Our democracy is being tested right now. It is not the first time. But it feels like a tipping point, and our very lives are in the balance. Can we find truth? Will we come to a place of peace? Can we resolve not to look the other way when the view is uncomfortable? Will those who stormed the Capitol, who aided and abetted seditionists, and who proliferated racism and dangerous lies, face punishment? Episode 18 is all about the fallout.
Dear President Biden and Vice President Harris,
First, let us offer our congratulations on taking office. Not only did you both campaign arduously and effectively to be nominated and subsequently win the election, to keep it real, it was looking kinda dicey there a couple of weeks ago. Yet the process of our democracy prevailed even though it was surrounded by armed troops this time.
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Downward Trend Appears In Nevada’s New COVID Case Count
Health officials are cautiously optimistic the number of new coronavirus cases in Nevada may be moving in the right direction.
Nevada s two-week moving average of new COVID-19 daily cases hovered around 1,430 Thursday. That s down sharply from last month. State data shows hospitalizations have also steadily declined since late December, and that may soon translate to fewer COVID-19-related deaths.
“Based on the lesser impact of the holidays than what we anticipated it really is possible we’re at the worst point, right now, and we’ll maybe see some relief in the future,” said Kyra Morgan with the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services. “It’s a little bit too early to say that with certainty, but that’s my best guess based on the numbers.”
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But this week 135 civil rights organizations came out in opposition to expanding terrorism-related legal authority. We are concerned that a new federal domestic terrorism statute or list would adversely impact civil rights and – as our nation s long and disturbing history of targeting Black activists, Muslims, Arabs, and movements for social and racial justice has shown – this new authority could be used to expand racial profiling or be wielded to surveil and investigate communities of color and political opponents in the name of national security, the groups wrote.
After 9/11, lawmakers included a definition of domestic terrorism under criminal law, but – and this is a huge but – you can t be charged with that specific crime. There are no penalties.
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