Today's Liberal News
What a Mail Carrier Is Seeing on the Ground Right Now
“A lot of people are being told to bring back the mail and then deliver it tomorrow, which creates a snowball effect.
A Tuna Tale: Starkist, Bumble Bee, Chicken of the Sea, and the Sinking of Seafood Empires
A few years ago, the Department of Justice started looking into business practices in the canned tuna industry. What unfolded shocked an industry.
Trump Admits He’s Blocking Funding for the Postal Service in Order to Stop Mail-In Voting
He just called in to Fox Business and said it.
Masks, surgical gowns, testing supplies on FDA shortage list
The shortage list was released hours after President Donald Trump touted the progress his administration has made in securing critical protective gear.
CDC’s chief of staff, deputy chief of staff jointly depart
Both Kyle McGowan and Amanda Campbell have been with the health department since the start of the Trump administration.
Health providers’ scramble for staff and supplies reveals sharp disparities
A POLITICO survey of health care workers elicited dozens of stories from the front lines across the country.
Testing mess leaves Texas in the dark as cases spike
Texas’s drop in testing is part of a larger nationwide trend that’s seen the average number of coronavirus tests fall since July.
Big 12 Conference vows to continue with fall football season despite other Power 5 cancellations
President Donald Trump has pushed for the college football season to be played this year.
That Time Tig Notaro’s Stepdad “Died” on FaceTime
Her first reaction? Panic. Her second? What a great story.
The Country That Was Built to Fall Apart
Why secession, separatism, and disunion are the most American of values.
Help! I Think My Wife Is Jealous of the Money I’ve Made in the Stock Market.
She says she’s concerned I make bad financial decisions, but I think I’ve been playing it smart.
Negotiators ‘miles apart’ on Covid funding, with little hope for deal until September
Asked when she would next be meeting with Republicans, Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters on Thursday: “I don’t know. When they come in with $2 trillion.
British economy plunged record 20 percent in second quarter
“It is clear that the UK is in the largest recession on record,” the Office for National Statistics said in a statement.
‘It means nothing’: Trump’s pledge to aid tenants won’t halt evictions
Donald Trump’s executive order wouldn’t do much to immediately help the 20 million or so Americans who face losing their homes in the next few months.
Trump’s bet on a preelection rebound meets a new test
Lawmakers have left town and Trump aides don’t expect new stimulus talks anytime soon. That leaves the U.S. economy without much of the government aid that had been propping it up.
Jail Took My Mom: Filmmaker on How His Mother Broke the Cycle of Incarceration & Shaping DNC Policy
The coronavirus crisis and the movement for racial justice have magnified the challenges faced by people released from prison, whose criminal record makes it hard to find a job and even housing, especially women. We feature a new AJ+ series by Messiah Rhodes, whose mother was in and out of jail throughout his childhood and was able to break the cycle of incarceration. Rhodes says his work serves as a response to calls to defund police.
Rashid Khalidi: Israel & UAE Deal to Normalize Relations Is New Chapter in 100-Year War on Palestine
In a deal brokered by the United States, Israel and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to fully normalize relations after years of secretly working together on countering Iran and other issues. Under the deal, Israel has also agreed to temporarily halt plans to annex occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank, which had already been on hold due to international condemnation.
General Strike & Blockade in Bolivia Enter Day 11 as Protesters Condemn Delayed Vote by Coup Gov’t
We go to Bolivia, where opponents of the coup government have entered day 11 of a general strike and nationwide highway blockade to protest the repeated postponement of Bolivia’s first presidential election since last year’s ouster of Evo Morales by the right-wing coup government of Jeanine Áñez, which was followed by an economic collapse and oppression.
Was Kamala Harris a Progressive Prosecutor? A Look at Her Time as a DA & California Attorney General
As Senator Kamala Harris makes history as the first woman of color on a major party ticket, we host a debate on her record as California attorney general and San Francisco district attorney, when she proudly billed herself as “top cop” and called for more cops on the street. San Francisco Deputy Public Defender Niki Solis says Harris was the state’s most progressive DA and advocated for “so many policies and so many alternatives to incarceration.
Japan’s economy shrinks at record rate, slammed by pandemic
For the April-June period, Japan’s exports dropped at a whopping annual rate of 56 percent.
Japan’s economy shrinks at record rate, slammed by pandemic
For the April-June period, Japan’s exports dropped at a whopping annual rate of 56 percent.
Former FDA Chief Calls Out Jared Kushner For Comparing COVID-19 To Common Flu
The number of COVID-19 cases and deaths has remained “fairly persistent” over the last few weeks, the former FDA commissioner noted.
Of course he does: Trump wants to meet with Russian president Putin before the November elections
We’re rapidly closing in on election day, which means it’s once again time for Donald Trump to meet with his favorite international strongman, Russian President Vladimir Putin. NBC News cites multiple administration sources to report that Trump wants to meet with Putin in-person, possibly in New York, before the November elections.
What will it be about? The White House seems to be still working that out, based on Trump’s desire to have a meeting for something.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta isn’t sending his kids to in-person classes, and he has very good reasons
With a failed or, better yet, lack of response toward the novel coronavirus, the Trump administration continues to ignore the severity of the pandemic as the numbers of individuals affected by it increase daily. Instead of taking active measures to control the virus, Donald Trump has been pushing schools to open nationwide, but not without consequences. According to data compiled by The New York Times, more than 5 million people in the U.S. have tested positive for COVID-19.
Kushner defends pandemic response, says he’s ‘absolutely’ sending his kids back to in-person school
Appearing on Face The Nation this Sunday, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner claimed that he is “absolutely” sending his children back to in-person, in-classroom school amid the ongoing global pandemic—and that Trump has taken a “very aggressive approach” to the novel coronavirus.
Nuts & Bolts: Inside the convention. Is this what conventions should be?
It’s another Sunday, so for those who tune in, welcome to a diary discussing the Nuts & Bolts of a Democratic campaign. If you’ve missed out, you can catch up any time: Just visit our group or follow the Nuts & Bolts Guide. We’re headed into convention week, and it is going to be a convention unlike anything we’ve seen before.
Pelosi Calls On House To Return Early To Vote On Postal Service Legislation
“Lives, livelihoods and the life of our American Democracy are under threat from the President,” the House Speaker wrote.
Man shoots woman in the arm with BB gun for accidentally removing ‘Trump 2020’ lawn sign
Donald Trump supporters have no trouble constantly perpetrating violence against those around them. Both threats of and acts of violence have continued to be carried out by Trump supporters since the start of his campaign in 2015. In the latest incident of violence invoked by alleged Trump supporters, a man shot a woman with a BB gun after she removed what she thought was a prank “Trump 2020” sign from her brother’s yard.