Connect! Unite! Act! Do you have a favorite film of 2021?
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Connect! Unite! Act! is a weekly series that seeks to create face-to-face networks in each congressional district. Groups meet regularly to socialize, get out the vote, support candidates, and engage in other local political actions that help our progressive
Oregon scientists unveil 'strategic forest reserves' plan to mitigate climate change
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The Pacific Northwest holds a special distinction in the United States for its clusters of biodiverse forests and vast wildernesses. Those natural wonders just may serve as a key component when it comes to fighting climate change, according to a study re
Study finds 1 in 5 nurses want to quit their careers as pandemic takes extreme toll on mental health
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While health care workers have been providing care for thousands across the country, little to no care is available for them—especially mental health care. In the past two years, hospitals nationwide struggled with a rise in hospitalizations due to th
Report from House Oversight Committee emphasizes how Trump deliberately suppressed COVID-19 data
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On Feb. 25, 2020 Nancy Messonier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, gave a somber warning of what lay ahead. Americans, said Dr. Messonier, should expect “disruption to everyday life may be severe.“ She e
'Stop the Steal' organizer's testimony reveals clear links to sedition-minded House members
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Criminals aren’t always the brightest bulbs on the marquee, but even the least savvy of these fiends do what they can to cover their tracks. The ambulatory TruckNutz who planned the Jan. 6 Capitol coup, on the other hand? They’re like if Jeff Dahmer
Anti-vaxx Chronicles: 'Beloved' police officer was a freedom-loving wolf, or so he thought
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This series documents stories from the Herman Cain Awards subreddit, tracking the COVID mis- and disinformation on Facebook that is leading to so many deaths. Today’s cautionary tale was a cop.
Liz Cheney is going for the jugular. It may be the only way out
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Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, vice chair of the House Select Committee on the Jan. 6 Attack, is acting with the urgency of a woman whose days may be numbered. As she stares down the political headwinds of Donald Trump's fury, Cheney's political future is undoub
Prosecutor’s conspiracy case against ‘antifa’ appears based on same old antisemitic Soros smear
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The antisemitism that animates so much of Republican politics seems to just keep popping out unbidden, particularly the right-wing devotion to the garbage conspiracy theory blaming George Soros as the source of everything they want to demonize as an existenti
Texas Republicans use prison gerrymandering to boost GOP power
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One of the most alarming things about a recent Dallas Morning News analysis of how Texas’ state prison and jail populations factor into redistricting lies in a brief paragraph under the “corrections” section. The paper does a stunnin
Five Republican governors demand National Guard vaccination mandate exemption
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The Republican governors of five states are asking (or demanding, depending how you read it) that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III exempt their states’ National Guards from the military’s vaccination requirements. Separately, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott anno
Voting Rights Roundup: New Pennsylvania maps represent major break with past GOP gerrymanders
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Programming Note: The Voting Rights Roundup will be taking a break for the holidays but will return the week of Jan. 8.
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● Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania's bipartisan legislative redistricting commission gave initial approval to new maps on Thursda
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Omicron is coming but there's some good news about how it's hitting S.A.
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Our playbook to fight covid-19 is outdated. Here are 10 updates for 2022.
Make rapid antigen tests the gold standard for testing instead of PCR tests.
Yes, PCR tests are more sensitive than antigen tests, but the time lag in rep
News Roundup: Manchin's egomania might be insurmountable; parliamentarian shmentarian
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Hello Friday, folks! The weekend is here. If you need to do last-minute shopping for holiday events, make sure you wear a mask and wash your hands! The only time I ever hope that there is a hell is when I think about rich people like Sen. Joe Manchi
Watchdog group says newfound docs about Kanye West's 2020 run show he was likely a 'GOP plant'
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To most of us, Kanye West’s short-lived presidential run was just one more sideshow to the existing circus surrounding everything former President Donald Trump touched in 2020.
West was largely dismissed, and some even felt that perhaps he was going throug
In devastating blow to family separation victims, Justice Department ends settlement negotiations
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In a devastating development for thousands of children and parents who were forcibly separated and traumatized by the previous presidential administration, the Justice Department has ended settlement talks with families who have filed legal action agains
AAPI advocates say Massachusetts city council member should resign over racist Halloween costume
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Calls for the resignation of a Massachusetts city council member continue after the discovery of an anti-Asian Halloween costume she once wore. Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) activists in Malden, Massachusetts, are urging Jadeane Sica t
Former student from Missouri awarded $4M in damages after being denied access to boys' bathroom
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As Republicans continue to find fresh energy to push discriminatory anti-trans legislation, following the news can feel pretty frustrating and depressing. With that in mind, it’s important to celebrate every win we can. A recent example comes to us from th
Kim Potter takes the stand to answer for shooting death of Daunte Wright
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Former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter took the stand shortly before 11 AM local time on Friday at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Potter is facing one count of first-degree manslaughter and one count of seco
The virus is not tired of you: Fast-spreading omicron shows 'at most limited changes in severity'
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Friday is another day of very mixed messages on omicron. Some hopeful results out of South Africa show the number of daily cases taking a slight drop in the Gauteng district where the variant first became dominant. There has also been a decline in patien
Herschel Walker intercepted by reports that he lied about graduating from college
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Is it really surprising to anyone that Georgia Senate candidate and Trump bootlicker Herschel Walker lied about graduating from college? When do Republicans ever play fair and speak the truth? I’m waiting …
But, big props to Atlanta Journa
Anti-vaxx Chronicles: This guy had a catchphrase and everything!
