<p>The Jan. 6 Committee made public ten subpoenas it issued this week, signaling a new direction for the probe: the far-right, its fever swamps, and its paramilitaries. </p> Talking Points Memo
Read More...<p class=”is-style-sans-serif”>This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. </p> <p>The outpouring of protest following the death of George Floyd last year made it painfully obvious that we are far from the postracial dream of not long ago. Those intense divisions have moved from the streets to the classrooms, as <a href=”https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2021/07/02/why-are-states-banning-critical-race-theory/”>half the states</a> have passed or are considering legislation restricting the study of critical race theory. With Governor Doug Burgum’s signature, <a href=”https://www.democracynow.org/2021/11/17/headlines/north_dakota_bans_teaching_about_structural_racism_in_schools”>North Dakota</a> becomes the latest state to ban CRT in public…
Read More...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. <p>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.</p> <p>Follow the news of the day below:</p> Talking Points Memo
Read More...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. <p>Travis McMichael, who shot Ahmaud Arbery, was found guilty on all counts, including malice murder.</p> <p>His father, Greg McMichael, and neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan were found guilty of felony murder. </p> <p>Follow reaction below:</p> Talking Points Memo
Read More...<p>On November 30th, Barbados will <a href=”https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/new-republic-is-born-barbados-celebrates-ditching-britains-queen-2021-11-24/”>become a republic</a>. Queen Elizabeth II will cease to the Queen of Barbados and the country’s head of state. She will be succeeded by the current Governor-General, Sandra Mason, who will herself transition into the country’s first elected President. Prime Minister Mia Mottley will remain Prime Minister in the transition to republican government. Barbados gained its independence in 1966. Prince Charles will represent Queen Elizabeth at the transition ceremonies which will kick off on the evening of the 29th. </p> Talking Points Memo
Read More...<p>Here are a few links to a topic I continue to think more and more about. On the surface it’s Peter Thiel, about whom more in a moment. But beyond Thiel, there’s a broader reality. In the first years of the century we learned to see Tech as a rising business and political powerhouse that was broadly liberal, at least by the standards of Big Business. ‘Liberal’ was probably never quite right – but at least broadly cosmopolitan in its social values and culture. It was young, comparatively diverse, based…
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