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The Inside Story of Why Mueller Failed
Andrew Weissmann was one of Robert Mueller’s top deputies in the special counsel’s investigation of the 2016 election, and he’s about to publish the first insider account, called Where Law Ends: Inside the Mueller Investigation. The title comes from an adapted quote by the philosopher John Locke that’s inscribed on the façade of the Justice Department building in Washington, D.C.: “Wherever law ends, tyranny begins.
Sunday Night Owls. Mayer: Mitch moves his own strings, and he’ll dump anybody to preserve his power
Night Owls, a themed open thread, appears at Daily Kos seven days a week
At The New Yorker, Jane Mayer writes—For Mitch McConnell, Keeping His Senate Majority Matters More Than the Supreme Court:
As the Democrats weigh their options about how to stop Mitch McConnell from filling Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat, one tactic that they should forget about immediately is arguing that it would be hypocritical of McConnell to jam in a new Justice so close to a
Is a poisonous gas in the atmosphere of Venus a signal of life on Earth’s nearest neighbor?
When it comes to the search for life in the solar system, Mars clearly gets most of the attention. The Red Planet seems so tantalizingly Earth-ish … if you ignore the cold, and the dryness, and the lack of all but a trace of atmosphere. After Mars, most of the attention of late has been focused on a whole series of icy moons.
Hey Trump, I care about Israel, but my country is America
On Wednesday, during a call ostensibly about the upcoming Jewish High Holidays with leading members of the American Jewish community, President Charlottesville said this: “We love your country.” He wasn’t talking about the United States.
This is not the first time Donald Trump has assumed that Israel, not America, is the place where American Jews assign their primary loyalty.
Chris Wallace Grills Sen. Tom Cotton Over His Supreme Court Hypocrisy
The Arkansas senator blocked Barack Obama’s pick in 2016 because he claimed to believe then that voters should first choose their next president.
Nuts & Bolts: Inside a Democratic campaign—persuasion, turnout, or both?
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. For years I’ve built this guide around questions that get submitted, hoping to help small candidates field questions.
Biden Blasts Conservatives Pushing To Fill SCOTUS Vacancy Before Election
The Democratic nominee urged Senate Republicans to wait until after the election to confirm a replacement for late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
It’s propaganda, not hypocrisy: Republicans use lying as primary governing technique
There is no point in accusing Republican senators of hypocrisy. Absolutely none. Only hours after the death of Supreme Court icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Republicans—who had previously gnashed their teeth at the audacity of the suggestion that the nation’s first nonwhite president had the constitutional power to make nominations to the court at any point during the final year of his term—began declaring that this time around, obviously that new rule no longer applies.
How Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Spent The Final Weeks Of Her Life
She was exercising. She was listening to opera. She even officiated a wedding.
Trump: ‘We’re Counting’ On Federal Courts To Declare Election Night Winner
Trump’s push to have the election called on Nov. 3 would disregard multiple states’ rules that allow ballots to be counted after election night.
If You Care About the Court, Don’t Talk About It
I know that Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s empty Supreme Court seat has provoked an epic, long-awaited clash between Democrats and Republicans, that the very principle of judicial independence hangs dangerously in the balance. I realize that the social-media wave cannot be stopped, that the talking heads cannot be silenced, and that Democrats in Congress must fight this nomination.
Nebraska: Images of the Cornhusker State
The state of Nebraska has a population of 1.9 million, and ranks 16th in area. It is largely a land of agriculture, with nearly 50,000 farms and ranches producing corn, beef, soybeans, and processed-grain products. From the grasslands through the Sandhills to the Missouri River, here are a few glimpses of the landscape of Nebraska and some of the wildlife and people calling it home.This photo story is part of Fifty, a collection of images from each of the United States.
Nancy Pelosi Doesn’t Rule Out Using Impeachment To Stall SCOTUS Nomination
“Protecting our democracy requires us to use every arrow in our quiver,” the speaker of the House said.
Dear Care and Feeding: I Know My Husband Will Be a Terrible Parent. Should I Still Try for a Baby?
Parenting advice on useless partners, bullies, and misogyny.
Brain
Photo illustration by Miki LoweC. K. Williams stumbled into his poetry career by accident. When a college girlfriend asked him to pen a poem for her, his path became clear. But he felt frustrated by the cryptic ways in which poets got to their point. “It’s like a code,” he explained in 2000. “You say very little and send it out to people who know how to decode it.
How Boomer Parenting Fueled Millennial Burnout
The writer Anne Helen Petersen’s new book is primarily about “burnout,” a condition endemic to the Millennial generation that she describes as a persistent “sensation of dull exhaustion” and “the feeling that you’ve optimized yourself into a work robot.” Expanding on a widely read BuzzFeed News article from two years ago, Petersen follows lines of cultural and economic inquiry in an effort to identify the root causes of this generational malaise.
Chuck Schumer Is Good Now
Mr. Centrism is now behind legalized weed, mass student debt forgiveness, and the Green New Deal.
What Happened When I Tried to Short the Dow
And why a financial services industry built around optimism can’t stand a pessimist like me.
Queasy Rider: The Uncertain Future of Harley-Davidson
A gasoline-soaked symbol of America finds itself at a crossroads.
Pandemic supercharges campaign battles over Obamacare
Obamacare jumps to forefront of 2020 races as voters worry about coverage.
Vaccine distribution isn’t as easy as Trump wants people to think
State officials say they’re still unclear about key details, and the CDC chief warned states need billions of dollars more to ensure people get shots.
Mask skeptic lawmaker takes on side gig overseeing drug company trial
Several bioethicists question Rep. Andy Harris’ lack of experience.
Summer wave of dementia deaths adds thousands to pandemic’s deadly toll
“There’s something going on and it needs to be sorted out,” Robert Anderson, chief of mortality statistics at the CDC, said.
Top health officials warn America won’t return to normal soon
The testimony from top federal health officials clashed with President Donald Trump’s rosier predictions about the pandemic’s trajectory.
Don’t Get Caught Without These Eight Safety Tools
Car escape tools, carbon monoxide detectors, and more.
The Wild Energy That Teachers Are Putting Into Zoom Shouldn’t Be a Surprise
“People really just don’t understand what teachers do in a classroom on a day-to-day basis.