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The Three Progressive Policies Voters Seem to Love
Even where they don’t elect Democrats, voters love minimum-wage hikes, marijuana, and Medicaid expansions.
Dear Care and Feeding: My Daughter’s New Friends (and Their Parents) Are Terribly Racist
Parenting advice on racist friends, tech minimalism, and swearing.
So You Want to Go to War With Philadelphia?
Donald Trump’s loyalists are fixated on Philadelphia, and its affection for Joe Biden, as the president’s reelection prospects fizzle. Ted Cruz called Philadelphia “lawless” and “the worst in the country.” Another pro-Trump pundit tweeted, “I’m going to Philly tomorrow. This is war.” The TV commentator Lou Dobbs called Philadelphia “a cesspool electorally” and said Republicans should “surround that thing.
America’s Next Authoritarian Will Be Much More Competent
Now that Joe Biden appears to be winning the presidency, we can expect debates over whether Donald Trump was an aberration (“not who we are!”) or another instantiation of America’s pathologies and sins.
Fox News Hits a Dangerous New Low
Here are some of the things that happened yesterday evening on the most-watched news network in America: The minority leader of the House of Representatives announced, absolutely falsely and with no pushback, that “President Trump won this election.” A former speaker of the House argued that, in the name of democracy, the U.S. federal government should “lock up” state election workers.
Puerto Ricans Vote to Narrowly Approve Controversial Statehood Referendum & Elect 4 LGBTQ Candidates
As most eyes were focused on the race for the White House, Puerto Rican voters on Tuesday narrowly approved a nonbinding statehood referendum. We get analysis from Democracy Now! co-host Juan González and speak with Afro-Puerto Rican human rights, feminist and LGBTQI activist Ana Irma Rivera Lassén, who was elected to the Puerto Rican Senate.
Biden Pulls Ahead in Georgia: Blue Shift Follows Years of Community Organizing to Expand Electorate
We go to Atlanta for an update, after Joe Biden pulled ahead of Donald Trump for the first time in Georgia. The 2020 presidential election could hinge on this extraordinarily tight race.
Labor Organizer: I Witnessed Bush Steal 2000 Election in Florida. We Can’t Let Trump Steal This One
We look at Donald Trump’s attempts to undermine the U.S. presidential election with Jane McAlevey, a union organizer, negotiator and senior policy fellow at UC Berkeley’s Labor Center who was an eyewitness to the 2000 Florida recount. She says the 2000 election holds lessons for today, when Democrats allowed Republicans to claim a controversial victory. “We have to have a counternarrative. We have to have very large numbers of people in the streets,” she says.
Allan Nairn: Trump and Republicans Use Legal & Physical Means in Attempted Coup Against Democracy
As President Trump is doubling down on unsubstantiated claims of election rigging as election workers continue counting ballots in several states, concern is growing that some Trump supporters may use violence to disrupt the process.
Help! I Just Found Out My Friends Started Dating When She Was 15—and He Was 26.
They’re now middle-aged, like my husband and I, but we’re still taken aback by this revelation.
How to Become the Hot Stroller on the Block
UPPAbaby cornered the U.S. market with the safe, affordable luxury you might look for when shopping for a car. But now a target may be on its back.
Without the Senate, a Biden Presidency Will Be Crippled Before It Begins
Mitch McConnell and the Supreme Court will have the power to block everything—well, almost everything—that Democrats wanted Biden to accomplish.
Do Not Lose Sight of the Fact That All of This Is Absolutely Insane
We are a broken society with a broken political system, made all the more worse by a broken-brained president.
How Jane Lynch Strikes the Perfect Level of Mean on Weakest Link
“You have to know if it’s mean or just obvious.
All Policies Are Economic Policies
Slate Money talks the Trump economy, dual interest rates, and Chewy.
Health agencies resist Trump civil service executive order
The order would strip certain civil service and due process protections from career federal employees who make policy.
The pandemic surge in charts
Spiking infections have seized the headlines — and it could get much worse.
Obamacare enrollment opening with millions more uninsured, law’s future in doubt
The sign-up season begins amid an intensifying pandemic and shortly before the Supreme Court will weigh Obamacare’s fate.
U.S. surpasses 9 million Covid cases
Nearly every region of the country is reporting an uptick in infections and hospitalizations.
‘A mass exodus’: HHS staffers jumping ship amid pandemic, fears of Trump loss
“I’ve personally seen people working on their resumes inside the office,” a senior official added. “It’s no secret.
“There Were a Lot of People Crying in Line”: a Liquor Store Owner on Postelection Drinking in 2016 vs. Today
In Austin, Texas, the vibe is very different than it was four years ago as customers await election results.
China shapes a new U.S. economic era: The return of industrial policy
The latest episode of POLITICO’s Global Translations podcast explores the new industrial policy emerging in America to counter China’s ascent.
Fox survey finds 63 percent say country heading in wrong direction
The economy weighs heavily on voters’ minds.
Wall Street notches second-best Election Day of trading
The gains are a sign of positive trader sentiment, although it’s unclear if that has to do with hopes of a clear winner emerging.
GDP rebounds at record pace, but dark clouds reappear
Trump got a great economic report to use on the campaign trail. But behind the surface, giant risks are looming.
Retail in NYC gets option of outdoor shopping
The new Open Storefronts program — modeled on the city’s popular outdoor dining initiative — will allow 40,000 businesses to set up open air operations.
Election Too Close to Call: Biden Underperforms & Trump Stokes Chaos, Claiming False Victory
President Trump has prematurely declared victory and falsely accused Democrats of “major fraud,” even as millions of ballots continue to be counted across the United States amid an unprecedented wave of mail-in ballots widely believed to favor Democratic challenger Joe Biden.