Statement from the Lincoln Project  —  October 29, 2021 — Today, The Lincoln Project released the following statement:  —  “Glenn Younkin has said: ‘President Trump represents so much of why I am running.’ Youngkin proves it every day by trying to divide Virginians using racial code words …

Florida Bars State Professors From Testifying in Voting Rights Case  —  After being hired as expert witnesses for groups opposing a restrictive voting law, three University of Florida academics were told they could not participate in the lawsuit against the state.

Supreme Court won't block vaccine mandate for Maine health-care workers with religious objections  —  The Supreme Court Friday turned down a request from a group of Maine health-care workers to block a state coronavirus vaccination mandate that does not contain an exception for religious objectors.

Jayapal warned Klain not to push an infrastructure vote.  Then chaos ensued.  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi brought President Joe Biden in this week to finally close the deal on Democrats' domestic agenda.  Rep. Pramila Jayapal had other plans.  —  As Biden prepared for the high-stakes meeting …

During Jan. 6 riot, Trump attorney told Pence team the vice president's actions caused attack on Capitol  —  As Vice President Mike Pence hid from a marauding mob during the Jan. 6 invasion of the Capitol, an attorney for President Donald Trump emailed a top Pence aide to say that Pence …

Trump's $300 Million SPAC Deal May Have Skirted Securities Laws  —  The former president began discussing a deal with a ‘blank check’ company early this year.  Investors weren't told.  —  Just days after Donald J. Trump left the White House, two former contestants on his reality show, “The Apprentice,” approached him with a pitch.

Fox News wants to make it ‘clear’ it isn't airing Tucker Carlson's Capitol riot documentary  —  Yesterday, Fox News host Tucker Carlson unveiled a dramatic trailer for his new special, one which will reveal the “true story” behind the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.  —  In it, he drops real truths like …

Architect Resigns in Protest over UCSB Mega-Dorm  —  A consulting architect on UCSB's Design Review Committee has quit his post in protest over the university's proposed Munger Hall project, calling the massive, mostly-windowless dormitory plan “unsupportable from my perspective as an architect, a parent, and a human being.”

FDA Authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use in Children 5 through 11 Years of Age  —  For Immediate Release:  —  Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 to include children 5 through 11 years of age.

The country needs a dose of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to battle COVID-19  —  Florida has the lowest COVID-19 case rate in the country.  They did it without vaccine mandates, without mask mandates in school and with no restrictions on businesses.  Life simply went on.

US intelligence report sheds new light on Wuhan lab accident theory  —  Declassified report reignites debate over whether China bears responsibility for pandemic's origins  —  A US intelligence agency has spelt out for the first time how and why it thinks the virus that causes Covid-19 …

What Happened to Matt Taibbi?  The former darling of the liberal media is now one of its loudest critics.  He says he hasn't changed.  —  Obviously, I'm anxious about why I'm being profiled," Matt Taibbi said at the end of our phone call this summer, which had already lasted an hour and a half.

Loudoun County Sexual Assault Story Shows Danger of Media Bias  —  A right-wing outlet let ideology motivate their reporting, while the mainstream media couldn't be bothered to report on it in the first place  —  A sexual assault case in Loudoun County, Virginia involving …

DeSantis decries ‘corporate wokeness’ in business speech  —  After months of getting the cold shoulder from large corporations who refused to endorse his COVID-19 policies, Gov. Ron DeSantis had harsh things to say Thursday at the annual meeting of the Florida Chamber of Commerce …

United States-France Joint Statement  —  Today, the President of the United States and the President of the French Republic met in Rome on the margins of the G20 Summit to reaffirm their commitment to closer bilateral and transatlantic cooperation in the pursuit of peace, security, and prosperity around the globe.

Biden's vaccine mandates might just backfire  —  President Biden's job approval ratings have been sinking for months as voters increasingly see him as out of touch with their priorities and values.  The coming clash over vaccine mandates might be another area where the president has misread the public temperament.

The Fight Between Texas and Wall Street Is About to Get Bigger  — Gun and oil laws have put some bank deals on hold during boom  — ‘This is much bigger than the municipal bond business’  —  Outside San Antonio this month, a veteran of Texas politics got so upset about Wall Street's retreat …

Michigan police execute warrant looking for missing election equipment  —  The Michigan State Police launched a criminal investigation this week after a piece of election equipment went missing.  —  The inquiry comes after a local official—who has publicly questioned the validity and security …

‘We got to take white people out’: Rutgers University professor, 41, calls white people ‘villains’, says ‘Critical Race Theory is just the proper teaching of American history’ and praises dwindling white birth rates in online discussion  — Brittney Cooper, 41, said that whiteness 'totally skews …

Former Congress members file brief opposing Trump's attempt to shield Jan. 6 records  —  A bipartisan group of 66 former members of Congress filed a brief Thursday night urging the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to dismiss a lawsuit from former president Donald Trump that seeks …

Pizza Story  —  Analogies Are Hard  —  I wanted a pizza.  A large pizza with mushrooms.  Or, actually, someone promised to get me a pizza.  Actually, right, someone said they'd get pizza for me and everyone else in the building.  They brought the pizza up to begin with …

6 Firefighters Suspended for Taking Truck to Threaten NY Senate Staff Over Vaccine Mandate  —  Six FDNY members of Ladder 113 have been suspended for allegedly driving their truck to a state senator's New York City office and threatening his staff over the vaccine mandate for city workers.

Dave Chappelle, Joe Rogan defend themselves at sold-out N.O. show: ‘These are just jokes’  —  It was, Dave Chappelle said at the outset of his Thursday set, a “historic night” in New Orleans: “In the middle of me being canceled, we broke the attendance record.”

Congress Decides to Learn Almost Nothing From the Pandemic  —  The COVID pandemic has cost the United States 734,000 lives and more than $16 trillion.  Both those tallies are rising on a daily basis.  —  We can't know with certainty how many lives or livelihoods would have been saved …