Trump Rally Crowd Turns Against Mark Zuckerberg, Chants ‘Lock Him Up’
“Well, they should be looking at that,” the former president said at the Georgia rally.
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False Dawn
Waking, you’re delighted: “Oh!” A
long, loud cry. But the dog’s not there.
You were dreaming. I woke looking
at the hands you said were beautiful.
All this dead-end summer, the hours
at the end of the day debriding hope,
the hours in the morning asking fear
to stay beside us. These are the years
beyond perfection, the days the coneflowers
rock from side to side like particles
suspended in the drying early Front Range air.
Help! I Teased My Infertile Friend About Kidnapping My Kid. It Didn’t Go Well.
Her actions have always seemed desperate to me.
How America Dropped to No. 36
In April, when I received my second Moderna shot, America was on a roll. Adjusted for population, the United States had distributed more COVID-19 vaccines per capita than any country but Israel, Chile, the United Kingdom, and a smattering of small nations and islands. With a surge of doses, we could have been No. 1 in the world.Five months later, the U.S. is no longer in the top five in national vaccine rates. We’re not in the top 10, or the top 20, or top 30.
Dear Care and Feeding: My SIL’s “Baby” Might Endanger My Actual Baby
Parenting advice on pets, breastfeeding, and parental support.
Playing Defense Is Totally Fine
If you’ve turned on any cable-news channel or opened any newspaper or magazine since most of Afghanistan fell to the Taliban last month, you can see a clear narrative emerging: The terrorists are returning, and they will attack us.
The Progressives Have Already Won
In an Oval Office meeting with House progressives last week, Joe Biden made a joke about how much had changed in his long career: “I used to be called a moderate,” the president mused. He was, at that moment, trying to mediate a Democratic Party struggle between the left-wing lawmakers sitting before him and the moderates he had hosted a few hours earlier. When the meeting ended, Biden pulled aside Representative Pramila Jayapal of Washington State.
Why China Finally Decided to Ban Bitcoin
Beijing concluded it was an energy sucking money laundering tool, among other things.
It Turns Out That Cutting Off Unemployment Insurance Didn’t Fix the Economy
Business owners and conservatives insisted on yanking away benefits. If it wasn’t productive, then it was just cruel.
My Abusive Father Blew His Millions. Now He Wants to Live With Me.
He’s too sick to live independently and too toxic to let him move in.
Nuking the Filibuster Is the Obvious Way to End This Dumb Debt-Ceiling Standoff
The GOP is risking the full faith and credit of the United States to score points. Democrats don’t have to play the game.
I Think My Husband Is Trying to Destroy My Credit Before We Divorce
He denies it, but I don’t believe him.
CDC struggles to expand pandemic response team as morale plummets
Staff described a summer marked by demands to digest complex data in record time as the government raced to update policies in the face of Delta.
Booster confusion takes hold as Biden announces expanded eligibility
“We have the tools to beat Covid if we come together as a country and use the tools we have,” Biden said.
CDC director breaks with agency advisers to endorse Pfizer booster for at-risk workers
“It is my job to recognize where our actions can have the greatest impact,” Rochelle Walensky said.
CDC panel approves boosters for elderly, holds back on health care workers
The final step in the process will come when CDC Director Rochelle Walensky approves the CDC advisory panel’s recommendations.
Dear Care and Feeding: I Found Out the Horrible Secret Behind Why My Parents and Sister Aren’t Speaking
Parenting advice on estranged family, sibling relationships, and rent role play.
The Gabby Petito Story Is Rocking #Vanlife TikTok
“#Vanlife is our entire life. It affects everything we do.
Help! My Spoiled Half-Sister Is Demanding I Fund Her Gap Year in Bali.
I’ve paid for other family members’ college expenses; now she wants “her” share.
Why Biden isn’t hitting the panic button on the debt ceiling — yet
With the deadline looming, the White House is starting to ramp up pressure on Republicans.
Fed signals plan to pull back economic support even as virus looms
The central bank said it’s making progress toward its goals of averaging 2 percent inflation over time and reaching maximum employment.
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.
Rep. Maxine Waters: Biden Admin Must End “Inhumane” Deportation & Whipping of Haitian Asylum Seekers
Longtime diplomat Daniel Foote, the U.S. special envoy to Haiti, has resigned in protest over the Biden administration’s mass deportation of Haitian asylum seekers and meddling in Haiti’s political affairs. The resignation comes days after U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback were filmed chasing, grabbing and whipping Haitian asylum seekers who had gathered in a makeshift camp in Del Rio, Texas.
Former Member of Afghan Parliament Says U.S. War Ushered in “Another Dark Age” for Women
The Taliban are already restricting women’s rights in Afghanistan — just a month since they overran the capital of Kabul — by blocking female students from returning to schools and universities, and telling many women workers to stay home.
“Our Health or Our Homes”: Tenants Facing Eviction Help Introduce New “Keeping Renters Safe Act”
As the Delta variant continues to surge across the United States, so too has the housing and eviction crisis, with more than 11 million households now behind on rent. Most of those evicted are Black or Latinx, and the majority are single women with children. We speak with a single mother and a high school student who have faced eviction and went to Washington, D.C.
United States of War: How AUKUS Nuclear Submarine Deal Could Inflame Tension, Provoke War with China
Criticism is growing of AUKUS, a new trilateral military partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States that the countries say is needed to counter China’s growing power in the Indo-Pacific region. As part of the agreement, the U.S. has agreed to help Australia build a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, replacing a previous deal Australia had with France.
Scientist Complained Trump ‘Election Stuff’ Overrode COVID Concerns In His White House
Virologist Steven Hatfill was traveling to Arizona and Nevada to challenge Donald Trump election losses instead of fighting COVID, according to his emails.