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Ask a Teacher: Apparently I’m “Stifling” My 9-Year-Old’s Independence
The only way my son does his schoolwork is if I sit by his side.
Census armies pivot to vaccine outreach with minorities
“It’s not as easy as the census,” said one CEO of a Chicago nonprofit. “It’s a deeper conversation.
What the New Stimulus Bill Provides—and What’s Still Missing
Boosted unemployment insurance? Check. A continued eviction moratorium? Check. Checks? Check. But there’s still much more that we need.
The COVID Relief Bill Makes One Big, Risky Bet
It’ll only be enough if the vaccination effort doesn’t blow it.
Deborah Birx eyeing retirement after Biden transition
The White House coronavirus response coordinator says she will stay on as long as needed and will then step back.
CDC warns that travel could spread British Covid-19 strain in U.S.
European officials have said the variant could be up to 70 percent more transmissible than other varieties.
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.
Biden adds former Obama budget official, onetime Warren aide to economic team
Biden added that the appointees have “broad viewpoints on how to build a stronger and more inclusive middle class.
Fed sees less severe recession this year but warns of tough winter
Officials said they expect the U.S. economy to shrink by 2.4 percent this year, a brighter forecast than they offered just three months ago.
Biden faces a massive boom ahead — or maybe another recession first
Vaccine euphoria is giving economic forecasters hope for a blockbuster 2021 and stretching stock market valuations to historic highs. It’s a setup that leaves no room for error.
Biden top economic adviser facing accusations of mismanagement, verbal abuse
A former high-level employee at Heather Boushey’s think tank publicly aired the accusations on Tuesday night.
Trump Plots to Overturn Election: An Attack on Democracy or a Scheme to Make Millions for Himself?
As President Trump continues to look for ways to overturn the 2020 election, he has also continued to raise massive sums of money — over half a billion dollars since mid-October, including more than $250 million since Election Day. The New York Times reports more than $60 million of what Trump raised has gone to a new political action committee that he will control after he leaves office, an unprecedented war chest for an outgoing president.
A Brief Reminder Of Charles Kushner’s Creepy Crimes, Through Tweets
Trump pardoned son-in-law Jared Kushner’s father, whose crimes included hiring a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law, filming it and giving it to his sister.
Wednesday Night Owls: Do Americans worry about war crimes as long as U.S. soldiers come home alive?
Night Owls, a themed open thread, appears at Daily Kos seven days a week
28 DAYS UNTIL JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE
Jared Keller at Task & Purpose writes—Do Americans really care about war crimes? Trump’s pardoning of four Blackwater contractors underscores America’s apathy towards war crimes committed abroad:
[…] Unfortunately, the average American appears to have a relatively high tolerance for war crimes abroad.
The Triumph of Kleptocracy
Paul Manafort came of age in New Britain, Connecticut. His father, the garrulous mayor of that decaying factory town, taught him how to cobble together an electoral coalition, passing down the tricks of the trade that became the basis for the son’s lucrative career as a political consultant. But as the local hardware manufacturers fled to foreign shores, the Mafia moved into town.
There are good reasons why we call them ‘militias,’ and why semantic arguments are a waste
The men who plotted to invade the state Capitol in Lansing, Michigan, and murder state officials this year were members of a militia group. Those “III Percenters” who have been showing up to urban street demonstrations in camo body armor and toting AR-15s organize themselves into militias.
Dominion lets Rudy Giuliani know it intends to sue him for his campaign of lies
Earlier in the week voting machine manufacturers Smartmatic and Dominion let it be known to conservative conspiracy peddlers Fox News and Newsmax that they would likely be filing lawsuits after the “news” outlets promoted 100% fake, and known fake, claims about the voting machine companies somehow being in cahoots to cheat Donald Trump out of an election win.
The Atlantic Daily: Trump’s Pardons Follow a Pattern
Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox.With under a month left in office, President Donald Trump is flexing his power, issuing a slew of pardons and a veto. His actions may stun, but not necessarily surprise.
Trump Pardons Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, Charles Kushner In Another Pardoning Spree
The president granted 26 more pardons, some of them to close allies, a day after granting clemency to 20 others.
Trump’s Pardon of Manafort Is the Realization of the Founders’ Fears
Nostradamus had nothing on George Mason. The French seer earned a reputation for prophecy that was grounded, for the most part, in vague and ambiguous predictions of future events whose malleability allowed supporters to claim he was prescient. As with the Delphic oracle who came before him, Nostradamus’s reputation for foresight was unearned.George Mason, however, deserves his reputation for the precision of his predictions.
December Is Now the Deadliest Month of the Pandemic
Editor’s Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. December is now the deadliest month of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.Since the spring, month by month, the country had held the death toll below the terrible peak of the early pandemic, according to data from the COVID Tracking Project at The Atlantic. April began with 4,332 dead and ended with 59,599 dead—an increase of 55,267.
Robert E. Lee statue removed from Capitol, but another nine Rebels there should be ditched in 2021
Educator Barbara Johns in an undated photo.
A statue of Barbara Johns, a civil rights activist who played a major role in desegregating Virginia’s public schools, will soon stand in the U.S. Capitol, replacing the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that has stood in the National Statuary Hall Collection for 111 years. That will make her the only Black person and one of the few women to represent a state in the Capitol.
Trump Back At Mar-A-Lago, Raising Taxpayer Golf Tab To $151.5 Million
This marks Trump’s 31st golf trip to his Palm Beach resort, which in total account for just over two-thirds of his golf-related travel and security costs.
Locked-down California runs out of reasons for surprising surge
America’s most populous state has become one of the nation’s worst epicenters for the coronavirus.
Why you should care about the thousands of farmers protesting in India
2020 has been a year of ongoing protests and demonstrations for change across the globe. It has also been the year the world saw not only the largest but longest single protest to date. For almost a month now, tens of thousands of farmers in India have marched and protested against three bills passed in India’s parliament in September.
CDC: More than 1 million Americans got Covid shots
States last week were blindsided by lower-than-expected allocations of a Covid vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech.