Today, Mitch McConnell blocks unanimous consent to pass the $2000 relief checks as Bernie Sanders filibusters to force a Senate vote, Colorado reports a case of the UK COVID variant; a judge dismissed the Hunter Biden laptop suit filed by the Mac Store guy; Biden will invoke the Defense Production Act as vaccine distribution lags behind goals; a judge blocks a voter purge in two Georgia counties; Megan Rapinoe, and Billie Jean King sign a brief with 174 athletes supporting trans women in sports; Trump is so mad about Melania’s Mar-a-Lago renovations that he goes golfing about it; Kelly Loeffler’s conflict of interest is worse than previously thought; plus Dana Goldberg (@DGComedy) and AG do the Hot Notes and deliver your Good News.
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