Two years after January 6, Republicans are still locked in a battle for personal political power.
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Two years after January 6, Republicans are still locked in a battle for personal political power.
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Child poverty backdrops this latest capitalist crisis, in recent years ushering in a damning rise in infant mortality. In adulthood, people are facing shorter lives. These unprecedented changes in the state of public health are unacceptable, and urgent action is needed to reverse them and end the inequalities they represent. One often-overlooked element of public […]
The great Simon Maloy died a few years ago. I didn't know him well IRL, but I did meet him a couple times. His legacy is bigger than one great tweet, but he did have one great tweet. He should have been here for this (and many other things)."matt schlapp" is the sound made by two pork chops falling onto a linoleum floor
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) June 15, 2018
A staffer for Herschel Walker’s Senate campaign has alleged to The Daily Beast that longtime Republican activist Matt Schlapp made “sustained and unwanted and unsolicited” sexual contact with him while the staffer was driving Schlapp back from an Atlanta bar this October.
Dear Republican Members-Elect of the House of Representatives,
Thanks so much for this extension on all the reports I was supposed to prepare for members of the House to start reviewing this week as part of their new committee assignments. I really appreciate it.
I was getting super stressed juggling everything—trying to figure out when or if I’ll ever have to pay back my student loans, waiting on hold with Southwest Airlines, traveling over state lines to get safe prenatal care, and helping my neighbors escape from cars stranded in the snow. Modern life is a lot, you know? Adulting. It’s a lot. And then, on top of everything, I got the triple whammy—COVID, RSV, and the flu. By the way, if you saw me in the building today, you might want to wear a mask for a while, unless your constituents would think that makes you one of the sheeple. No judgment.
Ultranationalists are in the driver's seat in Israel's new government.
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In the wake of the George Floyd uprisings, a union of Black security workers and long-time community de-escalators in Minneapolis re-envisioned community safety through an apprenticeship. They’re already saving lives.