He was very old and in the way, until he got to the hit list. The hit list energized him. It turned on all his lights. It was the pure, uncut evil juju that had been missing from his life for months and, generous demon from the depths of hell that he is, he shared it with all the minions gathered at CPAC in Florida, and it made all their lights shine.He dropped little jujubes of it amid the torrent of exhausted bigotry that seemed to bore even himself. There was a long stretch of threadbare immigrant-bashing during which he looked like a tired cabaret performer flogging his way through his...…He was very old and in the way, until he got to the hit list. The hit list energized him. It turned on all his lights. It was the pure, uncut evil juju that had been missing from his life for months and, generous demon from the depths of hell that he is, he shared it with all the minions gathered at CPAC in Florida, and it made all their lights shine.He dropped little jujubes of it amid the torrent of exhausted bigotry that seemed to bore even himself. There was a long stretch of threadbare immigrant-bashing during which he looked like a tired cabaret performer flogging his way through his...WW…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slammed Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin and anyone else who opposes raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour.“Any person who thinks that a $15 minimum wage is the ‘crazy, socialist agenda’ is living in a dystopian, capitalist nightmare,” Ocasio-Cortez said on MSNBC Sunday.“We should not prop that up. We should not continue that. People are sleeping in their cars,” she added."Any person who thinks that a $15 minimum wage is the 'crazy, socialist agenda' is living in a dystopian, capitalist nightmare. We should not prop that up. We should not continue that. People are...…Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slammed Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin and anyone else who opposes raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour.“Any person who thinks that a $15 minimum wage is the ‘crazy, socialist agenda’ is living in a dystopian, capitalist nightmare,” Ocasio-Cortez said on MSNBC Sunday.“We should not prop that up. We should not continue that. People are sleeping in their cars,” she added."Any person who thinks that a $15 minimum wage is the 'crazy, socialist agenda' is living in a dystopian, capitalist nightmare. We should not prop that up. We should not continue that. People are...WW…

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In the quarter century preceding the global COVID-19 pandemic, the world achieved something astonishing: worldwide poverty fell by Foreign aid played an important role in ameliorating the conditions of life for millions of people—helping to slash child mortality by between 1990 and 2019, for example, and providing with lifesaving HIV medications in 2020.But even the most enthusiastic champions of such progress had to concede that inclusive and sustainable development remained elusive. Still today, of the world’s people live below the international poverty line, unemployment in low-income...…In the quarter century preceding the global COVID-19 pandemic, the world achieved something astonishing: worldwide poverty fell by Foreign aid played an important role in ameliorating the conditions of life for millions of people—helping to slash child mortality by between 1990 and 2019, for example, and providing with lifesaving HIV medications in 2020.But even the most enthusiastic champions of such progress had to concede that inclusive and sustainable development remained elusive. Still today, of the world’s people live below the international poverty line, unemployment in low-income...WW…

By , WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Monday downplayed the prospect of sharing coronavirus vaccines with Mexico, saying it is focused first on getting its own population protected against a pandemic that has killed more than 500,000 Americans.Slideshow The remarks by White House press secretary Jen Psaki came before a video conference between Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and U.S. President Joe Biden, in which the Mexican leader was expected to ask the United States to consider sharing some of its COVID-19 vaccine supply.“The administration’s...…By , WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Monday downplayed the prospect of sharing coronavirus vaccines with Mexico, saying it is focused first on getting its own population protected against a pandemic that has killed more than 500,000 Americans.Slideshow The remarks by White House press secretary Jen Psaki came before a video conference between Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and U.S. President Joe Biden, in which the Mexican leader was expected to ask the United States to consider sharing some of its COVID-19 vaccine supply.“The administration’s...WW…

