'Ready for the long haul if you are': Obama pitches ongoing collaboration in climate change fight
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Former President Barack Obama delivered a moving speech during day nine of COP26 that took his successor to task and urged collaboration between individuals and nations in order to continue fighting climate change for the long haul regardless of political aff
We have noted multiple times in the last year that the COVID-19 pandemic is turning into a largely Republican pandemic. That doesn't mean that non-Republicans aren't still getting sick, but the places where the most COVID-related deaths happen are places tha
Abbreviated pundit roundup: Democrats, strategy, and more
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Robert Baird at The New Yorker takes a deep dive into the negotiations on President Biden’s agenda and the Congressional Progressive Caucus:
The C.P.C.’s show of strength came as a surprise. Not since the Democratic Study Group, an organization of liber
Morning Digest: After retracted concession, Virginia Democrats cling to slim hope for a tied House
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News Roundup: Big Bird, CRT, video games, and porn battle it out in newest Republican culture wars
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In the news today: As Ted Cruz grouses that teaching children about vaccination amounts to «propaganda,» fellow Senate seditionist Josh Hawley says he'll be adopting «masculinity» as his new central political theme. As Democratic
FTC commissioner urges use of 'statutory toolbox' to combat Spanish-language disinformation
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Tech companies are failing at combatting Spanish-language disinformation, lawmakers and advocates said during an online panel last week. NBC News reports that while tech companies flag or remove English-language posts, the same often doesn’t happe
Retailers are struggling to staff the holiday shopping season, and it could be good for workers
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The coronavirus pandemic’s shake-up of the U.S. economy still hasn’t fully resettled, and it’s clearly visible in reporting on businesses looking for workers and workers looking for jobs. On the one hand, top retailers say their industry is heading int
Navy launches ship named in honor of LGBTQ civil rights icon Harvey Milk
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The United States has a long, long way to go when it comes to protecting, honoring, and respecting LGBTQ+ people. There have been significant wins in relatively recent years—marriage equality, for example, and the growing number of openly LGBTQ+ elected off
Legislators ask DOJ to probe 'shadow police unit' that's covered up border abuses for years
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A number of House Democrats have asked the Justice Department to open an investigation into the border “shadow police unit” that human rights groups said in a letter late last month has covered up agent abuses for years. The South
All 12 federally recognized Indigenous tribes in Michigan urge Biden to shutter the Line 5 pipeline
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All 12 federally recognized Indigenous tribes in Michigan sent Joe Biden a letter on Friday laying out a plan for the president to shut down the Line 5 oil pipeline, which stretches 645 miles from Superior, Wisconsin, to Sarnia, Ontario, as part of Canadian p
Facebook is a menace. COVID-19 is a menace. Conservatism is a cesspool. Together, those three ingredients have created a toxic stew of malevolent death and devastation. We can talk about all those things in the abstract, look at the numbers and statistics, an
Democrats can deal with Manchin and McConnell in one go: Add debt ceiling to BBB budget bill
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The House and Senate are both in recess this week, neither planning floor sessions. However, that doesn’t mean that they’re not working on the critical half of President Joe Biden’s big economic, climate change, and family agenda he’s calling Build Ba
Jan. 6 Committee issues subpoenas to another round of Trump toadies
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Long-anticipated subpoenas for senior officials to former President Donald Trump and members of his 2020 reelection campaign were issued by investigators on the Jan. 6 Committee on Monday.
The subpoenas come at the same time obstruction to congressiona
QAnon MAGA cult refuses to leave Dallas after JFK Jr. no-show
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On Nov. 22, 1963, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated in Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. Many people believe that Lee Harvey Oswald, who was arrested and charged with Kennedy’s murder, was not the only person involved in the assassination
Grifter Gov. DeSantis files for re-election, skirts election laws by using a political committee
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Here’s to hoping Florida is ready for another four years under a lying, conniving, anti-vaxxer, anti-mask governor who soundlessly kicked off his reelection campaign Friday, all while raising millions over the past several months via a p
State Farm dropped Aaron Rodgers ads for one Sunday, but won't break up with its 'great ambassador'
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After his COVID-19 diagnosis led to the revelation that he had refused to be vaccinated and lied about it publicly, saying, “Yeah, I’ve been immunized,” Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is facing something he doesn’t seem to have a lo
James Carville's rebuke of 'wokeness' is nothing more than a rebuke of Blackness
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A conversation has unfolded on social media—and God help us all—it has the audacity to be about the concept of being “woke,” “staying woke,” and all matters “wokeness”-related. This idea of staying woke was created by Black people and until re
White House clarifies Biden 'perfectly comfortable' with settlements for separated families
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President Joe Biden this past weekend said he supported financial settlements for asylum-seeking parents and children who were forcibly separated at the southern border by the previous administration and subsequently filed legal action against the federa
Josh Hawley thinks he can make telling his base to stop watching porn a major political campaign
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As his ally Ted Cruz launches another conservative crusade against a freakin' puppet, Sen. Josh Hawley, most famous for abetting an attempt to topple our nation's government, announces his own new political theme will be «masculinity.»
Yes, this
Fascism, porn, and ambition: Sen. Josh Hawley says he'll make 'masculinity' a major political theme
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As his ally Ted Cruz launches another conservative crusade against a freakin' puppet, Sen. Josh Hawley, most famous for abetting an attempt to topple our nation's government, announces his own new political theme will be «masculinity.»
