Biden defies expectations.  Again.  —  The Senate on Tuesday passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal with 19 Republican votes.  Had someone polled the White House press corps a month ago, few would have expected any bipartisan deal possible.  —  Journalists at mainstream media outlets are creatures of habit laced with cynicism.

How Many Other Andrew Cuomos Are Elites Covering For?  —  The media played cheerleader instead of investigator, enabling a powerful man to exploit women and elderly people for personal pleasure and political points.  Who else are they covering for?  —  All eyes were on Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday …

YouTube suspends Sen. Rand Paul over a video falsely claiming masks are ineffective  —  WASHINGTON — YouTube suspended Sen. Rand Paul's account on Tuesday for posting a video claiming cloth face masks are ineffective against the coronavirus.  —  “A badge of honor ... leftwing cretins …

Inside the Biden administration as Afghanistan collapses  —  The Taliban has stunned even some seasoned military and national security officials in the U.S. government with the speed of its conquests over the past week, sources with direct knowledge of the developments tell Axios.

Florida to receive hundreds of ventilators from U.S. government to help state's record hospitalizations  —  The federal government is sending hundreds of ventilators and other equipment to Florida — a response to the record number of coronavirus hospitalizations in a state that has become the epicenter of the U.S. pandemic.

Secret IRS Files Reveal How Much the Ultrawealthy Gained by Shaping Trump's “Big, Beautiful Tax Cut”  —  The Secret IRS Files … In November 2017, with the administration of President Donald Trump rushing to get a massive tax overhaul through Congress, Sen. Ron Johnson stunned his colleagues by announcing he would vote “no.”

Federal prosecutors came to suspect Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg lied, and considered charging him with perjury  —  New York (CNN)New York federal prosecutors came to suspect the Trump Organization's chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, lied in testimony during their investigation …

‘It Was Just Disbelief’: Parent Files Complaint Against Atlanta Elementary School After Learning the Principal Segregated Students Based on Race  —  An Atlanta mom filed a federal complaint against her daughter's Atlanta elementary school after she learned that the school was separating students on the basis of race.

‘No One I Know Is Vaccinated’: Sturgis Rally Bikers Are Coming for America  —  SUM OF ALL FEARS  —  Thousands of unvaccinated, unmasked people traveling across the country.  An ultra-contagious new variant.  Overloaded hospitals.  If you thought it could get no worse, think again.

Wyoming GOP leaders will no longer recognize Liz Cheney over Trump vote  —  Two Wyoming Republican leaders voted to no longer recognize Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wy.) as a member of their party, six months after she voted to impeach former President Trump, per the Casper Star-Tribune.

CA college professor held in arson spree near Dixie Fire |  The Sacramento Bee  —  A college professor suspected in a series of arson fires in remote forested areas of Northern California near the massive Dixie Fire has been charged in connection with one of the blazes in Lassen County …

Massachusetts Start-Up Hopes to Move a Step Closer to Commercial Fusion  —  The company, founded by scientists at M.I.T., has been testing an extremely powerful magnet necessary to generate immense heat.  —  A start-up founded by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology …

Neal Conan, Longtime Host Of NPR's ‘Talk Of The Nation,’ Dies At 71  —  Neal Conan, who spent 36 years with National Public Radio and 11 years as the host of the network's Talk of the Nation died Tuesday in Hawaii of glioblastoma at the age of 71.  —  I met Neal almost 50 years ago …

It's the end of the world as the IPCC knows it, and we feel fine  —  In response to the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on global warming, the Western world's newspapers seemed to be competing to publish the most apocalyptic headlines possible.

“I am frightened by what is coming:” Texas hospitals could soon be overwhelmed by COVID-19 caseload, officials say  —  The number of COVID-19 patients in Texas hospitals is rising too fast for hospitals to keep up with, hospital leaders told state lawmakers Tuesday.  —  Copy link

President Biden to Convene Leaders' Summit for Democracy  —  The President has said that the challenge of our time is to demonstrate that democracies can deliver by improving the lives of their own people and by addressing the greatest problems facing the wider world.

‘The Rundown’: Gov. Cox gets letter demanding he change his ‘foul, dirty name’  —  Your Monday morning Utah political cheat sheet  —  Good Monday morning Utah!  Thanks for reading “The Rundown”.  —  Got a news tip?  Some interesting political gossip?  Just want to chat about politics?

The CDC Said The Delta Variant Is As Contagious As Chickenpox.  That's Not Accurate  —  In a leaked report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made a surprising claim about the delta variant of the coronavirus: It “is as transmissible as: - Chicken Pox,” the agency wrote …