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Mitch McConnell’s Relief Offer Is Actually Worse Than Doing Nothing
The majority leader wants to send Americans a big lump of coal.
It’s OK if Democrats Fold on Stimulus Checks
There’s a good-enough relief proposal with support from some Republicans. Dems should seize it.
Biden Got It Right With His Treasury Secretary Pick
Janet Yellen is back. That’s good news for the economy.
How Wells Fargo Became Synonymous With Scandal
In just a few years, the bank squandered 160 years of consumer goodwill.
Raimondo emerges as frontrunner for HHS secretary
New Mexico’s governor is no longer the favorite to lead the department at the center of Biden’s pandemic response.
Biden’s other health crisis: A resurgent drug epidemic
Joe Biden will emphasize treatment and prevention, not law enforcement, in addressing a drug epidemic that’s only grown more dire during the pandemic.
Governments around the world weigh thorny question: Who gets the vaccine first?
Different countries are coming up with different answers to that question.
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.
Biden backs up Tanden as Republicans attack her tweets
“That disqualifies almost every Republican senator and 90 percent of the administration,” the president-elect said of GOP criticism.
How climate change could spark the next home mortgage disaster
Taxpayers are backing more than a trillion dollars in home mortgages, but the agencies buying them are neglecting to consider climate risks.
Deese to be Biden’s top White House economic adviser
Brian Deese is an executive at investment giant BlackRock.
Biden unveils diverse economic team as challenges to economy grow
The president-elect intends to name Cecilia Rouse, Neera Tanden and Wally Adeyemo to senior roles in his administration.
“The Dead Are Arising”: New Biography on Malcolm X’s Childhood, Killing & Secret Meeting with KKK
We speak with the co-author of a major new biography of Malcolm X, “The Dead Are Arising,” which recently won the 2020 National Book Award for Nonfiction and offers a sweeping account of Malcolm X’s life by weaving together hundreds of interviews with Malcolm X’s family, friends, colleagues and enemies. The book is based on decades of research by Les Payne, who died in 2018, and finished by his daughter, Tamara Payne.
Photos of the Week: Taxi Ornament, Russky Bridge, Turning Torso
Aquarium dining in Singapore, the damaged Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, starlings over Rome, increasing COVID-19 cases worldwide, a drive-through Santa experience in Los Angeles, an aggressive woodpecker in New York, Christmas lights in in London, snow-making in Switzerland, and much more.
DOJ Reportedly Probed Associates Of Trump, Kushner In Suspected Pardon Scheme
An investigation into an alleged bribery-for-pardons scheme reportedly scrutinized a lawyer for Jared Kushner and a top Trump campaign fundraiser.
Thursday Night Owls. Salmon: ‘Prosecuting Trump is the only way to heal the nation’
Night Owls, a themed open thread, appears at Daily Kos seven days a week
At The American Prospect, Alexander Salmon writes—Prosecuting Trump Is the Only Way to Heal the Nation. Letting him off the hook for multiple crimes would reinforce Trump’s own contempt for the rule of law:
Going out as it came in, the Trump campaign’s last days were ablaze with misconduct, corruption, and illegal activity with no regard for the law and no fear of consequence.
Joe Biden flipped a key House district in Nevada thanks to a strong showing in the Vegas suburbs
Our project to calculate the 2020 presidential results for all 435 congressional districts nationwide goes to Nevada, which once again backed the Democratic ticket in a tight race. You can find our complete data set here, which we’re updating continuously as the precinct-level election returns we need for our calculations become available.
Now Streaming: The Kids Are Asleep Featuring Rapper Donwill
A discussion about the struggle of making money as a creative during the pandemic.
Rep. Katie Porter serves Trump’s Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin his pink slip during hearing
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin appeared Wednesday in front of the House Financial Services Committee for a hearing on the handling of American taxpayer money during our current economic and public health crisis. Many Americans would like to know why Mnuchin is trying to sabotage the economy by cutting off the emergency lending programs and clawing back $455 billion into the General Fund.
Rudy Giuliani and his star witness incoherently fart their way through election hearing
Donald Trump has lost bigly. Since the day after the election Trump, along with his lawyer Rudolph Giuliani and a few other people who are really way out in Conspiracyville, have tried to spin a tale of massive voter fraud. The hope is that they can overturn millions of votes and, in so doing, successfully accomplish a coup d’etat of our democracy.
‘Stay tuned to us’: California radio providing Indigenous farmworkers with vital pandemic knowledge
The solution to reaching Indigenous farm workers in the U.S. who are unable to fully access novel coronavirus pandemic information due to language barrier issues may start as simply as turning on the radio.
CNN reports that a pair of radio hosts in California have used their show to help educate Indigenous migrants who make up part of the state’s farmworkers about the pandemic. Radio Indígena 94.
‘Trump Remains The Leader’: President Brings In $207 Million After Election Day
The fundraising figure underscores the president’s fierce grip on the Republican Party, even after his loss to Joe Biden.
Georgia Investigating Florida Lawyer Accused Of Illegal Vote Registration
Officials said the attorney tried to register to vote in Georgia’s Senate run-off election and urged other Floridians to join him.
The Atlantic Daily: Pandemic Data Are Weird Right Now
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 inboxGO NAKAMURA / GETTY / THE ATLANTICThis spring, we first met bad. This winter, we’re set to meet worse.
Pandemic Data Are Stalling Out
Editor’s Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. As expected, our picture of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States in the past week is muddied by incomplete and delayed data, the result of the Thanksgiving holiday and long weekend.
A Day In The Life Of Dr. Anthony Fauci
What does one of the top infectious disease experts do when he’s sidelined by the White House during COVID-19? Plenty.
The Atlantic Appoints Nicholas Thompson as CEO and Expands Board of Directors
The Atlantic announced that Nicholas Thompson, the editor in chief of Wired, will become its CEO in the new year. Thompson will begin as CEO in February 2021.In their announcement to The Atlantic’s staff, owners Laurene Powell Jobs and David Bradley wrote: “Nick is singular; we’ve seen no one like him. As to leading and supporting Atlantic strategy, Nick brings a surround-sound coverage of relevant experience.
Trump Aide Banned From Justice Department Building After Trying To Get Case Info
The White House liaison to the Department of Justice pressured staffers to share sensitive information about election fraud, sources told the Associated Press.