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The Winter Olympics start this week. Maybe it's just me, but I feel like anticipation for the games is almost nonexistent? Maybe it's because it feels like the Olympics just happened, or maybe it's because the political weirdness around the Olympics happening in China this year is overshadowing the games themselves, but there seems to be a lot less hype for the 2022 Winter Games than any Olym...

Summary Activists push voting rights on this Martin Luther King Jr. Day. How high up the chain is the FBI looking into the January 6 insurrection? The Democratic outlook for the midterms elections is examined. Do Democrats need to play more political hardball? A Texas synagogue hostage situation ends in a dramatic escape. Transcript NICOLLE WALLACE, MSNBC HOST: THE BEAT WITH ARI MELBER starts...

Thanks to a faithful reader for contrasting recent news with past Arkansas commentary: Stewart Rhodes — founder and leader of the extremist group Oath Keepers — was arrested Thursday on a charge of seditious conspiracy, accused of guiding a months-long effort to unleash politically motivated violence to prevent the swearing-in of President Biden that culminated in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S...

STRASBOURG, France: A World Health Organization official warned last week of a “closing window of opportunity” for European countries to prevent their health care systems from being overwhelmed as the omicron variant produces near-vertical growth in coronavirus infections. In France, Britain and Spain, nations with comparatively strong national health programs, that window may already be close...

Contributing columnist A lot of folks do not know this and some multiple of that number do not care, but despite my well-earned reputation that was decades in the making for having an insatiable appetite for the game of golf, my best guess is that from 2010 to 2020 I did not play more than 50 rounds. 2020, when I traded a full-time job for a part-time gig at a golf course, got me back into th...

Summary January 6th committee seeks information from House GOP Leader McCarthy; January 6th committee scrutinizing forged slates of electors; McCarthy threatens to punish Democrats if GOP retakes house Transcript ARI MELBER, MSNBC HOST: What`s your favorite hobby about them, film or role because, boy, do we have a big list here around THE BEAT offices. Now, THE REIDOUT with Joy Reid is up n...

From July 2020 to July 2021, there was a net inflow of 637,729 Americans into these top-five destination states: Florida, Texas, Arizona, North Carolina and South Carolina. During the same period, there was a net outflow of 918,443 Americans from these top-five exporter states: California, New York, Illinois, Massachusetts and Louisiana. All five of the top in-migration states have Republican...

PATTON, Matthew H. Matthew H. Patton, a devoted husband, father, grandfather, friend, and mentor to generations of attorneys, passed away January 6, 2022, in Dallas, Texas. Matt was born July 20, 1936, in Carroll County, Georgia, the son of M. Henry and Mary Alexander Patton. He graduated from Darlington School in 1954 and from Duke University in 1958 with an A.B. in history, where he was a m...

We should probably talk about the weather, considering things are going to get pretty awful pretty quick here. Freezing rain is expected to roll into the area on Saturday night, which could prompt more than a few short prayers during folks’ drive to church on Sunday. Here’s my advice: Go slow, wear polarized sunglasses and get your car’s windshield defroster working before setting out. As a n...

In his Tuesday address on voting rights, President Joe Biden made an “appeal to my Republican colleagues, to those Republicans who believe in the rule of law: Restore the bipartisan tradition of voting rights.” While there is a “bipartisan tradition” of supporting voting rights measures, the history isn’t as straightforward as Biden suggested. While there is a “bipartisan tradition” of suppor...