Trump Moons Over Jen Psaki’s ‘Really Beautiful Red Hair’ At Michigan Rally
She’s leaving the White House and heading to MSNBC because “they need a redhead,” Trump declared.
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This Week in Statehouse Action: Take Me Out edition
Toodles, March. In like a lion, out like … well, it’s out.
You know what GOP state lawmakers very much do not want out?
Any LGBTQ Americans.
As ever, Republicans are scratching away at voting rights and public education and abortion access and … well, anything their grubby little fingers can scrawl a grubby little bill to address.
Nation’s oldest National Park Service Ranger Betty Reid Soskin retires at age 100
We all hope we’ll live to be 100—at least, I do—if not older. But most of us would love to grow old and still be able to do what we love and contribute to society. National Park Service (NPS) Ranger Betty Reid Soskin did both. She’s 100 years old now and although she retired Thursday, she’s spent the past decade-and-a-half doing what she loves.
Trump Reportedly Helped Himself To White House Photographer’s Work For His Own Pricey Book
At first, he wanted a cut of the advance for a book planned by photographer Shealah Craighead featuring her own work.
Penguin Random House announces ‘The Climate Book,’ compiled by Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg is already a published author, having co-written the family memoir Scenes from the Heart and released the collection of speeches No One is Too Small to Make a Difference, along with being the subject of the biography Our House is on Fire. Now, she’s curating the handbook on climate change. The 19-year-old has compiled essays and advice from a host of luminaries for the forthcoming The Climate Book, to be published in the U.K.
Memo Circulated To Florida Teachers Lays Out Clever Sabotage Of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law
Every student should now use “they” and “them” pronouns to avoid obvious gender identifiers like “he” and “she,” indicates a letter reportedly circulating in the state.
‘Prestige doesn’t pay the bills,’ unionizing Condé Nast workers say, this week in the war on workers
Four of Condé Nast’s publications—Ars Technica, Pitchfork, Wired, and The New Yorker—have already unionized. But this week brought big news, in the form of a companywide union at the publishing giant’s other brands. That’s more than 500 workers, which is very small compared to the Amazon warehouse that unionized this week, but very big compared to, say, a Starbucks store.
Biden’s Global Climate Agenda Is On The Ropes As Europe Goes To War And The Right Digs In
Russia’s war and high energy prices have forced the administration to walk a tightrope.
The SAT Isn’t What’s Unfair
Critics of standardized tests have had plenty of reasons to celebrate lately. More than three-quarters of colleges are not requiring the SAT or the ACT for admission this fall, an all-time high, and more than 400 Ph.D. programs have dropped the GRE, up from a mere handful a few years ago. MIT’s announcement on Monday that it is reinstating a testing requirement for fall 2023 admissions was a major departure from these recent trends.
The “Putin Is Bad, But” Republicans
On Thursday, in a dim conference room in the bowels of a Washington, D.C., hotel, about 150 conservatives gathered for a day of group therapy. They had all been traumatized by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which had left them questioning their assumptions about the world. But Vladimir Putin’s war of aggression wasn’t what confounded them most; for these conservatives, a mix of D.C.
Why The Dropout Succeeds Where Other Scammer Shows Fall Short
A familiar voice opens the latest episode of The Dropout, Hulu’s series about the fall of the infamous blood-testing start-up Theranos: “You founded this company 12 years ago, right? Tell them how old you were.” It’s former President Bill Clinton, praising the company founder and figurehead, Elizabeth Holmes, as played by Amanda Seyfried. “I was 19,” Seyfried replies in Holmes’s near-parodic baritone, to a wave of admiring laughter and applause.
House passes insulin bill over insurers’ opposition
Despite concerns about the bill’s policy and strategy from both sides of the aisle, nearly all House Democrats as well as a dozen Republicans voted for it Thursday.
Biden praised his new Covid czar as ‘perfect.’ Not everyone is convinced.
Ashish Jha takes over the Covid task force at a point of transition in the pandemic fight.
Moderna ‘happy’ with results from its kids vaccine trial, but is it enough for the FDA?
The company met its study goals, but experts are split over whether the data will be sufficient for the Food and Drug Administration.
