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Take the Deal, Pelosi
Before Trump blew up negotiations, the White House proposed a $1.6 trillion relief bill. Democrats should offer to take it.
Pantone Is Awful, Period
A menstruation-themed red is the latest cross-branded stunt color to dilute a once-vibrant brand.
Why COVID Was the Final Straw for Brooks Brothers
Suddenly, no one needed a suit—or even pants—for work meetings.
Director Phil Alden Robinson on the Making of His Cult Classic Sneakers
“They saved the world, but it wasn’t enough.
Health officials scrambling to produce Trump’s ‘last-minute’ drug cards by Election Day
As officials debate how to get Trump’s name on the cards, health officials warn of a taxpayer-funded boondoggle to bolster president’s flagging poll numbers.
Fauci: There could be 300,000 to 400,000 Covid deaths unless precautions taken
He added that a vaccine likely won’t be widely available until next summer or fall.
HHS whistleblower Rick Bright resigns from government
Bright alleges that he was demoted because he opposed political pressure linked to an unproven Covid-19 treatment.
House Democrats seek to block funds for ‘defeat despair’ Covid ads
House Democrats will introduce a bill intended to limit the administration’s ability to spend federal funds on certain coronavirus-related advertisements before the election.
Abby Wambach’s Three Things You Should Always Ask Your Young Athlete After a Game
Parents, stop coaching your kids from the sideline. Instead, ask them what they learned from the game.
Help! A Close Friend Shamed Me for My “Relationship” With My High School Coach.
Was I groomed or just reckless?
‘We need to step forward’: Fed leaders call for new focus on race in the economy
The comments from the leading Fed officials were the latest evidence of the central bank’s growing attention to persistent inequality in the economy.
‘Trump just kicked over the chess board’: GOP faces an election with more pain
The president’s approval rating on the economy remained his bright spot. But he darkened that outlook by shutting the door on a comprehensive economic aid package just as millions of Americans start voting.
Why Trump lost his battle against the trade deficit
The monthly deficit in U.S. goods trade with all other countries set a record high in August at more than $83 billion.
Rev. William Barber on Voter Suppression: Republicans Know They Can’t Win If Everyone Casts a Ballot
During Wednesday’s debate, Vice President Mike Pence refused to commit to a peaceful transition of power if Biden wins the election. Instead, he referenced the Trump administration’s legal efforts to restrict mail-in voting. Rev. William Barber says the Republican Party’s voter suppression efforts ahead of the November election, aimed primarily at Black and Brown voters, amount to “surgical racism with surgical precision.
Friday Night Owls: How unions can bridge the gap between climate and labor movements
Night Owls, a themed open thread, appears at Daily Kos seven days a week
Mindy Isser at In These Times writes—The unionization of environmental organizations is changing the climate justice movement for the better:
[…] Charlie Jiang, a climate campaigner at Greenpeace USA, an environmental nonprofit, told In These Times that staff there “have been organizing for quite some time, a
Youngest mayor’s universal basic income experiment is inspiring more cities to try it
In January of 2017, Michael Tubbs of Stockton, California, became the city’s first Black mayor as well as the youngest person elected to that office, at age 26. Not long after coming into office, Mayor Tubbs announced that Stockton would become the first American testing ground for a basic income program.
‘Major blow to detention apparatus’: Private prison group loses lawsuit challenging California ban
In a major loss for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and private prison profiteer GEO Group, a federal judge has largely upheld California law banning private prisons, including those that jail immigrants for the federal government. Concerned about profits over people, GEO Group sued following the legislation’s signature from Gov. Gavin Newsom last year. On Thursday, GEO Group lost.
Twitter takes comments on Trump’s death more seriously than threats against brown and Black women
Tweets hoping that Donald Trump dies have been circulating on Twitter since last Friday, after Trump tweeted confirming he tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 2. But instead of ignoring them, as Twitter does for many comments and threats directed at people of color, the social media giant retweeted a post mentioning that tweets referencing death wishes are against its policies.
Trump Takes Sham ‘Health Assessment’ In Bizarre Fox News Appearance
The president declined to say whether he was negative for COVID-19 on Tucker Carlson’s show — his first on-screen interview since getting the coronavirus.
Trump team met with doctors who want to combat the pandemic by letting the virus run its course
Last Friday, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar informed the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis that “Herd immunity is not the strategy of the U.S. government with regard to coronavirus.” But on Monday, he and Donald Trump adviser Dr.
Trump’s COVID-19 ‘Miracle’ Treatment Relied On Cells Linked To Aborted Fetus
The president curtailed use of fetal tissue in federally funded medical research, but the moral objection apparently vanishes when it’s Trump who’s in need.
The Atlantic Daily: A Nonpolitical Reading List
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South Carolina Senate Debate Canceled After Lindsey Graham Refuses To Take COVID-19 Test
Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison declined to debate unless both candidates took a coronavirus test. GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham declined.
Fox News Doctor To Examine Trump, And Twitter Users Jokingly ‘Leak’ Footage
“Trump’s televised medical exam will be as honest and transparent as Trump’s taxes,” one Twitter user promised.
Trump To Host In-Person Event At White House A Week After Hospital Visit
The president, who is recovering from the coronavirus, has also scheduled another in-person campaign rally.
Hard-hit small businesses face long winter without lifeline
Some 60 percent of all U.S. businesses that have closed during the pandemic have not reopened.
Pfizer trying to defuse critics amid push for vaccine before Election Day
The campaign by Pfizer comes amid growing scrutiny of the CEO’s predictions that the company will know this month whether it has a viable vaccine.
Trump Wants a Stimulus Deal Again. But Mitch McConnell Says It Probably Won’t Happen.
Either way, it’s an opportunity for Democrats.
Republicans Are Suddenly Afraid of Democracy
“We’re not a democracy,” Republican Senator Mike Lee tweeted in the middle of Wednesday night’s vice-presidential debate. He was reacting to something he’d heard onstage there, in his home state of Utah. Another tweet: “The word ‘democracy’ appears nowhere in the Constitution, perhaps because our form of government is not a democracy. It’s a constitutional republic. To me it matters.