BREAKING: “This country will have enough vaccine supply for every adult in America by the end of May," President Biden says, advancing expected timeline by two months. pic.twitter.com/0hZq2862MD
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 2, 2021
The fight against COVID-19 is a war-time effort — and to win, we need breakthrough approaches. Today, I’m announcing we’re bringing together Johnson & Johnson, Merck, and the full power of the federal government to ramp up vaccine production and defeat this virus. pic.twitter.com/knu1PIXOtl
— President Biden (@POTUS) March 2, 2021
Good vaccine news on top of good vaccine news https://t.co/azUeFyRagg
— Conor Kelly (@CohoKelly) March 2, 2021
Fox News wasted no time shooting the news alert to my phone about vaccines for every American by the end of Ma….oh, never mind. pic.twitter.com/iTI8rjbBHH
— Michael Freeman (@michaelpfreeman) March 2, 2021
NEW: @POTUS is directing all states to prioritize teachers and school staff for the COVID vaccine using the program with pharmacies. He wants every educator to receive their first shots by the end of this month.
— Weijia Jiang (@weijia) March 2, 2021
Meanwhile…
Neera Tanden withdraws her nomination to head White House budget office amid bipartisan opposition over tweets https://t.co/QrXpkfxq9F
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 2, 2021
BREAKING: The White House plans to withdraw its nomination of Neera Tanden, President Joe Biden’s pick to direct the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, after it became clear that she would lose a Senate confirmation vote. https://t.co/sJmRveiyI9
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) March 2, 2021
Texas governor lifts state's mask mandate, says all businesses may open https://t.co/46Vcs3nH65 pic.twitter.com/tXTu757qGk
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 2, 2021
CDC director yesterday: "Now is not the time to relax the critical safeguards that we know can stop the spread of Covid-19 in our communities."
— Joan Greve (@joanegreve) March 2, 2021
Texas governor today: "I am ending the statewide mask mandate.” https://t.co/n0HF9ymYI3
This is a mistake.
— Leana Wen, M.D. (@DrLeanaWen) March 2, 2021
Yes, we need businesses to reopen & schools to be return in-person.
Mask mandates help us to do that. They don't restrict freedom–they enable it. https://t.co/ovxromg6Gy
Yesterday’s CDC warning goes unheard today. pic.twitter.com/T8KzjQ9T6T
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) March 2, 2021
.@GregAbbott_TX loves Texans so hard he wants to kill as many of them as he can. The “let’s do Covid” and “oops, sorry you froze to death” combo will be great for his reelection bid. #txlege https://t.co/D69yfmJNlY
— Reed Galen (@reedgalen) March 2, 2021
Texas is 48th out of 50 states for percent of 18+ population with at least one dose at 17.2%. Via @CDC @KVUE @AWMcKibbin
— Christina Ginn (@ChristinaKVUE) March 2, 2021
Houston Mayor: https://t.co/dJLH8urDTv
— Willie Geist (@WillieGeist) March 2, 2021
Great to see Governor Abbott sportingly giving the virus a chance to win this thing
— Hari Kunzru (@harikunzru) March 2, 2021
Jackson, Mississippi: We haven’t had water in 4 weeks.@tatereeves : Screw fixing that! I want to play this game on hard mode! No water and now no COVID restrictions!😎https://t.co/gRvBBGIGRM
— JM Deutsch (@jm_deutsch) March 2, 2021
Texas and Mississippi both decided to start work on full-scale reopening and removing mask mandates while they enjoyed an artificial low in COVID cases, and then went ahead with removing public health protocols today even after caseloads and death shot back up to expected levels. pic.twitter.com/WHLfc1kp1U
— Craig Harrington (@Craigipedia) March 2, 2021
We seem only capable of governing through symbolic gestures at this point and what's happening is a transition from symbolically "doing something" to symbolically "not doing something"
— Jake Anbinder (@JakeAnbinder) March 2, 2021
Today’s voting rights case before #SCOTUS could affect whether 250+ state bills succeed in suppressing the right to vote. Congress must protect Americans’ access to the ballot box by passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. Our democracy is at stake. https://t.co/KewQt6MHKz
— Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) March 2, 2021
This literally just happened at the Supreme Court ⬇️
— Tyler Bishop (@TBishUp) March 2, 2021
Justice Barrett: What is the interest of the GOP in keeping (laws that suppress minority voters) on the books?
Republican Lawyer: It puts us at a competitive disadvantage relative to Democrats. Politics is a zero-sum game.
