And another day of briefing the public, harassing victims, the effects of gerrymandering, reversing policies, conducting reviews, and rising support comes to a close:
“Space isn’t remote at all. It’s only an hour’s drive away if your car could go straight upward.” -- Fred Hoyle
Deaths
US: 439,517 (+4065)
World: 2,184,126 (+17,108)
Cases
US: 26,166,201 (+154,979)
World: 101,434,963 (+609,845)
President Biden is dispatching top U.S. scientists and health experts to regularly brief the public about COVID-19. The briefings, beginning today, are meant as an explicit rejection of former President Trump’s approach, which sidelined health officials.
Regeneron says study shows its monoclonal antibody cocktail works against coronavirus variants.
Marjorie Taylor Green harasses David Hogg weeks after Parkland shooting. — Yes, it’s all on video. She recorded it on purpose.
“it's an absolute travesty that this person [MTG] is in Congress” — Aaron Rupar
Most House Republicans silent over violent Marjorie Taylor Greene comments as Democrats condemn them.
Effects of gerrymandering felt in Wisconsin as governor, GOP clash over Covid restrictions. The Wisconsin GOP redrew legislative maps in 2011 to its advantage, stifling any chance Gov. Tony Evers had of responding to the pandemic, observers say.
Bahrain will suspend dine-in services at restaurants and cafes and move public and private schools to remote learning for three weeks to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the health ministry said on Wednesday.
Facebook will stop recommending political groups permanently.
Biden to reverse anti-abortion rights policies in new executive actions.
Fifty percent of Republican voters polled in the new Morning Consult survey said Trump should play a “major role” in the party, an increase of 9 percentage points since his supporters rioted at the U.S. Capitol after he addressed them and repeated unproven claims of election fraud. -- Most Republicans are a lost cause. They do not support democracy.
Palm Beach Conducting ‘Legal Review’ Of Trump’s Use Of Mar-A-Lago As A Residence. The town of Palm Beach, Florida, is reviewing Donald Trump’s use of his Mar-a-Lago Club as a residence, even as the former president is set to once again violate a length-of-stay provision he himself agreed to three decades ago.
RIP Cloris Leachman. She was 94.
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Stay safe and stay sane. Good night.
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