“Welcome to the Monkey House.” -- Kurt Vonnegut
Deaths
US: 529,214 (+1988)
World: 2,560,602 (+10,410)
Cases
US: 29,370,705 (+56,451)
World: 115,299,659 (+308,570)
Why Republicans don’t fear an electoral backlash for opposing really popular parts of Biden’s agenda. Put all that together, and congressional Republicans are somewhat insulated from the public will. In turn, the advantage for Biden and congressional Democrats of being closer to the public’s opinions is blunted...Fourth, voters may like a president’s policies in the abstract but still think he isn’t doing a good job or that his policies aren’t that effective if those policies aren’t bipartisan. Think of this as the Mitch McConnell theory...Put another way: The opposition party can guarantee a lack of bipartisan support — and then criticize the president for lacking bipartisan support...“If liberals were right about how politics worked, Donald Trump should never have been possible, and his party should have suffered crushing, generational defeats in the wake of his election, especially last November.”...He added, “Politics is as much irrational, emotive factionalism as anything else. But liberals only seem capable of understanding it as an orderly marketplace of ideas and will contort themselves in pretzels to preserve the fiction that voters’ commitments are rational and mechanical.”...“But it’s the right wing that dominates the ‘last mile’ communications infrastructure into millions of Americans’ homes: the memes shared in Facebook groups, the radio personalities who are known and trusted.”
It is my hope that in the end Senate Republicans will unanimously oppose it, just like House Republicans did." — Mitch McConnell on the $1.9tn relief bill
And then Republicans and the media will accuse Biden of not being bipartisan. All part of Mitch’s plan.
Gov. Greg Abbott ended Texas' statewide mask mandate and announced an executive order to allow all businesses to reopen at full capacity. "It is now time to open Texas 100%," Abbott said at a news conference. — Texas is 49th in vaccine rollouts.
In a contradiction of federal guidance, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced Tuesday that their states will lift their respective mask mandates and allow businesses to operate at full capacity.
Biden vows enough vaccine for all US adults by end of May.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing bipartisan criticism and a call for a federal investigation after the state set up invitation-only Covid-19 vaccination clinics in at least two upscale communities.
Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana the worst states for children during pandemic: study.
Thousands of students reported 'missing' from school systems nationwide amid COVID-19 pandemic. A notable number of students seem to have simply fallen off the grid, not showing up for online or in-person instruction, their whereabouts unknown by school officials.
The Biden administration announced sanctions of Russian officials and businesses Tuesday related to the poisoning and jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, whose detention drew tens of thousands of protesters out into the streets.
Anti-Covid vaccine tweets face five-strikes ban policy. Under the scheme, members will face a lock being placed on their account. Its duration will be determined by how many times they have posted misleading information about the jabs. If they accrue "five strikes", they face a permanent ban. Anti-disinformation campaigners say the success of the initiative now depends on how strictly Twitter enforces it.
Rep. Ayanna Presley and Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren, Democrats of Massachusetts, are introducing a bill to fully end qualified immunity, a legal doctrine that protects police and law enforcement officials from civil liability in cases where they are accused of violating someone’s constitutional rights.
White House pulls nomination of embattled budget chief pick Neera Tanden.
Democratic Senator Chris Murphy introduces universal background check law.
Rep. Ronny Jackson made sexual comments, violated alcohol policy and took sleeping pills when he was the White House physician, Pentagon watchdog report finds. The Department of Defense inspector general has issued a scathing review of Rep. Ronny Jackson during his time serving as the top White House physician, concluding that he made "sexual and denigrating" comments about a female subordinate, violated the policy for drinking alcohol while on a presidential trip and took prescription-strength sleeping medication that prompted concerns from his colleagues about his ability to provide proper care.
Amazon Has Become a Prime Revolving-Door Destination in Washington.
South Carolina Senate adds firing squad as alternative execution method.
Taylor Swift is blasting a Netflix series for a "deeply sexist" joke about her that she says is "degrading hard working women".
Six Dr. Seuss books — including “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” and “If I Ran the Zoo” — will stop being published because of racist and insensitive imagery, the business that preserves and protects the author's legacy said Tuesday.
HIV findings in DR Congo 'give hope for cure'.
Researchers in New Zealand have discovered three new shark species that glow in the dark. Among the three glowing sharks, the kitefin shark is now the largest-known luminous underwater creature.
Fossils of oldest titanosaur discovered in Argentina.
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Until next time, my friends. Stay safe and stay sane. Good night.
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