Pelosi says the Build Back Better plan will lose about a trillion dollars in government investment… A Giuliani associate faces trial for illegal campaign contributions.. Indigenous Peoples Day and the legacy of Christopher Columbus… and a new plan for accelerated learning.

The oil spill that wasn’t… Pediatric and and gun violence… The DEA wants back into Mexico and Columbus Day versus indigenous people..

The former president and a brewing civil war.. the Trump campaign train in Iowa.. How far is it from the truth… Biden says the GP wants to control whose votes are counted… but Greg Palast says the Democrats play the voter suppression card too… and the council speaker gets an earful from park advocates

The White House declines executive privilege.. for the previous executive… How South Dakota became an international tax haven.. The ignoble Noble peace prize and the end of gifted and talented classes in NYC.

The GOP blinks on the debt ceiling… why a Haiti envoy quit the Biden administration… new laws in New York State to curb opioid related deaths.. harm reduction.. a new way to look at drugs.. and the fall out from a police union resignation.

An agreement on that may preserve a federal restriction on abortion.. tensions near Taiwan… a failure to respond to a California oil leak… the court hear’s case on whether to make torure details public and a bombastic union leader is the target of a federal investigation.

Biden pushes Congress to act on his infrastructure and build back better agenda… while the government is heading towards default… A Gun Violence commemoration and the longest held prisoner in the forever wars

Facebook and Instagram go dark.. worldwide… Biden says it debt limit must be suspended.. and America’s disappeared.. 20 years after 911..

Thousands march for abortion rights across the nation… A devastating oil spill threatens wildlife… and the president’s frustration..

The battle for an infrastructure bill comes down to the wire.. can Democratic progressives and moderates come an agreement.. the president says yes… An environmental lawyer is hit with a 6 month jail sentence.. and protests against drone warfare in Nevada.