Politics

News Roundup: The Republican-backed return of McCarthyism, Soviet ambitions, and polio

Youngkin is asking parents to report teachers who bring up ‘divisive’ topics. But what counts as ‘divisive’ to a movement…

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Veteran moderate Democrat Jim Cooper will retire after Tennessee GOP gerrymanders his House seat

The younger Cooper worked as an attorney before he sought elected office in 1982 campaigning for the sprawling 4th District,…

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Wisconsin Republicans want to make it easier for teens to tote guns onto school grounds. Yes, really

The series of bills proposed by Wisconsin lawmakers includes Assembly Bill 498, which would lower the minimum age for getting…

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Neil Young pens open letter to Spotify: ‘They can have [Joe] Rogan or Young. Not both’

Young’s letter focused on how much damage Rogan and his (frequently) right-wing and science skeptic guests—coupled with generally unmitigated bullshit being spewed about health—could…

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Get-rich-quick schemes spread COVID-19 lies with help from the GOP and Sinema

I’m sure I’m not alone in being cornered into hearing a sales pitch from a family member, friend, or long-lost acquaintance…

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Linda Willis found a crane operator poised to tear down her home—then learned it wasn’t hers anymore

Apparently, Linda Willis was the victim of the kind of fraud real estate attorney Rick Alembik told the news station…

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RFK Jr.’s wife calls his Anne Frank anti-mask analogy ‘reprehensible and insensitive’

An entire day of responses to RFK Jr.’s terrible speech included this very personal one from his sister. x Bobby’s…

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‘Adiós Sinema’: Voto Latino announces campaign to replace Arizona senator

Kumar said in announcing the campaign on Rachel Maddow’s show Monday night that the organization “did not make this decision…

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GOP attorney general in Virginia ousts Jan. 6 investigator from university job

“It is common practice for an incoming administration to appoint new staff that share the philosophical and legal approach of…

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Obamacare is stronger than ever under Biden, but Manchin could destroy all those gains

Campaign Action The health provisions in BBB would, in part, extend the expansion of subsidies through 2025. Under these expansions…

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