In the news today: Senate Republicans aren't budging from their vow to shut down the federal government—again—rather than voting with Democrats to keep it open. With the fall of Roe v. Wade in Texas, women in that state are now facing hours-long drives to out-of-state clinics. An already-disgraced House Republican is again attempting to distract from his own scandals by creating new ones, in this case by promoting the neo-Nazi "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory declaring that Democrats and "globalists" have been inundating the nation with nonwhite immigrants in order to weaken the power of whites. And yes, he heard it from Fox News' Tucker Carlson.
Here's some of what you may have missed:
• Senate Republicans set to vote to shut down the government and default on debts
• DHS secretary announces rule to protect DACA, urges permanent relief through reconciliation
• Matt Gaetz boosts neo-Nazi 'Great Replacement Theory' as Republicans turn full fascist
• Texas women driving hours, flooding clinics in Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Kansas for abortions
• Mitch McConnell's hijacking of the Supreme Court is backfiring bigly
Community Spotlight:
• Oregon Republicans rescue Democrats from themselves in redistricting fight
• The insidious bothsiderism of The Social Dilemma
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court and other judicial elections
Also trending from the community:
• Some dissent on the WaPo op-ed, 'Solar Energy’s Luster Dims in Rural Ohio' by Gary Abernathy
• Barron Trump's new Fla. school has mask mandate; Tucker's elite prep school requires vaccinations
Here's some of what you may have missed:
• Senate Republicans set to vote to shut down the government and default on debts
• DHS secretary announces rule to protect DACA, urges permanent relief through reconciliation
• Matt Gaetz boosts neo-Nazi 'Great Replacement Theory' as Republicans turn full fascist
• Texas women driving hours, flooding clinics in Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Kansas for abortions
• Mitch McConnell's hijacking of the Supreme Court is backfiring bigly
Community Spotlight:
• Oregon Republicans rescue Democrats from themselves in redistricting fight
• The insidious bothsiderism of The Social Dilemma
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court and other judicial elections
Also trending from the community:
• Some dissent on the WaPo op-ed, 'Solar Energy’s Luster Dims in Rural Ohio' by Gary Abernathy
• Barron Trump's new Fla. school has mask mandate; Tucker's elite prep school requires vaccinations