Yes, this
Celebrate Biden getting the infrastructure bill, but keep your eye on the Build Back Better prize
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The House passed the first part of President Joe Biden’s big economic and infrastructure plans Friday in a 228 to 206 vote. That’s the $1.2 trillion bipartisan hard infrastructure bill negotiated in the Senate with Republicans—and Democrats Joe Man
Jan. 6 defendant seeks political asylum in Belarus
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In January, American citizen Evan Neumann was allegedly seen punching police officers as he berated them and used a metal barricade as a battering ram while he and a violent mob attacked the U.S. Capitol. After months on the run, this weekend Neumann res
Senate GOP campaign chair refuses to rule out wife, child abuse as disqualifying for GOP candidates
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The Senate is on a razor’s edge heading into next year’s midterms, and all Republicans have to do is net one seat to retake the majority. It’s a time when any ordinary party not controlled by Donald Trump would be lining up a slate of candidates wi
Guess what, Karen? CRT is a straw man backed by GOP billionaires who don't even care about the issue
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You’re probably wondering, along with the rest of us, how such an inane straw-man issue like critical race theory (CRT) could be the fulcrum to catapult GOP darling Glenn Youngkin into the governor’s seat. Well, let’s say it was
Hurray for Biden completing infrastructure week! Now get the job finished with Build Back Better
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The House passed the first part of President Joe Biden’s big economic and infrastructure plans Friday in a 228 to 206 vote. That’s the $1.2 trillion bipartisan hard infrastructure bill negotiated in the Senate with Republicans—and Democrats Joe Man
Guess what Karen, CRT is a straw man backed by GOP billionaires who don't even care about the issue
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=If you’re wondering like the rest of us how an inane, straw man issue such as critical race theory (CRT) could be the fulcrum to catapult GOP darling, Glenn Younkin, into the governor’s seat… well, let’s just say, it wasn’t white suburba
Anti-maskers show police a video of their assault on Oregon shop owner, are arrested on the spot
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Really, how hard is it to wear a mask? The first civil war in this country was fought over the profound moral tragedy of chattel slavery. If a second one is fought because Donald Trump didn’t want to smear his topcoat of Sherwin-Williams Burnt Sienna, I wil
Big Bird is just the latest piece of children's culture to trigger Republicans
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Big Bird. Mr. Potato Head. Dr. Seuss.
This is not a list of potential Christmas gifts for your young child—it’s a list of things Republicans have gotten very publicly worked up about over the past year. And the reason they’ve gotten so worked up
A record number of cities used ranked-choice voting this election. Will it help with inclusivity?
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by Sravya Tadepalli
This story was originally published at Prism.
On Tuesday, a record number of voters cast their ballots using ranked-choice voting, a system that allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference. For the first time, ranked-choic
Big Bird. Dr. Seuss. Mr. Potato Head. Republicans really don't want to talk about grown-up stuff
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Big Bird. Mr. Potato Head. Dr. Seuss.
This is not a list of potential Christmas gifts for your young child—it’s a list of things Republicans have gotten very publicly worked up about over the past year. And the reason they’ve gotten so worked up
COVID-19 bad news, COVID-19 good news, COVID-19 better news, COVID-19 WTF news
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The bad news: On Thursday, Science published the largest study to date looking at the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines over an extended period. The results of that study are not great.
Looking at a pool of over 780,000 veterans—just under 300,000 o
Morning Digest: Top-tier Democrat challenging Boebert drops out after Colorado adopts new maps
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Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Nuance catches up with hot takes
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Will Bunch/Philadelphia Inquirer:
Democrats can’t keep ignoring the culture war. They should fight it — and win
The GOP's «culture war» on hot button issues like race in schools is trumping Democrat's emphasis on economics. It's time
News Roundup: Ted Cruz picks a fight with a bird; Border Patrol 'shadow' unit covered up abuses
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In the news today: A sitting U.S. senator is picking a fight with a Muppet because the Muppet tweeted about vaccinations and, apparently, that counts as «propaganda» to the toad-breathed kultureklowns who believe Trump secretly «won» a
Bus drivers' saga lays bare the divide between unionized and nonunionized public sector workers
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After a long slump, more drivers are winning the right to collective bargaining. Now the threat of privatization looms.
By Mike Elk for Capital & Main
“We have been here through the coronavirus, through the major snowstorms, we were her
Nuts & Bolts—Inside a Democratic campaign: We learn lessons every election
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Welcome back to the weekly Nuts & Bolts Guide to small campaigns. Every week I try to tackle issues I’ve been asked about. With the help of other campaign workers and notes, we address how to improve and build better campaigns or explain issue
Refusal to moderate social media misinformation in global languages harms communities of color
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by Nick Nguyen and Carmen Scurato
This story was originally published at Prism.
So far the Facebook Papers have led to dozens of stories about how the company knew it was failing to remove hate speech, misinformation, and calls to violence in langu
Fox News freaks viewers out with fire hose of piffling nonsense, because fear is all the GOP has
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The entire raison d’être of the Republican Party is now to scare white people into voting for them so they can continue to wield power (on behalf of billionaires, of course) with the backing of a craven minority of the U.S. population.
Indeed, the only pr
Guess which city is about to have a majority LGBTQ city council?
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As we dig into results from Tuesday’s election, we have a lot to celebrate. No, not everything went our way, but we had a lot of victories on the local level, and that’s truly amazing. For example, as covered by my colleagues, Cincinnati has elected its f
Sen. Ted Cruz is going after Big Bird. Yeah, that's a sentence that's perfectly at home here in 2021. We're just going to have to pause and bask in this one for a moment:
xThere is no better illustration of how Republicans have politicized basic public healt
