In the news today: No matter how grotesque the behavior of House Republicans has gotten—or how dangerous—they continue to have the apparent full support of their party leaders. Ever-odious Rep. Paul Gosar was nearly giddy in promoting a new animated clip depicting him attacking and killing a fellow member of Congress; that sort of thing would get you fired and quite possibly arrested in any other workplace in America. Republican leadership is also ignoring attacks by House Republicans on House Republicans who voted for the so-called "bipartisan" infrastructure bill—attacks with rhetoric that's already led to death threats against their targets. A highly sought Republican candidate, in the meantime, was remarkably blunt in turning down his party's calls to trade in his day job for a post in the current do-nothing hellscape that is the U.S. Senate.
Here's some of what you may have missed:
• Paul Gosar isn't as funny as he thinks after tweet prompts calls for censure
• McCarthy refuses to act as his deplorables try to get their colleagues killed
• New Hampshire governor declines Senate bid, crushing McConnell's hopes
• Texas town's first Black principal fired over CRT, which school district admits was never taught
• Secret recordings after Columbine show how the NRA developed its school shootings playbook
Community Spotlight:
• Q-Anon in Dallas and space aliens in Iceland
• For Progressives to win we must learn enough about Racism to stop using Republican talking points
Also trending from the community:
• Hospitalized for a month with COVID-19, man returns to apologize to ICU staff for being unvaccinated
• Daily Bucket: The sheltering beauty of Plum Island, Massachusetts
Here's some of what you may have missed:
• Paul Gosar isn't as funny as he thinks after tweet prompts calls for censure
• McCarthy refuses to act as his deplorables try to get their colleagues killed
• New Hampshire governor declines Senate bid, crushing McConnell's hopes
• Texas town's first Black principal fired over CRT, which school district admits was never taught
• Secret recordings after Columbine show how the NRA developed its school shootings playbook
Community Spotlight:
• Q-Anon in Dallas and space aliens in Iceland
• For Progressives to win we must learn enough about Racism to stop using Republican talking points
Also trending from the community:
• Hospitalized for a month with COVID-19, man returns to apologize to ICU staff for being unvaccinated
• Daily Bucket: The sheltering beauty of Plum Island, Massachusetts