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Donald Trump’s “Rocket Ship” Economy Isn’t Taking Off. It’s Exploding.
The plan to reignite business without containing the coronavirus has left us living in the worst possible scenario.
Who Cares if the IRS Sent Stimulus Checks to Dead People?
This isn’t the scandal journalists are making it out to be.
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to overturn Obamacare
The president is moving forward with the legal attack, even as some Republicans worry it will hurt the party’s electoral prospects.
States plead for help while White House touts success in curbing virus
On private task force calls with states, Pence’s team rarely offers more guidance than what Trump has publicly asserted.
HHS whistleblower’s controversial claim: Azar is punishing him
Rick Bright claims the HHS secretary instructed staffers not to cooperate with him in his new role.
CDC chief: Covid-19 infections could be 10 times higher than confirmed cases
The CDC on Thursday removed a specific age threshold on its guidance for who is at high risk of contracting the virus and now says risk increases steadily with age among adults.
Texas governor pauses state’s Covid reopening
Gov. Greg Abbott has urged state residents to wear masks.
Top White House economist set to depart amid coronavirus recession
The acting chair of the CEA will leave Trump without another senior economist as discussions start about a new economic aid package.
‘It’s going to be a slow slog’: Economists knock down hopes of quick rebound
“We have a long road ahead of us to get those people back to work,” Jerome Powell said earlier this week.
Powell’s warning on pandemic clashes with Trump’s upbeat tweets
“Significant uncertainty remains about the timing and strength of the recovery,” Powell said.
Kudlow says $600 additional unemployment checks will end in July
He said that “almost all businesses” understand the $600 additional benefit is “a disincentive.
Fed sees need for more small business aid, citing ‘acute risks’ to survival
The central bank signaled that it would keep interest rates low through 2022.
Repair & Revive: Rev. William Barber on Fighting Racism, Poverty, Climate Change, War & Nationalism
The Poor People’s Campaign offered a counterpoint to President Trump’s sparsely attended Tulsa campaign rally with a mass digital gathering that unveiled a policy platform to spur “transformative action” on five key issues of systemic racism, systemic poverty, ecological devastation, the war economy and the threat of religious nationalism. “We have to repair and revive,” says Rev. Dr. William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign.
As Americans rise up in defense of Black lives, Black protest anthems resonate more than ever
Protest songs have seen a major spike in streaming numbers in recent weeks, and the timing of the upsurge is no coincidence: Black Lives Matter uprisings around the country have brought renewed attention to the history and power of Black-led civil unrest in the U.S., of which music has long been an integral part. According to Billboard, protest songs from artists like Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino, Beyoncé, James Brown, and others have been streamed at high numbers.
A win for the Trump administration: SCOTUS upholds fast-track deportations of denied asylum seekers
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled that previously denied asylum seekers cannot challenge their fast-tracked deportation cases in federal courts in a 7-2 decision Thursday. The court found that expedited deportations for migrants at or near the border who fail initial asylum screenings does not violate due process rights or constitutional protections against unlawful detention, the Associated Press reported.
Union representing meatpacking workers pushes for more frequent COVID-19 testing
News broke last week that meatpacking companies exported a record amount of pork to China after using warnings of shortages to get Donald Trump to order them to stay open despite massive coronavirus outbreaks in their plants. Sens. Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren are not letting that issue go, sending a letter to the CEOs of top meatpacking companies.
Warren and Booker have questions for those CEOs about exports and price increases.
Trump Blames Wisconsin Lawmaker For Being Assaulted By Protesters
“I don’t know what’s worse: the beating or having someone turn something so personal that happened … and weaponize it against you,” said state Sen. Tim Carpenter.
Appeals court deals blow to Trump on border wall, ruling his money grab illegal
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that the Trump administration does not have the authority to seize $2.5 billion from the Pentagon in order to fund the building of Trump’s border wall.
In a victory for environmental groups, the 2-1 ruling also upheld a federal district court order blocking illegal construction of the wall. Last summer, the Supreme Court had allowed construction of the wall to temporarily move forward while litigation in Sierra Club v.
Guards pepper-sprayed and restrained asylum-seekers by the neck for protesting their detention
Detained people at a privately operated Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility say guards pepper-sprayed them and placed their knees on their necks after engaging in an act of civil disobedience in protest of their ongoing detention during the novel coronavirus pandemic, Mother Jones reports. The facility, LaSalle Corrections Richwood Correctional Center in Louisiana, has had 65 confirmed COVID-19 cases and two guards have died after becoming sick.
California Governor Calls On County With COVID-19 Surge To Shut Back Down
“If they’re not able to come to some consensus, I am committed to intervening,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said of Imperial County.
The GOP’s One Big Excuse for Cutting Off Unemployment Benefits Isn’t Even True
Republicans claim Americans won’t go back to work as long as they’re getting government checks. It’s immoral and dishonest.
Masks Could Become Illegal In North Carolina (Again) Under KKK-Inspired Law
A law created to prevent Ku Klux Klan members from wearing face masks could prevent COVID-related mask-wearing during a pandemic.
Listen: People Are Panic-Moving
In the past few months, after the pandemic hit, many people have chosen to leave big cities—at least for now. Amanda Mull joins executive producer Katherine Wells and staff writer James Hamblin to talk about whether their departures will be permanent.Listen to the episode here:Subscribe to Social Distance on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or another podcast platform to receive new episodes as soon as they’re published.
The Atlantic Daily: What to Read, Listen to, and Watch This Weekend
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.Even quarantine fatigue feels old now, the restlessness being replaced with a shrug. Whether you live in an area that is reopening or one that is experiencing a new surge of cases, our critics can help. Here’s what to read, listen to, and watch this weekend.
Ivanka Trump Mocked By Twitter Users While Promoting ‘Skills-Based Hiring’
Many Twitter users found Ivanka’s video ironic as she was hired for her White House position only because she’s Donald Trump’s daughter.
Why People Are Obsessed With a Terrible Polish Erotic Thriller
Saliva has had a strange few years.It seems like just yesterday that the phrase Spit in my mouth catapulted to memetic heights, after the 2018 wide release of Disobedience, a romance film about two Orthodox Jewish women that involves a meticulously choreographed and widely shared sex scene. Saliva had another big moment in 2019: During the first season of Netflix’s thoughtful British raunchfest Sex Education, a memorable encounter between two teenage boys only inspired more memes.
There Is a Way to Reopen Schools This Fall. Do We Have the Will to Make It Happen?
The concept of “risk spending” suggests a way forward. But it would require tough communal choices.
Trump Can’t Bluff His Way Out of This
“We’ve done an incredible, historic job,” President Donald Trump boasted Thursday about U.S. anti-coronavirus efforts.The president was right, but not in the way he intended. While Trump traveled to Wisconsin, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was telling reporters that he believes that 20 million Americans have been infected. The Labor Department was announcing almost 1.