Nicole Lafond
Where Things Stand: Abortion Back On SCOTUS’ Mind 
It’s been a fear for pro-choice advocates for some time — one that grew when Trump was elected and only accelerated after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away late last year.
When will reproductive rights be back in front of the Supreme Court?
Where Things Stand: Cohen To Meet With Vance — For The Eighth Time
But this time, it’s a bit different.
Where Things Stand: GOP Hints At Impeachment To Suggest Biden Must Finish Trump’s Wall
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) been talking about impeachment since January 21, one day after inauguration.
Now, she’s not alone. Sort of.
Where Things Stand: Some House Members Are Reportedly Refusing To Get Vaccinated
As Josh Kovensky reported today, the rate of getting shots into people’s arms has dramatically ramped up since January thanks to a few key factors, including the arrival of federal funding for the roll out.
Where Things Stand: The GOP’s Gotta Worry About Greitens Again
He’s back. Maybe.
If you remember, TPM alum Allegra Kirkland covered the swift downfall of former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens (R) back in 2018, exclusively breaking a particularly disturbing detail of the story, which involved accusations of blackmail and an alleged assault: She reported that the former governor slapped the woman he had been accused of blackmailing over an extramarital affair.
Where Things Stand: Pence Is Biding His Time With Little Side Gigs ‘Til 2024
First it was his conservative podcast for the youths. Then his op-ed in the Daily Signal, hyping Trump’s “Big Lie.” Then meetings with an agency that reps former politicos on the speaking circuit.
Now, it’s narrating a four-part Fox Nation series commemorating racist shock jock Rush Limbaugh (this, according to Politico Playbook).
Where Things Stand: It’s Been A Year
TPM has been working remotely for one full year, as of today.
Because such things as space and time and memories have escaped into the ether, a photo memory app on my phone alerted me to the grim anniversary.
Where Things Stand: Committee-less And Bored, Greene Annoys Her Own Colleagues
Forty of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) Republican colleagues voted against her motion to adjourn the House this morning, a wave of intra-party pushback on a pellucid delay tactic designed to do little but stall the passage of the crucial COVID-19 relief bill.
Where Things Stand: The GOP’s Alternate Universe
The House is set to vote on President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill tomorrow, sending it to the President’s desk. The bill is stuffed with a litany of underreported positives for the progressive agenda — putting more than $7,000 into the pockets of the average family of four, reducing health care costs, and at least temporarily addressing child poverty.
Yet the Republican rhetoric surrounding the bill has become increasingly bizarre — perhaps that’s how you know it’s good.