by Jessica Corbett, staff writer "It must be made clear that no president, now or in the future, can lead an insurrection against the U.S. government."
by Julia Conley, staff writer Sen. Joe Manchin on Friday single-handedly dashed hopes of passing meaningful coronavirus relief legislation easily when he said he would "absolutely not" support $2,000 checks.
by Jake Johnson, staff writer "If the threat is so serious that you have to ask one of Trump's own appointees to keep him from firing nuclear missiles, the threat is serious enough to impeach him today and not wait until next week."
by Kenny Stancil, staff writer "Any senator who stands up and supports the power of force over the power of democracy has broken their oath of office."
by Jake Johnson, staff writer "The rule of law is dead if a sitting president can incite an insurrectionist mob to overturn democracy and then pardon everyone involved, including himself."
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer The World Health Organization now says the interval between two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine can be extended to up to six weeks.
by Kenny Stancil, staff writer "A working majority in both houses of Congress means that any decision to court Republican votes will be made by choice."
by Andrea Germanos, staff writer "It took over 200 years for [atmospheric CO2] levels to increase by 25%, but now just over 30 years later we are approaching a 50% increase."
by Brett Wilkins, staff writer "All of a sudden I'm just getting cornered by 30, 40 people," said Berlinda Nibo. "That's what started all of them to jump in."
by Daniel Ellsberg I will always regret that I did not do more to stop war with Vietnam. Now, I am calling on whistleblowers to step up and expose Trump’s plans
by John Ripton "A lukewarm Biden-Harris presidency—even one that eventually brings the pandemic under control—will not achieve the populist policy objectives necessary to win in 2024."
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