More than 1,700 congressmen once enslaved Black people.  This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation.  —  The Washington Post has compiled the first database of slaveholding members of Congress by examining thousands of pages of census records and historical documents

Dems on Manchin: “Like negotiating via Etch A Sketch”  —  President Biden, Democratic leaders and their emissaries are trying to convince Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to pass a sweeping federal elections bill with a menu of filibuster alternatives.  The problem is speaking with him is …

I Spent Insurrection Week Listening to Steve Bannon  —  For three hours every day, the Republican coup plotters who inspired the domestic terror attack at the U.S. Capitol last year gather to discuss their next move.  On their January 6th anniversary program, the Dead Cops Society beseeched …

Trump's potential liability for Capitol riot faces major test in court  —  (CNN)A federal judge in Washington, DC, is set to consider, for the first time, whether former President Donald Trump is immune from liability related to his supporters attacking the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Is Russia Preparing For War?  —  Is Russia Preparing For War?  —  This week sees an intensive period of diplomacy intended to head off the military offensive that Russia has been threatening to launch against Ukraine since late last year.  After today's bilateral in Geneva between the US and Russia …

Jan. 6 panel ramps up investigation into Trump's state-level pressure  —  The public focus of Congress' Jan. 6 investigation, so far, is what happened in Washington, D.C. Behind the scenes, the probe's state-level work is kicking into overdrive.  —  The House committee investigating …

Omicron Makes Biden's Vaccine Mandates Obsolete  —  There is no evidence so far that vaccines are reducing infections from the fast-spreading variant.  —  Federal courts considering the Biden administration's vaccination mandates—including the Supreme Court at Friday's oral argument—have focused on administrative-law issues.

More evidence of Fox News' stranglehold on the Republican Party  —  Tucker Carlson's on-air cowing of Ted Cruz shows how in lockstep Fox News and Republicans are and the influence Fox News has.  —  Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz has called the events on Jan. 6, 2021, a “terrorist attack.”

The January 6th Capitol attack was the inevitable product of the Christian Right's hatred of America  —  Journalist and researcher Bruce Wilson discusses how religious hatred for a ‘fallen nation’ fueled a presidential coup attempt  —  Episode Summary  —  It's now been a full year since …

How a Trump Golf Course Is Screwing Over a Public School  —  Donald Trump has prided himself on using the tax code to his advantage.  In this case, that comes directly at the expense of a public school.  —  Former President Donald Trump and his business empire always fight aggressively to come out on top …

Are Democrats Trying to Lose Elections?  —  Would you have predicted that the first big political blunder of 2022 would be committed by the freshly-inaugurated mayor of New York?  Would you have thought that Eric Adams, the African-American former cop, political moderate …

Comedian Bob Saget Dead at 65, Found in Orlando Hotel Room  —  BOB SAGET DEAD AT 65  —  EXCLUSIVE  — 1.07M … 5:59 PM PT — Bob's longtime friend and costar John Stamos just tweeted the following, “I am broken.  I am gutted.  I am in complete and utter shock.  I will never ever have another friend like him.

Chicago Public Schools cancels classes Monday for fourth day in a row; talks with teachers union ongoing  —  Chicago Public Schools canceled classes for the fourth school day in a row as Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Chicago Teachers Union continued negotiating on a potential reopening of city schools.

Fauci's NIH Division Paid $205K for Researchers To Study Transgender Monkeys  —  Taxpayer-funded study aimed to explain high rate of HIV in trans women  —  Dr. Anthony Fauci's division of the National Institutes of Health paid over $200,000 during the coronavirus pandemic for researchers …

GOP hasn't confirmed most of Gov. Tony Evers' picks to UW Regents, tech college board  —  Most of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' appointees to the boards overseeing Wisconsin's higher education systems remain unconfirmed by the Republican-controlled state Senate, a move that could allow the GOP …

Navy training goes woke: Boot camp to include classes on suicide prevention, hazing, racism and sexual assault after numerous crisis over past number of years  — The Navy will add two weeks of training to its boot camp program that focusing on suicide and sexual assault prevention, hazing and extremism

Beer Hall Project aims to counter Jan. 6 disinformation, protect American democracy … It was the summer of 2015, and Fred Wellman was lost, politically speaking.  —  A lifelong Republican, West Point graduate and 22-year veteran of the Army, Wellman was distraught over the rise of Donald Trump …