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Holiday Livewire: Omar Mocks Boebert’s Racist Trolling Again

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Another day, another desperate crusade for outrage: Far-right extremist Lauren Boebert (R-CO) proudly tells a Totally Real Story in a viral video about her calling Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) “the jihad squad” to her face in a Capitol elevator earlier this week. Omar <a rel=”noreferrer noopener” href=”https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1464037767005057024″ target=”_blank”>responded to the clip</a> on Thanksgiving via Twitter saying that Boebert is 1) making the whole thing up and 2) is actually terrified of even looking at her in the halls of Congress. Follow the news of the day below: Talking Points Memo

Joe Biden dogged by decision to kill Keystone XL pipeline as gas prices soar

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President Biden’s decision to nix the Keystone XL pipeline has come under renewed fire as the administration struggles with rising consumer frustration over skyrocketing gas prices. Sen. Joe Manchin III, West Virginia Democrat, made another plea for Mr. Biden to reverse his Jan. 20 executive order revoking … The Washington Times stories: White House

Schools Aren’t the Republicans’ Ticket to Victory

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Schools may not be the ticket to victory that a lot of Republicans hope they will be, despite what the top-line results of last night’s election seem to suggest. For the past several months, Glenn Youngkin has blanketed Virginia cable networks, mailboxes, and radio airwaves with advertisements about dysfunction in the state’s public schools. His Democratic opponent, Terry McAuliffe, did not believe parents should have any say in what their children learned, Youngkin would declare. Meanwhile, he argued that Virginia students were being indoctrinated by what he and other Republicans…

Travis And Greg McMichael, William ‘Roddie’ Bryan Guilty Of Murdering Ahmaud Arbery

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The jury returned the verdict on Wednesday afternoon, finding all three white men who confronted Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was out for a jog, guilty of murder. Travis McMichael, who shot Ahmaud Arbery, was found guilty on all counts, including malice murder. His father, Greg McMichael, and neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan were found guilty of felony murder. Follow reaction below: Talking Points Memo

Biden hails signs of economic progress on jobless claims and growth

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President Biden hailed two economic reports on Wednesday as proof of “historic” gains in the post-pandemic recovery. The president pointed to initial jobless claims of 199,000 last week, the lowest since November 1969, and a revised report from the Commerce Department showing that the economy grew at a rate of … The Washington Times stories: White House

America’s Pandemic Star Loses Some Luster

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Is Vermont the envy of America no more? The state long hailed for its pandemic response is experiencing one of the most intense COVID-19 surges in the country. Cases are twice as high as they’ve been at any other point. Hospitalizations are up sharply as well, confounding hopes that Vermont’s best-in-the-nation vaccination rate would protect its people from the Delta wave. The resurgence of the coronavirus—cases are rising again nationally after a sustained decline—has demoralized much of the country, but nowhere is that frustration more keenly felt than in the…