New Yorkers Have Bigger Penises Than New Jerseyans, Smaller Penises Than Massachusettsans

A Fourth Officer Who Responded to the Capitol Riot Has Died by Suicide

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D.C. Metropolitan Police confirmed Monday that two officers died by suicide in July, becoming the third and fourth officer at the riot to do so.

NLRB Officer Recommends Union Vote Do-over at Amazon Plant in Alabama

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The recommendation will head to the NLRB regional director, who could order a second election based on the finding that Amazon violated labor laws.

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Yes, Sick or Quarantined Senators Could Blow Up Infrastructure Vote

The final version requires 60 yay votes, meaning Lindsey Graham’s 10-day quarantine could potentially jeopardize the bill, with August recess looming.

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U.S. Finally Hits Biden’s 70 Percent Vaccination Goal

By Paola Rosa-Aquino

The key milestone comes nearly a month after President Biden’s much-publicized July 4 target date.

State Democrats Should Go Anywhere But D.C. for Voting-Rights Lobbying

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Democratic state lawmakers are just reinforcing Republican talking points by running to Washington. How about pressing Sinema on her home turf?

8/2/2021

Lindsey Graham has Covid

.@LindseyGrahamSC announces that he has tested positive for COVID-19: “I am very glad I was vaccinated because without vaccination I am certain I would not feel as well as I do now. My symptoms would be far worse.”

—@WardDPatrick

Belarusian Sprinter Gets Asylum After Abrupt Olympic Exit

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By Claire Lampen

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya refused to return to Belarus after coaches pulled her from competition without notice.

De Blasio Won’t Impose New Mask Mandate in NYC

By Nia Prater

The mayor also said that newly hired city employees must show proof of COVID-19 vaccination, effective immediately.

Coming Soon: The Great California Bacon Crisis

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A 2018 ballot initiative could boost pork prices nationally and even make bacon disappear in California, bringing home debates on cruelty to animals.

8/2/2021

A milestone the Biden administration had hoped to reach by July 4

* U.S. REACHES 70% OF ADULTS WITH AT LEAST ONE SHOT: WHITE HOUSE

(h/t @JohnSpall247)

—@carlquintanilla

The Best Things We’ve Seen at the Olympics So Far

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By Claire Lampen and Mia Mercado

A swim coach horny for gold, teens shredding the skateboarding category, and more.

The Havana Syndrome Mystery and How the U.S. Plans to Solve It

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Everything we know about the strange symptoms plaguing U.S. personnel abroad and the new CIA task force expanding efforts to identify the cause.

Simone Biles Will Compete in Final Tokyo Olympics Gymnastic Event

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By Margaret Hartmann

The gymnast plans to participate in Tuesday’s beam final after withdrawing from all previous events in Tokyo to prioritize her mental health.

What We Know About the Dangerous Delta Variant

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By Chas Danner and Paola Rosa-Aquino

The more transmissible COVID strain now accounts for an estimated 83 percent of new cases in the U.S.

Will Republicans Gerrymander Their Way to a House Majority?

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Democratic efforts to thwart the GOP’s redistricting advantage don’t look promising. But there are practical limits to mapmaking mischief.

What Happens Now That the Eviction Moratorium Has Expired?

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As many as 11 million Americans could be vulnerable to eviction, as billions of dollars in federal aid for renters remains unused.

8/1/2021

Universal Face-Mask Mandates Are Back. Here’s What to Know.

By Chas Danner

Amid the Delta wave, the CDC is once again recommending indoor mask mandates, including in all schools. But the debate remains politically fraught.

8/1/2021

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‘There’s No Silver Bullet’: What Polling Reveals About Vaccine Hesitancy

By Paola Rosa-Aquino

KFF’s Mollyann Brodie shares her data-informed thoughts on the influence of partisanship, vaccine mandates, and the Delta variant.

8/1/2021

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The U.K.’s Delta Surge Is Collapsing. Will Ours?

By David Wallace-Wells

Why the variant’s spread may be less pervasive than we currently expect.

7/31/2021

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What Happens When All the Bugs Die?

By David Wallace-Wells

Bee ecologist Dave Goulson imagines a world without creeping things.

‘The Internet’ Wanted an Insurrection, So Trump Gave It One

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If you define “the American people” as your own noisy base, then the lies they spew online represent a mandate.

5 Reasons Biden Got His Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal

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By Eric Levitz

Mitch McConnell is poised to hand the president a big win. Here’s why.

Athletes Aren’t the Ones Injecting Politics Into This Olympics

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By Will Leitch

While most Americans are happy to marvel at the athletic achievements, a small minority of bad-faith blowhards are rooting against Team USA.

Congress Considers Emergency Eviction Moratorium As CDC Authority Lapses

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Biden dithered about his legal authority to keep evictions frozen, and now the deadline is here — though some states are acting on their own.

CDC Internal Report: Delta As Contagious As Chickenpox

By Paola Rosa-Aquino

The report, based on unpublished data, says that while infections in vaccinated people are rare, they may be just as contagious as the unvaccinated.

7/30/2021

An unsurprising development

Donald Trump promised to give away his $400,000 presidential salary. And he kept that promise, publicly announcing each gift — at least, for his first three and a half years in office.

Then, in the middle of last year, the announcements stopped.

Trump’s White House never said where — or even if — he donated the last $220,000 of his salary, covering the final six months of 2020 and the first 20 days of 2021.

Now, six months after he left office, it’s not clear where Trump donated that remaining salary — or if he donated it at all.

Trump had given all his previous donations to federal agencies, paying out $100,000 every quarter. But The Washington Post surveyed all major federal agencies, and none has reported receiving anything from Trump after a gift in July 2020.

Did Trump follow his pledge to donate the last 6 months of his presidential pay? It’s a mystery.

—Washington Post