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As the White Houses fruitless infrastructure talks with Republican lawmakers persist with no deal in sight, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont warned Thursday that Democrats risk losing control of Congress if they get bogged down in unending negotiations with the GOP and fail to urgently confront the climate emergency, soaring prescription drug prices, and other key issues. "What happens if they spend week after week, month after month negotiating with Republicans who have little intention of addre...

Sanders Warns That Dragging Out Talks With GOP Could Lose Congress for Dems Sen. Bernie Sanders attends the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee markup of the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021 on May 26, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Caroline Brehman / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images By Reading List As the White House’s fruitless infrastructure talks with Republican lawmakers persist with no deal in sight, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont warned Thursday that Democrat...

Updated: 19:37 ET, May 25 2021 SYNDEY Sutherlands family and friends feel her rapist killer should receive the death penalty as they are "living a nightmare" months after her murder. The 24-year-old nurse, who went missing while jogging near the Grubbs and Newport area of Jackson County, Arkansas, last summer, was found dead days later. 8 8 Quake reportedly went to school with Sydney and initially admitted to the killingCredit: Randolph County Sheriffs Office Farmer Quake Lewellyn initially a...

Quake Lewellyn, 28, was taken into custody over the rape and murder of 25-year-old Sydney Sutherland after her body was found dumped in Newport in rural Arkansas late September last year.

We repeat today in the print edition of our newspaper an article titled “How Joe Biden could vaccinate the world” reproduced from a U.S. publication, The Week for the benefit of those of our readers who may not have read the epaper we were compelled to limit ourselves to last Sunday on account of the Covid restrictions. Given the scale of the devastation this fast-spreading virus has caused on this planet, mankind is necessarily focused on all matters relating to the pandemic. Thus, togethe...

By Ryan Cooper President Biden surprised the world when his administration came out in favour of an intellectual property waiver for coronavirus vaccines. The US is now backing an effort from India and South Africa to get a Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) waiver at the World Trade Organization (WTO), with the intent of expanding global vaccine production. But it isn’t going to be that easy. Germany’s Angela Merkel has already come out against a waiver (one of the key ...

Democrats can end the insane tradition of holding the global economy hostage now and forever. Drew Angerer/Getty Images There are many things that should be left in the Pandemic Before Times: meetings that could have been emails, long and pointless commutes, and working without paid sick leave. Also, consider the debt ceiling. Two years ago, Congress and President Donald Trump agreed to suspend the need to raise the debt ceiling until after the 2020 elections. Having been kicked down the road, ...

See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here. This entry was posted in Guest Post, Links on About Lambert Strether Readers, I have had a correspondent characterize my views as realistic cynical. Let me briefly explain them. I believe in universal programs that provide concrete material benefits, especially to the working class. Medicare for All is the prime example, but tuition-free college and a Post Office Bank also fall under this heading. So do a Jobs Guarantee and a Debt Jubilee. Cle...

Maryland Fishing Report – May 12 May 12, 2021 Ryan Cooper takes a look at a brook trout before gently returning this beauty to the water. Photo by Ryan Cooper The Maryland outdoors has many beautiful treasures to behold for those who look. It can be a quiet time sitting on a river bank watching nature, gazing upon the Chesapeake Bay, or hiking up a mountain stream and soaking up all that nature can share. Few fish in Maryland are as beautiful and treasured as our native brook trout and if you...