FBI Warns Of ‘Armed Protests’ At All 50 State Capitols In Lead-Up To Inauguration Day
A bulletin warns they could start across the country on Jan. 16, stoking fears of more bloodshed after last week’s deadly siege on the U.S. Capitol.
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Help! My Daughter Stole My Other Daughter’s Husband.
Am I a bad parent or grandparent if I never approve of their marriage?
Democrats demand plan from Trump to fix ‘failed’ vaccine rollout
The U.S. cannot “continue to be hindered by the lack of planning, communication, and leadership we have seen so far,” Democrats wrote.
Astronomers Are Keeping a Close Watch on the Next Star Over
Last month, as 2020 drew to a close and we on Earth completed one of our strangest orbits around the sun, news broke that astronomers had picked up a mysterious signal from another star.Astronomers could tell, from the specific properties of the beam of radio waves, that it wasn’t made by an act of nature, such as a cosmic explosion. The signal coming from the star’s direction was produced by technology.
Is Trump Actually Still in Control?
Who is steering the American ship of state?This isn’t a philosophical question; we’ve spent four years wondering about the roots and motivations of Trumpism. It’s a specific question: Who is in charge right now when the White House has to make a decision?On paper, the answer is simple: Until noon on January 20, Donald Trump is the president. Then Joe Biden will be sworn in and become president. In practice, matters are less clear.
The WNBA Can’t Keep Kelly Loeffler Around
Last week, soon after Georgia chose its first Black senator, an idea began to circulate on Twitter: Perhaps the Reverend Raphael Warnock, who will be the 11th Black senator in United States history, should wear the WNBA’s signature orange hoodie when he is sworn in. After all, the women’s professional basketball league and its players share credit for Warnock’s victory.
Denial Is the Heartbeat of America
“Let me be very clear: The scenes of chaos at the Capitol do not reflect a true America. Do not represent who we are,” President-elect Joe Biden said during Wednesday’s siege.“The behavior we witnessed in the U.S. Capitol is entirely un-American,” read a statement from a bipartisan and bicameral group of elected officials that included Senators Joe Manchin, Susan Collins, Mitt Romney, and Mark Warner as well as Representatives Josh Gottheimer and Tom Reed.
Is Big Tech Too Powerful? Chris Hedges & Ramesh Srinivasan Debate Twitter & Facebook Banning Trump
Twitter, Facebook and other social media companies have removed President Trump from their platforms, after years of debate about the disinformation he shared to millions of followers from his accounts. While many are applauding the bans, author Chris Hedges warns they could backfire.
Fascism Scholar: Strongman Trump Radicalized His Supporters; Turning This Back Will Be Very Hard
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is threatening to begin new impeachment hearings against President Trump if Vice President Mike Pence doesn’t invoke the 25th Amendment of the Constitution to remove Trump from office for inciting his supporters to storm the Capitol.
Dear Care and Feeding: Can I Lie About Switching From Breast Milk to Formula?
Parenting advice on formula judgment, stepsibling drama, and melancholy kids.
Biden dresses down his Covid team over plans to speed vaccinations
The president-elect has criticized his Covid coordinator on multiple occasions in front of groups of transition officials.
D.C. Residents Put Up With Overbearing Security for 20 Years. It Did Nothing.
What was the point of Fortress D.C.
The Country Lost Jobs in December, Which Was Totally Predictable
This is why so many of us spent the late summer and fall screaming our heads off for Congress to pass some sort of new coronavirus relief bill.
How Did Elon Musk Become the World’s Richest Person?
Wildly overvalued Tesla stock? Jeff Bezos’ divorce? Take your pick.
In America, Even the E.R. Docs Work for a Third-Party Contractor
More and more Americans have precarious jobs because workplaces aren’t their employers.
The Year of the Neighborhood—if You Were Lucky
Cities splintered in the pandemic, but only some Americans got to enjoy a hyperlocal utopia.
Biden calls for speeding up release of Covid shots
The pledge comes in the wake of calls from eight Democratic governors to ship out as much of the vaccine as possible.
POLITICO-Harvard poll: Public strongly backs Biden’s demand for Covid aid
The vast majority of Americans are eager for sweeping legislation that could end the pandemic and rescue the ailing economy.
8 Democratic governors demand HHS release more vaccine doses
The federal government has held back doses equal to the amount it has shipped out, to ensure that everyone who is vaccinated completes the recommended two-shot sequence.
HHS working to replace potentially faulty Covid tests used by Congress
Accurate testing for the House and Senate took on even greater importance after waves of maskless pro-Trump rioters breached the Capitol building.
Help! My Family Won’t Impose Boundaries on Our Creepy Neighbor.
They say he “lacks social skills” and that there’s nothing they can do.
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U.S. loses 140,000 jobs in first monthly loss since spring
At the same time, the unemployment rate stayed at 6.7%, the first time it hasn’t fallen since April.
How Biden’s dream of fighting income inequality runs through Georgia
The share of wealth controlled by the top 1 percent sits at levels not seen since the 1920s. Biden’s hopes for changing it rests on Senate control.
Trump backs down, signs stimulus package
A government shutdown was averted after the president approved the Covid relief package and annual spending bill.
Congress sends Covid package and spending measure to Trump
The president has thrown the fate of the bill into jeopardy.
Fed enters Biden era with clipped wings and a warning from Republicans
Congress curbed the central bank’s emergency lending despite the economy’s continuing struggles.
COVID Scientist Rebekah Jones Condemns Armed Police Raid on Her Home & Florida’s Pandemic Response
As Florida sets new records for daily coronavirus cases, we speak with a whistleblower who was fired in May from the Florida Department of Health after she refused to censor information about the state’s COVID-19 outbreak. Rebekah Jones is a data scientist who helped build Florida’s coronavirus tracking dashboard, and she says her termination came after she refused to manipulate data to support the state’s reopening.
Survival of the Fittest? Florida Seniors Forced to Camp Overnight in Cars, Hoping for Vaccine
As the United States reports record COVID-19 deaths, Florida broke the record for the highest single-day increase in new cases Thursday. Across the state, long lines to get vaccinations against COVID-19 left senior citizens camping in their cars overnight in cold weather, after Governor Ron DeSantis lowered the priority age to 65, 10 years below the CDC recommended age of 75. Those aged 79 and older are reportedly four times as likely to die from COVID.
“A Troubling History”: Biden’s AG Pick Merrick Garland Has Record of Not Holding Cops Accountable
Joe Biden has formally nominated Merrick Garland for attorney general. Garland has served on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals for over two decades and previously worked at the Justice Department, where he prosecuted the Oklahoma City bombing case. President Obama nominated Garland in 2016 to serve on the Supreme Court, but the nomination stalled after Republican senators refused to put it up for a vote.