Новости за 06.04.2022

Discussions over how to change the early state order for future Democratic presidential primaries are still in the earliest stages, but one thing is already clear: Nevada wants to replace Iowa as the first-in-line state. And Nevada Democrats want it badly.

If you doubt we’ve grown too accustomed to aberrant behavior in the political class, consider this anecdote from the recently published Insurgency: How the Republicans Lost Their Party and Got Everything They Ever Wanted by Jeremy W. Peters of The New York Times. Peters is describing Steve Bannon watching Donald Trump on TV as Trump descends by the Trump Tower escalator to announce his presidential candidacy:

When the Sunshine Protection Act sailed through the Senate this March, everyone was shocked. In a deadlocked Congress that has passed almost nothing, how did a bill about daylight saving time, of all things, make it through? On episode 46 of The Politics of Everything, hosts Laura Marsh and Alex Pareene explore what exactly happened in the upper chamber and look into America’s chaotic history of changing the clocks. What does DST’s success demonstrate about how our country does politics? Guests include the political scientist Ed Burmila... Читать дальше...

In statehouse after statehouse across the United States, lawmakers are eroding rights related to gender and sexuality. They seek a double win for the Christian right and their champions and helpmates in the Republican Party, building Christian nationalist power as well as achieving their concrete goals to reduce or eliminate the life chances for women and LGBTQ people. Outlawing abortion and gender-affirming health care is but one means to this end—one that also threatens to exhaust resistance... Читать дальше...

When the Biden administration faces off against multistate coalitions in federal court, it’s usually fighting a group of Republican-led states over some high-stakes policy change or emotionally charged culture-war issue. Red-state attorneys general have sued the federal government over immigration, environmental regulation, LGBT rights, and more since President Biden took office last year, with varying degrees of success.

On December 1, 2006, a man named Eric Ng was killed on his way home from work. He had been biking along the Hudson River, on what was then, and remains now, the most heavily used bike path in the United States. A car swerved onto the bike path, collided with Ng, and killed him. He was only 22 years old. It would later be revealed that the driver was drunk and had just left a holiday party. He had been speeding and left the road for the bike path to avoid a traffic jam. The man was given an “indeterminate”... Читать дальше...

In the classic Agatha Christie novel And Then There Were None, an unknown murderer strikes down, one by one, 10 strangers who are stranded in a house on an otherwise deserted island. The assailant’s identity remains a mystery until after the tenth corpse has fallen.