POLITICO Playbook: Fury over Anglo-Saxon caucus
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Framing their new organization around former President Donald Trump, Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) plan to call their group the “America First Caucus.” | Susan Walsh/AP Photo
DRIVING THE DAY
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE (R-Ga.) and
PAUL GOSAR (R-Ariz.) are planning to launch a House caucus based on “uniquely Anglo-Saxon” (read: “white people”) traditions has GOP leaders and Democrats protesting the embrace of blatant racism by some in the chamber. All eyes are on House Republican Leader
KEVIN MCCARTHY, who last night tweeted his disapproval of the proposed new group but who will no doubt be called on to do more to stop it entirely.
Failed rally, fanned flames. When white nationalists failed to turn out in threatening numbers Sunday at a
Huntington Beach rally, many antiracism counterprotesters saw it as a victory. Yet experts who track extremist movements say that the truth is more complex and troubling. “It fires up the base,” said one.
Are they ready? Long Beach embraced the chance to house immigrant children. But some critics question whether city leaders fully understand the risks of partnering with a
Satellite view. The state plans to put not one but two satellites in orbit to help it
hunt for hard-to-find “super-emitters” of methane and carbon dioxide both of which are still major obstacles in the fight against climate change. Regulators and scientists say faster, more accurate monitoring is urgently needed.
This article was published online on April 15, 2021.
The Motel El Encanto in Hermosillo, Mexico, served a lavish breakfast that John and Andra Patterson liked to eat on the tiled deck near their suite. The couple would discuss the day ahead over fresh pineapple and
pan dulces while their 4-year-old daughter, Julia, watched the gray cat that skulked about the motel’s Spanish arches.
On the morning of March 22, 1974, the Pattersons’ breakfast chatter centered on their search for a permanent home. They were nearing their two-month anniversary of living in Hermosillo, where John was a junior diplomat at the American consulate, and the motel was feeling cramped.