Ice Cube Burns Eric Trump For Tweeting Fake Photo Of Him And 50 Cent
The rapper slammed the president’s son with just two words.
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Fall Is in the Air: Images of the Season
Autumn is definitely the best season. The autumnal equinox took place a few weeks ago, marking the end of summer and the start of fall across the Northern Hemisphere. Once again it is the season of harvests, festivals, migrations, winter preparations, and, of course, spectacular fall foliage. Across the North, people are beginning to feel a crisp chill in the evening air, leaves are splashing mountainsides with bright color, apples and pumpkins are being gathered, and animals are on the move.
A Handful of Asteroid Could Help Decipher Our Entire Existence
Many millions of miles from Earth, an asteroid and a spacecraft are traveling together. The asteroid, as wide as a skyscraper is tall, is ancient, almost as old as the solar system itself. The spacecraft, dispatched more recently, circles the asteroid like a tiny mechanical moon. Tonight, if everything goes as planned, the spacecraft will swoop toward the asteroid, touch its surface, and snatch some rocks before backing away again.
The Weekly Planet: The Question That Haunts Climate Advocates
Every Tuesday morning, our lead climate reporter brings you the big ideas, expert analysis, and vital guidance that will help you flourish on a changing planet.
Umg / BMI / umpg publishing / Warner ChappellOil companies are struggling. American fracking output has plunged this year; Exxon Mobil is laying off staff and cutting back on benefits to preserve its payout to investors. But has the broader culture realized that oil is in trouble?I guess it has.
A Medical Revolution Too Late for the Man Who Started It
Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Getty / Katie Martin / The AtlanticWhen I finally met Sanjiv “Sam” Gambhir in person—last November, after months of planning—I knew he was dying.Gambhir knew it, too. Seated in his small, bland office at the end of a warren of hospital hallways in Palo Alto, he was visibly depleted from the cocktail of treatments, some highly experimental, that were being deployed to save him from cancer.
“A Fire That Has Spread Across the Country”: Jelani Cobb on Voter Suppression in the 2020 Election
As tens of millions of people across the U.S. cast their ballots in early voting ahead of the November 3 election, we look at voter suppression efforts with journalist and academic Jelani Cobb. His new “Frontline” documentary “Whose Vote Counts” examines the long lines, record number of mail-in ballots and the legal fights that have marked voting during the pandemic, with a focus on Wisconsin.
“A Blow Against Neoliberalism”: Socialist Wins Bolivian Election a Year After Coup Ousted Evo Morales
Former Bolivian President Evo Morales’s political party MAS has claimed victory in the country’s presidential election, with Morales’s handpicked successor Luis Arce securing over 50% of the vote, according to exit polls. If confirmed, the result will put the socialist party back in power almost a year after a right-wing coup that ousted Morales and installed Jeanine Áñez as president.
Help! I Just Found Out I Have a 6-Year-Old Daughter.
My name is on the birth certificate. Her mom never told me.
How Former Rep. Katie Hill Got Past an “Insurmountable” Scandal. Or Did She?
Former Rep. Katie Hill reflects on her scandal and talks with an expert on public shame.
Dear Care and Feeding: Is It Crazy for Me to Become a Surrogate?
Parenting advice on surrogacy, friendlessness, and newborns.
Arranger Alex Lacamoire Breaks Down His Process for Hamilton
His other work includes In the Heights, Dear Evan Hansen, and Bring it On: The Musical.
Biden’s Promise to Be a President for All Americans Isn’t Just Cheesy Rhetoric
It’s a policy reversal from a presidency that helps red states and harms blue ones.
Make Mitch McConnell Kill the Stimulus Bill
Democrats want it. The president wants it. Americans need it. If GOP senators want to kill it, they can own it, too.
The Census Says It’s Counted 99.9 Percent of Households. Don’t Be Fooled.
The Trump administration’s logic for ending the count early obscures that it may be rife with inaccuracies.
Pfizer delivers final blow to Trump’s hope for preelection vaccine
There won’t be a coronavirus vaccine ready before Election Day, despite President Donald Trump’s repeated promises and vaccine makers’ breakneck speed.
Trump administration announces vaccine deal for long-term care facilities
Two national pharmacy chains will administer an eventual coronavirus vaccine to high-risk groups.
Pfizer won’t seek coronavirus vaccine authorization until after election
The move by Pfizer continues the company’s push to publicly distance itself from the presidential race.
Chris Christie, out of hospital after battling Covid, urges Trump to go further on masks
“I think we should be even more affirmative about it,” the former New Jersey governor said.
The ‘nerdy virologists’ steering the U.S. vaccine race
The political backdrop could make the first coronavirus gathering of the advisory committee one of the most-watched in FDA history.
How the Pandemic Is Worsening America’s Racial Gaps
Covid isn’t just disproportionately killing people of color; it’s sticking them in a feedback loop that exacerbates economic and racial inequity, says Chicago economist Damon Jones.
Federal deficit triples to $3.1T, Treasury data shows
Government spending exceeded more than $6.5 trillion in the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30, up from $4.4 trillion in fiscal 2019.
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.
‘Angry’ Trump Attacks Polls, Press And Dr. Fauci
The president told reporters he’s not running scared, he’s running angry, as he campaigns aggressively in battleground states.
Monday Night Owls: ‘College football in a pandemic reveals our capacity for Trumpism’
Night Owls, a themed open thread, appears at Daily Kos seven days a week
At The Baffler, Nathan Kalman-Lamb, Derek Silva, and Johanna Mellis write—The Red Zone.
Student journalists discover their school was named after KKK leader and demand a change
Seaman High School in Topeka, Kansas, has been the subject of a lot of rumors and jokes over the years. Some of those would go into exactly the kind of juvenile jabs you would expect. Other stories that floated about Seaman school were not as humorous, and far darker.
Once again, Republicans are growing anxious about losing a Senate seat in Texas
The final two weeks of the 2020 election are upon us, and with the political climate continuing to favor Democrats overall, Daily Kos Elections is moving our race ratings in 11 more contests—nine shift to the left, while two move towards the GOP. We also now have a total of 11 GOP-held Senate seats rated as Lean Republican or better for Democrats. You can find all our Senate, gubernatorial, and House ratings at each link.