Trump makes the coup-deniers look silly again  —  Key members of the Republican Party have spent the better part of six years pretending Donald Trump wasn't really doing that.  This is often followed by Trump himself confirming that's precisely what he was doing.

US plans sanctions against Vladimir Putin's inner circle if Russia moves on Ukraine  —  Measures would punish country's elite and come as UK warns of similar penalties  —  The US has drawn up sanctions targeting Vladimir Putin's inner circle and its ties to the west as Washington broadens …

The New York Times Buys Wordle  —  The word game, released in October, has millions of daily users.  —  The sudden hit Wordle, in which once a day players get six chances to guess a five-letter word, has been acquired by The New York Times Company.  —  The purchase, announced by The Times on Monday …

Time to Accept Covid and Move On?  —  Americans still concerned about virus, but lose faith in federal measures  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Americans continue to be concerned about the spread of Covid, but the vast majority say it is time to accept it as part of life.

Sherrilyn Ifill should be Biden's Supreme Court pick; here's why  —  A Black woman has never served on the U.S. Supreme Court, but there is no shortage of well-qualified individuals available to break that shameful barrier.  This was made clear enough last week with the announcement …

FIRE statement on Georgetown's suspension and investigation of Ilya Shapiro  —  FIRE strongly condemns Georgetown Law's suspension and investigation of Ilya Shapiro for tweets about potential replacements for Justice Breyer that some found offensive.  In response to online outrage stoked …

A GOP proposal targeting ‘negative’ U.S. history is cause for renewed alarm  —  In recent weeks, it has become inescapably obvious: The mania for muzzling how teachers address race and other topics is only accelerating.  —  We're seeing dozens of GOP proposals to bar whole concepts from classrooms outright.

Georgia prosecutor investigating Trump requests FBI protection after former president targets her at rally  —  Ms Willis is investigating former president Donald Trump's efforts to pressure Georgia election officials into throwing out 2020 election results  —  The Georgia prosecutor …

Rachel Maddow to take a temporary break from her MSNBC show to work on movie and podcast projects  — Rachel Maddow is taking a hiatus from her top-rated MSNBC show starting February 7.  — The star anchor will work for a few weeks on new projects with her former boss Phil Griffin.

White House frustrations grow over health chief Becerra's handling of pandemic  —  Critics blame him for health officials' conflicting messages; defenders say administration gave him an unclear role  —  White House officials have grown so frustrated with top health official Xavier Becerra …

He's declining a coronavirus vaccine at the expense of a lifesaving transplant: 'I was born free, I'll die free'  —  For more than four years, Chad Carswell, 38, has suffered from severe kidney disease.  In July 2020, he started on dialysis — but now his kidneys are functioning at just 4 percent.

Trump's Continuing Disgrace  —  President Trump has already inflicted more than enough damage on the country simply because his fragile ego prevented him from acknowledging that he lost the 2020 election.  But the January 6 Capitol riot, which followed months of him whipping supporters …

Hispanic Students Were Forced To Learn Critical Race Theory.  They Hated It.  —  During the 2020 fall semester, Kali Fontanilla—a high school English language teacher working in the Salinas, California, school district—noticed that many of her students were failing one of their other classes: ethnic studies.

Gavin Newsom's Latest COVID Hypocrisy Came With The Voters' Blessing  —  While California schoolchildren remain muzzled with face masks and pay the price through speech impediments, Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom is enjoying the high life that comes with flouting his own rules.

Why I do not expect a civil war in America (and what does worry me)  —  It began a few years ago, when prominent democracy rating organizations started downgrading the United States, putting its institutions on par with Panama, Argentina, or Romania.  —  In retrospect, that seems like the good news.

How We Broke the Supply Chain  —  Rampant outsourcing, financialization, monopolization, deregulation, and just-in-time logistics are the culprits. … Anyone old enough to remember the Cold War is familiar with a scene routinely depicted on U.S. television at the time: the Soviet breadline.

The Betrayal  —  I.  —  The End  —  It took four presidencies for America to finish abandoning Afghanistan.  George W. Bush's attention wandered off soon after American Special Forces rode horseback through the northern mountains and the first schoolgirls gathered in freezing classrooms.

Ahmaud Arbery's parents object to DOJ's hate crime plea deal  —  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have proposed a plea agreement that would avert a hate crimes trial for the son and father convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery.  His parents denounced the deal on Monday …

Fox News wanted viewers to hear an anti-vax trooper's story - until he died of COVID  —  Last week's toll of more than 16,000 recorded U.S. deaths from COVID-19 is made all the more heartbreaking because so many of the deceased had the opportunity to take vaccines that dramatically reduce the danger posed by the virus.

Ghostface Trump Lives and Susan Collins Keeps Letting Him  —  The Good Republican won't rule out Trump 2024.  —  Donald Trump can't be killed because the rest of the Republican party is unwilling to take on the political pain required to kill him.  —  This has been the fundamental …

What we talk about when we talk about a return to normal  —  The Biden White House thinks they're doing it, but they're not — yet  —  Last week Joanne Kenen in Politico ran a hit piece on David Leonhardt on behalf of the public health community.  This seems like a good opportunity to address …