Bush Condemns Domestic And Foreign Extremism On 20th Anniversary Of 9/11 Attacks
The former president, who was in office the day terrorists hijacked a series of planes, denounced both strains of violent ideology.
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The Third Revolution in Warfare
On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, against the backdrop of the rushed U.S.-allied Afghanistan withdrawal, the grisly reality of armed combat and the challenge posed by asymmetric suicide terror attacks grow harder to ignore.But weapons technology has changed substantially over the past two decades.
Help! My Family Wants to Do Thanksgiving in Texas, but I Don’t Want to Support the State.
Am I allowed to boycott this year?
What Is Larry Elder Running For?
Larry Elder becoming governor of California would be a little like Bernie Sanders winning a Senate seat in Kansas, or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez representing suburban Mississippi in the House, or Mike Pence ending his career as the mayor of Portland, Oregon. Yet in less than a week’s time, there’s some chance, albeit a diminishing one, that it might happen.
America Played Into Al-Qaeda’s Hands
Alex Majoli / Magnum
The United States today does not have so much as an embassy in Afghanistan, Iran, Libya, Syria, or Yemen. It demonstrably has little influence over nominal allies such as Pakistan, which has been aiding the Taliban for decades, and Saudi Arabia, which has prolonged the conflict in Yemen. In Iraq, where almost 5,000 U.S.
A Diamond Necklace Is Tearing My Family Apart
My granddaughters are no longer speaking to each other.
Are Democrats About to Repeat One of Obamacare’s Big Mistakes?
Doing a solid for voters who won’t notice you helped them for years.
The Radio Hosts Taking COVID Denial to Its Grimmest Endpoint
Conservative media is awash in pandemic conspiracy. But it’s mostly local talk radio hosts who are actually getting sick and dying.
FDA says more than 5 million electronic cigarettes must be taken off the market
The agency has deferred its decision on the largest vaping companies, including Juul.
Biden expands vaccine requirements in bid to rein in Covid
The six-part plan includes an order that all executive branch federal workers get vaccinated.
Biden admin backs direct government drug price negotiations
The plan — developed by DHHS — largely backs Democrats’ ongoing efforts to lower drug prices.
I’ve Become Absurdly Hot Since I Got Married. My Wife Hasn’t. And That Brings Me to My Dilemma.
Things are different when you’re hot.
What It Was Like to Grow Up Muslim in America After 9/11
“You had 11-, 12-year-olds being like, ‘Aymann, what is jihad? And why does your family want to kill my family?
Help! I Saw My Son and His Boyfriend Hitting Each Other. Should I Intervene?
My husband thinks it’s just boys being boys. I’m not so sure.
Ask a Teacher: My Daughter Has No Friends in Her Class—Again
Teacher advice on class assignments, food insecurity, and boredom at school.
Biden hails ‘strong’ economic recovery despite disappointing jobs numbers
Biden laid blame for the sluggish growth of U.S. jobs on the “impact of the Delta variant” of the coronavirus.
Powell walks high wire as Fed plans to ease support for Biden’s economy
Central bank chief seeks to avoid market turmoil as president weighs tapping him for a second term.
U.S. jobless claims near pandemic low as economy strengthens
Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed that jobless claims fell to 375,000 from 387,000 the previous week.
House Dem campaign chief warns the majority at risk without message reboot
“We’re not trying to hide this,” the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s executive director said.
Biden’s economic gains come with newer worries about the future
Some economists have already begun to ease back on forecasts for the rest of this year.
“Humane”: Yale Historian Samuel Moyn on “How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War”
In his new book, Yale historian Samuel Moyn explores whether the push to make U.S. wars more “humane” by banning torture and limiting civilian casualties has helped fuel more military interventions around the world. He looks in detail at the role of President Obama in expanding the use of drones even as he received the Nobel Peace Prize. “What happened after 2001 is that, in the midst of an extremely brutal war on terror, a new kind of war emerged.
“Turning Point”: Legacy of the U.S. Response to 9/11 Is Terror, Domestic Surveillance & Drones
As this week marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., we look at a new five-part documentary series on Netflix about the attacks and the response from the United States, both at home and abroad. “Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror” features a wide range of interviews with survivors of the attacks, U.S.
News Roundup: Biden administration goes on the offensive; lessons from the pandemic
It’s Friday! The Biden administration continues its work of trying to fix the last guy’s mess while moving us into a future where we don’t rely on rich benefactors to get women medical care and dead dinosaurs to power our cars. This week was also a reminder that Jeff Yang always was (and remains) most interested in helping Jeff Yang. In spooky news, another version of Scott Walker walks among us!
Here is some of what you may have missed.
Biden’s Vaccine Rules Ignite Instant, Aggressive GOP Opposition
President Biden’s efforts to require workers to get vaccinated has some Republicans crying “unconstitutional.
GOP’s open assault on election workers is having the intended effect
If we lose our democracy, the biggest crime will be the fact that we could see exactly what was happening and did absolutely nothing to stop it. While I’m thrilled Democrats are doing the bare minimum of governance that they should have done last year, such as COVID-19 legislation and infrastructure spending, our leadership seems to be woefully underestimating the open assault on our democracy happening in a number of Republican-controlled states.
Sean Spicer freaks out over removal from military advisory board, vows to sue
From where I stand, Sean Spicer appears qualified for nothing. He’s best known, of course, for serving as the first of four White House press secretaries under Donald Trump, for whom he brazenly lied in one of his first official acts on the job. If he’s known for anything else, it would be having Melissa McCarthy channel his demented Chucky Doll soul in an Emmy-winning guest turn on Saturday Night Live.
CNN’s Jake Tapper Attacks Joe Biden For ‘Scolding’ The Unvaccinated
The president should be going after the “liars” and not “the people being lied to,” said Tapper.
NY deputy mayor arrested after raid turns up ‘arsenal’ of weapons and fake IDs
The 47-year-old deputy mayor of Airmont, NY, is facing 30 state and federal criminal charges. Last week, Brian Downey was arrested on weapons charges after law enforcement found illegal weapons and fake IDs in his home. NPR reports that a raid of Downey’s home turned up “16 assault weapons and 13 silencers,” as well as “a stash of fake federal IDs, including FBI credentials.
Missouri teacher resigns after school district ordered him to remove Pride flag from classroom
There are countless valid reasons to be concerned about students, teachers, and other staff returning to in-person classrooms here in the United States. Mask mandates are all over the place, children under the age of 12 aren’t yet eligible for the vaccine, and both students and staff may be immunocompromised or live with folks who are particularly vulnerable to the virus.
GOP Group Held ‘War Games’ Session For State AGs To Discuss Strategies If Trump Lost
Special meeting was set up by the Rule of Law Defense Fund, an offshoot of the Republican Attorneys General Assn., to prepare for possible Trump defeat.