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  1. Unsanitized: $2,000 Check Battle Heads to an Endgame
    12 Dec 2020 … First Response There have been several developments in the past 24 hours in the continuing story of direct payments for Americans. When we last left you, Donald Trump had blown up an already-passed deal by saying the payments were “ridiculously low.” Democrats Continue reading
  2. Deliberate Mayhem
    12 Dec 2020 … We have hit a new single-day record of reported coronavirus cases with 246,914, our third daily record in a row. The economy is in shambles, with more than 6 million Americans applying for unemployment benefits. And the government has been Continue reading
  3. Unsanitized: Lack of Economic Relief Is Costing Lives
    11 Nov 2020 … There’s no ambiguity over what to do, but McConnell holds the key to actually doing it. Continue reading
  4. Justice on Trial Chicago Car Caravan - Justice 4 George Floyd, Illinois, USA on May 30, 2020 Credit: Flickr, risingthermals)
    3 Mar 2021 … Prosecutors showed a 9-minute 29-second video of the murder, and told jurors to “believe your eyes.” Continue reading
  5. Tossing a Spanner in the Works and Poisoning the Well US President Donald Trump's desk, the Resolute Desk, is seen in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, March 31, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
    12 Dec 2020 … With the pandemic, the failing economy, and the Republicans’ unwillingness to recognize his presidency, Biden is facing an unprecedented crisis. But he definitely knows how Washington works. Continue reading
  6. Heather Cox Richardson: 100 Million Shots Victoria Legerwood-Rivera, an Attendance Counselor at Stoddert Elementary School in Washington, D.C., receives a COVID-19 vaccine during an event with President Joe Biden, celebrating the 50 millionth COVID-19 vaccination Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)
    3 Mar 2021 … Biden’s address was in part a victory lap after he signed the American Rescue Plan, a sweeping measure that launches the country in the direction it has avoided since 1981, using the national government not to cut taxes, which favors Continue reading
  7. Unsanitized: Student Debt Cancellation Now an Anti-Austerity Measure
    11 Nov 2020 … The federal government directly issues almost all student debt, and has the discretion to reduce balances completely, or anything short of that. Continue reading
  8. The World of the White House Falls to Pieces
    1 Jan 2021 … Why does Donald Trump seem so desperate to stay in a job he clearly has no interest in doing? Continue reading
  9. COVID-19 vs. The Flu: The Facts
    5 May 2020 … Trump has persistently minimized the seriousness of COVID-19 by falsely comparing it to the seasonal flu. Initially, he used the tactic to downplay the virus as it threatened the stock market. This denial and obfuscation squandered precious time, worsened the Continue reading
  10. Unsanitized: The Capitol Riot Was an Infection Point
    1 Jan 2021 … First Response We have had the bad timing of a number of mass-gathering events over the past three and a half months, which have coincided with ever-climbing numbers of coronavirus cases. Most of these were fixed into our annual schedules. The Continue reading