“‘Say stuff we don’t like and you should expect the government to retaliate’ is really an amazing new conservative position.” — Sarah Longwell
"Democrats have better ideas, better candidates, and a better vision for tomorrow. What they don't have is better messaging and I'm going to try and change that." — Don Winslow
Deaths
US: 1,018,335
World: 6,243,199
Cases
US: 82,662,748
World: 509,542,737
GOP lawmakers were deeply involved in Trump plans to overturn election, new evidence suggests. Republican members of Congress were heavily involved in calls and meetings with former President Donald Trump and his top aides as they devised a strategy to overturn the election in December 2020, according to new evidence filed in federal court late Friday. Deposition excerpts filed by the Jan 6. select committee — part of an effort to force former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to appear for an interview — suggest that some of Trump’s top allies in Congress were frequently present in meetings where a handful of strategies to prevent then-President-elect Joe Biden from taking office were discussed, including efforts to replace the leadership of the Justice Department with figures who would sow doubts about the legitimacy of the election. — Voting more Republicans into Congress will only endanger our Republic. Vote Blue and keep Republicans from turning our Republic into a totalitarian state.
“Today’s Republican Party, which is by no means conservative, wants the state to regulate many aspects of our private lives: our political beliefs, what we read, who we marry, when we have families. They’re not anti-government, they’re anti-governments that aren’t run by them.” — Jon Favreau
Emmanuel Macron wins France's presidential election. Emmanuel Macron has won France's presidential election, fending off a historic challenge from far-right candidate Marine Le Pen during Sunday's runoff vote. Macron took 58.55% of Sunday's vote, making him the first French leader to be reelected in 20 years.
Russia descends even deeper into medieval barbarism, as a pundit argues on state TV that the exits at Azovstal should be sealed off with concrete. Host prefers the idea of capturing Ukrainians and showing them at public markets, allowing anyone to do "whatever they want" to them.
Utah Democrats throw support behind independent Evan McMullin to take on Mike Lee. The Utah Democratic Party on Saturday threw its support behind the independent candidacy of former presidential contender Evan McMullin to take on GOP Sen. Mike Lee. The decision to get behind McMullin could help bolster his Senate bid at a time when Lee is on the defensive over newly revealed text messages showing he communicated for weeks with then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows about the effort to overturn the 2020 election. -- Mike Lee is a traitor.
Beijing races to contain 'urgent and grim' Covid outbreak as Shanghai lockdown continues. Beijing is racing to track a Covid-19 outbreak that may have been spreading in the capital for a week, city authorities said on Saturday, raising the prospect more stringent restrictions could soon be implemented in line with other Chinese cities.
10 notable books that are coming under attack. Efforts to remove books from libraries or limit their availability to teenagers and younger children have stepped up amid culture wars on race, gender and sexuality…The American Library Association (ALA) reported a record number of “challenged” books in 2021, a designation it gives to books that have been subject to attempted removals or being restricted based upon the objections of a person or group. Here are 10 of the books that have repeatedly been the focus of attacks.
Twitter bans ads that contradict science on climate change. Twitter says it will no longer allow advertisers on its site who deny the scientific consensus on climate change, echoing a policy already in place at Google.
Gov. Greg Abbott truck inspections turned up zero drugs, migrants but cost Texas $4.2 billion. Abbott ordered the enhanced truck inspections in response to President Joe Biden ending Title 42, a border policy that allowed federal agents to quickly deport migrants attempting to enter the country citing COVID-19 restrictions.
Washington senator pushing for SAFE Banking Act to help stop violent pot shop robberies. The act would enable pot shops throughout the country, in states where marijuana is legal, to work with banks. Most stores are cash-only because of current federal regulations.
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