An Ignoble Experiment: Why you shouldn't panic about the J&J vaccine and Guillain-Barre syndrome

By Liza Hearon

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Tuesday, July 13

DON'T PANIC ABOUT THE J&J VACCINE WARNING The Food and Drug Administration added a new warning for the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus shot after a handful of people developed Guillain-Barre syndrome following vaccination. But the GBS cases are extremely rare and the immune system's attack on nerves may also be a side effect of other infections and shots. Here's everything you need to know. [HuffPost]

BIDEN TO TIE GOP VOTING RESTRICTIONS TO TRUMP'S 'BIG LIE' President Joe Biden today plans to deliver his most forceful statements yet about Republican efforts to restrict voting rights, pointing out that they are based on Donald Trump's "big lie" about the November 2020 election that directly led to his supporters' violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Biden's speech in Philadelphia will push a sweeping voting rights measure that has passed the House but can't clear the Senate. [HuffPost]

FLORIDA MAN'S ARREST DEEPENS MYSTERY INTO HAITI PRESIDENT'S ASSASSINATION The arrest of Christian Emmanuel Sanon, 62, a failed Haitian businessman living in Florida, in the killing of Haiti's president deepened an already convoluted murder plot. Sanon is unknown in Haitian political circles and associates suggested he was duped by those really behind the killing of President Jovenel Moïse. [AP]

TRUMP ORG'S WEISSELBERG STRIPPED OF TITLES The Trump Organization has removed Allen Weisselberg, its chief financial officer, from his leadership positions at dozens of subsidiary companies following a grand jury indictment on charges including grand larceny and tax fraud, according to multiple reports. Weisselberg has worked for the Trump family since 1973. [HuffPost]

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HOW PROGRESSIVES FOUGHT TO PUT MONEY IN PARENTS' POCKETS — AND WON To a group of lawmakers in Congress, passing an expanded version of the child tax credit as part of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan was the culmination of decades of work. Tara Golshan and Arthur Delaney have the inside story. [HuffPost]

WHAT'S BREWING

SOME REPUBLICANS BREAK FROM TRUMP'S ATTEMPT TO REWRITE INSURRECTION Republican lawmakers aren't rushing to condemn Trump's latest ficticious attempt to rewrite history surrounding the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. But when asked about Trump's praise for individuals involved in the attack, a few did dispute them, albeit gingerly. "I think that what people saw with their own eyes reflects a different reality," said Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas). [HuffPost]

MONTANA GOV LEAVES CLIMATE PACT, THEN WANTS MONEY TO HELP WITH DROUGHT Last week, Gov. Greg Gianforte withdrew Montana from a bipartisan coalition of more than two dozen states committed to upholding the goals of the Paris climate agreement. But he now wants federal assistance to deal with the climate impacts at Montana's door, writes Chris D'Angelo. [HuffPost]

ESPN HOST APOLOGIZES FOR XENOPHOBIC COMMENTS ABOUT ASIAN BASEBALL PLAYER ESPN's Stephen A. Smith apologized for saying that baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani can't be the face of Major League Baseball because the player prefers to have an interpreter around to help translate his native Japanese to English. [HuffPost]

WHY HASN'T BIDEN LET GITMO PRISONERS GO? Six months into his presidency, Biden's administration has not released a single person from Guantanamo Bay, even though 11 of the 40 men still there have been cleared for release. It's been hard to discern exactly what the administration plans to do with Guantanamo — and how fast. [HuffPost]

DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS GET OUTTA TEXAS Texas' Democratic lawmakers left the state Monday in order to deny Republicans a quorum during a special legislative session, blocking a vote on a restrictive elections law and several other contentious GOP bills. The Democrats will need to stay away for several weeks, until the special session comes to a close. [HuffPost]