NEW: Justice Dept. just released horrifying new footage from 1/6. Feds say this is ex-NYPD officer Thomas Webster (red jacket) wielding a flagpole, rushing at police & tackling a cop to the ground. DOJ released this after legal action by CNN and other outlets. (warning: explicit) pic.twitter.com/yf7DQQFMWr
Often underserved by traditional schools, Black families are banding together to educate their children, sometimes with an unexpected funding source: the Koch family and other conservative donors.
It does for sure, but it’s more sinister. The collapse of local journalism and corresponding oversight means that School Boards are increasingly an entry level office for political extremists. Not good. https://t.co/e7WVdUEEVK
The National Retail Federation is calling on the White House to address the logjam at US ports that is snarling commerce as the economy swiftly recovers from the pandemic.
Biden promised an attorney general who would run the Justice Department as it operated before Trump—and for better or for worse, that’s what he did. https://t.co/jP1TlPiAVf newrepublic
Meanwhile, experts say that hospitals and health care providers frequently failed to use correct billing codes for COVID expenses or incorrectly delineated treatments for post-COVID maladies as unrelated to the disease itself. @CSSNYorg@elisrbenjaminhttps://t.co/7QZwzt2bxX
The Supreme Court deferred the Harvard case today, asking for Biden Admin's opinion. This means some Justices feel the case should be taken up. Others, like Harvard alumni Roberts, Kagan, Sotomayor, or Breyer, seem insistent on playing it safe.https://t.co/0XZaWvZ3KU
will boost Tehran’s ability to surveil military targets, officials say
Call this what it is: Russia is giving a state sponsor of terrorism an advanced tech platform that it will use to bring more destabilization to the Middle East. The President must give a clear-eyed rebuke of Russia’s behavior when he meets with Putin. https://t.co/gG241lFPAQ
I cannot explain how important it is that the Pulitzer Prize Committee awarded its Special Citation to Darnella Frazier for the video she took of George Floyd’s death at the hands of the murderer Derek Chauvin. https://t.co/y0s1PXfJSd
WASHINGTON — A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday that thousands of people living in the U.S. for humanitarian reasons are ineligible to apply to become permanent residents.