From CNN White House Correspondent MJ Lee: Kamala Harris tests Positive for Covid
Vice President Kamala Harris has tested positive for Covid, White House says.
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Elon Musk makes offer to purchase Twitter outright
Elon Musk has filed a purchase request with the SEC.
From Dylan Matthews at Vox: How I (and US policymakers) got inflation wrong
Dylan Matthews explains how he (and a lot of other people) got inflation wrong.
From CNN Business: Deutsche Bank is the first big bank to forecast a US recession
The Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation will spark a recession in the United States that begins late next year, Deutsche Bank warned on Tuesday.
From Reason: The Supreme Court Says You Can Sue Cops Who Frame You on False Charges
From Reason: Police officers could frame people, file bogus charges, conjure evidence out of thin air—and, in most of the U.S., they would still be immune from facing any sort of civil accountability for...
From Variety: Will Smith Resigns From Academy Over Chris Rock Oscars Slap Backlash
From Variety: Will Smith, facing possible expulsion or suspension after he assaulted Chris Rock during last Sunday’s Oscars telecast, has instead resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. The move comes...
A Comment on Comments
Do we always agree? No, but that’s the beauty of this. Do we agree on key points? Typically I don’t think we are as far apart as it comes across.
From ABC news: Madeleine Albright, 1st female secretary of state, dead at 84
Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as U.S. secretary of state, died Wednesday from cancer at age 84, according to her family.
From the New York Times editorial board: America Has a Free Speech Problem
For all the tolerance and enlightenment that modern society claims, Americans are losing hold of a fundamental right as citizens of a free country: the right to speak their minds and voice their opinions in public without fear of being shamed or shunned.
From NPR: The Senate approves a bill to make daylight saving time permanent
The Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would make daylight saving time permanent across the U.S. beginning in 2023.
From the Associated Press: CDC: Many healthy Americans can take a break from masks
Most Americans live in places where healthy people, including students in schools, can safely take a break from wearing masks under new U.S. guidelines released Friday.
From NBC News: Biden Picks Jackson for Supreme Court, Putting Her on a Path to History
President Joe Biden will nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court, according to a person familiar with his selection.
Former Officers Found Guilty of Violating George Floyd’s Civil Rights
The three former Minneapolis police officers involved in the George Floyd arrest and death were found guilty of all charges of violating his civil rights.
From The Independent: Jean-Luc Brunel: Jeffrey Epstein-linked fashion agent found dead in cell
Additionally, the cameras monitoring the cell were reportedly not working
Persecution: RNC Censors Cheney, Kinzinger
RNC calls trying to subvert the election process “legitimate political discourse”.
