‘Despicable’: Jim Jordan Called Out Over Outrageous Take On Child Rape Case
The Republican congressman from Ohio deleted the tweet — but his critics called him out over it.
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Trump Tried To Call White House Support Staffer Who Was Talking To Jan. 6 Panel: Report
CNN first reported the former president called the person shortly after Cassidy Hutchinson’s bombshell testimony last month.
News Roundup: Bannon’s unsophisticated coup plan; Twitter sues Elon Musk
The Wall Street Journal and other conservative media outlets claimed that President Joe Biden’s anger over a 10-year-old Ohio girl having to leave the state to get an abortion after being raped was “fanciful” or made up.
Houston area officer kicked out of little league after assaulting kids but he’s still a sergeant
On Saturday, in the greater Houston area of Texas, children played little league baseball. One such game between the 9-and-under Scorpions Baseball team and Prospects Baseball team ended with a Scorpions loss. It happens every weekend—one team wins and the others lose. Little league baseball (like many youth sports) has a great tradition where both teams and their adult coaches line up and then give one another high fives after the game.
Legendary Descendents slam former Oath Keeper for rocking band’s shirt at Jan. 6 committee hearing
On Tuesday, former high-ranking Oath Keeper Jason Van Tatenhove testified during the latest Jan. 6 committee hearing.
‘The gun industry can no longer hide’: California law to hold gun makers accountable
Some state officials are acting quickly as country-wide debates on whether the U.S. needs stricter gun laws continue. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law an effort to limit the availability of “abnormally dangerous” guns in the state on Tuesday. According to The Los Angeles Times, the bill will also allow victims of gun violence and others to sue firearm manufacturers.
Newsmax using ‘butt-dialed’ conspiracy to explain Trump’s tampering call to Jan. 6 witness
Former New York Police Department Commissioner Raymond Kelly, who is best known for his support of the catastrophically racist stop-and-frisk policy, has a son. That kid is named Greg. Greg, like most corrupt east coast officials’ progeny, has found his way into the ultra-right-wing media sphere. He’s a face on Newsmax. Newsmax is where people go when they feel like Fox News is getting too heady to follow.
Trump Terrified Even His Truest Believers
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.Donald Trump and his allies have dismissed the investigation into the insurrection as the work of enemies and traitors, but they can’t write off Brad Parscale and Katrina Pierson as faint-hearted RINOs.But first, here are three great new stories from The Atlantic.
Novavax Covid-19 vaccine wins FDA authorization
Executives have said they hope the shot will see uptake in individuals who have expressed hesitancy toward other Covid-19 vaccines or are allergic to components of the others’ ingredients.
Everything About Twitter v. Musk Is Utter Nonsense
This is exhausting, but I’ll attempt to bring you up to speed: Elon Musk tried to buy Twitter for $44 billion. Twitter accepted this offer, presumably because it was the best the social-media company’s directors thought they could do. Then Musk changed his mind and said he was pulling out of the deal, claiming that he couldn’t tell how many Twitter users were fake. And then Twitter sued Musk to force him to go through with the purchase.
‘Watching for Discomfort’: Mark Leibovich on Reporting His New Trump Book
What distinguishes Mark Leibovich’s new book about the Trump years from all the many, many others is that he started it with an unusual premise: He was bored with Trump. “I never found Donald Trump to be remotely captivating as a stand-alone figure,” Leibovich writes in an excerpt for The Atlantic. Far more interesting were those who stood next to Trump and enabled his rise—the Lindsey Grahams and Kevin McCarthys—those who should have known better.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs Gun Safety Bill Modeled After Texas Abortion Ban
The new law will allow private citizens to sue gun manufacturers and distributors whose products have caused them harm.
Joe Manchin Blasts Spending As Democrats Try To Pass Build Back Better 2.0
Record inflation is threatening to derail Democratic efforts to pass a domestic spending bill before the November midterm elections.
Why They Still Support Trump
The seven public hearings by the House committee investigating the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, have made the task of dot connecting easy: America’s 45th president oversaw and directed a multipart plan to violently overturn the 2020 election. Texts and testimonies of those in Donald Trump’s inner orbit have shattered every excuse that the former president’s supporters had publicly broadcast since that awful, searing day.
