The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 34 - Politics

The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 34
Right-Wing Dems Begin to Cave as Progressives Hold Their Ground on Reconciliation Vote
Lauren Boebert May Have Violated Financial Disclosure Laws
Team Trump struggles to defend former president's Taliban deal
Pentagon to mandate COVID-19 vaccine for military
In the South, We Are Fighting Covid. And Our Own Elected Officials.
NYC mandates vaccinations for public school teachers, staff
The F.D.A. grants full approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine
Why the FDA is reminding some people that they're not horses | Ordinarily, the FDA wouldn't have to remind people not to treat COVID with deworming medication intended for livestock. And yet, here we are.
GOP's "Big Government" lie exposed: Republicans rush to squash local control in fight against COVID
FDA Approves First COVID-19 Vaccine
Trump Booed At His Own Rally For Finally Telling The Truth About Something
Timeline: Rep. Jim Jordan, a Systematic Disinformation Campaign, and January 6
When Will Texas Say Enough’s Enough to Greg Abbott?
Not even Donald Trump can control the monster he created
'Not American': Adam Kinzinger Slams GOP Fearmongering About Afghan Refugees
FDA grants full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid shot, clearing path to more vaccine mandates
States Blocking School Mask Mandates Could Face Civil Rights Probes, Official Says
Internal probe clears Capitol Police officer in shooting of Ashli Babbitt
A South Carolina GOP leader who called face masks an 'illusion' has died from COVID-19
Despite Trillions Spent, the US Military Hasn't Won a Real War Since 1945
States can’t block federal funds for districts that mandate masks, Education secretary says
Biden administration's unshakable focus on vaccinations is working
Revealed: how California police chased a nonexistent ‘antifa bus’
Juan Williams: Biden is right on Afghanistan
Infowars host Owen Shroyer wanted a ‘new revolution’ on Jan. 6, feds say. Now he’s charged in the Capitol riot.

The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 34

Posted: 23 Aug 2021 09:00 AM PDT

Welcome to the 'What happened in your state last week' thread, where you can post any local political news stories that you find important in the comments. This is a weekly thread posted every Monday, in order to facilitate more discussion on local issues on /r/politics. Since this is intended to be a thread about local politics, top-level comments that are exclusively about national issues will not be allowed. When commenting, please include the state you're living in, and don't forget to link sources. Also, please actually describe what happened. Things like "I live in X, you know what happened", "Nothing happened" or "[Politician] continues to be an idiot" isn't helpful to users and will be removed.

If someone from your state made a news round-up that you think is insufficient, feel free to comment to that round-up with further news stories. Enjoy discussion, and review our civility guidelines before engaging with others.

Hi there, /r/politics. Because this thread is about local politics, I'd like to reiterate that news about President Biden or any other national political figure is off topic in this thread and will be removed. Thank you, and have a good week.

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Right-Wing Dems Begin to Cave as Progressives Hold Their Ground on Reconciliation Vote

Posted: 23 Aug 2021 04:29 AM PDT