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The vaccine roll-out in Massachusetts has been "unacceptable," says
@RepPressley
. "The fact that we could rank 37th in the nation when we are a healthcare mecca and we have that existing infrastructure? We should be a pace-setter for the nation."
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"This film is not about celebrating President Obama's legacy. It's definitely about showing what a competent, caring, empathetic, human person is as our leader," says
@dawnporterm
, about her new documentary on Obama White House photographer
@PeteSouza
.
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Rita Cameron of Holyoke was "quiet, but when she spoke she was sarcastic and funny," said her family. Cameron died "without any family being able to visit or say goodbye" on April 30, 2020. We're remembering her with the help of
@FacesofCOVID
.
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An online project called
@FacesOfCOVID
documents the personal stories of Americans who have died from the virus. "I did it...to affirm the basic dignity of the people that we've lost," says creator
@alexjgoldstein
.
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In March 2020,
@alexjgoldstein
created
@FacesOfCOVID
to share the stories of those lost. Overwhelmed by statistics about deaths and hospitalizations, he sought to represent the "human component of this loss that was just cascading over us," he says.
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Political science professor
@eitanhersh
was really missing his 96-year-old grandfather during the pandemic, so he decided to invite him to join his class on Zoom. Soon, his students followed suit — and their older family members joined as well.
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“We can't let this guy stomp all over our constitutional rights," says
@GovBillWeld
on challenging
@POTUS
. “No one in the Senate says anything when he’s acquitted of a constitutional crime … of which he was so clearly guilty?” WATCH:
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Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld, a Republican, says he is voting for Joe Biden — and that he is disappointed in his party under President Trump. "I think there will have to be some reconstitution of the Republican Party," he says.
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To impeach or not to impeach?
After reviewing the
#MuellerReport
,
@joekennedy
says yes to
#impeachment
.
"I think it's clear that the President has unfortunately committed impeachable offenses."
See the full interview:
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Rep.
@AyannaPressley
on
@MassDPH
stats showing marginalized communities in MA have gotten vaccinated at lower rates than white residents: “The fact that the communities that have been hardest hit... are in such an anemic percentage is deeply troubling."
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With a powerful moment of song,
@MsLaToshaBrown
says voting rights are "under attack," especially for voters of color. But she told
@jimbraude
, "if [we] educate...we inspire & motivate people," America can build "a stronger, more...inclusive democracy."
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"This system has failed and needs a structural overhaul immediately," said Congressman
@joekennedy
, after a dozen members of Congress visited a detention facility at the border.
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So, what does
@AndrewYang
's Universal Basic Income plan REALLY look like?
@reillyadam
explains how it's already changed one New Hampshire family's life.
WATCH:
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"The Special Council Robert Mueller needs to come before the American public and testify, answer some of the questions that were not fully addressed."
@RepJoeKennedy
discusses the aftermath of the
#MuellerReport
and the question of
#impeachment
:
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The IRS recognized the Satanic Temple as an official religion. "We feel we have all the elements that any religion should. We have an ethical structure. We have our own community," says co-founder
@LucienGreaves
:
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Rep.
@AyannaPressley
on
@MassDPH
stats showing marginalized communities in MA have gotten vaccinated at lower rates than white residents: “The fact that the communities that have been hardest hit... are in such an anemic percentage is deeply troubling."
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"If you're an athlete...an actor, singer, rapper, if you have a platform, I feel like the question you need to ask yourself is: What can I do to inspire more people? How can I change lives?" says
@EnesKanter
.
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The vaccine roll-out in Massachusetts has been "unacceptable," says
@RepPressley
. "We should be a national model. We should not be lagging so frightfully behind," she said.
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Tuesday's Jan. 6 hearing revealed the pressure Trump put on officials from Georgia and Arizona to change the results of the election.
@jentaub
breaks it down, "I believe, more likely than not, it was a conspiracy to defraud the United States."
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Black and Latinx residents make up less than 3% and 4% of those vaccinated so far in Mass. "The fact that the communities who have been hardest-hit, who should have been prioritized, are in such an anemic percentage is deeply troubling," says
@RepPressley
.
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Getting vaccinated against COVID "is the safest route possible for us to get back to normal, and also to protect the people that we care about," says
@celtics
forward
@Grant2Will
.
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“[Payments] can be used to allow individual families to apply that money how they need it ... and to keep the system actually functioning."
