Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) on Sunday shed light into the information former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham provided to the Jan. 6 committee during her interview with the panel last week.
Continue reading “Raskin: Ex-Trump Aide Grisham Listed ‘A Lot Of Names’ During Interview With Jan. 6 Committee”Kinzinger Says Jan. 6 Committee Has A ‘Powerful And Substantive Narrative’ Ready To Go
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), who serves on the Jan. 6 committee, on Sunday expressed confidence in the panel’s progress thus far in its investigation of the events surrounding the deadly Capitol insurrection.
Continue reading “Kinzinger Says Jan. 6 Committee Has A ‘Powerful And Substantive Narrative’ Ready To Go”Raffensperger Rips ‘Double Minded’ Trump-Endorsed Challenger Who Boosts Big Lie
Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensperger (R) on Sunday took aim at his challenger Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA), who was endorsed by former President Trump after Raffensperger rebuffed his election fraud falsehoods, for boosting the Big Lie of a “stolen” election.
Continue reading “Raffensperger Rips ‘Double Minded’ Trump-Endorsed Challenger Who Boosts Big Lie”Readers on Schools #1
From TPM Reader AN (not their real initials) …
Continue reading “Readers on Schools #1”I’m a public school educator in Wisconsin and I offer this perspective:
When we shut down in March of 2020, we fundentally broke what it means to go to school in this country. All the years building and refining and trying new things . . . broken. We attempted to pivot, but the results were uneven at best and everyone was sacred and we didn’t know what else to do. We did what we thought was best under terrifying circumstances.
Jan. 6 Committee Weighs Asking Pence For Voluntary Interview
The Jan. 6 committee is reportedly considering formally requesting former Vice President Pence to appear voluntarily before the panel for an interview as soon as this month, according to Politico and CNN.
Continue reading “Jan. 6 Committee Weighs Asking Pence For Voluntary Interview”A Report from the Schools
Yesterday we discussed the ‘schools must never close’ diehards who dominate much of the current COVID policy debate. I wanted to give you an update on the situation in the New York City public schools because I think it illustrates some Omicron-specific dynamics which haven’t really become part of that discussion. I don’t know precisely how far New York City and DC and other parts of the Northeast are ahead of the rest of the country right now. Maybe it’s like this everywhere. If not, likely it soon will be. But I know it’s like this here and in much of the Northeast. I’m going to reference some personal experiences but only to illustrate things I know are widespread if not universal throughout the city and region.
Continue reading “A Report from the Schools”Conservative Justices Express Clear Hostility To Biden Administration’s Power
The conservative contingent of the Supreme Court questioned agencies’ ability to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine Friday, often asking why that power shouldn’t be left to Congress instead.
Continue reading “Conservative Justices Express Clear Hostility To Biden Administration’s Power”Vaccine Hostility Gets Its Day In The Supreme Court
Extreme vaccine skepticism got a showing at the Supreme Court on Friday.
Continue reading “Vaccine Hostility Gets Its Day In The Supreme Court”SCOTUS Considers Biden’s Vaccine Mandates In Cases That May Have Far-Reaching Reverberations
The Supreme Court is hearing two COVID-19 vaccine mandate cases today: one from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for large employers, and one from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for health-care workers at facilities that take federal funding.
The cases are important on their face, as the Omicron variant of the virus tears through the country. But the justices’ rulings could also have deeper repercussions, providing clues to how the Court will react to the administration’s exercise of agency power going forward. If they choose to drastically curtail that authority over time, it could deal a blow to the Biden presidency.
Warzone Workplace
A follow-up from TPM Reader LF …
Continue reading “Warzone Workplace”In your recent post about Covid and school closures, I think you get something very right when you talk about the PhD and elite scolds demanding schools remain open no-matter-what. There is one element in all of this that I think you do not fully appreciate—the anger and legitimate fear that teachers have been living with for the entirety of the pandemic.
I am a college teacher, my partner teaches high school, my friends teach at every level of the educational system. During the pandemic, many have retired early or quit, many of those who have stayed have only done so because they are too young to retire and too old to do something else. Just to be clear, the kids are alright. Almost all teachers love teaching–given how shitty the job is, why else would we do it?