House Republicans vote to remove Omar from Foreign Affairs panel (NYT)
“For decades, broadcast meteorology has been dominated by White men — leaving out women, and particularly women of color. Of the hundreds of chief meteorologists at news stations across the country, few are Black women. Now, Black women are fighting to climb the ladder and claim top meteorology roles.”(WashPost)
Cops Lynched Tyre Nichols Because They Knew They Could (Elie Mystal/TheNation)
Pope Francis implores South Sudan's leaders to end bloodshed, recriminations (Reuters)
“Indeed, Biden’s Republican critics — eager to paint him as weak on China, however baseless that charge may be — wasted no time bashing the president and calling for more dramatic action after the Pentagon said Thursday it was tracking the balloon over Montana.” (VanityFair)
“Rep. Matt Gaetz is trying to convince his fellow Republicans to demand new work requirements for Medicaid as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling.” (SEMAFOR)
“Seven and a half years ago, journalism began a tortured dance with Donald Trump, the man who would be the country’s forty-fifth president—first dismissing him, then embracing him as a source of ratings and clicks, then going all in on efforts to catalogue Trump as a threat to the country (also a great source of ratings and clicks).” (Kyle Pope/CJR)
Biden is wielding the DNC's power to crush a potential primary challenge in 2024 (Salon)
In Haiti, gangs take control as democracy withers (APNews)
Why are we expanding our military footprint in the Phillipines? (AP)
Why lung cancer doesn’t respond well to immunotherapy (MITNews)
How Biden Can End Secretive Corporate Tribunals (TAP)
“Only one complete poem from her nine books remains, we learn in the prologue to After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz, the rest disintegrated to these dactyls.” (Avenue)
80 for Brady is a scandal bigger than Deflategate. (Slate)