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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.
White House lifts block on FDA’s stricter vaccine requirements
The agency’s decision to hold vaccine developers to the stricter criteria will likely push any vaccine authorization beyond Election Day.
Dear Care and Feeding: My 5-Year-Old Is Way Too Obsessed With Police Officers
Parenting advice on police obsessions, demanding teachers, and familial political divides.
My Wife Is Terrible at the Thing I Enjoy Most in Bed
I don’t want to push her to do something she doesn’t enjoy.
‘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.
Trump campaign looks to small victories on trade to win the farmer vote
His campaign is targeting swing state voters by highlighting specific trade deal wins.
Trump is fuzzy on tax policy as Biden goes all in
Trump has raised various ideas in recent months, though his proposals remain much vaguer than during his 2016 presidential campaign.
Greensboro Massacre: City Apologizes 41 Years After Cops Allowed Klan, Nazis to Kill 5 Antiracists
Nearly 41 years after Ku Klux Klansmen and American Nazis shot dead five antiracist activists in the town of Greensboro, North Carolina, the City Council there has passed a resolution apologizing for the attack and the police department’s complicity in the killings. We speak with two survivors of the 1979 attack, Reverend Nelson Johnson and Joyce Hobson Johnson, who say the city’s apology acknowledges “the police knew and chose to do nothing.
Photos of the Week: Paris Vaults, Jakarta Protests, Border Reflections
A Swiss guard ceremony in the Vatican, National Day holiday activities in China, a dance performance in Spain, wife carrying in Hungary, a bear rescue in California, President Donald Trump hospitalized, wildfires in Paraguay, pet blessings in the Philippines, and much more
Thursday Night Owls: Half-century-old OSHA is supposed to protect workers. In pandemic, it went AWOL
Night Owls, a themed open thread, appears at Daily Kos seven days a week
At The American Prospect, Bryce Covert writes—How OSHA Went AWOL During the Pandemic:
When workers at the Maid-Rite Specialty Foods meatpacking plant in Dunmore, Pennsylvania feared that a lack of safety precautions against COVID-19 put them in imminent danger, they turned to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for help, filing two separate complaints.
At least 16 reasons Pence repelled the suburban women of America his ticket desperately needs to win
If suburban women heard it once during the vice presidential debate on Wednesday, they heard some version of it more than a dozen times. “Mr. Vice President, I’m speaking,” Sen. Kamala Harris said, as she fought through Mike Pence’s verbal badgering to make the point that Donald Trump lied to the country about how lethal the coronavirus is.
FBI disrupted violent ‘militia’ plot to overthrow the government and kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
The FBI made a shocking announcement on Thursday, saying they’d disrupted a violent plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. From The Detroit News:
“Several members talked about murdering ‘tyrants’ or ‘taking’ a sitting governor,” an FBI agent wrote in the affidavit. “The group decided they needed to increase their numbers and encouraged each other to talk to their neighbors and spread their message.
Pete Buttigieg dropped by a Fox News pre-debate segment and absolutely leveled the place
Before the vice presidential debate got underway in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Pete Buttigieg dropped by a Fox News pre-debate segment and absolutely leveled the place. This is precisely how you slice and dice a Fox News talking point.
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Pete Buttigieg – Fox News might not let you back after you destroyed their set like that 😂#Debates2020 pic.twitter.
Collins angry that voters don’t agree that she’s entitled to her seat just because it’s hers
Sen. Susan Collins is very peeved. She’s darned mad at the voters of Maine for actually questioning her God-given right to be their senator forever, never mind her promise in her first campaign that she would only serve two terms. But that was four terms ago. Ancient history. Now? Now the seat is hers, dammit. “I grew up in Caribou, I’ve lived in Bangor for 26 years.
Trump Says He’s Ready For Rallies But Details Slim On Health
The president is trying to shift his focus to the election that’s less than four weeks away, with millions of Americans already casting ballots.
Trump Aide Calls Gretchen Whitmer, Target Of Abduction Plot, A ‘Complete Phony’
After the Michigan governor condemned the president’s rhetoric on hate groups, Jason Miller accused her of having “hatred in her heart” toward Trump.
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.
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.
White House Chief Of Staff Mark Meadows Hosted Large Wedding Despite COVID-19 Restrictions
About 70 people attended his daughter’s wedding. Many did not wear masks, multiple outlets reported.
Welsh Politicians Hit Back After Trump Criticizes Wales’ COVID-19 Lockdowns
“No country in the world is going to take public health lessons from President Trump,” said one political leader in Wales.
The Atlantic Daily: The Week in Politics
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 ATLANTICIn a week beset by unthinkable political drama, the vice-presidential debate offered a wormhole back to 2012—to a different moment in American politics. Specifically, one wherein Donald Trump did not sit center stage.
Mitch McConnell Whacks White House Over Lax Coronavirus Protocols
The Kentucky Republican said the Trump administration is “paying the price” for not socially distancing and wearing masks.
‘I’m Aware of Everything That I Need to Do to Remove This Evil’
When Lin-Manuel Miranda started writing a musical about an ambitious, irresistible Caribbean-born striver who takes the New York political world by storm, he didn’t have to look far for a real-life model of relentlessness. “That’s Luis Miranda as much as it is Alexander Hamilton,” he explains in Siempre, Luis, a new documentary about his father’s journey from a Puerto Rican hill town to the centers of Democratic Party leadership on the mainland.
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.