带走里克·克莱因
如今，找到党派倾向比以往任何时候都要容易——事实上，他们一直都是蚀刻得更深走出1月6日的余波就是一个很好的例子。
这就是乔·拜登总统面临的现实下一个不确定阶段抗击大流行。新的联邦指南口罩授权和疫苗的考虑对联邦工作人员的要求遭遇长期以来关于个人自由和个人责任的政治争论。
最近，疫苗接种的推动变得不那么党派化了，著名的共和党人增加了新的重点，并特别赞扬了上届政府-为了立案。
然而，戴口罩和疫苗的要求由来已久接受文化以及政治意义，拜登最新言论的余波只是提供了一种味道。前总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)强烈反对授权，并考虑到一些共和党人是多么容易利用安东尼·福奇博士作为陪衬——通过提及他的名字筹集资金，甚至威胁对他采取法律行动。
拜登表示，他将在周四概述推进该国疫苗接种的下一步措施，因为一些统计数据显示，接种率最近有所上升。总统周二还提醒人们，作为候选人，他“承诺在COVID问题上对你直言不讳——无论是好消息还是坏消息。”
另一个提醒:11个月前，拜登表示，如果他的顾问们建议，他会毫不犹豫地下令再次关闭。
“我会关闭它;我会听科学家的，”他告诉美国广播公司“今晚世界新闻”主播大卫·穆尔去年八月。
竞选团队很快澄清了当时的评论。拜登周二关于口罩和疫苗将它们框定为一种“避免我们在2020年面临的那种锁定、关闭、学校关闭和中断”的方式。
“我们不会回到那个时代，”总统说。
与...的关系阿维·哈珀
这国会警察的证词哈里·邓恩警官强调了黑人执法人员的额外创伤1月6日体验。
邓恩的令人心碎的证词记录了他忍受的种族歧视试图辩护我们国家的民主所在地。
叛乱分子中有携带邦联旗帜的袭击者，他们穿着印有反犹信息的衬衫，随意向黑人军官投掷n字。
邓恩说:“从来没有人在穿着国会大厦警察制服的时候，叫过我‘n * * * *’。
他还带在身边其他黑人军官的故事，后来补充说，“另一名黑人军官后来告诉我，他在国会大厦遇到了叛乱分子，他们告诉他，把枪放下，我们会让你看看你到底是什么样的人。”
对许多人来说，听邓恩讲述这些绰号刺痛了他们未经审查的广播。国会大厦的袭击通常被称为我们的国家最黑暗的日子尤其令人心酸的是，种族主义也潜入了这一切的丑陋之中。
这是一个卑鄙的提醒美国的种族主义，即使是最明目张胆的形式，仍然存在。
小费亚里沙·维尔塞马
华盛顿的共和党人多一个代表加入他们的行列——但是胜利充当心烦意乱的人对特朗普来说，尽管他在全国范围内对共和党的影响迫在眉睫。
在5月1日的特别选举近三个月后，州众议员杰克·埃尔泽伊在周二得克萨斯州第六国会选区的决选中脱颖而出。埃尔泽伊面对共和党同僚苏珊·赖特，谁有特朗普的支持参加竞选是因为她已故丈夫、众议员罗恩·赖特(Ron Wright)的政治遗产，他于今年2月死于COVID和癌症并发症。
比赛的结论是最新指标这位前总统对他的政党的潜在影响越来越成为党内斗争的场所。
周一，特朗普涉入另一个备受瞩目的德州战役，支持现任司法部长肯·帕克斯顿连任。此举对土地专员乔治·布什(George P. Bush)造成了毁灭性的复杂打击，尽管这位前总统一再对他的父亲杰布·布什(Jeb Bush)发起攻击，但他是他传奇政治家族中唯一公开支持特朗普的成员。
Culture wars threaten to overtake war on COVID: The Note
The TAKE withRick Klein
It takes less than ever to find partisan grooves these days -- and the fact that they've beenetched deeperout of thefallout from Jan. 6serves as a case in point.
That's the reality that confronts President Joe Biden with thisnext uncertain phaseof combatting the pandemic.New federal guidanceon mask mandates and the consideration of a vaccinerequirement for federal workersrun into longstanding political arguments about individual liberties and personal accountability.
The push for vaccinations has become less partisan of late, with prominent Republicans adding new emphasis -- and giving special credit to theprevious administration-- to make the case.
Yet mask-wearing and vaccine requirements have long sincetaken on culturalas well as political significance, and the fallout of Biden's latest comments offer just a taste. Former President Donald Trump is offering strong pushback to mandates, and consider as well how readily some Republicans are using Dr. Anthony Fauci as a foil -- raising money off the mention of his name, and even threatening legal action against him.
Biden indicated that he will outline next steps in the push to vaccinate the country on Thursday, as some statistics showing rates going up of late. The president on Tuesday also served up a reminder that as a candidate he "promised to be straight with you about COVID -- good news or bad."
Another reminder: 11 months ago, Biden said he wouldn't hesitate to order another shutdown if that's what his advisers recommended.
"I would shut it down; I would listen to the scientists,"he told ABC "World News Tonight" AnchorDavid Muirlast August.
The campaign was quick to clarify that comment at the time. Biden's statement Tuesday about masks andvaccinesframed them as a way "to avoid the kind of lockdowns, shutdowns, school closures and disruptions we faced in 2020."
"We are not going back to that," the president said.
The RUNDOWN withAveri Harper
Thetestimony of Capitol Policeofficer Harry Dunn underscored the additional layer of trauma Black law enforcement officersexperienced on Jan. 6.
Dunn'sheartbreaking testimonychronicled the racial slurs he endured as hetried to defendthe seat of our nation's democracy.
Among the insurrectionists were attackers who carried Confederate flags, donned shirts with anti-Semitic messages and freely hurled the n-word at Black officers.
"No one had ever, ever called me a n***** while wearing the uniform of a Capitol Police officer," said Dunn.
He alsobrought with himthe stories of other Black officers, later adding, "Another Black officer later told me he had been confronted by insurrectionists in the Capitol who told him, put your gun down and we'll show you what kind of n***** you really are."
For many, listening to Dunn recount the epithets stung as they werebroadcast uncensored. The attack at the Capitol is often referred to as one of ournation's darkest days, it's particularly poignant that racism crept its way into the ugliness of it all, too.
It's avile reminderthat racism in America, even in its most blatant forms, still exists.
The TIP withAlisa Wiersema
Republicans in Washington haveone more representativejoining their ranks -- but the victoryserves as an upsetto Trump, despite his looming influence over the Republican Party on a national scale.
Nearly three months after the May 1 special election, State Rep. Jake Ellzey came out on top in Tuesday's runoff election for Texas' 6th Congressional District. Ellzey faced off with fellow Republican, Susan Wright,who had Trump's backinggoing into the contest due to the political legacy of her late husband, Rep. Ron Wright, who died in February from COVID and complications with cancer.
The conclusion of the race is thelatest indicatorof the former president's looming influence over his party in a state that is increasingly becoming ground zero for intraparty battles.
On Monday, Trumpwaded into anotherhigh-profile Texan battle by endorsing incumbent Attorney General Ken Paxton for another term. The move served a devastating -- and complicated -- blow to Land Commissioner George P. Bush, who was the only member of his storied political family to publicly back Trump, despite the former president launching repeated attacks against his father, Jeb Bush.
