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The End of Trump? Biden & Harris Claim Victory in Historic Election, Vowing to Heal Divided Nation

by Contributing Writers
November 9, 2020

The Trump presidency is coming to an end. Former Vice President Joe Biden is projected to have won the election after pulling ahead in Pennsylvania, giving him more than the 270 electoral votes needed to become president. Biden’s running mate Kamala Harris will make history as the first female vice president, as well as the first African American, Indian American and Asian American elected to the office.

What we know — and don’t — about Pfizer’s promising vaccine results

by By Lauren Morello
November 9, 2020

The better-than-expected result is the first Phase III data from any of the four candidates now in the final stage of testing in the U.S.

Not Every Work Call Needs to Be on Video

by Alison Green
November 9, 2020

Some poor souls are spending their entire workdays on Zoom. This is not OK.

Pandemic on course to overwhelm U.S. health system before Biden takes office

by By Dan Goldberg and Alice Miranda Ollstein
November 9, 2020

The country’s health care system is already buckling under the load of the resurgent outbreak that’s approaching 10 million cases nationwide.

What Does a Biden Win Mean for the Economy?

by Emily Peck, Felix Salmon, and Anna Szymanski
November 9, 2020

Slate Money talks the election, the Ant IPO, and Visa.

The Three Progressive Policies Voters Seem to Love

by Jordan Weissmann
November 9, 2020

Even where they don’t elect Democrats, voters love minimum-wage hikes, marijuana, and Medicaid expansions.

How to Become the Hot Stroller on the Block

by Seth Stevenson
November 9, 2020

UPPAbaby cornered the U.S. market with the safe, affordable luxury you might look for when shopping for a car. But now a target may be on its back.

How Much of a Mess Was USPS During the Election, Really?

by Aaron Mak
November 9, 2020

What we know, what we don’t, and whether it could have affected the vote.

Forget Medicare for All — even a public option will be tough to pass

by By Susannah Luthi
November 9, 2020

President-elect Joe Biden’s incremental approach will face opposition from Republicans and powerful health care lobbies.

Health agencies resist Trump civil service executive order

by By Adam Cancryn and Sarah Owermohle
November 9, 2020

The order would strip certain civil service and due process protections from career federal employees who make policy.

The pandemic surge in charts

by By Tucker Doherty
November 9, 2020

Spiking infections have seized the headlines — and it could get much worse.

Obamacare enrollment opening with millions more uninsured, law’s future in doubt

by By Susannah Luthi
November 9, 2020

The sign-up season begins amid an intensifying pandemic and shortly before the Supreme Court will weigh Obamacare’s fate.

Help! My Boyfriend’s Mom Suddenly Hates Me.

by Danny M. Lavery
November 9, 2020

I have a suspicion why.

We’re No Longer Doomscrolling—Now We’re Gleefreshing

by Heather Schwedel
November 9, 2020

I fear this era will be brief.

I’m Newly Living With a Couple, and I’m Having a Little Sexual Problem

by Rich Juzwiak and Stoya
November 9, 2020

How do I do this?

China shapes a new U.S. economic era: The return of industrial policy

by By Luiza Ch. Savage
November 9, 2020

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

by By Tanya Snyder
November 9, 2020

The economy weighs heavily on voters’ minds.

Wall Street notches second-best Election Day of trading

by By Kellie Mejdrich
November 9, 2020

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.

GDP rebounds at record pace, but dark clouds reappear

by By Ben White
November 9, 2020

Trump got a great economic report to use on the campaign trail. But behind the surface, giant risks are looming.

Retail in NYC gets option of outdoor shopping

by By Erin Durkin
November 9, 2020

The new Open Storefronts program — modeled on the city’s popular outdoor dining initiative — will allow 40,000 businesses to set up open air operations.