After today's cases before the Supreme Court, this is timely. A bracing new report from @TakeBacktheCt predicts that the future of voting rights before the court is looking really quite "bleak":https://t.co/G5idiPnl4F
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) March 2, 2021
The Trumpified GOP's descent into anti-leftist delirium gives Biden and Dems a major opening. Going big on the economy and infrastructure could deal a crippling blow to authoritarian populism just as it devolves into a QAnon-ified Trump cult. New piece:https://t.co/WKVJKl1HBP
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) March 2, 2021
Analysis: Why Andrew Cuomo is probably at greater political risk than Gavin Newsom https://t.co/6Dz9IfKMrY
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 2, 2021
Source: Legislature moves to revoke Cuomo's expanded executive pandemic powers as harassment scandal grows @brynnCNN reports https://t.co/lhKLhNUCyo pic.twitter.com/D78TuQbiBH
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) March 2, 2021
Perspective: Chris Cuomo’s ratings soared when he interviewed his brother last spring. Now that’s off-limits. https://t.co/TwsmEpTMJz
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 2, 2021
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BRITAIN BRACED FOR COVID BUDGET
Budget 2021: Rishi Sunak to pledge more government firepower to save jobs and businesses https://t.co/58MWOehdAo
— The Guardian (@guardian) March 2, 2021
Wednesday’s Guardian: “Sunak extends the safety net” #BBCPapers #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/7FuHsAa3Vz pic.twitter.com/xXq1pc2knt
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) March 2, 2021
'This is the A-B-C-D #Budget – Austerity, #Brexit , #Covid … and Deceit' – writes @campbellclarethttps://t.co/fqRRzK4950
— Mirror Politics (@MirrorPolitics) March 2, 2021
Don't forget that Sunak thought Brexit was a good idea. And his reasons were such sixth-form debating society nonsense.
— Philip Collins (@PhilipJCollins1) March 2, 2021
Why is @hmtreasury spending £££s of our money on promotional videos for Chancellor @RishiSunak, but refusing to give the Press printed copies of the traditional Budget 'Red Book' tomorrow so we can scrutinise what he is up to properly? #Budget2021 #BudgetSpeech2021
— Christopher Hope📝 (@christopherhope) March 2, 2021
🚨🚨🏭🔋💨🍃🚗🏭✈️🚨🚨
— Peter Foster (@pmdfoster) March 2, 2021
So. As green-tinged budget approaches…a question looms: who will pay for getting U.K. to net zero? What is coming down the tracks? My latest for @FinancialTimes with some cool charts.
https://t.co/8ivc6H1t4z
Let me get this straight. Boris Johnson won't give a pay rise to key workers, but he is trying to set up a *charity* to refurbish his state-funded Downing Street home. He's taking us all for mugs and will rinse the office of Prime Minister for any personal benefit he can take.
— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) March 2, 2021
Britain has become an elite kleptocracy where the rule of law is optional for certain privileged groups who are confident they will never be held accountable for their crimes. This is how Putin’s Russia became the mafia-run cesspit it is today. https://t.co/QDVy6X9HDa
— Brexit Buster (@BrexitBuster) March 2, 2021
Critics argue this sets up back-door access to the prime minister https://t.co/40pxRZLt3M
— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) March 2, 2021
I’m trying to think of a despotic ruler/despotic ruler’s lover who had good taste in interior decor. I have to say none come to mind. pic.twitter.com/5qfs9UfUhe
— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) March 2, 2021
Six people infected with P.1 strain first detected in Manaus in UK, but the identity of one of the individuals remains unknown https://t.co/b8ywmtm50I
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 2, 2021
The highly contagious coronavirus strain, known as P1, was first identified in the Brazilian city of Manaus. https://t.co/heIbp6ZGs2
— Al Jazeera News (@AJENews) March 1, 2021
My @Independent article:
— Femi😷 (@Femi_Sorry) March 2, 2021
When people like @PiersMorgan, @JuliaHB1 & @NickFerrari were calling us "Remoaners", they were really laughing at the ordinary British people who are now suffering because of a Brexit they promoted.
You need to say sorry to them.https://t.co/4oUEwQ3iKF
The European Commission expects permanent post-Brexit border control posts by the middle of the year https://t.co/jD7bFEbWYc
— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) March 2, 2021
He says this like it's a bad thing. https://t.co/tPtkR50en5
— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) March 2, 2021
The Overnight Note 