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“A Human Tragedy”: Wildfires Reveal California’s Reliance on Incarcerated Firefighters
As climate-fueled wildfires engulf California, tens of thousands of firefighters have been deployed across the state to combat the blazes amid a record heat wave and deadly pandemic.
FDA chief issues mea culpa for his plasma treatment claims
While the therapy is considered safe, plasma has not yet been proven effective against the coronavirus.
Trump Is No Aberration: Veteran GOP Strategist Stuart Stevens Says Racism Is Party’s “Original Sin”
As party loyalists gather for the Republican National Convention, a group of veteran Republican operatives who want to defeat President Trump have launched a $4 million advertising blitz targeting voters in swing states. The anti-Trump ads are funded by The Lincoln Project, a super PAC that can raise and spend an unlimited amount of money.
RNC Opens with Baseless Trump Claims of Rigged Election & Warnings About Socialism and Unions
The Republican National Convention opened in Charlotte, North Carolina, with dire warnings that a Joe Biden presidency could destroy the country. We feature excerpts from President Trump’s surprise speech after he was formally nominated for a second term, claiming without evidence that Democrats are planning to steal the election, and other speakers throughout the evening who repeatedly praised Trump’s handling of the pandemic even as the U.S.
How to Be the Next Ben & Jerry
When people start to push back—that’s how you know you might be onto something.
Create an Effective Homework Routine That Doesn’t Require Tons of Parental Intervention
Because parents don’t love heaps of homework either.
Dear Care and Feeding: Can I Really Dump Friends Just Because They’re Conservative?
Parenting advice on toxic friendships, working from home, and being a stepparent.
Finders Keepers Isn’t an Investment Strategy
Slate Money on the USPS, productivity, and Citigroups’s big blunder.
How Much Should You Panic Over the U.S. Postal Service?
A scandal-by-scandal breakdown of what’s really gone wrong with the mail.
Britain’s new health boss sparks cries of cronyism
Appointed to run the UK’s new public health body, Dido Harding comes with baggage.
Inside Biden’s plan to take on coronavirus
“The way that you build public trust is that you tell the truth,” says one health adviser.
SCOTUS sets hearing on Obamacare for week after election
A Supreme Court decision on the lawsuit isn’t likely until the spring.
Judge halts Trump’s rollback of transgender health protections
Monday’s decision didn’t address other provisions of Trump’s revised nondiscrimination rules.
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.
My Wife Wants Her Secret Lover to Move In With Us and the Kids in Quarantine
Pro: free child care. Con: I think they’re in love.
Unemployment Isn’t Too High — Regular Wages Are Too Low
In the debate over Covid-19 relief, Congress is worried about the wrong problem.
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.
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.
Cornel West & Ben Jealous on the DNC and Whether Progressives Can Push Joe Biden Leftward
Harvard professor Cornel West and Ben Jealous, president of People for the American Way and former president of the NAACP, discuss the 2020 DNC, Joe Biden’s vow to fight systemic racism and “overcome this season of darkness in America,” the historic nomination of Kamala Harris as his partner on the ticket, and how the convention was a showcase for a broad anti-Trump coalition, including prominent Republican figures given plum speaking slots, but few voices from the party&rsq
Kimberly Guilfoyle’s ‘Kool-Aid Sermon’ At RNC Sets Twitter Alight
“Kimberly Guilfoyle made Dear Leader very happy tonight,” tweeted “The Daily Show.
GOP Convention Embraces Anger And Fear, Despite Being Billed As ‘Optimistic’
President Donald Trump is leaning hard on fear as a key strategy for November.
How Sarah Palin’s culture war affects us in 2020
Like many of you, I spent the better part of last week being excited about the announcement of Sen. Kamala Harris being Joe Biden’s running mate. With all that excitement in mind, I couldn’t help thinking about a thread that my colleague David Neiwert posted a few months back about perhaps the most infamous vice presidential candidate of all time: Sarah Palin.
Want to talk about Don Jr. and Gym Jordan’s Republican convention speeches? Here’s your place
After restricting the Democratic National Convention (DNC) to two hours a night of coverage, the cable news networks already folded and gave the Republican National Convention (RNC) added air time for a typical, lie-filled Donald Trump rant.
Kellyanne Conway resigns as family feud goes increasingly public
The same weekend President Donald Trump’s team revealed that White House counselor Kellyanne Conway would be speaking at the Republican National Convention, the mother of four announced she would be stepping away from her official duties at the end of the month following her teen daughter’s threatened emancipation.
St. Louis Couple Defends Decision To Point Guns At BLM Protesters During RNC Address
Mark and Patricia McCloskey face felony charges of unlawful use of a weapon for waving their firearms at the demonstrators in June.
RNC Speaker Rebecca Friedrichs Once Said ‘Public Schools Groom Kids For Sexual Predators’
The problem, she argued, is unions.
Why Kellyanne and George Conway Finally Shut Down Their Sordid Public Spectacle
She had planned to speak at the Republican National Convention. He just kept tweeting.