Millions of Americans would be getting vaccinated by early 2021, bringing the COVID-19 pandemic to its final end, the Operation Warp Speed official promised. Continue reading “How Trump Left The Country With No Real Vaccine Distribution Plan”
WH Econ Adviser Warns ‘We’re At A Precarious Moment’ For COVID And Economy
National Economic Council Director Brian Deese emphasized on Friday the urgency of taking “decisive action” to fix the economic damage brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Where Things Stand: There’s A Reason Trump’s Impeachment Lawyer Sounds Familiar
Remember Mark Sanford? If you were a Golden Duke: Duke of Dukes voter this last time around, you most certainly will.
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Alleged Capitol Rioter Gave Himself Away By Repeatedly Yelling ‘Trump 2020’ On Plane
Alleged Capitol rioter John Lolos might have gotten away with it — if only he hadn’t been kicked off of his flight out of D.C. for yelling “Trump 2020!” then caught the eye of a police officer who recognized him from Instagram.
A Majority Of House GOPers Want To Oust Cheney From Leadership After Impeachment Vote
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) is staring down just over a majority of House Republicans who support toppling the No. 3 House Republican from leadership after she voted to impeach now-former President Trump for inciting a deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month.
‘Argument Of Convenience’: Experts Dismiss GOP’s New Claim That Trump’s Impeachment Is Unconstitutional
Republicans senators are beginning to coalesce around a new talking point: impeaching former President Donald Trump is now unconstitutional because he has left office.
Klain Lays Out Biden Admin’s ‘Federally Led Effort’ On COVID Vaccines
White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain said on Thursday that the Biden administration is trying to build a centralized national resource to help turn the disparate state and county coronavirus vaccine strategies the new administration inherited into a “federally led effort.”
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Trump’s Transition Honcho Warns Transitions Shouldn’t Rely On ‘Goodwill’ Of Losing POTUS
The man who led the Trump White House’s transition to the Biden administration is calling for new, tougher legislation to guide the presidential transition process in the event a sitting President rejects the election results.
The Unfinished Business Of Flint’s Water Crisis
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When I first heard E. Yvonne Lewis tell the story, it was a hot July day in downtown Flint, Michigan. We and about 70 others had gathered in the high-ceilinged ballroom of the Northbank Center, just west of the river, where the Michigan Civil Rights Commission was conducting its 2016 hearings on how this Great Lakes city learned that its own water was a threat.
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Global Right-Wing Extremism Networks Are Growing. The U.S. Is Just Now Catching Up.
This article was originally published in ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom.
During the past two years, U.S. counterterrorism officials held meetings with their European counterparts to discuss an emerging threat: right-wing terror groups becoming increasingly global in their reach.