It is Friday! Republican Senate ogre Mitch McConnell was able to find nine other GOP senators willing to extend the payments for debt they created, at least for another couple of months. Texas continues to do whatever reactionary bigot Gov. Abbott (and his billionaire donor) wants do these days. And young alleged white supremacist murderer Kyle Rittenhouse has a new, grotesque defense.
Here are some of the stories you may have missed:
And from the community:
Here are some of the stories you may have missed:
- Raskin floats inherent contempt as former Trump aides defy Jan. 6 subpoenas
- White House formally rejects Trump's executive privilege claim on Jan. 6 documents
- If this discriminatory sports bill in Texas is giving you deja vu, imagine how trans youth feel
- Nearly 98% of Greg Abbott's border wall crowdfunding came from one billionaire donor
- Debt limit catastrophe reprieve shows we can't afford Manchin and Sinema and their arrogant games
- Manchin helps Republicans shift debt ceiling narrative away from their dangerous disarray
- Kyle Rittenhouse's lawyers claim hunting laws allowed him to carry an AR-15 assault rifle to protest
- New study finds that 1 out of 500 kids in the U.S. has lost a caregiver to COVID-19
And from the community: