Biden administration says it won’t keep messing with Texas’ Trump-era Medicaid waiver
The Centers for Medicaid and Medicaid Services “concluded that it is not the best use of the federal government’s limited resources.
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IMF warns of ‘severe’ global economic risk from war in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine will “severely” set back the global recovery from Covid-19, according to the IMF.
What could go wrong with Biden’s booming economy? Here are the big risks.
The Fed’s campaign to raise interest rates — designed to reduce spending and curb inflation — will slow growth, which will have consequences for American workers.
U.S. inflation jumped 8.5 percent in past year, highest since 1981
Prices have been driven up by bottlenecked supply chains, robust consumer demand and disruptions to global food and energy markets worsened by Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Psaki: Student loan borrowers likely to have to pay debt ‘sometime’
The Biden administration recently extended a Covid-related pause on repayments.
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.
Florida to Michigan to Missouri: Hear Speeches of Gay Legislators & Allies Fighting Anti-LGBTQ Bills
Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law is part of a nationwide push by Republicans to score political points by attacking gay and transgender students.
Republicans Cheer As Congressional Candidate Demands Fauci’s Execution By Firing Squad
Oklahoma GOP chair John Bennett’s sinister comments about the top infectious disease expert earned him applause at a campaign event.
Ex-FBI Assistant Director Accuses Tucker Carlson Of Aiding And Abetting Terrorism
Frank Figliuzzi said the Fox News personality’s parroting of Russian propaganda has “gone way beyond free speech.
Tucker Carlson Declares Kevin McCarthy A ‘Puppet Of The Democratic Party’
The House Republican leader made some comments on tape last year that the Fox News host wasn’t too happy about.
U.S. Diplomats Return To Ukraine, Hope To Reopen Kyiv Embassy ‘As Soon As Possible’
The State Department said it would continue to support the “people of Ukraine as they bravely defend their country.
Ukraine Update: When political goals trump military ones
As noted this morning, Russia went from attacking in too many axes during the war’s first season, to …. attacking in too many axes in this second phase.
Kevin McCarthy Feared GOP Lawmakers Were Inciting Violence After Jan. 6, Audio Shows
The House Republican leader singled out extremist Reps. Matt Gaetz and Mo Brooks and said Gaetz was “putting people in jeopardy.
Barrage of gunshots leaves kids, parents scrambling for cover at a youth baseball game, video shows
A chilling video of an incident in North Charleston, South Carolina, showing dozens of kids and adults scrambling for cover as a barrage of gunshots rings out has left a community traumatized.
In the video, as gunfire is heard, a frightening scene unfolds Monday night at the Dixie Youth league baseball game, leaving players, coaches, and parents running for safety. The video was taken by Lori Ferguson, a parent at the game, The Post and Courier reports.
Ukraine update: Balancing desperate needs and uncomfortable reality
Over the course of the now more than two-month-long invasion of Ukraine, kos has written several times about the difficulty of integrating unfamiliar weapons systems into an army—especially when that army is already engaged in a life-or-death struggle. Every single one of these systems comes with its own training requirements, not just for the person whose finger is on the trigger, but for all the mechanics, electricians, and support crews needed to keep it operating in the field.
Meadows texts reveal Marjorie Taylor Greene was concocting Jan. 6 lies even as coup was underway
We now know that Senate Minority Bleater Mitch McConnell was “exhilarated” after Jan. 6 because he thought the events of the day had finally discredited Donald Trump.
The army of Trumpists gathering at megachurch rallies build around myth of stolen election
We’ve usually thought of Trumpism as being an essentially mainstream-conservative movement with expanding extremist elements. But its post-Jan. 6 metastasis, bringing these elements together, suggests it has become its own kind of extremism: wildly conspiracist, militantly if not fanatically religious, and fundamentally violent.
Elon Musk Already Showed Us How He’ll Run Twitter
Last night, after Twitter accepted his $44 billion bid to buy the company, Elon Musk traveled to South Texas, where SpaceX is building prototypes for a rocket system designed to take people to Mars someday. Earlier, he had shared some of his to-do list for the social-media company he could soon own outright: “enhancing the product with new features,” “defeating the spam bots,” and making the platform’s algorithms public and available for anyone to see.
Democrats Need to Stand Up for Themselves
Sign up for Molly’s newsletter, Wait, What?, here.It’s unusual for a one-off political speech to make someone famous. This is especially the case in today’s toxic fog of disinformation and apathy.
The Elon Musk Placebo Effect
Elon Musk is buying Twitter and taking the public company private in order to save “free speech.” That much we know: He has made his intentions clear.But what will actually change about the social-media platform is still largely a mystery, and the hints don’t suggest that Twitter’s about to become a free-speech free-for-all. Maybe Musk will reinstate Donald Trump on the platform.
Nearly 60 percent of Americans now have antibodies from Covid-19 infection
The Omicron BA.2 subvariant now accounts for most cases in the country, with the number of BA.2.12.1 subvariant cases on the rise particularly in the Northeast.
The Netflix Bubble Is Finally Bursting
Ten years ago, Netflix started offering its subscribers exclusive TV shows (we all, of course, remember the hit series Lilyhammer). An approach that at first seemed like a fad quickly yielded a handful of awards juggernauts—and then became a model for the entire TV streaming industry. For the past decade, the company has spent freely to fatten its library, eventually making hundreds of shows and movies a year, with the goal of staying ahead of its many online rivals.
Mussolini Speaks, and Tells Us How Democracy Dies
When Benito Mussolini founded, on March 23, 1919, the organization that would become the National Fascist Party, Italy’s top newspaper relegated the news to a blurb, roughly the same space devoted to the theft of 64 cases of soap. That’s where Antonio Scurati’s novel M: Son of the Century starts.
Birx: Trump’s disinfectant comments were a ‘tragedy on many levels’
The former White House coronavirus response coordinator made her most critical remarks yet ahead of the release of a new book.
Free After 993 Days: Environmental Lawyer Steven Donziger on Leaving House Arrest & His Fight with Chevron
We speak with human rights and environmental lawyer Steven Donziger, who was released Monday from nearly 1,000 days of house arrest as part of a years-long legal ordeal that began after he successfully sued Chevron on behalf of 30,000 Ecuadorian Amazonian Indigenous people.
Elon Musk, the World’s Richest Man, Has Been an “Abusive” Bully on Twitter for Years. Now He Owns It
The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, is set to become the new owner of Twitter after the company’s board agreed to sell the influential social media platform for $44 billion on Monday. Musk, who describes himself as a “free speech absolutist,” tweeted, “I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means.
Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister on Immigration, U.S. Blockade & Why Cuba Hasn’t Denounced Russia
The United States and Cuba held their highest-level talks in four years last week in Washington, where they discussed the soaring numbers of Cubans immigrating to the U.S. We speak with Cuba’s Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío, who participated in the talks. He says the U.S.
‘Critical juncture’: Global Covid fight is slowing
The world health community is at odds over how to handle the next phase of the pandemic battle.
Biden administration says it won’t keep messing with Texas’ Trump-era Medicaid waiver
The Centers for Medicaid and Medicaid Services “concluded that it is not the best use of the federal government’s limited resources.
Philadelphia to end mask mandate, days after reinstating it
The city’s restored mandate had gone into effect Monday.