“What is happening in Texas...is driven by the marketplace in politics, particularly on the Republican side, where ideological point scoring is the way you achieve...success within your party.”
“I think a lot of people right now are both afraid of the consequences of things like the abortion ban and also embarrassed by the leadership of this state.”
Have you listened to this week’s deep dives from The Recount Daily Pod with @reenaninan?
Test your knowledge and catch up on the stories 👇
Q1: True or False: President Biden is the first president to officially recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
Listen to Monday’s episode of #RDP with @NickA_Martin of @highcountrynews where he discusses Indigenous Peoples' Day and the fight over the Line 3 oil pipeline.
Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly says vaccine mandate had “zero” contribution to airline cancellations this weekend:
“When you get behind, it just takes several days to catch up.”
Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly says opposition to vaccine mandate did not cause thousands of flight cancellations:
“That's not what was at issue with Southwest over the weekend.”
Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly says he’s “never been in favor of corporations imposing that kind of a mandate,” but defers to President Biden’s COVID vaccine mandate for federal workers.
On this week’s #HHW, @jheil and @briankoppelman dive into season 5 of #Billions, how he discovered Tracy Chapman, and discuss Brian and David Costabile’s long friendship when “Wags” drops in.
This week on #JSAH, @jmpalmieri is joined by comedian and author @dopequeenpheebs for a lively discussion on what we can all do to be better allies and why we should be talking about school curriculums even though it’s not sexy.
Grab your cup of coffee and let’s catch up on the news with this week’s #RDP deep dives:
👉 Making sense of America's deep divisions
👉 Keeping our children safe from guns
👉 Diving into US-China Relations
👉 Revealing the harm Facebook has on kids
After a decade of reporting abroad, @eosnos returned to the U.S. to find a country more fractured than ever. Evan shares his insights on increasing polarization, the election of Trump, January 6th, and more.
"We're all scared, we're all worried, we're all sick ... We're hoping there's that there's no casualties and that all of our babies can come out of that school okay"
— Parent of a student at Timberview High School in Arlington, Texas, after reports of an active shooter inside.
Timberview High School in Arlington, TX on lockdown as authorities investigate active shooter situation.
@rlopezwfaa reports: “I have a friend … her son texted her in the family group chat and said ‘I’m okay. I’m in lockdown. I’m hiding, but I love you all.’”
Scores of school buses arrive at Timberview High School in Arlington, TX, to evacuate students amid reports of multiple gunshot victims.