"Profound" racial disparity in NYC vaccinations.
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TOP STORIES
Monday, February 1
OUT WITH REAGAN, IN WITH QANON Donald Trump has left the White House, but the party he hijacked is still under his spell and that of the QAnon cult that worships him, writes HuffPost White House correspondent S.V. Dáte. As Republicans regroup after losing the White House and both chambers of Congress, they must face the fact that a significant percentage of their base remains more loyal to Trump than to the party as a whole. [HuffPost]
COUP IN MYANMAR The military seized power in Myanmar on Monday in a coup against the democratically elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. The army said it detained the leaders in response to "election fraud." State TV went off air and phone and internet connectivity was disrupted. [Reuters]
TRUMP'S B TEAM With just over a week until his impeachment trial, Trump announced a new defense team Sunday. The announcement was intended to promote a sense of stability after it was revealed he had parted ways with previous lawyers over his demand that they make the case that he won the election. The former president has struggled to retain attorneys to represent him against the charge of inciting the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol. [AP] |
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'PROFOUND' RACIAL DISPARITY IN VACCINE Black and Latino residents of New York City have used only a fraction of the coronavirus vaccines they should have received, the latest data reveal. “Clearly, we do see a profound disparity that needs to be addressed aggressively and creatively,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said. [HuffPost]
GOP SENATORS FLOAT DEAL Ten Republican senators sent a letter to President Joe Biden proposing a bipartisan compromise on COVID-19 relief, with a much smaller aid package. Biden immediately said he'd meet with the group today. Biden's lead negotiator on the relief package said his team is open to the idea of targeted relief payments. [HuffPost]
MAJOR STORM ASSAILS NORTHEAST A whopper of a storm blanketed parts of the Midwest in the most snow some places had seen in several years. The storm then moved toward the Northeast, threatening blizzard-like conditions and travel problems. [AP] |
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WHAT'S BREWING
LINCOLN PROJECT DENOUNCES 'PREDATOR' CO-FOUNDER Leaders of The Lincoln Project, a conservative political action committee that opposes Trump, denounced co-founder John Weaver after a New York Times report revealed unwanted, sexually provocative messages he sent to several young men. [HuffPost]
VACCINATED REP. TESTS POSITIVE FOR VIRUS Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) tested positive for the coronavirus after receiving both doses of vaccine prior to Inauguration Day. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it's possible to test positive in the few weeks before immunity has built up from taking the vaccine. [HuffPost]
BUSINESS IN THE FRONT, PARTY IN THE BACK Biden's administration is beginning to look like an ideological mullet: the establishment at the front and the progressive party in the back, writes HuffPost's Kevin Robillard. Read more about how progressives are responding to Biden's hires. [HuffPost]
GOP SEN. WANTS STAND AGAINST QANON REP. Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) suggested Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) should lose her committee assignment over her disturbing social media activity in which she appeared to endorse violence against Democrats and express support for beliefs that mass shootings had been staged. [HuffPost]
LIFE AS A COVID-19 'LONG-HAULER' Five women share how their lives have been upended by the coronavirus as they struggle with mysterious symptoms months after the infection. "The exhaustion is the most frustrating part," said 37-year-old Roshni Ghosh. [HuffPost]
EL PASO SHOOTING SURVIVOR DEPORTED A survivor of the 2019 mass shooting at an El Paso, Texas, Walmart, who has been helping law enforcement as a witness to the attack that killed 22 people, has been deported following a traffic stop, her attorneys said. She "came out of the shadows to cooperate [with] law enforcement about what she saw,” said the legal aid clinic. [HuffPost] |
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