Women's History Month Canceled For Implying There Is Such A Thing As 'Women'U.S.—Leftist protesters began to riot, mostly peacefully, over the start of Women's History Month, since the hateful tradition implies there is such a thing as men and women."Women's History Month is perpetuating the toxic idea that there is a biological category called 'women'!!!" screamed one woman at a riot in Portland. "It's time for this patriarchal holiday to come crashing to the ground, so we might forever end the class known as 'women.'""Down with women! Down with women!"The protesters marched down the...…Women's History Month Canceled For Implying There Is Such A Thing As 'Women'U.S.—Leftist protesters began to riot, mostly peacefully, over the start of Women's History Month, since the hateful tradition implies there is such a thing as men and women."Women's History Month is perpetuating the toxic idea that there is a biological category called 'women'!!!" screamed one woman at a riot in Portland. "It's time for this patriarchal holiday to come crashing to the ground, so we might forever end the class known as 'women.'""Down with women! Down with women!"The protesters marched down the...WW…

House Democrats are being pressured towithdraw evidence in their case against Donald Trump afterclaims of his MAGA hat-wearing army of killer bears became disputed.The bears, impeachment manager Jamie Raskin explained, had been trained by Trump toattack anyone who supports mail-in voting and all lightweight losers.   “Just look at this picture I found off the internet,” Raskin said.  “This was taken only minutes after Donald Trump told his supporters, and I quote, ‘we tried the 2020 election the regular way—and look where that got us!  So now we do it Trump-style.  And that means I bring...…House Democrats are being pressured towithdraw evidence in their case against Donald Trump afterclaims of his MAGA hat-wearing army of killer bears became disputed.The bears, impeachment manager Jamie Raskin explained, had been trained by Trump toattack anyone who supports mail-in voting and all lightweight losers.   “Just look at this picture I found off the internet,” Raskin said.  “This was taken only minutes after Donald Trump told his supporters, and I quote, ‘we tried the 2020 election the regular way—and look where that got us!  So now we do it Trump-style.  And that means I bring...WW…

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Because of its ability to see more deeply into spacetime than any instrument before it, the Hubble Space Telescope has completely transformed the way we see the universe and ourselves. The (JWST), often dubbed “the next Hubble,” promises to do the same. Slated to launch later this year, JWST will peer more deeply into the universe than any optical or infrared telescope before it, promising to show us a vision of galaxies in their infancy and probe potentially habitable worlds. Such data not only provide insight into the universe but also help us humans situate our concerns in context. It is...…Because of its ability to see more deeply into spacetime than any instrument before it, the Hubble Space Telescope has completely transformed the way we see the universe and ourselves. The (JWST), often dubbed “the next Hubble,” promises to do the same. Slated to launch later this year, JWST will peer more deeply into the universe than any optical or infrared telescope before it, promising to show us a vision of galaxies in their infancy and probe potentially habitable worlds. Such data not only provide insight into the universe but also help us humans situate our concerns in context. It is...WW…

Arizona Republic Arizona’s most shocking story today isn’t the fact that an Arizona congressman spoke at a white nationalist conference on Friday night.It isn’t that he then posed for pictures with the event organizer, a guy who lamented the loss of the country’s “white demographic core” and proclaimed the events leading up to the Jan. 6 riot at the nation’s Capitol as “awesome.”It’s the silence pouring forth from the Arizona Republican Party that is absolutely stunning.Gosar has long been known for living out there on what used to be the party’s fringe. Used to be.He’s the congressman who...…Arizona Republic Arizona’s most shocking story today isn’t the fact that an Arizona congressman spoke at a white nationalist conference on Friday night.It isn’t that he then posed for pictures with the event organizer, a guy who lamented the loss of the country’s “white demographic core” and proclaimed the events leading up to the Jan. 6 riot at the nation’s Capitol as “awesome.”It’s the silence pouring forth from the Arizona Republican Party that is absolutely stunning.Gosar has long been known for living out there on what used to be the party’s fringe. Used to be.He’s the congressman who...WW…

This story has flown under the radar over the weekend while conservative and GOP attention was focused on the events at CPAC in Orlando — Senate Democrats spent the weekend trying to figure out a way to punish US corporations who refuse to pay their workers a minimum wage of $15 an hour — even though such wage is not required by law.Late last week, the Senate Parliamentarian that the hike in the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, passed by the House in its COVID relief bill, is not legislation that can proceed through the Senate as part of the “Budget Reconciliation” process with the...…This story has flown under the radar over the weekend while conservative and GOP attention was focused on the events at CPAC in Orlando — Senate Democrats spent the weekend trying to figure out a way to punish US corporations who refuse to pay their workers a minimum wage of $15 an hour — even though such wage is not required by law.Late last week, the Senate Parliamentarian that the hike in the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, passed by the House in its COVID relief bill, is not legislation that can proceed through the Senate as part of the “Budget Reconciliation” process with the...WW…

