Rep. Joe Crowley: So, Good For You, Congressman Harris

Donald Trump’s Republican Party platform, released in July, contains little in terms of tangible policy proposals. But one of the few concrete ideas is a call to (apologies for the capitalization) “PREVENT WORLD WORLD III” by building “A GREAT IRON DOME MISSILE DEFENSE SHIELD OVER OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY”—a plan that experts say is nearly impossible to execute, unnecessary, and hard to even comprehend.  Trump has vowed to build this Iron Dome in multiple speeches.

More than a third of the public land in one of Colorado’s top ranching and tourism counties could receive increased protections if a bill introduced by the state’s U. S. senators Thursday becomes law. The Gunnison Outdoor Resources Protection Act would place more than 730,000 acres of federal public land in Gunnison County and surrounding areas under stricter management and protection.

On Friday, Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) will introduce a potentially groundbreaking piece of federal legislation in the House of Representatives—one allocating $10 billion in funding to fight Long Covid, the increasingly widespread, chronic condition that follows many Covid infections. The Long Covid Research Moonshot Act is a companion bill to one that Sen.

This story is a partnership with the Investigative Reporting Workshop, a nonprofit news organization. The newly renovated convention center was lined with booths offering flyers and merchandise; the upstairs conference rooms were hosting a series of information sessions about housing, education, and health care services, and a couple of bouncy castles had been set up as part of the provided child care.

The states represent a slight Harris lead, a slight Trump lead, and a tie, but on issue after issue, voters are dissatisfied with the status quo and trust Trump.

No, I’m not kidding. And it gets worse.