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Biden’s Covid surge teams begin rolling out to a hostile heartland
The federal assistance faces tough challenges in communities where unvaccinated people are wary of anyone who advocates for Covid shots.
I Want to Cut Off My Stepson—and Give Money to the Woman He Had an Affair With
They had a child together. Their kid deserves my help more.
The Reason We’ll Be Stuck With Insane Car Prices for Months
New? Used? The car market may not sort itself out for a while.
Supercuts Pioneered a New Kind of Hair Salon
It started out as a modern, unisex alternative to both the barbershop and the beauty salon.
I Lost My High-Paying Job During the Pandemic. Now I Have $40,000 in Credit Card Debt.
I’m making half of my previous salary, and I’m depressed and embarrassed.
Murders Are Skyrocketing. Here’s How Democrats Should Respond.
They don’t have to act like Republicans to do it.
GOP messaging guru Luntz advised Biden’s Covid task force
Andy Slavitt, who helped the task force, said that of all the informal advisers, Luntz was “among the best.
Olivia Rodrigo joins Biden vaccine push to make young people ‘happy and healthy’
The 18-year-old singer partnered with the White House on Wednesday to encourage young people to get vaccinated.
Pandemic fueled deadliest year for drug overdoses, CDC data shows
Health officials and experts worry that the pandemic has sapped the political will to tackle the drug crisis.
Biden picks former West Virginia health official as drug czar
Rahul Gupta, who gained national recognition for his anti-opioid efforts, will oversee President Joe Biden’s response to a worsening drug crisis.
Top U.S. officials see booster shots as inevitable
The internal deliberations have stretched on for months as health officials watch for signs of waning immunity among high-risk groups.
Fed’s Powell feels heat from all sides as inflation spikes
Both the Fed and the Biden administration have said rapid price increases are being stoked by temporary factors.
Gasoline is up and GOP sees an easy target: Biden
Americans are hitting the road as strong economic growth pushes up oil prices, and Republicans are trying to pin pump prices on Biden’s energy policies.
A ‘humble’ Fed ramps up inflation forecast as prices jump
Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank still expects rising inflation to subside in the coming months but underscored that he will be watching the data to see if that’s wrong.
As Delta Variant Drives COVID-19 Uptick, Pfizer Pushes 3rd Shot in U.S. Despite Global Vaccination Lag
After months of decline in COVID-19 cases in the United States due in part to widely available vaccines, the number of new cases per day is on the rise again. Pfizer representatives met with U.S. regulators and vaccine experts to seek emergency use authorization for a second booster dose of its vaccine, as health experts are continuing to highlight the growing gap in administered vaccinations between rich and low-income countries.
News Roundup: New details from Jan. 6 show an unstable Trump; Pentagon leaders feared coup orders
In the news today: More news and fallout from the Jan. 6 insurrection. New accounts report that military leaders were so convinced that Trump might use them to attempt an overthrow of American democracy that they made plans to resign if it came to pass. A new account from inside the Oval Office portrays Ivanka Trump as the only thing holding an incapacitated Trump together.
Threats force openly trans magician to cancel shows for kids at public library in Wyoming
Many people have fond memories of going to the library as a young person. Maybe to check out books or movies, maybe to use the computer or internet, or maybe to attend programming put on for kids and teenagers. Mikayla Oz, a magician based in Iowa, shared her own experience getting started with magic in libraries with local outlet K2News, describing her younger self as thinking magic was the “coolest thing” in the world.
This Week in Statehouse Action: Don’t Mess with Session edition
As an erudite consumer of this missive, you’ve likely heard about the Big Sexy state legislative news for the week, which is that Texas state House Democrats decided to derail that bogus special session I wrote about in this space last week.
Texas House Dems were able to bring that session—during which GOP Gov.
Woman realizes she wrongly accused Black man of stealing phone so naturally, she curses at him
A Black California man was wrongfully accused of stealing a child’s phone in an incident strikingly similar to one involving the son of a Grammy Award-winning trumpeter. Only video that Ja’Shear Bryant posted of his encounter on Monday in a Moreno Valley, California, Walmart didn’t show the woman physically attacking him.
The Most Random Space Crew Ever
Jeff Bezos has finalized the manifest for his company’s first passenger flight to space, and it’s a rather unusual bunch.There’s Bezos himself, the richest person in the world, who sold some of his Amazon stock to fund his space venture, Blue Origin. His brother, Mark, with whom he wanted to share the experience. Wally Funk, an 82-year-old American pilot who in the early 1960s passed the same training tests designed for male astronauts, but was rejected by NASA.
Lawmakers urge release of trans people and individuals with HIV, citing dangerous ICE conditions
Rep. Mike Quigley of Illinois is again leading a call urging Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to end the detention of transgender people and people with HIV. A letter, addressed to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Sec. Alejandro Mayorakas and acting ICE Director Tae Johnson, is signed by a number of progressive champions and joined by nearly 70 organizations.
I Never Know If I Should Trust Hot Guys When They Try a Familiar Line on Me
I have plenty of reason to doubt them.
In Missouri, Teaching Kids About Race Put Black Educators in Serious Danger
School officials received constant harassment, and metal detectors had to be installed at school board meetings.
Rep. Joyce Beatty Arrested During Protest For Voting Rights
The congresswoman joined Black women demonstrating for the Senate to pass federal voting rights legislation.
‘I’m Here, Mom!’: FBI Arrests Man Who Wore Roman Gladiator Costume To Capitol Riot
Nathan Wayne Entrekin was talking to his mother during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Biden To Restore Protections For America’s Largest National Forest
The administration will end large-scale logging of old-growth trees in “America’s Amazon” as part of its effort to fight global climate change.
Tom Cotton Tried To Mock One Of Biden’s Judicial Nominees. It Backfired.
It turns out Myrna Pérez, a voting rights attorney up for a U.S. appeals court seat, isn’t afraid to talk about why she doesn’t like to use the word “felon.
COVID-19’s Effects on Kids Are Even Stranger Than We Thought
The U.S. fell short of its goal of giving at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to 70 percent of adults by July 4, but not by much. About two-thirds of everyone above the age of 18 had gotten a shot when the holiday arrived, with coverage among seniors surpassing even that benchmark. That leaves kids—mostly unvaccinated—as the Americans most exposed to the pandemic this summer, while the Delta variant spreads. It’s said that COVID-19 may soon be a disease of the young.
Texas GOP House Speaker Strips Democrat Of Title After He Left To Fight Anti-Voter Bill
Over 50 Texas Democrats left the state earlier this week in an effort to block voter suppression legislation.