CDC recommends fully approved Moderna Covid vaccine
Licensure doesn’t materially affect the status quo — the licensed vaccine’s formula is identical to that authorized for emergency use.
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The Age of the Unique Baby Name
These days, if you hear about the birth of an Olivia or a Liam, you might feel a pang of sympathy—the poor child has been cursed with the most popular name of their time and might be at risk of sharing it with a kindergarten classmate.This wasn’t always considered an undesirable outcome.
Biden takes victory lap with January jobs report
“America’s job machine is going stronger than ever,” Biden said at the White House.
Attending an HBCU Has Always Been an Act of Courage
On Monday, campus life at at least seven historically Black colleges and universities was interrupted by bomb threats. School leaders alerted students, faculty, and staff. Law-enforcement officers swept the grounds. By midday, some campuses had issued an all-clear while others continued assessing the situation.
The Internet Is Just Investment Banking Now
Twitter has begun allowing its users to showcase NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, as profile pictures on their accounts. It’s the latest public victory for this form of … and, you know, there’s the problem. What the hell is an NFT anyway?There are answers. Twitter calls NFTs “unique digital items, such as artwork, with proof of ownership that’s stored on a blockchain.
U.S. employers shrug off Omicron, add 467,000 jobs in January
The burst of jobs came despite a wave of Omicron inflections that sickened millions of workers, kept many consumers at home and left businesses from restaurants to manufacturers short-staffed.
Ex-Chicago Cop Jason Van Dyke Freed Early over Murdering Laquan McDonald; Activists Seek Fed Charges
We go to Chicago, where protests erupted Thursday over the early release of the white ex-police officer Jason Van Dyke, who was convicted of killing a Black 17-year-old named Laquan McDonald in 2014. Van Dyke — who was the first police officer in the United States to be charged with murder for an on-duty shooting — was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison but was freed early for “good behavior” after only serving a little over three years of his sentence.
GOP Grill Fed Nominee Sarah Bloom Raskin over Climate Views; Her Husband Rep. Jamie Raskin Responds
We speak with Rep. Jamie Raskin about his wife Sarah Bloom Raskin’s grilling by a Senate panel Thursday over her qualifications to be President Biden’s nominee for the top bank regulator, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Republicans argue her past comments on climate change show she could use her position to discourage banks from lending to fossil fuel companies. Raskin said if she was confirmed, she would not be able to take such actions.
“Love & the Constitution”: Rep. Jamie Raskin on Son’s Death, Trump’s Coup Plot & Protecting the Vote
As more details emerge about Donald Trump’s role in the deadly January 6 insurrection, we’re joined by Congressmember Jamie Raskin, who serves on the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack and was the lead manager in Trump’s second impeachment trial.
Next big health crisis: 15M people could lose Medicaid when pandemic ends
State audits could lead to as many as 15 million people, including 6 million children, losing their health insurance, according to one analysis.
Top Republican throws cold water on struggling FDA nominee
A White House spokesperson said Califf has met with 33 senators to date and is scheduled to meet with an additional 14 so far.
Opinion | Why Are Minority-Owned Banks Disappearing? Washington Holds the Smoking Gun
Congress needs to create a new safety net for such lenders — not let regulators squeeze them out of business.
Biden’s first year: A tale of 2 presidencies
Inside the White House, there is still optimism: “President Biden was elected to a four-year term, not a one-year term.
Price spikes threaten to ground Biden’s big-spending plans
The government reported Wednesday that the consumer price index, the most widely watched gauge of inflation, hit a four-decade high in December compared to the previous year.
U.S. consumer prices soared 7 percent in past year, most since 1982
The jump is the latest evidence that rising costs for food, rent and other necessities are heightening the financial pressures on America’s households.
Powell’s warning to Congress: Inflation a ‘severe threat’ to jobs
The potential clash over the Fed’s plans to tighten monetary policy could be a harbinger of conflicts to come with Democrats and even some Republicans.
RNC Poised To Censure Cheney, Kinzinger And Pull ‘Any And All Support’ Over Jan. 6 Panel
Cheney said party leaders had “made themselves willing hostages to a man who admits he tried to overturn a presidential election.
