Here’s an excerpt from a WaPo article on growing worries within the Democratic caucus that Republicans will successfully use anti-immigration demagoguery to pick off vulnerable congresspeople in November: President Biden is facing a growing mutiny from Democratic candidates — including five vulnerable senators — who are questioning his administration’s decision to lift a pandemic health …
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Late Night Open Thread: Everything’s Bigger in Texas, Including the Manure Piles
interstate human trafficking to own the libs https://t.co/Leudg2zZon — zeddy (@Zeddary) April 6, 2022 … Some of them achieve a near approach to sentience, and might even get elected Governor! Greg Abbott Stakes Claim as Most Evil Governor in America With Plan to Bus Immigrants to Washington, D.C.https://t.co/9zJXpyDRaQ — Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) April 6, 2022 …
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Wednesday Morning Open Thread: Some BFDs
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is seeking reelection. Her announcement ends speculation that she would retire as Democrats face the threat of losing control of Congress in the 2022 midterms. https://t.co/odyqROTYf6 — The Associated Press (@AP) January 26, 2022 … By announcing she would seek a 19th term, Pelosi avoids becoming a lame duck in a …
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Pandemic Horror Stories: ‘Coronavirus infections at U.S. meat plants far higher than previous estimates -House subcommittee’
wow, the Covid situation at the meatpacking plants was WAY worse than we thought at one Tyson plant in Texas, about 50% of the staff had Covid via @leahjdouglashttps://t.co/MbWlv69OZz — Deena Shanker (@deenashanker) October 27, 2021 This is *not* actually new information — I kept starting posts with news stories about the terrible conditions in …
Open Thread: Good News for Afghan Refugees (and Americans, Too)
NEW: The Biden administration is taking an unprecedented step to resettle the 55,600 Afghan evacuees from the US military bases where they've been living for weeks and into permanent homes. Latest: https://t.co/AQk55dHCQk — Priscilla Alvarez (@priscialva) October 23, 2021 … The move marks the biggest change to the resettlement program since 1980, when the modern-day …
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Excellent (Long) Read: “Afghans arrived near a small Virginia town…”
Afghans arrived near a small Virginia town, exposing two different versions of America https://t.co/BgVtxoNzrS — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 25, 2021 The Washington Post once again demonstrating why local reporting is important: BLACKSTONE, Va. — Mayor Billy Coleburn finished his burger, pulled out his cellphone and braced himself for the two dozen Facebook notifications …
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Tuesday Morning Open Thread: Why Is It Always *Democrats* Who Have to Be the Grown-Ups?
For better… The Biden administration, fulfilling an earlier pledge, says the U.S. will take in 125,000 refugees and their families next year. Former President Donald Trump had capped the number at 15,000, a historic low. https://t.co/wgcx3ws5yj — The Associated Press (@AP) September 21, 2021 The Biden administration announced Monday morning an interagency plan to deal …