In the news today: As the nation neared another Republican-demanded debt cliff, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell announced his party would begrudgingly accept a temporary debt ceiling extension to put the fight off until December. The House special committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection recently issued its first subpoenas; now it's following up by threatening swift criminal referrals for four Trump loyalists attempting to defy, on Trump's alleged orders, those subpoenas. Elsewhere in Republicanism, top party figures defended the rights of angry conspiracy theory-believing mobs threatening school boards, so this handbasket we're all in continues scraping toward its destination according to schedule.
Here's some of what you may have missed:
• McConnell blinks, won't filibuster debt ceiling hike
• Four Trump loyalists are on the brink of criminal referrals in Jan. 6 investigation
• We knew Greg Abbott's border scheme was reprehensible, but we’ve just barely scratched the surface
• Republicans are officially in favor of threats to school board members
• Police interest in joining Oath Keepers actually surged after Jan. 6, hacked data release exposes
• Did you know Sen. Kyrsten Sinema did a paid internship at a California winery during the pandemic?
Community Spotlight:
• Top Comments: Medicare and Drug Prices Edition
• Early-childhood education: our future’s most critical infrastructure
Also trending from the community:
• Chevron, not the DOJ, prosecutes a human rights activist, successfully sentencing him to prison
• Dispatch from the COVID-19 ER front lines
Here's some of what you may have missed:
• McConnell blinks, won't filibuster debt ceiling hike
• Four Trump loyalists are on the brink of criminal referrals in Jan. 6 investigation
• We knew Greg Abbott's border scheme was reprehensible, but we’ve just barely scratched the surface
• Republicans are officially in favor of threats to school board members
• Police interest in joining Oath Keepers actually surged after Jan. 6, hacked data release exposes
• Did you know Sen. Kyrsten Sinema did a paid internship at a California winery during the pandemic?
Community Spotlight:
• Top Comments: Medicare and Drug Prices Edition
• Early-childhood education: our future’s most critical infrastructure
Also trending from the community:
• Chevron, not the DOJ, prosecutes a human rights activist, successfully sentencing him to prison
• Dispatch from the COVID-19 ER front lines