Marjorie Taylor Greene Goes Off In Homophobic Rant Against Pete Buttigieg
The far-right member of Congress seemed to blend together her hateful conspiracy theories.
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Biden’s Comments About Putin Were an Unforced Error
Sign up for Tom’s newsletter, Peacefield, here.Joe Biden has been a model of restraint during the most serious global crisis in nearly sixty years, and thank goodness for that. He has provided assistance to Ukraine while keeping NATO together against the possibility of a Russian attack against the Alliance.
Rep. Madison Cawthorn Tells Audience: ‘I Don’t Have A Whole Lot Of Wisdom’
But he does have a “lot of aggression,” Cawthorn acknowledges in an appearance at a North Carolina GOP men’s club event.
Disgraced GOP Rep. Jeff Fortenberry Resigns
The longtime Nebraska Republican was convicted of three felonies related to a 2016 campaign donation he accepted from a foreign national.
Sorry, I Lied About Fake News
Okay this is embarrassing: The news I shared the other day, about the sharing of fake news, was fake.That news—which, again, let’s be clear, was fake—concerned a well-known MIT study from 2018 that analyzed the spread of news stories on Twitter.
The Wrong Way to Tackle Inflation
This week, California Governor Gavin Newsom proposed a kind of universal basic income for cars. This is, put short, a bad idea.The proposal was part of a package of policies designed to shield families in the state from the wallet-squeezing, impoverishing effects of inflation in general, and spiraling gas prices in particular.
Atlanta Confronts the Spectacle of White Ignorance
Anyone can be white. So proclaims a drawling, drunk white man to his Black fishing buddy in the opening scene of Atlanta’s long-awaited third season. They sit in a small skiff floating on a lake at night. The vibes are eerie. The pair, dressed almost identically, are unfamiliar to viewers and are left unnamed. The show’s central cast, led by the cash-strapped and fumbling Earn (played by creator Donald Glover), is nowhere in sight.
Channing Tatum Reaches Peak Himbo in The Lost City
One could easily accuse The Lost City of cribbing from the classics. The fizzy action comedy sees the romance author Loretta Sage (played masterfully by Sandra Bullock) get dragged to a mysterious tropical island, where she’s forced to contend with the kind of high-stakes adventure she writes about. She’s joined there by Alan Caprison (Channing Tatum), the beefy model who graces all of her book’s covers; predictably, the two end up together.
CDC updates Covid-19 guidance to allow patients wear N95s
The nation’s public health agency now says hospitals shouldn’t force patients to remove highly protective masks after POLITICO found many that do so.
With Democrats’ health agenda stalled, lawmakers turn to insulin
The push comes as many other Democratic proposals to lower health care costs remain on ice.
As BA.2 spreads, Biden administration officials call on Congress to pass Covid-19 funding
The Biden administration is looking at approving a second booster shot for some adults within weeks, to improve older Americans’ immunity should infections rise due to the BA.2 subvariant.
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.
Conservatives on Supreme Court Prepare to “Gut Roe v. Wade” as State Abortion Bans Multiply
Anti-abortion bills are sweeping the U.S., with the Guttmacher Institute reporting that 82 restrictions have been introduced in 30 states in 2022 so far. On Wednesday, Idaho signed into law a six-week abortion ban, and lawmakers in Oklahoma passed a near-total ban on abortions — each modeled after a Texas “bounty hunter” law that allows private citizens to sue abortion providers. The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on Dobbs v.
Ukraine Update: Ukraine wins some, loses some, as France, Greece and Turkey plan Mariupol rescue
Wow, what a day! Let’s treat this as a recap.
Thanks to Russia, cats and dogs are working together with the French, to do something that should’ve been done weeks ago.
🚨 Pres Macron just announced that 🇫🇷, together with 🇹🇷 and 🇬🇷, is planning an “exceptional humanitarian operation” to evacuate civilians from #Mariupol.
Trump And Kids Agree To Sit For Depositions In Yet Another Fraud Case
Trump’s lawyers have claimed his hype of a money-losing investment opportunity was mere “puffery” no one should have taken seriously.
News Roundup: Judge Jackson weathers banal racism; Ukraine updates; Clarence Thomas should resign
It is Friday! What a week it has been. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is on the precipice of history, on the cusp of becoming the first black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Sadly, as in most great moments in American history where someone perseveres for years before achieving some great milestone for humanity, Judge Jackson must face off against the last burps of bigotry available to the ruling class who are impotent to stop this moment in time.
Ginni Thomas wanted to overturn the election. About Clarence Thomas’ Jan. 6 documents dissent …
From now on, every Supreme Court decision on which Justice Clarence Thomas is the deciding vote comes with a giant asterisk: This matter was decided by a man whose wife advocated for the overthrow of the government. Those aren’t the only Thomas votes that require the asterisk, though. Take the Supreme Court’s January rejection of Donald Trump’s attempt to block the Jan. 6 select committee from getting White House documents. Thomas was the only dissent on that.
That Supreme Court confirmation hearing was so racist. We can’t ignore it or normalize it
Let me fix that headline for you, Washington Post: It’s not “Race hovered over Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing.” It’s “Racism hovered over Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing.” Although, really, racism was so prevalent in the hearing that the way it hovered was, COVID-like, in the air after belching out of the mouths of Republican senators like Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz.
Jan. 6 committee eyeing subpoena for Ginni Thomas
It’s going to be a long weekend for Ginni Thomas.
The right-wing activist and Q-Anon conspiracy theory-spouting wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is reportedly on the cusp of receiving a subpoena from Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, CBS reported Friday.
‘Phony Populist’ Ginni Thomas Skewered For Attacking Democratic ‘Elites’
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough attacks her dig as “indicative of how the Republican Party plays victim, how they try to play this phony populist game.
Critics Clamor For Clarence Thomas To Quit, Be Impeached Or Recuse Himself From Cases
Wife Ginni Thomas’ wild tweets begging a Trump aide to upend the 2020 presidential election raise serious concerns about the Supreme Court justice.
High Court Gives Biden Win For Now In Navy Vaccine Case
The Supreme Court is giving the Navy a freer hand determining what job assignments it gives to 35 sailors who sued after refusing on religious grounds to comply with an order to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Utah Bans Transgender Athletes In Girls Sports Despite Governor’s Veto
Utah’s Republican lawmakers have overridden GOP Gov. Spencer Cox’s veto of legislation banning transgender youth athletes from playing on girls teams.
Her World Began to Collapse, So She Started Keeping a Diary
War presents a unique challenge for the artist. When reality has ripped in two and extremes of emotion and opinion take hold, it becomes near impossible to do what art does best: scramble easy categories and introduce complexity into the world. The Ukrainian writer and photographer Yevgenia Belorusets, currently in Kyiv, is facing this dilemma head-on.
What the Controversy Over Turning Red Misses
One of the funniest moments in Turning Red lasts about a second at most. Mei, the 13-year-old heroine who shape-shifts into a giant red panda whenever her emotions escape her control, has once again morphed into a flustered fuzz ball when—oh no oh no oh no—she spots her crush. She tries to contain herself, of course. She stomps her feet. She holds her breath.
Is Ukraine Barreling Toward a COVID Surge?
There is no good time for a war, but there are certainly bad ones. Even as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its second month and the civilian death toll nears 1,000, the pandemic churns on. In Europe and parts of Asia, cases have shot up in recent weeks. A new and seemingly more transmissible variant has emerged, as we always knew it eventually would.