U.S. & GLOBAL POLITICS: The Middle Road By John Joseph

An independent view of US & GLOBAL POLITICS with diverse opinions about government, religion, the environment, economics and healthcare.

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Polling
Elena Kagan Dismantled a Republican Lawyer and Might Have Saved Voting Rights Act in the Process
Esquire - By Charles P. Pierce
If it does survive, one Supreme Court justice gets the save. As the last barely breathing remnant of the Voting Rights Act lay on a table in the chambers of the Supreme Court, Justice Elena Kagan performed...
4 hours ago
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Brazil
Brazilian coronavirus variant found in five states IS more contagious
dailymail.co.uk - Reuters
A highly transmissible COVID-19 variant that emerged in Brazil and has now been found in at least 20 countries can re-infect people who previously …
2 hours ago
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Antifa
FBI Director Wray repeatedly rebuts claims that antifa activists attacked Capitol
NBC News - By Rebecca Shabad
The FBI has not seen "any evidence of anarchist violent extremists or people subscribing to antifa in connection with the 6th," he said at a Senate hearing. WASHINGTON — FBI Director Christopher Wray Tuesday...
9 hours ago
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Greg Abbott
Texas governor lifts mask mandate and allows businesses to open at 100% capacity, despite health officials' warnings
CNN
(CNN) — Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday he's lifting the mask mandate in Texas, even as health officials warn not to ease safety restrictions. Abbott made the announcement during a Lubbock Chamber Commerce...
7 hours ago
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Videos
Justice Barrett asks GOP lawyer “what’s the interest” to Republicans in keeping voting restrictions in AZ. His response:
The Recount
8 hours ago