Puerto Ricans Vote to Narrowly Approve Controversial Statehood Referendum & Elect 4 LGBTQ Candidates

by Contributing Writers
November 9, 2020

As most eyes were focused on the race for the White House, Puerto Rican voters on Tuesday narrowly approved a nonbinding statehood referendum. We get analysis from Democracy Now! co-host Juan González and speak with Afro-Puerto Rican human rights, feminist and LGBTQI activist Ana Irma Rivera Lassén, who was elected to the Puerto Rican Senate.

Biden Pulls Ahead in Georgia: Blue Shift Follows Years of Community Organizing to Expand Electorate

by Contributing Writers
November 9, 2020

We go to Atlanta for an update, after Joe Biden pulled ahead of Donald Trump for the first time in Georgia. The 2020 presidential election could hinge on this extraordinarily tight race.

Labor Organizer: I Witnessed Bush Steal 2000 Election in Florida. We Can’t Let Trump Steal This One

by Contributing Writers
November 9, 2020

We look at Donald Trump’s attempts to undermine the U.S. presidential election with Jane McAlevey, a union organizer, negotiator and senior policy fellow at UC Berkeley’s Labor Center who was an eyewitness to the 2000 Florida recount. She says the 2000 election holds lessons for today, when Democrats allowed Republicans to claim a controversial victory. “We have to have a counternarrative. We have to have very large numbers of people in the streets,” she says.

Allan Nairn: Trump and Republicans Use Legal & Physical Means in Attempted Coup Against Democracy

by Contributing Writers
November 9, 2020

As President Trump is doubling down on unsubstantiated claims of election rigging as election workers continue counting ballots in several states, concern is growing that some Trump supporters may use violence to disrupt the process.

Sunday Night Owls: Schreiber: ‘How Biden Can Beat Covid-19.’ It obviously won’t be easy

by Meteor Blades
November 8, 2020

Night Owls, a themed open thread, appears at Daily Kos seven days a week

At The New Republic, Melody Schreiber write—How Biden Can Beat Covid-19. Getting the pandemic under control won’t be easy. But health experts basically know what has to happen:

The choice to address the pandemic didn’t have to be political. It was made so by the Trump administration’s decisions to downplay Covid-19 and appropriate safety measures.

The cast of ‘Mogul Mowgli’ on representation and breaking barriers through an immigrant narrative

by Aysha Qamar
November 8, 2020

Pause that Netflix binge and make space at the top of your movie list because Mogul Mowgli is a must-see. Breaking barriers while touching on a number of themes including illness, spirituality, religion, identity, relationships, separation, immigrant parents (the list goes on), the film is sure to captivate any audience.

Weeping for joy on election night: ‘We get to keep our Social Security and our Medicare’

by Walter Einenkel
November 8, 2020

While many in the media class are giving a lot of airtime to middle-of-the-road and conservative BS about President-elect Joe Biden’s need to be … a Republican(?), the joy being felt across the country is not simply the result of ending the Donald Trump nightmare. It’s about righting a ship the Republican Party has directed away from the majority of American citizens’ needs.

President Will Start ‘Breaking Things… With A Vengeance,’ Mary Trump Warns

by Contributing Writers
November 8, 2020

Donald Trump’s waning days in the White House will include “meltdowns upon meltdowns,” his niece warned.

Rick Santorum pitched the government on a tiny, one-person company run by a political backer

by Hunter
November 8, 2020

It is going to take approximately half of forever to sort out the corruption of the Trump years—presuming we eventually get to that point. A new scandal of the sort that would in past years result in weeks of televised outrage seems to crop up every few days.

The Associated Press brings us yet another.

Buttigieg once again hits it out of the park on Fox News, this time talking about Mitch McConnell

by Marissa Higgins
November 8, 2020

Former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Pete Buttigieg made yet another stellar appearance on Fox News Sunday. This time, Buttigieg talked to host Chris Wallace about what President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris plan to do for the United States, especially when it comes to the novel coronavirus pandemic, because, as we know, COVID-19 numbers are once again skyrocketing.

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