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News Roundup: The DeSantis surge slams Florida; St. Louis anti-mask crowd was exposed to COVID-19

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Monday August 02, 2021 · 7:10 PM PDT

2021/08/02 · 19:10

no image description available — They gathered in a packed room to demand an end to mask requirements during a pandemic. What happened next will not surprise you.

no image description available — They gathered in a packed room to demand an end to mask requirements during a pandemic. What happened next will not surprise you.

In the news today: Florida COVID-19 cases soar after state Republicans dismantle pandemic safety measures with sneering "Don't Fauci my Florida" campaigns: Anyone have a spare "Mission accomplished" banner? Republican members of the Jan. 6 insurrection probe indicate that Rep. Jim Jordan and House minority leader Kevin McCarthy will very likely be subpoenaed to answer questions about their communications with Trump during the violence. Participants in an angry protest of St. Louis County mask requirements are being asked to quarantine after, you guessed it, a member of the maskless indoor crowd tested positive for COVID-19.

Here's some of what you may have missed:

• DeSantis did it: He finally got a Florida pandemic surge that will top all the others

• '#RecessCanWait but our democracy can’t,' state legislators say as they head to Washington, D.C.

• White House, House Democrats need to get over fingerpointing on eviction moratorium and fix it

• Two Republican members investigating Jan. 6 zero in on two GOP subpoena targets: McCarthy, Jordan

• First they protest masks in racist fury. Then hotbed of loud, wrong Missourians attracts COVID-19

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