Trump Often Complained About ‘Ugly’ U.S. Navy Ships, Says Ex Defense Chief Mark Esper
Esper said he had to remind Trump that the “ships are built to fight and win, not win beauty contests.
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Nuts & Bolts a guide to Democratic campaigns: Choice is an issue on every single ballot
Welcome back to the Nuts & Bolts guide to campaigns. This week I want to talk about issues, and why steering away from some out of fear is just bad, bad campaigning. If you haven’t guessed, I want to talk about the importance of being willing to discuss, and own, pro-choice positions in your campaign. Too often, candidates get trapped into the idea that they need to “hold back” because Republicans will tag them or that it will hurt their campaign.
Republicans Double Down On Reversing Abortion Rights, Offer Hearts To Pregnant Women
Gov. Tate Reeves said he’s “empathetic” to women “in very difficult times and very difficult decisions.” Gov. Asa Hutchinson said his “heart goes out to them.
Data equity is an issue that can and should unite Asian Americans
This story was originally published at Prism.
By Jenn Fang
The Asian American community comprises over 19.9 million people—a statistic that masks incredible ethnic, linguistic, and sociopolitical diversity—but they are still often treated as a monolith.
SNL’s Sharp, Frustrated Take on Abortion Rights
In seeking historical precedence for the upcoming Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Justice Samuel Alito stretched far beyond the ideology of originalism—the guiding precept among a certain conservative faction that constitutional law should not stray far from the Constitution.
White House warns of Covid surges in the winter
Ashish Jha urges more funding for vaccinations and testing.
Why the Puzzle-Box Sci-Fi of Severance Works
At a time when the American office is anywhere a Zoom window can be opened, the notion of truly separating work and home is an alluring one. Take that thought to its furthest extreme and you have the Apple TV+ thriller Severance.
In the Hospital Rooms of My Country
Translated by Ilya Kaminsky and Katie FarrisLetters of the alphabet go to war
clinging to one another, standing up, forming words no one wants to shout,
sentences that are blown by the mines in the avenues, stories
shelled by multiple rocket launches.A Ukrainian word
is ambushed: Through the broken window of
the letter д other countries watch how the letter і
loses its head, how the roof of the letter м
falls through.The language in a time of war
can’t be understood.
To Create Art, a Mother Must Forget About Her Children
While still a student in the late 1960s, the artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles, pregnant with her first child, encountered a famous sculptor. She recalls him declaring, upon seeing her round belly, “Well, I guess now you can’t be an artist.” He wasn’t, she later realized, entirely wrong; once she had a baby, Ukeles found herself trapped in the kind of mindless automated work that defines early motherhood—bottle, diaper, rock, repeat.
Fauci privately miffed about the message sent by the WHCA dinner
The nation’s top medical adviser expressed private frustration that elite D.C. no longer seems to take the Covid threat seriously.
CDC investigating more than 100 children with hepatitis of unknown cause
The case numbers in the U.S. and globally are still relatively low, but their severity has clinicians worried.
Abortion bans and penalties would vary widely by state
The penalties vary widely by state, and also can include hefty fines or the suspension of a medical license.
FDA dramatically narrows use of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine
The single-shot Covid-19 vaccine will now only be available for adults who cannot or will not receive an mRNA vaccine.
Draft abortion opinion renews urgency on over-the-counter birth control
The push to develop daily oral contraceptives without prescription has been years in the making.
Fed set to launch fresh assault on inflation in new era for economy
Rates this year could reach their highest levels since before the 2008 Wall Street crash if surging prices continue.
Surprise GDP slump undercuts White House recovery story
The government said gross domestic product shrank at a 1.4 percent annualized rate in the first quarter.
U.S. economy shrank by 1.4 percent in Q1 but consumers kept spending
The steady spending suggested the economy could keep expanding this year even though the Federal Reserve plans to raise rates aggressively to fight the inflation surge.
IMF warns of ‘severe’ global economic risk from war in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine will “severely” set back the global recovery from Covid-19, according to the IMF.
What could go wrong with Biden’s booming economy? Here are the big risks.
The Fed’s campaign to raise interest rates — designed to reduce spending and curb inflation — will slow growth, which will have consequences for American workers.