Insanity Wrap needs to know: If every puppet needs a puppetmaster, then whose hand is making Joe Biden’s mouth function?Answer: If that’s his mouth functioning, then America is being run by the worst puppeteer in history. But as you’ll see, our Mystery Puppeteer was bad at most everything else, too.Before we get to the sordid details, a quick preview of today’s Wrap.And so much more.Shall we begin?— Biden Voters Posting Their L's Online (@BidenLs)Screwing over sick people has been a priority of Presidentish Joe Biden since . “Helping.”Last August we learned (again) just how little it costs...…Insanity Wrap needs to know: If every puppet needs a puppetmaster, then whose hand is making Joe Biden’s mouth function?Answer: If that’s his mouth functioning, then America is being run by the worst puppeteer in history. But as you’ll see, our Mystery Puppeteer was bad at most everything else, too.Before we get to the sordid details, a quick preview of today’s Wrap.And so much more.Shall we begin?— Biden Voters Posting Their L's Online (@BidenLs)Screwing over sick people has been a priority of Presidentish Joe Biden since . “Helping.”Last August we learned (again) just how little it costs...WW…

Rep. Jerry Nadler (D.-N.Y.) at the New York Pride March, June 5, 2019. (Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)(CNSNews.com) - House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D.-N.Y.) stood in the well of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday and declared: “What any religious tradition ascribes as God’s will is no concern of this Congress.”Nadler made the remark in response to a speech that Rep. Greg Steube (R.-Fla.) had delivered in opposition to the Equality Act, which would force schools to let biological males play on girls’ sports teams and use girls’ locker...…Rep. Jerry Nadler (D.-N.Y.) at the New York Pride March, June 5, 2019. (Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)(CNSNews.com) - House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D.-N.Y.) stood in the well of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday and declared: “What any religious tradition ascribes as God’s will is no concern of this Congress.”Nadler made the remark in response to a speech that Rep. Greg Steube (R.-Fla.) had delivered in opposition to the Equality Act, which would force schools to let biological males play on girls’ sports teams and use girls’ locker...WW…

By , Slideshow WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is expected to impose sanctions as early as this week on Russians connected to the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, three sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.The sources declined to identify the targets or the legal authorities Washington would use to penalize them as it seeks to impose consequences for the poisoning of Navalny. He fell ill on a flight in Siberia last August and was airlifted to Germany, where doctors concluded he had been poisoned with a nerve agent.The State Department did not immediately...…By , Slideshow WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is expected to impose sanctions as early as this week on Russians connected to the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, three sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.The sources declined to identify the targets or the legal authorities Washington would use to penalize them as it seeks to impose consequences for the poisoning of Navalny. He fell ill on a flight in Siberia last August and was airlifted to Germany, where doctors concluded he had been poisoned with a nerve agent.The State Department did not immediately...WW…

Freedom of expression advocate Andrew Doyle has criticised the “regressive” left for branding any speech they don’t like as “hate speech”, also warning that in light of police forces being found to have recorded some 120,000 ‘non-crime hate incidents’, that as history teaches us, “once the police start making lists of people for non-criminal activity, we are in serious danger”.“Without freedom of speech, we don’t have any other liberties at all. I fear that people have lost sight of that,” the comedian behind the perennially offended Social Justice Warrior character remarked on Monday., a...…Freedom of expression advocate Andrew Doyle has criticised the “regressive” left for branding any speech they don’t like as “hate speech”, also warning that in light of police forces being found to have recorded some 120,000 ‘non-crime hate incidents’, that as history teaches us, “once the police start making lists of people for non-criminal activity, we are in serious danger”.“Without freedom of speech, we don’t have any other liberties at all. I fear that people have lost sight of that,” the comedian behind the perennially offended Social Justice Warrior character remarked on Monday., a...WW…