Biden’s mounting midterm threat: Inflation angst outweighing historic job growth
White House officials deny any sense of panic over the economy or their midterm chances.
Democrats want to crack down on Wall Street. Guess who’s getting in the way.
The administration’s difficulties in getting bank cop nominees through a Democratic-controlled Senate underscore the fault lines within the party over how to approach financial regulation.
Opinion | When It Comes to Inflation, Our Focus Should Be On the Cost of Housing
The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates — but Congress has a chance to bring real relief.
U.S. inflation soared 7.9 percent in past year, a fresh 40-year high
The increase reported by the Labor Department reflected the 12 months ending in February and didn’t include most of the oil and gas price increases that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb.
Russia oil shock looms over Fed inflation fight
The Fed is already expected to begin a campaign of interest rate increases next month in a bid to remove its support for economic growth amid a blistering job market and rapidly rising prices.
Calls Grow for Medicare for All; Uninsured & Communities of Color Hurt Most by End of COVID-19 Funds
With COVID-19 coverage ending for the uninsured, we look at how uninsured people and communities of color will bear the impact of the end to free COVID-19 testing, treatment and vaccines, and how the pandemic has led to a renewed push for Medicare for All. We are joined by Dr. Oni Blackstock, primary care and HIV physician and founder and executive director of Health Justice, and Dr.
Ted Cruz Imagines ‘Taking Peyote’ Nude During His Upcoming Yale Appearance
Something you just can’t unsee.
Ted Cruz Imagines ‘Taking Peyote’ Nude During His Upcoming Yale Appearance
Something you just can’t unsee.
Paul Gosar Says Speech To White Nationalists Was Due To ‘Miscommunication’: Report
The Arizona Republican now claims his controversial participation was just to say, ‘Welcome to the Miami area. Have a great conference,” and the U.S. is in crisis.
News Roundup: GOP votes against lowering price of insulin for Americans; labor has huge victory
Hello Friday! It has been another long week, filled with wins for labor and losses for the GOP. Can Biden and Democrats get their messaging together and pound home how morally bankrupt and abjectly corrupt the Republican Party is? It remains to be seen, but having 193 Republicans vote against lowering insulin costs for Americans could be a red flag for some.
GOP states move from banning surgical abortions to focusing on the pill, too
Almost five decades after the landmark decision of Roe v. Wade legalized abortion nationwide, abortion rights are at great risk. Across the country, Republican-majority states are introducing bills to ban abortion at a rapid rate. At least 15 GOP-controlled states have introduced bills that ban abortion despite circumstances of incest or rape, with some proposed bans beginning as early as 30 days after conception.
Trump Tells Member Of Gays For Trump At Mar-a-Lago: ‘You Don’t Look Gay’
The Gays for Trump founder said the former president was probably expecting to see the “stereotypical” gay who fits with the “typical ‘look’ of leftist LGBT.
Sarah Palin Is Running For Congress In Alaska
A decade after her failed vice presidential bid, the former Alaska governor is running to replace conservative GOP Rep. Don Young, who died last week.
Ivermectin doesn’t work as a COVID-19 treatment, but the believers aren’t going to stop believing
A large study confirms it: Ivermectin is not an effective treatment for COVID-19. If you have parasites, the drug might be a good choice—follow your doctor’s advice on that. But a double-blinded study of 1,300 patients in Brazil, half of whom got ivermectin and half of whom got a placebo, found no benefit from the drug.
Ivermectin does not reduce the risk of hospitalization from COVID-19, the study found.
Ukraine update: All quiet on the northern front as focus shifts east. But what’s that near Melitopol
NASA FIRMS satellite imagery is designed to track forest fires. Turns out, it’s also great at letting us know what’s happening on a battlefield.
I added the bigger, highlighted city names for better readability. Other than one fire northwest of Kyiv, that whole front is quiet. We know that Ukrainian troops are mopping up after Russia’s withdrawal.
Madison Cawthorn Now Blames DC Cocaine And Orgy Claims On ‘The Left And The Media’
The North Carolina congressman blamed “the left and the media” for accurately reporting his comments on a right-wing YouTube channel last week.