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.
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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.
“Will Corporate Greed Prolong the Pandemic?”: Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz on Global Vaccine Equity
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says global vaccine inequity endangers everyone on the planet, including those in rich countries, and says the best way to solve the problem is to drastically increase production of COVID-19 vaccines. “As long as the disease is festering someplace in the world, there are going to be mutations,” Stiglitz says. “So it’s in our own self-interest that we get the disease controlled everywhere.
Joseph Stiglitz: Ending Unemployment Benefits as Pandemic Rages Is Cruel & Hurts Economic Recovery
As unemployment benefits for millions of U.S. workers expired on Labor Day, with many states suffering the worst surge of the pandemic, economist Joseph Stiglitz says it’s “disturbing” federal aid was allowed to lapse. “This is going to feed into the problems posed by the Delta variant.
News Roundup: Biden fed up with COVID-19’s willing allies; Justice takes on Texas abortion ban
In the news today: In an uncharacteristically blunt speech, President Joe Biden let loose on those still prolonging the pandemic by refusing vaccinations and other safety measures while announcing a broad program of mandatory vaccinations for government workers and large employers. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the Department of Justice would indeed be filing suit to block Texas Republicans’ new near-total abortion ban.
Former Trump press secretary who ‘knows where the bodies are buried’ is working on a tell-all book
The latest tell-all from a former Trump associate promises to be a real barnburner and/or barf-bagger, depending on your current tolerance for the perpetually eye-popping evidence of Donald Trump’s treachery and bottomless bad taste.
At this point in the game, it’s difficult to envision what sort of scandal, if any, could possibly change anyone’s mind about Trump.
This Week in Statehouse Action: Too Cool For School edition
Welcome back!
… to school or work or a crushing sense of existential dread or whatever, everyone’s living their own life.
But most schools in most places are back in (some sort of) session, which affects pretty much everybody in one way or another.
Actions meet consequences as woman who coughed on grocery shoppers loses a very, very good job
Anti-maskers just won’t learn. Since the start of the pandemic, videos of anti-maskers resorting to violence when asked to wear a mask, licking items at grocery stores, and coughing on customers have circulated through social media.
While one would hope these incidents were becoming less common, given how far along in the pandemic we have come, they are not.
Biden approval plummets—to ‘still better than anything Trump could attain in nearly 4 years’ levels
Afghanistan! Delta variant! Hurricanes! Wildfires! Chaos, chaos, chaos! Hie thee to thine lifeboats, fellow Americans! The good ship Biden is sinking!
The evidence? President Joe Biden’s approval ratings have now sunk to a roughly 45% average based on FiveThirtyEight’s latest aggregate of polls. As usual, the media is doing its news cycle tango, questioning Biden’s ability to push through his agenda in the face of these numbers.
We’re Asking the Impossible of Vaccines
In 1846, the Danish physician Peter Ludvig Panum traveled to the Faroe Islands in search of measles. The rocky archipelago, which sits some 200 miles north of Scotland, had been slammed with an outbreak, and Panum was dispatched by his government to investigate.
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.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Reacts After Sarah Palin Brands Her A ‘Fake Feminist’
Palin slammed the New York Democrat’s criticisms of Gov. Greg Abbott and his defense of Texas’ abortion law.
FBI Seizes Phone Of Oath Keepers Lawyer In ‘Seditious Conspiracy’ Investigation
“I have so much information in there – it’s nuts,” Kellye SoRelle told HuffPost about her iPhone.
The Atlantic Hires Roye Segal to Lead Atlantic Re:think
The Atlantic has hired Roye Segal to lead Atlantic Re:think, Publisher and Chief Revenue Officer Hayley Romer announced today. Segal joins The Atlantic to head the award-winning creative studio, which is part of Atlantic Brand Partners, an interdisciplinary collective within The Atlantic that offers brands an integrated experience across platforms. Segal was most recently at NBCUniversal, where he was senior creative director.
How Long Will Twitter Cling to Its Dumbest Feature?
#NoPawsLeftBehind. Last Tuesday, I glanced at the “What’s happening” sidebar on Twitter and saw that nearly 32,000 people were tweeting about this topic; therefore, it was “trending.” A description of the trend, presented just beneath the hashtag, explained that it was “commemorating the service dogs left behind following the withdrawal of American troops in Afghanistan.”Clicking through the hashtag, I found a slightly more irritating story.
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.
Judge Blocks Florida’s GOP-Backed ‘Anti-Riot’ Law
The law championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that passed in response to protests against racial injustice violates the First Amendment, the judge said.
Biden Expands Vaccine Push With Mandates For Private Sector
Large companies will have to require workers to either get vaccinated or show a negative COVID-19 test result at least weekly.
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?
Justice Department Announces Legal Action Against Texas Abortion Ban
Attorney General Merrick Garland said he will pursue legal action against one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S.
A Diamond Necklace Is Tearing My Family Apart
My granddaughters are no longer speaking to each other.
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.
The California Recall Could Be a Road Map for Democrats
California Governor Gavin Newsom is confronting the toughest challenge Democrats may face in next year’s midterm election—and guiding his party toward a possible solution as the Republican-driven recall against him enters its final days.One key reason the president’s party historically fares so poorly in midterm elections is that its supporters turn out at lower rates than voters of the party not in the White House.
“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.
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.
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.
My Uncle Has Commandeered One of My Family’s Beach Houses
We could use the one next door, but his family ruins the experience.