tiny dot of perfection. But tests had found that her blood sugar was low, and then she was jaundiced, so the hospital said she (as well as my wife and I) would have to stay for additional monitoring.
Tuesday Night Owls: Leaders who seriously address the climate crisis will face fascism on steroids
Night Owls is a themed open thread appearing at Daily Kos seven days a week.
8 days until JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE
Brian Kahn at Gizmodo writes—The Climate Crisis Will Be Steroids for Fascism:
[…] The anti-democratic message Wednesday’s insurrection sent is chilling.
House votes, futilely, to tell Pence to remove Trump with 25th Amendment
While the House of Representatives was in the process of voting to direct Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment and relieve the nation of the burden of Donald Trump, Pence was rejecting the effort in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
‘Have they ever had a job before?’: Rep. Cori Bush slams GOP refusal to go through metal detectors
Newly elected Democratic Representative Cori Bush of Missouri came into office with the energy demanded of her by her constituents. She has been very clear that she does not care for conservative feelings of persecution, telling the public that her job is “trying to save lives.” From the moment she stepped onto the pavement of Washington, D.C.
Federal investigation opened after endangered manatee found with ‘TRUMP’ scratched into its back
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is investigating a report that a manatee was discovered this weekend with “TRUMP” scratched on its back. The animal was filmed in the Homosassa River in Florida. The Citrus County Chronicle was the first to report the story, speaking with senior federal wildlife officer Craig Cavanna, who said he could not comment on an ongoing investigation.
GOP Refuses To Follow New Capitol Safety Rules In Aftermath Of Riot
Several Republican members of Congress threw a fit at the idea of going through metal detectors to keep the Capitol safe after an insurrection.
Watch Don Lemon’s epic response to claim Trump is ‘most masculine’ president
CNN anchor Don Lemon obviously didn’t have time for the usual Fox News claims of President Donald Trump’s superiority on Monday, less than a week after Trump instigated an attempted coup at the Capitol because he lost an election.
Trump’s abrupt shift on Covid shots may sow more chaos
And the changes come amid mounting disagreements over who is to blame for the slower-than-expected rollout of the vaccine.
FDA fights for independence in Trump administration’s final days
Health and Human Services is trying to jam through an industry-backed plan to effectively strip FDA oversight of genetically modified animals.
GOP Support For Impeachment Grows As Republicans Say They’ll Vote Against Trump
“The President of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack,” Rep. Liz Cheney said.
Olympic Gold Medalist Swimmer Recognized In Mob That Breached Capitol
Klete Keller won two gold medals as part of Team USA. He appeared to be in videos of the insurrection inside the Capitol.