J.D. Vance Tells Tucker Carlson The Quiet Part Out Loud: He Wants A ‘Healthy Ruling Class’
Right-wing Ohio Senate candidate lashed Kamala Harris, AOC, Pete Buttigieg as “childless cat ladies” who aren’t pumping out … wage slaves?
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GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik Gets Dragged For Not Understanding Medicare
Twitter users mocked the New York congresswoman for praising Medicare and Medicaid without realizing they’re forms of socialism.
It’s Almost Impossible to Be a Running Fan
Professional runners have to endure extraordinary deprivation, pain, and pressure to reach the Olympics. Professional-running fans, meanwhile, have to endure the question of which athletes actually deserve to be there. This summer, before the U.S. trials for the Tokyo Olympics had even finished, fans were forced to digest the fact that two of America’s track-and-field athletes most likely to medal wouldn’t be headed to the Games.
Judge Slams Capitol Rioter Refusing To Wear Masks: ‘When Did You Go To Medical School?’
A judge told a member of the far-right Proud Boys in a hearing: “We have a virus that is killing people — why is it so hard to wear a mask?
CDC under fire for decision to limit tracking of Covid-19 cases in vaccinated people
The agency’s decision to limit its reporting of breakthrough cases has prompted wide variation in how states keep tabs on them.
Dear Care and Feeding: Our Teen Just Discovered Income Inequality and Won’t Stop Lecturing Us About Privilege
Parenting advice on privilege lectures, name appropriation, and nanny interference.
‘I Would Go Tomorrow to Get the Third Shot’
And just like that, it’s Groundhog Day. The news from the CDC is bad. Yes, we have vaccines—and they are miraculously effective at preventing serious illness and death from COVID-19. Thank goodness for that. But the CDC now says that when vaccinated people are infected, they may spread the coronavirus just as easily as the unvaccinated do. On top of that, the Delta variant is tremendously contagious, much more so than the original strain of the virus.
The Insurrection Was Just Part of the Plot
For raw emotional content, Tuesday’s hearing of the new House select committee to investigate the January 6 insurrection was nonpareil. Four police officers who fought to hold back armed hordes seeking to disrupt Congress told stories of physical injury, racist abuse, and post-traumatic distress. Even for Americans who paid close attention to the crisis, these stories added new texture and horror.
Congress Can Get Donald Trump’s Tax Returns, Justice Department Rules
The Treasury Department must turn over the former president’s tax returns to a congressional committee, according to the legal opinion.
Time for Covidnomics
First Canada overtook the United States in the vaccination race. Now the European Union has done so. Even poor European countries such as Greece, Lithuania, and Poland have surpassed vaccine-resistant U.S. states such as Ohio, Arkansas, and Missouri.Why is this happening? Facebook exists on the other side of the Atlantic as much as it does on ours. Europeans do not lack for far-right political parties swayed by Russian misinformation.
CDC releases data behind latest mask guidelines
The hotly anticipated study helped convince the agency to revise its guidance on mask-wearing earlier this week.
A Genius Plan to Improve Amtrak
What the beleaguered operator should do with $66 billion from Congress.
The Books Briefing: The Many Sides of Identity
In 1983, the historian Benedict Anderson published his pioneering work Imagined Communities, which looks at the intangible factors that bond nations together. His analysis was prescient, thanks to the expansive lens it took in examining what unites people, and the book still helps deepen considerations of modern issues, such as the importance of a representative Pride flag.
The Architect of Japan’s Olympic Stadium Thinks It Looks Just as Good Empty
It resembles a giant planter plopped in the middle of Tokyo. That’s on purpose.
“People Are Outraged”: General Strike in Guatemala Denounces Corruption & Mishandling of Pandemic
We go to Guatemala to speak with an opposition lawmaker and a Maya K’iche’ leader who joined Thursday’s major national strike demanding the resignation of right-wing President Alejandro Giammattei and other government officials facing allegations of corruption.
Anti-BDS Jewish Orgs Back Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Sales Ban in Settlements Despite Israeli Pressure
Israel has launched what has been described as a maximum pressure campaign against Ben & Jerry’s and its parent company Unilever, after the iconic ice cream brand announced it would halt sales in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Israel has asked 35 U.S. governors to enforce state laws which make it a crime to support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, or BDS.
Human Rights Watch Accuses Israel of Apparent War Crimes in Gaza Assault; Urges ICC Probe
Human Rights Watch is calling on the International Criminal Court to open a probe into apparent Israeli war crimes committed during its recent 11-day assault on Gaza that killed 260 Palestinians, including 66 children. We discuss a major report HRW released this week that closely examines three Israeli strikes that killed 62 Palestinians civilians in May. U.S.-made weapons were used in at least two of the attacks investigated.
My Parents Disowned My Brother After He Came Out. Do I Have to Split My Inheritance With Him?
He could use the money. But so could I.
We Could Have Stopped the Eviction Wave That’s Coming
Six reasons why cities and states have done a poor job getting the money out the door.
For High Times, Weed Legalization Is a Mixed Bag
The magazine was a countercultural icon. Its new owners want to make it a name brand.
Biden’s new weapon against Covid-19: Don’t call it a mandate
President Joe Biden is due to issue a directive Thursday requiring some 2 million federal employees to attest they’ve received the shot or submit to weekly testing.
‘The CDC hasn’t changed’: Biden’s top health officials try to sell new masking guidance
Scientists say new data on the Delta variant has changed the agency’s calculus on mask-wearing among vaccinated Americans.
Newsom pulls kids from summer camp after maskless revelation
Newsom’s two eldest children, ages 11 and 10, attended the camp for a day.
I’m Single for the First Time in Years. When Did Men Add This New “Normal” Part of Sex?
I have some questions.
Who Actually Buys a Gold Toilet?
“People surround themselves with furniture crusted with gold, walls embroidered with gold yarn, and, of course, the toilet should not be left out.
Virus resurgence menaces economy just as rescue programs unravel
A new wave of cases followed by the looming expiration of enhanced jobless benefits, a ban on evictions and other rescue programs is sparking concern among lawmakers and economists.
The pandemic drove women out of the workforce. Will they come back?
Their absence could hurt the broader U.S. economy, so policymakers are weighing ways to help them return to work.
Fed’s Powell feels heat from all sides as inflation spikes
Both the Fed and the Biden administration have said rapid price increases are being stoked by temporary factors.
Workers Beg Joe Manchin to Save West Virginia Pharma Plant as His Daughter Walks Away with $31M
More than 1,400 workers in West Virginia are set to lose their jobs this week when the Viatris pharmaceuticals plant in Morgantown shuts down and moves operations overseas to India and Australia. Workers say they’ve had no response to their urgent requests for help from their Democratic senator, Joe Manchin, who is often called the most powerful man in Washington. Viatris was formed through a merger between two pharmaceutical companies, Mylan and Upjohn.
NAACP Head Derrick Johnson Remembers Bob Moses as Key “Strategist” of Civil Rights Movement
We look at the life and legacy of civil rights icon Bob Moses, who recently died at the age of 86, with NAACP President Derrick Johnson, who formerly headed the NAACP Mississippi State Conference, where Moses served as field secretary for SNCC, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and helped register thousands of voters across the state. “Bob Moses was one of the most profound strategist leaders of the civil rights movement across the country,” says Johnson.