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UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 04: Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Elena Kagan, are seen during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address in the House Chamber on Tuesday, February 4, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 04: Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Elena Kagan, are seen during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address in the House Chamber on Tuesday, February 4, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 16: Chairman Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and ranking member Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., arrive for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen Building for Mark C. Christie and Allison Clements, nominees to be members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, on Wednesday, September 16, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 16: Chairman Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and ranking member Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., arrive for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen Building for Mark C. Christie and Allison Clements, nominees to be members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, on Wednesday, September 16, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
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WASHINGTON D.C., May 21, 2019 -- Then White House counsel Don McGahn reacts in the audience during the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., the United States, on Sept. 4, 2018. The White House on Monday instructed former counsel Don McGahn to defy a congressional subpoena and skip a hearing scheduled for Tuesday relating to the Russia probe. (Xinhua/Ting Shen) WASHINGTON D.C., May 21, 2019 -- Then White House counsel Don McGahn reacts in the audience during the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., the United States, on Sept. 4, 2018. The White House on Monday instructed former counsel Don McGahn to defy a congressional subpoena and skip a hearing scheduled for Tuesday relating to the Russia probe. (Xinhua/Ting Shen)
Native American Governments and COVID Prime Badge
05.17.21 | 3:21 pm

From TPM Reader JO’N …

On Josh’s note of two COVID Americas today, I think he’s right. But one thing to notice about the map, and to account for when making sense of the geography of this, is the huge strides that Native American governments have made in getting their people vaccinated. In Montana, the Blackfeet Tribe was away ahead of the rest of the state, with a particularly aggressive outreach and compliance plan.

Where Things Stand: Politics Is Still A Main Indicator Of Vaccine Hesitancy Prime Badge
05.17.21 | 1:09 pm

It’s not for a lack of access in the U.S.

Republicans are still the main the main demographic unwilling to get the COVID-19 shot.