If Donald Trump had any capacity for shame, the day he left the White House in January would have been the last time anyone heard from him for months if not years. In addition to causing his party to lose control of both the presidency and the Senate in 2020 and the House in 2018, Trump, you may recall, incited a violent insurrection that left five people dead because he was upset about the results of the 2020 election, and fellow one-term presidents like George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter have gone into political exile for far less. But Trump, of course, has no shame. Or integrity. Or...…If Donald Trump had any capacity for shame, the day he left the White House in January would have been the last time anyone heard from him for months if not years. In addition to causing his party to lose control of both the presidency and the Senate in 2020 and the House in 2018, Trump, you may recall, incited a violent insurrection that left five people dead because he was upset about the results of the 2020 election, and fellow one-term presidents like George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter have gone into political exile for far less. But Trump, of course, has no shame. Or integrity. Or...WW…

Key PointsA slew of Democrats on Capitol Hill — including progressives Sen. , D-Mass., and Sen. , I-Vt. — on Wednesday proposed a 3% total annual tax on wealth exceeding $1 billion.They also called for a lesser, 2% annual wealth tax on the net worth of households and trusts ranging from $50 million to $1 billion.The aims at reining in a widening U.S. wealth gap, which has ."The ultra-rich and powerful have rigged the rules in their favor so much that the top 0.1% pay a lower effective tax rate than the bottom 99%, and billionaire wealth is 40% higher than before the Covid crisis began,"...…Key PointsA slew of Democrats on Capitol Hill — including progressives Sen. , D-Mass., and Sen. , I-Vt. — on Wednesday proposed a 3% total annual tax on wealth exceeding $1 billion.They also called for a lesser, 2% annual wealth tax on the net worth of households and trusts ranging from $50 million to $1 billion.The aims at reining in a widening U.S. wealth gap, which has ."The ultra-rich and powerful have rigged the rules in their favor so much that the top 0.1% pay a lower effective tax rate than the bottom 99%, and billionaire wealth is 40% higher than before the Covid crisis began,"...WW…

Verified byOn measures, liberals are more  than conservatives. This preference for equality is often measured with the  Scale, which contains items about both equality of treatment (e.., “We would have fewer problems if we treated people more equally”) and equality of outcomes (e.g., “We should strive to make incomes as equal as possible”).However, sometimes personality scales do not map onto behavior in expected ways. For example, despite the fact that conservatives score higher in, they appear to be  than liberals (i.e., no more likely to evaluate politically congenial information more...…Verified byOn measures, liberals are more  than conservatives. This preference for equality is often measured with the  Scale, which contains items about both equality of treatment (e.., “We would have fewer problems if we treated people more equally”) and equality of outcomes (e.g., “We should strive to make incomes as equal as possible”).However, sometimes personality scales do not map onto behavior in expected ways. For example, despite the fact that conservatives score higher in, they appear to be  than liberals (i.e., no more likely to evaluate politically congenial information more...WW…

Gain a global perspective on the US and go beyond with curated news and analysis from 600journalists in 50+ countries covering politics, business, innovation, trends and more.Try full digital access and see why over 1 million readers subscribe to the FT$1.00 for 4 weeksThen $68.00 per monthNew customers onlyCancel anytime during your trialRead moreBe informed with the essentialnews and opinion$40.00 per monthOR$372.00 for 1 yearRead moreFT print edition delivered Monday - Saturday along with ePaper access$50.00 for 3 monthsThen $74.75 every 3 monthsRead morePremium FT.com access for...…Gain a global perspective on the US and go beyond with curated news and analysis from 600journalists in 50+ countries covering politics, business, innovation, trends and more.Try full digital access and see why over 1 million readers subscribe to the FT$1.00 for 4 weeksThen $68.00 per monthNew customers onlyCancel anytime during your trialRead moreBe informed with the essentialnews and opinion$40.00 per monthOR$372.00 for 1 yearRead moreFT print edition delivered Monday - Saturday along with ePaper access$50.00 for 3 monthsThen $74.75 every 3 monthsRead morePremium FT.com access for...WW…

