Iran Possibly Not Being Totally Up Front About Nuclear Activities

Democrats are already accepting changes in the bill to preempt Republican amendments, but Sanders’s minimum wage bid will be a tough vote all around.

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Democrats Shouldn’t Count On a ‘Morning In America Midterm’

Midterms are different from presidential elections, and 1984 isn’t 2022.

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Most job gains were in the leisure and hospitality sector, which includes restaurants

Hiring accelerated sharply in February as restaurants and other hospitality businesses reopened, adding 379,000 to U.S. payrolls and fueling renewed growth as the coronavirus pandemic eases.

U.S. employers added jobs for the second straight month in February, the Labor Department said Friday, in what marks a sharp pickup from earlier this winter.

The unemployment rate, determined by a separate survey, ticked down to 6.2% last month. The jobless rate is well down from a 14.8% peak in April 2020, but remains above pre-pandemic levels, when unemployment was near 50-year lows.

U.S. Economy Added 379,000 Jobs in February

—Wall Street Journal

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How to Overcome Fear of Needles to Get Vaccinated, According to Experts

By Eve Peyser

“Shots in arms” isn’t exactly a comforting phrase for many.

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Adam Kinzinger’s Bold Prediction: Trump Will Fade Away

By Ben Jacobs

The Republican congressman tries to save his party and himself.

Cuomo Aides Allegedly Altered Report on Nursing-Home Deaths to Hide Real Toll

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By Matt Stieb

The new details on the governor’s manipulation of nursing-home deaths reveals a more extensive effort to hide the data than what was already known.

Feds Investigate Communications Between Lawmakers and Capitol Rioters: Report

insurrection

By Matt Stieb

The probe into the insurrection is moving on from rounding up more obvious suspects to determining how the attack was coordinated.

Biden Takes Step to Roll Back Obama’s Migrant Detention Policy

immigration

By Matt Stieb

Homeland Security is turning detention centers into screening facilities that would release families into the U.S. within 72 hours of their arrival.

The City Just Released a Massive NYPD-Misconduct Database

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By James D. Walsh

The move follows the repeal of 50-a, the state law that had long shielded police-misconduct records from public scrutiny.

Ron Johnson Makes Senate Read 600-Page COVID Relief Bill Aloud

By Nia Prater

The Wisconsin Republican said his aim is to “educate the public,” but Democrat Tim Kaine countered that it’s a maneuver “designed to annoy everyone.”

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According to Quinnipiac, Cuomo’s position post-scandal is not disastrous

New via @QuinnipiacPoll:
-New York voters say 55-40% that Cuomo should *not* resign
-59-36% say they would *not* like to see Andrew Cuomo run for reelection in 2022
-45-46% Cuomo job approval rating, with Democrats *approving* 65-27% https://t.co/8AGvqH6YTB

—@TweetBenMax

How Dems Can Turn Filibuster Reform Into the ‘Moderate’ Option

the filibuster

By Eric Levitz

The imperative to pass a new voting rights act – and renew Biden’s child allowance – could erode moderate resistance to weakening the filibuster.

Why Glenn Greenwald Says Tucker Carlson Is a True Socialist

the national interest

By Jonathan Chait

It’s a (National Socialist German) workers’ party now.

What Will Parents Get From the COVID-19 Relief Bill?

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Between a third stimulus check and enhanced child tax credits, low-to-moderate-income parents would get a lot of help — though it could be temporary.

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If only someone had told them that sort of thing was frowned upon

Punchbowl News: Three Republicans — Louie Gohmert, Kelly Armstrong, and Randy Weber — tried to change Lance Gooden’s vote for him after he voted in favor of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. This is a big, big no-no.

What they did could be a violation of House rules.

—@kylegriffin1

South Carolina Understands What the Death Penalty Is For

death penalty

By Sarah Jones

State senators want to execute people by firing squad. That would be as brutal as the death penalty itself.

Trump’s Plan to Oust Murkowski May be Foiled by Long Flight

revenge

By Benjamin Hart

This is when a Twitter account would really come in handy.

Louis DeJoy Is Killing It

By Casey Taylor

While Biden dithers, Trump’s minion wrecks the postal service.

Everyone Who Has Called for Governor Cuomo to Resign

scandals

By Nia Prater

As the scandal over COVID policies is compounded by harassment allegations, a growing number of elected officials say he must resign or be impeached.

Will Democrats Act Like the Party of Voting Rights or Not?

The conservative Supreme Court and GOP are set to do even more damage unless they’re stopped.

3/4/2021

Maybe Chao’s resignation on January 7 wasn’t about the Capitol riot?

While serving as transportation secretary during the Trump administration, Elaine Chao repeatedly used her office staff to help family members who run a shipping business with extensive ties to China, a report released Wednesday by the Transportation Department’s inspector general concluded.

The inspector general referred the matter to the Justice Department in December for possible criminal investigation. But in the weeks before the end of Trump administration, two Justice Department divisions declined to do so.

Ms. Chao, the wife of Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, announced her resignation on Jan. 7, the day after the Capitol riot. At the time of her departure, an aide to Ms. Chao said her resignation was unrelated to the inspector general’s investigation.

… The investigators did not make a formal finding that Ms. Chao violated ethics rules. But they detailed more than a dozen instances where her office took steps to handle matters related to her father, who built up a New York-based shipping company after immigrating to the United States from Taiwan in the late 1950s, and to her sister, who runs the company now.

Inspector General’s Report Cites Elaine Chao for Using Office to Help Family

—New York Times