https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/madison-cawthorn-paralympics/

«Multiple athletes expressed frustration, not just with Cawthorn but with the general ignorance of disability and athletics. If Cawthorn had claimed to be preparing for the 400 meters in the Summer Olympics, the press would have ridiculed him, but no one in media questioned his claims of training for the Paralympics. “There is such a lack of awareness about the Paralympic Movement,” Siemann said. “[People] don’t understand the time and effort and energy that Paralympic athletes put in their training. It’s an elite sport. You can’t just get in a racing chair. That’s really not how it works.”»

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/21/liz-cheneys-problems-pile-up-461218

«If Cheney does lose her post, it will be the latest sign that the Trumpification of the Republican Party isn’t stopping anytime soon…. Some say the Cheney fight has already become a proxy battle for the heart and soul of the splintered GOP.»

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/senate-republicans-throw-cold-water-biden-s-immigration-proposal-n1255232

«…including some who championed a similar effort eight years ago.»

When you know a bill won’t pass the other chamber or will be vetoed, you can vote like a hero. When suddenly your vote counts, well, then.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/21/biden-ftc-fcc-chair/

w00t!

«Rosenworcel is a fervent supporter of net neutrality and has called on the FCC for years to put its muscle behind a massive effort to build out broadband to the country’s most unserved communities.»

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/01/how-biden-could-win-over-republican-voters-post-riot/617765/

I see Brownstein is back at it.

Ain’t gonna happen, Ron.

But, come to think of it: 50 STATE PLAN!

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/01/trump-third-party-patriot-party-mcconnell-gop.html

Honestly, I think the best thing the Republican party could do to save itself would be to REAPPORTION THE HOUSE. I think that would get rid of a lot of lunatics in the House and let the party come back to an even keel. (Of course, endemic racism would still be a problem, but we’d have fewer folks like Madison Cawthorne and Virginia Foxx.)

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/21/democrats-mcconnell-filibuster-460967

There should be no filibuster guarantee and also no blue slips to block judicial candidates. We need to be done with the concept of playing with Republicans with rules of “comity” and whatnot. Those days are past; we saw what Republicans did with them.

https://twitter.com/Kas_Nwuke/status/1352193757320417280?s=20

This.

okn (@Kas_Nwuke) Tweeted: @joshfoxfilm A Republican president can reverse Biden’s decisions in Jan 2025. These Dem exultations are unnecessary. If Trump had managed the COVID crisis well and not worried so much about the effect of lockdowns on his hospitality businesses, he’d still be in the White House today.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/01/biden-michael-pack-kathleen-kraninger-peter-robb.html

A competent Republican administration would turn this around in a heartbeat, the same way. We are a long way from being out of the woods.

https://warontherocks.com/2021/01/the-islamic-state-stopped-talking-about-uighurs/

«a significant U.S. drawdown will be a boon for the Islamic State so long as it is replaced by China’s more hands-off approach. A more multipolar region is a region that is less willing and less able to root out extremist actors.

If achieving that more permissive environment means ignoring the plight of the Uighurs, the Islamic State is on board for now.»