In the news today: Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema continue to imperil infrastructure and climate change legislation and continue to offer no specifics about how to gain their support. After months of this game, it's safe to say the rest of the Democratic caucus is fed up with the performance. New information on the January 6 insurrection shows the Trump-era Department of Homeland Security was downplaying the violence even as it unfolded on television screens. Any guesses why?
In better news, it turns out that "vaccine mandates" are working spectacularly when it comes to actually spurring Americans into getting their shots. But that doesn't mean Republican lies about the vaccine are letting up. Here's some of what you may have missed:
• Here's what's going on in the congressional clusterf#!k
• Over 30 minutes after Jan. 6 attack on Capitol began, DHS produced a memo downplaying the violence
• Majority of Americans say Supreme Court has gotten 'too partisan'
• Loud threats that people will quit jobs over vaccine mandates aren’t translating to much action
• Alaska mayor blames vaccine mandates for overwhelmed hospitals, but they're not in effect yet
Trending from the community:
• I've had quite a day. Here's the graph which caused such a fuss
• Here is a reply from Thom Tillis on a petition Dail Kos asked me to send on BBB
In better news, it turns out that "vaccine mandates" are working spectacularly when it comes to actually spurring Americans into getting their shots. But that doesn't mean Republican lies about the vaccine are letting up. Here's some of what you may have missed:
• Here's what's going on in the congressional clusterf#!k
• Over 30 minutes after Jan. 6 attack on Capitol began, DHS produced a memo downplaying the violence
• Majority of Americans say Supreme Court has gotten 'too partisan'
• Loud threats that people will quit jobs over vaccine mandates aren’t translating to much action
• Alaska mayor blames vaccine mandates for overwhelmed hospitals, but they're not in effect yet
Trending from the community:
• I've had quite a day. Here's the graph which caused such a fuss
• Here is a reply from Thom Tillis on a petition Dail Kos asked me to send on BBB