Biden German Shepherd has aggressive incident and is sent back to Delaware  —  Washington (CNN)The two German Shepherds belonging to President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden were returned to the Biden family home in Delaware last week after aggressive behavior at the White House involving Major Biden …

BuzzFeed Announces Deep Cuts To HuffPost Staff After Acquisition  —  BuzzFeed acquired HuffPost from Verizon Media in February.  —  BuzzFeed announced layoffs for the HuffPost newsroom on Tuesday, three weeks after acquiring HuffPost from Verizon Media in February.

Some GOPers Want To Run An Old Playbook On Vanita Gupta.  It May Not Work This Time.  —  The civil rights leader has a ton of support from law enforcement organizations.  Some Republicans want to paint her as anti-cop anyway.  —  Two decades ago, a former rodeo cowboy went undercover in Tulia, Texas.

The Almost Big F*cking Deal in the COVID Relief Bill  —  The bill corrects the ‘subsidy cliff,’ which made health insurance unaffordable for millions and frustrated reform efforts.  But the fix only lasts two years.  —  Getting rid of the ACA's ‘subsidy cliff’ can open the door to a whole spectrum …

President Carter Statement on Efforts to Restrict Voting Access  —  In 1962, I ran to represent the 14th Senate District in the Georgia legislature.  I won my Senate seat, but only after the courts ruled that a ballot box had been illegally “stuffed” with votes for my opponent.

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was in direct contact with rioters before and during Capitol breach, U.S. alleges  —  U.S. prosecutors alleged Monday that Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was in direct contact before, during and immediately after the Jan. 6 Capitol breach …

‘Bad news’: Wave of GOP retirements signals battles ahead  —  This is not the way Republicans wanted to begin the year.  —  Missouri's Roy Blunt on Monday became the fifth Republican senator to announce he will not seek reelection, a retirement wave that portends an ugly campaign season next year …

Entire Staff of Nevada Democratic Party Quits After Democratic Socialist Slate Won Every Seat … Not long after Judith Whitmer won her election on Saturday to become chair of the Nevada Democratic Party, she got an email from the party's executive director, Alana Mounce.

Making Senators Orate Won't Blunt the Filibuster  —  Can obstructionism be deterred by forcing politicians to give long speeches?  The question answers itself.  —  Oy, Frank Capra.  We're back to chattering about the “talking” filibuster — the idea that filibusters should be performed …

Brood X cicadas are about to put on one of the wildest shows in nature.  And D.C. is the main stage.  —  “We are at the epicenter of an event that happens nowhere else on the planet,” an entomologist said.  “It blows your mind.”  —  They've been buried — alive — for 17 years.

Bush and Clinton portraits are back on display in White House's Grand Foyer  —  Washington (CNN)The White House has rehung the official presidential portraits of former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton after they were removed last July during the Trump administration, an official tells CNN.

Identity-obsessed liberals and social justice are the roots of ‘cancel culture’  —  “Cancel culture” is the popular phrase of the times, with everything from Dr. Seuss books to cartoon characters being forced out of circulation.  But cancel culture is simply the next logical point in the brain rot …

Harry and Meghan: The union of two great houses, the Windsors and the Celebrities, is complete  —  Patrick Freyne: After Harry and Meghan, the monarchy looks archaic and racist.  Well duh  — Video  — Images  —  Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle have hit out at the British monarchy …

Politico's Eugene Daniels: ‘We Are Changing Who Is Allowed To Talk About Politics And Who Is Allowed At The Table’  —  Eugene Daniels says he's a “big, huge history nerd and a big news nerd,” and last fall he told his bosses at Politico what he wanted to do after the 2020 election.

Good News about the Pfizer Vaccine  —  In Your Face, Variants!  —  In the tug of war between pandemic optimism and pandemic pessimism, one of the recurring arguments from the side of pessimism is that the virus is always mutating, mutated versions have in some cases become more contagious and more virulent …

How to Put Out Democracy's Dumpster Fire  —  This article was published online on March 8, 2021.  —  To read the diary of Gustave de Beaumont, the traveling companion of Alexis de Tocqueville, is to understand just how primitive the American wilderness once seemed to visiting Frenchmen.

Maker of Dove Soap Will Drop the Word ‘Normal’ From Beauty Products  —  Unilever, which owns brands like Dove and Sunsilk, said a study had found that the word “normal” makes most people feel excluded.  A spokeswoman said it would remove it from more than 200 products.

First independent report into Xinjiang genocide allegations claims evidence of Beijing's ‘intent to destroy’ Uyghur people  —  Hong Kong (CNN)The Chinese government's alleged actions in Xinjiang have violated every single provision in the United Nations' Genocide Convention …

House Democrats end controversial consultant ban  —  House Democrats' campaign arm is officially ending its controversial ban on political consultants who work with candidates challenging sitting Democratic incumbents in primaries, clinching a major victory for progressives.

Republican donations surge despite corporate boycott after Capitol riots  —  (Reuters) - Right after the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, dozens of U.S. companies announced they would halt political donations to the 147 Republican lawmakers who voted to overturn Donald Trump's presidential election loss.

Many ‘Long Covid’ Patients Had No Symptoms From Their Initial Infection  —  An analysis of electronic medical records in California found that 32 percent started with asymptomatic infections but reported troubling aftereffects weeks and months later.  —  Many people who experience long-term symptoms …

DeSantis' political fortunes a focus of Manatee vaccine event, texts show  —  Text messages between a Manatee County commissioner and a developer show that DeSantis' office asked county officials to bypass its regular selection process in favor of a handpicked list.

Inside Team Trump's New Plot to Suppress the Vote Under Biden  —  Multiple state-level efforts to curb voting have made Democrats' consideration of voting rights legislation in Congress, like H.R. 1, feel even more urgent.  —  Donald Trump has made it clear that he wants election crackdowns …

Ayn Rand Devotee and Never Trumper Drives Parler's Reboot  —  Amy Peikoff is a blogger, lawyer, PhD and unabashed Objectivist  —  A few years ago, a lawyer with a PhD in philosophy named Amy Peikoff appeared on Fox News and defended Amazon.com Inc.'s pay practices.

Relief bill is most significant legislation for Black farmers since Civil Rights Act, experts say  —  $5 billion would go to farmers of color, who have lost 90 percent of their land over the past century because of systemic discrimination and a cycle of debt

Rep. Dan Crenshaw Decided Pandemic Was Perfect Time to Buy and Not Disclose Stocks  —  “Members of Congress should not be actively trading securities in the middle of a crisis,” said Ben Edwards, a securities law expert at the University of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Democrats Refusing to Fight for $15 Are the Best Allies Republicans Have  —  When eight members of the Senate Democratic Caucus blocked a wage hike, they endangered Democratic prospects in 2022.  —  The Republican Party is in chaos.  Defeated former President Donald Trump remains …

DeSantis faces deepening controversy over vaccines for ultra-rich Florida community  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said “the state was not involved” in helping to vaccinate 1,200 residents of the super-rich Ocean Reef community in January.  — But both the hospital system that supplied …