Plugging Obamacare’s biggest hole poses dilemma for Democrats
Lawmakers can’t agree on how to extend coverage to millions in red states refusing Medicaid expansion.
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The Rise of Anti-history
In June, Marjorie Taylor Greene visited the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. The visit was, by her own account, revelatory. Earlier in the spring, the Georgia member of the U.S. House compared Food City, a grocery chain that identified vaccinated employees on their name tags, to the Nazis, who forced Jews to wear Stars of David. A few days later, she compared Democrats to Nazis.Now she was contrite. “When you make a mistake, you should own it.
Murders Are Skyrocketing. Here’s How Democrats Should Respond.
They don’t have to act like Republicans to do it.
Elon Musk’s Tunnels Never Go Anywhere
Chicago, Baltimore, Los Angeles, Miami—who hasn’t been promised a tunnel?
My Wife Spends Her Money on Hair and Nails, Leaving Me to Pay for Our Expenses
She’s always broke a few days into the month.
The Hidden Costs of Dollar General
Critics say the company drives out grocery stores and exacerbates the problem of food deserts.
My Cat Needs $2,000 Dental Surgery. Should I Spend the Money to Keep Him Alive?
He’s only 3 years old.
Calls mount on FDA to formally endorse Covid vaccines as Delta surges
“I don’t think there’s anything that can move the needle more in the U.S.,” said Eric Topol, a professor of molecular medicine at Scripps Research, about the unvaccinated who are eligible to get the shot.
HHS chief says his vaccine comments are being taken ‘wildly out of context’
Republicans balked after Secretary Xavier Becerra said it was “absolutely the government’s business” to know which Americans have been vaccinated.
I Just Tried to Have My First Post-COVID Sex, and I Have a Big Problem
I don’t know how I did this before.
Help! Our Stepchildren Dated and Had a Nasty Breakup.
Now my daughter refuses to come to family gatherings.
Ask a Teacher: Is Public or Private School Better for My Child?
What environment is best for my daughter?
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.
Soaring prices draw both shrugs and screaming in Washington
A continued inflation spike could make it a lot harder for the president to push through trillions of dollars in additional federal spending.
“Police State Without the State”: Palestinian Authority Faces Protests over Critic’s Death in Custody
We look at growing opposition to the Palestinian Authority after the killing of a prominent activist, Nizar Banat, a vocal critic of the ruling body who died in PA custody after security forces violently arrested him at his home. Banat’s killing has sparked protests calling for President Mahmoud Abbas to step down. “The Palestinian Authority now is acting like a police state without the state,” says Palestinian writer Mariam Barghouti.
News roundup: Allies, liars, backtracking, screwing over women, and fixing tech
Today in the news: Calls coming to get our allies from Afghanistan out as soon as possible. Republicans and their media allies can’t stop lying about vaccines. Toyota finally reversed its despicable decision to donate money to elected insurrectionists. Texas restricted abortion … and then some. President Biden continues to take actions to help American workers.
Donald Trump Reportedly Fed Up With ‘Annoying’ Kimberly Guilfoyle
Trump is angry his son’s girlfriend is capitalizing on family connections to back controversial GOP Senate candidate Eric Greitens in Missouri, Politico reports.
Schumer bows to necessity, warns that August recess could be cut short
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer wants infrastructure. He wants it bad enough that he’s threatening the Senate’s August recess. “We have already made excellent progress towards our goals of rebuilding our nation’s infrastructure, confronting the threat of climate change, and investing in American families,” he wrote in a letter to Senate Democrats Friday.
Biden admin announces policy limiting ICE detention of pregnant immigrants. But will it be followed?
The Biden administration on Friday unveiled policy limiting the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention of pregnant individuals, stating that federal immigration officials will not detain pregnant immigrants “unless release is prohibited by law or exceptional circumstances exist.” While advocates called the administration’s policy a step in the right direction, they remained cautious.
President Biden goes on offense with visit to critical swing district won twice by Trump
Donald Trump not only won Illinois’s 14th congressional district twice, but its Democratic representative, Lauren Underwood, narrowly won reelection last year in a nail-biter after flipping the district blue in 2018.
The district’s competitive nature and right-of-center lean is what made President Joe Biden’s visit there Wednesday so notable.
DOJ constructing a database of images and videos to assist in Jan. 6 prosecutions
Every single piece of evidence released on the events of Jan. 6 only makes things worse. In the past six months, it’s become clear that intelligence agencies and police repeatedly downplayed the threat represented by Trump’s white supremacist supporters.
Trump Supporters Insist Far-Fetched 7-Point Plan Will Get Him Back In Office
Step 1: Get the Black Congressional Caucus to join the Republican Party so they can impeach Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
Biden Fires Trump Administration Holdover Who Refused To Resign
President Joe Biden on Friday fired Andrew Saul, the commissioner of Social Security, after he refused to resign.
Violence Over a Transphobic Hoax Shows the Danger of Underestimating Anti-Trans Hate
Police suspect the viral L.A. Wi Spa video is fake—but it still got two people stabbed.
Why I’m Supporting England at Euro 2020
I am not from England. I have no family in England. And I have not spent a considerable amount of time on English soil. So my investment in the success of England’s soccer team, at face value, doesn’t make much sense. I cheer as Raheem Sterling glides past a defender; I smile as Bukayo Saka sends the perfect pass to a teammate; I hold my breath with the anticipation of possibility when Jadon Sancho gets anywhere within 25 yards of the opponent’s goal.
How Gossip Girl Got Creepy
The late Janet Malcolm, writing about the Gossip Girl novels for The New Yorker in 2008, delighted in the heartlessness of the teenage characters—their voyeuristic cruelty and the sharp satisfaction they take in the downfall of their peers. What the series understands, Malcolm wrote, is that “children are a pleasure-seeking species, and that adolescence is a delicious last gasp (the light is most golden just before the shadows fall) of rightful selfishness and cluelessness.
FDA chief calls for probe of relationship between agency and Biogen
The decision to greenlight Aduhelm has drawn widespread scrutiny, and came over the objections of independent advisers to the FDA and other experts who said there was little evidence of its effectiveness.
Charlottesville To Remove Confederate Monuments Saturday
The development comes more than five years after a 2016 removal push focused on the Lee statue.
CDC: Fully vaccinated students and teachers do not need to wear masks in school
The health agency updated its school guidance to help guide state and local officials as well as administrators prepare for the fall term.