Biden Admin: Pharmacists Cannot Refuse Prescriptions Similar To Medication Abortion
Since the fall of Roe, some pharmacies have refused to fill certain prescriptions that are the same as or similar to the drugs used in medication abortion.
Biden admin to pharmacies: Refusing to fill contraception and abortion pill prescriptions could break federal law
The memo reminds 60,000 pharmacies around the country of their obligations under current law.
There’s one hopeful sign for the Fed on inflation. Really.
Slower wage growth could help bring down prices and ultimately mean less sting for the average worker.
U.S. inflation reached a new 40-year high in June of 9.1 percent
Lower-income and Black and Hispanic Americans have been hit especially hard.
Capitol Rioter & Former Oath Keeper Testify at Jan. 6 Hearing That Trump Radicalized Extremists
Chilling live testimony at the seventh hearing of the January 6 House select committee hearing came from former Donald Trump supporters who detailed their own radicalization in response to Trump’s actions leading up to the deadly insurrection. “I think we need to quit mincing words and just talk about truths. And what it was going to be was an armed revolution. I mean, people died that day. Law enforcement officers died this day. There was a gallows set up in front of the Capitol.
“Will Be Wild!”: Trump Tweet Summoned Jan. 6 Mob After Advisers Refused to Back Stolen Election Claim
The seventh House select committee hearing on the January 6 attack at the Capitol examined in detail how then-President Trump went against the advice of top aides to claim President Biden’s win was fraudulent and to strategize a means to overturn the election.
House Jan. 6 Committee to Trump: You “Cannot Escape Responsibility by Being Willfully Blind”
In its seventh public hearing, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol presented evidence and witness testimony that revealed how then-President Trump was a driving force behind assembling a violent mob that would target the Capitol. While Trump’s own Cabinet members and legal advisers found no evidence of voter fraud and advised him to concede the election, he continued to tweet messages to followers that painted the election as stolen.
Biden administration discussing Covid boosters for everyone
Currently, only those over age 50 or who are immunocompromised are eligible.
Biden admin looks to protect doctors providing emergency abortions, and warn those who don’t
The new guidance assures doctors they’ll be protected by federal law even if their state bans the procedure.
No recession here: Hot jobs market tames fears of slump
Biden officials have repeatedly touted the jobs numbers as evidence of the economy’s underlying strength, but slowing the labor market is essential to helping tame consumer prices.
Failure ‘not an option’: Fed vows all-out fight on inflation
Fears have mounted that the central bank might trigger a recession sometime in the next year with its aggressive rate action.
‘When do you stop?’: Fed inflation fight could trigger slump
Things are so dire that central bank policymakers might hike rates by three-quarters of a percentage point, a move not taken in almost 30 years.
“Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down”: AZ Rep. Survives Assassination Attempt, Fights Aphasia & Pushes for Gun Laws
President Biden is hosting an event today at the White House with victims of gun violence to mark the signing of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, and one of the participating high-profile shooting survivors who will attend is former Arizona Congressmember Gabby Giffords, who survived a 2011 assassination attempt.
Louisiana Judge Allows Abortions To Resume In State, For Now
One of the state’s few remaining abortion clinics said it would begin offering services again, for at least the next few days.
News Roundup: Trump planned for Jan. 6 crowd to march on Capitol; extremist leaders knew in advance
A new public hearing from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 coup attempt focused on Trump’s specific actions to assemble a “wild” crowd on that date, a crowd spurred to action by Trump’s knowingly false claims of a “stolen” election. New evidence indicated that violent extremists were expecting Trump to order them to march to the Capitol during the counting of electoral votes, which Trump then did. Trump also altered his planned Jan.
Daily Space: It’s Webb Telescope day! NASA releases the first batch of gorgeous images
The James Webb Space Telescope was more than a decade in construction. When it finally launched back on Christmas Day, the massive and complex structure faced what NASA called “344 points of failure” on its way to its new home at Lagrange Point 2 (L2), roughly 1,500,000 kilometers (930,000 miles) from Earth.
Day by day, week by week, the telescope didn’t just pass those points of potential failure, it passed with flying colors.