“I Was Raped by My Father. Abortion Saved My Life”: Prof. Michele Goodwin on SCOTUS & the New Jane Crow
As the Supreme Court is poised to strike down Roe v. Wade, we speak with law professor Michele Goodwin, who has written extensively about how the criminalization of abortion polices motherhood. She discusses how on the eve of the court’s oral arguments in the Dobbs case in November, she wrote about how an abortion saved her life. She describes how the U.S.
Premature “Normalcy” Could Backfire as U.S. COVID Death Toll Passes 1 Million & New Variants Spread
Governments around the world are eagerly returning back to pre-pandemic conditions by relaxing preventative restrictions, lifting mask mandates and pulling back public funding. Dr. Abraar Karan, infectious disease fellow at Stanford University School of Medicine, says these moves are overly optimistic and that the U.S. is not prepared for new variants spreading around the country. “We’re trying to say it’s over. It’s not true,” he says.
Global Death Toll from COVID-19 Tops 15 Million as Vaccine Inequity Continues to Prolong Pandemic
The World Health Organization says the coronavirus pandemic has now caused an excess of 15 million deaths globally. We look at how staggering death counts reveal broader political failures to protect public health and close the international vaccine gap.
Historian Timothy Snyder: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Is a Colonial War
We speak to Yale University historian Timothy Snyder about his latest article for The New Yorker, “The War in Ukraine Is a Colonial War.” Snyder writes about the colonial history that laid the foundations for the Russian war in Ukraine, such as Russia’s imperial vision and how leaders including Hitler and Stalin have aimed to conquer Ukrainian soil on different premises. “The whole history of colonialism … involves denying that another people is real.
Where the Language of Democracy Is a Cover
On Friday afternoon, supporters of John Lee gathered for what his adviser described as a preelection rally, a final push in Lee’s campaign to secure victory in the election to be Hong Kong’s next chief executive.Don’t let the vocabulary fool you. No members of the general public attended Lee’s event, a stage-managed flourish to a weeks-long show masquerading as a contest.
Mitch McConnell Says Federal Lawmakers Could Ban Abortion Across The Nation
If the leaked Supreme Court opinion becomes final, federal lawmakers could prohibit abortion everywhere, said McConnell.
Cartoon: Roberts did this
Chief Justice Roberts is presiding over the end of Roe v. Wade AND the legitimacy of the US Supreme Court. Thanks to right wing creatures like Mitch McConnell it’s filled with lying right wing politicians instead of jurists. They have to fence in the court to keep the public from tearing it down, but all we want is for justice and precedent to prevail.
Former defense secretary: Trump wanted to fire missiles into Mexico and pretend someone else did it
As bad as Donald Trump’s presidency was, rest assured it could have been way, way worse. And believe me, I get how bad it was. On its best days, it was like a happy-ending massage from Edward Scissorhands. On its worst days, it was like a shiatsu massage from Edward’s younger brother, Larry Used-Heroin-Needle Thumbs.
And yet some people still think he could—and/or should—be president again. Yeah, him. The scamp who attempted to 86 Western democracy.
Ukraine update: Russia can’t stop getting snake bit
Maybe Ukraine’s patron saint isn’t actually St. Javelin, but St. Patrick. Whoever is running the show, they don’t seem to like Russians who hang around Snake Island.
#Ukraine: A birdie flew past & gave us another angle of the Ukrainian TB-2 strike against a Russian Tor SAM system on Snake Island- another TB-2 was watching no less than 108km (67mi) away. Seems the missiles went a little crazy after the strike.https://t.co/eft74Bgj2H pic.twitter.
Critics Erupt After Clarence Thomas Tells Americans To Deal With It On Roe v. Wade
Supreme Court Justice chides the public to “live with” it, but that doesn’t seem to be the route his wife took after the election.
High school association now requires youth to compete on sports teams that match birth certificate
Thanks to Republican hate and queerphobia, trans youth are already suffering. As Daily Kos has covered, trans and nonbinary youth are uniquely ill-protected when it comes to basic rights and dignities, including everyday things like having access to bathrooms that align with their gender identity. We’ve also seen efforts to ban already difficult to access safe, age-appropriate, gender-affirming health care.