In the news today: Former Sen. Harry Reid, a giant of progressive politics, died last night at age 82. The nation’s COVID-19 pandemic has now reached yet another all-time high, with a 7-day average now topping a quarter-million new cases per day. And the mass shooter responsible for five deaths in Denver has been identified as a white supremacist who repeatedly advocated for political violence on social media–;and wrote a “book” that reveled in such violence.
Here’s some of what you may have missed:
; Rest in peace, Harry Reid, political giant and friend of Daily Kos
; COVID-19 cases are now at an all-time high–;and once again, it didn’t have to happen
; Social media show Denver shooter is a ‘white supremacist and misogynist obsessed with masculinity’
; Insurrection probe and Biden White House agree to delay part of Trump records request
; GOP lawmaker in Oklahoma hawks book-banning bill with $10,000 per day fine to school librarians
Trending from the community:
; We should thank Donald Trump Jr. for showing us the truth about white evangelical Christianity
; FBI investigating pro-Trump pastor Perry Stone for sexual misconduct
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