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NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks edged lower on Tuesday in choppy trading after hitting record highs, as investors worried about the path of economic reopening and whether the Senate would authorize additional pandemic aid checks.
Modest gains in early trading brought stocks to an intraday record, but the advance evaporated after U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked immediate consideration of the measure calling for an increase in stimulus payments from $600 to $2,000. Final passage of the proposal would require 60 votes and the backing of a dozen Republicans.
McConnell said the chamber would address the increased payments this week along with limits on big technology companies and election integrity.
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The 1619 Project
From the removal of confederate monuments, to Major League Baseball admittance of the Negro Leagues into the sport’s official record book, to the President-Elect making racial equity one of the pillars of his upcoming administration, these actions owe a debt to the 1619 Project. If nothing else, it forced recognition of a complete “warts and all” re-telling of American history.
Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones came up with the idea for The New York Times’ 1619 Project, a groundbreaking re-examination of the role slavery played in the British colonies, later the United States. Especially the centrality of slavery to the growth of American capitalism. It is a seldom told story of how wealth was accumulated and general prosperity spread throughout the newly formed country, founded on freedom, by the enslavement of Africans.
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With COVID-19 vaccines now being distributed to healthcare facilities, including hospitals, long-term care, and other healthcare providers, employers in these industries are faced with an immediate decision: whether to mandate that employees required to work at facilities and/or who otherwise will come into contact with patients, residents, and other employees take a COVID-19 vaccine, or whether to take a softer consent-based approach. Companies who do business with hospitals and other healthcare facilities face this same decision, particularly with respect to their employees who must enter hospitals and other healthcare facilities as part of their normal job functions. Given the pushback to prior mandates issued during the COVID-19 pandemic and historical concerns over the safety of and intrusion associated with any kind of vaccine, employers have to anticipate that a significant number of their employees will at least be
Poll: Most Americans don’t want Pelosi to be Speaker
A new poll from Politico/Morning Consult suggests that Americans have restored Nancy Pelosi to her rightful place as the nation’s chief villain among its leaders. According to the survey, only 31 percent of voters think Pelosi should remain as Speaker of the House. 56 percent believe she shouldn’t.
President Trump never had numbers this bad not in any reliable poll. And I’m pretty sure Majority Leader McConnell would poll considerably better than Pelosi did in the Politico/Morning Consult survey.
Throughout most of her time as Speaker, Pelosi was a gift to Republicans. With Pelosi as the villain, the GOP was able to raise massive amounts of money, energize its base, and score several impressive electoral victories.