Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Do Republicans want to lose?

The Republicans finally got around to nominating a speaker and the full House decided to go ahead and approve it. But now what?

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Wed Oct 25 2023
 

The House finally has a speaker. That's a good thing. But what does all of the dysfunctional and Republican turmoil that got us here mean for the party?

This is what our latest column on Congress is examining. Specifically, our column is asking Republicans why they are so insistent on helping President Joe Biden win re-election.

Read the full column and catch up on how we got here.

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, asked about a story written by Flatwater Free Press reporter Yanqi Xu detailing high levels of the pollutant nitrate found in the groundwater near his family's massive hog operations, responded: "All you got to do is look at the author. The author is from communist China. What more do you need to know?

What counts is not where Nebraska reporter Yanqi Xu was born, but where she chose to practice journalism: An America where the press is (so far) free.

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Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce during warmups before an NFL football game on Oct. 22, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo.
 

Travis Kelce is helping save lives. Stop mocking him for vaccine ad.

Travis Kelce and his mom, Donna, launched a new campaign for people to get a flu shot along with the latest COVID-19 vaccination. That's a good thing.
In an effort to shut down homegrown meth labs in which people converted oral decongestants containing pseudoephedrine into methamphetamine, Congress in 2005 passed the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act. Pseudoephedrine-containing products had to move behind the counter, and pharmacists had to register and track people who purchased them. So their customers could continue buying their products over the counter and avoid the stigma of registering to purchase pseudoephedrine, many drugmakers substituted pseudoephedrine with phenylephrine.
 

CVS is pulling this decongestant. It may be in your medicine cabinet.

Just before cold and flu season, FDA sneezes on Sudafed, Dayquil and other drugs with phenylephrine. Blame meth – really.
FILE - Rowers are seen through a screen decorated with the Olympic rings as they practice at the rowing venue in Lagoa at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 7, 2016. British Rowing has announced it will ban transgender women from competing in women's events at its competitions. The governing body said Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, that only individuals
 

Sexual abuse of athletes was rampant. Then SafeSport changed the game.

Before SafeSport was established, abuse in sport was rampant, in part because policies were scarce and inconsistent.
 

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