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‘That ’70s Show’ Actor Danny Masterson Charged With Raping 3 Women
He could face 45 years to life in state prison if found guilty.
Bolton Claims Trump Encouraged Xi To Build ‘Concentration Camps’ For Uighurs
In an excerpt of his new book, the former national security advisor details the president’s complicated relationship with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
The Atlantic Daily: John Bolton Speaks
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.ANDREW HARRER / BLOOMBERG / GETTYJohn Bolton’s new book “plumbs the depth of Trump’s depravity,” David A. Graham writes.
John Bolton Plumbs the Depth of Trump’s Depravity
In June 2019, Donald Trump was desperate for a win—and he was willing to endorse Chinese concentration camps to get it.In the back half of his first term, Trump was feeling pinched. He’d escaped Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation without charges, but a Democratic House was making his life progressively more difficult and he hadn’t had a major political win in months. There were even warning signs for the economy.
Yes, You’re Hearing Way More Fireworks Than Usual
Thanks to the pandemic, we’re spending every day like it’s Independence Day this summer.
We’re Here, We’re Married, We’re Employed
The fifth anniversary of marriage equality—and the future of LGBTQ fights.
Bolton Claims Trump Asked China’s President For Favor To Boost Reelection Chances
The former national security adviser described a meeting last year between the two presidents in his forthcoming tell-all book.
Listen: The Empty Promise of Vitamins
Supplements claiming to “boost your immune system” have gotten new attention during the pandemic. On the podcast Social Distance, the staff writer James Hamblin explains why these claims are mostly nonsense (and have been for years), and the executive producer Katherine Wells asks him about vitamins.Listen to their conversation here:Subscribe to Social Distance on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or another podcast platform to receive new episodes as soon as they’re published.
The Long, Strange Journey of Da 5 Bloods
Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods is a vital work on an overlooked subject in American film: the experience of black veterans in the Vietnam War, a perspective largely lacking from Hollywood’s 50 years of output on that conflict. The movie follows a group of 60-something retirees, still mourning their leader Stormin’ Norman (played by Chadwick Boseman), who died in battle, as they return to Vietnam to recover his body and a cache of gold bars he was buried alongside.
Dear Care and Feeding: My Daughter’s Pleas for a Sibling Are Breaking My Heart
Parenting advice on sibling pleas, lawnmower danger, and boundaries with neighbors.
Want to Elevate Your Morning Coffee? This Milk Frother Is Now on Sale.
The Zulay Original model will pay for itself in just a few homemade cups.
Paging Dr. Hamblin: My Brother Is Having 150 People at His Wedding Next Week
Editor’s Note: Every Wednesday, James Hamblin takes questions from readers about health-related curiosities, concerns, and obsessions. Have one? Email him at paging.dr.hamblin@theatlantic.com.Dear Dr. Hamblin,My brother and his fiancée are planning to get married next week in California. I just assumed they would postpone it or have a small gathering, but as it turns out they’re going through with the 150-person wedding and local authorities are allowing it.
Meet Jamaal Bowman, the Bronx Principal Challenging One of the Most Powerful Dems in Congress
In the Bronx, the second most economically unequal district in New York state, the insurgent primary campaign of former middle school principal Jamaal Bowman threatens to unseat 16-term Democratic congressmember and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Eliot Engel. Bowman supports defunding the police, Medicare for All and a Green New Deal.
No Oversight of $1.5 Billion Electric Project Raises Alarm over Privatization of Puerto Rico’s Power
As hurricane season begins, we look at moves to privatize Puerto Rico’s electric grid and a new investigation that reveals the island’s government failed to follow proper oversight or examine the environmental impact when it issued a $1.5 billion contract to a company for the first large power generation project since Hurricane Maria, that will continue its reliance on fossil fuels.
“Disruptor on Road to Reconciliation”: Trump Doubles Down on Rally in Tulsa, Site of 1921 Massacre
President Donald Trump says he will push ahead with a massive campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday, even as COVID cases are surging there as the state reopens. Trump delayed the rally by one day after it was originally scheduled for June 19, Juneteenth, a celebration marking the emancipation of enslaved people. Tulsa is also the site of one of the deadliest massacres in U.S.
Help! My Disney-Obsessed Mom Is Trying to Hijack My Wedding.
How do I nip this in the bibbidi bobbidi bud before it’s too late?
Cole Escola Provides the Perfect Comedy for Quarantine
His work is funny and dark and very, very gay.
Nursing homes go unchecked as fatalities mount
About half of all facilities have yet to be inspected for procedures to stop the spread of coronavirus.
FDA ends emergency use of hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus
The agency now believes that the suggested dosing regimens “are unlikely to produce an antiviral effect,” FDA chief scientist Denise Hinton said in a letter.
White House pressure for a vaccine raises risk the U.S. will approve one that doesn’t work
Drugmakers and health agencies have already begun rewriting the rules of vaccine research.
Kudlow says $600 additional unemployment checks will end in July
He said that “almost all businesses” understand the $600 additional benefit is “a disincentive.
Fed sees need for more small business aid, citing ‘acute risks’ to survival
The central bank signaled that it would keep interest rates low through 2022.
Fed’s dire outlook: GDP seen shrinking by 6.5 percent this year
The country’s unemployment rate will drop to 9.3 percent by the end of the year, according to the Fed’s forecasts.
“He Wanted to Hurt Me”: New York Protester Hospitalized After NY Officer Shoved Her to the Ground
In a rare development, a New York police officer has been charged with assault, criminal mischief, harassment and menacing, after a viral video showed him violently shoving a peaceful protester to the ground as he shouted an expletive and a misogynistic slur. We speak with Dounya Zayer about the attack she faced during a protest against police brutality in Brooklyn on May 29 and how she suffered a seizure and was hospitalized with a concussion.
Republican Group Questions Trump’s Health: ‘It’s Time We Talk About This’
“He’s shaky. Weak. Trouble speaking. Trouble walking. So why aren’t we talking about this?” The Lincoln Project asks.
‘Looking forward to being heard’: NFL star Malcolm Jenkins to join CNN as regular commentator
New Orleans Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins, who is also a vocal activist for racial equity, will join CNN as a regular commentator on social justice issues, Jenkins announced in a tweet Monday. “Proud to join the @CNN family today as a regular contributor. Looking forward to being heard. #blacklivesmatter #MoreThanAnAthlete,” he said in the tweet.
Philly Family Court officer caught ripping down Black Lives Matter signs, yelling ‘they don’t!’
Over the weekend, a video went up online purporting to show a white male ripping down Black Lives Matter posters and art that were put up along a chainlink fence just outside of a Philadelphia community center. In the video, the man says that his tax dollars “pay for” the fence, which gives him the right to pull down the artwork … put up on the fence by other people whose tax dollars pay for that fence.