President Biden appears to have erased Dr. Seuss from "Read Across America Day", the annual celebration of reading in honor of the legendary children's author, whose birthday falls on March 2.While Biden followed presidential tradition in proclaiming Tuesday "Read Across America Day," he bucked his predecessors by leaving out any mention of Dr. Seuss from the proclamation.The White House didn't immediately return a request for comment on why Dr. Seuss was left out of the proclamation, but the snub comes as progressives have sought to cancel the beloved children's author. One of Virginia's...…President Biden appears to have erased Dr. Seuss from "Read Across America Day", the annual celebration of reading in honor of the legendary children's author, whose birthday falls on March 2.While Biden followed presidential tradition in proclaiming Tuesday "Read Across America Day," he bucked his predecessors by leaving out any mention of Dr. Seuss from the proclamation.The White House didn't immediately return a request for comment on why Dr. Seuss was left out of the proclamation, but the snub comes as progressives have sought to cancel the beloved children's author. One of Virginia's...WW…

The Border Patrol released 350 migrants onto the streets of a small Arizona border city over the past two weeks, according to a city official, who anticipates that thousands more people could be released by early spring.The releases on the Arizona-California border with Mexico add to similar instances in South Texas and signify a worsening situation, in which the Biden administration's rescinding of Trump-era policies means tens of thousands of migrants crossing monthly across the 2,000-mile border will be waved into the interior of the United States.Yuma Mayor Douglas Nicholls told the...…The Border Patrol released 350 migrants onto the streets of a small Arizona border city over the past two weeks, according to a city official, who anticipates that thousands more people could be released by early spring.The releases on the Arizona-California border with Mexico add to similar instances in South Texas and signify a worsening situation, in which the Biden administration's rescinding of Trump-era policies means tens of thousands of migrants crossing monthly across the 2,000-mile border will be waved into the interior of the United States.Yuma Mayor Douglas Nicholls told the...WW…

1, 2021 ByOfficials from the United Nations helped usher Mexican migrants into the United States last week after President Joe Biden reversed his predecessor’s Migrant Protection Protocols, otherwise known as the Remain in Mexico program.Footage from the below shows migrants being escorted into the states by people wearing vests often associated with UN officials who promote resettlement.A in south Texas confirmed the UN’s presence as migrants began crossing the Gateway International Bridge into the border town of Brownsville, Texas, with the help of UN officials who screened migrants for...…1, 2021 ByOfficials from the United Nations helped usher Mexican migrants into the United States last week after President Joe Biden reversed his predecessor’s Migrant Protection Protocols, otherwise known as the Remain in Mexico program.Footage from the below shows migrants being escorted into the states by people wearing vests often associated with UN officials who promote resettlement.A in south Texas confirmed the UN’s presence as migrants began crossing the Gateway International Bridge into the border town of Brownsville, Texas, with the help of UN officials who screened migrants for...WW…

LatestBy|March 1, 2021 5:26 p.m.As hundreds of Trump supporters attacked the nation’s legislature on Jan. 6, an armed “quick reaction force” was purportedly waiting nearby, ready for an order to join the fight, a federal prosecutor told a judge Friday.Murmurs of a quick reaction force, or QRF, have come up in the court records of several members of the Oath Keepers militia that now face a federal indictment for allegedly conspiring to attack the Capitol.On Friday, U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta  regarding the force “perhaps the most disturbing aspect” of the case before him. He ruled in...…LatestBy|March 1, 2021 5:26 p.m.As hundreds of Trump supporters attacked the nation’s legislature on Jan. 6, an armed “quick reaction force” was purportedly waiting nearby, ready for an order to join the fight, a federal prosecutor told a judge Friday.Murmurs of a quick reaction force, or QRF, have come up in the court records of several members of the Oath Keepers militia that now face a federal indictment for allegedly conspiring to attack the Capitol.On Friday, U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta  regarding the force “perhaps the most disturbing aspect” of the case before him. He ruled in...WW…