A must read from ⁦EJ Dionne⁩ . Democrats are faced with a choice. Protect the filibuster or protect democracy. washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-d…

18-year-old Texas organ donor posthumously saves five lives trib.al/fBOwhpQ

The doors just opened to a very different future. I have a sinking feeling that no one will really be able to control what comes next. And remember Myanmar's a country awash in weapons, with deep divisions across ethnic & religious lines, where millions can barely feed themselves

Am often asked about different vaccines and their efficacy Each trials tracks, reports efficacy differently Currently, we have preliminary results for Novavax and J&J But what numbers matter? What should you look for? Here's one set of data to track. In a simple table

I think there are two key factors. One is more rational actor-y, and the other less so. First, the most critical factor is the increasing uncertainty about the military's capacity to maintain it's constitutional protections - 25% of parliamentary seats and three key ministries.

Take a representative sample of 75,000 U.S. adults, and Covid has killed 150 of them. A typical flu season kills between 5 and 15 out of every 75,000 U.S. adults. How many of the 75,000 people who’ve received a Covid vaccine have died? Zero. nytimes.com/2021/02/01/bri…

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According to a study by the London School of Economics, 50 years worth of tax cuts contributed absolutely nothing to boost the GDP and employment rates across 18 nations that tried trickle down economics since the wealthy hoard far more than they spend. cbsnews.com/news/tax-cuts-…

I know folks are wondering how we’ll vaccinate America and get life back to normal — so we had Dr. Fauci answer those important questions and much more.

Zeke Miller Bipartisan effort punishes this far right extremist for her violent, racist, and anti-Semitic rhetoric.

i was today years old when i found out that Portland (Ore.) is named after Portland (Maine) but only because two guys who staked their claim flipped a coin -- and the guy from Maine won best two out of three over a guy from Boston oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/portl…

"The Capitol assault resulted in one of the worst days of injuries for law enforcement in the United States since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. At least 138 officers — 73 from the Capitol Police and 65 from the [MPD] in Washington — were injured." nyti.ms/3paDUKV

Decided to display menstrual products on the bookshelves behind me the way Lauren Boebert does firearms.

Mankind landed a damn rover within a mile target using a quad-copter after traveling 292 million miles. So accept the fact that most of our sufferings are the result of indifference or politics, not solutions. Accept that fact. AND THEN WORK TO CHANGE IT. Stop electing grifters

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For the past 17 months, a group of WSJ's Black journalists, along with other journalists of color worked on a series of 9 stories examining the economic ramifications of the Tulsa Race Massacre. I'm extremely proud to share our work. (outside the paywall) wsj.com/articles/the-t…

Lanthanum, a key rare earth mineral used in hybrid vehicle batteries, accounted for over 42% of China’s total rare earth exports by volume in 2019. Learn more about China’s rare earth exports: bit.ly/CP_rare_earths