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This series documents stories from the Herman Cain Awards subreddit. tracking the COVID mis- and disinformation on Facebook that is leading to so many deaths. Today’s cautionary tale thought he was being used. He never said what for.
Conspiracy theories hook people with claims of violence against children—and that harms children
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When social media started blaring stories that online retailer Wayfair was secretly selling abducted children in the summer of 2020, it mostly elicited eyerolls and sarcastic responses. But those claims also generated real and lasting harm.
As the BBC r
Anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. blames wife for holiday party invites with vaccine mandates and testing
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is frivolously suing Daily Kos in order to stifle free speech and try and bully people with a lot less resources than RFK Jr. and his anti-vaxx squad into not talking about how anti-vaxxers and neo-Nazis and white supremacist a
Dominion wins another round in court as Fox News fails in attempt to dismiss suit
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Earlier this year, Dominion Voting Systems released the anti-kraken, filing a $1.3 billion lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Mike Lindell, and a $1.6 billion suit against Fox News. Dominion later added Newsmax and One Amer
'Critical race theory' gets headlines, but students across the country are fighting racism at school
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White parents in school districts and states around the country have gone screaming to school boards and state governments about how their children were being harmed by the teaching of “critical race theory” in schools. Meanwhile, not only is “crit
Hope for voting rights? Manchin reportedly 'engaged' in filibuster reform discussions
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The last several days have seen several moderate Senate Democrats newly announce their support for filibuster reform in order to pass critical voting rights legislation.
«The Senate has shown it cannot do its basic duty and find 60 Senators to suppor
Virginia Democrats can’t be bothered to protect abortion rights—because of their vacation plans
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As we come to the end of the year, so-called “lame duck” sessions of state legislatures mull about and make plans to vacation. In Virginia, Democrats retain a 21-19 majority in the state Senate until the new year, when Republicans will take over control o
Roger Stone begs for money to help him plead the Fifth
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Conspiracy theorist, Trump ally, and wearer of mostly tacky overpriced clothes Roger Stone appeared for deposition before the Jan. 6 committee on Friday and as he broadcast earlier this month, he invoked his Fifth Amendment right to every quest
Republican Party may inexplicably spend more than 1 million dollars on Trump's legal bills
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Republicans are proving to be such a bunch of suckers, and Donald Trump never had it so good.
For decades, Trump personally profited through corrupt and potentially illegal business practices that are now the subject of multiple probes in New York state. Th
FDA ends requirement for abortion pills to be dispensed in person
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Abortion rights are under threat in states across the country and at the Supreme Court, but women seeking the right to make their own medical decisions had an important win on Thursday. The Food and Drug Administration ended a requirement that mifepristo
White House slams parliamentarian's 'deeply disappointing' opinion as calls to overrule her grow
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The Senate’s parliamentarian has for the third time issued a nonbinding opinion against the inclusion of protections for millions of undocumented immigrants in President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda.
For months, legislators have stead
Manchin's latest massive blow to Build Back Better shows him for the bumbling egomaniac he is
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Sen. Joe Manchin came up with a new demand to weaken and delay President Joe Biden’s agenda this week, leaving Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin “stunned” as well as “frustrated and disappointed.” Manchin now insists that the extension of the expande
Georgia GOP lawmakers urged Perdue to avoid divisive primary against Kemp. It didn't go well
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Georgia Republicans are already bracing for what they expect to be one of the state’s most bitter intra-party battles in modern memory. Two of their own—both generally well-liked and regarded—will spend the first half of 2022 shredding each other i
House Select Committee on Jan. 6 issues subpoena to PowerPoint presenter Phil Waldron
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The House Select Committee on Jan. 6 has issued a subpoena to retired Army Col. James “Phil” Waldron, directing him to appear before the committee and testify to his role in creating a presentation on how Republicans could subvert the 2020 election,
Georgia GOP lawmakers urged Perdue to sit out 2022. He laughed
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Georgia Republicans are already bracing for what they expect to be one of the state’s most bitter intra-party battles in modern memory. Two of their own—both generally well-liked and regarded—will spend the first half of 2022 shredding each other i
'I'm afraid,' mother says as expanded child tax credit looks likely to lapse
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Since July, the lives of tens of millions of children across the U.S. have gotten better thanks to one simple government program: the expanded child tax credit. The last monthly payment included in the American Rescue Plan went out on Wednesday, though, virtu
Millions of kids may go hungry (again) if Congress lets child tax credit lapse
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Since July, the lives of tens of millions of children across the U.S. have gotten better thanks to one simple government program: the expanded child tax credit. The last monthly payment included in the American Rescue Plan went out on Wednesday, though, virtu
Morning Digest: North Carolina Democrat now has a clear Senate primary as GOP keeps slugging it out
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Ex-president Donald Trump’s ex-chief of staff, Mark Meadows, is in the hot seat of his own making. First, he agreed to testify before the January 6th House committee, then, he got cold feet after he had already handed over thousands of docu
