Weekend Thread: What's happening?

Another GOP extremist in Congress makes threat against a Democrat. Lots of worry over omnicron, and already the conspiracies are whipping up. Stephen Sondheim is dead.

Another weekend thread — holiday edition! — where you can jump into discussions about whatever is on your mind.

Colorado’s Representative Lauren Boebert, another far-right, Qanon cultist and insurrection defender in the House, has now put the life of representative Ilhan Omar in danger, calling her a member of the House’s “jihad squad.” It was a grotesq…