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U.S. loses 140,000 jobs in first monthly loss since spring
At the same time, the unemployment rate stayed at 6.7%, the first time it hasn’t fallen since April.
How Biden’s dream of fighting income inequality runs through Georgia
The share of wealth controlled by the top 1 percent sits at levels not seen since the 1920s. Biden’s hopes for changing it rests on Senate control.
Trump backs down, signs stimulus package
A government shutdown was averted after the president approved the Covid relief package and annual spending bill.
Congress sends Covid package and spending measure to Trump
The president has thrown the fate of the bill into jeopardy.
Fed enters Biden era with clipped wings and a warning from Republicans
Congress curbed the central bank’s emergency lending despite the economy’s continuing struggles.
Would You Patent the Sun? Polio Vaccine Inventor Jonas Salk’s Son Urges More Access to COVID Vaccine
The total number of deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S. is set to top 400,000 before Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20, but rollout of coronavirus vaccines has been slow, with many describing a vexing amount of red tape standing between them and the shot. We look at the development and distribution of another vaccine during the polio epidemic in the 1950s with Dr.
From Charlottesville to the Capitol: Trump Fueled Right-Wing Violence. It May Soon Get Even Worse
As security is ramped up in Washington, D.C., and state capitols across the U.S., the FBI is warning of more potential violence in the lead-up to Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20. Federal authorities have arrested over 100 people who took part in last week’s deadly insurrection at the Capitol, and The Washington Post reports that dozens of people on a terrorist watch list — including many white supremacists — were in Washington on the day of the insurrection.
Dr. Ali Khan: U.S. Needs to Quickly Ramp Up Vaccinations as COVID Kills Over 4,000 in Single Day
As the United States breaks all records for coronavirus cases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns another 92,000 could die in the next three weeks as complaints grow over the slow distribution of COVID vaccines. Across the country, hospitals are overflowing, and ICU beds are in short supply. In Los Angeles County, an epicenter of the outbreak, a staggering one in three residents has gotten the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, according to new data.
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor: Impeachment Is Late Attempt to Curb Violence & Racism at Heart of Trump Era
We look at the fight for accountability after a white supremacist mob attacked the U.S. Capitol and as President Trump is impeached for a historic second time for his incitement of violence. Supporters who took part in the January 6 attack — including current police officers — have been arrested across the U.S. for their involvement in the insurrection.
Sunday Night Owls: Something else that needs Operation Warp Speed—the climate crisis
Night Owls is a themed open thread appearing at Daily Kos seven days a week.
3 days until JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE
Clive Thompson at Wired writes—Climate Change Needs an Operation Warp Speed. If the COVID-19 vaccine push has proved anything, it’s that big government works.
IN THE DISMAL early days of the pandemic, a vaccine seemed depressingly far off.
Defense Officials Fear Inside Attack At Inauguration, Prompting FBI To Vet Guard
The massive undertaking underscores fears that some of the very people assigned to protect Washington could threaten the incoming administration.
Timothy Snyder’s ‘The American Abyss’ op-ed is scary, accurate, and pulls no punches
American historian Timothy Snyder is the author of On Tyranny. The slim volume from February 2017 presaged what we could expect from the Trump administration as it became obvious almost immediately that the forthcoming four years would be among the most tumultuous and stressful this country had ever experienced.
Twitter Temporarily Suspends QAnon Rep. For Election Disinformation, Inciting Violence
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been locked out of her personal account for 12 hours for “multiple violations of our civic integrity policy,” the platform said.
Nuts & Bolts: Inside the Democratic Party: Respect for all candidates matters
It’s another Sunday, so for those who tune in, welcome to a diary discussing the Nuts & Bolts of a Democratic campaign. If you’ve missed out, you can catch up any time: Just visit our group or follow the Nuts & Bolts Guide. Every week I try to tackle issues I’ve been asked about. With the help of other campaign workers and notes, we address how to improve and build better campaigns, or explain issues that impact our party.
Former Trump Official Mocked For Claiming That The President Has No Platform Now
“I remember when Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address via tweet,” one critic said of Hogan Gidley’s comments about Trump’s social media ban.
Pro-Trump Protests Fizzle Out At Capitol Buildings Across The U.S.
Statehouses ramped up security in anticipation of planned protests across 50 states, though there were no reports of major clashes by nightfall.
Trump team orders installation of notorious pro-Trump saboteur into top NSA position
The Republican attempt to overthrow this nation’s government is ongoing. Propaganda attempts continue in an attempt to delegitimize the outcome of the last election; even after an assassination attempt targeting top national leaders, over 100 Republican officials continued to promote the same hoax claims that stoked the violence.
This suburban Chicago seat swung from Trump to Biden two years after going blue in an upset
Daily Kos Elections is pleased to bring you our calculations of the 2020 election results for Illinois’ 18 congressional districts, where yet another surge in ancestrally Republican territory helped Democrats hang on to a seat in the Chicago exurbs that they flipped in 2018. You can find our detailed calculations here, a large-size map of the results here, and our permanent, bookmarkable link for all 435 districts here.
Lindsey Graham, Ignoring Trump’s Role In Riot, Bashes Pelosi For Weak Capitol Security
“Where was Nancy Pelosi?” the Republican senator asked during an appearance on Fox News.
Health officials confident Biden will deliver on promise of 100 million vaccines in 100 days
“There’s no doubt about it that that can be done,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said.
Help! My Husband Won’t Let Me Go a Day Without Makeup.
He is worried that this is the beginning of a “downward spiral” for me into a messy, slobby woman with permanent razor stubble.
Dear Care and Feeding: My In-Laws Gifted My Daughter a Stuffed Dead Rabbit. She Loves It.
Parenting advice on grandparents, gifts, and naptime.
A Word on Statistics
In “On Statistics,” Wisława Szymborska takes the language of data, with its air of easy certainty, and uses it to measure some of the messiest, most complex aspects of human nature. The result is absurd, and it underscores how ill-equipped those quantitative measurements are for answering the biggest questions in life.
My Sister Was Disappeared 43 Years Ago
The report from the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team included 20 photos of my half sister’s bones—nearly as many photos as I had ever seen of Isabel herself. The ones of the bones punctured by bullets—her rib, her pelvis, her humerus—did not move me as much as those of her skull. It was so old-looking, like one of those prehistoric craniums of Homo sapiens, the nose bashed in, some of the teeth missing, that earthen coloring.
‘What If You Just Don’t Tell Anyone?’
What do I do now? COVID-19 diagnoses start with a barrage of grueling decisions and paralyzing worries. Did I infect anyone else? Whom will I tell? Where can I isolate? Should I go to the hospital? Will I be okay?Millions of Americans have fallen sick with this virus, and we’ve seen the full kaleidoscope of ways people react and cope with illness. Some have dutifully rung up contact tracers and locked themselves in total isolation.
The crash landing of ‘Operation Warp Speed’
Born as a second Manhattan Project, the Trump administration vaccine program actually achieved most of its goals – until distribution problems marred its success.
Trump admin enlists private firm to review some Covid-19 tests
The decision cuts scientists at the Food and Drug Administration out of the process.
Treat the Attack on the Capitol as Terrorism
Public officials from Vice President Mike Pence on down have sung a consistent refrain since a mob attacked the Capitol on January 6: Those involved should be prosecuted to the “fullest extent of the law.” For those implicated in the murder of the Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, the penalties are obviously severe. Murdering a federal official carries a life sentence and, depending on what is proven at trial, could carry the death penalty.