Nicole Lafond
Where Things Stand: ‘Vast Majority’ Of GOP Believes Trump Incited The Insurrection 
They just don’t want to admit it.
It’s not as if you couldn’t speculate — we now know House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) blamed Trump for the insurrection the night it happened, only to crawl back to Trump’s side for the midterms. Several other prominent Republican leaders have taken similar about-face paths since January.
Where Things Stand: National Teachers Unions Vow To Defend Educators Punished Over Critical Race Theory
While the conservative fever swamps’ fear mongering over critical race theory intensifies to new, unhinged heights, the nation’s largest teachers unions are vowing to stand behind educators if they are punished due to new state laws that try to limit or outright ban critical discussions on race, discrimination and the role it plays in American history.
Where Things Stand: Biden To Address Lag In US Vaccination Goals
Following the July 4th holiday weekend, President Biden has one item on his public agenda today: a speech addressing COVID-19 vaccination progress in the U.S.
Where Things Stand: Dominion Hits Rudy On All Sides
Dominion Voting Systems is already suing Rudy Giuliani personally for defamation. It’s now pulling the former mayor and currently suspended lawyer into its suit against Fox News.
Where Things Stand: DeSantis Begs Trumpworld To Cancel FL Rally
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is threading a weird needle.
Where Things Stand: ‘Somebody With A Pulse’
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) has not publicly disclosed whether she intends to run for reelection after a decade-plus in the Senate.
Where Things Stand: Trump-Appointed Judge Allows Rep Boebert To Block Twitter Critic
The Colorado gun congresswoman is now allowed to block critics on Twitter.
Where Things Stand: SCOTUS Quietly Punts On Trans Rights Case
As anti-trans rights laws pop up in GOP-led state legislatures across the country, fueling one of Republicans’ top culture wars in the Biden era, the majority conservative Supreme Court decided to not take up a key transgender rights case today, a surprising victory for LGBTQ rights.
Where Things Stand: A Lot Of Aggression For A Bunker Boy
The former president hid in his bunker when country-wide protests flared up in Washington, D.C. over the police killing of George Floyd last summer.
He was mocked with a variety of entertaining “bunker boy” related nicknames (not hard to get creative with that alliteration) and ultimately decided to show his strength by violently clearing out Lafayette Square and taking a picture in front of a historic church flinging around a Bible.
Where Things Stand: Some ‘Accountability’
We’ve had a front row seat to Rudy Giuliani’s descent into Trumpy madness over the last several years, falling from his pedestal as America’s Mayor to the dripping, desperate “legal” face of Trump’s big lie.
Once the mayor of New York City, now temporarily banned from practicing law in New York state, Giuliani has had a rough one, brought on entirely by himself.