Joe Biden Botches the Georgia Voting Law  —  His claim that the law prohibits giving water to voters standing on line is way off base.  —  Joe Biden, grasping the latest left-wing talking point pushed by Stacey Abrams and her media allies everywhere, has launched a misleading attack …

O'Rourke slams Cruz for video of border visit  —  Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) on Friday slammed Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) for videos he posted from the southern border in which he claimed that smugglers were “yelling” at and taunting him.  —  In a video posted on Twitter early Friday morning …

New Suez crisis: a global economy creaking under the strain  —  Stuck container ship symbolises the problems many supply chains are facing after a year-long pandemic  —  Gamal Abdel Nasser would surely afford himself a wry smile.  Sixty-five years after the late Egyptian president nationalised …

HARPERCOLLINS MOURNS THE LOSS OF BELOVED CHILDREN'S BOOK AUTHOR BEVERLY CLEARY  —  NEW YORK, NY: Beloved Children's book author Beverly Cleary died on March 25, 2021, in Carmel, California, where she'd lived since the 1960s.  She was 104 years old.  —  Beverly Cleary's first book …

The popularity of Congress is at its highest level in more than a decade as stimulus checks hit bank accounts  —  For the second time in the pandemic era, Congress is experiencing a burst of relative popularity, the normally reviled institution winning public support in the early days of a Democratic-run Washington.

Note to Mitch McConnell: The Senate's longest filibuster was definitely racist  —  At his first White House news conference Thursday, President Biden said he agreed with former president Barack Obama that the filibuster is “a relic of the Jim Crow era.”  This follows a Tuesday statement …

Union president says MLB players ready to discuss moving All-Star Game from Georgia in wake of voter-restriction laws  —  The 91st MLB All-Star Game is scheduled to be played in Atlanta this July.  —  But on Thursday, in the wake of voting-restriction legislation signed into law by the Georgia governor …

GOP senator flashes congressional pin after car was pulled over by Capitol Police, sources say  —  (CNN)It was Thursday afternoon before a Senate recess was about to begin, and senators were in a hurry — especially Marsha Blackburn.  —  As senators bolted from the chamber after the week's final vote …

Michigan GOP leader calls top Democrats ‘witches,’ jokes about assassination of Republicans  —  The head of the Michigan GOP came under fire Friday for calling three female Democratic leaders “witches” to be burned “at the stake” and for mentioning “assassination” as an option for how to oust …

It's Official.  “Vaccine Passports” Are Required In New York  —  This happened even sooner than most people expected.  We were warned at the beginning of the month that New York State was working to implement a system of immunity passports for people who wish to reenter most “normal” aspects of society.

Sharon Osbourne Is Out at ‘The Talk’  —  After the longtime panelist offered a controversial defense of friend Piers Morgan, past colleagues came out with more accusations of racist language and behavior.  —  Sharon Osbourne is out of the conversation, parting ways with The Talk in the wake …

Biden Doesn't Need to Be FDR or LBJ to Change America  —  Two months into his presidency, Joe Biden has already enacted “the largest antipoverty effort in a generation.”  Now, with the momentum built by the passage of the American Rescue Plan, the president is poised to “reengineer America” …

Fast Food Giant Claims Credit For Killing $15 Minimum Wage  —  In internal company documents, a private-equity owned conglomerate is bragging to its employees about successfully blocking a boost in pay for low-wage workers.  —  2 hr ago  —  The parent company of some of America's largest fast food chains …

Gov. Andrew Cuomo Aides Receive Subpoenas in Sexual-Harassment Investigation  —  Melissa DeRosa, a top official, is among those requested to produce documents as part of probe  —  The New York state attorney general's office has subpoenaed dozens of officials in the Cuomo administration …

The Return of Mass Shootings  —  Will there be a way forward this time?  —  One of the small, rueful truths that many Americans held in the back of their minds throughout the pandemic year was that, for all of its horrors, it had at least reduced, or even eliminated, the spectacle of the gun massacre.

Reporters, legal observers cry foul after being caught up in LAPD's mass arrests at Echo Park protest  —  Reporters and legal observers who were detained or arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department during a mass arrest of protesters in Echo Park on Thursday night were sounding alarms Friday …

Democrats introduce ‘DeJoy Act’ in opening salvo against USPS leader's mail-slowing plan  —  Prospects for the legislation are unclear, but the move displays deep divisions between the postmaster general and Congress  —  Democrats are swarming to block a key piece of Postmaster General Louis …

The Cuomo Scandals: This Is CNN  —  The governor's brother hyped his Covid case last spring.  Now it turns out he got special treatment.  —  Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a new scandal, and this one involves CNN.  The Albany Times Union reports that, early in the Covid pandemic …

US fears China is flirting with seizing control of Taiwan  —  Chinese warplanes fly through island's air defence zone in latest show of strength by Beijing  —  The US is concerned that China is flirting with the idea of seizing control of Taiwan as President Xi Jinping becomes more willing to take risks to boost his legacy.

The Hidden Hand Of Facial Recognition In The Capitol Insurrection Manhunt  —  The highly controversial tool isn't just for the feds anymore.  Online sleuths are quietly using it to hunt for rioters — like the man they've dubbed #NaziGrayHat.  —  At 19, Matthew Jason Beddingfield was charged …

My Cheshbon HaNefesh for Cowardice in the Face of Wokeness  —  The first time I remember hearing the term “woke” was at a gathering of Black and Jewish activists in New York City in the fall of 2016.  It was also the first time I encountered Black Lives Matter activists in person.

Why Did the Dean of the Most Diverse Law School in the Country Cancel Herself?  —  Was it the unfortunate use of a single word?  Or something far more complicated?  —  On the afternoon of Saturday, March 20, Mary Lu Bilek, who has spent 32 years at the law school at the City University of New York …

Since 1994, the GOP is getting a lot more bang (House seats) for its buck (votes)  —  I think about this graph from the Economist's Elliott Morris every few days.  —  (This is a normal thing that people do, thinking about graphs, and this is one that I happen to think about.)