Menace Enters the Republican Mainstream  —  Threats of violence have become commonplace among a significant part of the party, as historians and those who study democracy warn of a dark shift in American politics.  —  At a conservative rally in western Idaho last month …

Appeals Court Extends Block on Biden's Vaccine Mandate for Employers  —  A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that challengers were likely to succeed in their claim that the mandate was an unlawful overreach.  —  WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court …

Former ‘Apprentice’ contestant Zervos abruptly ends lawsuit against Donald Trump  —  Summer Zervos, a former contestant on “The Apprentice” who accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her, on Friday ended her nearly five-year-old defamation lawsuit against the former U.S. president.

Project Veritas Tells Judge It Was Assured Biden Diary Was Legally Obtained  —  But a search warrant in the case suggests the Justice Department believes the diary kept by the president's daughter Ashley Biden was stolen.  —  Project Veritas, the conservative group under scrutiny …

When All The Media Narratives Collapse  —  In case after case, the US MSM just keeps getting it wrong.  —  The news is a perilous business.  It's perilous because the first draft of history is almost always somewhat wrong, and needs a second draft, and a third, and so on, over time …

The Man Who Freed Me From Cant  —  I always find it hard to list the books that have influenced me the most.  Memory is tricky, and a work can assert its influences over my thinking long after I've forgotten its particular details, or even its title.  Moreover, people who set as their job …

Backlash to school books centering on race, sex and LGBTQ people turns into conservative rallying cry  —  The scene in Spotsylvania County this week unfolded like many others — a parent stepped up to a microphone in a nondescript room, glanced at a sheet of prepared remarks and claimed …

Retirement talk growing around Rep. Jerry Nadler  —  Rep. Jerry Nadler, a liberal warhorse who has represented Manhattan's West Side in Congress since 1992, may pack it in at the end of his current term, insiders tell The Post.  —  “People are wondering when he would decide to retire,” …

Oklahoma Guard goes rogue, rejects COVID vaccine mandate after sudden change of command  —  The new commander of the Oklahoma National Guard has declared the organization will not enforce the Defense Department's COVID-19 vaccine mandate on its troops, according to local media outlets.

Fulton DA mulling rarely used special grand jury for Trump probe  —  Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is likely to impanel a special grand jury to support her probe of former President Donald Trump, a move that could aid prosecutors in what's expected to be a complicated and drawn …

How Does This End?  —  Thinking about Covid and normalcy.  —  Among the Covid experts I regularly talk with, Dr. Robert Wachter is one of the more cautious.  He worries about “long Covid,” and he believes that many people should receive booster shots.  He says that he may wear a mask …

Pardon for Homer Plessy, of Plessy v. Ferguson's ‘separate but equal’ ruling, heads to Louisiana governor's desk  —  (CNN)Homer Plessy, whose 19th century case Plessy v. Ferguson became a landmark civil rights Supreme Court ruling, is only a step away from a posthumous full pardon from the state of Louisiana.

In France, Kamala Harris Asserts Herself as a Diplomatic Asset  —  The vice president met with President Emmanuel Macron of France, skirting recent U.S.-French tensions, and immersed herself in issues like Libya and cybersecurity.  —  PARIS — Vice President Kamala Harris spent hours talking …

Nationalized races threaten Dem governors in '22  —  The sharp swing away from Democrats last week in Virginia and New Jersey has the party newly alarmed about even more vulnerable governorships across the country next year.  —  President Joe Biden's sinking approval rating in Virginia …

After a misfire in New Jersey, pollster offers a remarkable apology for error  —  All too often when their work goes awry, election pollsters turn to feeble excuses such as “polls really aren't predictions.  They're just snapshots in time.”  That is nonsense, because no pollster takes …

COP26 Live Updates: Negotiators Release New Draft Climate Accord  —  As the U.N. summit in Glasgow stretched well past a Friday deadline, delegates were poring over a possible agreement.  The summit's president vowed that talks would end on Saturday, but any deal needs approval from roughly 200 countries.

‘Super flexible’ Joe Rogan says he can perform fellatio on himself  —  He's no ordinary Joe Blow!  —  Joe Rogan says he's so flexible he is capable of performing oral sex on himself.  —  The controversial podcaster, 54, made the crude claim during a new episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience …

Inside DNC chair's ‘challenging’ bid to avert midterm defeat  —  He is not particularly close to the White House.  He's never won statewide office or a seat in Congress.  And just last year, he lost a high-profile Senate race by double digits.  —  But if you ask him, Jaime Harrison will tell …

Additional NSBA Board Member Emails  —  Over the past several weeks, additional emails from NSBA board members were received from a variety of public records requests.  Highlights are attached and excerpted below.  —  Viola Garcia's colleagues in Aldine ISD congratulated her on her appointment …

Andrew Cuomo Reportedly Considering Bid for New York Attorney General  —  Disgraced New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) is reportedly considering a bid to reclaim his old position as the state's attorney general.  —  “People in Cuomo's orbit are tossing it out there,” a person familiar with the situation told The New York Post on Friday.