@RepJoeKennedy
on his plan to give cash to Americans struggling to make ends meet because of the coronavirus:
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"We as a generation have said enough is enough."
Gen Z made waves at the polls in midterm elections, and they're not letting up. Hear more from Ashley Clark of
@VOTmass
@voterstomorrow
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Rapid antigen tests are doing well in detecting the
#omicron
variant.
If you are infected, it's best to use a rapid test to determine when you can come out of isolation, according to
@michaelmina_lab
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Black and Latinx residents make up less than 3% and 4% of those vaccinated so far in Mass. "The fact that the communities who have been hardest-hit, who should have been prioritized, are in such an anemic percentage is deeply troubling," says
@RepPressley
.
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"[Trump] does have a vision...it's a vision that merges the personal interests of the president with the interests of the office," says
@Susan_Hennessey
. She and
@benjaminwittes
discuss their new book "Unmaking The Presidency"
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“Our healthcare system was not designed to respond to a pandemic like this, but if we had acted decisively and early, we would have had additional lead time," says
@RepJoeKennedy
on the administration's handling of the coronavirus.
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"We are people, we are human, before we athletes," says
@EnesKanter
, explaining why he uses his platform to speak out about oppression in his native Turkey and police brutality and racism in the United States.
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"If you want to heal and move on, you should send a message...that this election was not stolen," says
@RepMcGovern
, to his GOP colleagues. "That's the big lie that Donald Trump and a lot of my Republican colleagues here gave oxygen to."
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In her new book "Big Dirty Money," law professor
@JenTaub
looks at the prevalence of white collar crime in the US — and why so few perpetrators face significant consequences.
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IMHO: Drug dealers routinely face years-long prison sentences for their crimes. Yet the Sackler family, of the highly addictive drug OxyContin, will face no jail time for their role in the opioid crisis. It's criminal, says Jim Braude.
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Looking at Democratic gains in Michigan, Georgia, and elsewhere,
@MsLaToshaBrown
of the
@BlackVotersMtr
Fund says: "Black voters have had an extraordinary impact on this election cycle."
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Nervous about traveling? "Statistically it's never been safer to
#travel
and Europe is statistically far safer than the U.S.," said
@RickSteves
, "If somebody tells me 'have a safe trip,' I say 'you have a safe stay at home.'"
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Why do we write off certain communities when it comes to politics, organizing, and community activism? A new organizing accelerator is trying to fix that. Hear from
@joekennedy
@GroundworkProj
on his experience in these areas, and the talent that lies:
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Boston’s history is rich with glass ceiling-breakers, including
@RepPressley
. Not only was she the first Black woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts, but she was also the first Black woman elected to the Boston City Council.
#BlackHistoryMonth
📸 Elise Amendola/AP
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Bernie Sanders is surging in the polls one month ahead of the Iowa caucus. "He's raising a lot of money...he's been steady throughout the last four years despite a lot of attacks, and he's got a lot of enthusiasm with his supporters" says
@hammodimissouri
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"I’m hoping in a year or two, or maybe a little more, that international travel will be back to the norm," says travel expert
@RickSteves
.
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“I think an impeachment proceeding is actually going to build a very strong case,” said
@RepLoriTrahan
about why she now supports starting an inquiry and, ultimately, impeaching
@realDonaldTrump
.
WATCH:
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During the debate, President Trump urged supporters to "go into the polls and watch very carefully."
@MassAGO
responds: "It is a crime to engage in voter intimidation or election interference...We will prosecute people who engage in that."
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"As a trauma surgeon, I'm essentially trying to put myself out of business," explained
@peter_masiakos
, a founder of the Mass General Center for
#GunViolence
Prevention:
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.
@MsLaToshaBrown
says Democrats need to eliminate the filibuster to push through their agenda: "I don't expect there to be any measurable major progressive change without that," she says.
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Thanks for joining us last night
@alexjgoldstein
!
Watch the full interview here:
.
@alexjgoldstein
on continuing his
@FacesOfCOVID
Twitter feed despite recent anti-Semitic and racist trolling: "This space is meaningful.. I'm not going to let somebody derail that because it's fun for them to mess with people online."
Via
@GreaterBoston
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A beautiful new sculpture is now on the Boston Common and it represents an embrace between Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King.
