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Steve Mnuchin Is Doing His Part to Sabotage the Biden Administration on His Way out the Door
The Treasury secretary is kicking the crutches out from under the economy before it’s ready.
How Wells Fargo Used Its Western Stagecoaches as a Shield
When scandal surfaced, the historic American bank’s preoccupation with its past helped keep it in denial about its present.
FDA grants emergency use of Covid treatment given to Trump
The treatment is not authorized for patients who are hospitalized due to the coronavirus or who require oxygen therapy.
Biden pledges to pay for National Guard’s Covid work
States fear a gap between the year-end deadline and inauguration
CDC urges against Thanksgiving travel
The agency also urged Americans to avoid mingling with people who haven’t resided in their same household in the past 14 days.
The “War on Christmas” Is About to Make the Pandemic Exponentially Worse
This holiday season, partisan posturing about who hates “family” is the best accelerant the coronavirus could hope for.
Biden’s big challenge: A growing racial wealth gap
Black voters had Joe Biden’s back. Now he must prove he’s got theirs.
The hangover awaiting Biden: Deep wounds from Covid-19
Biden will inherit an economy similar to one he and Obama did 12 years ago. But unlike last time, he’ll have few tools to deal with it.
China shapes a new U.S. economic era: The return of industrial policy
The latest episode of POLITICO’s Global Translations podcast explores the new industrial policy emerging in America to counter China’s ascent.
Fox survey finds 63 percent say country heading in wrong direction
The economy weighs heavily on voters’ minds.
Wall Street notches second-best Election Day of trading
The gains are a sign of positive trader sentiment, although it’s unclear if that has to do with hopes of a clear winner emerging.
“A Huge Blow to Civil Society”: Egypt Arrests Leading Human Rights Monitors in Latest Crackdown
In Egypt, the executive director of the country’s leading human rights group has been arrested as part of an unprecedented crackdown on activists and journalists. Gasser Abdel-Razek was arrested at his home just days after two other staffers for the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights were also arrested.
Astra Taylor: As Trump Tries to Steal Election, We Need to Reform Our “Deeply Undemocratic” System
President Trump has called Republican leaders of Michigan’s state legislature to the White House today in his latest attempt to overturn the election. The Trump campaign is pushing Republican state lawmakers to ignore the will of the voters and appoint pro-Trump electors to the Electoral College.
Astra Taylor: Biden Can Cancel Student Debt on Day One. Movements Must Make Him Do It.
The incoming Biden administration is facing increasing pressure to cancel federal student loan debt, something Joe Biden is reportedly considering through executive action, which would not require Congress to pass legislation. Astra Taylor, a member of the Debt Collective, says canceling student debt would be a boon to debtors and the wider economy, and could be part of a larger wave of progressive action from the Biden administration.
Biden Be Bold: AOC & Cori Bush Join Climate Protest Outside DNC Urging Activists to “Bring the Heat”
Indigenous, racial justice and climate activists staged an occupation outside the Democratic National Convention in Washington Thursday, calling on President-elect Joe Biden to take immediate climate action and to approve the Green New Deal. Advocates are also calling for a Cabinet free of lobbyists and others with close industry ties. A number of lawmakers spoke at the protest, including Congresswoman-elect Cori Bush from Missouri and Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.
New Jersey Lawmaker Pushes To Disbar Rudy Giuliani For Deceitful, ‘Absurd’ Election Cases
Giuliani has caused “irreversible damage to the public trust in the fair administration of our elections,” Rep. Bill Pascrell wrote to officials policing attorney conduct.
Trump Campaign Sidelines Sidney Powell From Legal Team
The unexpected pivot comes as the attorney continues to make increasingly outrageous and baseless claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election.
Joe Biden To Name Foreign Policy Hand Tony Blinken As Secretary of State: Reports
The president-elect will reportedly tap the longtime adviser to helm the troubled State Department, where he previously served in the second-highest job.
He may have lost, but Donald Trump does not intend to go quietly
As Donald Trump’s “legal” team loses flimsy lawsuit after flimsy lawsuit and (ahem) that team’s top spokescreatures begin to turn increasingly feral, in front of the television cameras, Donald Trump himself appears to be genuinely pondering what to do with himself after being turned out of office in January.
Nuts & Bolts: Inside the Democratic Party: Reorganization
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.
I Can’t Believe What My Boyfriend Just Told Me About Sex and Other Women
He sees no problem with this.
Sen. Ed Markey wins internet with silent dismissal of Texas Republican’s lame attack
Sen. Ed Markey is the Massachusetts Democrat who has continued to move towards the more progressive wing of the Democratic Party, and the voters have rewarded him, first by defeating the strange Pelosi-supported primary bid by Rep. Joe Kennedy III and then by winning reelection to his Senate seat with a commanding 66.5% of the vote.
Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas is what passes for young blood in the Republican Party these days.
Trump campaign now says lady who lied with Giuliani for 2 hours at presser not really on legal team
The Trump Administration’s attempts to overthrow the government and sow confusion around the elections have been going so badly that it has been difficult to take what is a very serious attack on our democracy seriously. On Thursday the Trump legal squad of cartoon-keystone-kops, Rudolph Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and Jenna Ellis held an almost two-hour press conference that can only be called bizarre.
Brian Stelter Slams Lara Trump For Declaring Trump Voters Don’t ‘Feel’ That He Lost
“Facts do not care about your feelings,” the CNN host said.
The election may be over, but only Republicans own the damage coming this winter
With the 2020 election now history, the political pundit class is already treating the two months leading up to Jan. 20 as if they don’t really exist. Donald Trump’s “I wuz robbed” shtick has already worn thin in just the span of a week, and the dark, apocalyptic projections of a coup instituted in some fashion by electoral shenanigans have already been doused with cold water.
Joe Biden’s First Cabinet Picks Expected To Be Announced Tuesday
President-elect Biden has pledged to build the most diverse government in modern history.
Fauci: Vaccines are an incentive to ‘double down’ on precautions
“We are in a very serious situation, but we can do something about it,” said Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert.
Kansas: Images of the Sunflower State
Kansas is the 15th-largest state in the U.S. by area, and home to almost 3 million residents. Nearly 90 percent of the state’s land is dedicated to agricultural use, carried out on some 59,500 farms. Here are a few glimpses of the landscape of Kansas, 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.