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It’s been a big month, folks. We hit our goal of 200 million shots, announced the end of America’s longest war, hosted a global summit on climate change, introduced the American Families Plan, and so much more.

Excited to see what we accomplish in May.

Foxconn's giant factory in Wisconsin sounded too good to be true. Turns out it was

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/22/tech/foxconn-wisconsin-factory-scaled-down/index.html

Foxconn's giant factory in Wisconsin sounded too good to be true. Turns out it was When first announced in 2017, Foxconn's plan to build a massive electronics factory in Wisconsin was hailed by then-President Donald Trump as a sign of the rebirth of American manufacturing.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/27/biden-minimum-wage-executive-order/

Biden to raise hourly minimum wage to $15 for federal contractors in new executive order White House officials believe this will boost the pay of hundreds of thousands of workers by the time it goes into effect in 2022.

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https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/24/politics/joe-biden-phone-calls-family/index.html

Pop is calling: Kids and grandkids on the line with President Joe Biden Joe Biden says he has a strict rule about his phone: No matter what's happening, he always answers a call from one of his grandchildren.

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https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/20/texas-transgender-health-care-restrictions/

Texas lawmakers advance bills blocking access to gender-affirming health care despite opposition from LGBTQ Texans, medical associations Equality Texas CEO Ricardo Martinez said Texas has filed more anti-LGBTQ bills this session than any other state legislature.

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Everyone 16 and older in America is eligible for the shot today. Go and get ‘em, folks.

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-clean-up-phase-of-bidens-presidency-is-about-to-end/

The ‘Clean Up’ Phase of Biden’s Presidency Is About to End | National Review Biden has spent these early months dealing with the lingering reminders of the man he replaced. But this chapter of his presidency might be drawing to a close.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/10/us/politics/biden-immigration.html

Young Migrants Crowd Shelters, Posing Test for Biden The administration is under intensifying pressure to expand its capacity to care for as many as 35,000 unaccompanied minors, part of a wave of people crossing the border.

Biden moves deadline for all US adults to be eligible for Covid vaccine to April 19

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/06/politics/coronavirus-vaccine-deadline-biden/index.html

Biden moves deadline for all US adults to be eligible for Covid vaccine to April 19 President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that he is moving up his deadline for states to make all American adults eligible for a coronavirus vaccine by almost two weeks, but said Americans must remain on a "war footing" to beat the virus.

Here's the cynical political reality behind Mitch McConnell bashing big business

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/06/politics/mitch-mcconnell-big-business-mlb-boycott/index.html

Analysis: Here's the cynical political reality behind Mitch McConnell bashing big business Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was blunt in his reaction to Major League Baseball's decision to move its All-Star Game out of Atlanta this summer following the passage of a series of new election measures by Georgia elected officials.

CNN's Abby Phillip fact-checks Mitch McConnell's claims about the filibuster

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/03/28/filibuster-explained-racist-past-mcconnell-phillip-ip-vpx.cnn

Abby Phillip explains racist past of the filibuster - CNN Video CNN's Abby Phillip explains history of the filibuster and how it was used, at times, to further racism.

'This is not OK': Salon owner slams racist letter sent to businesses

https://www.cnn.com/videos/justice/2021/03/27/asian-american-support-rally-stop-hate-salon-letter-vercammen-nr-vpx.cnn

Nail salon owner reads racist letter sent to Asian American businesses in California - CNN Video During a Los Angeles rally in support of Asian Americans, CNN's Paul Vercammen spoke with three Vietnamese American nail salon owners who say they received hateful, racist letters despite their massive PPE contributions.

Georgia's restrictive voting law puts the GOP at a crossroads

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/28/politics/georgia-voting-law-republicans-crossroads/index.html

Analysis: Georgia's restrictive voting law puts the GOP at a crossroads When Georgia Republicans shocked the nation this week with their swift passage of legislation that would make it much more difficult for thousands of Georgians to vote, they placed the GOP at a crossroads, where its members must decide whether they are willing to belong to the party of disenfranchis...

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https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22319572/joe-biden-american-rescue-plan-war-on-poverty

Joe Biden just launched the second war on poverty The first war on poverty cut it in half. Joe Biden could do it again.

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During World War II, one of our country’s slogans was “Together, we can do it.” And companies took it to heart.

We need that same kind of wartime effort today.

That’s why we brought together Johnson & Johnson, Merck, and the federal government to defeat COVID-19.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/27/us/republican-voter-suppression.html

In Statehouses, Stolen-Election Myth Fuels a G.O.P. Drive to Rewrite Rules Republican legislators want big changes to the laws for elections and other aspects of governance. A fight over the ground rules for voting may follow.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/us/politics/biden-putin-navalny-russia.html

Biden Administration Announces First Sanctions on Russia in Navalny Case The action came as the administration declassified an intelligence finding that the F.S.B., one of Russia’s leading intelligence agencies, was responsible for the poisoning of Aleksei A. Navalny.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/us/politics/neera-tanden-nomination.html

Biden Drops Tanden Nomination Amid Bipartisan Opposition The White House had insisted that it would stand by Neera Tanden as President Biden’s top budget official, but it became clear that she did not have the Senate votes to be confirmed.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/us/politics/house-equality-act-gay-rights.html

House Passes Sweeping Gay and Transgender Equality Legislation The bill, first passed by the Democratic-led House in 2019, faces a steep climb in the Senate. It was approved as Democrats and Republicans sparred more broadly over transgender rights.

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Issues Early Childhood Education Mental Health and Emotional Wellness Equity in Education Fair and Full Funding for our Public Schools Voucher Schools Teacher Training, Recruitment, and Retention

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