GBH caught up with the King family, hear what they had to say:
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Nervous about traveling? "Statistically it's never been safer to
#travel
and Europe is statistically far safer than the U.S.," said
@RickSteves
, "If somebody tells me 'have a safe trip,' I say 'you have a safe stay at home.'"
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“[Payments] can be used to allow individual families to apply that money how they need it ... and to keep the system actually functioning."
@RepJoeKennedy
on his plan to give cash to Americans struggling to make ends meet because of the coronavirus:
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In the wake of Trump's acquittal in the Senate, former Labor Secretary
@RBReich
says: "The state of our democracy is, I think, very, very fragile right now."
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Boston Celtics' player
@EnesKanter
: "Why does equality have to be a debate?" He joined
@JimBraude
to discuss how he uses his platform to create social change. WATCH:
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Nervous about traveling? "Statistically, it's never been safer to travel," says
@RickSteves
. "If somebody tells me 'have a safe trip,' I say 'you have a safe stay at home.'"
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"WAAF was this station that welcomed everybody who didn't feel like they were cool enough to be anywhere else."
@MistressCarrie
says goodbye to the legendary rock station, which was flipped to a Christian music station last week
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"It is like Trump is producing Hannity's show, and Hannity is programming Trump's presidency. "
@brianstelter
looks at the relationship between President Donald Trump and Fox News in his new book, "Hoax."
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.
@MsLaToshaBrown
, cofounder of
@BlackVotersMtr
, says Georgia's new voting law is "very damaging, racist legislation."
"Regardless of who is in office, my right to vote should be protected and should be respected," she said.
WATCH:
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"[Trump] does have a vision...it's a vision that merges the personal interests of the president with the interests of the office," says
@Susan_Hennessey
. She and
@benjaminwittes
discuss their new book "Unmaking The Presidency"
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When you test for COVID, do you use a rapid test or a PCR?
@michaelmina_lab
said rapid tests are much better for everyday use in detecting
#coronavirus
and preventing spread.
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Rep. Park Cannon, a Georgia state lawmaker who is Black, was arrested for knocking on the governor's door while he signed voting restrictions into law. "It is very symbolic of what I think is happening in this country," says
@MsLaToshaBrown
.
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No need to travel to NYC to get one of the best bagels in the country — look no further than
@bagelsaurus13
in Cambridge, says
@foodandwine
.
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“We’re seeing a multiracial, multigenerational [group of people] saying that they want to see something different, that they want to see structural change,” says
@MsLaToshaBrown
of the Black Voters Matter Fund.
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Law professor
@tribelaw
weighs in on the Trump administration's efforts to undermine the results of the election: "Their objective is not really to win. Their objective is to cast a cloud over the whole idea of democratic elections."
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"You are equating accountability with incarceration," said
@DARollins
, "Accountability isn't even the right word when it comes to substance abuse disorder… I don't want to hold you accountable because you're mentally ill.... I want to get you help." More:
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"I think what we need to do is talk to individuals as individuals and understand what their concerns are," said
@CDCDirector
of people who don't want to get vaccinated.
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.
@TheOnlyEdAsner
shares his thoughts on
@POTUS
and the future of the country, as well as his thoughts on turning ninety and his new roles on the stage:
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.
@MsLaToshaBrown
, cofounder of
@BlackVotersMtr
, says Georgia's new voting law is "very damaging, racist legislation."
"Regardless of who is in office, my right to vote should be protected and should be respected," she said.
WATCH:
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Boston City Councilor
@wutrain
is officially running for mayor. "We have the resources, we have the activism, we have the ideas — we just need bold, urgent leadership that lifts up our communities,"she says.
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ICYMI:
@MsLaToshaBrown
reflects on the 56th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March and the challenges facing voting access today. "What has always made a difference in this country is when people rise up to stand for what is right."
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Reporter
@jelani9
went to Wisconsin to look at how gerrymandering, voter ID laws and the pandemic were restricting access to voting. But far from being the exception, the state may actually be representative of voter suppression issues across the US.
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In his new book, "Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of the Truth,"
@brianstelter
examines what he calls a feedback loop between President Donald Trump and his favorite TV network.
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Will dedicated bus lanes improve Boston's bus service? Boston City Councilor
@wutrain
says they should be the priority.
#transportation
Learn more:
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“History is testing us right now. And what was very disappointing to me is that many of my Republican colleagues are failing this test."
@RepMcGovern
discusses the impeachment inquiry:
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A new drug to treat ALS was recently approved, so what's next?
