Video Shows Conservatives Being Told Not To Fear ‘Voter Suppressor’ Label: Report
“Be not afraid of the accusations that you’re a voter suppressor, you’re a racist and so forth,” one activist reportedly said at a closed-door meeting.
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The Atlantic Daily: We Can Stop the COVID-19 Fall Surge
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.GETTY / THE ATLANTICThere’s no point in avoiding the obvious: Cases are rising fast. The winter looks bad.But weary Americans may take comfort: This time, we know more. The coming season doesn’t have to be a catastrophe.
Barron Trump Had COVID-19, First Lady Melania Trump Says
Donald Trump’s son tested positive for coronavirus in recent weeks. He has since tested negative.
Congress Has Another Chance to Pass a Stimulus. Democrats Need to Take It.
There’s no better time than now.
The U.S. Shouldn’t Be a ‘Sleazy Offshore Principality’
Instead of asking questions of Amy Coney Barrett at the first meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse gave a brief lecture—with charts—on dark money, political-influence campaigns, and the unknown millionaires who have long sought to shape America’s courts. Anyone surprised by this performance shouldn’t have been.
Winners of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2020
The Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, founded in 1965, is an annual international showcase of the best nature photography. This year, the contest attracted more than 49,000 entries from around the world. Wildlife Photographer of the Year is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum, London. The owners and sponsors have once again been kind enough to share the following winning and commended images from this year’s competition.
My Boyfriend Expects Me to “Work From Home” in More Ways Than One
I didn’t realize wfh meant taking on a second job…
How to Get Rich By Losing Lots of Money
HBO’s Silicon Valley aired its final episode last year, the tech world’s realities having gotten too dystopian to be fictionalized, in good conscience, for laughs. When a reporter asked what material the show had left on the table, the showrunners, Mike Judge and Alec Berg, admitted, “We missed the WeWork guy.
Making the Supreme Court Safe for Democracy: Samuel Moyn on Reforming an Undemocratic Institution
As Republicans race to confirm President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett prior to Election Day and cement a conservative majority on the top court for a generation or more, calls are growing for Joe Biden to increase the number of justices on the Supreme Court if elected president.
Dahlia Lithwick: Amy Coney Barrett May Claim Neutrality, But Her Record Is “Extremely Conservative”
In the second day of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, the federal judge’s refusal to answer basic questions on voter intimidation and whether a president can delay elections did her “no favors” and was part of an aim to “present herself as neutral; she’s an open book; whatever she was before, whatever she ruled on the bench before, is immaterial,” says Dahlia Lithwick, senior legal correspondent and Supreme Court reporter f
Can Trump Delay Election or Reject Peaceful Transition of Power? Amy Coney Barrett Refuses to Say
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett faced 11 hours of questioning in the Senate Tuesday but refused to provide clarity about her views on the Affordable Care Act, Roe v. Wade, voting rights and even if President Trump could delay the election. Republicans are racing to confirm the 48-year-old federal judge before Election Day, which would give conservatives a commanding 6-3 majority on the high court. We air highlights from the marathon session.
Paging Dr. Hamblin: How Dangerous Are Woodwinds?
Editor’s Note: Every Wednesday, James Hamblin takes questions from readers about health-related curiosities, concerns, and obsessions. Have one? Email him at paging.dr.hamblin@theatlantic.com.Dear Dr. Hamblin,My daughter is part of an accomplished high-school woodwind quintet. For two years, they practiced constantly and participated in competitions, becoming one of the best in the state. But the shutdowns in March put an end to it. They haven’t played together at all since.
Help! My Ridiculously High Standards Make It Difficult for Me to Find a Worthy Man.
It feels like I have a brick wall to break through when it comes to dating.
Help! The Pandemic Made Me Realize I Don’t Ever Want to Go Back Home Again.
The relief I felt knowing I wouldn’t be spending even a week there was overwhelming.
As the Nation Braces for a Wave of Evictions, Some Bronx Tenants Fight Back
Amid fears of eviction and not being able to pay for food, a group of Bronx tenants saw only one option: to go on rent strike.
Rumaan Alam’s New Novel Started With a Daydream
On a cold winter day, his thoughts turned to a summer on Long Island.
Trump Wants a Stimulus Deal Again. But Mitch McConnell Says It Probably Won’t Happen.
Either way, it’s an opportunity for Democrats.
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.
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.
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.
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.
‘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.
O’odham Land Defenders Lead Indigenous Resistance to Trump’s Border Wall Amid Militarized Crackdown
As 14 states and more than 130 cities across the U.S. celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day in place of Columbus Day, we go to Arizona, where Indigenous communities are leading resistance against the construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall near a sacred spring inside the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.