Post-Weekend Tabs

Some quick hits.

‘Don’t Tread on Me’ License Plates

States are sponsoring an increasingly controversial image.

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Texas and Arizona Bussing Migrants to DC and NYC

A cruel and insidious ‘solution’ to the border problem.

Tony Dow, 1945-2022

The man most famous for his turn on “Leave it to Beaver” has passed from liver cancer aged 77.

Democracy Dies in Dumbness

Paywalls are not our problem.

Post-Weekend Tab Clearing

Cleaning the slate for a new week.

US and UK Intelligence Leaders Warn of Increasing Chinese Threat

They’re stealing our secrets and working to undermine our elections.

Ketanji Brown Jackson to Be Sworn in Today

Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring today and will swear his former law clerk in his replacement.

Racial Equity and America’s Roads

A new initiative aims to right decades-old wrongs.

Trump Ordered the Code Red

You’re goddamn right he did.

SCOTUS Upholds High School Coach’s 50-Yard-Line Prayers

The Supreme Court has reversed decades of precedent on church-state separation.

Abortion Laws State by State

Abortion is now illegal or heavily restricted in at least 11 states.

Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade

The leaked draft is now the law of the land.

Senate Passes Bipartisan Gun Bill

The most expansive firearms legislation in decades is likely to become law.

Fixing the Primary Problem

Could Alaska point the way to a solution?

Commercializing Juneteenth

The longstanding celebration that become a national holiday last year is being exploited for profit!

Americans Having More Abortions

A decades-long decline has ended.

Fox Tried to Derail the ‘Big Lie’ Before Going All In

Chris Stirewalt takes a victory lap.

January 6 Committee Public Hearings: Day 1

The laying out of the case begins.

The Anglicization of Spanish Place Names

You-VAL-dee? You-VAHL-day? Oo-VAHL-deh?

Turkey the Country Now Türkiye (Bird Still Turkey)

Our ostensible ally is seeking to rebrand itself.

SCOTUS Blocks Texas Social Media Law (for Now)

A slim majority upheld an injunction, kicking the can down the road.

Clinton Lawyer Acquitted in RussiaGate Case

What does it all mean? It depends on who you ask.

A Fascistic and Authoritarian Response

Donald Trump and friends speak to the NRA.

Over a Million Americans Dead from COVID

Another grim—and substantially avoidable—milestone.

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January 6 Committee Subpoenas Republican Leaders

An unprecedented manuever in response to unprecedented obstruction.

Prosecutor Drops All Charges Against Pamela Moses

And yet the state still extracted their pound of flesh

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Will It Matter That Kevin McCarthy Was Caught Lying?

Anyone familiar with Betteridge’s law of headlines knows where this is going.

Proud Boys Leader Turns Rat

A key planner of the Capitol riot has agreed to testify against others in exchange for a lighter sentence.

Removing Russia from UN Security Council

It would be fitting but, alas, won’t happen.

Louis C.K. Wins Grammy While Canceled

Is the creepy comic’s comeback complete?

CDC Rescinds Title 42, Democrats Panic

Two April Fool’s Day orders are no joke. And they’re apparently causing confusion.

Ukraine War Widens

The invasion has led to a series of proxy wars.

FDA to Authorize 2nd Booster for Over-50s

The public health community is divided on whether it’s a good idea.

Zelensky’s Plea for Help

Ukraine’s leader wants more help than he’s going to get.

Permanent Daylight Saving Time?

We may be on the verge half a century after our last experiment.

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Census Undercounted Some Groups, Overcounted Others

Antiquated counting methods lead to misallocation of resources.

Russia Sanctions Itself in Retaliation for Western Sanctions

Vladimir Putin is banning commodity exports.

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Biden a Failure?

Some of his numbers are worse than even Donald Trump’s.

The Beginning of a Response to the Beginning of an Invasion

The first shoe has dropped.

Putin Invades Ukraine in Defiance of West

The much-anticipated escalation has happened. Now to see how the United States and its allies respond.

People Moving for Politics?

It seems that some Americans are relocating to be with people who share their social and cultural views.

P.J. O’Rourke, 1947-2022

The great conservative humorist is gone at 74.

Tabs

More Rogan (but not Just Rogan)

Musings about US politics and culture.

Jim Angle, 1946-2022

The veteran journalist and Fox News original is gone at 75.

Gun-Wielding Lawyers Given Slap on the Wrist

The infamous duo will have to do what they were already supposed to do for a year.

The Children Must Be Protected!

But from what? Comparing two stories from Tennessee that show our society’s contradictory impulses when it comes to “protecting the children.”

Which Black Woman Will Biden Appoint to the Supreme Court?

The 46th President will follow the lead of the 40th in making a historic appointment.

Breyer to Retire

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