@PaganoniMDPhD
says there's hope for a cure:
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Over the past few weeks, Republican officials in dozens of states have been pushing bills that would restrict voting access. "This is not a partisan issue. This is a democracy issue," says
@MsLaToshaBrown
.
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“The next three or four years are going to be very difficult," says
@David_Gergen
. “People have raw feelings: the hatred, the poison that’s in the system now will take a long time to recede."
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Law professor
@JenTaub
says white collar crimes costs Americans between $300 - $800 billion per year — yet the perpetrators get “first, second, third and seemingly infinite chances.”
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"We're not actually considered humans, we're not even considered babies, but a commodity," said
@thewriteaimee
. "It's very clear that this is not about babies, it's about increasing the supply and demand of a thing. It's a business."
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What would guaranteed basic income in Boston look like? Families could get $600-$1,000, according to
@CllrKendraLara
. Would you support this program? Watch:
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“We’re seeing a multiracial, multigenerational [group of people] saying that they want to see something different, that they want to see structural change,” says
@MsLaToshaBrown
of the Black Voters Matter Fund.
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Earlier this week,
@LucienGreaves
, co-founder of the
#SatanicTemple
, talked with Jim Braude about how IRS recognition as an official church might help the organization's legal battles:
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“The weaponry that’s available now is causing injuries that I’ve never seen before and my colleagues and I are taking care of these injuries like we’re taking care of battlefield injuries,” says
@peter_masiakos
of the Gun Violence Prevention Center at MGH.
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Law professor
@JenTaub
says white collar crimes costs Americans between $300 - $800 billion per year — yet the perpetrators get “first, second, third and seemingly infinite chances.”
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Ret. Army Colonel and BU professor emeritus Andrew Bacevich says it's time to rename military bases named for Confederate figures: “They do not deserve to be honored in any way whatsoever."
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Congressman
@joekennedy
said he is “proud and hopeful" as he prepares to leave office. "We're at a period of transition in our nation on big issues — not just from one administration to the next, but economically, culturally, demographically, socially.”
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"We just need to know exactly what happened," says
@SenWhitehouse
, who is calling for an ethics investigation against Sen. Josh Hawley and Sen. Ted Cruz to probe their roles in the Capitol riots.
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"We're looking at a transformative moment. We're looking at a transitional moment," says
@MsLaToshaBrown
, pointing to Democratic gains in Georgia and the performance of Jaime Harrison in South Carolina despite his loss.
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Boston Celtics' player
@EnesKanter
: "Why does equality have to be a debate?" He joined
@JimBraude
to discuss how he uses his platform to create social change. WATCH:
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"What we have now is a double standard in our criminal justice system where the very wealthy and well-connected...can avoid taxes, cheat consumers and their shareholders, with very little response other than a slap on the wrist at best," says
@JenTaub
.
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Ime Udoka's potential move to the Nets sends a bad message to women in the workplace.
@NefWalker
explained that when these things happen, women are often the ones watching the blame while men advance their career. WATCH:
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Tonight at 7p:
@MSNBC
's
@HardballChris
discusses his new book "Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit" w/
@jimbraude
.
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Celtics center Enes Kanter is an outspoken critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's authoritarianism. Jim Braude asks him: Do you feel safe in the US? "I do...but you know, people are asking me that question a lot."
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"What we have now is a double standard in our criminal justice system where the very wealthy and well-connected...can avoid taxes, cheat consumers and their shareholders, with very little response other than a slap on the wrist at best," says
@JenTaub
.
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"What we have now is a double standard in our criminal justice system where the very wealthy and well-connected...can avoid taxes, cheat consumers and their shareholders, with very little response other than a slap on the wrist at best," says
@JenTaub
.
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Have you traveled this summer or are you too nervous? "Statistically it's never been safer to
#travel
and Europe is statistically far safer than the U.S.," said
@RickSteves
, "If somebody tells me 'have a safe trip,' I say 'you have a safe stay at home.'"
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"The violent extremism is becoming more tolerated in the Republican party," said
@juliettekayyem
following the attack on Paul Pelosi. Learn more about trends in extremism:
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Coronavirus vaccines have been shown to be very safe.
Getting coronavirus is not safe.
@JuliaRaifman
quells some potential fears about the new booster shot:
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"He was always our chief speechwriter, not me. He could always take one of our drafts to a higher place," said
@codykeenan
.
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