Social media ‘micro-influencers’ join effort to get America vaccinated
Health care leaders are relying on social media and local doctors and nurses to battle vaccine skepticism, especially in hard-hit minority communities.
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Only Accountability Will Allow the U.S. to Move Forward
A white mob stormed government offices in an effort to overthrow the duly elected leadership, overwhelming the local police and killing several officers in a violent clash.This description is not only of the insurrection in Washington, D.C., on January 6, but of the Battle of Liberty Place in New Orleans, on September 14, 1874.
The Government Didn’t Foresee How Facebook Would Behave
The U.S. government almost never jumps at its first chance to confront an emerging monopoly. But regulators have a long history of getting it right the second time. Standard Oil controlled America’s petroleum market for years before the Justice Department sued the company under the Sherman Antitrust Act; the federal government helped enshrine AT&T’s telephone monopoly for decades before deciding to break up “Ma Bell.
Why Are There No Biographies of Xi Jinping?
“Living in China is confusing now,” the novelist Yan Lianke said, “because it can feel like being in North Korea and the United States at the same time.” I recall smiling and nodding when he made the remark, during a roundtable discussion at Duke University’s campus outside Shanghai three years ago. In one brief sentence, he captured just how special and strange China can seem—a country that has both gulags and Gap stores.
Everything You Need to Know About Reconciliation, the Tool Democrats Need to Govern
There’s something called the “Byrd Bath.
The GOP Is Complaining That Joe Biden Is Being “Divisive” by Governing Like a Democrat
You can, in fact, call for “unity” and pursue policies that Republicans don’t like.
Novavax says its Covid-19 vaccine is 89 percent effective, but less so against South African variant
The mixed results came on the same day that the United States announced it had found its first Covid-19 cases linked to the South African variant.
First known cases of Covid variant from South Africa identified in the U.S.
Public health officials in South Carolina said they identified two cases on Thursday.
New York undercounted nursing home deaths by as much 50 percent, report finds
The report adds a new layer to the criticism Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo has faced over the state’s handling of Covid-19 in long-term care facilities.
The Ethical Human Cannibals of the World Would Like the Armie Hammer News Cycle to End, Too
“I don’t think a lot of people who are into consensual cannibalism would have a foot taco.
“Anxiety’s Been off the Chart”: A School Counselor on How Kids Feel About Going Back to In-Person Learning
Some students are worried about increased exposure. Others are just desperate for human connection.
Fed’s Powell warns U.S. economy ‘long way from a full recovery’
“There’s nothing more important to the economy now than people getting vaccinated,” Jerome Powell said.
Wall Street shrugs at Washington’s debt pileup
The debt poses no imminent danger to U.S. finances, economists say, so the more pressing concern should be jump-starting the economy.
U.S. jobless claims decline to a still-high 900,000
The government said that 5.1 million Americans are continuing to receive state jobless benefits, down from 5.2 million in the previous week.
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.
Exposed: Proud Boys Hate Group Leader Enrique Tarrio Was “Prolific” FBI & Police Informant
We speak with Reuters investigative journalist Aram Roston, who has revealed a leader of the extremist hate group the Proud Boys, which played a key role in the Capitol riot on January 6, has a prolific history of cooperating with law enforcement. Court records show Enrique Tarrio was an FBI and police informant in Florida who went undercover in multiple drug and illegal gambling investigations after he was arrested in 2012.
Share the Technology: Experts Say We Must End Big Pharma Monopoly on COVID Vaccine Supply & Price
As rich countries race to roll out their vaccination programs, leaders in the Global South and global health advocates are increasingly decrying vaccine hoarding that has pushed poorer countries to the back of the line during the pandemic. Some rich countries have secured enough COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate their populations several times over, while poorer countries struggle to secure enough doses, almost certainly prolonging the pandemic by months or even years.
Dr. Peter Hotez: “Globalized Anti-Science Movement” Threatens Pandemic Response & Public Health
The Biden administration has vowed to increase the rate of vaccinations as COVID-19 continues to spread uncontrollably across the entire U.S., with 90,000 people predicted to die in the next four weeks. President Biden announced plans to acquire another 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines made by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech and is devising ways to allow retired nurses and doctors to administer vaccines. Dr.
Horned Viking ‘Shaman’ Who Stormed Capitol Now Willing To Testify Against Trump
Jacob Chansley, who was “smitten” with Trump, believes he was following the former president’s orders when he stormed the Capitol, according to his attorney.
Friday Night Owls: The left must vie to control the algorithms that shape our lives
Night Owls is a themed open thread appearing at Daily Kos seven days a week.
These Machines Won’t Kill Fascism, by Nantina Vgontzas and Meredith Whittaker. Toward a Militant Progressive Vision for Tech The left must vie for control over the algorithms, data, and infrastructure that shape our lives:
The modern fascist movement relies on Big Tech to reproduce—and it knows it.
Rep. Cori Bush Moving Office For ‘Safety’ After Nasty Run-In With Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
A maskless Greene and her staff “berated me in a hallway,” Bush tweeted. “I’m moving my office away from hers for my team’s safety.
Brian Williams brings the funny with spot-on mockery of McCarthy and Trump reunion
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams is a MSNBC news show that comes on late at night. As with any of these political news shows, Williams covers a few stories of the day and then brings in guests to discuss their opinions on those stories.
One of the best mandates in President Biden’s ‘Climate Day’ orders: the Civilian Climate Corps
One of the many CCC posters produced for the New Deal program.
Aside from Social Security, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was the most popular New Deal program with the general public in the 1930s. Established by Congress in 1933 and implemented by President Franklin D.
With Trump’s Twitter tirades gone, the GOP has no answer to Biden’s agenda
Last week was remarkable for two reasons: First, President Joe Biden rolled out a veritable blizzard of unabashedly progressive measures through executive orders, which by their sheer numbers alone appear to have completely flummoxed Congressional Republicans, judging from the deafening silence of their reaction.
Robinhood stock app caves to hedge funds and sells out small investors amid GameStop drama
After retail investors decided to play the game Wall Street has played for years, some online brokerage apps tried to take matters into their own hands. The popular stock trading app Robinhood blocked users from buying or trading stocks that became popular on social media platforms like Reddit after these stocks saw significant rises in the market.
Most Americans Blame Trump For Violence At Capitol Riot: Survey
White evangelicals are an exception, according to a new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute.