Report: Matt Gaetz Told Roger Stone ‘Big Guy’ Would Likely Get Him Off
The recording of the men’s conversation was captured by a microphone Stone was wearing for a film crew making an upcoming documentary.
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Coalition calls on Biden and Schumer to ditch fossil fuel provisions in Manchin climate deal
In a letter Friday, more than 360 environmental and community organizations asked President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to “Hold the line against fossil fuel expansion” and oppose what one signatory—the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD)—labeled fossil fuel “poison pills” tucked into the final pages of the 725-page Inflation Reduction Act hammered out behind the scenes by Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin.
Massachusetts Trader Joe’s store is first to unionize, this week in the war on workers
Trader Joe’s Hadley, Massachusetts, store became its first to unionize after workers voted 45 to 31 to form an independent union, Trader Joe’s United.
“This victory is historic, but not a surprise,” the union said in a statement after the votes were counted.
Ex-DHS Aide Suggests She ‘Went Very Public’ Because She Didn’t Trust Inspector General
Olivia Troye, who quit the administration in 2020, appeared to call out the same Trump official now embroiled in the Secret Service text-deletion scandal.
Connect! Unite! Act! Introducing CUA Circles, a grassroots organizing effort ANYONE can do
Connect! Unite! Act! is a weekly series that seeks to create face-to-face networks in each congressional district. Groups meet regularly to socialize, but also to get out the vote, support candidates and engage in other local political actions that help our progressive movement grow and exert influence on the powers that be.
Of Course Biden Has Rebound COVID
Four days after recovering from a COVID-19 infection, President Joe Biden has tested positive again. When he first got sick, Biden—like more than one-third of the Americans who have tested positive for COVID-19 this summer, according to the U.S. government’s public records—was prescribed Paxlovid, an antiviral pill treatment made by Pfizer. Like many Paxlovid takers, he soon tested negative and resumed his normal activities.
Biden experiences a Covid rebound after treatment with one course of Paxlovid
Biden’s returning symptoms are an example of a rebound Covid-19 case, a phenomenon that has happened in some cases after people take Paxlovid.
Joe Biden Tests Positive For COVID-19 Again
“Rebound” cases affect a “small minority of folks,” the president said.
Jan. 6 Committee Will Share 20 Transcripts With Justice Department
The Justice Department has faced criticism over its handling of the plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
I’ll Make You Copies. But I Have Dreams, Too.
I recently landed a final-round interview for a dream job: senior research coordinator. Actually, I hadn’t dreamed about it, but it offered a way out of my current role—and it felt like a dream because I’d stopped being able to imagine myself doing anything so illustrious. For a few days, I pictured myself doing thankless and sharply written research.
Everyone Loses on Jeopardy Eventually
The night before my episode of Jeopardy aired on national television, I had a nightmare. In the dream, everyone who knew me in high school gathered in a cafeteria to watch and laugh—at how I’d aged, at my flubbed attempts to hit the buzzer, at every wrong answer. Their laughter chased me down the weird hallways of my mind. I woke up covered in sweat and freaking out. My husband, however, woke up excited.
What Narendra Modi Is Taking From Me
New Delhi is more than 2,000 years old and has served as the center of multiple empires and kingdoms, making it one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world. By the 17th century, what is now known as Old Delhi was the capital of the Mughal empire. The British, who came later, sited their capital in Calcutta (now Kolkata) before eventually deciding to move it back. In 1911, King George V laid the foundation stone of a new capital to be built within Delhi—New Delhi.
Drugmakers are waging a ‘Hail Mary’ campaign to sink reconciliation bill
The package would permit negotiation on drug pricing in Medicare and appears to have a path to passage.
As monkeypox cases climb, HHS announces 780,000 more vaccines to be released Friday
The new doses, which come amid widespread complaints over access to treatments and vaccines, bring the total number secured so far to 1.1 million.
Biden administration expected to soon declare monkeypox a health emergency
The people with knowledge of the matter said the declaration is expected as soon as the end of the week.
CDC set to make monkeypox a nationally notifiable condition
The move can offer the agency a better understanding of how far and fast the virus is spreading.
The key abortion news that happened while you weren’t looking
Vice President Kamala Harris plans to turn up pressure against “Republican extremism,” Hulu angered Democrats and state judges made opposite rulings on enforcing bans.
Biden enters the Always Be Closing phase of his first term
Suddenly, overnight, real progress has been teed up for the White House.
Biden touts record jobs but faces new headwinds as GDP shrinks
Republicans are poised to cast aside all the economic technicalities and bash Democratic candidates up and down the midterm ballot over an economy that is already deeply unpopular with voters in both parties.
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.
Callous GOP Fist-Bump After Holding Up Aid For Burn-Pit Veterans Sparks Fury
The gloating was particularly hard to take after Republicans blocked medical help for vets, many of whom are suffering from cancer.
Felon Paul Manafort Says He Secretly Provided Advice For Trump While Awaiting A Pardon
“It was killing me not to be there, but I was advising indirectly from my condo,” Manafort reportedly writes in his upcoming book.
Gov. DeSantis Uses 1947 Court Ruling To Go After Miami Drag Show
Activists fear the Republican’s step is the latest in an all-out war on drag shows and trans people.
No bull—Democrats are in range of a Manchin and Sinema-proof Senate majority
President Joe Biden is unpopular. Really unpopular. Civiqs has him at 31-57 nationally. And in the states? Oof. He’s even underwater in California. And Massachusetts. Vermont is barely hanging on.
Civiqs Results
In a normal midterm cycle, this would be the end of the president’s party, especially given the razor-thin Democratic majorities in both chambers (including that 50-50 Senate).
News roundup: Republican hostage taking, Big Oil rip-off, and an offer to work for no pay
From Friday’s news: Republicans continue taking hostages—first veterans, now marriage equality—in their ongoing temper tantrum over the Manchin deal. And because hypocrisy is their way, after screwing over the veterans, a group of Republican senators held a “Support the Troops” photo-op. There are now texts from Jan. 6 missing from the Department of Homeland Security.
Ukraine Update: All eyes on Kherson as Ukraine tightens the noose
After a flurry of activity the last few days, things have settled down, if by “settled down” we mean “back to HIMARS systematically degrading Russia’s ability to wage its war.” Last night, the Russian-occupied cities of Ilovaisk, Nova Kakhovka, Brylivka, and Kherson all enjoyed dramatic fireworks displays at the expense of a great deal of Russian ammunition.
West Virginia And Indiana Move Closer To Near-Total Abortion Bans
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) is expected to sign the ban into law soon. Indiana’s ban is expected to quickly pass through the GOP-controlled legislature.
This really is the ‘most important election in our lifetime,’ and Democrats need to explain why
The next two national elections will probably decide the fate of the American republic. And that means specifically whether our country continues to operate as a democracy dedicated to the preservation and expansion of human rights, or whether it descends into a quasi-fascist autocracy, seeking to limit and curtail those same rights and freedoms under the thumb of white, evangelical-oriented, right-wing minority rule.
Jared Kushner Says Steve Bannon Once Threatened To Break Him ‘In Half’
That’s when Trump’s son-in-law and adviser realized he was “woefully unprepared” to deal with the volatile White House strategist.
Ukraine blames Russia for explosion at penal colony that killed 53 Ukrainian POWs (Update)
Ukrainian officials say Russia is responsible for an explosion Friday morning in the Olenivka penal colony in the occupied Donetsk province that killed at least 53 Ukrainian prisoners of war. If Russia is proven responsible it would represent one of the worst war crimes committed by Russian forces since the Feb. 24 invasion.