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We’ve gotta write like we’re running out of time—because we are

We only have until Saturday to write “please vote” letters to Democratic-leaning folks in battleground states who need that extra nudge to turn out. 

What is your plan this week to finish writing the Vote Forward letters you set out to write?

Click here to sign back in to your Vote Forward account, and finish writing the letters so you can drop them in the mailbox on SATURDAY.

Dozens of Barrett’s Notre Dame colleagues ask her to call a halt to her nomination

Amy Coney Barrett has failed to disclose an awful lot of documents to the Senate in her nomination to the Supreme Court. This is probably one of them: a letter from 88 of her Notre Dame colleagues, dated Oct. 10, asking her to withdraw at least temporarily from consideration for the position.

They congratulate her on the nomination and pretty much inevitable confirmation. That part of it—the inevitability—is why they write this open letter.

Dr. Fauci says Trump campaign is effectively ‘harassing’ him with unauthorized campaign ad

As Daily Kos covered, the new 30-second ad from Donald Trump’s reelection campaign that appears to feature Dr. Anthony Fauci, top infectious disease expert and member of the coronavirus task force, assumably lauding Trump with praise for his COVID-19 pandemic response not only includes reportedly edited clips taken out of context, but was actually used without Fauci’s permission. On Monday, Dr.

The Atlantic Daily: The Abortion Question Comes for Amy Coney Barrett

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.KEVIN DIETSCH / GETTYAmy Coney Barrett didn’t answer the question. Today, the Supreme Court nominee demurred when asked to weigh in on Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision establishing women’s constitutional right to abortion.

No One Likes Amy Coney Barrett’s Abortion Answer

Amy Coney Barrett could no longer avoid the question that has defined her nomination to fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the Supreme Court: “Do you agree,” asked Senator Dianne Feinstein of California during confirmation hearings today, “that Roe was wrongly decided?”“I completely understand why you are asking the question,” Barrett responded, looking grave.

Is There a Safe Way to Be Home for the Holidays?

Editor’s Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. One of American culture’s most cherished traditions is for a mix of young and old people from different households to sit close together and share food in a poorly ventilated space without masks on for an extended period of time. It’s called Thanksgiving.This year, the holiday season is laced with danger.

Photographing the Microscopic: Winners of Nikon Small World 2020

Nikon has announced the winners of the 2020 Small World Photomicrography Competition and has once again shared some of the winning and honored images with us. The contest invites photographers and scientists to submit images of all things visible under a microscope. More than 2,000 entries were received from 90 countries in 2020, the 46th year of the competition.

The Surprising Value of a Wandering Mind

(Yael Malka)In college, I took a three-semester class sequence on European intellectual history taught by a long-tenured professor, Mary Gluck, who lectured straight through each session, usually reserving the last five minutes for questions. To some, this model was a nightmare; I loved it.

A Rigged Judiciary Leads to Rigged Elections: Ari Berman on Barrett Hearings & GOP Voter Suppression

Amy Coney Barrett’s involvement in the court fight over the 2000 presidential election, when she was a member of George W. Bush’s legal team, shows she is willing to bend the law to benefit Republican candidates, says Mother Jones reporter Ari Berman. “That’s what’s so disturbing about Amy Coney Barrett, because that’s exactly what President Trump wants to do right now,” says Berman.

Packing the Courts: How Republicans Spent Decades Installing Judges to Cement Minority Rule

Amid Senate confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett, we look at how conservatives have used dark money to push to seat her on the Supreme Court before the November 3 election, following a decades-long project by conservatives to install right-wing judges across the federal judiciary. “There’s no doubt that what we’re facing is, increasingly, rule by a minority,” says former Senate Judiciary Committee staffer Lisa Graves, executive director of True North Research.