News Roundup: Republican coup plot nearly dragged in NSA; Iowa Republicans want to spy on your kids
In the news today: There seem to be few parts of the government that Republicans didn’t try to subvert in the attempt to topple the United States government last January, and you can now count the National Security Agency among them. There also seem to be few parts of the plan that Trump’s alleged “legal” team weren’t directly involved with.
Outside of Washington, D.C., Republican attacks on schools are only heating up.
Daily Kos Elections 4Q 2021 Senate fundraising reports roundup
Quarterly fundraising reports for federal candidates covering the period from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 were due at the Federal Elections Commission on Jan. 31 by 11:59 PM ET. Below is our chart of fundraising numbers for every Senate incumbent up for reelection this cycle (excluding those who’ve said they’re retiring) and any notable announced or potential candidates.
As always, all numbers are in thousands. The chart, and an explanation of each column, can be found below.
Daily Kos Elections 4Q 2021 House fundraising reports roundup
Quarterly fundraising reports for federal candidates covering the period from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 were due at the Federal Elections Commission on Jan. 31 by 11:59 PM ET. Below is our chart of fundraising numbers for every House incumbent (excluding those who’ve said they’re retiring) and any notable announced or potential candidates.
As always, all numbers are in thousands. The chart, and an explanation of each column, can be found below.
GOP Senate Contenders Tell Rural Counties Their Votes Count, Unlike In Urban Counties
The subtext is less a dog whistle and more of a bullhorn.
Black Trumpkin pastor in Virginia brags about issuing 17,000 religious exemptions from vaccines
It may seem that the Republican Party is willing to condone racism. After all, Donald Trump still has the GOP very much in his thrall, despite his penchant for blowing racist yacht horns—like calling Democratic lawmakers “savages” when he was attacking a Latina, two Black people, a Palestinian, and two Jews. But the GOP is okay with people of color—just as long as they’re line-drawing conservatives. Take the word of Sen.
South Dakota Governor Signs Transgender Athlete Ban Into Law
It’s the first state to pass such a ban in 2022.
Jen Psaki tears into Josh Hawley for ‘parroting Russian talking points’
It would be nice if we could clone White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki thousands of times and send the newly minted Psaki Corps out to every drunk uncle and horse paste-chugging churl in the U.S., but we don’t have that technology. (Plus it might be unethical or something.
Capitol Rioter With Photo From Senator’s Office Told FBI He’d Visited A ‘Gift Shop’
Brian Stenz told authorities he went into “a place that appeared to be a gift shop,” but he had an image from inside Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley’s office.
Medicare beneficiaries to get no-cost at-home Covid-19 tests
Medicare will directly pay certain pharmacies and other participating entities.
Jury Forges Ahead On Whether Michael Avenatti Cheated Stormy Daniels
On Thursday, jurors told the judge they were “unable to come to a consensus” on the first of two counts against Avenatti and asked “What are our next steps?
Whoopi Goldberg’s American Idea of Race
It made sense, to the New York Daily News sports editor, that these guys dominated basketball. After all, “the game places a premium on an alert, scheming mind and flashy trickiness, artful dodging and general smartalecness,” not to mention their “God-given better balance and speed.”He was referring, of course, to the Jews.In the 1930s, Paul Gallico was trying to explain away Jewish dominance of basketball.
Our Solar System in True Color Is Really Something Else
Picture Venus. You know, the second planet from the sun, where the clouds are shot through with sulfuric acid and the surface is hot enough to melt lead.What color is it?For the longest time, I thought of Venus as caramel-colored, swirled with golds, yellows, and browns—warm colors that matched the planet’s reputation for being a scorching world covered in volcanoes. And then I saw a picture of Venus that James O’Donoghue, a planetary astronomer, shared online recently.
The Reason Putin Would Risk War
There are questions about troop numbers, questions about diplomacy. There are questions about the Ukrainian military, its weapons, and its soldiers. There are questions about Germany and France: How will they react? There are questions about America, and how it has come to be a central player in a conflict not of its making.