With so many crazy things happening, sometimes things fall through the cracks. Here are some headlines that you may find interesting and worth discussing. Please feel free to post ‘headlines’ you would like to share that we may have missed.
Biden Administration:
Major bigly day and bigly win for the Biden Administration:
- Biden orders 100 million more vaccine shots from Johnson & Johnson
Congress:
- A $60 billion surprise in the Covid relief bill: Tax hikes
- Democrats tucked in a trio of little-noticed tax hikes on the wealthy and big corporations.
- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been gunking up the works. She says she’s not backing down.
- In case you need a gentle reminder of what is and isn’t in the American Rescue Plan:
- Executives at American Airlines on Wednesday urged the company’s employees to thank members of Congress for passing the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan — even though every Republican lawmaker voted against it.
- The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) by a solid bipartisan margin.
COVID-19 Updates and COVIDIOTS:
- Federal officials relax guidance on nursing home visits, citing vaccines and slowing infections
White ISIS/MAGAts/ Supremacists/Wing Nut Watch:
- Kyle Rittenhouse to face November trial for fatally shooting two men and wounding another at Kenosha protest
Other headlines:
- On Tuesday, a New York judge dismissed a lawsuit that Donald Trump’s presidential campaign filed against The New York Times.
- Minnesota Supreme Court won’t intervene on third-degree murder charge in Derek Chauvin trial.
- Five Oklahoma City officers to face manslaughter charges in shooting of 15-year-old boy.
- Number of attempted illegal border crossings rises 28 percent in February.
- The Miami Heat said Tuesday night that Meyers Leonard will be away from the team indefinitely, sharply criticizing his use of an anti-Semitic slur while playing a video game that was being livestreamed.
- Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet approved major changes to the state’s clemency process on Wednesday that automatically restores the right to hold office and serve on a jury for Floridians with felony convictions who have completed their sentence and paid off their court debts.
