It is Friday. It has been another week filled with names like Manchin and Sinema, along with words like “conservative” and “blame.” But we are on the precipice of having our government accomplishing something! It has been a tough week for progressives and the centrist discourse that the traditional media promotes, and has always promoted, is once again searching for surface-level answers to poorly thought out questions about our country’s deepest concerns.
Here are some stories you may have missed:
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Florida senator gets call telling her to ‘F**k off and die’ after asking surgeon general to mask up
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Tucker’s gaslighting campaign is about more than just justifying the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection
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Police reform measure fell short in Minneapolis, but this is why we still won
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Justice Department sues Texas over ‘unlawful and indefensible’ provisions in voter suppression law
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There’s no such thing as a bad day in court for Donald Trump when it comes to Jan. 6
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Stocks soaring, record job growth, pandemic receding—Biden is succeeding as Democrats falter
And from the Daily Kos community: