“Amid the current crisis, Fiona Hill and other former advisers are connecting President Trump’s pressure campaign on Ukraine to January 6th. And they’re ready to talk,” writes Robert Draper.
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“Amid the current crisis, Fiona Hill and other former advisers are connecting President Trump’s pressure campaign on Ukraine to January 6th. And they’re ready to talk,” writes Robert Draper.
LaunchWatch highlights from the sixteenth episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Jake Gyllenhaal, with Camila Cabello as the musical guest, including the KBJ cold open.
Launch“Homeowners and landscapers are learning what ecologists have known for decades: It’s time to shed the mighty American lawn in favor of native plants and perennials,” Chris Moody writes.
LaunchWatch President Biden, Vice President Harris and former President Barack Obama deliver remarks on the Patient Protection Act and lowering healtcare costs for families. President Biden also announced additional actions to save families hundreds of dollars a month on their healthcare expenses.
LaunchWatch highlights from the fourteenth episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Jerrod Carmichael, with Gunna as the musical guest, including the Fox & Friends cold open.
Launch“The state Public Works Board is considering changes after private internet companies successfully objected to local government initiatives,” Crosscut’s Brandon Block reports.
LaunchWatch President Biden deliver remarks on the united efforts of the free world to support the people of Ukraine, hold Russia accountable for its brutal war, and defend a future that is rooted in democratic principles.
Launch“Energized by their fight against government coronavirus restrictions, far-right activists are rallying supporters to engage in politics and show up to vote,” Hannah Allam reports.
LaunchPermanent standard time is better than daylight saving, sleep experts say “Sleep experts widely agree with the Senate that the country should abandon its twice-yearly
Launch“Dozens of voting members of the Democratic National Committee met Friday to organize a new voting bloc to push for changes to the internal governance of the national party and send more money to state party groups,” The Washington Post’s Michael Scherer reports.
LaunchMesa County Clerk Tina Peters, a Republican accused of compromising sensitive election machine data, was indicted by a grand jury Wednesday. Here’s an explanation of everything that’s happened so far from The Colorado Sun.
Launch“They can’t get their hands on money or securities or goods or services. They are outcast and they will over the shorter term freeze to death,” financial services veteran George Ball said in comments to The Washington Post.
Launch“According to statistics from the Brookings Institution and CQ Roll Call’s own calculations, the 116th Congress was actually the most productive since the 80th in 1947–48, the farthest back Brookings’ data goes,” Jim Saksa writes for CQ Roll Call.
LaunchWatch highlights from the fourteenth episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by Oscar Isaac, with Charli XCX as the musical guest, including the Fox Ukraine Cold Open spoofing Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham.
LaunchNPI’s February 2022 statewide research poll found Democratic Senator Patty Murray with a narrower advantage over Republican Senator Tiffany Smiley than she enjoyed in our 2021 polling, prompting a contest rating downgrade and driving news coverage.
Launch“The war came and the money ran out — the money ran out sooner than the war ended,” said Sergei Aleksashenko.
LaunchWatch highlights from the thirteen episode of SNL’s forty-seventh season, hosted by John Mulaney, with LCD Soundsystem as the musical guest, including the cold open featuring the Ukrainian Chorus Dumka.
LaunchDemocratic pollster Stanley Greenberg writes: “The Republican threat to America’s constitutional experiment has led me to ask: What is our plan to save it? Here’s mine.”
Launch“Transplant recipients, cancer patients and millions of other Americans with risk factors feel ignored and abandoned as their neighbors, and their government, seek a return to normal,” Amanda Morris and Maggie Astor write.
Launch“Republicans will claim they’re on the side of parents and family values, but they will do nothing for actual parents … nothing on child care, nothing on paid leave … they’ll ban books but do nothing about guns,” Clinton said.
Launch“The Beijing Olympics… are a big bowl of bad, unfolding in a country ruled by fear and oppression,” the Boston Globe columnist writes.
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